I stumbled across this game 2 years ago - tried a few characters until I found the right one for me, met some good peeps, joimed a gui;d, wrote some stuff, invented a language (!) ended up running a guild, met some really amazing peeps had a WHOLE lot of fun, went to friends' weddings, held an anniversay party, met some really incredibly AWESOME peeps, had more fun than you can shake a stick at, wrote my story, found myself, saw people leave and come back again, had a whole lot more fun etc.etc. AND it's all FREE!!!!
What more can I say?