Haven't read all the posts in this thread but the ones i read were very good. Here's some of my memories...

I remember starting my elf hunter and actually getting freaked out by the starter instance

After getting ported to Celondim after the intro instance, I remember getting wholluped everywhere I went. I finally battled through the Celondim area and was scared schitless crossing over that tall bridge on the way to Duillond... Picture a lvl 5 hunter slowly inching his way over that bridge... not unlike an overly cautious lvl 60 hobbit timidly inching his way across the bridge to TA in the Moors. I eventually grew out of that timid phase (after i rolled a champ).

I remember getting lost as h3ll in the Old Forest.

I remember asking myself '### is going on?!?!?!' when I instantly died several times in a row trying to go from Aughaire to Eastern Angmar.

I remember the awe I felt the first time I saw Rivendell.

I remember cursing for hours on end about the Book 14(?) ring-lore. grrr...

I remember all those quests that told me to head, say, North East to find something... I'd head northeast and never find it. I'd eventually stumble upon it while trying to do another quest.

I remember thinking 'Man! I'll never have enough money to buy a horse!!!'

I remember failing the starter horse quests several times due to water. doh!

I remember friends and kinmates that have left the game for various reasons.

I remember the first time I entered Moria. (almost as freaked out as I was on the Celondim -> Duillond road)

I remember the awe I felt when I first entered Caras Galadhon

I remember the time before the LI dps nerf /sigh

I remember my mouth dropping when I first heard that the hunter class is the ONLY class that has penalties associated with class trait paths. ### is that all about?

I remember the sense of satisfaction I had when my minstrel rezzed a fallen fellow member for the first time... I finally was giving back to the community after I had received so many rezzes from so many minstrels in the past