User blog comment:The Emperor Nexus/My top 30 Roleplayers of all time list/@comment-3064571-20150422234241/@comment-3064571-20150422234930

I might also add, regarding another member of the list, that Lord Davy menace is one of the fathers of role-play. Pablo Swordmaster, myself, Lord Davy Menace, and Giratina Origin Forme, are the four founders of role-play; created back in very early 2008 (not long after the creation of the game, October 31, 2007(..?)), role-play was not very popular at first. We did, however, come quite close to maxing the first EITC guild ever, "The EITC's Elites", around late September of 2008. Role-play (especially that concering the EITC) gained massive acclaim come the 2009 GM (Game Master) event, "The Black Guard Cometh!".

I'd say that role-playing as the EITC was most likely the first, and definitively the most popular choice amonst the very first role-players. I'd go as far as to say that EITC role-play (as it is often called) was probably the first form of role-play to arrive in PotCO.