5) Immersion Spike ALERT!!!

I decided to play WOW alone last night and go to another territory! I was richly awarded in my journey to the new land. I had an immersion spike! I have NEW EXPERIENCES all at the same time. Which kept me WANTING TO EXPLORE more. Because of that, I was also NOT BORED!

Check out my first solo flight out of Darnassus!


Check out my first Underwater Swim and combat!


And this is the first time when I slash someone, there is actually BLOOD splattering!!!


It really gets more "real-life" now...:)

5) Family Reunion & Immersion

Last night, I spent about 2hrs on WOW. I was leading pascojunior from Loch Modan to Darnassus to meet up with miloahcek. It was a tiring journey where we got lost for a while. But surprisingly, dying got us nearer to our destination. The journey took us through the Horde territory, which was really challenging as all the creatures were very powerful. But it was a journey worth it!!

We finally found Miloahcek and took a Family Photo.


We did a quest together and call it quits for the night.

But today, I played for about 2hrs also just to level up. It was really immersive.
I felt the immersion factor was really high because:

1) I totally lost track of time. I thought I played a while, but it was actually a long while.
2) I really forgot what I was doing when I came OUT of the game.

Well, I am beginning to understand the IMMERSION factor now...:)

4) Long journey to find a friend

My friend contacted me in WOW, and he had someone go to Darnassus to fetch me to where he was - Iron Forge. It was a really long journey, about 40mins (real time).

But it was all worth it as I met up with Pascojunior!!!

4) Make Friends, Dont Wait!

Waiting for friends to quest with me can be quite tiring. So I decided to go in and intentionally make friends.

See the number of monsters I have to fight? I can only do it with a friend.


Met "her" online, and she is from Singapore. She seems like a young "girl" because of the way she communicates over the chat platform. :)

4) Party Time!!!

Party : a term used to describe a team effort in completing a quest. (Jhee's Wiki)

Yes, it is time to party. I have been playing for hours already, and I keep getting killed trying to complete quests. It is no fun because I have go find the place of "death" and ressurrect myself.
Finally, my friend Angie joined me. And she was a blessing! With her I completed the quest faster and earned lots of "in game" money at the same time.

Now I will only go into a game when my friend comes in with me. :)

3) It was a BREEZE!!!!

It was so easy to play the game and level up. There were quests that slowly teaches you how to play the game. If you think it is difficult, it is not so.

It was interesting learning how to play, because the learning was BUILT into the quests...:)

Also, I leveled up to level 2 within 10mins, and then to level 3 in the next 20mins. To reach level 4, it took me 40mins.

New learning :

• When you are lower levels, it is easy to level up. The higher you go, the harder it is, and the longer it takes. :) Now I am level 4. :)

2) I changed my NAME & CHARACTER!!!

After my trial version ended, I decided to start a new character. This time, after being immersed in the game for some time, choosing a hideous character did not seem to "dislikable" anymore. Also, I took my friend's account so that I only have to pay subscription when I play, I dont have to pay for the CD/box. Therefore I choose a Night Elf - with still some good looking features.

I also choose a name where I would not be identified. Being anonymous does help me do things that nobody can implicate me or track me down. The name that I chose is my name in Japanese, the land where I started WOW.

Therefore, this day Hikiju is born!!! :) Check out my good looking character!!

2) Choosing a Character

My friend Angie asked me to choose a character call Blood Elf. But after going in I realise that it was really hideous looking. I chose a Human Mage. I mean, who wouldn't want to choose someone who can cast spells.

My main motivations for choosing that character:
1) I wanted the character to look like me as much as possible.
2) I also chose the name Jhee for my character's name.

I think this really helps me engage in the game better. I am more integrated with my character.

1) What got me started in WOW

I have heard of World of Warcraft from my friends and some of the youths that I have been working with. I have been resisting to start WOW because I foresee I will not have the time to carry on. However, after much contemplation, and constant encouragement from my friends, I have decided to take it up. I signed up for a 10 days trial, in case I dont want to continue with it.

Basically my motivation:
1) Friends encouraged me
2) Wanted to know what everyone was talking about
3) In order to reach the youths in the area of Cyber Wellness, I need to know what the youths are doing in WOW
4) As a PhD student researching into Internet Gaming, especially MMORPGs, I cannot help but at least play ONE of the MMORPGs

Here begins my journey!!!