One More For The Road

At long last, here are the pictures and at least for me, the memories that remain of my time in the world of Vana'diel. Regardless of what I have said about Final Fantasy XI before, overall this game was my introduction into online gaming and it was pretty much a learning experience every single day I logged in.

I'll even admit that for a time, it became like an addiction which knew no end. There was no amount of anything that could satisfy it and that drew me in.

As I type this, one question just keeps surfacing in my mind: Why this? And why now?

I think the easiest answer would be that it is nearing the new year and isn't it a custom to proclaim a new year's resolution or two? Granted, I've never been the type to do this sort of thing just because I know these things generally never happen. But this year, it feels just a little different for me and it just feels right to do it now.

2007 will see the return of Alexandor.

There, I said it. Or typed. Same difference.

I don't know when and I honestly don't know why I would go back. My one and only goal in that entire game wasn't to get to level 75. I just wanted to see my elf standing there, in full Samurai artifact armor and I did that. The same goes for the jobs of White Mage and more or less Black Mage as well.

Maybe this truly is my "drug." Maybe I am addicted and I just don't want to come clean about it. Or maybe I just have an unresolved matter or five that needs to be addressed before I can ever truly say "the end."

I can't say what it is for sure, but whatever it is... it compells me to go back, if even for just a day. In any event, the pictures posted here and on the previous post are a very small few of my favorites during my stay in that world. It features a few friends and a lot of memories for certain.

Truth be told, this will be the last time I post about this matter until the day I actually return to FFXI. If I don't keep with what I had said earlier on, then this is it.

The end.