One Rangers Story

[Holleyz]

I read this and it touched me, I know this guy in real life so maybe that's why? But I feel that everyone should know his story so here goes.

I don't know why I am writing this really but something is compelling me to do so. Maybe its because I am thinking of walking away from the game for a while as they figure out what they want to do with the AA Ranger class? Or maybe its so someone else out there Just like me will read this and wake up before its too late.
So I will try to keep this as short and Manly as possible. Cliff note version.
I started to get into the process of True Reincarnating my Wizard. I took and grinded him through 4 Human Wizard lives. No Otto box, No XP Elixers, No Tome of learning of any kind. Only the ship buff and the VOM. Currently on 5th life as a Human Favored Soul. <------Durring this time my real life starts to deteriorate. I start going to bed later trying to finish this raid or that quest. Eventually I am late for work more times than company policy and I am fired from my job. I was somehow granted Unemployment. Awesome 1 Year of nothing but ddo. Ok durring the end of my year of unemployment and doing nothing at all but sitting on my bum playing ddo. I develop a blood clot in my leg. The cause: Sitting for too long of periods of time playing DDO.
Get the leg healed up supposedely. Now it was time to look for a job since it has been a year and my unemployment runs out. Its over. Its done. No luck for many many months on finding employment. Bad economy is what I was repeatedly told.
Ok durring the end of this journey I started to do the same thing on another character. I did the same exact thing with him but doing 5 Human Arcane Archer Ranger Lifes. This turned out to be my favorite character. I maxed out his sphere of ED. He is currently at level 28. <-------Ok now at this point I am 6 months behind in my house payment. The Bank wants their money or the house. My wife takes a Newspaper route job to make ends meet but its not enough. We lose our house and have to move in with her mother. Durring witch time I develope 4, thats Four Blood Clots in both of my Lungs. 3 Docters in the ICU come in to tell me that I should NOT be there. I should be DEAD! I spend 1 week in ICU then get moved to a private room. I have my wife bring in my laptop. What do I do? I LOG INTO DDO! From my Hospital bed. I cant run any quests due to the IV sticking out of my right hand but I LOGGED IN! I Logged into my AA Ranger and stood in the harbor to let the world know I am not gone Yet. THIS RANGER LIVES.
The whole time I was fighting to live. Forcing myself to breath due to parts of my lungs being dead due to blockages. And I am thinking to myself this whole time, Theres no way I would let my AA Ranger go out like this.
A Month later I am out of the hospital making a slow and long recovery. I Land the perfect job. Great I was in fear I would fail on my first day. I had been sitting on my butt now for 2 years and just fresh out of the hospital and now I am expected to go full throttle at the work place. I rocked it like a boss. Like a AA Ranger boss would. I got me and my family back on our feet now, and in a better home. Life has returned to normal again. I regulate my Game time now. My wife helps remind me when its time to Turn it Off.
There was only 1 person in our guild who knew about my situation. I texted him daily.
So in the End I feel like I have lost my Job, My Home, my way of life and almost My Very Life thanks to my AA Ranger. I am forever connected to him. Then someone goes and changes him into something I no longer know or understand. Yes I am a primitive bulging forehead knuckle dragging bearded
White American Male. Keep it simple stupid and all will go well.
Happy Huntings. I wont be back to respond to this or any pm's. I am pushing the power button, closing the lid of my laptop and Walking Aweay. Samuel.

[Cordovan]

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