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  • ForgrimmForgrimm Member EpicPosts: 3,069
    Everquest, started playing in November of '99.
  • DaikuruDaikuru Member RarePosts: 797
    edited July 2016
    I think it was DAoC, but i didnt play it so much, i was like 13 or so i think, then i played Anarchy Online with my older brother but at this time it was too complicated for me  :D. 

    The first MMORPGs i really played for a long time (on and off) were World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 1.
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  • fodell54fodell54 Member RarePosts: 865
    edited July 2016
    Ulitma Online in 1998. I was 13 at the time over at a friends a house. He had been telling me about this awesome game he had been playing for a month or so. Anyways, he introduced me to what would become a life long habit.

    I remember the first time I played I made a thief character and was running around stealing from Wondering Healers in Moonglow. After an hour or so I was finally tracked down and killed by another player. It was so much different from anything else I had ever played at the time. Needless to say from that day on I was hooked. I actually played UO for almost 10 years and still log on every once and a while just to see what's happening.

    To this day I don't know if I should be happy that I went over to his house that day or angry. Seems over the years I have wasted a lot time playing games. Sometimes I feel like I could have been doing something much more productive. lol
  • XxPriestxXXxPriestxX Member UncommonPosts: 133
    UO is what got me started, and even today I still have all the original boxes and the awesome cloth maps for every Ultima game. Sadly, I'm not on the fence for Shards, it's just not the same =(
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  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    It depends what you are calling an mmorpg these days.  Graphical muds might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been invented back then.  :D
    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

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    Kyleran:  "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."

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    FreddyNoNose:  "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."

    LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"




  • XxPriestxXXxPriestxX Member UncommonPosts: 133
    edited July 2016
    waynejr2 said:
    It depends what you are calling an mmorpg these days.  Graphical muds might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been invented back then.  :D
    Nah, 'cause then you're stretching it back to BBS's and door games like LORD.
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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    I actually was playing MUds in the early 80s thru Quantun -Link on my C64 .. up thru the Orginal Neverwinter thru AOL on an Amiga ... Then UO in 98 , still subbed after 18 years , rarely log in tho ... But have never looked back , and enjoyed every minute of wathching a genre be born and grow and stagnate ..

      But would say UO to answer simply :)
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,060
    Lineage "the Blood Pledge" was the first, followed in 6 months by DAOC which one of my two all time favorite MMORPGs.

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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Everquest was first. First I spent the most time playing SWG.  First open world PvP I spent the most time playing was L2.  It's all a blur after that til present day.

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  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    xXPriestXx said:
    waynejr2 said:
    It depends what you are calling an mmorpg these days.  Graphical muds might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been invented back then.  :D
    Nah, 'cause then you're stretching it back to BBS's and door games like LORD.

    Which came first the mmorpg or the coined term mmorpg?  It was simple marketing to coin the term.  The technology of the mmorpg was inevitable.
    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

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    Kyleran:  "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."

    John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."

    FreddyNoNose:  "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."

    LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"




  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    Scorchien said:
    I actually was playing MUds in the early 80s thru Quantun -Link on my C64 .. up thru the Orginal Neverwinter thru AOL on an Amiga ... Then UO in 98 , still subbed after 18 years , rarely log in tho ... But have never looked back , and enjoyed every minute of wathching a genre be born and grow and stagnate ..

      But would say UO to answer simply :)
    Yeah I played NWN on AOL as well. Paid by the hour.
    Yet I consider Lineage to be my first proper MMORPG like you do UO.
    Crazy what we paid during those days isn't it?
    That is my point.  NWN and the shadow of yserbius were pay by the hour and might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been around.  Certainly we could all them mmos as they are called around these parts right now.

    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

    Epic Music:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1

    https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1

    Kyleran:  "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."

    John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."

    FreddyNoNose:  "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."

    LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"




  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,060
    waynejr2 said:
    Scorchien said:
    I actually was playing MUds in the early 80s thru Quantun -Link on my C64 .. up thru the Orginal Neverwinter thru AOL on an Amiga ... Then UO in 98 , still subbed after 18 years , rarely log in tho ... But have never looked back , and enjoyed every minute of wathching a genre be born and grow and stagnate ..

      But would say UO to answer simply :)
    Yeah I played NWN on AOL as well. Paid by the hour.
    Yet I consider Lineage to be my first proper MMORPG like you do UO.
    Crazy what we paid during those days isn't it?
    That is my point.  NWN and the shadow of yserbius were pay by the hour and might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been around.  Certainly we could all them mmos as they are called around these parts right now.

    Some day you are going to find yourself splitting hairs over whether these are "slow" zombies or "fast" ones and it's going to be all over for you.

    Sometimes the snap answer is the right one. ;)

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    "I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant

    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

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  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    blueturtle13 said:
    So what game did you first play that got you into the genre?
    Mine was Lineage then Asheron's Call
    I still think, even with all the games released since, that they are still two of the best MMOs ever made.
    Lineage as well, back during the US beta for it, and for some time after it. :)
    Followed by UO.

    My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)

    https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/

  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Sometimes those fast zombies can be a real bother. Give me a slow twitch zombie anyday.  :-)

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  • AcorniaAcornia Member UncommonPosts: 281
    The Ream   It was an 16 bit 2d world made by SSI before they where bought out. 
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  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    Kyleran said:
    waynejr2 said:
    Scorchien said:
    I actually was playing MUds in the early 80s thru Quantun -Link on my C64 .. up thru the Orginal Neverwinter thru AOL on an Amiga ... Then UO in 98 , still subbed after 18 years , rarely log in tho ... But have never looked back , and enjoyed every minute of wathching a genre be born and grow and stagnate ..

      But would say UO to answer simply :)
    Yeah I played NWN on AOL as well. Paid by the hour.
    Yet I consider Lineage to be my first proper MMORPG like you do UO.
    Crazy what we paid during those days isn't it?
    That is my point.  NWN and the shadow of yserbius were pay by the hour and might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been around.  Certainly we could all them mmos as they are called around these parts right now.

    Some day you are going to find yourself splitting hairs over whether these are "slow" zombies or "fast" ones and it's going to be all over for you.

    Sometimes the snap answer is the right one. ;)

    It doesn't matter when you are dead.
    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

    Epic Music:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1

    https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1

    Kyleran:  "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."

    John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."

    FreddyNoNose:  "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."

    LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"




  • fodell54fodell54 Member RarePosts: 865
    waynejr2 said:
    Scorchien said:
    I actually was playing MUds in the early 80s thru Quantun -Link on my C64 .. up thru the Orginal Neverwinter thru AOL on an Amiga ... Then UO in 98 , still subbed after 18 years , rarely log in tho ... But have never looked back , and enjoyed every minute of wathching a genre be born and grow and stagnate ..

      But would say UO to answer simply :)
    Yeah I played NWN on AOL as well. Paid by the hour.
    Yet I consider Lineage to be my first proper MMORPG like you do UO.
    Crazy what we paid during those days isn't it?
    That is my point.  NWN and the shadow of yserbius were pay by the hour and might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been around.  Certainly we could all them mmos as they are called around these parts right now.

    Just remember the rules of KISS and it will help you out with many of life's dilemmas. 

    K- Keep
    I- It
    S- Simple
    S- Stupid

    The simplest answer is usually the right one. 
  • Ammon777_newAmmon777_new Member UncommonPosts: 306
    blueturtle13 said:
    drivendawn said:
    Asheron's Call in in July of 2000.
    AC was mind blowing for me
    same... Asherons Call for me, followed by Dark Age of Camelot, followed by World of Warcraft.
  • Ammon777_newAmmon777_new Member UncommonPosts: 306
    I actually bought AC thinking it was a single-player game. Boy was I surprised when I saw other people actually playing in MY GAME, HAHA.
  • ThaneThane Member EpicPosts: 3,534
    edited July 2016
    Neocron, then  anarchy online. i remember sitting there in the pitch black night, waiting for the sun to rise so me and my friend could see each other for the first time :pleased:

    damn, that took longer than expected hehe.... and it was REAAAALLY dark ^^

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  • rodingorodingo Member RarePosts: 2,870
    Neocron was my first MMO since I actually had time while in port, and not deployed or in training, to play one.

    "If I offended you, you needed it" -Corey Taylor

  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    edited July 2016
    fodell54 said:
    waynejr2 said:
    Scorchien said:
    I actually was playing MUds in the early 80s thru Quantun -Link on my C64 .. up thru the Orginal Neverwinter thru AOL on an Amiga ... Then UO in 98 , still subbed after 18 years , rarely log in tho ... But have never looked back , and enjoyed every minute of wathching a genre be born and grow and stagnate ..

      But would say UO to answer simply :)
    Yeah I played NWN on AOL as well. Paid by the hour.
    Yet I consider Lineage to be my first proper MMORPG like you do UO.
    Crazy what we paid during those days isn't it?
    That is my point.  NWN and the shadow of yserbius were pay by the hour and might have been called mmorpgs if the term had been around.  Certainly we could all them mmos as they are called around these parts right now.

    Just remember the rules of KISS and it will help you out with many of life's dilemmas. 

    K- Keep
    I- It
    S- Simple
    S- Stupid

    The simplest answer is usually the right one. 

    Well if I had said tsoy people would have said that is a graphical mud and not an mmo.  When it predates the term it is a problem. Considering what is getting called an mmo these days I think it is fair game.  You don't like it, so what. 

    also, thought the answer could be handled by a simple person. You proved me wrong.
    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

    Epic Music:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1

    https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1

    Kyleran:  "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."

    John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."

    FreddyNoNose:  "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."

    LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"




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