Where were you 10 years ago?

Elemental_Elf · January 01, 2010, 02:08:25 AM

With the toll of the bell, this decade will end and a new one will begin. 10 years is a long, long time so I wanted to ask - where were you 10 years ago?

Stargate525 · January 01, 2010, 02:09:58 AM

Fifth Grade.

Nomadic · January 01, 2010, 02:15:39 AM

Ten years ago was about 9-10 months before I discovered this wonderful thing known as roleplay gaming...

Elemental_Elf · January 01, 2010, 02:51:57 AM

Let's see... 10 years ago I was in 7th grade. I was fairly unpopular in Middle School, having grown apart from my elementary school friends. That isn't to say I didn't have friends (I had plenty) but I was never popular, I was always played the role of a remora. My favorite TV show was... I can't even remember. It was such a transition year for me. I know I pined after the most attractive girl at school - Natalie from Texas - though I am sure I wasn't alone in that endeavor.

Quote from: NomadicTen years ago was about 9-10 months before I discovered this wonderful thing known as roleplay gaming...

o_O I wish I discovered RPG's 10 years ago... God I didn't even know about Video Game RPGs (the closest I came was Donkey Kong and Pokemon). Sheesh, I was a Sophomore in High School before Morrowind found its way into my life and another 3 years before I got into D&D (i.e. I was a freshmen in college).

Nomadic · January 01, 2010, 04:52:05 AM

Quote from: Elemental_Elfo_O I wish I discovered RPG's 10 years ago... God I didn't even know about Video Game RPGs (the closest I came was Donkey Kong and Pokemon). Sheesh, I was a Sophomore in High School before Morrowind found its way into my life and another 3 years before I got into D&D (i.e. I was a freshmen in college).

Haha good old pokemon, I remember when that was a fad. Proved a perfect transition for me into magic the gathering, which is incidentally how I met my first DM.

Elemental_Elf · January 01, 2010, 05:10:12 AM

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Quote from: Elemental_Elfo_O I wish I discovered RPG's 10 years ago... God I didn't even know about Video Game RPGs (the closest I came was Donkey Kong and Pokemon). Sheesh, I was a Sophomore in High School before Morrowind found its way into my life and another 3 years before I got into D&D (i.e. I was a freshmen in college).

Haha good old pokemon, I remember when that was a fad. Proved a perfect transition for me into magic the gathering, which is incidentally how I met my first DM.

That's really cool! Let's see Pokemon transitioned me into Yu-Gi-Oh, where I met a whole bunch of deadbeats who still ask me to 'buy them a pack, just for old times sake' even though I haven't seen them for years...

Nomadic · January 01, 2010, 05:18:22 AM

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Quote from: Elemental_Elfo_O I wish I discovered RPG's 10 years ago... God I didn't even know about Video Game RPGs (the closest I came was Donkey Kong and Pokemon). Sheesh, I was a Sophomore in High School before Morrowind found its way into my life and another 3 years before I got into D&D (i.e. I was a freshmen in college).

Haha good old pokemon, I remember when that was a fad. Proved a perfect transition for me into magic the gathering, which is incidentally how I met my first DM.

That's really cool! Let's see Pokemon transitioned me into Yu-Gi-Oh, where I met a whole bunch of deadbeats who still ask me to 'buy them a pack, just for old times sake' even though I haven't seen them for years...

Haha, I don't have my cards anymore. I gave them to a friend when I quit, though I still see him regularly. He refuses to play me though due to the fact that I was one of the "tournament grade" players back in highschool and he only played for kicks and never got into it like I did. On a side note I think if I ever get Mare Eternus finished I'm gonna spring it on him. He's a gamer like me and has his fair share of rp experience.

Matt Larkin (author) · January 01, 2010, 09:02:39 AM

I was in VA. Actually, I'm in VA now, but I don't live here anymore. I had just finished high school. It was one of the only times I bothered to watch the ball drop. I had been doing gaming for a while, already.

Llum · January 01, 2010, 11:06:11 AM

I remember playing scrabble with a baby-sitter (my parents went out) on NYE 1999 and missing the millenium coutdown.

I also didn't listen to music at all.

LordVreeg · January 01, 2010, 11:39:30 AM

Millenium NYE? God...I was at a party in Boston, and we were party hopping, from manRay to TT's to the Top of the Hub...
Long night. Worse morning.

@Nomadic, I'll concur that playing RPGs with the people you started with is cool on many lvels. Years get peeled back...

Endless_Helix · January 01, 2010, 02:01:07 PM

I was in 6th grade, probably getting shoved into my locker or something. Or reading a book. I'm pretty sure that was all I did during middle school. Although I might have done homework once a week. Maybe.

Nomadic · January 01, 2010, 02:53:29 PM

Seems like we've got alot of people in here in the same age range heh (20-22)... and a couple old coots :P

SDragon · January 01, 2010, 02:57:07 PM

Ten years ago, I was in, let's see... 9th grade. I was-- like EE-- pining after cute girls (although not the ones in the more popular cliques), also fairly unpopular, and I wasn't to discover P&P RPGs for another 2-3 years. Pokemon had already introduced me to CCGs and VG RPGs; I was probably still playing Final Fantasy 7 on my Playstation (the one that looked like it could survive anything, not the one that looked like a toy), but I don't think it was until the next year that I discovered M:tG.

Specifically on NYE? I remember waiting patiently to see if the whole Y2K thing was as overblown as it seemed...

limetom · January 01, 2010, 05:12:08 PM

I was in 7th grade.

I was just discovering things like anime and RPGs, and I think this is when I got my cat, as well, probably the few good things in my life at the time.

I have pretty much always had depression; it was probably at its worst in 7th grade. Bad times all around.

As for NYE? Probably at my grandparents' house watch the ball drop with a kiddy-size glass of champagne.

LordVreeg · January 01, 2010, 08:04:51 PM

Quote from: NomadicSeems like we've got alot of people in here in the same age range heh (20-22)... and a couple old coots :P

Oh, Just rub it in, wandering man...

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