Blindsignals

I was passed this article and have finally made my decision to quit playing, wee.

The game is Evony, I've been playing for a couple weeks and feel I've come to the end; the game is decent, but starting to get boring now that accomplishing anything really takes an entire day or more of waiting ( and it just gets longer, way longer ), and lots of time searching for various objects that seem to be non-existent aside from the online shop that only accepts cash. The player vs player, or player vs computer is also very redundant; you 'spy' on the target, decide how many of your troops are needed and click attack; nothing more to it, repeat perpetually.

I've been doing my best to ignore the extreme push to spend real US dollars to purchase objects that enhance game play. The objects generally speed the game up for the player, but the part that really irks me is the objects called 'medals' that are required to advance in rank. At the start of the game these medals are given out like candy, and as you advance further they can only be obtained by winning computer generated battles at a rate of what seems to be less than 1%. If you don't wish to spend weeks of countless battles looking for these non-existent objects you could spend a few seconds buying them in the online shop for real US dollars, giving you a clear advantage in a game that is advertised as 'Free Forever'.

The real reason that pushed me to quit playing is the game's affiliation with a famous World of Warcraft gold farming company. For those who are unfamiliar with this, the companies basically hire Chinese workers for almost no pay to collect in-game currency and resell it for real world cash. The business model alone isn't what gets people in a tizzy, it's the conditions that the workers are put in and how they are treated. I know my word isn't worth much, but trust me anyone associated with these types of companies are complete scum and I will not be associated with them in any way.

Let's sum up what I don't like and why I'm quitting before I start on a real rant.

1. Affiliation with a disgustingly inhuman company.
2. Pushed to spend USD
3. Boob advertising or overall 'sex sells' mentality that appears in the majority of all Evony ads; here are a few of the many ads that appear on family friendly sites:
   

   

   

   

Good luck to everyone, and Go Vikings ( server 24 )!

Edit: And awesome, now I get to play tag with Google's Adsense to try and block Evony and WoW gold farming ads.

Let's set things straight right off; I do not think prestige is important for judging someone's abilities in game, it has its uses but for the most part it means nothing.  This guide is to explain how prestige works and how easily it can be gained.

With my life being a tab bit busier now I have almost reduced myself to zero-game time. Thankfully browser games are still a big hit with the gaming community and require only a few minutes each day to play and actually be successful.

I believe I have finally reached a point where I can stop torturing myself with OGame and move on to another browser game called Evony. I'm into my second day with it now and it looks like it could be fairly addictive, but with some large turn-offs like the interface and global chat ( which you have to "pay" to use ) full of preteen gibberish.

Not sure how long I will last, but being positive about it, I have some more ideas thanks to Evony that I can use in a collaborative project sm4k and I have started planning.

If you want to drop me a line in game I'm on server 22 noobing it up as clownshoes.