When and how did you start playing Gemstone?

[cronuss]

What year did you first play Gemstone and what brought you to the game?

I first started playing around 1995, on AOL.

My friend (known as Kyrandos in GS and on these forums) had been playing for a while and finally told me about it... I was bored enough one night that I said, "Sure, what the hell" and gave it a try.

First thing I did? Attacked the stupid mutt in Wehnimer... heh.

Anyway, we ran around causing havoc and getting into fights right from the get go... I guess not a lot has changed...

I've quit a ton of times since then but always come back... though after 13 years I'm still only level 40.

[Hips]

I started playing in 2002, when Whirlin and Hakaii's players introduced me to the game.

[Miss Ismurii]

My parents actually got me into it. I really didn't want to play but they got me started on it when I was 15, summer of 2004. They also got my little brother to play.

I'm sure I was an annoying as hell noob, and yes I have made lots of good progress on my RP. I haven't played in about 6 months now.

But after I got a hold of the game I would go around killing people that I could, which was rather foolish but I was young and it was fun at the time. And yes, I have changed, and for the rumors you read, no one but me played Ismurii the whole time.

[Aaysia]

Boredom and random happenstance got me into the game.

I was checking something called ZMud out I think? They had an extensive list of games. I picked gemstone cuz the name was pretty. I know, I'm such a girl.

Rolled up Aaysia, I didn't get to pick her features though they came out pretty okay except for the fact that she was rolled bald =/. Met a character named Artesh that made the simplest thing in the game seem like pure magic... was hooked ever since. I had the best time making friends with Artesh's lil clan of hunting buddies (Rynot, Kirdac, Vasenya, Tamarkk, Loecki etc)


I barely play now, no time and little interest.

[iJin]

I started playing around 2002 when I was 12. The player of Penidiamond was my first friend in Ta'Vaalor.

Ta'Vaalor for life!

[Elvenlady]

Stumbled across it in 1996 on AOL, played for about a year, took a long break and returned in 2004 to meet up with the very same characters as Aaysia did and loved them as well as a few new ones along the way.

[Misun]

I will probably be one of the most recent players here as I only started playing two years ago as of last month.

It was a dare by Denrit's player. He would always talk about this game and how addicting it was. I would just laugh at him and call him a nerd. So he dared me to give the trial a shot. Made Misun and the rest is history.

[Khariz]

June 1995. Bored in the summer. Pre-AOL. Good Times.

[diethx]

So anyone remember that blah white screen you played GS in before you discovered the Wizard FE?

Yeah, heh. I learned about it from one of my friends in the healer's tent. I was like.... WTF?!?!? It made things so much easier. I mentioned it to the guy who introduced me to the game and he's all oh yeah i've used it, it makes the game too little of a challenge. I was like, "...it's a fucking game." I realized what a dummy he was and stopped messing around with him shortly after that, heh.

[Kyrandos]

Don't remember. ICE Age. '93? I dunno.