EverQuest is turning 10.  Man oh man that's a scary thought to think that a game I was playing back then is still going (maybe not strong but going all the same).  EQ is a very important game in my book of gaming history.  In fact I had a real hard time going back to console gaming after that.  Having that level of social interaction in a game changed all the rules for me. Plus, it was fun.  I lost a lot of weeks and months to it.  Not years like some people who got addicted for years though.  I could only play it in bursts of a month or two at a time, but those were pretty intense months.

I can still vividly remember my first day playing.  I had got it the night my then girlfriend was throwing a party for her retarded goth friends so I wasn't able to play it, but that night I was up all night in my room researching the game.  

So the next morning I kicked the last asshole out who had crashed at our place and booted up the PC.  I picked an Elven Enchanter and got started. . .  and quickly realized Enchanters sucked and moved on to another character.  Human SK for those of you wondering.

It was great experience.  That in-game world was like nothing I had seen.  It was this big living breathing experience rich with activity and it's own history and lore.  I loved it.  Truth be told I was never even that good at the game due to my inability to stick with one character for more than a few weeks.  But yeah I loved it.  I really wish there was a game that could grab me like that again.