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May 09

MMO Firsts (Meme)

Following my buddy Ryan’s example, I’m following suit and joining in on the MMO Firsts meme Syp of Bio Break started. I’d love to see more of these going around, cause you really don’t get an opportunity to learn about people’s MMO pasts all that frequently.

Ultima Online by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

"Ultima Online" by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

First MMO Played?
WorldsAway technically, but Ultima Online was the first true blooded MMO I was involved with.

First Character Class/Role Played?
Mage

First MMO Subscribed For More Than A Consecutive Year?
EverQuest 2

First MMO You Fell In Love With?
Ultima Online

First Guild You Really Felt Attached To?
The Aureus Knights

First Character/Game You Leveled To End Cap?
EverQuest 2

First “Wow” Moment In A MMO?
Ultima Online, upon first logging in. =) After exploring for 15 minutes I really had a moment where I just had to sit back… the world was so detailed, so expansive and so active with other players.

First MMO You Burned Out On?
Asheron’s Call

First MMO You Followed Avidly Prior To Launch?
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

First Time You Felt Truly Noobish In A MMO?
Ultima Online; I wasn’t prepared for the sandbox experience. I had no idea where to start or what to do. I finally managed to fell things out myself and began my life as a lute-toating Mage.

First MMO You Went Alt-Crazy In?
I don’t do alts. Never have, probably never will. I suppose the closest I’d come here would be in City of Heroes, but that’s sort of the point of the game.

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Sep 07

Thoughts on Returning to Final Fantasy XI

So as many of you know, either because of my Twitter stream or because you know me personally, I’ve made a return to Final Fantasy XI along with my friends Ryan, Will and Jim. I began playing FFXI when early 2002, when I was accepted into the beta for the PlayStation 2. At the time I really didn’t have much faith in the game, or interest to be honest. I was more excited about getting a free hard drive unit for my PS2 than the game itself. That’s probably why I never made it past level 8. That and the fact that I was trying to play it on my tiny, shitty television at the time.

Fast forward to November 2002, and I’m over in Arizona visiting Jim. He wasn’t very interested in the game either, but my consumer whorism got the better of me, and I talked him into trying it by buying him a copy. We headed to EB and picked up FFXI, and the rest, as they say, is history. Jim’s girlfriend Stephanie joined us, and together we started a guild. In time, the guild grew and grew, thanks almost single handedly to great efforts of Stephanie and Jim. The guild eventually grew to become one of the better known linkshells on our server, and we made a lot of friends during the time we played. But all good things must come to an end, and ultimately the guild was disbanded.

Recently the idea of returning to FFXI was brought up. I had tried to load up FFXI several times since the guild, but as I expected I couldn’t get into it. With the exception of Ultima Online – which was to thank for my meeting Ryan, Will and Jim in the first place – I’ve never played an MMO by myself. Or, I should say, I’ve never seriously played one. I load them up and then get bored. So I was very pleased to hear that the guys wanted to go back to FFXI and jumped at the opportunity.

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