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#1 Feb 13 2004 at 1:00 AM Rating: Decent
Just wanted to thank everyone again for making my first week in EQ a good one. I am very sold on the game and loving it. I've brought 6 friends into EQ and tomorrow I am taking the real plunge, going to the store to pick up evolutions for my wife.

Thanks all, you've been a great help.. hehe gotta change my sig.. hit 10 tonight :D
#2 Feb 13 2004 at 2:04 AM Rating: Excellent
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#3 Feb 13 2004 at 2:05 AM Rating: Decent
god have mercy on your soul.

i feel your pain....

*grins* enjoy.
#4 Feb 13 2004 at 2:08 AM Rating: Good
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However much fun you've been having, you'll have much more now that you have good friends to group and explore with Smiley: smile
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#5 Feb 13 2004 at 2:32 AM Rating: Decent
I think this is an elaborate scheme by Allakhazam to keep me from my Stratics work :P I JUST KNOW IT!
#6 Feb 13 2004 at 2:36 AM Rating: Decent
Mwahahahahaha
#7 Feb 13 2004 at 10:56 AM Rating: Good
Welcome aboard and gratz on 10!
#8 Feb 13 2004 at 10:59 AM Rating: Default
hehe yup sold for sure.
sold ur soul to SoE, sign on the dots ............
wave goodbye to ur free time it belong to them now lol

welcome to norrath.
#9 Feb 13 2004 at 11:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Don't do it! Quit while you can! Here are some reasons you should run away while you have the chance:

1. The game is extremely repetitive in nature. Go over there, kill the monster, loot it, wash, rinse and repeat over and over and over.

2. Your work will suffer. If you work near a computer you will waste work time going to www.Allakhazam.com or www.EQAtlas.com to look stuff up. You’ll come home during lunch to see if the spawn you are camping is up. You’ll take sick days when your guild has a big raid. I’m telling you.. your work will suffer.

3. Your family will suffer. Faction with your wife will plummet to an all time low. Girls already have this innate need to feel they are the most important thing in your dang life. Anything that creeps up to take No.1 place, bumping them out, will make them jealous. They will grow to hate the game and resent anything related to EverQuest. She will use EverQuest in arguments over and over, claiming it’s more important that your family. And she’ll be right.

4. It’s a poor excuse of a hobby. I tried using this as an excuse to play. “Honey, it’s a hobby. If I were fishing or some other hobby, you wouldn’t complain.” These days, nobody considers computer games a hobby unfortunately. Hobbies typically have something to show for your efforts I hear. What do you have to show for your effort on EverQuest? What? A 65th level Woof Elf Ranger with lots of nice gear? See what I mean?

5. It will make you fat. Sheez, look at all the EverQuest Conventions pictures. All fat people. You can’t put in a lot of time playing and not weight under 200 pounds, unless you are anemic or something.

6. Lack of sleep. EverQuest comes alive after about 10pm. The time zone changes with all the guild members makes for long nights raiding. You have dark circles under your eyes. You walk around in a stupor for the first few hours of the day because you were in a great group until 2 am and didn’t want to log.

7. Waste of money. Don’t make me add all this up. Costs about $12 per month, that’s $144 a year. Basic game cost me $30, plus every expansion (basic, Kunark, Luclin, Velious, LoY, Planes of Power... and now LDoN) that came out (about $30 an expansion on average) equals $150 soon to be $180. I got a character banned, so I bought me another one for $150. Character was stripped so I had to buy some platinum online, which was another $150. Found a few choice items at cannotlinkto I had to buy, $75. Geez.. I cold have bought a motorcycle with the money I have spent so far.

8. You can’t explore other good games when you are devoting 40 hours a week playing EQ. Oh yeah, you download the demo and goof around with it for 10 minutes, but you are not really digging into it. Aw, this game sucks.. back to EQ. Pretty soon you are saying to yourself, “Sheez, Anarchy Online stole that idea from EverQuest. EverQuest is the game you judge all others by.

9. You want to talk to others about EverQuest who don’t play. They think you are a real freak as you tell them the game is so cool and in depth. Make sure to mention EQ weddings, the jewelry with special stats and effects, all your good friends in your guild, and how you have mastered the trade skills of baking and pottery. Oh no, this doesn’t sound strange to anyone.

10. You become anti-social to people you can touch. You really find your EQ friends more enjoyable than real life people. You work on finding a mate on EQ so you can group together, have a wedding and crap like that. You are conversing more in private chats with someone than you do in real life. Now, tell me that isn’t odd.

The list can go on and on. Oh, don’t think I am going to quit anytime soon. I just got I a great guild, hit level 65, and I met this chick in-game who really looks hot. I’m here for the long haul.

Stay safe and happy hunting
#10 Feb 13 2004 at 11:21 AM Rating: Good
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It’s a poor excuse of a hobby. I tried using this as an excuse to play. “Honey, it’s a hobby. If I were fishing or some other hobby, you wouldn’t complain.” These days, nobody considers computer games a hobby unfortunately. Hobbies typically have something to show for your efforts I hear.
All I want for my efforts towards my hobbies is enjoyment. If I'm having fun, I don't really need a trout or a ship in a bottle to show for it.
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Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
#11 Feb 13 2004 at 12:01 PM Rating: Decent
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1. The game is extremely repetitive in nature.

Yep
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2. Your work will suffer.

Nope
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3. Your family will suffer.

Nope - especially if your wife/husband plays with you.
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4. It’s a poor excuse of a hobby.

Maybe but a hobby none-the-less if its the only one you play.
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5. It will make you fat.

Nope - I'm a bodybuilder...seriously...and not the type that builds with beer and potato chips. (Not that there is anything wrong with that if that's your deal)
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6. Lack of sleep.

Only on corpse runs.
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7. Waste of money.

Let's not go here...especially with the plat buying thing.
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8. You can’t explore other good games when you are devoting 40 hours a week playing EQ.

Give you that one. But then again, I don't spend 40 hours a week on EQ.
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9. You want to talk to others about EverQuest who don’t play.

Have not come across this yet.
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10. You become anti-social to people you can touch.

Ummm...sex is better than EQ. Whoever tells you different is not getting any. Smiley: yikes

Enjoy the game, but - make sure you realize that it is just a game.


Edited, Fri Feb 13 12:02:50 2004 by StefinFetchit
#12 Feb 13 2004 at 12:53 PM Rating: Decent
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People, it was joke, loosen up a little...
#13 Feb 13 2004 at 1:07 PM Rating: Decent
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People, it was joke, loosen up a little...


Although you may have been joking, you are not far off from people that I know. Only reason I responded. I know people that spend maybe 2 hours in school and 22 on EQ.

It's good that you brought it up because some people don't understand that it can get addictive to the degree that you joked about.

But we are cool Smiley: chug
#14 Feb 13 2004 at 3:23 PM Rating: Decent
Good post. Dead on.

Anyone that doesnt see the points yet, will eventually. Even if your a bodybuilder, you will notice slight differences than that if you were not playing.

Although I havent tested the "wife" playing scenario, I know it hurts the social aspect of your real life.

And Im at work now cruising the boards.

:)
#15 Feb 13 2004 at 4:22 PM Rating: Decent
Guys... I've worked in this industry for a long time, and even have worked on a release MMO. I know how these games are and if you have a little self control and realize that a game is a game you will be just fine.

If anything in my life ever took over too much of my time and took away from my wife, my social life or my career I would just quit it. It's called self control ;)
#16 Feb 13 2004 at 4:47 PM Rating: Decent
Im serious. Its not about self control. All the bad things that happen to people via these kinds of games happen un-noticed. You log in one day and tomorrow your unemployed, divorced, 300lbs... etc.

Just saying. It doesnt happen to everyone.

Its unique to each person. Some have lifestyles that work well with it, and some dont. Keep an eye out for the "signs" and Id say it probably wont sneak up on you. You may be fine anyway. But its always good to keep a level head.

Good luck to you.

#17 Feb 13 2004 at 4:54 PM Rating: Decent
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People who drink do not all have a problem or an addiction.

Same for sex.

Same for food.

Same for EQ.

Same for bowling.

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#18 Feb 13 2004 at 4:57 PM Rating: Good
Leapwater wrote:
...All the bad things that happen to people via these kinds of games happen un-noticed. You log in one day and tomorrow your unemployed, divorced, 300lbs... etc...


True, true - yesterday I logged in, happily married, great job, 175 pounds. Now my wife left me for my boss who fired me because of all the weight I've put on.

Seriously, though - I AM at work looking at the boards and my wife does NOT like the game (I tried to get her into it - she's one of those who "doesn't get it"). I have been known to come home at lunch and get on for 45 minutes rather than going for my usual workout.

Pitfalls - they're everywhere, no matter what you're doing.

I'll keep an eye out for you...
#19 Feb 13 2004 at 5:24 PM Rating: Decent
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yesterday I logged in, happily married, great job, 175 pounds. Now my wife left me for my boss who fired me because of all the weight I've put on.


Wasn't this in a country song?

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#20 Feb 13 2004 at 5:35 PM Rating: Decent
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#21 Feb 13 2004 at 6:25 PM Rating: Decent
ya'll are to much :P
#22 Feb 14 2004 at 12:41 AM Rating: Decent
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#23 Feb 14 2004 at 4:46 AM Rating: Decent
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Welcome to our world! Don't forget to check out the Stromm Server board here as well as some of the other specific boards, ie: class, race, etc... Lot's of tidbits of info that have definetly made life in Norrath easier Smiley: yippee
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#24 Feb 14 2004 at 6:49 PM Rating: Decent
amen
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