Lee had one passion; Runescape. An online game set in a fantasy land of Goblins and elves. This is his story.

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Cameron Burns- No Return

Lee had one passion; Runescape. An online game set in a fantasy land of Goblins and elves. This is his story.

The highlight of my day was ranking up enough levels to unlock new armour or a new weapon. I didn’t have many friends but I was more than happy with my life. My escape from the world was Runescape but it may as well been the world. I loved playing and when I set myself a goal in-game I’d work at it more meticulously than any real world task. When it happened I was in such a state of shock I nearly didn’t notice the smoke coming out of my computer. I tried to read aloud the words onscreen to make more sense of them but no noise came out of my mouth. I felt myself getting lighter; I was going to faint. As my eyes fogged over I remember two things, a slight pulling sensation from my computer and the message, it read “You have played for 1 year online, ACCOUNT CLOSED”.

When I awoke I sat up groggily. Still in a daze my head stopped spinning just as my eyes opened to take in the sight that greeted them.  I was in what appeared to be a castle courtyard with two fountains, landscaped ground and a magnificent white wall that rose above me blocking out the beating sun. As I looked about in wonder it dawned on me I’d been here before and to confirm my thoughts I looked behind me to see at least 100 other people, not one of them caring about the random person that had just materialized next to them. I was right about my suspicions. I had been here before. I was IN Runescape and I was sitting in starting place for all new and recently killed players; Lumbridge Castle Gardens.

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The fact I was in Runescape didn’t scare me at all. No the thing that was worrying me right about now was why had I got no armour on? Or any money? Unless; I had been reset to level one! The Horror that filled my body was enough to kill all of Earth’s inhabitants. I then remembered I was in Runescape. Although I was 117 levels weaker than I’m used to I might as well play I mean hey what am I going to miss in the real world? And with that I left the courtyard and ventured out into ...

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