[tags]mmorpg, gaming, Anarchy Online, friendship[/tags]

Well it all started back in March 2002, I got in contact with a girl online, and she soon started talking about Anarchy Online, and I decided to check it out, the next day I went to my game dealer, and picked up a copy, got back home installed, patched, opened an account and started the game.

When I started the game, I didn’t know anyone in it. I knew what server the girl was on, but I had no idea what her nick was, so I decided to just start out on my own. And after just 15 minutes I had met new 3 people , and we stuck together for the next couple of days, running around in the starting area whacking mobs. The game wasn’t the best and it did have alot of bugs, but we didn’t care because we had so much fun. The chat-system made it easy to stay in touch, and it also made it easy to get to know new people, and it seemed like people really care. We told each other about who we were and what we did, we encouraged eachother when we had it tough, and were happy for each other when times were good.
Now more then 5 years later we’re still in the same clan, and other people that I met in my early days are also keeping in touch, while in other mmorgps I’ve tried (WoW, Neocron, Vanguard, Star Wars and so on) I have barely gotten to know any people at all, sure I’ve joined some guilds, but for some reason I have yet to develop any of the same relationships as in Anarchy Online. I might just have been unlucky in the other games, but it seems to me that people there are alot more selfcentered.

The reason why I love Anarchy Online is the people and the comunity, it’s unlike anything I’ve experienced, and I really do love it. I’ll always come back for the people….