I am cleaning out my corner cubicle (for those who have been to my house, they may remember that we lined the spare bedroom with cubicle furniture and every member of the family has their own workstation, plus extras for guests). It now has only my computer, Wystro's canvas portrait of the gnome tinker that I bought from Deviant Art, and my dueling action figures of Firiona Vie and Londo Molari. Oh, and my old license plate--"WE R AFK". This is some serious de-crapification, because I am a total hoarder.
In cleaning, I came across my little treasure trove of EQ humor. These are probably posted somewhere else in the library shelves here, but just in case some have fallen to dust, I thought I might kindle a little nostalgia in all of you by posting links. I, being completely compulsive, have printed these out and keep them in a scrapbook, but for those of you more normal people, I thought I'd make you a little virtual scrapbook:
Go go good team! http://www.notaddicted.com/fansythefamous.php (http://www.notaddicted.com/fansythefamous.php)
Denny's (EQ Version) http://forums.notaddicted.com/showthread.php?t=7168 (http://forums.notaddicted.com/showthread.php?t=7168) My favorite part of this is the reference to Verant at the end (NOT Sony). Anyone remember Fuvi the Fire and Fury wizard on Firiona Vie? His name stood for F-you Verant Interactive.
A 2-fer! Burned Woods (first post) and I'm wwwaaaddd! (fifth post down) http://www.fippydarkpaw.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=192 (http://www.fippydarkpaw.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=192)
Almost enough to make me want to go back. And then I remember camping the robes for Jebbar's monk epic...
--Mixxi
I see the screenies and get a little misty eyed and wonder how cool it would be to go back again... then I read all of the old funny stories and begin remembering all the kernels of truth in them and go "NM!". ;D
QuoteAlmost enough to make me want to go back. And then I remember camping the robes for Jebbar's monk epic...
Don't we all.
I think there was a sign-up sheet for shifts.
QuoteI reply, "Why Velious?"
He replies, "the guy that rezzed me told me burned woods was in western wastes this week"
OMG! I remember reading this years ago. Just so much fun.
And Fansy from Sullon Zek. I've never seen any rule violations there.
Thank you Mixxi. Good good GOOD times.
Brings back fond memories of our own bard.
Quote from: Phillion on July 17, 2011, 12:40:57 PM
QuoteAlmost enough to make me want to go back. And then I remember camping the robes for Jebbar's monk epic...
Don't we all.
I think there was a sign-up sheet for shifts.
I'm pretty sure there was :P, especially the Lower Guk robe (Shiny Metallic, I believe). I think I left butt prints in the floor of that side corridor. Although I do think camps were really a big part of the bonding that took place in EQ. We all worked pretty hard to keep ourselves and everyone else entertained with things like Norrath 20 Questions and Which Mob Would Win? I seem to remember another stream of rather lengthy camps as well involving a couple of cleric epics... ;)
Nope. Don't remember those.
I just showed up and Valquiss would hand me my pieces.
And the camps were what bonded us. It is unfortunate that MMORPGs became more mainstream because designers now cater to a more mainstream approach, less downtime, more button mashing, less puzzles, less travel time.
Original EQ crafting would make grown men cry.
Camping in EQ2 made me cry; I'm sure I would have given up in EQ in short order. While I can see the camping times being good opportunities for roleplay, I just have this idea that something required to advance a questline shouldn't take hour upon hour of waiting for the random number generator to pop up the right value. If I want to roleplay, I'll happily do it without needing forced downtime to do it in.
Same goes for travel. While I think EQ2 went a bit too far when they made every port reachable from every other port in a single zone-in, the stories I have heard of the long EQ boat rides where again you are forced to pretty much just sit there until the game decides you've waited long enough make me glad I wasn't there.