《Familia: Ang simula》 Sirang Espada "Ahhh! stupid CM" "WTF are you doing!" "Stun! you stupid shit!" "Why are you not moving don''t block my path!" "where''s the wards?" "You just bought that account! Don''t Ruin other people''s experience by buying an account..." "Uninstall Dota 2 youfucking garbage" It''s becoming a norm hearing those from my headset. I''ve been playing the game since it''s in Beta version. so NO I didn''t buy myaccount, I just became bad due to my age and being caught up in real life. I''m Isaiah, I just turned 38, have a wonderful family and a stable business. I love playing video games, have been playing since Contra and Super Mariocan be played in Family Computer. played all types of games, RTS, MMO, FPS hell I even played a barbievideo game with my niece. I played way back when it was only Dota, a custom map from Warcraft 3. I was actually a good player, I have played with some Pros before DotA 2 just started. my knowledge about the game was great I usually theory craft and do all sorts of research to improve mygame. Before, there are no pros in Dota, not a lot of legit tournament, just broken promises of prize money. everything was just for your glory. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Enough of reminiscing because suddenly I heard a voice chat from my headset. "GG! this guy doesn''t know what he''s doing. report him, please." "Lol, I feel bad for you guys! Thanks for the win! haha" That''s the last thing I heard when I close the game. Damn my hands are too slow and I can''t follow the game anymore. what the hell happened with my life! "Pa can you teach me how to do that in PC?" That''s my son Cael he''s almost 15 he''s been playing video games since god knows when. Now he only plays VR that''s why when he saw me play my game he was surprised I still do it on my PC. "Sure some other time nak, Let''s go downstairs already before your mama yell at us for not preparing the table," I told my son "Meh you could do it, I''m her only son so for sure I could wiggle my way out" He went running to the kitchen while laughing at me. I chuckled while I thought to myself I guess my dad was right, all the crazy things I did with my parents are being done to me by my kid. I got to the kitchen and my wife was almost finished cooking, A Typical Filipino Meal White rice and adobo. "Hey Pa! want to play a game with me? It''s called Komunidad,it''s an MMORPG sandbox type of game in VR" "Hmm that sounds good! W~" Pak! I got hit in the head by my wife in the head. Shit that hurts! "Why are you letting Cael play video games all day! he should be focusing on his studies!" That''s what my wife Issa told me while I got hit from the head "That hurts! I don''t! (lies) he just asked me if we could play together." "maybe we should join him? what do you think mahal?" "Wait what! Mom''s playing! come on dad she''ll just tell me to stop playing the game and she don''tknow what to do!" PAK! "do you want me to confiscate all your games!" my wife hit my son while butting in, strike 2! for us "I have played mobile games you know that and I haveplayed some video games back in college." she turned to me to answer my question "I would love to but I think I can''t, It''s going to be a busy period in our business" "Well let''s see what we could do first, I''ll check their website and go from there. From what I got from the Title I think it''s a Filipino company, let''s just support it and see how it goes? maybe you''ll like it." "ok" "come on pa~" PAK! Pagsasaliksik Dinner just finished, I went to the room and went to get the laptop to start researching about the game. before that, I shoot a text on our group chat with my family and cousins. Isaiah: "Psst! anybody wants to join us play komunidad?" After a while I haven''t received any replies. "maybe they''re still sleeping since some of them maybe back home (Philippines) or working. I went back to my laptop to start my research. The moment I typed komunidadI saw a video interview made by the game company a couple of hours ago. I clicked and started watching the video, I fast-forwarded the video to skip all the introduction and shit like that. I saw Sam the developer of the game starting to discuss the game. Sam: "what makes the game better than others is it''s a game based on how people live in reality. what do I mean by that? It''s not a game where you could min/max your character, There is no exact value of items, consumables, and equipment. Let me give you an example, do you prefer your Moms cooking or your wife''s? Even if they both make the same fried chicken the taste will be different because of the process and ingredients being used. You know there''s a difference but you can''t pinpoint it exactly. Now let''s go back to the game, Like I explained a weapon made by NPC, Friend A and Friend B that have the same level and type of materials used will have different weight, sharpness, size and use." Interviewer: "Interesting... so you''re saying that a novice could make the same level as the blacksmith who''s been doing it for a couple of months?" Sam: "Well no, All skills, passive or active, have expertise. the more you use your skill, you''ll be much better with the said skill.In blacksmithing, a person who just did his 10th weapon can''t be compared with the weapon a blacksmith who''s done his 1000th weapon, In blacksmithing a person who just did his 10th weapon can''t be compared with the weapon a blacksmith who''s done his 1000th weapon, buuuut... he could get to that level on his 600th weapon due to certain factors." Interviewer: "What factor" Sam: "The level of the person''s learning skill? dedication? proper usage of materials? process?. Like I said, it''s the same as the real world, everyone has their own specialty/expertise and learning curve. The game processes all of that and determines the outcome, experience and how far you''re on your expertise."Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. Interviewer: "Holy fuck..cough cough That''s interesting!" Sam: "It''s so hard to explain everything by explaining everything. Well, how bout this since I''m feeling good today, this friday, everyone could try the game free for 3 hrs so you guys could understand what I''m talking about." Interviewer: "a..are you sure?" Sam: " yes boss, sounds like you want to try the game haha! and that''s a wrap!" Woooah now that''s something. I checked the comments and saw that it''s legit. The player just needs to download the game in the helmet to see how the game is being played. but to know what Sam was discussing about what''s different with this game you need to get the company''s self-madeVR that would enhance the game. I talked to Issa about getting the new helmets for us tomorrow and sheagreed on it. I was going to bed when I noticed that I have a notification on my cell phone. HOLY SHIT 99+ msgs on the group chat! I started reading it and saw that my family was curious about the game discussing if they should play it? their kids? so on and so forth. I just replied that I''ll check what the game is about and let them know about their questions. The game will be launched next Friday so there''s still some time to convince everyone if we would play it. Then I noticed that another group chart pop up that includes me, Shin and Linus who''s my older cousin that introduced us to gaming. Shin: "are we playing?" Linus: "I would but it would be casual only" Shin: "That''s fine I''ve heard from one of my buddies who have inside info, that high-level players could group up with low-level players because a party have an option of where levels would be round down to the lowest level player and all skills and armor will be based on your best equipment or number of skills on that level. Isaiah: "damn that''s sick, now we could play with everyone even if our leveling pace are all different" Shin: "That''s just not it. People who are offline could also do certain tasks while offline. There would be an app where you could have your character do certain tasks so you could still be productive in game" Linus: "nice I think I could play the game then!" Isaiah: "nice I guess we''re back gaming then! I''ll inform you what I got from researching tomorrow. Shin you want to drop by tomorrow to prepare for the game?" Shin: "sure! just make sure there''s the specialty fried chicken by Issa!" Isaiah: "Yeh Yeh just bring the ingredients so she could prepare it for dinner" Shin: "COOL!" Linus: "Ok good night guys see you in the free test!" Isaiah: "Oh wait! are you going to get their new helmet? because we''ll get it. I''ll try it on my old helmet and their new helmet to have a better comparison" Linus: "ok let me know if there''s a huge difference I might get it" Isaiah: "Ok see you guys in the game on Friday!" I just put my CP down and went to sleep. Last thing I remember saying to myself "This game will be interesting" Pagsasaliksik: Ikalawa Shin arrived and we had dinner. We talked about the game and the interview that was shown yesterday talked about what class we should get to make the team. suddenly Cael called and told us there are some updates done on the Komunidad website. Cael immediately shared the link and it showed some images that are blacked out. I guess they''re trying to put out some information so people won''t be too confused. I then looked and tried to see what information we could get from this. first one is an image of a cycle of a sword and a shield, a bow and arrow, last is a wizard''s hat. Second is a table written down the usual characteristics of MMO games, with a number 3 on top of it. 3 Strength Constitution Dexterity Perception Intelligence Will Power beside is a table with 9 colored boxes. Black Gray White Green Yellow Orange Red Purple Gold There are also six icons that show different weapons. Sword and Shield LongswordIf you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. dagger Bow Crossbow Throwing Knife Staff Wand Talisman Last is a window that has 3 tabs in it. At last! they fucking showed some information! I went to the forums to check what these are but it didn''t bring me anywhere. there are some good theory''s what they are but most of it is garbage. "What do you think about these?" Shin started the conversation. "I think they are the basics of the game, the first thing we all know is the stats, those are basics but I don''t know what number "3" is. If it follows the standard concept of games, Strength is melee damage and ability to lift certain obstacles Dexterity is range damage and attack speed Intelligence is magic damage and mana Constitution increases the health of the character and resistance to certain ailments. Perception relates to traps, hidden doors or environment awareness Willpower could mean mental defense or ability to keep on casting while getting damaged. I guess the weapons are those six weapons, pointing at them, sword and shield, 2-hand weapon, dagger, bow, crossbow, throwing knives, staff, wand, and Talisman. that''s a lot of types for a game.I have an idea on the colored table, they might be the quality of monster/equipment. The rest I really don''t have a damn clue. What the cycle is and the window with 3 empty tabs." Shin "I see, I guess 20+ years of experience gaming helps eh?" Isaiah: "F*** off! but the rest I still can''t figure it out, are those classes? " so there''s only 3 class?" Cael: "Could be, that would round things out, melee, range, and magic?" Shin: "Damn Cael you really are my nephew! you might be right on that. I remember a game We played before that have the same gameplay as that, melee > range > magic> melee, it completes the cycle and makes nobody damn invincible except for me." I guess what my son said made sense. I looked at him and noticed I got a huge grin on my face. now it all relates, I still have no clue what the tabs are but it still is a big leap than trying to do a beta run for 3 hrs with no freaking clue at all. we kept discussing with each other what we would do in the beta test, Basic Controls, skill activation, stats, team composition, communication, and exploits. we finished our discussion when suddenly my wife called us to show us the mobile app for the game. Issa: "Hey look, I got the app for the game already and it has a trial version on Friday as well." she looked at me and smiled then continued to talk "I already know that you boys will be busy in-game so I''ll check the app. ask Linus as well to check the app since he might not be able to play the whole 3 hours." Boom! that''s my wife for you! We all went to sleep after I messaged Linus about the app and he said he''ll look into it. Friday arrived and time for the Trial period. The app trial started early and Issa showed me what''s in it, a huge selection of old and new mobile games. You name it and they have it, board games, action games, even some kids game! She showed me that when she opened the app, it showed multiple professions like blacksmithing, tailoring, fishing, accounting, and medicine. and when you chose a profession it would show certain mobile games in it. I immediately thought that''s weird. but oh well I won''t be doing those so it''s fine. I just told her to see what else she could figure out and if she wants to try the in-game for some time so she won''t be surprised when the actual game starts. I went to sent a text to the group to remind that the trial would start soon, I then put on the gaming helmet closed my eyes and then the trial start. Pagtuklas I tried opening my eyes and noticed that I''m not in the room anymore, I''m in a cottage on top of a hill. I looked at my surroundingand it looks so real! I suddenly heard somebody talking. "Hello player 477310, I Welcome you to Komunidad." While she''s telling mestuff about the game I noticed how moving my in-gamebody feels so natural, How I could feel the breeze and notice a leaf surfing thru the wind, the smell of fresh air and grass. I can''t stop gushing and thinking to myself how great the game is.I snapped out of my own world and noticed that she''s starting to discuss the game. I''ve learned that; -The Interface shows your health, mana, stamina bar, and a small mini map. game setting and contacts are accessible by thinking about it. -The game won''t show a value when getting damaged, You would feel pain in the affected body part While invoking magic would give you a headache, the closer you deplete your mana the worst the headache you''ll feel, On the other hand, stamina has the same effect as mana but you would have shortness of breath instead of a headache. This makes the game more realistic and lets the user value its character. You are allowed to change the level of pain you would feel in the game setting. all level of pain has been approved by the gaming board so it can''t be used to harras or affect the person if they''re outside of the game. -There are three classes melee, range, and magic. Each class has a counterpart and would receive 20% extra damage from it (melee>range>magic>melee). -Armors could be worn anytime in the game while Weapons would determine your class hence you''re only allowed to have one main weapon. Each weapon has certain passive skills that are unique to them. Sword and Shield (melee) - Receives less damage from projectile Two handed weapons (melee) - Increases damage with continuous hits Daggers or Bare Hand (melee) - Only weapon allowed to dual wield Bow (range) - Allows a user to shoot arrows while moving Heavy Crossbow (range) - Could be loaded with exploding bolts Throwing weapons (range) - User could switch to a one hand daggerUnauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. Staff (magic) - Increase mana regeneration Wand (magic) - magic damage Increased Talisman (magic) - Status effect increased Light Armor - Increase magic damage but don''t have any defense. Medium Armor - Increases users speed (attack and movement) but average defense Heavy Armor - Increase defense and constitution but decreases users speed -Enemy level and equipment level are color coded. The list is from weakest to strongest Black Gray White Green Yellow Orange Red Purple Gold -Players are able to learn all skills from all classes but with a penalty, A character learning a skill, not from its main class skill tree would have a lesser effect. Example is a melee class using firebolt or crossbow would reduce the damage by 10% -Player skills and professions are called talents, at the start of the game you are allowed to have 3 talents but must have at least one profession. The higher your level is the more talent you could keep. -Talents could be replaced as long as you find a trainer to replace them. Any knowledge of the talent would be forgotten and needs to be relearned from the beginning. -There are 6 player stats that improves everytime you level up. Each user could only add 3 stat points and you could only choose one primary and secondary stat. You would be asked at the character creation to choose what would be your primary and secondary, These two stats would be permanent for the whole game. The rest of the stat would be increased by the AI and it would be based on its usage. Primary stat would be increased by 1.5 while secondary would be 0.5, the rest would be increased by 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, and 0.1 Strength - Increase Melee base damage Constitution - Increase players health Dexterity - Increase Range base damage Perception - Increase detection from sneaking or invisible opponents Intelligence - Increase magic damage Willpower - Increase the success rate of casting magic -The game could be played on your mobile device. It allows you to work in your profession. It also has an option to access your contacts in your device. "That concludes the introduction, now it''s time for you to go to the next phase. Goodbye player 477310." a succubus showed up and stabbed me in the chest, I noticed that my mana, stamina, and health started decreasing. Wtf is this shit? I''m feeling my headache and a shortness of breath. I also felt a pain in my chest. "Game Over" Damn that feeling sucks. I then get teleported outside of the house where numerous people started to show up. I heard somebody shouting "What the Hell! that fucking hurts! you should allow us to adjust them!" I then heard somebody making fun of the guy shouting "stupid shit you shouldn''t sleep on the introduction! they informed us that we could adjust it to the game setting." That''s when people started laughing at the guy. This is why I fucking hate MMOs, too many stupid people. I started ignoring people and focused on our task at hand. Pagtuklas: Ikalawa First things first time to adjust the pain level, while doing it I saw a small mail blinking at the corner of my view. I checked it and then noticed Issa message me from her phone, How did she message me? I then got curious about how to use my cell phone in-game, I just started thinking about my cell phone and a small window popped out showing my cellphone''s home screen. This is cool It''s like Jedi mind tricks, I then replied to Issa and started messaging my group to come at my spot. While waiting I checked my Character page. Player 477310 level 2 Weapon Bow (range weapon) - Allowed to use the bow while walking Profession "Jeweler" - Increased finding precious stones and metals used for jewels Skills "Windwalk" -Increase movement speed and dodge. "Imbue Arrow" -Use magic to strengthen the damage from bolts and arrow without penalty. Armor "Heavy armor" -Armor mostly used by tanking character, Increase the time of invoking magic. Stats Strength - 2.5 Constitution - 1.5 Dexterity - 1.1 Perception - 1.4 Intelligence -1.3 Willpower - 1.2 (all stats are auto filled and randomize to show how the game works - Sam) "This is fucking awesome!sup bro we''re here!" I turned around and noticed Shin and Kael standing behind me. "Yeh true, true. You guys did anything in the game?" Kael started answering my question "I adjusted the pain level to theminimum, Uncle Shin said he did not change it because it''s an important part of the game." "He''s right, It would increase your in-game reaction and is a good not to attack like a typical zombie. It forces us to be more strategic, You should adjust it but don''t overdo it." We noticed Shin started moving around and practicing his skills, He then started switching his weapon and armor. I created a party and told them to use the party chat instead of talking in public. Once they accepted the party invite I told them what we should be doing now. "Shin already started testing the basic movements and his skills, let''s get started checking the game, and leave your notes in the chat so we could start discussing stuff about the game. I''ll call you guys when it''s time to start testing the battle in this game." The next few minutes I started seeing a couple of messages left in the chat; -heavy armor decreases movement speed -I Cast a spell 10 times using heavy armor and it sucks, it slowed the casting time and I failed to conjure a couple of spells because of the armor. -Shooting while walking decreases the hit chance, the faster you walk the bigger chance of missing a target. -You could start doing tasks for your profession in-game, it increases your efficiency and gives experience as well. It''s mobile games so you shouldn''t be bored. each profession has multiple mobile games. I minimized the chat window and kept changing equipment to familiarize each weapons attack pattern and movement when We heard Shin say something, "Check chat." I looked at the group chat and he left a huge wall of text explaining an exploit. He noticed something weird whenever he wears a leather armor after the chain mail shirt, the chain mail doesn''t go back to his inventory. Then he started checking his character page and it showed that his chainmail was still showing in the armor tab and became an undergarment. When he tried doing the same process with light and heavy armor it doesn''t work. It might be a bug or an exploit that could be used. I started doing it as well and noticed that it increased my defense by a ton. Sweet!, what if I cast magic, would I get the heavy armor penalty? I then selected fireball to add to my skill and started casting it. I noticed that We all thought the same thing and we just smiled because of it. A fireball shot on one of my hand and then I started typing in the group chat "no penalty on magic, this is an exploit. don''t tell anybody!" After a few minutes, I saw Kael and notice that he''s looking at me like he did something wrong, he then informed us that he just spoiled our secret "Oops, I just reported it" I almost shout at him for telling it to the admin. Isaiah, It''s just a game, He''s your son, calm down. I then heard Shin laugh "LOL bro we got a greenie here! haha!" I then started laughing and barked back at him "Yeh, that would be game breaking if we could have at least used it. oh well, back to the drawing boards." I then started laughing and laughed back "Yeh, that would be game breaking if we could have at least used it. oh well, back to the drawing boards." We both saw Kael feeling bad about what he did and apologized "Sorry, I got too excited... Wait, the admin messaged me again." After a couple of minutes, Kael gave us an update "Let me post what he said." Good Evening player23412, Thank you for reporting the issue, As we all know we want to make the game fair and balanced for everybody. An undershirt is part of the game but using a chainmail for it is supposed to be a hidden feature that''s only available for people who tries to explore the game.While using a chainmail as an undergarment, the user should still have the penalty of wearing a heavy armor. As a sign of appreciation, We''ll give you a 1000g and a store token worth 500g at the merchant guild. Game Developer, SAM Shin then looked at Kael and talked to him "Nice you got a personal message from Sam! Well that''s good at least we got something, but it''s still not enough to the advantage that we could have used. Going forward, you should follow the saying what happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas." "Sorry, Tito." Like what Shin said what''s done is done, we then started doing some duels. Shin sent me a duel invite and started hitting each other, to see what effects and how it would feel being damaged by different types of basic hit and magic.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. I accidentally got hit in the wrist, I suddenly felt a sharp pain and a small icon showing I got disarmed. It only showed for at most a second and I signaled Shin to stop. "Could you hit me at my wrist again? I go disarmed when you hit me in the wrist. Actually, give me one sec. Kael! come here you''re a "thief" right? could you try hitting all my joints? also, try hitting me on the back, including my neck as well both on the front and back." I saw Kael''s jaw drop like he saw a ghost, Shin just started laughing. "Kael, would you come here we''re doing some tests for the game to see what quirks and advantages we could use, so come here and don''t be a chicken." He snapped back to reality and looked pissed for calling him a chicken I then heard my cousin Linus "Haha! he''s still not used to our style, so show him the ropes and be easy on him." "Oh hey! are you in the game? port to us so we could test some stuff as well." ''No, I just arrived home so I only tried the mobile app one, I saw all the conversation in this party so it''s all good, I just wished I could try it as well but it''s almost time." I quickly checked the clock and noticed we only have 10 more minutes. I then quickly told them to focus on dueling while I told Shin to try to check some minute stuff like items or status effects that could give us advantage. Kael started hitting me but it''s all half-hearted, I just told him it''s a game so start doing it seriously or He''ll not gonna play the first week and I won''t give him his allowance as well. He started going seriously and we got the answers we need and posted it in the party chat. Hitting certain parts of the body would give some effects like; disarm, slow, dazed and stunned. Certain hits to the neck would cause a bleeding effect while hitting the back would cause a critical hit most of the time. We called it Lucky hit because it doesn''t happen all the time and could only be triggered. We then continued dueling each other while trying to get aLucky hit. We then heard Sam making an announcement in the game. "Welcome players, The game will be closing in a minute. I would like to commend a player who told us about an exploit that could be done with armor. I wou" somebody just got the balls to interrupt him while doing his speech "Fuck you whoever you are that told them the exploit" "LOL greenie!" "What exploit?" another announcement showed up Server announcement "Changed Administrator power to 0 for all players" We heard Sam talk again "now where am I, oh, player 23412 you''ll be rewarded once you logged in at the actual start of the game. Now, I won''t end this without you guys enjoying the game. Starting right now try to survive against my boys! Let the hunger games begin! Everyone was wondering what he was talking about. it sounded like he was starting an Armageddon. The environment started to change, It''s getting darker and everybody looked at the sky. "Solar eclipse!" some random guy shouted and pointed at the Sun. While I''m getting goosebumps I still can''t stop being fascinated at how the aesthetic of the game was made. Once the moon covered the sun, we heard a Wolf howl on top of a cliff. A wolf started to walk on its 4 legs when suddenly It started to stand on itstwo hind feet. Fuck a Werewolf, It then howled again and we saw the horde of werewolves, wolves, bear, orcs, and goblins surrounding the place where players are standing. I heard somebody screaming, the ground underneath her is moving and then a hand suddenly grab her leg. Zombies! one by one zombie and some insectoid started coming out from the ground. Some people started crying and running while the others have a looked in the face like they lost everything, Other people started calling their group to form some sort of a plan. Then a guy run towards the horde and started shouting "LEEEERRRROOOOYY JEEENKINNS!" Before he reached the enemy line we saw a figure step towards the front of the orc and killed him with an arrow in one shot. dark elves, they''re also part of the horde? Everybody just wants to do a face palm when suddenly we heard somebody laughing so hard. It''s my crazy brother Shin. I saw him standing at the top of a huge rock started talking. "Hahahaha.! what''s up plebs! I just have one thing to say." He had the biggest smile on his face and started casting a skill, warcry! "TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL." He removed a huge weapon behind his back, a hammer with its head as big as an adult pig, he gripped it with both his hand he started dashing to the peak of the rock and jumped off it. He started lifting the hammer on top of his head and started to activate his second skill, it made the whole hammer shine! before hitting the ground he swings the hammer downwards toward a zombie crawling out of its hole. BOOM! It was so strong that everyone close to the zombie. Players and zombies got blown back a couple of steps. The hit left a huge crater and the zombie that got hit became a puree at the middle. Once he stands up he raised the hammer with one hand and celebrated like we won the war already! Everyone''s morale became better and the players started roaring and some even did the Spartans war cry. "AHOO! AHOO!". That signaled the start of the clash. Everybody started picking the ones on the floor and started to group up. Commands from other leaders are now flowing better than before. Mages started casting AOE spells to start the bloodbath, Range class grouped up and started showering the hordes with arrows and bolts, Melee with shield started to make a wall to protect the mages and range players The "assassins and "thieves started going around the makeshift encirclement to kill zombies and insectoid inside of our area. I then started movingto join the fight when I noticed I''m not even equipped with any weapon. I don''t even know what my character is so I quickly glanced on my character page. Oh great, I''m a mage class with "blessing" and "grab". fuck this is awesome! what the hell am I going to do here? I just started blessing people close to me, I then grabbed a zombie trying to attack a mage casting a spell. I''m doing everything that I can to last and enjoy this onslaught. The war is becoming a spectacle. A werewolf jumped on top of the shield wall and tackled a group leader and started feasting on it. Mages cast lightning bolt to the werewolf and a melee player stabbing the werewolf in the back killed it. The commotion gave the Horde a chance to infiltrate the shield wall, once broken all hell breaks loose. magic bolts flying left and right, orcs and goblin beating players, a group of players overwhelming a dark elf. I guess this is what Armageddon in a fantasy world. A couple of minutes have passed and there are only a few survivors left from both sides. You could still feel the bloodlust from all the players left trying to finish the fight brought to them, I looked around and saw the carnage left of the war. It''s wonderful! I looked around and the players cleaned up most of the monsters. If the one we killed are monsters the players left standing are demons that rule them. From a couple of million that joined the free trial, there are only at most 100 people left standing. A tall black guy that played a role of a priest standing at a mountain of corpse both players and monsters. A fat white mage playing a fireball and ice bolt one on each hand, A young girl that looks like a barbarian and an Arab male ninja leaning back to back just to support themselves. I noticed that Kael died in the skirmish but nothing any of us could do about it. I then started walking towards Shin and wondered howlucky I am to survive with these demons. I should''ve just stayed quiet. A warhorn was blown from the north, everyone looked where it came from and saw an orc riding a monster bear. What rang in my head when I heard the horn is the voice of Morgan Freeman says. "Reinforcement has arrived" An ear shattering scream started coming from the west when suddenly hundreds of banshee and gargoyle came out of the forest and started diving towards the players. One gargoyle targeted me and before he snatched me with its claws the black mage cast a lightning bolt on the gargoyle that gave me a couple of second to counter it. I quickly activated my skill grab and slammed it to the ground, I stunned it and started punching it with my bare hands. I then heard the mage screaming, a gargoyle grabbed him and threw him in the air. Before he fell he got mutilated by the banshee before he hit the ground. The ground started to tremble and heard roars from orcs riding bears and wolves, Round two won''t be as good as the first round, Their cavalry unit started to kill all the players Luckily I dodged the one charging at me but I fell on the ground. I checked my status and saw that my HP won''t withstand even a flick from this monsters. While lying down, I notice a small speck of dot above me getting bigger as time pass by. I then saw the first dragon of the game. I tried grabbing a sword beside me when suddenly System restriction: you are not allowed to switch weapons Fuck me, really? Am I facing this dragon with my bare hands? "Foreeeee" I heard my brother shouting when a head of a gargoyle dropped beside me.That was the last thing he did before getting killed by the orcs. Wow, what a predicament, Orc cavalry surrounding me, Banshee and gargoyle flying all over. To top it all a fucking dragon just dropped beside me. No life, no mana, no weapon, and no allies. It''s a good day to die. I grabbed a piece of cloth and started wrapping it around my hands. While doing this I saw the dragon come close to me, He doesn''t look happy, does he. maybe I could talk him out of this situation. "Yo lizard breath! you want to turn around because this won''t be good for you!" The dragon roared in front of me, I became deaf in-game. I started to see flashbacks of my youth, How happy I was playing a game, First time I finished Contra or the moment I got Snorlax in Pokemon. Playing Ragnarok with my cousins and finishing Orc chieftain when I''m just level 50. I then started laughing maniacally, I looked around and noticed that I''m trapped in the middle of this sea of monsters. I then looked at the dragon and told him my last words. "I''ll be back" I started to charge towards the dragon and It did the same thing towards me, I lunged at the dragon and the last thing I saw is the inside of the mouth of the dragon. "Snap!" GAME OVER Thank you for participating the trial period. Would you allow your video feed to be used as part ofthe Komunidad''s advertisement? Compensation would be given to you if you accept the proposal I smiled and quickly gave my answer. "Yes" Ang simula ng perya I just woke up and can''t stop feeling excited, The game is starting today! It has been awhile since the event. Komunidad had been the headline the whole time, it''s been the main topic in social media, local and international news. My video feed was shown all over the world, the moment they released the edited version, it got watched a hundred million times a day. Player 477310 became a legend. With the sudden rise of fame due to the video clip, a representativeof the game approached me and gave me my royalties for the video. It was five figures! I was going to decline but then thought that the game would earn way more if they''re willing to give away that amount of money. Hey, I won''t say no to blessings. With the money that I got from the video, I told everyone I''ll treat them to an expensive dinnerand talk about our preparation for the game. I then went to my laptop and check a list of character that I''ll be using on the game based on ourfinal combination. Staff -increase mana regen Priest (Amember of a religiousorder that helps and bless people.) -Better understanding of light magic (increase healing spells by 5%) Heal -heals target (amount heal is based on intelligence) Holy Shield? -Forms a barrier that could take damage instead of the targetted user, (barrier''s HP is based on Healers willpower) Bless? -Increase stats on targetted player Light armor Primary stat -Intelligence Secondary stat -Willpower Sword and Shield -Receive less damage against projectile damage. Armor Blacksmith (A person that dedicated itself to create armors.) -Penalty on the user''s armor is removed. Provoke -attracts monsters aroundyou (10m radius). If used on PVP, opponents would be forced to attack the player for 3 seconds. Earth stomp? -Stomp the ground with your feet that damage and slows opponents around you. (damage based on players strength) Selfish recovery? -heals self (amount healed based on intelligence plus vitality), Higher aggro than basic heal Heavy armor Primary stat -Vitality Secondary -Intelligence Daggers -Allowed to have two daggers on each hand. Assassin (mercenaries that are hired to murder silently.) -Increase damage on marked players Stealth -A skill used to make the player invisible even if he''s moving. being damaged or dealing damage would remove stealth. Impact strike? -Hits the opponent and stuns them for two seconds., increase stun duration by one second if done while concealed. Eviscerate? -Slashes the opponent and makes the opponent bleed. increase bleeding duration when done while concealed. Medium armor Primary statThis book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. Strength Secondary stat perception Wand Educator (Person that helps other acquire knowledge.) - Identifies skills that are being used. Firebolt - Hurls a firebolt in front of him, cast time 1 second. (damage based on Intelligence) Firewall? -Casts a firewall in front of the player that deals damage if opponent passes thru the wall, cast time 3 seconds (damage over time, damage based on intelligence) Meteor storm? -Creates a storm that drops meteors, 30m Area Of Effect, cast time 10 seconds. (damage based on intelligence) I was satisfied at the list that I''ve done already, That would basically cover the party''s needs. I then went straight to take a nap before we go to dinner. Wejust got off the parking lot and went straight to the restaurant, We haven''t gone to this restaurant because it''s expensive. I started observing while Issa talked to the receptionist about our reservation, I noticed that that most of the people here are talking about Komunidad. A group of guys was talking about what they will be doing at the beginning of the game, A couple beside the windows plans to have a corny couple name. Almost everyone in the restaurant is talking about the game. We were ushered by our waitress to our seats, I suddenly noticed a couple close to our seats not having their best dinner. The lady was holding her tears trying not to look bad in the restaurant while the guy who''s in the wheelchair trying to lighten the mood. I tried to ask the waitress if we could change seats but to no avail. Once seated and told her our orders we started talking about the game. I asked them what character they would be making. Shin first answered the question because he knows what I''m thinking. "I''m making a warrior off-tank that would dish a lot of damage." I thought to myself typical of him, I''ve played with him for a decade or two so I know what his go to character is. I already have a general idea of what his character would be based on what he told us. I then asked Kael about his character. "It''s probably a thief, I''m versatile but I liked the feel of a thief. It''s probably the same as what I had at the event and I have a score to settle with." I saw fire in his eyes. I then remembered what he told us happened during the event, he was doing good when the battle started but then suddenly one of the orc leaders stabbed him in the back andtalked trashed towards him. I suddenly saw myself in him, he always looked calm but inside of him is a fire that would unleash hell if pushed in the corner. I then asked Issa what she would do and she just gave me a shoulder shrug. "I haven''t played the actual game so I don''t know, Hmmm, I''ll be the passenger of your bus." My jaw just dropped. Isaiah, she''s your wife, you love her. It''s fine, you are lucky she let you play the game. I then started laughing and told Kael and Shin what my character would be. Since It''s going to be a bus I need to be the main tank, It would help us improve our survival since Me and Shin''s playstyle is too eccentric. I told them that we''ll go from there and if we find any issue with our team composition we''ll just ask other players to cover the holes. "Excuse me" I then saw the guy on the wheelchair approach us. "You guys were talking about Komunidad and heard you need two people for your party, Could my sister and I join you?" I started watching them more like a private detective, I saw that the young lady was even shocked at what her brother was doing. She''s around Kael''s age, She also looks good, maybe I could make her my son''s girlfriend. I then looked at her brother, he maybe around the thirties, He looks fit for a guy on a wheelchair, He looks good and could be more attractive if he''s not in a wheelchair. I was going to decline the offer when I heard my wife talk to them. "I don''t see any issue with that, I also noticed that my son and your sister both know each other. I would also like a proper introduction before you ask us if you could join us." I then saw the guy noticed his mistake and introduced themselves." "I''m sorry for being rude and forgot to introduce ourselves, I''m Kim and my sister Janice." "Good evening my name is Janice, I noticed Kael came in and didn''t say hi to him since I wasn''t looking as my best." I then noticed Kael stand up and went towards Janice to give her a hug. I also noticed his brother raise his eyebrows and started twitching, this guy is already starting some trouble! "Hey, Janice! what''s up? did somebody bully you again? I told you to let me know if somebody''s stupid enough to make fun of you again." I saw her look at Kael and signaled to him that his brother was watching. "I''m sorry Mr. Kim I''m Kael, I''m Janice''s best friend at the school and have no intention of making her, my girlfriend. I swear it at my papa''s grave!" Wow, this son of mine has balls to even make fun of me eh? Time to hammer this guy and let him know who''s the man. "Well Hello Kim, I guess that settles it, you''re part of the party now but by any chance do you know another person? I doubt that this son of mine could play the game FOREVER." After I said that I looked at Kael and smiled towards him, everyone laughed and that ended the awkwardness that was looming on top of us. We then started to introduce each other and gave each other greetings, Issa then asked the waitress if we could just have only one table as a group. they then sent us to a room that''s separate to the main floor. Food got served once we got moved and started to have our dinner. Once we all finished I asked Kim why he wants us to party with them, I told him that there are a couple of people in the restaurant that he could form a party with but why choose us? "I don''t actually want to form a party with anybody, but then I heard you guys talking about the game and you guys sound like gamers. I for one is a gamer so I would like to know what it feels like to be part of a group. Also, this will be the first time for Janice and I don''t know if I could support both of our characters, so having more players would help us a lot. I''m also an over protective brother and don''t want to party with people who want to take my sister away from me." "KIM!" We heard Janice shout at her brother but he just smiled back at her and kept talking. "Now that I told you my selfish intention, I''m glad I saw Kael here, who Janice kept talking about and know him more, It also helps to know that his family would be playing with us as well. I just wish that you take care of us in-game." I looked at my family and both Issa and Shin gave me the nod of approval. " We are not a party but a family from now on. For character creation just do whatever you want, It''s your character so go whatever makes you happy. You could also do whatever you want in-game, we don''t mind and we''ll support you even if it will make us public enemy no.1 This would also be a family bus, you''re a gamer so you know what a bus means. With that welcome to the family." They both lit up and he gave me his hand to give me a handshake. I just shook my head and showed him my fist. "Shaking hand is for business purpose only, Our family gives fist bumps to each other." He started laughing and gave me a fist bump. I gave them our numbers so they could contact us in the game. We paid the bill since I got the money from the video and we all went back home an hour before the game officially starts. Once we got home Kim and Janice gave us a text so we could add them to our contacts as well. I went straight to the shower with Issa to get some good old fashion stress relief and also have a quick shower before we enter the game. A couple of minutes left before the game starts, I gave Issa a kiss before we wear the headgear, We both lied down on the bed and started the game. Hello, player 477310, thank you for joining the game, What name would you like to use. I then told them my name "Eat" Ina I was preparing dinner when I heard my family talking about video games, While having dinner my son asked my husband if he would play Komunidad with him. He asked me if I would play the game with them, I was surprised because I have only played a game called Ragnarok and it''s only casually since my husband played it that time. I saw my husband wanting to play the game with me as well. I said I''ll join them and told them to ask the rest of the family before we finished our dinner. I heard my son saying something to my husband behind my back so I gave him a huge smack behind his head, that feels good. My brother-in-law came in when they asked him to play the game. They started watching an interview with the game''s developer and heard that there''s going to be a trial period for the players, I saw their faces lit up like a kid opening gifts on Christmas. This is going to be a fun game I suppose, either I join them or be forgotten. I saw them doing researches about the game, they even do meetings just to be prepared. I watched how focused they are about the game. I then thought that I should give this game a chance. The day for the trial period, I downloaded the app and tried it. Holy shit! It''s a mobile game haven, I could play any game I wanted! I then received a message from Linus, my husband''s cousin, he just finished his work so he''s just starting to know about the game. I then asked him if he could teach me more about the game, he agreed to it and said he''ll get me back as soon as he''s updated.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. I kept on playing the classic games I''ve played before and a system announcement informing us about the trial period is finished. I then received a message from Linus, he informed me about the stuff I need to learn about the game. I then asked him how I could help them, he told me that there''s a way where I could help them. A profession based character, Sweet! the one thing I wanted to do in the game. I started researching different professions that have the games I like to play. I then came down to Alchemist, Chef, and Tailor. I would tell you the specifics but I don''t actually read the whole description, Only thing I know is it creates potions, food, and clothing. Today''s the official start of the game, all room is clean, floors are swept and vacuumed, even trash was disposed of properly. Obviously, I can''t do all of it in one day so I told them to help do the house chores or I''ll not be going to let them play the game, Me? I just sat back, relax, and enjoy when all the chores were done. We went out for dinner because we got some money from the video the game used as an advertisement, My husband is player 477310. While we were waiting for our order, the guys were talking about the game when suddenly a guy in a wheelchair asked if her sister and he could join our group. I watched him and saw beneath his beautiful face is somebody that''s crying for help. We talked to them for a bit and felt that he''s a good person, we accepted the offer and had dinner with them. We left the restaurant when it''s almost time for the official start of the game. We went to the shower to have some stress relief and went to the bed so we could start the game. He gave me a kiss before we wore the headgear, Let me start playing Gordon Ramsay dash! Hello, player 101814, thank you for joining the game, What name would you like to use. I then told them my name "Amara" Bagong mundo Hello, player 477310, thank you for joining the game, What name would you like to use. I then told them my name "Eat" Cool, I got my name! This is one of the craziest time of character creation, a lot of the time I have multiple names prepared because the in-game name is usually a first come first serve basis. I''m lucky I got in early. Welcome to charactercreation, would you like us to use your own image as your character? "No" Would you like a premade model "yes" It showed me multiple premade models like Human, Mecha, Gnome, Treant, Naga, Beastman (cat). Shit, there''s a cat model, Hopefully, my wife doesn''t take her time creating a character. I don''t want to waste my time creating a character so I''ve decided that my eighteenth premade would be my character. I''m already at my thirteenth random and a badass demon showed up. Coincidence? I just continued rerolling until I get to the seventeenth premade, I got a barbarian looking orc with all those battle scars and tattoos. I liked how it would look on me as the main tank of the group, but I still have one more roll to get to my 18th premade. I then rolled one more to get to my 18th, Woooah! my jaw drop, this is a match made in heaven! I fucking rolled a halfling, It looked like Frodo in the body of (lord of the rings? anyone?). "Accept!" If I were in my twenties I would have a badass looking character, but I''m already in my thirties and old people does not give a fuck. I then continued on working with my character. Eat Level 1 Sword and Shield -Receive less damage against projectile damage. Armor Blacksmith (A person that dedicated itself to create armors.) -There is no penalty on any armor the user is using. Provoke -attracts monsters aroundyou (10m radius). If used on PVP, opponents would be forced to attack the player for 3 seconds. Selfish recovery -heals self (amount healed based on intelligence plus constitution), Higher aggro than basic heal Medium Armor Str 2.5 Con 1.5This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Dex 1.1 Per 1.2 Int 1.4 WP 1.3 "Thank you, player 477310 it''s time to determine your AI assistance. AI assistance ranges from 80% to 0%, where 80% is the highest assistance you could receive from the AI in terms of movement and actions while 0% means no assistance at all." What is this? I never saw this in the trial run. Might as well do it since It''s part of the character creation. "Are you ready?" "Yes" I got transported to a place that looks like a military camp, I noticed some people doing an obstacle course, exercise, practicing magic spells and sparring. A drill sergeant came towards me and started asking me to do all the drills. After I finished all the drills I got a perfect score, the AI decided I don''t need any assistance at all but I could still adjust it in the settings tab. "Player 477310, good luck on the game" Finally! it''s time to start the game. I got teleported again and noticed I''m in Cebu, One of the main cities in Komunidad. The place is packed, almost every minute people are started flashing in the middle of the street. I started to walk around and I still can''t stop being amazed how realistic the game is, The structures and people look so real. I could hear a group of ladies talking about latest rumors, The smell of fresh food that the wind is carrying, I''m sure that''s tasty. I saw a cathedral in front of me, It looks so beautiful. I was going to check that first but then I heard my brother''s voice behind me. "Finally, the diva just finished dressing his character." I then heard a bunch of people laughing, I then focused on them and noticed that they are my party. I saw a player named Amara who is a three feet cat person, I knew it, that''s Issa. A dark elf and a high elf named Kael and J. Nice. A human monk with average height named Kim0. Lastly, a six feet Orc warrior towering all of them named Shin-chan. "What the hell are you!" Kimo started to ask about my character. Ilaughed and started to tell them that I''m too old to customize my character so I just chose my eighteenth premade character. I then asked them questions. "How did you guys finished creating your character and doing the AI assistance test early? Don''t tell me you all got lucky in rolling premade characters." Issa walked towards me and answer the question. "Have you read my text? I texted everyone that you could create your character in the app before the official launch. Even if you ignore all my texts, shouldn''t you know everything since you''ve done your research? Everyone started laughing when they saw me with my forced smile. I don''t even want to answer her because it will just open more can of worms. Shin trying to squash the issue invited me to the party. once I joined they all switched communication to theparty channel and started talking. "Anyway, what''s your AI assistance?" Kimo asked me "I got a perfect score so It determined I don''t need assistance," I said that like I got a perfect score in a board exam. "Oh nice! you got the same score as me and Kael, Kim has a 10% assistance while Janice got 40%," Shin told me I was surprised hearing that four of the people on the party scored pretty high. Janice''s score is decent for a non-gamer. Wait, what''s my wife''s score? "How about you Issa?" I noticed Shin and Kael made themselves looked busy like they''re trying to avoid the conversation, She then looked away from me like she''s brushing off the question and told me what she got. "80%, I didn''t try my hardest that''s why" LOL WTF! so technically the only thing she didn''t need assisting is talking and walking? wow... this is amazing. I just started to ask them a different question because I might regret asking her more about it. "Ok! what else do I need to know?" "While you''re dressing up your Barbie, We already went around to check the game and get all the quests. We also checked the best stores for items and equipment, Kael will send everyone a detailed version of the map once he finished it. If you notice as well nobody has a name, we think that''s the actual design of the game, once we started talking to NPC that''s when we started seeing their names. Nobody could see a player''s name, I think it''s designed so players could do role playing properly. You could see player''s name if you interacted with the person or they''re in your contact list, That''s when we knew who you were. A black name is a player while a Gold name is for NPC. I''m pretty sure there are still a lot of stuff we don''t know but for now, that''s all we got." "Good job everyone! We could start doing quests now!" "Wait, one second." Everyone looked at Kael and waited for him to finish his sentence. "I have a gift for you guys" He said that looking at me and Issa, he looks so proud about his present and then I saw his mischievous smile, What the hell is this kid thinking?