I was there when Planeshift first appeared, I was 13 or 14. It wasn't too long before that that I was first exposed to computers and the internet. I'm grateful my first real experience with computers was with a Linux machine (SuSE Linux 7.1). Anyway, my brother once showed me MUME, a LOTR MUD, and I was intrigued at the thought of having an entirely different life on the internet, a new person you could inhabit and live as. MUDs were cool and all, but I wanted more, so I started searching for other online games. I came across Planeshift I think before there was anything available to download.
Anyway, I had dial up at the time so downloading stuff wasn't terribly possible, but I tried anyway. It took forever but as soon as planeshift was available I downloaded it. But I just couldn't get it to work. I tried several times after but no luck. I kept my eye on the project and still itched to start playing and then finally in 2006 I was able to buy my very own computer. It was a proud moment for me, I had worked hard during the holidays to get the money together, while all my friends were off celebrating the end of school.
Anyway, not long after that we got broadband (which doesn't mean much here in South Africa
) and Crystal Blue had just been released. I downloaded it in May of that year and was overjoyed to find that it worked! I entered the game, met Nuthedie (Nilrem) within the first few minutes, and started RPing.
Two years later, here I am, and I don't plan on going anywhere. My sister made me try WoW, but I didn't last long there... a week I think, it sucked. When Peacer moved GoP to Regnum I played that for a while, but again didn't last long. Planeshift will always be my first love.
