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[Twochain]

Secrets will figure it out someday, I have faith ;)

But seriously, the fundamental thing that will always make TakP unclassic is the boxing. If you played on live from '99-'01 you probably didn't know anyone at all who boxed. Maybe you happened to know one rich person who already had two computers sitting side by side, and could afford two phone lines and two EQ accounts ... but the vast vast majority didn't.

The only people really boxing back then were those who played in computer gaming centers, schools, or other places where a bunch of computers with Internet connections were already in the same place ... and even then it wasn't one guy with multiple accounts so much as friends using each other's accounts.

P99 doesn't emulate that perfectly: instead of live's maybe 0.5%-1% of players boxing, we have (ostensibly) 0% ... but it will always be a million times more classic than TakP's "everyone is playing three accounts at once" system.

My dad had two accounts/computers to box from on live from 1999 on. He also played constantly, at least 4-5 hours a day for years....


His druid was level 58, probably lower than that during velious. He didn't get a max level toon until Luclin. People played EQ Socially a lot more back then. Half the time he was playing, he was doing shit like, helping his gf farm a screaming mace for her alt.... or helping a guildy. When he leveled, he'd like .. duo with his gf in burning wood who was also a druid. They would kill like 10 mobs an hour. And just chat while medding.

I remember one night very clearly, my dad was like 1 blue away from getting level 51 and becoming a wanderer for the first time. But was exhausted and went to bed. So I jumped on his computer and leveled his druid the rest of the way. (I was scared as fuck tbh because if I died he would have wigged out - rez's were super hard to come by back in the day) and in the 2 hours it took to get the rest of his level, multiple people in zone(like 4 separate people I had never seen) also camping 10 wasps an hour came by and talked to him as if they had spent hours talking on previous nights.

That's a big reason why I don't think raiding is fucked up on this server. On live, only the most hardcore and dedicated even got to max level, let alone raiding. On live, your entire 3 hour play session could be just going from one zone to another.

[Bhairava]

loramin totally btfo again

[loramin]

Well admittedly it's hard to know exactly. A) everyone has different experiences, B) a lot of people (both those that remember boxing and those that don't) have memories from after the classic period which bleed into the classic period, C) our population here is probably not representative of live (we probably have a greater percentage of "hard core" players) ... and so on.

But whether it was my estimate (0.5%-1%) or slightly higher one (not sure what y'all would estimate based on your experience: 2%? 3%?), I think we can all agree that:

I do agree that it was nothing like TAKP where the vast majority seems to triple box just because they can.

[Evia]

My dad had two accounts/computers to box from on live from 1999 on. He also played constantly, at least 4-5 hours a day for years....


His druid was level 58, probably lower than that during velious. He didn't get a max level toon until Luclin. People played EQ Socially a lot more back then. Half the time he was playing, he was doing shit like, helping his gf farm a screaming mace for her alt.... or helping a guildy. When he leveled, he'd like .. duo with his gf in burning wood who was also a druid. They would kill like 10 mobs an hour. And just chat while medding.

I remember one night very clearly, my dad was like 1 blue away from getting level 51 and becoming a wanderer for the first time. But was exhausted and went to bed. So I jumped on his computer and leveled his druid the rest of the way. (I was scared as fuck tbh because if I died he would have wigged out - rez's were super hard to come by back in the day) and in the 2 hours it took to get the rest of his level, multiple people in zone(like 4 separate people I had never seen) also camping 10 wasps an hour came by and talked to him as if they had spent hours talking on previous nights.

That's a big reason why I don't think raiding is fucked up on this server. On live, only the most hardcore and dedicated even got to max level, let alone raiding. On live, your entire 3 hour play session could be just going from one zone to another.



There is a lot of truth to this. I remember playing for probably a month and a half before I hit lvl 10. Ppl just played differently back then. I didn't just focus on leveling I was exploring a whole world and meeting new friends and going on adventures. Now it's almost become mechanical in process. The min/max mentality has found its way into everything in some ways. Even those who might not care as much about it still find ways to he efficient with their time vs just logging in to adventure.

[Bhairava]

But whether it was my estimate (0.5%-1%) or slightly higher one (not sure what y'all would estimate based on your experience: 2%? 3%?), I think we can all agree that:

nah i dont agree to shit you said about boxing

[Bhairava]

loramin posts the n-word and then says ya'll, some confederate shit is brewin round here

[loramin]

loramin posts the n-word and then says ya'll, some confederate shit is brewin round here

I posted one of the most popular clips ever from the Dave Chappelle show ... but if you gotta do you, keep carrying that chip on your shoulder :)

[Izmael]

Before Luclin existed, very few were boxing at all. It wasn't even called boxing back then, but "hydraing", at least on my server. Or "playing two characters at the same time".

I didn't play any games from 2002 to 2014 (too busy with 10s in lap etc).

I don't think I ever heard "boxing" in another context than punching each other in a ring, before finding P99 in 2014.

[nyclin]

p99:
pixel sickness
unemployment
addiction
desperation
forum post histories with the same 3 comments recycled 15000 times

takp:
objectively classic
most players have a 401k AND a roth
rogean actually talks to the community because they aren't a bunch of shitheels
raid rotations so you can go on your tinder date and then get your tormax helm after you get dome

[Bhairava]

I posted one of the most popular clips ever from the Dave Chappelle show ... but if you gotta do you, keep carrying that chip on your shoulder :)

i dont have a chip on my shouklder, i have a log in my pants

[BurtMacklinFBI]

so pickpocketers are still banned and automaters get a warning?

[Knowledge]

Rogues stealing Beads (not magic) is funnier than Book Not Up

[Mblake1981]

My dad had two accounts/computers to box from on live from 1999 on. He also played constantly, at least 4-5 hours a day for years....


His druid was level 58, probably lower than that during velious. He didn't get a max level toon until Luclin. People played EQ Socially a lot more back then. Half the time he was playing, he was doing shit like, helping his gf farm a screaming mace for her alt.... or helping a guildy. When he leveled, he'd like .. duo with his gf in burning wood who was also a druid. They would kill like 10 mobs an hour. And just chat while medding.

I remember one night very clearly, my dad was like 1 blue away from getting level 51 and becoming a wanderer for the first time. But was exhausted and went to bed. So I jumped on his computer and leveled his druid the rest of the way. (I was scared as fuck tbh because if I died he would have wigged out - rez's were super hard to come by back in the day) and in the 2 hours it took to get the rest of his level, multiple people in zone(like 4 separate people I had never seen) also camping 10 wasps an hour came by and talked to him as if they had spent hours talking on previous nights.

That's a big reason why I don't think raiding is fucked up on this server. On live, only the most hardcore and dedicated even got to max level, let alone raiding. On live, your entire 3 hour play session could be just going from one zone to another.

Critical hit by nostalgia. Thanks for posting this.

[derpcake2]

Secrets will figure it out someday, I have faith ;)

But seriously, the fundamental thing that will always make TakP unclassic is the boxing. If you played on live from '99-'01 you probably didn't know anyone at all who boxed. Maybe you happened to know one rich person who already had two computers sitting side by side, and could afford two phone lines and two EQ accounts ... but the vast vast majority didn't.

The only people really boxing back then were those who played in computer gaming centers, schools, or other places where a bunch of computers with Internet connections were already in the same place ... and even then it wasn't one guy with multiple accounts so much as friends using each other's accounts.

P99 doesn't emulate that perfectly: instead of live's maybe 0.5%-1% of players boxing, we have (ostensibly) 0% ... but it will always be a million times more classic than TakP's "everyone is playing three accounts at once" system.

Feels-based posts like this are the absolute worst. Would prefer Chortles posts.

[Worry]

Best thing for a P99 server is to have all legacy items never stop dropping, or never have them in the first place. reminder this is the only way to stop the retarded mental illness that is the legacy camps.

[derpcake2]

The only people really boxing back then were those who played in computer gaming centers, schools, or other places where a bunch of computers with Internet connections were already in the same place ... and even then it wasn't one guy with multiple accounts so much as friends using each other's accounts.

I started playing in a cybercafe.

Most of the customers ran 2-3 accounts. It was a large place, we did PoF with 20 guys controlling 55 chars.

The owner 6 boxed.

Going to leave this thread now, your posts are extremely annoying to read.

[Nutsax]

I started playing in a cybercafe.

Most of the customers ran 2-3 accounts. It was a large place, we did PoF with 20 guys controlling 55 chars.

The owner 6 boxed.

Going to leave this thread now, your posts are extremely annoying to read.

I started playing in a cyber cafe as well, the owner who used to deal out of the cafe, myself and my nympho girlfriend boxed 24 each, to have a full raid of 72.

[Bardp1999]

Pretty sure playing EQ at a cyber cafe gives you instant cuck status. Sorry you are poor

[Tunabros]

I wouldnt dare play eq or p99 in public

[Boptop]

imagine telling someone you play everquest and explaining what Kunark is

[Nutsax]

Rogues stealing Beads (not magic) is funnier than Book Not Up

Trainquish people would argue he said and did nothing wrong. Their argument would be, "yes your log states that this shitbag looted the book, but the book was looted and therefor could not possibly be up." With a highly probable "git gud" comment thrown in for good measure, and a slight chance of Shitbag being awarded 50 dkp.

[Ripqozko]

Trainquish people would argue he said and did nothing wrong. Their argument would be, "yes your log states that this shitbag looted the book, but the book was looted and therefor could not possibly be up." With a highly probable "git gud" comment thrown in for good measure, and a slight chance of Shitbag being awarded 50 dkp.

They are living rent free in your head, hope that helps.

[Cecily]

Sorry you didn't get new catchphrases. Please share an original thought, even just once to prove you can.

[Nutsax]

Sorry you didn't get new catchphrases. Please share an original thought, even just once to prove you can.

I doubt he/she can, he is a member of the gaggle of halfwits Trainquish leadership uses as a foil.

[Ripqozko]

Sorry you didn't get new catchphrases. Please share an original thought, even just once to prove you can.

Sorry you don't got career , keep trying tho

[Nutsax]

Sorry you don't got career , keep trying tho

Please tell me your career has nothing to do with healthcare, food, or transportation.

[Ripqozko]

Please tell me your career has nothing to do with healthcare, food, or transportation.

Nope it's boring just climb utility poles. Sorry you are so mad atm.

[Nutsax]

Nope it's boring just climb utility poles. Sorry you are so mad atm.

I am not mad but I believe you mean angry, although I am not angry either. You are installing 5g I assume?

[Ripqozko]

I am not mad but I believe you mean angry, although I am not angry either. You are installing 5g I assume?

Nah not as glorious, I have normal blue collar job nothing special but I enjoy it. Also I'm not in vanquish hope that helped. Stay mad tho

[Nutsax]

Nah not as glorious, I have normal blue collar job nothing special but I enjoy it. Also I'm not in vanquish hope that helped. Stay mad tho

Strange, I thought you were an apologist for Trainquish, perhaps your arguments were just filled with logical fallacies or you were gaslighting.

[Cecily]

Strange, I thought you were an apologist for Trainquish, perhaps your arguments were just filled with logical fallacies or you were gaslighting.
Excuse me. The backwater hick and I were busy exchanging IRL attacks. Please keep your weird video game fetish to yourself.

[Nutsax]

Excuse me. The backwater hick and I were busy exchanging IRL attacks. Please keep your weird video game fetish to yourself.

My apologies, I like backwater hick, he has gumption.