The old school guild and clan thread, what was your first online gaming community

[Patrick94]

Before matchmaking did everything automatically, a lot of online gaming ran through actual guilds, clans and forums you had to apply to, sometimes with a tryout or an interview process. What was your first real online gaming community, and did you make any friendships that actually lasted

[Current]

Was in a guild that ran its own forum with a genuine application process, felt like joining a small organization rather than just a group of strangers