aww the good old days
Did you know that the ninja clan is the second oldest crpg clan still in existence? Guards being the oldest (If i remember correct..staffmasters came first, then guards and ninja.. IRC/native clans are ofc excluded from the list).
I kinda miss those days, less plate and more diverse skill-builds. And you actually had to think when you planned your build (before WM was changed).
And since we only had one server, people knew each-others and knew how each of the big-hitters looked like.
Skill-wise crpg has evolved alot. Back in the early days (bit silly, since it was only about a year ago) people generally didn't know how to block. And thus the people that did knew how to block, became known and some even legends. (owzan/argento/ptah & chimp etc)
Also since the leveling was so harsh, we had fewer archers/cavs, less high-levels and perhaps a more even playing-field.
There also used to be more teamplay, shield-walls and the like looked awesome, although not the most effective strategy.
aww BNCshrek.. the first guy to get the black-armor. Think he played almost non-stop for nearly a month
The drama with vincento was golden, and for those that are ignorant to what happened:
Vincento hosted a free 200 server slot for cRPG in the early alphabetaetc, but it turns out he cheated himself to a high-level archer and used that to own everyone for several days. When chadz found out, he immediately disconnected the database from the server..And for a time things looked grim for cRPG. However after a few days & donations chadz hosted a 60-slot server himself.
haha and CID, the douche-bag everyone in cRPG hated, sometimes i miss his insane ramblings on knight/lords vs peasants.
Argh and that merc guy (cant remember your name:S BLAH) that introduced horse-archers for everyone, may he be run over by a bus