Review Submitted By: Brain
Author Status: Player and staff member
Started on Nanvaent: 1996
Submission Date: Apr 6, 2007
TMC Listing: Nanvaent
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Brain]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Nanvaent is one of those rare things, a game that can keep me coming
back to it. You know how it is...you buy a new game for your pc, and
no matter how much fun they are, you always get bored eventually.
Not so with Nanvaent. I’ve been playing since two of my friends got
me hooked when they went to University in 1996. I played for a bit,
and was told that I should go to the next “Nan Party”, so I went
along. It turned out to be a weekend full of fun – drinking, laughing,
telling stories about Nan, meeting new people. All in all, great fun.
So when I got home, I logged on again. This time I recognised some of
the names, and was able to talk to a few more people than just my two
mates. This helped me no end.
As a newbie, I found that I got lots of help from various kind
hearted people, especially when they quickly realised that I hadn’t a
clue what I was doing – this is still my first MUD! However, once I
got to a slightly higher level, I found that I was a target for serial
killers, which led to me starting new characters. Eventually I became
tired of having to change character every time one of these serial
killers logged in, and I drifted away for around 3 years, before
coming home drunk one night and logging in.
Now, I’ve got a character in almost every guild (10 out of 13), and
most of them are fairly high level. I’ve got three addicts (level
100+), including one character that reached the dizzy heights (at the
time) of level 211, and became the Guild Master of the Clerics guild.
The serial killers have gone away now, or limit themselves to
established players, so as not to scare off newbies, which is a good
thing IMO.
Admittedly, the days of regularly having 30 players on at a time are
gone, and no-one spends their Saturdays playing and competing with
each other to get the latest football scores onto the Sports channel
any more, but it’s still fun. There have been more and more (and
more!) quests added since I’ve been playing, and even two new guilds.
The guilds have all been beefed up, and the arena fights have brought
a new lease of life to the game – PVP without losing a life is a lot
more attractive than being unexpectedly slaughtered “with extreme
style and precision”.
It’s my 11th year here now, but I still come back time and time
again, because of the people. I’ve made lots of friends here, and no
matter how you’ re feeling, there’s always something to laugh at,
someone to talk to, something new to do, somewhere new to explore.
I’ve been to over 10 Nan parties and meets, met loads of people IRL,
including some of the players who came over from the Netherlands and
Greece, and even people who came over from America. I’ve yet to meet
any of the Aussies or Kiwis, but they’re on my list!
In short, Nanvaent has become and been a way of life for me, and it
could for you too. All you have to do is login, and don’t be afraid to
ask for help.
