I joined an EQ1999 server and at first I tasted some of the old magic, and then I went to that level 10ish level dungeon where you fight gnolls and this guy I made friends with started chatting with me about how sad he is since he had his stroke and that EQ is the only thing he could do now and then I just stopped playing altogether.. It just bummed me out so much.
When I was a teen I remember feeling exhilarated just exploring, walking from the different cities, and making friends and getting advice, just being lost. But when I played again in Project 1999.. I was not really with new users, just much older adults in their 30s and 40s and 50s who were not discovering a new world, but desperately trying to return to their old one and the magic was not the same.. But I will be damned if I sometimes still get the urge to come back to that world.