Primera Experiencia con Un videojuego Online

Mi infancia estuvo llena de caricaturas, me la pasaba muchas horas viendo series animadas en el canal de televisión llamado Cartoon Network, Este famoso canal lanza su página web en 1998, recuerdo la gran publicidad que le hacían a esta página web en todos los programas televisados, como es un producto dirigido para niños la publicidad se centraba en videojuegos sencillos basados en las caricaturas mas famosas dentro del canal.

Cuando mis padres pueden comprar una nueva computadora de esas con blancas con el monitor enorme parecida a la que habían vendido un tiempo atrás, sin embargo, para ese momento comenzamos a usa el servicio de conexión a internet, podrán adivinar cual fue la primera página web que abrí en ese ordenador. Exactamente, CartoonNetworkLa.com que era el sitio oficial para Latinoamérica, lo primero que hice fue jugar con los videojuegos basados en mis caricaturas favoritas, tenia la posibilidad de jugar muchos videojuegos básicos pero entretenidos, existían muchas opciones y se podía pasar todo un día revisando y jugando estos mini juegos. Eran juegos bastante sencillos en 2D que se podían jugar en muchos casos presionando un solo botón, pero me parecía algo fantástico poder prender la computadora e ir a jugar lo que me mostraba la incesante publicidad en Cartoon Network.

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A pesar de que no eran videojuegos en los cuales se compitiera contra otras personas, eran videojuegos Online contra una inteligencia una artificial o un juego de plataformas donde se debía saltar y alcanzar objetos esquivando a los villanos en un escenario lineal. Debo decir que eso mini juegos que se encontraban en esa época, específicamente en esta página web eran de muy buena calidad, realmente los desarrolladores se esforzaban en otorgarle una muy buena experiencia a los jugadores de esa época regalándonos juegos muy entretenidos. Ahora que tengo veo esos momentos desde otra perspectiva, esa página web era bastante avanzada y competitiva centrándose en videojuegos sencillos para niños, también podíamos ver contenido e imágenes pero en ese momento esos mini juegos eran lo mas atractivo para disfrutar en su sitio Web.

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Me atrevería decir que lo primero que hice al tener acceso a internet fue jugar mini juegos. Esto ocurre meses antes de que comenzara una fiebre por los establecimientos donde se podían alquilar las computadoras y en red con otros jugadores. La fiebre de los ciber (como se conoce en mi país) o cabinas comenzaba luego de comenzar la década de los 2000.

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Counter Strike

Si bien mi primera experiencia jugando videojuegos en línea desde la comodidad de mi casa fue en la página web de Cartoon Network, cuando llega la fiebre de Counter Strike nace una emoción que incluso al momento de escribir este post queda plasmada en mí. Este es el primer videojuego que pude jugar Online persona vs persona con amigos y un montón de desconocidos en las cabinas. En publicaciones anteriores e incluso de los primeros que escribí para esta comunidad he hablado de esa fiebre que causó el Counter Strike en los jóvenes de esa época (principios de la década del 2000), jugar, competir, sentir las emociones de un videojuego de disparos era algo indescriptible debido que era algo muy novedoso que atraía a multitudes y que hacía que muchos adolecentes gastaran mucho dinero y sobre todo muchas horas de su tiempo en jugar a este juego de policías vs terroristas.

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Por supuesto que era muy joven cuando comencé a jugar Counter Strike me asesinaban inmediatamente y mis habilidades con el mouse y con el teclado no estaban muy bien desarrolladas, pero a pesar de que me tocaba estar en el suelo del escenario por gran parte de la partida me parecía una emocionante la posibilidad la de jugar en computadora contra un gran numero de jugadores, sobre todo con mis amigos.

Desde esa época donde comienzo a jugar en línea este videojuego, siempre he tenido instalado alguna versión de Counter Strike en mis computadoras, siempre está la posibilidad de jugar en línea con amigos o familiares. Básicamente las personas de mi edad recuerdan esa fiebre de Counter Strike y un gran porcentaje de esas personas sabe como jugarlo, así que es mejor estar preparado con el juego siempre instalado para la siguiente ocasión para demostrar las habilidades (aunque he jugado este videojuego tanto tiempo, creo que no soy tan buen jugador como debería).

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Recuerdo esa época donde pensar que podías jugar tu videojuego favorito con muchas otras personas en un mismo lugar o en el otro extremo del mundo, era algo que ni en los mejores sueños ocurría, esa razón influyó en nuestra generación en cuanto al aprecio por esas primeras experiencias en la Web sobre videojuegos.

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My First Online Video Game Experience

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Hello Gamers, it's time to participate in another of those contests that make us travel back in time and remember when we began to identify with video games, in this case I will remember my first steps in Online video games, perhaps my experience resembles that of another user whose childhood has been part in that technological transition to the internet and the beginnings of Online video games.

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I remember a time when in the houses of my country it was strange to have internet access, a leap in technology that many people did not understand and so really very few people had this service, and in my parents' house previously there was a computer with a video game that my father played, however, they sold it before the internet came to our house. I must say that my beginnings in terms of video games were in consoles like FAMICOM or NESS since the internet was not something very popular even though it already existed, we know that at the beginning it was only used for work and emails, at least that's how I saw it at that time. As a kid my vague concept of the internet was to chat with other people but it also gave the possibility to play games on certain web pages.

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First Experience with an Online Video Game

My childhood was full of cartoons, I spent many hours watching animated series on the television channel called Cartoon Network, This famous channel launches its website in 1998, I remember the great advertising that they made this website in all televised programs, as it is a product aimed at children advertising focused on simple video games based on the most famous cartoons within the channel.

When my parents can buy a new computer of those white ones with the huge monitor similar to the one they had sold some time ago, however, by that time we started using the internet connection service, you can guess what was the first web page I opened in that computer. Exactly, CartoonNetworkLa.com which was the official site for Latin America, the first thing I did was to play video games based on my favorite cartoons, I had the possibility to play many basic but entertaining video games, there were many options and you could spend a whole day reviewing and playing these mini games. They were fairly simple 2D games that could be played in many cases by pressing a single button, but I thought it was great to be able to turn on the computer and go play what the incessant advertising on Cartoon Network was showing me.

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Although they were not video games in which you competed against other people, they were Online video games against an artificial intelligence or a platform game where you had to jump and reach objects while dodging villains in a linear scenario. I must say that those mini games that were found at that time, specifically on this website were of very good quality, developers really made an effort to give a very good experience to the players of that time giving us very entertaining games. Now that I have I see those moments from another perspective, that website was quite advanced and competitive focusing on simple video games for children, we could also see content and images but at that time those mini games were the most attractive to enjoy on their website.

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I would dare say that the first thing I did when I had access to the internet was to play mini games. This happened months before the beginning of a fever for establishments where you could rent computers and network with other players. The fever of cyber (as it is known in my country) or booths began after the beginning of the 2000s.

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Counter Strike

While my first experience playing online video games from the comfort of my home was on the Cartoon Network website, when Counter Strike fever hits, an excitement is born that even at the time of writing this post remains embodied in me. This is the first video game that I could play online person vs. person with friends and a bunch of strangers in the booths. In previous publications and even the first ones I wrote for this community I have talked about the fever that Counter Strike caused in the young people of that time (early 2000s), play, compete, feel the emotions of a shooting video game was something indescribable because it was something very new that attracted crowds and that made many teenagers spend a lot of money and especially many hours of their time playing this game of cops vs terrorists.

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Of course I was very young when I started playing Counter Strike I was killed immediately and my skills with the mouse and keyboard were not very well developed, but even though I had to be on the floor of the stage for much of the game I found it an exciting possibility to play on computer against a large number of players, especially with my friends.

Since that time when I started to play online this video game, I have always had some version of Counter Strike installed on my computers, there is always the possibility of playing online with friends or family. Basically people of my age remember that Counter Strike fever and a large percentage of those people know how to play it, so it is better to be prepared with the game always installed for the next occasion to show the skills (although I have played this video game so long, I think I am not as good player as I should be).

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I remember that time where thinking that you could play your favorite video game with many other people in the same place or at the other end of the world, was something that even in the best dreams did not happen, that reason influenced our generation in terms of appreciation for those first experiences on the Web about video games.

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Thank you for your reading, until next time

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