This is a fun and simple question that is also remarkably complex to answer, because there are so many different ways to answer it. When did I start playing MMOs? Well, on the one hand I started when I was in college, back in 2003. It would also be fair to say that I started in the earlier generation of MMOs, since I was playing Final Fantasy XI before it was cool (the joke is that it was never cool). Similarly, it’d be accurate to say that I started playing when I was 20.
I could also claim that I started playing in the pre-World of Warcraft era, or before free-to-play dominated the market, or back when “MMO” was synonymous with “MMORPG,” or using a number of different metrics depending on the conversation at hand and the point being made. So it’s a question with a straightforward answer, but also with a remarkably complex one. What about you, readers? When did you start playing MMOs?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
