Comments on: Daily Blogroll 9/23 – All Queued Up Edition

By: A New Everquest?! ..and WoW the five year old juggernaut.. among other interesting things. « EC Tunnel

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:23:11 +0000

[...] seeing it, so the news isn’t new. I do check out many other sites quite often and I saw this mentioned, just thought I would look into it. I try to keep up on things but sometimes things get past me, so [...]

By: Tipa

Tipa — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:02:29 +0000

I’m STILL angry at SOE for PoR. Nothing they could do with that expansion can make up for what they did to Freeport and the Desert of Ro.

By: Egat

Egat — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:08:56 +0000

My best friend, the guy who convinced me to play EQ has just returned (after 5 years away). I’ve been having a blast showing him around and trying to explain what has changed. It’s been lots of fun and I even found something new, a spot of color in one of the dismal PoR zones!

By: CD

CD — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:47:18 +0000

All of my old EQ friends seem to be feeling it too. I resubbed to EQ about a week ago under a huge wave of nostalgia… seems to happen every year.

I do it in part because I feel like I never really finished my business with EQ. I never once made it to level cap, though I got pretty close, and even got to do some higher end stuff. So, every year I go back for about 2-3 weeks, get a level or two on my old main, and call it good. It’s definitely not the same, but it still makes me smile. And frown a bit as I run through my favorite areas that are utterly devoid of people. It’s been so long and yet I’m still so attached to the game that I actually feel sad seeing those areas vacant and knowing that the MMOG world has moved on.

The game seemed so unforgiving in its early days. I didn’t hate that back then, though it was irritating at times. But looking back over my ‘career’ as an MMO gamer, it’s easy to see the point at which I went from being a pretty darn good player to being what I am now. I’ve become terribly soft and/or careless depending on the situation.

Ah well, it’s good to know there’s plenty of others out there still thinking of the old EQ days.

By: Tipa

Tipa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:13:49 +0000

Cool, because I’ve never been to the level 54 area :)

By: AmberStargem

AmberStargem — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:02:11 +0000

nvm i found it

By: AmberStargem

AmberStargem — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:11:04 +0000

I have an unrealated question…

I tried to find a scroll and i didnt have one. How do i buy one in a level 54 area in Dragonica?

By: wilhelm2451

wilhelm2451 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:56:57 +0000

I don’t know if “prideful” is the right word. Try sending in a script to The Simpsons. I can assure you that no member of the team will ever see it because if they did and then they did anything remotely like any idea from that script, they would open themselves up to a “They stole my idea!” lawsuit.

The pain of being a company that has lots of money is that you then have to protect yourself from these sorts of things.

Of course, some wag will say that Blizzard has stolen all the ideas that make up WoW, but that is a different discussion altogether.

By: Rer

Rer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:21:37 +0000

Yeah I looked into that story also, a very interesting read to say the least. I have a deep respect for players who are willing to take the time necessary to make quality user made material for games, though to be honest I doubt Blizzard will accept it… they’re a bit too prideful in that regard.

By: Saylah

Saylah — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:29:57 +0000

Your weblog wins again! I had no idea about Ixobelle’s assault of Blizzard headquarters for a job. How inspiring. How interesting. I hope something comes of it somehow. I think I’ll be smiling about that all day long.