Well, since within the last week or two I’ve taken up RF online, played with Dofus, and started fooling around with Puzzle Pirates again (I pump a mean bilge), I figured one more game wouldn’t hurt. So, I downloaded ROSE Online. It’s by Gravity, the folks who produced Ragnarok Online – and judging from the patch notes, they’re already having the same sorts of problems as RO. 
It plays like any other traditional Japanese/Korean MMORPG, click to move, F1-F8 to use skills that you slide into bar, bad translation, decently cute graphics, etc… But I’m not writing a review. Ok, fine, quick review… umm… I give it a 6 out of 10. No justifications right now, maybe if you ask nice I’ll give my reasons. It just fails to wow me so far.
What I am doing is recording my first experience dealing with the natives.
Begin tale of woe and silliness now:
I had just barely found my way to the second town in the game (three quests leading me there, I figured it was about time). Upon leaving town to slaughter innocent honey bees in order to join the soldier class, I encountered (was followed by) a female character.
I ignore her and proceed to attack the nearest bug. She walks up next to me and watches me fight. Halfway through the battle, she begins to systematically strip herself of all clothing. Naked ROSE chars wear underwear of the flowing temple toga school of high couture.
I continue to ignore her and start off toward my next mob when she begins to speak.
girl: hi
me: ?My ignoring resumes after a few seconds, and I run off to kill something else. She follows me.
girl: never seen a girl like me before?
me: you mean a 14-year-old boy?I run off again, she follows. I find a bug, start killing it.
girl: whos 14
me: that would be you
girl: i am not 14
me: suuure you’re notBug dies, I continue to my next one, and she continues to follow me. While I’m fighting the next bee, she gets dressed again and helps me finish the kill.
girl: i’m 22!
me: right. you go ahead and be 22 thenI run off yet one more time, this time she doesn’t follow me.
somebody else: i’m 18!
Yay for free games…