I'm Turtle, from Ohio but grew up in New Jersey. You can never under the Jersey! LOL (Hint: those people from Jersey Shore were mostly from New York, we don't act like that, i have no idea if people from New York actually act like that). I started playing Dungeons and Dragons in 1982 (I was 10) when the boys upstairs got it. And fell immediately in love with the game, and after they moved looked for other people to play with and realize I have been playing this game forever now. LOL A lot of my best memories are d&D weekends camping on the beach, with glow in the dark dice so you can see them in the dying firelight. LOL Or when you drop them on the sand in the evening. Sand castle maps for minis were awesome fun.
My first multi-player experiences were the text based MUDS (Ah, Abandoned Fate, you were so much fun, I still miss the friendships I made in there) and then my first graphical mmo was something called The Realm. It was really simple compared to now, but it was fun and the first I'd ever seen. I'm more of a single player game experience lover (Elder Scrolls, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, Sims, etc) but I did fall kinda hard for DDO, which I started in 2009 the day it went free to play as my husband was a victim of the layoffs going around that time. I needed something to fill the time as we turned off all non-essential things (lucky me you can't jobs without the internet anymore!) and DDO delivered. I made friends that first year I still play with (Waves to Dre and Jimmy). Stlll don't miss those stupid leveling sigils. LOL
I'm a friendly sort of turtle that hangs out on Sarlona (and Hardcore during the seasons, one of my personal points of pride was conquring my attention defecit issues to the point I have succeeded in getting my level 20/5k favor rewards in seaons 3, 4, 5,6, and 7.

I like pushing myself and trying to conquer things, as Coddex (my husband) and Dre will whine about as I'm making them do r5's every life now to appease my appetite to do harder and harder things. LOL We are doing things on open public groups a lot, if you see one posted by Turtel or Coddex feel free to join us. We just like offering mid level reaper to those who may not get a lotta shots at it because we're able to. We won't get mad if you die or make a mistake, we'll just heal you and move on with it! Everyone welcome who has a nice attitude and friendly behavior regardless of game skill.