《Cruxborne Legends》1: Alpha Testing (1)
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Who is this Markus Reeves?
Well, he was a competitive ESports gamer during his childhood and a little bit of his early teenage years. He played games like League of Legends, World of Warcraft, RuneScape, and many other titles on a professional level in a team alongside other teams during competitions, but things didn't last for long.
The reason why? It all happened because of the classic trope of slipping grades in school due to his excessive amount of time learning new mechanics in each game's update. His parents were understandably furious after receiving his latest report card from his school and pulled him out of the competitive leagues, but it was not without cost. This action doomed their financial abilities hard.
You see, with each competition won by him, his entire family was able to afford living in a modest home and spend money lavishly every year on his tuition fees. They were not too terribly rich since each competition's prize pool varied, but this one before he got pulled out had a five MILLION dollar payout. If they were just a tiny bit more greedy and didn't put too much stock into his failing grades a week before the competition was due to begin, they wouldn't have lost out on their entire livelihoods.
That all happened five years ago, but it wasn't the worst thing that happened to him. No, that 'honor' goes to the day he lost both his mother and father.
Unlike a certain famous orphaned boy with a lightning scar, Markus didn't lose his parents to some arsehole with a stick. He wished that was what he had happen instead of what really happened to them. No, how he lost them was a freak car accident involving a semi-truck. Even he didn't know why he was the sole survivor of the incident-albeit just barely surviving by the skin of his teeth-but that made him far too depressed to do anything else.
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That event happened just a little over a year ago now on his 17th birthday. Today-however-was still his 18th birthday when Markus decided to check his emails.
As for why? Well, he had applied to various places online for job interviews, but with his credentials at the moment being somewhat inexperienced, he saw multiple rejections. Some didn't bother to respond to his email!
Before he could leave his inbox and go browse YouTube for videos from his favorite creators, Markus received a rather unusual email. It was from the company "Reality Interactive" and it was about an offer to test their flagship game called "Cruxborne Legends" for free.
He never heard of this company or game before, so he clicked open the email with his interest piquing.
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Dear Mr. Markus Reeves,
We are writing to you today to inquire if you were available for participating in a closed Alpha Test of our flagship "Cruxborne Legends," a Dark Fantasy VRMMORPG set in the medieval world of Valtir. Should you decide to accept, you will be given a single starter character package and a Lifetime Membership (valued at over 3500$) alongside other benefits.
Contents of the Alpha Tester Package:
1x {Unique Title} 1x {All Race Package} 1x {Unique Treasure Chest (Soulbound)} 1500x {Bronze Coins}/150x {Silver Coins}/15x {Gold Coins} One-time package of 7500$ Three months' {Novice Protection}
We await for your response,
Miranda R.
Senior Media Representive of Reality Interactive
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