What Magic Duel means to me....
Where do I even start? I am older than many in this game, and grew up on D&D and MUD games. I started the game in February of 2009 as Phantasm. Khalazdad was still in his tent outside Necrovion, Peace was just starting to really bloom, Kragel was still smithing, Grido was just another live help operator (though the best), and Sagewoman was running the Loreroot Inn. DST didn't hate me then, and Zeiphneir was as strange as they came. How I loved to sit around at the different locations and listen to the stories they would tell. I loved the crazy fights with Sagewoman, who i eventually married, who I eventually laid to rest at the Inn. I thought as a newer player, oh man I can't wait to be like these heroes of mine of MD. It was always so sad when a player would stop playing. Some stopped forever, some stopped for short intervals, and some were taken over.
As my life started moving fast with the introduction of grandchildren I grew apart from MD. I tried to hold on, but life outside grows faster by the day. I stopped playing video games once I realized how precious the time was that I had, and try to use every minute of it to its fullest. Being a part of MD is also a part of who I am today. I think back fondly about everyone in the game, even those who were my sworn enemies on the game. In real life they are all together in a place in my heart and mind. They helped me grow and learn. We grew as true of friendships as any life could hope for. We learned the pain in our hearts when we saw one of our dear friends stop playing. We experienced life as real as any other due to because that is how this game was designed, and the dedicated players who kept it that way.
That IS Magic Duel