Call me a sentimental old fool, but the old newbie areas of Exedoria will always be special to me. The sewers and the park were also the scene of most of my newbie parties.
One party in the old Exedoria sewers stands out: back in ‘93 if you could carry a weapon, you could wield it. I got given a great axe (which were highly sought after by high lvl players) and it filled my entire inventory. So I joined a party naked apart from the axe. A couple of people in the party said stuff like “Drop that axe and get armour” while the other guys just laughed and cheered me on. Into the sewers we go and we start fighting. At least, the other guys start fighting while I stand aimlessly swinging a great axe. Cue more laughing and more complaints. Then, we meet a rat and BAM a one-shot kill from my axe. No more complaints, just more laughing and cheering. Other rat people followed. Poor King Louie had a rough time that day…..
And the park had Ranger Bob’s akita dog. Now, it seemed that Igor and dogs never got on. The akita, Wolfgang and Hank (from Indel farm) seemed to take great delight in chewing poor little Igor to pieces.