These are the true accounts of a player who we shall refer to as Brenno.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent.


Prologue

'Twas a cold winter's day in the Shire of Victoria (southern Australia), and a plucky young adventurer known as Brenno awoke from a restless slumber and staggered into his lounge room (henceforth known as Command Centre Noob).

Having purchased the game ‘Xsyon’ from an online vendor of unknown repute, and awaiting delivery via the less than stellar bandwidth in his home, Brenno was thrilled to see that the portal into the post-apocalyptic realm of Lake Tahoe was finally open to him.

'Gosh', he whispered to himself. 'How utterly exciting.'

This journey was not without some risk, for very little was known about the world known as Xsyon, and those who spoke of it did so with mixed thoughts and feelings. There was some general consensus that the land was as yet unfinished by the 'Creators', and while all agreed that the concept of the adventure was sound and full of merit, many feared that the delivery may have been lacking. This does not deter Brenno, for he had consulted the oracle 'Google' and asked for 'MMOs which feature exploration and crafting', and in a vague reference at the bottom of an old scroll he saw the fabled words 'dood, try Xsyon. It's sweet.'

Sweet, you say. Good enough for me.

And so, with a click of his mighty right mouse button, the journey commenced.

After staring blankly at the massive amounts of customisation regarding skills, statistics and body types, Brenno made some poor choices for his avatar and finally scribed the name of his first avatar. 'Vaganza he shall be called', declared Brenno out loud, scaring his cat and prompting a grumble of discontent from his wife of many years. 'For surely none in the land of Xsyon would see such a name and twist it into anything unsavoury.'

As we know now, Brenno was wrong.

For what seemed an eternity, the land was cleared, the world was loaded, and finally Brenno (then known as Vaganza) appeared.

TBC ...