Bored, I’m so bored. I put down the handheld game console DGS and look at my shelves of games to play. Ah, DGS stands for Digital Gaming System. It was really popular a year ago but mainly because it’s the only system that runs the series of games called capsule monsters. A game where you catch creatures in the wild then make them fight other creatures. These games always interested me. It’s something about collecting every single one of something that I like. Enough about that for now, as I said at the start, I’m bored. I’ve collected game for the DGS and completed all of them to completion. This makes the last console in my collection complete.

Every single game on every single console has been 100% completed. With this, I now have nothing else to do, hence the boredom. oh? you’re wondering how I managed to find the time to complete all these games? It’s simple, I don’t work. Two year ago I won the lottery and used my winnings to buy shares in the Niston and now I never have to worry about money ever again. Niston is the company that made the DGS and the only game company that actually makes real games. All the other companies have moved to the shitty mobile clicker games that everyone seems to love for some reason. Though Niston hasn’t released a game in a while. It’s a good thing Niston does more than just games, otherwise I’d be broke.

Looking through my shelves of games, none of them look appealing to me anymore. I move from the shelves and decide to go out for a walk. That’s something I haven’t done for a while. Probably a year ago maybe? All I’ve been doing is playing games.

I walk down the busy snow covered street. It must be winter. What? I’ve been inside all this time so how am I supposed to know what season it is? Even when I mentioned two years ago earlier, that was a guess. Soon I get to the shopping district which is packed with people rushing around, in and out of shops. What a pain, I was hoping it would be a little bit calmer. With the big Christmas tree in the centre and flashing lights everywhere, I can only assume it’s close to Christmas which explains why everyone is in a mad rush. There’s even one guy shouting at the top of his lungs.

“VGS! someone sell me a VGS! I don’t care about the price, just someone sell me a VGS!”

Hah, what an idiot, it’s called a DGS. He hasn't even got the name right. I walk straight past the screaming guy, hoping to find a less crowded space. I could give him one, I mean I got the normal version and all the special edition versions but I'm not that nice of a person. If he wants one so bad then he should at least learn the name, then I might’ve given him one.

As I walk through the shopping centre, there are more people shouting about a VGS. This has two possible explanations. One, everyone except me is an idiot, or two, there’s something going on and I’m missing out on it. Both explanations are equally as possible so I go into the closest game shop to find out. When I enter the shop, it’s so packed that I can’t see the counter. What a pain, I look at the shelves and there doesn’t seem to be any new games out. Of course, I only look at games made by Niston but any games they make should be sent to me anyway. After a while, the counter starts to clear as people leave with disappointed looks on their faces.

I walk up to the counter and ask if they have any DGS in stock. The cashier looks at me a bit oddly before telling me there’s plenty in stock and asking me if I would like to buy one. This proves two things, everyone except me is an idiot and I’m missing out on something. Now to find out about this VGS.

“what about a VGS? Got any those in stock?”

The cashier gives me a wry smile before apologizing.

“I’m terribly sorry but we have none in stock but we do have a DGS if you still want one. There are plenty of popular games such as Capsule Monsters and Mega Mary Sisters”

the sly bastard, still an idiot though. This sly idiot is trying to change the conversation to the DGS in hopes I buy something. If he had a bit of brains he would have noticed that I had no interest in buying a DGS to start with.

“No, that’s fine. The VGS’ are selling fast aren’t they? everyone is running around like headless chickens for them”

How do you like that you sly idiot? Bluntness completely knocks sly people off their rhythm, and once it’s gone it’s difficult to get back as long as I continue to be blunt.

“o-oh yeah, they are the first virtual reality gaming system after all. But they are quite expensive and only have one game for it that comes with the console and even has a subscription, so it’s probably better to get a DGS. You can get twenty games along with the console itself for the same price as the VGS”

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w-what did he say!? virtual reality! it’s actually virtual reality! But there’s one problem with this. It isn’t made by Niston. If it was then I would’ve got delivered to me. This means that another company made it so it’s will hurt the value of my shares a bit. What a pain. It’s probably a crappy game and the virtual reality probably isn’t very good. It isn’t made by Niston after all. Guess I’ll buy it online, it’ll cost a bit more but money’s not a problem.

“I see, I guess I’ll look around before deciding”

I quickly leave the shop and head home. As I leave the shop I hear the cashier sigh. Ha! serves you right for being a sly idiot.

Passing through the door of my house, there’s something that catches my eye. Turning towards it, I see my letter system. I had the letterbox in door removed as it looked ugly and it was a pain to go to the door every time I get a letter so I set up a box and a conveyor belt inside to take the letter into another box inside. This way I can go to the box whenever I want. Though I have been neglecting it for a while. I look at the screen by the door. It’s a number of scanned items that’s passed through the letter system. Let’s just say that it’s a big number… With a sigh, I go to my letter box to sort through all the letters i got. What a pain, they’re just gonna be people asking for money anyway, goddam vultures.

I start opening letters and as I expected, most of them are asking for money. There were some that wasn’t asking for money but they were still about money one way or another. At the bottom of the pile, there’s a box. That’s a bit unexpected, normally I won’t get packages unless Niston released a game. I pick up the box and look at the date and the sender. Yep, it’s sent by Niston but that was four months ago… or five… not really sure what the date is... I really neglected my letters…

I start to open the package but stop as something seems odd. Ah, I know there’s a letter sellotaped onto the top. I take off the letter and read it. To sum it up, Niston want me to be a beta tester for their new console and game that comes out in December. Well… it’s a bit too late for that but there’s no problem with me still playing the game. It does say that the console and game are mine to keep and the game has a lifetime subscription anyway.

I finally get around to opening the actual parcel. On the box there are three big letters. VGS. Oh? Niston made the VGS? Well, this is good. It will actually be good and will give me another game to 100%. First, let’s find out what type of game it is.

I boot up my gaming computer and search for VGS. Turns out the name of the game is called Neverend Online, or NEO for short. There were some people on the forums trying to get NO to be the abbreviation but it got denied with a no. It was amusing watching people troll with that abbreviation. I clicked on a post titled ‘NEO for noobs’ and it gave me some basic information about the game.

It’s an MMORPG with a lot of freedom. It seems there are classes and subclasses but they don’t limit you in other areas, instead they give boosts related to that class. The AI is so advanced that it’s impossible to tell player from NPC unless you ask certain questions and quest are made according to the players actions instead of being scripted. It seems the slogan for NEO is a game with so much freedom that never ends.

Hmm… that make this difficult. How can I 100% a game that has no end? Guess I’ll have to set up my own completion goals. I look over to my shelves of games while thinking of my completion goals. I look at one game in particular. Capsule Monsters… Maybe I should tame every monster in the game? That’s it! got my completion goal, now I should set some rules for this as well.

First rule: Only monsters are allowed to fight, I’m only allowed to heal/buff them with items or whatever.

Second rule: Every monster must be leveled to max level, If there is no max level then at least what’s highest level player at the moment

Third rule: I’m not allowed to party with other players. Only monsters I’ve tamed.

Yep, those rules seem quite good for my first character. Now to get into the game.