Back in the days I was a newmy old friend. Hard for me to use that term to describe a player who didn't start in 2011. Because you know, most common newmy old friends started cRPG in 2011 while earliest batch of newmy old friends like me started in late 2010. To think people who first came to cRPG in 2013 or 2014 or even 2015 (!!!) are called newmy old friends these days is baffling to me.
Leshma, I've never really had an issue with your posts and I don't think I've ever antagonized you, but 5 years on and your still concerned with how long you've known about game developmentz and how long you've played this or that or whatever it may be, you always seem to always imply being "one of the first to do.. XYZ", chill out man. Relax.
I've not read most of thread so I dunno when this 'newmy old friend oldmy old friend' stuff became a topic in this thread, so i'm sorry if i'm picking on you- just your posts always seem to imply this stuff and I guess it irritates me enough to the point I felt like I needed to say something, although I didn't really NEED to, I just wanted to (consider me triggered/trolled or whatever you guys say on the internet these days).
My first memory was getting my ass pounded by just a bunch of names when I was level 1 with the peasant gear. Immediately had that "what the fuck is happening" adrenaline going through me, but I sought out the first TeamSpeak I could find (which was Fallen's) and then Fallen_Ramses showed me the ropes, it was insanely gratifying. I attended the Fallen training sessions and I felt like I was in an online bootcamp; I actually looked forward to the training nights. That TeamSpeak, at it's prime, was glorious. People tactically navigating the battlefield, calling out, awesome banter. I guess it was the collective effervescence of it all. Mannnnnnnnnn loved it.
Brief EDIT::
Actually, I remember first being in HRE's teamspeak and realising that it was a mostly German speaking clan, Rogue then directed me to Fallen!