Idle Curiosity - How long have you been playing?

[Dubber]

So I was perusing the History today (right after updating my resume) and realized I've been involved with Warlocks since February 2003 with, I think, only one long (4 month) and one short (1 month) completely idle hiatus.

I'm curious more about how long the player behind the avatar has been involved with the game than I am about how long the Warlock has been around. Did that make sense?

[Slartucker]

I started in September 2004. Most of my "absences" have nonetheless seen me playing VFs in one incarnation or another, with the exception I think of 1 month in 2005 and 3 or 4 months last summer. The latter was very hard to return from; it took at least 4 months before I didn't feel out of my skin when I played. Playing Warlocks well is not like riding a bicycle...

[Rycchus]

Two years since [the start of] my last break which was three months or so. I don't know how long I was playing before that. 2005? 2004?

I was just pratting around with it in the early days - I was still at school, after all.

[awall]

I'm still a newbie. I started sometime around April or May of this year and, while I've been getting a pretty good handle on the game, I still do stupid things all the time.

[Derfel]

I've been at this incarnation of Waving Hands for just over a year (joined in July 06), but I was playing PBEM Wavings Hands (Firetop I think?) in 1998-2000... I took a 6 year break, I guess.

[spez]

I started in september 2005 and played actively until this summer. I still look at the games, but my job and my newborn baby don't leave me much time (I don't usually mix RL details in my RB history, but hey, how can I NOT brag about this? )

[toyotami]

Probably about 3 years...since ive joined there have only been a few that have came and been better, the clear better was slucker...aside from him, spacca and thelegion have been impressive. zugzwang...what is your history...we have rarely met in battle...

[morzas]

I first played years ago, but had no clue what I was doing. I decided to hop back in for the hell of it and I think I'm starting to get a feel for the game.

EDIT: Is that game archive still up? I'm curious as to when I first started; maybe my first game is still in there.

[Slartucker]

The game archive has been refurbished and has all the old games still, thanks to nawglan. The link is on the Refuge.

[morzas]

Wow, I didn't know I won my first game. With such a powerful tactic, too! XD

[Rycchus]

I looked back at my early ones not so long ago.
You have to watch out for the embarrassing ones!