Ok... so where to begin. First off; [link] <-- this game. Fucking... awesome. If you like Japanese mythology, greek mythology... or just any kind of Mythology... you're gonna love this game. The game consists of you, trying to aid in the rebirth of Tokyo... with the aid of 'demons,' (which aren't actually demons, it's just a term the game uses as a wide-world term for all kinds of mythological creatures, deities, and beings.) So the story line isn't finished yet, and the game offers a lot of things; freeplay (You can buy stuff using RL currency to enjoy the game a bit more...) and it's an MMO... so get your friends to play, right?

Wow... let me tell you something. You ever got into these kinds of games... get a bunch of friends in the game... then run into someone else who, after time, you realize is just a bit to much into the game? You wanna back out, yes? Well here's the kicker; now someone you know for many years, one of your best friends you got INTO the game, is about as addicted to the game like a child with a crack habit. But you can't TELL these guys that they're 'addicted' because then you get called an attention whore, and that your goal in life is to tear someone down and manipulate them and all kinds of other shit that really doesn't make sense, but now your good friends that are utterly addicted to this game are SIDING. WITH. THEM. And now, six years of friendship... just gone. Utterly gone because no one will grow a fuckin' set and apologize, and neither side thinks they have to.

I tell ya... it turns ya off from the game overall to the point where you just cringe anymore seeing it's icon in the start menu.

This is a true story. Lovely drama all around. Now my question is; How does one solve such an issue? One that even know, after about a week of it happening, you just want it to end and both parties to forgive each other? I still like said game, but I can't play it anymore without feeling so out of wack with the game and just ...getting on it and instantly disinterested. It makes me feel... I donno, bad. Not bad about the game, just overall. There isn't much that I would have done with these friends of mine, who even know refuse to acknowledge that I'm even in existance anymore, and you just feel like they've been utterly manipulated by said other people and that you just wanna slap them and say-

"WAKE UP YOU ASSHOLES. LOOK AT ALL THIS! IT'S UTTERLY STUPID AND YOU JUST RUINED SIX. FUCKING. YEARS. OF FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE HOW STUPIDLY ADDICTED TO THIS FUCKING GAME YOU HAVE BECOME."

Now I TRUELY understand why so many people hate games like this; like WoW. I've actually started PLAYING WoW (2 days worth of a week's download, here,) and all the while I'm thinking to myself "Why? Why do people ruin their life for being addicted to these kind of games?"

I know this rant is well over with and done fore, and I highly doubt said friends will read any of this, but it can't help to try, ya know? Anyway... I'm off. Read; and discuss.