syni Report post Posted July 19, 2008 3 years + on & off with different names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nintenduh Report post Posted July 19, 2008 I forget when I started Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LevinMage Report post Posted July 19, 2008 I remember starting about 1-2 months before cooldown was introduced... although I have no clue when that was Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ermabwed Report post Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) I remember starting about 1-2 months before cooldown was introduced... although I have no clue when that was News of Game Updates, 2005-12-09, I started at around the same time as shamara, September 05. edit: voted 1 year + AND 2 year + as both is true Edited July 19, 2008 by Ermabwed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
macca Report post Posted July 19, 2008 I know for certain I started playing EL in early/mid March of 05. That puts me at nearly three and a half years. To me, the term oldbie in relation to EL will always place original char creation before the time of the infamous crash/wipe (summer of 04?) While I consider myself an EL veteran... I don't quite meet my own definition of 'oldbie' (but quite a lot of friends are) eek i know i been here more than 4 yrs now coz i was 60-70's a/d when you started lol ... but i'm on my 3rd char now and dont play to much so am an oldbie on a newbie char lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nidan Report post Posted July 19, 2008 i think it was september 2003. Before this forum existed (there was another), when the characters where see-through, and when we would celebrate when there where more than 10 people online at the same time So yeah, i am an oldbie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matty27 Report post Posted July 19, 2008 Just after youngest son was born (might have been just before, but I don't think so). Late Jan or possibly early Feb 06 Needed something to keep me in on an evening when I was away from my family so looked for and found a good game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acelon Report post Posted July 19, 2008 Started in November 2003 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cycloonx Report post Posted July 19, 2008 I started when I was 15, now i'm 20. Says enough? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted July 19, 2008 Started in November 2003 Same, but, of course, one day before ace did Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShYne Report post Posted July 19, 2008 Idk when exactly i started, but i did play for a long time (most likely in 04). i was introduced to the forums when chaos_knight scammed my iron plate. -_- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sora_barzahd Report post Posted July 19, 2008 A long time, yah whipper snappers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XenaMT Report post Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) I started July 7th of '07, - why I remember, I do not know. So 1 year and a week or so for me Edit: changed year to '07 (not '08) of course (it was very late when I posted, hehe) Edited July 20, 2008 by XenaMT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skodarap Report post Posted July 20, 2008 don't remember exacly, but i think it was in aug of '05...give or take a few weeks (or even a month) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted July 20, 2008 Idk when exactly i started, but i did play for a long time (most likely in 04). i was introduced to the forums when chaos_knight scammed my iron plate. -_- lmao Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miiks Report post Posted July 20, 2008 It was about 3 years ago iirc. I was 16 or 17 when I started and now I'm 20, so should be about 3 years or little over But have got couple long and not so long breaks, so can't really say I have played whole time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BEAVER Report post Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) I remember starting about 1-2 months before cooldown was introduced... although I have no clue when that was News of Game Updates, 2005-12-09, I started at around the same time as shamara, September 05. edit: voted 1 year + AND 2 year + as both is true woah, the cooldown was like 2 1/2 yrs ago? seems like not NEAR that long..damn.. 4+ years myself. - Godfather Edited July 20, 2008 by BEAVER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ermabwed Report post Posted July 20, 2008 I started when I was 15, now i'm 20. Says enough? Says 4-6 years I started July 7th of '08, - why I remember, I do not know. So 1 year and a week or so for me Says: 13 days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kissofdeath Report post Posted July 20, 2008 nearly 3 years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TirunCollimdus Report post Posted July 20, 2008 I know exactly when I started. It was a holiday weekend. I started September 5th of 2005 so I am very close to three years now. Had a couple of short breaks but I was the major reason cooldown was winning the poll before someone hacked it. Taking 30 seconds to make a bar only to have it fail really sucked. Now we have cooldown and ways around it and it takes only 3 seconds at most to make anything. Much better. Tirun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nardo Lala Report post Posted July 20, 2008 Hmm, the first time I landed it was early March 2003 (version 000_660) and am still enjoying it every groovy day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rasberrybeard Report post Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Nardo Lala Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 21-November 03 From: somewhere inside me Member No.: 16 Wow Nardo you are prolly the oldest player who isnt a dev... Edited July 20, 2008 by rasberrybeard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puntif Report post Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) I think EL was at release 0.75 Alpha (just before going to Beta) when I started playing. It must have been October or November. I am pretty sure I found it looking at slashdot.org - maybe it was on the freshmeat list. I was looking for a free game that I could play on Linux. Edited July 20, 2008 by Puntif Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crusadingknight Report post Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Nardo Lala Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 21-November 03 From: somewhere inside me Member No.: 16 Wow Nardo you are prolly the oldest player who isnt a dev... Don't go entirely by member numbers. Everyone had to re-register after the old forum was replaced on the 20th, and some took longer than others to do so . Probably the first ~150 members registered on the forum had accounts before the change was made. Edited July 20, 2008 by crusadingknight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kat Report post Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) I've been around for a looong time... I remember playing it when the game first came out in February for about an hour and then that was it. I quit without joining the forums on Eternal-Lands.net (I believe that was what it was called). I came back within that year, my guess is sometime in that summer. I came back later once more things were implented pretty much. Ignore my forum join time. Back then I didn't even know what a forum was 4+ years for me edit:typo Edited July 25, 2008 by kat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
