The player began RuneScape Classic on Thursday, July 15, 2004 under the account Wreckerxxx, when introduced to the game by a neighbor. Later in 2004—with the looming shutdown of RuneScape Classic to free players and many of the players having already moved over—he created a new account on RuneScape 2 named Soccaplaya47, which he played on until 2006. From 2006 onward, he considered Zantareous his main account (a skiller he had created the previous year) while he divided his focus amongst several accounts (rarely focusing on just one). On his website, he had this to say about Zantareous' history: