Since there are other threads for being; sad, happy, ragey(?) and wtf. We might as well have one for Nostalgia.
The only rule is to post a link or a story about something nostalgic!
Feel free to discuss anything people bring up.
My nostalgia of the day is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Qo2QZ8NE8
Runescape was my first ever MMO I ended up playing and was one of my first multiplayer experiences when I was younger. Lets just say it made a lasting impact on a lot of the things I do.
How's about some rules in the OP, Sinless?
You ask, and you shall receive!
All this stuff about Runescape really makes me sad and nostalgic. Even if you were to go back it would never be the same, you'll miss out on that experience, because basically you were just dropped into this world without really any explanation and you had to figure it out all by yourself. That's something I'll always miss, and being a wide-eyed... 8 year old? (Oh jeeze, 10 years ago already? ) It was just incredibly fascinating and I would spend days just wandering around the world exploring.
Dohohoho, I do remember those days!
Like when I was finding Lumbridge (yeah, no EZ MAP then). Had to ask a traveler for aid (woohoo, follow function) after being assaulted by a highwayman until we went in front of that ol' castle.
I figured the bridge was the name. Because bridge. xD
And yes. The exploration.
Nowadays its POINT CURSOR THIS and COLORED RECTANGLE THAT and MOVE TO THIS LOCATION and ARROW SIGN OVER YOUR FACE.
On that note: They have player-capes. 5/10 year specialty capes that look awesome and have awesome stats.
I wear that as my mourning dress.
Related: When I see good RTDs out: I always remember my first time in this forum (with this forum being my first actual forum I joined ). Seeing the colored words with the nice (abbr) tag, hidden descriptions, special skills, customized effects, brilliant wording...
While little has changed now (other than minimalists sprouting like...weeds. :I Yeah I don't like minimalists), whenever I see a well-written work, it brings back those memories of bliss and awe.
I think I've synesthesia on that matter.
Reminds me of the olden days.
I used to be obsessed with knights-- I got ahold of temple knight armor and once spent half my wallet on a runesword at the grand exchange. I had like all the F2P quests done and went near broke from spending money on my house.
At first, I just ran around with the guy who got me into the game and did random stuff, not sure how the game worked or anything. The excitement of adventure, eh?
However, they started to come out with the crappy WoW-imitating graphics. They also stopped producing mid-level stuff, instead loading the game with newbie quests and quests for hardened veterans. This, coupled with the fact I got minecraft right about then, led to my decline of playing.
EDIT: Do the names "linklindude5", "Sir Tensalot", or "
Sir Harry Delvin" ring a bell to anyone? If so, you saw me.
MOAREDIT:
-snip- I always shot at people's feet, which was a terrible idea but they jumped around and I thought it was funny. That's probably why I died so much.
That reminds me of even further back.
Before I got into RPGs, my uncle had a GameCube, and with it Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door. I never got past the first expository scene with the door because I had no clue what you were supposed to do, but I kept jumping into the river until I died because I thought Mario jumping out of the river screaming was
hilarious.