Naomi Raisa S.

Aquino BS Arch 1 English 002 MWF 11:00am - 12:00nn

Computer Games: O2jam

Computer game is a form of computer software, run on a personal computer or games machine and played by one or more people using a keyboard, mouse, control pad, or joystick. Computer games usually combine sound and graphics and range from traditional games such as chess to fast-moving action games or complex puzzles. But on my own definition, I defined it as where teenagers spent their daily allowances to.

On our generation nowadays, a lot are addicted to such online games like DOTA, KOS, Counter strike, Crazykart, and many more. Once youve started to play one of these, Im sure youll never get tired of it. One certain online game which I was very addicted to was O2jam. O2jam is an online casual rhythm video game developed in South Korea by O2Media. Playing the game is divided between finding a room to play in, selecting a song, and playing a song. There are music-halls, technically servers, on which a user can play in. There are many versions in different countries. In our version, there are six servers, all of which are free-to-play. After choosing a server on which to play, the player (commonly called an O2Jammer in the O2Jam community) is presented with a list of "channels", each with a max limit of 100 users. Upon selecting a channel, the player is presented with a list of rooms. The player may choose a single, VS, album, couple, or jam room to play manually or can create its own choice of room. The player can select one song to play over 560 songs available to the version. Upon playing the song, horizontal bars slide down a series of seven columns, each corresponding to a key on the keyboard. Just before the notes hit the bottom of the column, the player has to hit the key corresponding to that column. Each key press emits a note, vocal, or other instrument that creates a full-sounding song. A

correct hit is also rewarded with a small 3D visual effect that is determined by the background on which the players are playing. The grading scale used by the game is, from most accurate press to least, Cool, Good, Bad, and Miss. Every four levels, starting with level 4, a mission will be assigned to the O2Jam player. Unless a player completes the mission, the player's EXP and level will not increase. An O2Jam player can level up from level 0 up to level 100. Upon reaching level 100, the player's experience (EXP) continues to increase, but the level stays at 100. An O2Jam Grand Master has a level of 999.

I myself was stuck on level 27 because the mission was very hard. It was very fast that I was having a hard time coping up with the notes and I was hesitant to memorize it. For 3 years I havent opened my account since. And just found out that Philippine server is no longer available anymore. Luckily I heard some news about offline gaming for O2jam. Hooray for that. But then again, O2jam is just one of the many online games to date that can ruin your future. Its very addictive!