Sorry for the extremely long wait guys, I’ve been pretty busy lately. I swear I haven’t been distracted by anything. Not me, no never…
I’m pretty sure most of the older members here know what I do, but there have been a LOT of new people recently, so I’m just going to take some time and explain it for the people that don’t know me. You may notice that I have the “Game Master” title next to my name. No, this isn’t because I play a ton of games or because I’m particularly good at games; I got that title because I host community events here on the forums for fellow Key fans to get together and do something besides just talk about Key. Most of the time this takes place in the form of a “game night” of sorts; you can probably find a few of the older threads if you scroll down far enough. As for why there hasn’t been one for a while, I didn’t want to potentially take members interest away from things like our Shingeki no Kyojin viewing or our Pokemon Tournament which are being hosted by other active members of the community.
After reading all that, you’re probably wondering what we’ll be doing for these two events, so without any further delay, here they are.
Event 4.5: Planetarian Launch Party
As many people by now know, Planetarian, one of Key’s smaller games, is getting an official English translation very soon. This may not seem like much, but this is actually the first time Key has ever officially released an English PC version of ANY of their games, so I thought it deserved a little bit of a… celebration of sorts.
The idea here is to have a Skype call going where people can just chill out and talk about their thoughts on the game, the future of Key, whatever. We might even get to play osu! or something at some point, but that’s not a priority. As for the time, it will probably be going most of the day this Friday the 12th, the same day the game releases. Hopefully this will also create some hype for the Planetarian Book Club coming up.
Event #5: MOBA combat scenario
I’ve been talking about this one for quite a while, but I think its finally time to let it see the light of day. For anyone who doesn’t know, a MOBA or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena is a game in which players select a character (usually from a group that everyone has access to) and proceed to fight against an opposing team in a simulated arena. League of Legends is the one most people have probably heard of. As for what we’ll be playing; right now its a choice between:
Dota 2: a free to play and easy to get into MOBA available through steam. While I personally have almost no experience with Dota, I have heard good things and I’m aware of its growing popularity as of recent, so it may be a good choice.
League of Legends: as I mentioned above, League of Legends or LoL is probably the most popular MOBA out there and is a game that I play on a very frequent basis. We even have a thread here about the game for anyone who plays it. While I would like for us to try new things rather than play a game that many people here already play, I’m still throwing this up as an option in case people REALLY don’t want to play other MOBAs.
SMITE: Unlike many other MOBAs, SMITE lets players control gods from most of the well known mythologies of the world. The list has a long way to go before it includes everything, but I think the concept of it is pretty cool. SMITE is also free to play, but may take a little more getting used to than Dota.
Regardless of which game we decide to play, the event will take place on September 20th at 3:00 GMT.
If you need any help figuring out what time this is for you, or have any questions/comments about the games we might be playing, feel free to voice them below.
I look forward to playing with you guys and (hopefully) meeting some of those new members.