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right on i wouldn't mind learning to code part i also play for these reasonsHabit.
When EQ came out several RL friends played it. EQ Lan parties, etc.
Now, its mostly for the social interaction and satisfaction of problem solving raid encounters, and writing code to automate various parts of the process.
that is awesome thank you for sharing.I like a lot of the other old guys here started gaming on 5 1/4" floppies. c: //b: <enter> , b: dir/w <enter>, b: needforspeed.exe <enter> .... yay mono color cream spinach graphics.. lol And I just never looked back.
EQ was the first really 3D game and it totally blew me away. I still remember that shiver down my spine the first time a skeleton cackled at me before promptly beating me to death outside of Felwithe. I have literally tried a thousand titles in search of that again and just never found it. I still play other games - but I fell in love with Norrath that first night and have been here in some way - live, P99, EQ2, emu for 24 years since. Compared to some I am still a newb even now, I haven't mastered every single trick. But I have watched some come and go - bard kiting, the shaker shockers, donal's chestplate heal chains <pre-nerf>. The love is just still there.
untill the next expansion comes outBecause i'm almost beat it... so close
hahaha thats funnyWhy? Because cocaine is too expensive.
No, really. Because we like hurting ourselves with addiction......no wait..
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I'll actually be 53 in a couple weeks. I started on Karana. While I'd never want to play anywhere with rules other than FV. I sure miss Karana. I started right as Kunark was released my first toon was an Iksar SK I maxed him out and got his 1.0. But SKs got nerfed and an Iksar SK had huge XP modifier penalties. So I sold that account. I got quite a lot for it. And I created the Troll Daddy the Shaman I still call my main to this day. Man he was a beast taking down Veliuus raid mobs solo. Soloing dragons. That was a feat. Like 4 people in Karana managed to do it once in the Veliuus era. I spent my free time there. Taking loot for my friends. Peerless Dragon was no joke at one time. God I love EverQuestI'm 63 in a couple of weeks so my perspective is probably a little different. I grew up playing pen and paper Dungeons And Dragons games. Everquest was the first and still the best I believe game to bring a world like that to an MMO. I had played Ultima Online but it was different. The only thing I really liked about UO is if someone made a smartass comment you could kill them and loot them clean. Anywhere at anytime. So I became a skilled dueler before EQ. But it was the comraderies from my first guild. The feeling I still get when I get a piece of loot for a toon either for me or for another person. That is what set the hook and kept me in love with EQ long after my friends left.
awesome thank you for that story i ran out of likes to giveI've been playing EQ since launch. (I may be a little old...shhhh) It's a nostalgic addiction for me. I've tried to let it go, quite a few times, over the years. I have never truly been successful. I always come back to the world that gives me comfort and joy over everything else. It's like a drug that takes you away from the stresses of reality.
In the beginning, there was nothing like the anticipation of getting home to hit that dial up after work. We had 2 phone lines installed so both hubby and I could play together and thanks to a local internet company, called Yellowsub, connection was made possible. Ahhh, dial up. It was the haunting sound of an electrical dance that literally tied you into a network of other computers, behind which, were other people, from places other than your own backyard, who you could collaborate with and make lifelong bonds! Who could forget the ....bee bop boooop bzzzzz...beeeeeeep...blurrrrrrrr...blehhhhhh....zeeeeee, for about 5 minutes, before you could launch the game (and longer still if there were connection issues or storms). But then.....BOOM....it hits you. That beautiful wave of introductory instrumental music that sounds like an adventure you've yet to go on with people you've never actually met! The character screen that taunts you to choose your inner game ego, which will hide you from the real world, but make you interesting in this one. It was amazing! I was in a completely different world where I could explore and have adult, typed out conversations, with people my own age, behind the visage of pixels, all while ignoring my children for hours! WHAT?!!! HOLY CRAP!! It's a freaking miracle!!! Hey kids...we're having pizza again! Mommy and daddy are on a mission to only get 2 hours of sleep before we have to go back to work tomorrow! Back in those days, our group of friends would meet up at lunch and discuss things like where we were going to meet up in the game, what time to be there, what camp we'd like to try, or how many people we needed to induct into the guild so we could raid, etc. Hubby and I worked together in a small custom computer building/repair store so we met many likeminded people who played the game.
Then, enter cable internet. WOW!!! Game changer! I can now be logged in as long as I want, provided the game didn't boot me for being afk too long. No longer did we have to wait for the whirring and buzzing of dial up. No longer did I have to tell my own mother she couldn't call between certain hours because I was too busy playing a video game that took over the phone line. Oh wait...yes...that was still kind of a thing since I couldn't be caught dead going afk for a phone call. Seriously...if I did that, I'd come back and be dead. Besides, I was the cleric, I had to pay attention or I'd get real time lash back from the hubby and hear about it the next day at lunch about how they can't do anything if I'm too busy to heal, etc, etc, etc. I wasn't real great at holding the phone, talking to more than one person, typing, and moving my character all at the same time. But...eventually we had things like team speak and discord, where I didn't have to type all of the time. That didn't help my mom's phone call situation much though. It's hard to answer the phone with a headset on and she never picked up on how to use those platforms. You have to understand, my mom and I were like besties and I lived 1800 miles away from her so we would talk for hours every time she called. She called at least every other night. Sometimes we wouldn't even say much. I'd play on my computer at my house, and she would play solitaire on hers at her house, and we'd just spend time together over the phone. That all ended in 2003, when she passed. Honestly, there was never a time in my life prior where I needed my guild, online friends, and offline friends more. If it wasn't for the game community, and the support of my hubby, I probably wouldn't be here today. I know that sounds cliche, but it is none the less true. I lost myself for quite a while after that. Hence, EQ is not just a get away, but it's also support and therapy at times. And, once the kids are old enough to play, it becomes a great babysitter as well! LOL
My oldest, who is now in his 30's, started playing about the time PoP came out. We showed him the basics, and he was off....hunting and exploring, just like we did. Of course, he didn't have his own computer at the time, so he wasn't happy when we kicked him off so we could play, but eventually he had his own system and got even farther than we did. He's got more online friends than anyone I know and is always helping others with things in this game and others as well. He's great for PL'ing all of my baby toons too! HAHA!! So, I guess that makes EQ a bit of an heirloom as well. Soon, we'll be teaching our grand kids how to play! The game keeps our family connected, now that our kids are out on their own. It gives us a way to be together when we can't actually be together. My oldest is still here in town, but my middle son is in Colorado with his family, and my youngest son is in California so it's nice to be able to have a little EQ family reunion once in a while. I've always told my kids....I don't care if I end up in a nursing home when I'm old; just make sure I have a laptop with a good internet connection and I'll be just fine. Also...I want my own room.
Our family will likely play EQ until they no longer support it. It's a lifetime of connections that no other game can compare to. Generations will tell stories about our characters and our adventures for years to come. EverQuest is legend.
Speaking of... I'm on wife #3, lol. To think of it, also 3rd internet supplier Hehehe. Now, that I've found RG my Everquest future looks to take a evolutionarily leap. Just gotta find a way to support 'n feed my habit!! Forever till my or it's wheels go flat. Pretty confident it'll be mine, 68 & stroke survivor (mostly). But I really want to see EQ III or whatever its named WITH RedGuides. Ok, yes, I'm an confessed lifetime Ever-crack addict D)It keeps my mind occupied. You have to use your mind in this game, your not going to be getting any participation certificates just handed to you. But sometimes I over research and spend 75% of my time doing that and not playing. And its not all just repetitive shooting a gun. Or turning cartwheels.
But like was mentioned above, there is a really good feeling of satisfaction in the game. Doesn't matter if your just smashing the heck out of little level 4 Fippy or kicking gnomes, or mindlessly raising tradeskills for that awesome aug.
Also I can do what I want, when I want. There is no commitment like in RL. I would never divorce EQ.