Silkroad Online was no different in its business model; free to play.

Of course many tried it because it was free and throughout high school I even remember MMORPGs spreading in the halls between all the nerds and geeks like a plague even some of the cool kids played these, myself included(Not in the coolkids or geeks or nerds, I fit in as quiet kid probably). Being a high schooler cash is hard to come by when you're not even of age to get a job yet or maybe I just sucked and was lazy who knows but definitely not old enough to own a credit card to go play the pay-to-play games. (Way to go self-esteem killer...).

In the early years it was Ragnarok Open Beta, then eventually I heard Silkroad spreading through the halls. People joked about RO, then the abbreviation of SR

So this week's topic:

SRO

This was my introduction to MMOs and as such I have an unnatural attraction to it.  However it is decidedly different from anything else I've played since then.  I love its graphic style, I love the imbue skills which noone else seems to have, however it had one major problem.  The time required to play that game legitimately is absurd.  I got to 48 without botting or a GT (double xp rate) keeping like a 2-3 skill gap and it still took forever.  I didn't track gameplay hours and it was my first one so I don't know if I've been dulled to the boredom of killing the same th