My KoL addiction
Ok, so I haven't talked about it much here, but one of my biggest time-sucks right now is Kingdom of Loathing. It's a great game. It's addictive. And it's got a radio station. Which I listen to at work *all* the time. The radio station and its associated chat room are pretty much responsible for maintaining my KoL addiction.
And I've made some pretty good friends on there. And reconnected with some people I haven't talked to in a long time. And some of it is attention-whoring. Because I love the idea of a radio station where you can interact with the dj and the other listeners and get conversations that migrate back and forth between chat and on air. And there's always a little secret thrill when the dj responds on air to something you said in chat. So yeah, it's an ego-stroke at times, and I admit it. But it's all just damn fun. And good music too.
So today I gained quite a bit of . . . notoreity in the KoL radio community (at least the group that listens in the morning). Because a certain guest dj who will remain nameless, who I have met in real life, proceeded to talk about me on air for a significant portion of a two hour show. And sent my picture to the other dj (which he did ask my permission to do), and then the other dj talked about me on air. And after many requests I posted the picture in chat as well. So now everyone knows all kinds of interesting things about me. And what I look like. And I was sitting here at work blushing the whole time, but still oddly pleased. And if that makes me an attention-whore, ah well. We all have our faults.
And for those in the know -- I have so not figured out the secret to speed ascensions. This thing is kicking my ass. I am so not a strategiser.
And I've made some pretty good friends on there. And reconnected with some people I haven't talked to in a long time. And some of it is attention-whoring. Because I love the idea of a radio station where you can interact with the dj and the other listeners and get conversations that migrate back and forth between chat and on air. And there's always a little secret thrill when the dj responds on air to something you said in chat. So yeah, it's an ego-stroke at times, and I admit it. But it's all just damn fun. And good music too.
So today I gained quite a bit of . . . notoreity in the KoL radio community (at least the group that listens in the morning). Because a certain guest dj who will remain nameless, who I have met in real life, proceeded to talk about me on air for a significant portion of a two hour show. And sent my picture to the other dj (which he did ask my permission to do), and then the other dj talked about me on air. And after many requests I posted the picture in chat as well. So now everyone knows all kinds of interesting things about me. And what I look like. And I was sitting here at work blushing the whole time, but still oddly pleased. And if that makes me an attention-whore, ah well. We all have our faults.
And for those in the know -- I have so not figured out the secret to speed ascensions. This thing is kicking my ass. I am so not a strategiser.