i used to play dark ages way back when. what a nostalgia trip this video (and the follow up linked in the description) was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIFty-O4rOE
I Spent 30 Days in a Dead MMO (and it was amazing)

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@eniko I actually picked it up for a couple months because of this video. Very quirky experience!

@springogeek the social systems were very very cool

what was it like playing it in the modern day? XD i can't even imagine

@eniko the social systems were neat, very interesting stuff built into character progression for Monks, for example.

But I also found it to be buggy and unintuitive at times. A lot of stuff was just unexplained, so you'd arrive in the world and just feel a bit lost. there's some external learning resources, felt like stepping back to the late 90s web to find them.

I wish I had more energy and time to put into it though, as it was definitely a unique experience.

@eniko if you can remember your username, you might find your account is still there :)
@springogeek i can remember my username, but sadly not my password :( and the email attached to the account is long dead
@eniko that is unfortunate :( ah well
@springogeek its for the best, i dont really have the time to sink into a game like that
@eniko That's entirely fair. it's definitely designed as a steep and continuous grind. Like, all the abilities/spells/skills are individually leveled up by usage, not just scaling to your character level. At low levels, they have a strong tendency to /fail/ too, which is a real feel-bad experience.