I was about 12 or 13 at the time and both my Mom/Dad agreed to buy the game from Wa-Mart after reading about all of the hype. They had no intentions of letting me play, but they would let me create characters for the first few weeks of its release.
I clogged up about 5 character select screens from different servers with nothing but random toons with names from Pokemon creatures. Shortly after its release, and after my parents understood the game a bit more, I was allowed to play. I made a HE Mage named "Ennie" and was immediately handed over some plat (not a lot) and a robe, along with a few other small ticket items (acquired from long time friends that my parents had met originally from the start of the game - they knew I was young, so they wanted to encourage an easy start I guess?).
This is pretty much what started my EC-tunnel dwelling, virtual-item-hoarding days, hustling Jewel-crafted pieces and pimping my Druid out for ports for the next 16 years (and counting).
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Burgmeister says out of character, 'keep training fansy, I like corpse camping'
Cypriss shouts, 'can i get a loot and scoot?'
Metus tells you, 'can i plz loot&scoot sir'
Jazam tells you, 'Could u allow me to lns?'
Jomoma tells you, 'can i lns'
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