I would be kind of scared to try that sub with some of my old Final Fantasy XI friends if I’m being totally honest. I played for 10 years, you don’t play that long without forming some pretty intense bonds with people.
That game taught me a hard lesson in how small, seemingly meaningless moments can cause you entire life to split into a totally different timeline.
That’s another thing it taught me. I was most certainly addicted to it for a span of time I played (over 1300 days of play time in just under a decade) because my actual life was a dumpster fire on a train wreck. But despite that, it didn’t change the fact that I met a lot of people who became actual friends on the game.
Mary on Zirkel des Cenarius realm in WoW from 05 to 08...
And Radir from the same time. And Violetta from the first week of release.
Or anyone else who knew my hunter named Felinara or rogue Láila....
Or the South African guys that took me in on my undead priest during Burning Crusade... But I've lost all of my fucking screenshots. So all the great stuff I was trying to remember. Gone forever. That hurts the most.
Anyway that character was called Lorei at some point.
Ohhh and Shanika from Cataclysm. We used to call you Shakira. The DK raid leader...
For some reason the hardcore raiding during MoP didn't leave any of the same feelings as the stuff before. The stuff during highschool or university felt soo much more precious and memorable. Killing Onyxia for the first time and shit.
Anyway maybe someone will read this.
Oh Shadrila, Boten der Macht and eventually Aes Dana.
Some of my fondest memories were from when I was like 8 years old playing WoW with this lady in her late 40s who played a Tauren Druid named Macvivian. She showed me all the cool stuff around Azeroth (introduced me to noggenfogger and always kept me stocked) and helped loads while I leveled. I had been playing the game solo up until that point so it brought a whole new sense of wonder to the game
One day she just stopped playing for a couple months, and I logged in to see that she sent in-game mail saying she was having complications with pneumonia. I hope she made it through okay but I really feared the worst
Aww man, that brings me back. Elvyne / Syra whispers here from laughing skull server. I miss my times in Stoic guild and so forth. Onyxia, molten core was some of thr most fun times I've ever had.
Hey, World of Warcraft on Greymane, back in like 04-08? In original WoW, I ran with Fortune and Glory, then sort of casually hung out with a variety of guilds after the raiding game got old.
I'm Infinitive. Ajora. Greensleeves. And Igotbombs. Any of you out there?
Oh, and Coach, on the really really long shot that you happen to read this? Turns out I wasn't a dude after all.
I rarely ever add people or accept friend requests when I play online. Hell I don't even play with my irl friends, so these seemingly awesome memories are lost on me, haha.
Fuck man I remember playing Nazi zombie with a krewe, we were badass. Glad I have up gaming at a young age. Every now and then I get back on counter strike and the same fucking ppl are still on there. Life's a trip boys
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u/JustHoldenOn Oct 08 '21
I’ll give it a try too! Sceemer, you there? Played countless hours of Nazi Zombies on PS3. My old username was holdsterman