I first got into Entropia in 2006, when my partner in crime was working and living 900 miles away and I had lots of free time in the evenings. I fell in love with the game back then because of the people. When I was just starting and had no skills and weak weapons, but I loved to wander far and explore this amazing Entropia Universe.
One day as I tried to cross a large desert area filled with Atrox, sneaking from rock to dune in a futile effort to avoid them, I was attacked by a large pack of them and eaten as a lunch snack, reviving at an isolated outpost in the middle of the desert. I tried to escape, but the Atrox pack killed me over and over again.
I wasn't in any society then and I was the only person at this outpost, so spent several days trying and failing to escape.
A few days later another human appeared; he was also pretty low-level but had a good weapon and knew his was around Calypso, and when he heard my story he said " follow me; I'll get you back to civilization...". After we made it back, he invited me to join his society, and I did.
I spent the next 4 years playing with a group of great people; none of them were Ubers, but they all played quite often and were great teachers. We had so much fun standing on the spaceship wrecks that used to be close to Camp Phoenix and trying to shoot low-level creatures without falling off and getting eaten. Later, as low/mid-level players, we often went as a team to the Asteroid and battled the bugs there, usually dying in droves but having a great time.
Thes days I play only occasionally; the society I grew up with is long gone, and I have become a loner who occasionally logs in to hunt solo. I really miss the early days of Entropia, and have never been able to find the joy that I used to experience as a noob first learning the game. I was never drawn to trying to manipulate the numbers to make a profit (or just to lose less!) in Entropia, which seems to be the primary driver for players at my level.