haha, this thread is ancient, and by all rights should be left dead, but I'm now in the boat chekovsulu was then.
Interestingly enough, this thread caused a massive resurgence of Guild Warring in my household. My cousin and I power ground in the noob area to the point that the only way to gain more XP was to die constantly.
I even sprung for a collectors edition on amazon. The first order was shipped sans key, and the seller told me to golly off when I told him about the problem.
Filed a resolution with amazon and got a full refund.
Second order was mint in box, as the first auction claimed to be. Got my fancy dragon. And then, just kinda burned out. A lot of poo went down. We had to sell the house, I had to go to New Jersey.
I'm back in CA, and I hadn't even thought of this game in more than a year.
I don't remember my password, but I wonder if my hairstyle has been forgotten.