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A Change for the Better?   Table of Contents   Newsletter Competitions

Why do people like TTA? What keeps them here? Many get bored and eventually leave, yet many get bored and still stick around. What is the intrigue in the first place? A simple side game in the much bigger Final Fantasy VIII has captivated some of us for years.

One reason I like TTA is, of course, the game itself. It's simple, fun and addicting, though it can certainly be overplayed. I always liked working with simple mathematics such as the Challenge 24 (http://web.sbu.edu/math/Challenge24.html) game I was fond of while in my early teenage years. Numbers were always relatively easy for me in school, while English was always my worst subject. This may partially explain my fascination with them and this game.

The people keep me here. I've been here for 3 years now and have made quite a lot of friends just as everyone has. Plenty hang around in the community but almost never play if they do at all. Through all the clans I've been in, Juppongatana, Trance Knights, Zodiac Braves, and Triforce, there are a lot of interesting people that keep dragging me back. They no doubt increase the reason that playing this game is still fun at times.

I'm sure there are many other reasons why others stick around day after day. These are just the things that I could think of that keep me here. Maybe we should all think about what keeps us here, it might make the game more fun?