Was thinking about this today, pretty unique time way back in my gaming past. Belonged to a clan that would play things like War Rock (old F2P game), Battlefield 2, early CoD games, etc.
It was really the only time I belonged to a gaming clan, and I remember (maybe through the lens of nostalgia?) having a great time with it. Someone was always on voice chat, I think we used TeamSpeak then switched to Vent, then finally Mumble?
I remember it being fairly small group, so everyone knew each other. There was also a really wide range of ages as well, so it was almost more like a strange family than a group of friends.
Just funny to think back, how frequently we all talked to each other, without ever having actually met in-person. Then it just kind of faded away slowly, I couldn’t even tell you why / when I stopped.
Anyone else have similar experience / memories? Do you still belong to any gaming clans or guilds today (new or old)?
I joined a Linkshell (guild) in FFXI a few months ago and they’ve been great to me. Everyone is always helping one-another and we run weekly events every Saturday night. I don’t have much of a social life in my 30s so it’s been a great time for me to spend time with folks.
Oh, that sounds pretty sweet. I played quite a bit of FFXI many many years ago. I was late to that party because I played Everquest for so many years, but I had tried FFXI when it launched. It was pretty fun! But just wasn’t enough to pull me away from EQ. But at some point in the late 2000’s I went back and played FFXI for like a year or so on and off. Did you start fresh in FFXI? This piques my interest. I would strongly consider playing again if it’s new player friendly.