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Beware, this article shouldent be about how to shoot somebody in CS (or another FPS) but just little howto about RPGs. Most of them are fantasy, so you will play knight, mage etc. But: How to start? And how not became addict? I remember there was affair about RPGs few years ago, when one boy borrowed character from another, than sold his sword (in game) and original owner took real sword, and gutted that second boy like fish. It gave big arguments into hands of people who need to forbid everybody everything. They immediately took opinion, that all games are bad, and its needed to forbid them. Fortunately those people are only minority, so games still goes on. So, what you need to do, if want play something with real people, instead of computer opponents only? First choose what to play. Pretty good is, when you have in that game friend, with advanced character. He can advise you how to start, where to go. GIve you money (strong characters in all games earns hundred times more gold than weak. If you got 10 golds from creature on level 1, you can be sure, that your friend when kills creatures on 50 or more gain in few seconds thousands. Same is situation with equipment. If you need good equip for level say 10, its hard for you. But friend on 50 can go and kill creatures dropping equip you need like chickens.) So, first recomendation is: As first online RPG try game, where you have some friends. After you have soem experiences, you may try more games, make there new friends etc. But as noob follow somebody more experienced. To read game manual also isnt bad. It gives you idea, if that game really is, what you want to play. Cause it can contain things you would hate (such as game graphics style, efects, maps, character classes) and such game is nonsense even to try. (huh, i thought about making little article, and it went a little longer. i will cut it into parts..)