Amazonia

I started playing in March 2001 and played steady for about 20 months, then very occasionally checking in to chat with friends until about 3 months ago when I started playing steadily again, finding myself way behind on quests and still no cape. Though a few more weeks may remedy that. Reminiscing, when I started there was 1 server, the only bank (west Varrock) held only coins, PvP was world wide by account setup, and the world included Lumbridge, Al Kharid, Varrock, Falador, Rimmington and a much smaller Draynor. Edgeville had no population and was called Ghost Town, its lair was called the Ghost Dungeon. So many memories, so little time. I've played quite a few mmo's seriously over those years, and keep coming back to Runescape. It's certainly the most improved, and most responsive to its players of any online game. For me the GE is the most significant improvement (as I hated shout-selling), though the size of the game is pretty amazing. Lots of skills that still benefit from one another, plenty of mini-games, a daunting number of quests, the vast number of choices in outfits (in many other games you either wear the same thing for the same task or want to), and that's just a few. The one (really, just one) thing I miss from other games is mail service. I understand with the trade limits that mailing items would be awkward, but the ability to post a message to a currently offline friend (limited to those who have me on their friends list as well) is part of many other mmo's and with that the differences between Runescape and others would amount to personal preferences. And ForsakenMage and Pryomancer, I remember you from way back when, though I don't recall us chatting much at the time. With just a few hundred, then a few thousand players in the early months on one server (and then a few more), we all saw each other at least occasionally. Good times have become better times. Andrew, Paul and Ian (and the team they gathered together) have had my admiration and appreciation from the beginning and continues to grow.