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RagingBison

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2005

03 Apr 2005 at 20:17 - 81

Diablo 2: LoD and Warcraft III for PC.

Halo 1 and 2 and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory for XBOX.

Chaser

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

Dansville, N.Y.

Vx Nine

W/N

03 Apr 2005 at 20:28 - 82

i was big into xbox live (and i still am, but not as much). Rainbow six 3, and RS3:BA, halo 2, Dance Dance Revolution mechassult and mechassult 2

for RPG's, FF:crystal chronicals, Baldurs gate 2: shodows of Amn, and runescape

Didymus C. Corax

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

03 Apr 2005 at 20:39 - 83

I won't bore you with my sordid hitsory, but I'll hit a couple highlights...Lesse here...uh, I remember being completely jazzed about my first game...PONG!

Skipping ahead to my days of banging out BASIC code for a chance to play Defender on the TSR80 ("trash" 80) back in high school...

Ye Olde Nintendo 64...Q-bert and Donky-Kong...

Cranking out quarter after quarter into Joust, Centipede and Bosconian (oh, and Dig Dug)...(circa 1985)

Moving ahaed to the PC...whew!...some favs from the past: Nocturn, Messiah, Omikron: Nomad Soul, FAKK2, American McGee's Alice, Return to Castle Wolfestein, The Unreal series (yeah, all of 'em...I'm guilty...Including Devastation)...LOVED the Morrowind series and look forward to #4, Arx Fatalis (another good RPG), the Half Life franchise (including Counter Strike, which I outgrew in about three weeks..oh, yeah...STEAM SUX), and lastly: Vampire Bloodlines...buggy, but good.

I skipped quite a bit, but those are what I remember as having the greatest appeal for the longest time...I know some aren't that great, but little things about them (like the ability to re-skin characters) made them fun for a while...

I won't dwell on the highly overrated dissapointments that have plagued my past, except to say: DOOM3...*yawns* yeah, played it...whatever

cc.pyro

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mayland

The Cheverly Crew

W/Mo

03 Apr 2005 at 20:49 - 84

Mostly the halo's and racing/fps games. The occasional CnC game. This is a big move for me since ive never plaed many RPG's and I was trying to get into one. WoW was going to be my last resort until I found GW. Now im on a crusade to get my friends get GW and convince the only one of my WoW friends to play GW. Im going to give him my friends pass for the BWE on the 15.

CheopisIV

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Calgary, AB

04 Apr 2005 at 04:45 - 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireMarshal

Ah yeah I remember those times.

I remember when the first Legend of Zelda came out for the NES. Man, now THAT was a game worth waiting for. One of my all time favorite games. Soooooo Obsolete now...but man, good times, good times.

I just saw that it was re-released on GBA...got me all excited as I played it for weeks on Nintendo. Anybody ever complete the second stage? 2nd stage being after defeating Gannon and the world and all areas change....

Recently, I'ts been Neverwinter Nights for me...soooo much replayability

especially after finding http://nwnprc.netgamers.co.uk/ ..adds soo much extra content

Auh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 Apr 2005 at 04:52 - 86

Well, I haven't played GW yet, But I used to play Asheron's Call 2.

John TrickKnee

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Ohio (The Bucknaked State)

Village Idiot Priests (VIP)

Mo/Me

04 Apr 2005 at 05:40 - 87

Ultima Online. How can you not like a game that has cow tipping? The Renaissance release killed it for me. Split the game into PvP areas (where only huge bands of murders played) and non-PvP areas (Care Bear Land). What fun is mining when you know you can't be jumped by a murderous archer? And what fun is mining when you KNOW you'll be jumped by a murderous archer?

Diablo 2. It's an excellent game if you: 1. Don't cheat and 2. Presume that everyone else in public games DOES cheat. Nothing more fun than letting (hardcore) PKs get close then going to town and laughing at their ineptitude. It's a shame that Blizzard didn't do much more than make laughably empty threats to control cheating.

Never owned a console. Never wanted to.

Auh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 Apr 2005 at 05:58 - 88

Heheheh... Asheron's Call had cow tipping in it

William the Silent

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Verona, Wisconsin

The Consulate, [Ttgr]

E/

04 Apr 2005 at 05:59 - 89

Well I'll stay out of all the console games because that would just get tedious but in the PC world I have a few titles to put out there.

Back in 2001 or so I was addicted to Utopia

mainly just because it was free and my friends played it. Now that I have at least some money to spend I've mainly invested it into Guild Wars and CounterStrike: Source (HL2 as well obviously).

Those two games pretty much fill my online gaming needs mainly because they're both so addictive and fun to play so I don't have time for anything else.

P.S. In CS I go by the name of Scaglietti(Ferrari 612

) so feel free to hang out and play with me if you ever see me; I'm a hardcore addict to Scoutzknivez

so you'll probably find me there almost whenever I'm playing.

fritz300

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Dallas, TX

Escape the [FATE]

R/

04 May 2005 at 16:06 - 90

FFXI, L2, WoW, SWG, RO.

Skult

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Vancouver BC Canada

Army of Ascension

W/Mo

04 May 2005 at 16:25 - 91

etowiosee

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 May 2005 at 16:28 - 92

Most recently up until a few days before release of GW I have been playing SWG (Star Wars Galaxies).

Had 4 Accounts. With the latest intoiduction of bugs though in what was supposed to fix other bugs jintriduced over the last 2 years I along with two other guilds I was involved with pretty well decided to call it quits and we started up here in GW and we are LOVING every minute of it.

DysonT

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

04 May 2005 at 16:31 - 93

I started out with a Vic 20 computer. Hook it up to the TV and use cassette tapes instead of disks.

Played a lot of Apple games on the Apple IIE. Including Oregon Trail on the black and green screens, lol.

Finally, into civilized PC times, played Simcity original and a game called Deathtrak. Loved that one.

Betrayal at Krondor, X-wing, X-com, Dune, Quake II, Half-life, CS mod before it was for sale, Quake III, Unreal Tournament, Anarchy Online, GTA, Star Wars Galaxies (for like a year and a half), Half-life 2 (and Counterstrike Source of course

), Matrix Online (not worth my time IMO), and finally Guild Wars.

I still play CS in my off time from GW.

Wolfstagen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Virginia

04 May 2005 at 16:31 - 94

Well its nice to see there are some other people that are old enough to remember playing Pong. I will just list the ones that I have played online.

Doom (dial-up against friends)
UO
Everquest (for about one week)
Asheron's Call (Leafcull TSC/Brell) 5 years
AO (For about two weeks)
DAoC (For about 2 months)
Shadowbane (For one month)
Asherons Call 2 (Beta, didnt bother with live)
SWG (one agonizing week)
CoH (3 months)
WOW (Since live, quit for GW)
GW (now)

Harlas Kije

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

NW Indiana

Mo/E

04 May 2005 at 16:36 - 95

I started on the old Tandy/TRS-80 and CoCo..some of the games--umm rogue
The hobbit
The old zork and the rest of those text only games.

jump into the present and recent past--UO from beta/EQ from Beta/DAOC from beta

Took a 2 year retirement and went back to consoles. GW is my first time back on PC online gaming--works well for me since I now have 4 kids and very little time to game. I think I am done with the 12-36 hour campfest/raids for awhile

Aethyr

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

Lake Wylie SC

04 May 2005 at 16:38 - 96

Started out playing Zork. I used to play UT2k4. Now I am here, I like GW the best.

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

04 May 2005 at 16:44 - 97

Tunnels of Doom on my TI99/4a

Marcus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

UK

Warrior Nation [WN]

Rt/Mo

04 May 2005 at 16:52 - 98

Runescape, played it for about 2 years at like average of 4 hours a day.. Quite a lot of play time :P
Offline, I played some game called neverwinter nights.. is quite good
Now I have played GW, I know there is no going back to the terrible gameplay of games like runescape..
Also c&c generals a lot =)

Redcell

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

04 May 2005 at 17:10 - 99

My dad has his still working commadore 64 in storage. he said in another 50 years it will be worth its weight in gold. (they are heavy too) But as for games, Diablo2 lod is great, Dawn of War WH40k is sweet too great graphics and lots of carnage, Played KOTOR1 and 2 but felt very let down by 2

. Have a xbox and ps2 but the kids get more use out of them.Halo2 is cool on live.

Ranja123

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 May 2005 at 17:15 - 100

UO for 3 years
EQ1 for 5+ years
DAOC 2 months hated it, convinced by friends to buy again and lasted 2 weeks...
Asherons call 2 weeks
Anarchy Online 12-15 mins not sure exactly
Earth and Beyond Till E.A. kicked us to Iceland
Eve I lasted 2 days
SWG since launch (current)
COH 8 months
EQ2 4 months

adam.skinner

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Elect of God [EoG]

Mo/Me

04 May 2005 at 17:17 - 101

Long time gamer, first game I can really remember was D&D on the Intellivision. Played BF1942 as my primary since its demo came out, and when SWAT4 came out a few months ago I started playing that. I'm now kicking it in Guild Wars (have played D1, D2, ZAngband, EQ, DAoC, NWN, Dungeon Seige)

Methisitos

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

04 May 2005 at 17:46 - 102

Long list
Asherons call
eq
AO
Dark Age Of Camelot
SWG
Horizons
WoW
CSS
HL2 (Member of a mod group)
And now GW

I have played alot of other single player games but that is the extent of my MMORPG

CSS is not a MMORPG but it is one of my favorites.

SOT

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

East Texas

04 May 2005 at 18:07 - 103

Not that any of these matter now, as only GW is installed

Jedi Knight Outcast/Academy
C&C series
All Blizzard Games
Lineage 2 (biggest waste of money in my history)
and about 40 more

Dracul Deus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

04 May 2005 at 18:28 - 104

I started out on my Sinclair Spectrum,moved on to Amiga when that came out and Ive played almost every console system from that point. PC games that Ive played are varied from RPGs to FPS. The latest games Ive been playing are: SWG, Matrix Online and now Guild Wars

Iteicea Destroidium

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Washington

[Pink]

Rt/Mo

04 May 2005 at 18:30 - 105

well..since i for the most part play MMOs...before this i played RS, Anarchy, EQ, Ultima, SWG, and DAOC

GW is probably the least buggy and most thought out of all MMOs i have played and im betting ill be here for awhile

The IOU

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Iowa

Guild of Night

Mo/E

04 May 2005 at 18:31 - 106

I played and still have accounts with EQ2 and MxO.

I also use to play DAoC and EvE.

Flatliner

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Legion of Gallantry

E/Me

04 May 2005 at 18:59 - 107

In order from oldest to most recent..

Subspace
Ultima Online
Diablo ?
Anarchy Online
Diablo 2
FFXI
Socom 2
Everquest 2

I've played so many other games, these were just the ones I spent the bulk of the last 10 years on.. lol

Kaedar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 May 2005 at 19:20 - 108

Was playing World of Warcraft, taking a break from that for Guild Wars. I enjoy both games though.

Mallich

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

House Delletore

Me/R

04 May 2005 at 22:46 - 109

Shadowbane.

I've also played WoW, but it's kind of boring. I play CS and various other console games as well.

Dr J

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

05 May 2005 at 01:30 - 110

I really liked the pvp of ultima online, it was really crazy and fast-paced.