What was your first experience online like?

I started playing online games as soon as I bought ut2k4 and to tell you the truth I was scared and shy. I thought the people on the mics were some "cool" or "popular" group of "elite" gamers. That is until someone called me a douche bag, and other such profanity words, and I was extremly intimidated and actually felt like crying. I was somewhere between 8 at the time, and yes my parents didnt allow me to go online. But then again the next day, after hearing that s*** again I started cussing outta my mind at that person. Just picture an 8 year saying all the existant profanity words in the dictionary.

My first experience with online gaming was Ultima Online. I can't say what I thought of that community without getting into trouble with the Gamespot moderators but I can say why.

There were two big reasons. The first was the players. I ran into way to many player killers. That game had so many ways to be a jerk and the PKers used them all. The worst of the bunch was the guy who got mad at me for not thanking him when he killed me and took only one thing from my pack. He even damanded that I apologize.

The other reason was the game itself. There was no name check. As a result I ended up picking a name that some else already had. That other person just happened to be one of the biggest jerks in the game. I caught a lot of grief because of this.

My experience with this game was so distastful I didn't give MMO's another chance until World of Warcraft and Guild Wars came out.

Mine was Diablo, but I played with a friend online so I wasn't scared at all. The second game I played online was starcraft, and well... that scared me. People are pretty harsh and insulting there, and some of the 'pros' really kill you in the game. That didn't totally turn me off from online play though. I still play Diablo 2, UT2004, and I'm testing a few MMO RPG, but I play them like single player and rarely interact with strangers.

Play perfect world!

I started off with Delta Force 2, I was also shy and scared but didn't encounter as much profanitynapp123

Oh god I loved that game.

I got my ass kicked in starcraft !!!, long time ago

It still hurt :oops: :lol::lol::lol:

the first game i played online was the original age of empires, back when i had a 36k internet, no one cursed, but since i payed per minute i didnt play online muchfoggy666

Payed per minute? Was it at home or internet cafe?

I remember playing Diablo on my dial up internet, but I didn't know there was such thing as internet bandwidth limit. The internet bill ended up being about $700 and yea... my mother was pretty pissed. That part did kinda discourage me to play online for a while until the unlimited DSL thing came out.

Mine was Guild Wars and it was only text so I didnt hear anybody cussing, also didnt really have any problems it has a very nice community. One guy even taught me the basics and stuff.xAngels_Assasin

Same here. I eventually got vent and it definately got interesting, there are some interesting people out there. Some are crazy, some are hilarious, and a few, well, downright annoying. :)

The first game I played online was either Star Trek Elite Force back in 2000 or Legend of Mir 2, my first MMO in 2001 again.

Star Trek was on dial up and was laggy as hell. The guys who were lucky enough to have ISDN were flying around. I started Legend of Mir just as I got my first broadband connection @ 512mbs which I thought was unbelievably fast at the time.

[QUOTE="napp123"]I started off with Delta Force 2, I was also shy and scared but didn't encounter as much profanityTenP

Oh god I loved that game.

I thought it was amazing! Need For Speed Hot Pursuit. I had the wheel and everything. Played till it began to be a problem.

Then stopped and BF 2...and that was a bigger problem. I don't play online now. I have to keep a roof over my head

I started playing online games as soon as I bought ut2k4 and to tell you the truth I was scared and shy. I thought the people on the mics were some "cool" or "popular" group of "elite" gamers. That is until someone called me a douche bag, and other such profanity words, and I was extremly intimidated and actually felt like crying. I was somewhere between 8 at the time, and yes my parents didnt allow me to go online. But then again the next day, after hearing that s*** again I started cussing outta my mind at that person. Just picture an 8 year saying all the existant profanity words in the dictionary.

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It's easy to find them, just go to XBL

Sadly runescape....lol. I was about 10 or so. My first FPS was bf2 and talk about getting raped!! kerger

You are not alone, I also started with runescape.