A few hours into the game, I was still running around outside of Mag Mel doing quests and killing mobs. I had no game currency, and the only gear I had was what I got at the start. It wasn't much. I didn't care though because I was enjoying the exploration of the game. I remember being attacked by some purple orb looking thing, and I was in trouble, when another player jumped in and rescued me. Not only did Downarend save me from impending doom, he invited me to join his group which had 4 or 5 other players of varying levels in it. We ran all over the area doing quests and exploring areas together, just killing mobs and having fun. We chatted amongst ourselves about general information like where we were from, our real names, game mechanics and tactics. Being a part of a group made killing mobs much easier, and we could go further into areas you couldn't go solo. It wasn't long before they all handed me items to dress and equip my blademaster. We had a great time together, and by the end of the night I was invited to join their guild Blades of Glory.
Playing DAOC just became a whole lot more enjoyable. I knew when I logged into the game, I'd have a group of people to join, a player base I'd get to know better. A community of sorts. We had a lot of fun in the upcoming days, helping each other develop game characters and bringing up alts. We did harder quests together that we couldn't do alone like the epic quests. We went on Master Level raids, Artifact raids, and helped each other with gear and advice. We became friends of sorts. Although we never met in real life, we developed a kinship. We learned things about each other, joked around and had a good time together.
Unfortunately Blades of Glory went the way of so many other guilds. As people grew other interests in the game, they moved to more established guilds suited to their play styles and needs, or they left the game altogether. When the servers clustered and moved to Ywain, it vanished completely.
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so they beat me to it. 
/ From the windowwwww