I had the same experience.

I can't remember how I discovered the server... YouTube/forum comments... ?

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FFXI Emulator

Watched a Twitch stream of FFXI, and although the gentleman was playing on Asura, I mentioned about getting back into the game. I only tried it once for a month or two when it was first released in the states with the original FFXI plus RotZ expansion. He mentioned I should try this server since it was old school and didn't require a cost. I've been here ever since.

ditto on the site updates.. would be nice if there was some community management.

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75PLD

Like a lot of the others posting here I googled "FFXI private server" and found my way here from the page listing darkstar servers. Nasomi stuck out to me as it was like the only one w/o increased exp rates, free gil, auto-stocked AH, etc...

Also, as others have stated front page seemed outdated at the time, forums being active made the decision to try it out an easy one.

4chan. Lot of idiots there. Wouldn't go too hard on the marketing.

So, I haven't "joined" yet. I joined these forums last night after googling "Private FFXI Server". I thought of FFXI on a whim. I played for about 6 years and ran my own LS for a long time. I did HNMs and end game. I made friendships that are still strong today. After studying the first few results, Nasomi seemed like a good choice. Then I read the rules and got majorly turned off by the mandated separation of RL to game life. I then searched for "Best FFXI private servers". This one was on the list again. Then I actually googled "Nasomi FFXI too strict?" and started reading some forums and got some questions answered. After a little clarification, I am going to give this a shot. I am excited.

Like a few others I was listening to FFXI OST on youtube and some comments mentionned this server.

Same case, though I found a video advertising this server. Playing FFXI for free? I can't say no. And I haven't played retail coz of that. Fees. I am on student life when it was freshly released. So...yeah.

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A player from the Philippines? Please check the NasomiPH thread here.

I found this Server by scrolling through old youtube videos I had saved years ago from when I played FFXI retail. From there, I saw in my "recommendation" window on Youtube, the Nasomi server, and how one would go about setting it up. Not more than 2 days later, I had this installed on my laptop and I was playing it like old times again.