Sure, I remember it clearly, even though it was many years ago.
I had just came back from a long pause, after ragequitting and deleting my first two characters after just a few hours of play. There was no tutorial at that time (0.3.something).

#1 Got lost in Hydlaa, fell off the sidewalk and died, fell to the bottom of the death realm. And that was it. I had never heard of gamemasters or petitions, it was my first online game, so I gave up.
#2 Got lost in the wild. I forgot what happened, probably got eaten.

A few months later I got bored and actually read the player guide. Huh. Roleplay you say?
So I made Minks. She got lost in the sewers, ran out, whimpered pitifully behind Harnquist's, which was still a tiny hut at that time. And got rescued by Irri who gave her a job. Carrying gold from the mine at the magic shop (yes, gold) to Harnquist. She was an odd character and told Minks many stories, was patient when I had to look into the english dictionary all the time and gave me a first idea, what roleplay is about. It was Irri who hooked me in just these few hours we spent together. 

Ayshe!   

Are you aware of the /study command? The text is much easier to read and even a search function is included.

Before that was implemented, I used to type the books into a text editor or extract the text with wireshark. To be honest, both methods are about equally tedius. 

mew 

The main page links to the forum. But it does not go the other way. At least not that I can find. Would be nice if people who find PS through the forums are also pointed to the other site.

I am unsure whether being a midbie should require at least one ragequit. Or is that only obligatory for oldbie status?

Yay, I did that! In early 2007(?) after about 20 minutes ingame with my first character. I got lost in Hydlaa, figured it would be easier to go out in the wild (smart move...), stumbled over a pebble and died of a stubbed toe. Fell again in the Death Realm and stood at the deep dark bottom. Was too dumb to ask for help or /unstick -> Never gonna play this game again!   

I agree with Pierre. Nobody's questioning the moderation of wild orgies and curse storms in the forums (I hope...).
However, the comment-less deletion of a civil (as far as I could see) discussion about a nowadays widely accepted topic leaves a bad aftertaste.

Hi there,

you are using an Intel integrated graphics chipset instead of a graphics card. Those a not very good with OpenGL which is needed for Planeshift (kinda the open source equivalent of DirectX).

What makes it probably even worse is that you are using a 3.5 years old graphics driver. 

My advice is to update that driver and then try again.

Best,
Minks