I was 12 in early 2000 when I first started. I have a few embarrassing memories.
One of my first characters was a halfling. Someone cast invis on me so I thought I could attack whatever I wanted and it couldn't and therefore couldn't hit me. I ran into Kithicor at night and attacked a red skeleton general of some sort. After to coming to in Misty, I thought the invis must have just ran out at the wrong time, so I asked for another and tried again. I asked everyone in Misty why my invis kept running out when I attacked things and felt like an idiot afterwards.
I few characters later (I made dozens, if not hundreds of alts) I managed to get a druid to level 19 in East Karana. I was so excited about getting ports, but it was 3 or 4 in the morning and I was passing out. I was bound near one of merchant houses for quick selling. Bad idea. I fell asleep in my chair, and when I woke up I was level 14ish. That character was promptly deleted.
And finally the all too common: I gave a friend my password. I was 14 now and finally stuck with a character. My level 50+ ranger (yeah I know awful choice) was semi-decked out from selling so many fish bone earrings. One day I logged on and all my gear and Plat was gone. I assumed it was my "friend" but he wouldn't admit it. This next part sounds bad, but his parents were awful and I told him he could no longer come over my house unless he admitted to it and gave me my stuff back. He did, but then I never talked to him again. I still feel bad about that.
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