Gaming in the early 2000s was a lot different than it is now. Anyone remember the good ol’ days of playing RuneScape? Granted, many people still play it now (49.46 million, according to MMO Populations), but the importance of an account might be lost on some of today’s youth.
Not to this old-school gamer, though. Recently, she shared a story about how she got a friend’s account back from a “hacker.” Why the quotation marks? Because the big scary hacker turned out to be a pre-pubescent kid who didn’t know any better than to try to intimidate other gamers online. Luckily, the other gamer’s friend was well-versed in basic Internet, so she was able to scare the young rascal away and get her friend’s account back.
Bored Panda got in touch with the Redditor who shared this story, u/TheVaneja. She was kind enough to have a short chat with us, and she told us all about what the Internet was like in the early 2000s and whether it’s safer online now. Read our conversation with her below!
