It was my niece and nephew that introduced me to EQ. They had been playing since release and I used to give them a speech that went something like like; "In my day we didn't have computers. We used pencil, paper and dice and our imaginations." I did it mostly just to annoy them and it worked.
On my birthday I received a present from them which in my family is a novelty because we don't typically give presents to each other after the age of 18 outside of immediate family. We have parties and celebrations but presents are usually reserved for the kids. The present was EQ. I still remember the music once the game was installed and updated, (a really long update on dial-up), I made a rogue in Freeport, wandered around not knowing anything and died to the first rat I attacked. It was AWESOME!
The best part was that there all these other real people playing with me. I will never forget it. I have been playing EQ in one way or another ever since. I have tried nearly every other mmo out there but EQ is the only one that keeps me coming back time after time after time. 1999 is what is still keeping me playing. Thanks folks
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