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I think this was the real spirit of this game in 1999, something that few, if any, modern MMOs have ever really actualized. It's what brought people of all ages together and brought a lot of women into the gaming scene, possibly because of this social aspect. People got married through the game and made friendships and it was a real phenomenon.
Games sure have changed since then and I'm not sure if we will ever be able to fully recreate the experience of those days with how gaming has changed, but it sure is wonderful to find that, although small compared to back then, the spirit is still alive here.
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This is exactly what I wanted to try to articulate, but you did it much better than I ever could.
Having the social element outside of the game was a thing for me as well (back in the 1999 era). Talking to other nerds at school about EQ was something... well let's say if I wouldn't have had that I'm not sure I'd have ever been interested in this game at all in the first place.