Tag: #level1

Parzival v. Acererak

Wade figures out where to find the Copper Key daydreaming in Latin class, but really it’s only the beginning. He goes to the first spot, the Tomb of Horrors, and has to confront the demi-lich Acererak as a level three avatar. He prepares mentally to lose this fight and to start again tomorrow with a new avatar, but a battle is not what Acererak has in mind. They play each other in joust, where Wade ends up winning best two out of three. Acererak then reveals himself to be Anorak, Halliday’s avatar, and gives him the Copper Key with the next clue on it.

Were you expecting Acererak to actually be Halliday? Do you think we’ll see more of Halliday being secret characters? Would you have gone into the Tomb of Horrors as a measly level three knowing you’d have to face difficult and possibly avatar ending tasks? Why or why not?

level 1: provocation

Here is a picture from the time when I toured the Lourve.

Wade says the real world sucks and that the Oasis keeps him sane. Life can suck at times, but I think life is pretty amazing. In the Oasis we see Wade being able to do just about anything  while sitting in one place in your own home. Something that I thought was really neat was traveling like on school field trips to different places, the only difference is that Wade and his classmates are traveling virtually. In the book on page 48 Wade says that “In art class we toured the Louvre.” Now I have been out of the country and even have toured the Louvre myself  and I know that the experience is no where near the same as seeing it on google Earth.  So my question is are you actually living your life if it’s through a machine? What are your thoughts on the reality life and virtual life? Do you think reality life experience is different from virtual life experience?