After reading some of the above posts in this thread, I feel I must explain my devotion to Myth. As I've said many, many, many times before, I love this story. I am a story person (read: writer, screenwriter {read:wannabe anyway}). I can debate this story to death, and come back for more. The whole 'Good vs Evil' thing has always interested and inspired me; but something about this setting just seems to draw me in.
That was how it started, anyway. Now, Myth is an escape from reality. As some of you know, I've been out of work for a number of months. I started my family right out of High School, which made college a real hard thing to do. I only made it two years through when it just got too hard to support my family and go to school. Since I don't have a degree, finding any job that pays enough to live is tough.
Let me digress here for a moment. This is a plea to any of you without degrees. GET YOUR DEGREE!!! If you don't have one, or if you're not out of high school, or if you're lazy, PLAN ON GETTING ONE!! If at all possible, please people, get a degree. Now, with that out of the way...
Money is tight. For those of you that aren't married, I can tell you right now that you and your significant other could be extremely and totally in love, and have everything be heavenly. However, financial problems can cause a great strain. In fact, a great (highest?) percentage of marriages end due to financial tensions, so GET YOUR DEGREE!! Wait, I digressed again? hmmm...
My marriage is fine (more than fine), though. Thanks for worrying. But that's mostly because I bottle everything up and keep these problems to myself. I also deal with 90% of the household stresses because I don't want anyone else to be burdened. That stands for a lot of sleepless nights, let me tell you. It's this, and the countless interviews I've had where they tell me that I just don't have enough education or whatever, and the strain of trying to find money and odd jobs to keep the utilities on and to keep our house, and trying to figure out how to feed my family (I have two kids, by the way), and worry about what I'm going to do tomorrow and next week. All of these things put together make life hard. Good grief, I feel old. I'm only 26 for cryin' out loud.
Myth is my escape. When I sit down to a game, none of those outside things matter for a little while (plus, after a stressful day, it feels good just to sit down and kill something}. I come onto here and see people who share the same interest in a story that I do. I can talk about something I enjoy, and not feel odd. I have made some really good friends here, and it's nice to see them every once in a while. Myth is just a good way for me to get away from reality. It's a world of it's own. A place where Mortgages, jobs, bills, and everyday mundane responsibilities don't exist for me (at least for a little while). Plus the fact that I can't afford to buy any of these newfangled games that come out. But I don't think that it would really matter anyway. I'm sure I would just come back to Myth. A game that's been my home and escape for five years.
That's what Myth means to me.
For those of you that made it this far, thanks for listening (reading).
Zandervix
(Chris)
