It's the stuff of legend
In this day and age it’s nice to know that RPGs have finally shaken off that geek image of being for mid-pubescent boys with more acne and glasses than a skincare and opticians orgy. This is due in no small part to the evolution of such games on the PC. Whereas before you’d have to have at least two rule books, a whole ream of graph paper with carefully mapped dungeons and at least two sets of multi-sided dice, now all you need is a PC and, with a few exceptions, a credit card and you’re all sorted.Whilst single player RPGs such as Dungeon Siege and Oblivion have done wonders to bring the RPG genre into the world of the hip and cool, it’s the MMORPG that has really opened the genre up. With the advent of the first graphical MMO (yes, I know a MUD is regarded as the first multiplayer ‘net game ever), suddenly players could communicate in real time and even see how each other’s avatars looked. RPGing had got social and players went for it in a big way with new players joining in their droves.
But this article isn’t about how wonderful it is to go online and transform yourself from plain old beige loving Derek in accounts into Azeroth Skulleater, Destroyer of the Horde, a level 65 mage. No this article is about those great moments in the online RPG worlds that have now entered that hallowed hall of fame… You never know, you might even have been there for one of them!
