The moment you knew...

[Exavus]

I saw a few people that worked at a used game store playing EQ and I watched a few times and was amazed that there were other people online playing with them. I convinced my mom to let me get it and started it right up.

My first character was a Human Warrior and my graphics card was pretty bad so it was really laggy, but I was impressed by the game and the graphics were really good for 99/2000. I killed a ton of rats in Freeport until I couldn't level off them anymore and made friends with a few other newbies in the same area. I hung out there like it was my home and tried to help other people kill rats and orc pawns. Then I figured I might as well look at new areas.

I zoned into East Commonlands and looked around and saw all the trees.. A vast forest waiting to be explored and I was just amazed at how huge it was. I went further in to find tons of people running around, casting spells on each other.. I had no idea there were spells in the game and never really saw any until then. I grouped at an orc camp some then explored more.

I came across East Commonlands Tunnel and was amazed at how many people were there. At this point I realized this game was truely a gem and had hooked me from that point on followed by 4 years of a wonderful love/hate relationship with the game.

<i>Now....</i>

I found p99 and thought that this was too good to be true. I made a Human Warrior and started in freeport... I looked and I saw people leveling up on rats... wandering around.. High levels by the gate buffing people... I almost shed a tear.

I went into EC and ran to the tunnel to see at least 50 people. My heart was pounding and I realized that this gem lives on in other people too and not just mine.