Do Casual Players Exist Here?

[Deathrydar]

Asking for a friend.

[Tethler]

Yeah

[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

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Used to play 12 hours a day when i was younger. Now got family/job etc so er not so much

[Baler]

I think there are more healthy casual players now on p99 than years past. Most of the people who have went hardcore for year(s) get burnt out. I've found it's the casual players who actually last the longest. IE: people who don't focus on end game raiding often continue to log in and just play the game.

Yes casual players exist on project 1999, all walks of life.

[Mblake81]

I don't know what it is supposed to mean. You got people that play hard for a few hours, easy for long hours, easy for short hours, hard for long hours. Honestly I think this came from marketing when they were trying to make "gamer" a common thing during the mid 2000s. Games like EQ were designed how they were. You played whatever you played including with other titles. It was never an issue, do any of you recall this being a topic wayy back when?

Games eventually did go more mainstream, perhaps due to things like making "gamer" something acceptable. Sweaty Tryhards were never a thing. You were on the same maps as everyone else of any skill. There was no such thing as matchmaking. I think casual is marketing speak. I rue the day original Xbox launched.

[Deathrydar]

I don't know what it is supposed to mean. You got people that play hard for a few hours, easy for long hours, easy for short hours, hard for long hours. Honestly I think this came from marketing when they were trying to make "gamer" a common thing during the mid 2000s. Games like EQ were designed how they were. You played whatever you played including with other titles. It was never an issue, do any of you recall this being a topic wayy back when?

Games eventually did go more mainstream, perhaps due to things like making "gamer" something acceptable. Sweaty Tryhards were never a thing. You were on the same maps as everyone else of any skill. There was no such thing as matchmaking. I think casual is marketing speak. I rue the day original Xbox launched.

Those people still exist, it's the non-casuals that changed. They became min/maxers. They don't want players in their groups with experience penalties. They don't want players in their guilds that have no intention of raiding.

I agree with what you are saying, but now a lot of players know a lot about EverQuest, and with that, comes a form of elitism that did not exist back in 1999 when I played this game.

[Chortles Snort|eS]

👋🏽😃

[Mblake81]

Those people still exist, it's the non-casuals that changed. They became min/maxers. They don't want players in their groups with experience penalties. They don't want players in their guilds that have no intention of raiding.

I agree with what you are saying, but now a lot of players know a lot about EverQuest, and with that, comes a form of elitism that did not exist back in 1999 when I played this game.

I reject the descriptor of casual or non-casual. Could be to blame for mediocre game design choices.

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[BlackBellamy]

I don't know what it is supposed to mean

Signs you are not a casual player:

If you have an alarm set so you can make the raid.

If you're anxious because you haven't logged in today .

If you have Excel sheets of loot drops.

If you have an alt exclusively for porting.

If you have >100k plat on your EC alt.

And finally, if you make posts on my personal FB page because you think I looted your drop in LGuk, you are definitely not a casual player. Casually crazy maybe! Hope you're feeling better Morzie!

[zodium]

Signs you are not a casual player:

If you have an alarm set so you can make the raid.

If you're anxious because you haven't logged in today .

If you have Excel sheets of loot drops.

If you have an alt exclusively for porting.

If you have >100k plat on your EC alt.

And finally, if you make posts on my personal FB page because you think I looted your drop in LGuk, you are definitely not a casual player. Casually crazy maybe! Hope you're feeling better Morzie!

nice, i'm in the clear

[Mblake81]

Signs you are not a casual player:

If you have an alarm set so you can make the raid.

If you're anxious because you haven't logged in today .

If you have Excel sheets of loot drops.

If you have an alt exclusively for porting.

If you have >100k plat on your EC alt.

And finally, if you make posts on my personal FB page because you think I looted your drop in LGuk, you are definitely not a casual player. Casually crazy maybe! Hope you're feeling better Morzie!

Yeah, I'm not purposely trying to be a difficult idiot. That is just someone really into their game. Would printing maps and making notes etc (the stuff we did back then for just this game) have been elitist try harding? I was never described as one, none of the people I played with, the 3 or so uber guilds on Bristlebane..

See I get what you are saying but I am called nonsense BS, not towards you but to the whole idea.

No console game I ever played required what this game did. Technically by that description even the guy that logs on once a month for an hour is playing a sweaty try hard game and is most likely an elitist. .. well.. hell IDK.

This is retarded to think about.

[PieOats]

No.

[Deathrydar]

This is retarded to think about

You can't use that word anymore...

[Mblake81]

You can't use that word anymore...

I didn't open the gate.

[honeybee12874]

If you have Excel sheets of loot drops.

Okay but is it considered bad that I do have Google Docs for:

1. Tradeskill recipes I want to make

2. Spell lists for the classes that I play, with details on duration, DPM, etc. as well as if I already have it or not

3. Gear that I want vs. Gear that I have with stat comparison

:D

[Horza]

Would printing maps and making notes etc (the stuff we did back then for just this game) have been elitist try harding? I was never described as one, none of the people I played with, the 3 or so uber guilds on Bristlebane..

Here, let me help out a little: you were and still are a fucking nerd.

[Deathrydar]

Yeah, I'm not purposely trying to be a difficult idiot. That is just someone really into their game. Would printing maps and making notes etc (the stuff we did back then for just this game) have been elitist try harding? I was never described as one, none of the people I played with, the 3 or so uber guilds on Bristlebane..

I started on Bristlebane....

[Mead]

Google docs/excel spreadsheets are just efficient and good organizational skills. Using google docs for spawn timers and killing every raid boss on the list is a problem.

[Mblake81]

I started on Bristlebane....

Yeah, <Reckless Fury> guild. Leader was Ughy, my enchanter was named Lorrdis.

Me and ughy would get into these /tell arguments in the middle of dungeons, end up dueling each other. No one else knew what was going on. That happened twice iirc, I remember Sol B clearly. He said something to me and I smarted back.. he comes running back into camp with his monk and insta /duel.

I almost killed him both times. Each time our hobbit cleric (not paying attention) would stand up and heal him before death. How I wanted to punt Parley into the lava..

uughh
Nov 14, 2000

No one will beat the finger... no one. God god

steeljaw4ever
Nov 15, 2000

To all who read this Ughwiz insist we all accept
that he is all powerful and if we dont he will duel us
and kill us. So we all humor him (its easer than
fighting him all the time) and let him believe he is the
all powerfull being in eq. good advise for new people
that want to join haha.

xaveorsm
Nov 15, 2000

LOL I have to agree with you Steel. Even tho we all know Lorrdis can spank Ugh real bad. =P (PS Now lorrdis that will be 1000pp for that one)

& Classic Ughy

How to spot an Idiot ..
Tunimage
Nov 30, 2000

Or, "How to avoid grouping with someone that will
kill you and your party 101"Grouped with
Kyrad last night, in OOT, making fairly good headway,
even with the recent changes to my pet (he's weaker
now, gets hit more often, hits less), doing well.
There's a druid, 52nd, in the area .. Add him to the
group we decide. Regen, Strength and Skin like
Whichever, undoubtibly would assist the Pet Situation.

(goes into a long rant about twinked toons)

uughh
Nov 30, 2000

weee that sounds like fun... that is a twink for
ya.. can't fight a bat with out messing up.. we should
find a way to post peoples name... like in the photos
page.. name and little reason they are a twit.. =D.. we
can even get a twit shot of them.. ooo a albulm o
twits.. and just label the pic.. so and so... cause they
a twit.. hee that could be fun..

steeljaw4ever
Nov 30, 2000

Haha for a minute there thaught you were talking about Ughwiz haha see yall Saterday

uughh
Dec 1, 2000

ack.. bastage... i don't act like that.. i am a GOD i tell ya....

Last I talked to Ughy he was working for the US state dept and was stationed over in Thailand. He mentioned hookers and watching kickboxing on TV.

[Chortles Snort|eS]

Recently discussed this in group

Casual EverQuest player means you can only play a handful of 12hr sessions or less in a week vs unemployment/SSI disabled/retired millionaire hours

[Deathrydar]

Casual player here means you can only play a handful of 12hr sessions or less in a week vs unemployment/SSI disabled/retired millionaire hours

This was my original fear.

[Chortles Snort|eS]

You’re in our world now!

[Vormotus]

I am super casual, I come and go from here every few months and thinking now of returning to do a green run instead of just lurking around the forums.

So yes, there are not only casual players, but ultra casuals like me that come and go in months long intervals.

There is not much besides a few handpicked titles that I truly enjoy playing, and I must admit I am stuck in retro vintage gaming.

There is something about new games that my mind can not enjoy and even on roleplaying games I am stuck in the retroclones category.

So yes, pretty casual here.