Oh man I’m getting all emotional just thinking about this topic as a whole…
TL;DR: one really good memory would be my entire time spent on Runescape.
The long of it is under a cut, in case people don’t care to read it >w>;;;
Let’s take a time machine back to 2010. Back when I still believed that everyone was 100% all right once you got to know them, and the year I first picked up Runescape.
This was my first-ever introduction to MMOs, and the first time I really grasped the concept of what “online friends” were. Not just the people you knew IRL that added you on MSN Messenger, or Facebook or WHATEVER, but tride-and-true online friends. The people you’re probably never going to meet, but make a connection with anyways. The people that sometimes prove to be better friends than some real people you know.
I met so many amazing people on that game. And while I DO regret some of them ((like the pair that single-handedly made me realize that people aren’t completely trustworthy… but that’s a story for another time.)), all of them are the best memories I could ever have. Between fully realizing that shady people exist, and meeting people like Lernon or H1bach1 or The Manswer, to name a good few, was a really great experience. I still talk to these guys sometimes, through Facebook or what-have-you.
Tying into this, the other part of this memory that really makes me happy is the fact that sometimes, on other games, I’ll run into these friends. Or they’ll find me, and remember me. And then I will feel that familiar warmth in my chest because
My god. I made enough of an impact on this person’s life that they remember my username, be it after a few months or a few YEARS.. im not crying ur crying
And that, friends. is one of the best memories I have. I’ll forever keep close to me every memory I made on that game. ❤
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