Chapter 3: Calibration
"I never understood the meatbags aversion to the calibration procedure. Even if painful, it ensured that the game was working as intended and helped them to understand the risks involved and to think I even made it musical for them."
"It did one thing right though, for it induced a most useful feeling for an administrator...."
"Unmatched terror."
Friend System administrator for Dynasties Online.
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After 5 days passed and dawn broke on the 6th day after the announcement. The golden sun signifying the start of a new era, rose into the skies above as it governed the day of the game’s gears release and melted the last remains of the snowy blanket on the ground. To the surprise of his mentor, Reginald energetically entered his university lecture and even paid more attention in the lecture failing to fall asleep as usual. However, this was due more to his excitement at the thought of acquiring the gear he planned to get after class than to the contents of the lecture. The rush of energy from the excitement kept him awake and active as he continuously looked closely at the time for his morning lecture to end, which conveniently also happened to be the only lecture he had on Tuesdays.
As the lecture ended, Reginald walked quickly out of the university building and started to head in toward the city centre, finding the store that was on the website. He was stunned, standing in place at what lay before him. A long snake-like line of people slowly slithered through the doors as staff and employees of the store stemmed the tide of eager buyers who, in traditional British fashion, waited patiently in the long line waiting to be served.
’Old habits die hard I guess.’
’This should be the place.’
He thought to himself as he went to double-check that he was in the right place. Opening his phone to the website which shows you the nearest stores, he noticed something different that was not there 10 minutes ago.
Underneath the once solitary postcode was another one with an announcement made 1 minute ago underneath it, which read.
’Due to the game’s popularity being underestimated and to ensure greater access to the game, a second store has been set up where you can buy and calibrate the game. We at Dynasties Inc apologise for the inconvenience and encourage people at the back of the line to go to the new store to lower queue times. Thank you for your cooperation.’