Riktor_before_IGN posted:
Since we are discussing nostaliga for MMO games of old, I will just mention that this name Riktor was the name of the original character I created when trying EQ a few months or so after it launched. Although I have many fond memories of EQ it's not for the gameplay, it's for the (at the time) unique fantasy world and espcially the people and the laughs we had playing it.
My 1st game however was Ultima Online. Some friends got me into UO fairly soon after it launched and although it was my first major online game of any kind really and was extremely interesting, it quickly soured on me. I played the original Ultima games, even the ones that appeared as poorer translations on the original NES system (yeah, I am getting old) so I had great expectations. As I recall my 1st character in there picked up a pickaxe, did some mining thinking I would make some armor and a weapon and go explore. Entering my 1st town Trinsic, somewhat ironically known as the city of honor, I think I went 5 ft before I saw some message saying SoandSojerkoff removes items from you. A guy following me was pickpocketing me. When I turned around and opened my backpack suddenly a bomb like item appeared in my bag. Yeah, you could actually put things in people's inventory without any consent. This bomb blew up, killing me instantly and hitting the crowd around me in its radius which flagged me immediately as the worst possible villain, Major Dastardly Ahole or whatever it was called and basically made me Killed on Sight by the guards. So as a ghost I got to watch random passersby looting my body of the random stuff I had accumulated thus far.
It's a wonder I ever played another MMORPG at all.
Since we are discussing nostaliga for MMO games of old, I will just mention that this name Riktor was the name of the original character I created when trying EQ a few months or so after it launched. Although I have many fond memories of EQ it's not for the gameplay, it's for the (at the time) unique fantasy world and espcially the people and the laughs we had playing it.
My 1st game however was Ultima Online. Some friends got me into UO fairly soon after it launched and although it was my first major online game of any kind really and was extremely interesting, it quickly soured on me. I played the original Ultima games, even the ones that appeared as poorer translations on the original NES system (yeah, I am getting old) so I had great expectations. As I recall my 1st character in there picked up a pickaxe, did some mining thinking I would make some armor and a weapon and go explore. Entering my 1st town Trinsic, somewhat ironically known as the city of honor, I think I went 5 ft before I saw some message saying SoandSojerkoff removes items from you. A guy following me was pickpocketing me. When I turned around and opened my backpack suddenly a bomb like item appeared in my bag. Yeah, you could actually put things in people's inventory without any consent. This bomb blew up, killing me instantly and hitting the crowd around me in its radius which flagged me immediately as the worst possible villain, Major Dastardly Ahole or whatever it was called and basically made me Killed on Sight by the guards. So as a ghost I got to watch random passersby looting my body of the random stuff I had accumulated thus far.
It's a wonder I ever played another MMORPG at all.
Sorry dude. That was me that stole all your stuff and put the bomb in your bag.
But to be fair, I did that to a LOT of people
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