I don't remember if I've ever told you this or not, but I intermittently play on a site called Neopets.
I started playing when I was a kid, probably about ten or eleven. It has a lot of stuff to do, from caring to up to four pets to finding hidden avatars to playing the games in its arcade to meeting other players.
Usually, I mainly play Neopets for the 'meeting other players' part. I like to be a part of a guild, where I will generally see the same 5-20 people every day. And often, I enjoy being a part of a roleplay guild.
However, sometimes I also like to play the plots that Neopets comes up with. Lately, they've gotten a plot going that only really got good yesterday. The plot is that the ruler of the biggest desert civilization invited a bunch of other world rulers for a diplomatic visit. To her utter horror, each of her guests had something stolen one night when they were all there, and she needs our help to track down the criminals.
So the first few weeks was tracking down witnesses and getting a bunch of vague clues. Now, we have three days to put those clues all together to figure out who stole what, and when and how.
I spent a good solid three hours yesterday morning trying to answer that question, and I actually loved every second of it. A lot of the players are complaining about the puzzle, saying it's not as action-oriented and player-involving as the plots way-back-when; I suppose they have a point.
But still, I enjoyed it. And now I'm logging onto one of my other accounts just to have a reason to solve the puzzle again. I'm kind of hoping to just confirm the answer I gave on my first account, but still.
It's fun. x3
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