OMG! I was browsing from the old address...replied with like ten paragraphs (trust me, you might not have made the end before needing a nap), and when I hit preview I got "INVALID SESSION"
DOH!
How you found AO (stories from the first days)
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by Volais » Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:41 pm
It was a dark time. My ethernet had failed me...I was left netless. at that time I was an EQ junkie...I had become one of the greats on that game. I was an infamous Shadow Knight. Of course...the loss of the net...it forced me to end my time in everquest.
6 months later, I had gotten back online...it was a long strange journey. I had givin my EQ cd-s to a friend, so i couldnt get on it. So one day, at work, I was trying to find a EQ box in the latest shipment...saddly...none. And the rush for the latest expansion left our shelves empty of all that was eq. While stacking the boxes up, one box fell off after i put it up. It fell open, and when i reached down, I noticed the large print...."Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars". I had heard of this game...it was supposed to be pretty cool. Not as big as EQ...didnt have the tradeskills of EQ....but still pretty good. I decided to try it out...until we got some more EQ's in. I started playing....but then...something happened.....while in a bar fight with one of the bartenders, I met a young lady, she found my predicament...intresting. Ignoring her, I went to sit down in a dark courner. Later, a man heavily clad in armor walked in, the young woman, and the man clad in armor began to talk about the current politics of Rubi-Ka...I happened to but in...offering my point of view on the clans. A day later...i met him in the cup again....we once again argued........it ended in me joining the Rubi-Ka Freedom Fighters....yes, that guy was Cogs....duh.
After that...i could let go....and i still cant let go...I want to leave...I should leave...but I cant...so congrats guys...you kept me from greatness by making me fight a war with you!
6 months later, I had gotten back online...it was a long strange journey. I had givin my EQ cd-s to a friend, so i couldnt get on it. So one day, at work, I was trying to find a EQ box in the latest shipment...saddly...none. And the rush for the latest expansion left our shelves empty of all that was eq. While stacking the boxes up, one box fell off after i put it up. It fell open, and when i reached down, I noticed the large print...."Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars". I had heard of this game...it was supposed to be pretty cool. Not as big as EQ...didnt have the tradeskills of EQ....but still pretty good. I decided to try it out...until we got some more EQ's in. I started playing....but then...something happened.....while in a bar fight with one of the bartenders, I met a young lady, she found my predicament...intresting. Ignoring her, I went to sit down in a dark courner. Later, a man heavily clad in armor walked in, the young woman, and the man clad in armor began to talk about the current politics of Rubi-Ka...I happened to but in...offering my point of view on the clans. A day later...i met him in the cup again....we once again argued........it ended in me joining the Rubi-Ka Freedom Fighters....yes, that guy was Cogs....duh.
After that...i could let go....and i still cant let go...I want to leave...I should leave...but I cant...so congrats guys...you kept me from greatness by making me fight a war with you!
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by Ospf » Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:16 am
About 20 years ago I played a paper dice roll game called CyberPunk, it's still available on ebay from time to time. It started the implant craze that has taken over AO. I have been hooked on that concept for a long time.
Then I got on the internet and started looking around for a MMORPG type application on the PC. I started many many years ago in Ledgends of Kesmai (a gamestorm game) and fell in love with the thing. It was back when you could only move a certain number of hexes from your starting place at a time, roll based, turn based. It was a blast. I then moved from there on to Everquest and Asheron's Call which came close to perfection but lacked the futuristic scenes that played in my mind.
Then I took a small break as I was disgusted with the whole scene ( divorced during that period) then I started looking around and found beta testing for my game! I signed up and started playing the very first day it came out. WHAT A DISSAPOINTMENT! I waited almost 6 months on the beta signup list only to get booted every ten minutes, not being able to use the gui, and more. I instantly lost all hope of ever seeing a completed game and left in disgust. Then started playing Dark Age of Camelot a year ago, after maxing out my characters and getting into PvP I learned that AO still existed and was expanding, so I dnloaded the free trial expecting to see a choppy, un-refined game and I was very mistaken. I've been hooked ever since. I'm 2 months into it now and I'm not looking anywhere else for my MMORPG fix.
I now call it Anarchy's Opium...had to call it something as we called AC Asheron's Crack. Kinda fits!
Ospf
Then I got on the internet and started looking around for a MMORPG type application on the PC. I started many many years ago in Ledgends of Kesmai (a gamestorm game) and fell in love with the thing. It was back when you could only move a certain number of hexes from your starting place at a time, roll based, turn based. It was a blast. I then moved from there on to Everquest and Asheron's Call which came close to perfection but lacked the futuristic scenes that played in my mind.
Then I took a small break as I was disgusted with the whole scene ( divorced during that period) then I started looking around and found beta testing for my game! I signed up and started playing the very first day it came out. WHAT A DISSAPOINTMENT! I waited almost 6 months on the beta signup list only to get booted every ten minutes, not being able to use the gui, and more. I instantly lost all hope of ever seeing a completed game and left in disgust. Then started playing Dark Age of Camelot a year ago, after maxing out my characters and getting into PvP I learned that AO still existed and was expanding, so I dnloaded the free trial expecting to see a choppy, un-refined game and I was very mistaken. I've been hooked ever since. I'm 2 months into it now and I'm not looking anywhere else for my MMORPG fix.
I now call it Anarchy's Opium...had to call it something as we called AC Asheron's Crack. Kinda fits!
Ospf
The best looking red headded doc in the bizznitch!
Black Knight: Right, I'll do you for that!
Arthur: You'll what?
Black Knight: Come 'ere!
Arthur: What are you going to do, bleed on me?
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by LilBurst » Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:08 pm
April, 2001, i had just gotten my shiny new broadband connection and decided to put it to the test. Ultima Online and Counterstrike were my main time wasters. I played UO for only 4 months...never got really high, but was having fun. I had a house, a rare Ostard, and some uber (well, uber to me) armor that i paid a lot of gold for. then, while exploring a dungeon, i got disconnected. Lost the Ostard and the armor...i said "screw this".
A few months later, i download the AO 7 day free trial. I started a neutral soldier named Atvar. Having been imersed in the Counterstrike "d00d" culture, i was captivated by these little critters called Leets! Talked to them for hours...it was a beautiful thing
Nearing the end of the 7 day trial, i decide to cancel so i don't get charged (haven't made up my mind yet). By some bug, or Funcom's genius marketing scheme, i was able to keep playing long past the end of the trial.
I around level 15 i met Criseyde and Grania, (AKA: the recently departed for SWG, Zarha and Teddi). 50% of the AO addiction is the people i've met
I leveled Atvar to 41 before deleting him due to his extreme gimpyness. Soldier specializing in Rifle/aimed shot and 2 hand edged is the definition of first character syndrome.
Unfortunalty he was deleted mere weeks before FC rolled out the full IPR 
Fast forward 2 years, several alts, dozens of lost friends, (Zeewee and Teddi hoode come back! ) and seriously considering ending my journey through Rubi-Ka i'm still hooked on Anarchy Online.
A few months later, i download the AO 7 day free trial. I started a neutral soldier named Atvar. Having been imersed in the Counterstrike "d00d" culture, i was captivated by these little critters called Leets! Talked to them for hours...it was a beautiful thing
Nearing the end of the 7 day trial, i decide to cancel so i don't get charged (haven't made up my mind yet). By some bug, or Funcom's genius marketing scheme, i was able to keep playing long past the end of the trial.
I around level 15 i met Criseyde and Grania, (AKA: the recently departed for SWG, Zarha and Teddi). 50% of the AO addiction is the people i've met
I leveled Atvar to 41 before deleting him due to his extreme gimpyness. Soldier specializing in Rifle/aimed shot and 2 hand edged is the definition of first character syndrome.
Unfortunalty he was deleted mere weeks before FC rolled out the full IPR
Fast forward 2 years, several alts, dozens of lost friends, (Zeewee and Teddi hoode come back! ) and seriously considering ending my journey through Rubi-Ka i'm still hooked on Anarchy Online.
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