Humble Beginnings
…Well not really, at least not any more or less than any other avatar that’s spawned in the universe
Although I was humbled at the scope of Entropia when I first joined.
My avatar spawned on December 30th 2006 I recall being ridiculously confused and immensely amazed by Calypso. Back then the world seemed as big and in depth as life on Earth. So what’s the first thing I do? …Why head to the visitor information kiosks of course. No sense exploring aimlessly when I can have kiosk npc's to tell me to go to the oil fields just off to the east for free oil to sell for PED or about how I can do all this cool hunting, never mind the fact you have little to no PED to start with, or that you’ll never ever reach the oil fields as a brand spankin' new player without help from
someone. But eh, what did I know, I was new, so to the oil fields I went.
And what a journey it was, here is a picture showing the route I took.[wrap=left]https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/files/1/3/2/0/0/OilFieldRoute.jpg[/wrap]
What’s that you say, that’s not where the oil fields are…nonsense, soooo yeah, I obviously never made it there (
Fun Fact: I've still never been to the oil fields.) My journey started in the right direction to the south east and somehow along the way I started thinking it was south. I made it all the way to the “X” without dying once…of course this feat required a few detours along the way.
Upon my arrival I was greeted by a lovely field of purple flowers [wrap=right]https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/files/1/3/2/0/0/purpleflower_thumb.jpg[/wrap] I was confident that if that area wasn’t the oil field I had to be close…I mean I was running out land so it had to be there somewhere
I burst into a run and am met by something quite……well……Foul, of course I didn’t know what it was at the time just that it was ugly and chasing me, so I ran like the wind. My luck had run out, where before I was easily avoiding mobs now I seemed to be easily attracting them. First one Foul then two and as if that wasn’t enough an Atrox Alpha joins the pursuit.
X marks the spot, I’m dead in one hit, I’m not sure from which creature nor did it matter, I had failed.
(Fun Fact: The photos were taken after the VU 9 update, I retraced my journey to the outpost and am killed by an Atrox Alpha in the same spot.) Being my first death I didn’t know what to expect, I stared at the screen and the ugly monsters gloating over my dead body. Soon a window pops up asking if I want to resurrect at the nearest outpost so I select yes. I rez at the nearest outpost (red dot below X in picture) and finally decide to give up, at this point I didn’t care if the oil field was only 10 ft away I wanted to go back to civilization which for me was Port Atlantis. Only one problem….Atrox….everywhere, try as I might I died multiple times trying to leave the outpost, I was completely stuck and not very happy about it. [wrap=left]https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/files/1/3/2/0/0/LizShop6SouthernOutpost.jpg[/wrap]
Lucky for me after my 13th or so death another player also resurrects at the outpost. I remember that despite the fact I desperately wanted to leave the outpost I was scared to talk to this other player as she looked nearly as horrendous as the monsters that had just killed me (no offense to whoever you are.) fortunately for me she started talking first. She asks me how I got to the outpost ( my orange jumper probably gave me away) I told her I ran there, she asked from where and seemed very impressed I made it there. She then asks how long I had been playing, after telling her only a few hours she seemed shocked. Whether out of pity or because she was nice…or both, she tells me she’ll give me an escort to the Port Atlantis zone area. I, still confused, follow her lead.
As we head north she explains to me the area I was in was not an area for beginning players, she explains that she is going to take me to a spot where I can press “T” and it will take me back to Port Atlantis. About 15 minutes later I’m finally back home, eternally grateful for what she did. I offer my thanks and she offers a goodbye, as she had other things to do and places to be and thus we parted ways, never to see each other again. Feeling very tired as it was very late I decide to retire for the day from Entropia and thus concluded day one of my adventures.