How many of us have been here from the very beginings?

As the title suggests I am interested in how many of us have been playing since the retail (or earlier) launch of Guild Wars almost 2 years ago. I am not interested in your characters ages just who has been here with me and others that I know from the begining. Thanks guys.

Mega Mouse

For a little one of us has commented on my lack of knowledge on the play mechanics. I realy only had 2 characters that I played up until Factions came out. My elementalist and a monk (still can't get the healing right). I do not PVP or GVG just the main PVE thats is. So there may be a lot that I do not know. Thanks for all of your responces though and I hope Guild Wars will be here fopr a long time.

/raises hand

pre-retail here.

i have but im slowly losing interst in the game

factions sucked and nightfall completely changed the game

I've been here since retail (missed the betas)... not as fun anymore :*(

/raises hand as well

Bought at local games store the morning of. Took about an 8 month break along the way, and have nearly lost interest.

Since about May 5th of 2005, less then a month after it was released

Me, since WPE.

I think i got it a couple of weeks after retail. I still love Guild Wars, but there's still a lack of interesting stuff to do.
Took a long break and played "something else" then came back.
I was hoping there would be some crafting/mining or whatever thrown in by now, and the expansions only provided the same old Guild Wars in a different setting.
There's so much potential if only Anet could see it.

Ask the same question again in a couple of months and i don't think i'll be here to answer TBH
Sorry to sound so pessimistic,lol.

/age
"Aint you dead yet?"

I have also been here since WPE however I wasn't smart enough to start posting at GwG until rather late. God I love this game.

I've been playing it since the WPE.

Missed the first two BWE, then caught all the rest. I lost interest completely about 2 months ago. Came back a few days ago, and I'm hooked once more.

ive been playing since day 1

Played the world preview event.

But I bought prophecies around the 9 may 2005.

im here since the betas, loved prophecies wen it came out, even if i had finished the game, i still had quests to do, and the good and fun farming back then .
But Since Factions im loosing interest.

Me since the last two BWE.

I played multiple beta weekends.

What is the real point of this thread, may I ask? I'm sorry if your only real purpose was to gather this trivial head count, but I may have grown slightly cynical when it comes to these types of threads.

Damn, I can't see how you have stuck around so long, I've been playing 18 months and I've had a few breaks in that time.

I'm trying to renew my interest but it just isn't like the good old days. Back then people could ask a question in general chat without being called a noob/loser..

No real point just interested in how many old timers are around thats all. Plus this lets the newer players see that there are still some of us that stuck with the game through thick and thin.

Mega Mouse

Since May 2005. Yea I can't beleive it either. I miss the good old days too.

oh yeah. longest i have ever stuck with a game. almost lost it when Factions came out. but nightfall picked up my fun.

Ahh... GW was the first game i ever paid more than a dollar for (blame software piracy). Pre-ordered it as soon as it was available. It was great fun back then.