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How I Met My Dada ♥ ♥ ♥

This is probably the most unusual, risky but at the same time romantic experience I had in my entire life!

This is how it goes (people who do not know pRO nor MMORPG stuff may not get this, though). . .

During the ßeta days of Philippine Ragnarök Online (pRO), Anki (my boyfriend that time, ex-bf now) and I planned on being the first couple to be wed in-game (using my swordsman and his thief). We invited a lot of Game Masters and our online buddies to attend the ceremony but we still lacked one person -- that was the priest.

We were leveling up in the Prontera (the Capital town) fields when we met an acolyte named Deers. Since he was the first priest-to-be that we approached, he agreed on "blessing" us. He said he researched and practiced what to say on the ceremony. Hahaha! He also requested to have his buddy, Rei (an archer) watch the celebration.

Unfortunately, Anki stopped playing pRO before the wedding because he was petitioned by his parents to get Australian citizenship. I also halted because I lost my job and was pressured to help with my mom's business. Rei and I still talked over the phone, though. His voice reminded me so much of my college friend, Dan, that's why I liked talking to him.

Several months later, Rei convinced me to play pRO again but we left the Chaos server and moved to Iris for a fresh start. I made a priest named - Rain -. That was the first time I created a FS character. After a week, Rei introduced me to A£endar (knight) and ay1ko (swordsman), which he said were his friends. He then told me that the knight was actually the alternate character of Deers.

A£endar and I often party-up during night time and got to talk more. I told him that Anki went abroad and he didn't have the chance to play since foreign IP addresses were blocked from entering pRO servers. He also told me his real name and we often talk on the phone. Because we were getting close, Rei often teased us and he said I might have a crush on him (A£endar). I told him I got scared because his voice was intimidating and the picture that formed in my head was of a tall, fat nerd with thick black-framed eyeglasses. Hahaha!

We were supposed to meet up on the War of Emperium launch in Glorietta but I didn't have enough cellphone credits to tell him where I was. I won in the Senior Division of the fan-art contest while Alodia won the Junior division. She mocked my drawing and told her "friends" that theirs were much better. Well, too bad 'coz I nailed it and they didn't! LoL! Anyway, that's another story. XD

I played pRO and announced to my guild-mates about my victory. Deers (yes, A£endar revived Deers and he is now a full-fledged priest) then sent me a private message telling me that he and his friends were in the event too. He said he saw someone who he thought was me and he just wanted to make sure. The way he described the girl he saw didn't match with my features so what I did was I gave him a link of my Yahoo profile which contained my most recent picture.

We then talked on the phone for several hours. We sometimes ran out of things to say and we would stay quiet for 20 minutes or more - sometimes he sang, sometimes I sighed, sometimes we said "hello" to check if the line's still active. He then confessed his feelings to me "You are out of my league but I think I love you." he said. I said "thanks" and "sorry" because I was not ready to give up my relationship with Anki. He said he was willing to wait for my answer.

I made some thinking the following day. It's been six months since Anki left and only made phone calls once a month. He even greeted me "Happy Anniversary" and I told him "It's not something I can consider 'happy' but it's okay." Before he left, he promised that he'd go back so we could spend our birthdays together ... but when I asked him again when he'd be going home, his reply was "I don't know, depends on when I'd get my Australian citizenship..." That could take another year or two. I am not strong enough to continue a long-distance relationship. My love for him slowly faded together with his promise.

Deers and I talked again. I was very anxious but I really wanted to hear his voice. It was a very long night and we mostly stayed silent. I summoned all my courage to say that I love him. I told him that I've decided to formally break up with Anki because I want to be with him from now on. I know it's odd saying "I love you" to someone I haven't seen IRL but what I feel for him is real.

April 13, 2004 . . . We scheduled our meet-up in the Ayala-MRT station. I was standing in front of Mercury Drug when I spotted a tall guy wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, just like he described what he would be wearing. I didn't have my eyeglasses on but I had a hunch that it was him -- and I was right! He approached me and introduced himself. I was picturing him to have a "nerdy" get-up but it was totally different from what I saw. He's like a playboy / rockstar! He has all the physical qualities that I like in a guy -- tall, chinky eyes and has a deep voice! JACKPOT!!! XD

I gave him a bracelet that I bought from The Bead Shop -- it has a capsule with grain of rice (with our names on it) submerged in a blue liquid. I was lucky at guessing because blue is his favorite color. We spent quality time but I didn't think that he'd be serious with regard to our relationship -- it turns out that he is!

We've been together for FOUR AND A HALF YEARS now (and still going stronger!!!). WOW! It all started because of pRO. I know that I am very lucky to have him -- he has accepted me for who I am, even if I am not pretty. Haha! Relationships that started with chatting or gaming rarely works and I am so happy that ours does. Sure, we still encounter problems and it gets a little bumpy along the way but that doesn't hinder us from loving each other.

Like what's engraved on the personalized key-chain I gave him ...

"If the things that happened to me never happened ... I would never have met you, I would neve have your love and I will never know the true meaning of happiness."™

♥ ♥ ♥ Dada and Bebe ♥ ♥ ♥

Because of MMORPG's here in the country, a lot of new words were created and were usually adopted not only in OG's but also in chatrooms, forums, text messages and even when conversing face-to-face!

Here are some of those words added on an online gamer's vocabulary (and possibly passed on to peers) . . .

ADIK!
= a person who is addicted to the game, who usually spends more than five hours playing daily

AFTER TEN YEARS!!!
= an expression that shows the discontent of a person because something is taking too long to finish or happen
= e.g. leveling up, finishing a quest, waiting for someone or something

AMP
= short for "anak ng p***" or "son of a b*t**"
= varieties include : amf, ampness, amfness, amfufufu

ASA!
= "dream on!"
= when a player tries to rip-off another player either by kill-stealing, trying to defeat a stronger character in PvP, stealing someone else's loots, etc . . .
= varieties include : asaness

AYT!
= alright!

AOE
= Area of Effect
= A spell or skill that can do damage on more than one enemy

BUFF
= spells or skills that temporarily increase a character's attack, defense or other abilities

BUTTON-MASH
= continuously pressing the keys on the keyboard to simultaneously execute spells or skills

BH
= Boss Hunt

BTW
= by the way

BOT
= a software (or sometimes a game feature, e.g. Wonderland Online's "Remote Control" item) that allows a character to move and do certain tasks automatically without human intervention

BUG
= anything that goes wrong with the game client or software

BUG-ABUSE
= people who take advantage of bugs for their own sake or the misfortune of others

B>
= used by players to alert others that they're buying a certain item
= e.g. "B>HP potions" --- a person is buying Health Point potions

CHIXILOG
= a guy using a female avatar
= female in-game characters with balls in real life LoL!
= song made famous by Kamikazee and became Philippine Ragnarok Online's theme song!

CLOSED BETA
= a trial stage of a newly-released game wherein only a few people are invited to check its features and discover bugs

CREEP
= computer-generated monsters or summons (usually in WoW)

DUPE
= a program or command used to duplicate in-game items

EXP
= experience points

F2P
= Free-to-Play
= games that do not require a person to purchase using real money in exchange of game time

FARM
= killing monsters to raise money

FS
= Full-support
= a character dedicated to buffing other players
= usually refers to priests and clerics

GG
= Good game ; I think they say this when a battle has ended, may they be winners or loser .. not sure~
= "sige" (okay or alright) in Philippine MMO's

GM
= Game Master
= Guild Master

GTG
= Got to go
= varieties include : g2g, gogo

HAX
= hack

HIGHBIE
= a high-level character

IGN
= in-game name

IMBA
= imbalanced features within the game
= I heard this in Rising Force Online, they say that it is "imba" because one race becomes unbeatable even if the others max out their skills and stats or it takes a lot of manpower to destroy them.

IRL
= in-real-life

KESO
= kill-stealing

KK
= "okay"

KILL-STEAL
= if a player tries to damage a monster (without consent) that another player is currently hitting
= acronym is "KS"

LOOT
= items dropped by monsters once they're killed

LOOTER
= a monster or player that steals items of others

LOWBIE
= a newbie or low-level character

LUFET!
= an expression "malupit" meaning "awesome"

MACRO
= an in-game feature or software that allows a character to simultaneously execute multiple skills or spells using just one button, key or mouse-click
= some keyboards and mice are equipped with this feature already, they're kinda expensive though

MOB TRAIN
= when a player gathers around numerous monsters all at once

NOOB
= an insult for newbies or people who are new to the game
= also refers to people with no manners

NP
= no problem

NPC
= non-player character
= an avatar that's already part of the game
= some NPC's give quests, some buy from and sell stuff to players

NUKER
= a character that can do AoE spells or skills

NYC
= nice!

OMG!
= Oh My God! (my fave expression)

OMW
= On my way
= my boyfriend said he invented the acronym during the ßeta days of pRO. hahaha!

OP
= Over-priced ; items that are was more expensive that their selling value

OPEN BETA
= a trial stage of a newly-released game that's open for everyone to test

PARANG KAILAN LANG!!!
= "It seems not so long ago!!!"
= this is a phrase I coined while playing ROSE Online. It's really easy to level up. I reached level 85 in 2 days! Every time I level up, I say "Parang kailan lang~!!!" My boyfriend got hooked too and he says that using the tune of "Ngayon at Kailan Man" (Now and Forever) which is a song by Sharon Cuneta.

P2P
= Pay-to-play
= games that require you to purchase game-time

PC>
= Price Check
= inquiry on how much a certain item costs

PILOT
= a person who controls a character that belongs to another person

PISO
= a monster or player damage that is only equivalent to "1"

PK
= Player-kill
= areas or maps that allows a player to kill others, regardless of level and class

PVP
= Player-versus-player

P>
= a player advertising that he or she is looking for party members

RESU
= resurrection
= to revive a character after it's killed by a monster or another player
= I get this a lot when I use a cleric / priestess / muse "Ate, pa-resu!" (Sister, resu please!)

S>
= an announcement that a player is selling items

TANK
= a player that receives much of the damage to save party members

T>
= a player wanting to trade the items that he has for another item he'd like to have, instead of money
= may also be a combination of in-game currency + some items

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i might add some more in the future
some terms taken from AMP! [link]
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Only here in the Philippines!!! LoL!

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Ozine Fest 2008

(April 5, 2008) I attended this convention because Faye requested so, because she said we'll be meeting a new Hikarian member. Unfortunately, we did not see her.

I was wearing  my Wrath costume for costripping only but I wasn't able to fix my hair because I was in a hurry. My real hair was showing on most of the photos. Aside from that, I also looked groggy. I didn't have time to put make-up on. 

Some people mistook me for Shana (Shakugan no Shana 2). Hahaha! I honestly dunno this animé so when I saw her photo, I was shocked.

The venue was so small to acommodate all people who attended the event. Most of the time, I was out the Megatrade Hall because it was so congested inside. There were a lot of cosplayers loitering around the 5th floor of SM Megamall. Hahaha!

I met some new and old buddies, thanks to Faye. Some of them thought I am still a teenager. Hiihiii~~

I also won a T-shirt from the Cosplay.Ph booth. It has the "Prepare to get PWNED!" print on it. So cool! Hahahaaaaa!

Thanks to Faye for treating me out for lunch. hehehee~
Thanks to Roy for carrying my stuff and taking some pics.
Thanks to Paul-niichan for letting me stash my stuff in your booth!
Thanks to Bryan for the tips on Chain Of Memories.

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e-Games Dominaton II

(April 6, 2008) When I woke up, my body felt so heavy and I could barely move. It took me 2 hours to get prepared for this event. I planned on going to SMX early so I could get freebies, but my body wouldn't let me. Even putting my socks on became a major pain.

I guess I got sick because of yesterday's event. Megatrade was crowded, it was too hot there and when we got out of the hall, it got too cold. So the changes in temperature might have triggered it. My arms, legs and back were also painful... Maybe it was because I was either crouching or standing up most of the time, and that I was carrying two heavy katana all the time.

Even though I know that I have a fever, I still mustered my strength because it's the launch of CABAL Online (the new MMORPG my boyfriend and I are playing), and that this is the only time we can sign-up for the closed-beta. IT'S NOW OR NEVER!!!

My boyfriend and I came late in SMX. After buying tickets, we immediately signed up and got our CB accounts (hooray!) and then we also signed up for the CABAL-freeplay.

The character that Dada (my boyfriend) tried out was a Force Blader, and the PC he was playing at was tied to the main projector of the CABAL booth. Fort Ruina (one of the in-game maps) has a catchy background music so when Dada entered there, the speakers went booming and a lot of people came in to have a peek at the CABAL-Ph Booth.

We stayed a bit longer and watched the band performance and cosplay. I forgot the name of the girl-band that was there ... "Pacha" was it? They were a bunch of sexy girls in sexy outfits that made each and every guy's head turn. It was really fun watching the reaction of the selected guys on stage when the girls did the lap dance on them. LOL!

I got mad at my boyfriend because I thought he said that he would replace CABAL-Ph with those girls... Whereas it was the other way around pala. He said he'd rather play Cabal. LOL.

After that, my boyfriend and I went to Mall of Asia and watched Semi-Pro (starring Will Ferrell). I was supposed to give him the T-shirt I won yesterday since it was too big for me, but I ended up using it because I was really sweating. XD

I got home around 10:30 PM and immediately went to bed.

Dadaaaaaa!! Thanks for taking care of me. Hahaha! I know, I act like a baby. I'll give you chocolates on our 4th anniversary as payment, don't worry.

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This is Ascedia, my Wizard on the CABAL-US client. I'm also gonna make a wizard in CABAL-Ph. Weeee!!!


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Right now, I still have a fever so I don't think I'd be able to go to work... Gasp! Back to bed!