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As a person who hasn't touched the game for years but has been checking the forums from time to time, I'm genuinely curious why you would still decide to invest time in this game even though there's much better games on the market or you can actually do something productive in life, like learning a new language.
I mean, for some like me, it’s because this game was one of the first games I ever was exposed to in the online world. Not Era specifically, but Graal (classic was first) in general. I’ve met amazing friends on here that I regularly talk to from a range of 4-7 years of knowing them. I mean occasionally, I might support this game here and there with some money as a thanks for not forgetting about the community. I just can’t let go of such a memorable game.
^^^ Yea this
I’ve played this game for ten years since 2010ish granted I’ve only played for 4200 hours of those 10 years but the friends I’ve made along the way are what make me stay. So many fond memories have been made from basing or just screwing around at start I’ve made a couple enemies as well in the past but since then I’ve come around to befriending a few of them as well
I don’t play this game anymore and i have been inactive for years. A lot of people including me, only play sometimes on festives such as Christmas, Halloween and Easter.
I started on classic in 2010 with irl friends in school. Found era and abandoned them cause I liked the feel of era a lot more vs cutting grass for graalats lmao. Over all graal is more educational than one would think. I learned a lot here. Then I’ve met some pretty cool people on era especially. Graal is only fun if you make it fun for yourself. I keep myself entertained doing sumn different daily on era. I never keep the same routine really.
^^^You are right. I started playing Graal in 2010 when i was 7 years old and it really improved my English as i’m a non native speaker. I also met a lot of good people and had fun. I grew up with this game and you do learn valuable things.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlessTheFall
Graal is very retro and cool. Not too many side scrolling games with this much content, fun, people and weird educational situations. One of these days it may go viral and you’ll be happy to have played so early just like the rest of us :) I’ve actually heard this game has helped a lot with English being their 2nd language and that is WHOLESOME.
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Originally Posted by Jayden-Jair
Era was also one of the first games exposed to me by an online friend during my early teenage years while I still played games on Facebook lol, hence my stupid name on this forum. You are exceptionally lucky to be still keeping in touch with people online for that long. Alll my friends on Era are dead inactive last I checked, and all that's left now are frail memories of them.
Sometimes you meet really amazing people on this game, you might become so fond of them that you may even still think of them and what they may be up to in real life, even if you've just met on a 2d game and haven't spoken for years lol. There are times for me too where someone was behaving extremely toxic towards me at first, but later on they opened up and showed their soft sides. And hell yeah screwing around in that game is so fun, I remember getting bored and doing really crazy random things and still having a blast while doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ Misty
I feel like there hasn't really been any super exciting updates for a while now, it just looks like the same thing over and over again each year. But I'm not totally up to date with all of the changes, so maybe I've missed out on some really cool things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Dorvay
I'm curious about why you stopped being active on the game, you and I are similar lol, we don't play the game but we check the forums. Is it because you can't make time for the game anymore?
I can confirm this, playing Era and talking to people really did improve my English, I am now Top 1 of my class in the subject even if English isn't my native language. (At the same time however, most French people have a really horrible mastery of English, and their schools tend to have a really easy marking scheme for the language).Quote:
Originally Posted by BlessTheFall
In Era no routine is really always the same, it always changes, spontaneous fun things can happen at any moment. (unpleasant events can also arise though lol)
I just genuinely enjoy open world games
I started in classic in 2010 after getting my first ipad for christmas and finding it on the app store and just loving it, after i believe in late 2011 my friends from classic convinced to play era and i stayed on era since but play on every other server every once in awhile. But its really nice to do your own things and have unique items and looks and to do whatever you want. With a ton of contact easily addicted.
I don't play it often but my friends all still play and I still find enjoyment in making pizzas, trading, PKing and basing. There are better games out there, yes but iEra will always hold a special place in my heart. It's gotten worse and that seems to be the generally agreed upon consensus but the game's still charming in a way. Plus the community is so small it's so easy to talk to people unlike said "better games."Quote:
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Also I don't know what you're on about with "productivity" but if you're not enjoying your time it's not worth struggling through "learning a new language" when you could be learning to do something you're more confident you'll enjoy and use. Skills don't matter in life when you have nothing like responsibilities or hobbies to apply them to.