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7/18/13

I used to play a video game called Dark Age of Camelot.  It was, and I guess still is, an MMORPG.  This game came out in 2002, which is a bit before the MMO everybody is familiar with in World of Warcraft or WoW.  Dark Age of Camelot was significantly more hardcore than WoW.  What I mean by that is that the time investment required to achieve anything in the game was significantly larger than it would be in WoW.  This might sound shocking to somebody who has not played these type of games, but is familiar with the time sink that a game like WoW can bring.  WoW actually changed the entire genre, by moving away from incredibly long and often absurd paths to high level content, which is a huge part of WoW’s success.  Dark Age of Camelot was my first MMO experience.  I spent many nights with my roommates playing into the sunrise.  Dark Age of Camelot had three playable factions a player could choose to align with.  This led for much more dynamic competitive play (Player vs Player or PvP) because there was always a chance a third faction would show up to a conflict throwing a wrench in the works for the other two factions.  I spent a large amount of time playing Dark Age of Camelot, and I sometimes miss it.  I have tried to play a few times in recent years though, and it just doesn’t grab me the same way.  I still remember it fondly however.  I recently went to twitch.tv which allows players to stream their live game play and anybody can log in to observe.  I actually found a stream of some guys playing DAoC which was aweome to see.  It hasn’t really aged well over the years, but I thought it was awesome that such an old game was still fun for somebody.