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The Daily Grind: When did you first start paying attention to MMORPGs?
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Aug 27, 2025 at 12:05pmBuffer
Show threadRingo6Aug 27, 2025
@massivelyop 1999 - you know what happened that year... :)
Show threadSam KashAug 27, 2025

@Ringo6 @massivelyop yes, how could anyone forget the Day of Lavos

https://chrono.fandom.com/wiki/Apocalypse

Apocalypse

The Apocalypse (世界崩壊, Sekai Hōkai?), also referred to as the Day of Lavos (ラヴォスの日, Ravosu no Hi?) or Cataclysm, occurs in year of 1999 AD at 1:24 when Lavos is set to destroy the world in Chrono Trigger. Three individuals from other time periods arrive to defeat Lavos, preventing the Apocalypse from occurring. Lavos erupts from underground and sprays explosive spines into the atmosphere, which fall on the entirety of the planet's crust and wipe out almost all life and human civilization. The...

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Show threadSam KashAug 27, 2025
@massivelyop I started to pay attention with FFXI. It was my first real MMO followed that year by the original GW. I had many a great days, weekends, and evenings with these games. From there I began to spread out into all kinds of games in the genre and I haven't completely ever stopped, despite the lack of any games really holding me in a while.
Show threadSkroAug 27, 2025
@massivelyop i heard of them at the turn of the century, back when DAOC and SWG were a thing (but mostly despised them at the time).
My first spark of interest was a bit later, when I heard of an upcoming game which would be called Middle-Earth Online (spoiler: it ended up being #LOTRO )...
Show threadZendadaistAug 27, 2025
@massivelyop In 2004 I'd just started dating someone who was playing Eve Online and I saw them finish up a mission and dock to log off safely. I thought it looked awesome as I'd always been a big sci-fi fan and video gamer, and flying spaceships with friends online in a huge brutal galaxy sounded more interesting than some fantasy elf thing I'd heard about called EverQuest...
Show threadPixel OneAug 27, 2025
@massivelyop my path to MMOs came through virtual worlds. It started with The Sims Online and then There.com. While playing There I met a lot of people who were playing other games and that somehow led me to playing Lineage 2.
Show threadKevin BrillAug 27, 2025
@massivelyop I was a big Ultima fan from back in day, and spent a lot of time in college in the assorted Ultima newsgroups on usenet. I saw promos for the upcoming UO and swore it off as I knew it would cause me to not graduate. Played it promptly after getting my degree in summer of ’98 and have been hooked on the genre since!
Show threadCheshireAug 27, 2025
@massivelyop Guild Wars 1, shortly after it's release. Didn't know what an MMORPG was, but it was hella fun. Stopped it for a 6 month stint over in WoW, but I couldn't get into WoW. Went back to GW, still playing it today and it's successor.
Show threadbad5onicAug 28, 2025
@massivelyop tibia..then i saw at a lan party with friends DAoC. But really into MMOs got me WoW. Who i also never really played.
Oh I forgot Phantasy Star Online on my Dreamcast.