Anniversary

Four years ago today, after my friends had told me about it, I logged onto Ragnarok Online for the first time. I had no idea what I was in for.

A year and a half later, I logged off for the last time. It broke my heart to leave.

The time in between was a whole other lifetime.

From stepping onto the training grounds as a novice in a cotton shirt and armed with a knife - from defeating that first little poring and collecting that first shiny jellopy -

All the way to becoming a hunter who could stalk the depths of Glast Heim without fear - who could defend the walls of a Prontera fort alongside trusted guildmates in the War of Emperium -

Late night XP parties. Early morning sieges. Long hours of level grinding. Lazy days just hanging out in town. Cute monsters. Crazy headgear. Sudden death by Dark Lord manifesting when you're just hunting ghouls.

I have never been so consumed by a game before. I never will be again.

Back then, I posted frequently about my adventures online. But because there was so much else going on at the time, I never posted about those end days.

But it's probably about time I did.

Here's to days of auld lang syne.