Ndidla ngokucinga ukuba ndingumntu olungileyo. Ndicinga nge-Ps kunye ne-Qs yam. Ndibambele abantu umnyango. Ndibeka izigcawu ngaphandle xa ndizifumana endlini. Andikonwabeli ukuba sistrakhsi. Kwaye xa ndidlala, ndihlala ndidlala indoda elungileyo.
Kulungile… ixesha elininzi.
Ngamaxesha anqabileyo, ndiyaphuma kumbumba wam weParagon ndatshisa umhlaba. Ndithatha inxenye ye-RP yee-RPGs nzulu, ke ukuba ndihamba kakubi, ndiye ngokwenene imbi. Ndiyintlekisa ngaphezulu xa ndithatha indima yomntu okhohlakeleyo, ekujikelezeni iindevu, ice-cap-melting-space-laser uhlobo lwendlela.
Ke xa umntakwethu wayethetha nam ukuba ndidlale uSith in IRiphabhlikhi yakudala , IBioWare isandula ukukhutshwa Idabi leenkwenkwezi I-MMORPG, bendisazi ukuba izakuba yinkohlakalo. Ndandithandabuza, ekuqaleni. Sith? Mna? Ndiyathetha, yiza, izindlu zam ezindlini zikwi-Rebel Alliance keychain, ngenxa yokulunga. Ukuba bekufuneka ndidlale uBukhosi, ngokuqinisekileyo bendizakuba ngumzingeli onesisa ngentliziyo yegolide, ndizama ukuguqula inkqubo ngaphakathi. Kodwa hayi, umntakwethu wayeqinile. Iqela lokubulala umntakwabo. Bubi ngokupheleleyo. Akukho kulalanisa.
Ndidlala i-Sith Inquisitor iiveki ezimbalwa ngoku, kwaye icala elimnyama lomelele ngaphakathi kwam. Ndibulale abantu abamsulwa ngaphezu kokuba ndinokubala. Ndilime iziqhushumbisi kwiAlliance walkie-talkies. Ndifake ityhefu kunikezelo lwamanzi. Ndisebenzise i-Force Lightning kumabanjwa angenakuzinceda, iJedi eneentliziyo ezintle, nditsho ne-bartender ndingayithandi kakhulu. Ndiye ndaxhela imihlathi - intle, inenkani, imihlathi enamehlo amenyezelayo.
Ndingumntu ombi.
Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwayo yonke intshabalalo endiyenzileyo, ndizifumene ndiphikisana ngokunzulu xa ndifunda izithuba zayizolo Kotaku kwaye Forbes malunga noVette, iqabane leklasi yeSith Warrior. Kwabo abangaziyo, zonke iiklasi zifumana amaqabane e-NPC aliqela akuncedayo ekulweni okanye ekugayeni izakhono zakho. Umlingane uya kuhamba nawe xa uhlola iiplanethi ezintsha, unike ingxelo kunye nengxoxo. Unokwazi nokuqalisa ukuthandana namaqabane athile.
UVette, umfazi we-twi'lek, liqabane lokuqala elinikwe uSith Warrior. UVette ulikhoboka, kwaye xa uqala ukudibana naye, unxibe ikhola yothusayo. Umdlali unokhetho lokususa ikhola okanye ayishiye endaweni. Ukuba ikhola ihlala apho ikhoyo, umdlali unokhetho kuzo zonke iincoko ezizayo zokumothusa (oku kukhatshwa yimigca enje, Uya kulukhumbula ulwimi lwakho, ikhoboka; umdlali ufumana amanqaku amnyama kwezo zenzo, eziyimfuneko ekufumaneni ezona zixhobo zibalaseleyo).
Njengokuba ndibukele ividiyo kaKotaku kaVette ephindaphindwa ukubekwa kwi-zapa, ndaziva ndingonwabanga- kodwa emva koko, bendiziva ndingonwabanga ukutyibiliza i-neurotoxin emanzini. Ngaba unyango lukaVette lwalulubi kakhulu kunalo naluphi na ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe endalwenzayo umlinganiswa wam? Ngaba yayiyeyesini, okanye ngaba yayiyindlela nje embi-yekhosi?
Ndithathe inyathelo lokubuyela umva ndaye ndajonga uVette ngokusuka kwimbono yokubalisa. Kwithiyori, ukuba naye njengeqabane sisixhobo esisebenza ngokugqibeleleyo: Umntu okhohlakeleyo ulawula ikhoboka lakhe ngekhola eyothusayo. I-Sith ayilunganga, inobundlobongela, ikhohlakele, kwaye ke ngoko, ukungcungcuthekisa uVette ayisiyomlinganiswa kuphela, kodwa kuya kuba njalo ngaphandle kwesini sakhe. Njengombhali wombhali kaKotaku uMike Fahey, ubukhoboka kunye nokuhlukumeza akukho nto intsha kwi-Star Wars. Ezo zinto bezikho ukusukela ngala mhla wokuqala. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ii-Star Wars zizonke zilungile ngokwesini. Abasetyhini ngookumkani, amajoni, amaqhinga omkhosi, kunye noJedi Knights. Ukujonga uVette ngokwemeko enkulu yendalo iphela ye-Star Wars, kusengqiqweni ngokufanelekileyo ukucinga ukuba isini sakhe siyinto eyenzekileyo ngokupheleleyo.
Ingxaki kukuba bambalwa kakhulu abantu abanokufumana ibali ngaphandle kokuzisa imeko yabo. Kuya kufuneka ukuba ube uyintelekelelo okanye ube nenkohliso yokungahoyi amava akho okwenyani ngokupheleleyo. Ukukubonisa into endiyithethayo, ndihlekise okomzuzwana kwaye ucinge loo vidiyo kunye noSith Warrior wabasetyhini. Akukabikho mnandi kwaye kubi, kodwa ndiza kubheja ukuba uziva ngokwahlukileyo ngayo. Kulungile, ngoku khawufane ucinge ngegorha likaSith nokuba leliphi na isini, kodwa ngekhoboka eliyindoda. Akumnandanga, ewe, kubi, ewe, kodwa kungangqineki njengasekuqaleni, akunjalo? Ngoku khawufane ucinge ukuba elo khoboka ngumntu onesikhumba esimnyama. Ukuba ufana nam, ingqondo yakho ichacha nje ngogonyamelo. Kodwa kutheni? Le yindalo ye-Star Wars esithetha ngayo. I-Star Wars ayinalo ubuhlanga obumiselweyo, ubuncinci hayi ngaphakathi kwendidi nganye. Kodwa uziva ukhaba, loo nto inyibilika nzulu ngengqondo yakho eyenza unxibelelwano oluphazamisayo ngokunzulu phakathi kwemeko yokucinga kunye nembali eyoyikisayo.
Olo luhlobo lokuphendula kwamathumbu endinawo kule vidiyo kaVette. Ukucinga ngokutshintsha kwesini okwahlukileyo phakathi komngcungcuthekisi kunye nexhoba kuyenza ibonakale ngathi sisenzo sobubi. Kodwa ukuza kwilizwe apho ukungaziphathi kakuhle kunye nobundlobongela obujoliswe kwabasetyhini ziqheleke kakhulu, phantse ayinakwenzeka ingqondo yam ukuba ingazobi loo nto ngokufanayo xa ndibona indoda ixhaphaza umntu obhinqileyo, akukhathaleki nokuba isetwa kanjani.
Kodwa asingabo bonke abadlali abavakalelwa ngendlela efanayo. Baninzi abantu-bobabini abasetyhini kunye nabesilisa abaneengqondo ezintle-abangenangxaki noVette. Bayakwazi ukurhoxisa nawuphi na umxholo ombi ngokulula. Ayingabo bonke abadlali abaza kudlala njengamadoda, kwaye ayingabo bonke abadlali abaya kukhetha ukushiya ikhola yothuselo ivuliwe. Le meko, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, yinto ekufuneka eyikhethileyo umdlali. KwiiSith Warriors ezininzi, eli candelo lebali likaVette alikho kwaukubakho. Kwaye-ukuba wena yenza dlala umlinganiswa oyindoda nawe uyenzile khetha ukushiya ikhola ivuliwe, kodwa uyibona ngokunyanisekileyo ngokwesigqibo sokudlala indima esingathathi hlangothi, amandla ngakumbi kuwe. Ndiyayiqonda into yokuba abadlali abaninzi bazakubona ithuba lokungcungcuthekisa uVette njengenye into ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa ukuba umlinganiswa wabo ukhohlakele ngokupheleleyo. Ndidla ngokucinga ukuba yile nto kanye iBioWare eyayizimisele ukuyenza, kwaye inyani mayixelelwe, ukuba iyodwa ilungile ngam.
Kulungile, ke ukuba sijonga uVette kumxholo obanzi wokubalisa amabali womdlalo, mhlawumbi akabonakali ngathi unengxaki enkulu. Kodwa uza kuthini xa simjonga kakhulu imeko ebanzi yeshishini lokudlala kunye noluntu lokudlala? Ngokuqinisekileyo, izinto ziya ziba ngcono kubafazi ababhinqileyo. Uninzi lwabaphuhlisi, ngokuthe chu kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo, bafumana ingcebiso yokuba ii-fanbase zabo zahlukile, kungekuphela ngokwesini, kodwa kubuhlanga, ubudala, kunye nokuzibandakanya kwezesondo. Kodwa imarike isagcwele kakhulu ngabalinganiswa ababhinqileyo kwindima ezithob 'isidima okanye ezingachazwanga. Abasetyhini bahlala benengxaki ekufumaneni indawo efanelekileyo kumdlalo. Abasetyhini bayaphathwa gadalala, bayanyathelwa, kwaye bayathotywa, konke oku ngenxa yokuba nesibindi sokuthetha ngemakrofoni okanye ukuxelela abantu abathandana nabo amagama abo okwenyani. Abanye bethu, kuyenzakalisa, kodwa kulula ukungahoyi okanye ukuphepha. Kwabanye, sisizathu sokuyeka ukudlala ngokupheleleyo.
Ngenxa yokuba, ayothusi kwaphela into yokuba abadlali abathile bayakufumana ukukhaba kuVette, hayi kwindawo ejikelezayo ye-mustache yokucinga, kodwa ngokujongana nezimo zengqondo zehlabathi malunga nabafazi. Ukusuka kwinqaku leKotaku:
Incoko ngokubanzi yayihlala igcwaliswa ngamanye amaSith Warriors exoxa ngendlela abamphethe kakubi ngayo uVette. Baziqhayisa ngombono wakhe ophantsi kubo, amanani amabi kwinqanaba lomdlalo weqabane lobuhlobo.
Ukuba uya kwiphepha le-YouTube levidiyo, uyakufumana izimvo ezinje ngokuba ngenene wenza okuninzi ukuba akulungele konke oko kothuka kwaye ndicinga ukuba uyakonwabela ngasese. Ezi ayizizo izimvo zomlinganiswa ezenziwe kwimeko yokudlala indima. Olu lulwimi oluqhelekileyo esilubona lusetyenziswa ngokuchasene nabasetyhini- bokwenyani, ababhinqileyo abangamabali - kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. Luhlobo lweenkomo ezinomhlaza ezigcwele kuluntu lwethu, kwaye lolona hlobo lokuziphatha lunokwenza imidlalo ibe yindawo engamkelekanga kwabasetyhini. Ndithetha ukuba, ukuba ithegi yomdlalo othile yesini yanele ukuba ibangele abanye abadlali abangamadoda ukuba baxhaphaze umntu obhinqileyo kumncedisi, ngaba nabani na uyamangaliswa kukuba kukho ii-dudes eziqhayisa kwingxoxo ngokubanzi malunga nokuthuthumbisa i-NPC yabasetyhini, okanye ukuthetha ngendlela entle inguye xa bemothusa? Kwakhona, uVette othusayo akakho mbi kunezinye izinto ekufuneka zenziwe ngumdlali weSith, kodwa kukho umahluko omkhulu phakathi kokuhleka ngokuqhekeza inkampu yemihlathi kunye nokuhleka ngokuxelela umfazi indawo yakhe. Emehlweni am, iimeko zeVette zahlukile kweminye imigca emibi yokufuna ukuba bameme uhlobo oluthile lwencoko yabadlali abathile, engenanto yakwenza nobundlobongela obuyintsomi nayo yonke into enokuthanani nolwaphulo-mthetho lokwenyani.
Umsebenzi weBioWare nge Igama loqhagamshelwano SWTOR yayingekuko ukudala ibali elimnandi, yayikukukhuthaza uluntu. Ngelixa abantu abaxhaphaza abanye ngokwesini bengabameli bendawo yokudlala xa iyonke, loo nto isekhona, kwaye ngaphandle kwenkqubela phambili eyenziwe ngabadlali bebhola, abo bantu bayaqhubeka ukuba yingxaki ebalulekileyo. Ndiva ukuba iBioWare kufanele ukuba ilindele lolo hlobo lokuziphatha olujikeleze uVette, kwaye ngokunika abadlali inkqubo esekwe kumvuzo yokumngcungcuthekisa, bebekhuthaza bengazi. Wabelana ngesondo? Mhlawumbi akunjalo. Kodwa ukungaboni kakuhle, ngokuqinisekileyo.
I-Becky Chambers ngumbhali ozimeleyo kunye nexesha elipheleleyo le-geek. Ubhloga ngaphezulu Ezinye izinto ezibhaliweyo .
