We were hungry for blood and headed back to the lobby to sign up for more.
Many humbling defeats later we finally managed to kill someone and seemed to be improving. The much touted "real combat" was a double edged sword (apologies for the pun); we had the immediacy of being able to strike an unwitting foe, however if you didn't do bulk damage straight away the veteran players would quickly muster their superior weapons and spells, sicking their demon pets on us. The same experience occurred with Capture the Flag, although here we could grab the flag and sprint away as if our firm buttocks were on fire (which sometimes they were) but the sheer kinetic pace would sometimes throw us into a panic of keyboard slapping intensity.