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The original was posted on /r/guildwars by /u/Notthatguy3213 on 2023-08-10 19:43:38.

After many years away I decided to re-install my favorite game ever! So many good memories in GW. I started playing back in 2005 as a little kid. Today I’m married with a kid and a career. Time flies…

Anyways, booted up for the first time in maybe 10 years after spending about 2 weeks with ANet support trying to get my account back. I was so excited to login and see the places I spent thousands of hours in as a kid.

But once I was in (Loaded into LA) as soon as I started looking around, I was struck with a feeling of immediate sadness. The place was empty. It was a ghost town, a far cry from the good ole days. I decided from that point I was going to check all of my old stomping grounds. Outside of Kamadan, everywhere was desolate. I even went to post searing Ascalon and was literally the only person in D1. (I remember the old days of trading in Ascalon Intd 1…good times)

I then decided to check my old guild and miraculously I hadn’t been kicked! However, the most recent member that’s been online was a whole 3 years ago. As I scrolled It got even worse, 5 years, 7 years, 9 years, etc…

It was at this point I decided to check my friends list to see if any of my old buddies happened to be online. Not that I was expecting anybody to be online at this point…the game is damn near 20 years old…but man…It was a straight gut punch into the feels. Seeing all of the old names on there, scrolling down name by name remembering all of the good times and memories I had with each and every person. It was at this point I started asking myself “What happened to these guys?” “I wonder what they’re up to these days?”. I hope they’re all doing well in life. I don’t think I ever got to say bye to them.

I spent a long time trying to find a game that gave me the same “feeling” as Guild Wars once did, I have yet to find it. But I did realize something on this day, that it wasn’t necessarily the game that gave me that feeling that I’ve been looking for in numerous other games since. It was the people I played with and the memories that we shared together. Good times.

Anyways, not sure if I’m having a quarter life crisis or something, but just wanted to share my experience.