Friendship and friends are the things everyone is aware of. We can't find a person who doesn't have a friend. And friendship is a subject on which a person can write hundreds of pages. Some friends are those whom we know since childhood. We make some more friends in school and college. We get friends from where we spend working on are extra-curricular activities, because we have same interests. This is an old story when there was no internet. Nowadays most of us, not everyone, uses internet and are involved with one or the other social sites where we can find other people having the same interest as us. Beyond all that, now there are many online games available and you can chat there too. After a hectic day in office or having a boring day at school ( for me, it's always fun though) all of us wants to relax but in this busy life, we can't have time to go out on a walk or for movie everyday but internet is always there in your pocket, my friend. Just a click and we can meet our friends on our screen and also talk to them by tapping the screen. You can play games for killing your precious time or for relaxing ourselves and having fun.
I was getting bored because I was having holidays and no one was there to talk to. At that time, I saw one of my friends playing a game called "Clash of clan". Don't worry; it's not an action game like the name sounds. It is a strategy based game. I was interested in it and so I installed that game on my phone and start playing it. It was really fun to play the game. The amazing thing about the game is you've to make a team or clan to participate in a war where you can attack any of the opponent clan member's village. To win the war, you have to discuss with your clan member about your strategy and preparation. But before that, you should have a good clan with active people in it. I forgot to mention that there is a public chat too, where you can chat with some other people who are already having a clan or are looking for members for their clan or are looking for clans. I was looking for members for my clan and then I met another fellow mate whose name was Lena. We talked about our villages and discussion about wars and this is how, it started. After that, I bookmarked her clan and joined the same with another account for the game. Yes, I was crazy for the game at that time and was having 3 accounts before. So I joined her clan and talked to her about the war and all that. But then as we got to each know other, we started discussing about life and all things. She is an old lady and a working woman from Sweden. Her son is also there in our clan and now that I am there for about a year, I told her about my blog. She joined Google plus and I told her to share her experience there. So she wrote something about us, about our friendship and about how someone's life can get changed with just a simple game and I can't resist myself to share it here on my blog. But before you read what she wrote, I'd like to thank her. +Lena Åslund Thank you so much for writing this.
It began as an ordinary game. I have played games since Nintendo 8bits and have always enjoyed playing games. So, when my son asked if I could play the game he was playing and I thought I could give it a try.
The game was not unlike the other games I've played before. It involved building up our world/village, attacking and waring against other players and many more different things. There is a chat box where you can chat with others and I joined a group of people called clan in the game. As I love to play games, I was getting better pretty fast and I got to explore the game so I could enjoy all of it while playing. The part I like the most was the chat box. When I started to play, I tried the world wide chat and found some friends. We are all in the same group. As in real life, there are lots of different people around us and if you take your time to listen, you find your own diamonds, those are our real friends.
At one point I realised that it has become more than just a game. I started to miss my friends if they weren't online; I would be really curious of how the day would have been for them and wanted to share mine too. Like in real life, you have the people around you that you love to talk to and some become real close friends to us. At the beginning, I was joking about cartoon friends but friendship is not cartoon at all. We laughed at each other’s jokes, talk about serious stuff and ask each other for advice. If something happens or is happening, it is always nice to tell my online friends as well, and if I would be thinking of something I could always ask them for an opinion, knowing that I'd have an honest response back and with the friends of different ages and different countries, I can get a different response that I'd might not have thought myself. All those things that happen around you happen even in a game chat. There were many instances where the people had lost their relatives or had gone through some problem or the other. And at that point of time, we learnt to support each other. The game became less important and the friendship would matter the most and that was why I logged into the game often. What I've learnt is that friendship is what matters and you never know where and when you'll meet a new important person in your life. Take time to find your own diamonds. It just takes some of your time to get a future mate, but they’ll remain maybe for life. And you'll have a better life for sure if you're open to other people's stories and if you share yours with them.
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| Our clan; our team. You guys can see our names there :)) |
Life goes on offline of course but with online friends you've another dimension to things. You meet new people that you never would have met in real life. Distance is one reason. And with mixed region and different home countries you have something magic. Take care and I hope you all will have good friends like those that I've met in last two years.
