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June 23, 2003
It wasn't about the experience anymore
Game: Dark Age of Camelot
Time: Friday 6/20/2003 - 11pm PST
Place: Dun Abermenai
It was a somewhat typical nights in the Battleground of Dun Abermenai. There were about 13 Hibernians trying to take the Albion keep. I was playing my Valewalker, Dave brought his enchanter. The Albs were defending their keep fairly well, although it was mostly the NPC guards that were keeping us at bay, as we outnumbered the Albs about 2:1. "We can take this keep", we thought. So, we start by setting up a battering ram to knock down the doors. That was the first of many battering rams that night.
Fast-forward to 3am PST. We still hadn't taken the keep, Dave had left hours earlier (which in hindsight was the intelligent decision) and most of the original 13 were still there. The reason that I was originally desired to take the keep was because of a significant experience point reward for doing so. I figured that it wouldn't take too long and would get me a butt-load of experience. At 3am, I cared nothing for the experience points I was going to gain. It was a moral imperative that I take this keep. It wasn't even a question anymore, the decision had already been made. It was just a matter of how long it would take us. Finally, around 4:15am, we proud Hibernians stood atop our newly captured keep. It was a sweet victory, rivaled only by the comfort of my pillow as I feel asleep to the sun rising in the morning.
Posted by Michael at June 23, 2003 11:38 AM