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As I said it was a very long story starting 13 years ago. For my birthday I received a computer Windows 98SE with Microsoft Office Student Edition, a 9800 baud modem, and Dungeon Siege. I played Dungeon Siege and enjoyed the world, the monsters and the people. I ran into a few difficulties since the game was version 1. So using what is now a very slow connection I searched the Internet and discovered that Microsoft had released a patch, there was a new version called Legends of Aranna, and there where web sites that talked about the game, lots of them. So I first ran to the computer store and got a copy of LoA. This solved the patch problem as it included a copy of DS1. The patch would have taken 12 hours to download and my family would not let the telephone be tied up that long (before anyone had cell phones). There where cell phones but the where as big as a shoe box and cost more than my computer. Anyway I started visiting various web sites and met people that modded the game, like Witness, OC, Snowfox, Strider976, iryan. I tried some mods, liked the idea and asked how do I make mods. I received lots of help from lots of people. I discovered that making armor and weapons was an area that I was good at. I released a mod called Girl Armor in 2003, it still exists somewhere. About that time I also discovered Cat Mansion Adepts and Legends of Utrae. I found at the same time iryan on SiegeNetwork and started talking to him about things that where acting weird with both mods. That started a twelve year collaboration. Iryan inventing things and me testing them, suggesting changes, helping him design armor. On the site Herena-Forge asked me if I wanted to be a moderator, I said yes and I have been moderating DS web sites ever since.

The reason I still play the game.
1. People are still making mods for it.
2. There are still a few web sites and I became a moderator here at Siege the Day not sure how long ago, but it was right after Herena-Forge closed, and SiegeNetwork stopped being updated.
3. People still need help playing the game and solving problems, so I have to play the game to find solutions.
4. I like testing other peoples mods.
5. I still keep my hand in modding things like armor for my own use and for friends.

I could go on but think I will pause for a while.