The day i took the E from EQ

[notahipster]

This server used to have a tolerable amount of nonsense. A healthy amount if you will.
But lately this server has turned into
an after school program catering to the socially inept,
mentally disturbed, RACIST, and sorry for using a Stalin like term. but all other undesirables.
I do not have to name specific names. I guarantee im not bringing light to anyone new. I dont play
this game to be king of some online world, or to belittle others. The ideal focus of this game is
social plain and simple. Because when you really think about it the game play just evolves to convince
you that at level 50 your doing something different then at 25 but your really not. Its just widening
certain gaps and bridging others. The whole fun part is the adventure and doing it together with
others that makes it worthwhille and seem less cumbersome. i dont really post on here anymore because
of all the little e-drama. A recent turn of events had me questioning why do i even play this game?
Am i masochistic? am i derranged? No i play because i like the IDEA, but sadly it has fallen short
of expectations. This server talks alot of shit on other servers as being crap, but we are just the larger
bully herd. Reality is other servers arent this big mess. There players laugh at us. Cuz they'd rather
play and enjoyable game with robots then a subpar one with real live ASSHOLES.

All this server is anymore is.

Drama
Popularity
Egotism
Twinks
Loot Hoarders
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Im not normaly one to tell someone how to do their job. But for the sake of this i will say.
Does anyone like what everquest live has become now? No. 85% will prolly say no. Yet we can
all see it heading in that direction. Especially since they seem to implement all of the things
LIVE did. We all know that eventually this server will be an intolerable mess. im Waiting on two
things, Velious. then raiding drama / shit really hitting the fan. That will prolly be death
blow to this server. Since i am not the only who belives kunark was released Prematurely, although
heavily advertized for months in advance. at this point only being 31 / 19 / 12/ Im not going to
waste my time. To be quite honest with you. I now feel like i have wasted the past couple months
dicking around on here. im going to give my words of advice before im gone.

GM's - if you plan on just implementing patch notes from live to the T. all your doing is harboring
a bunch of mentally ill, disturbed individuals. From engaging in more worthwhille pusuits.
Whille hosting some kind of comedy club / popularity contest that passes for a server.

Players - Are you really trying to re-live the classic nostalgia? OR just make a name for yourself
in what has became, WASNT ALWAYS. a pathetic dark little corner of the internet.

Im not the best writer or orator so you can pick apart. if you want to. I know most people on this
forum will just laugh about what i posted but i know it will get through to someone. (:

Lothar Lightbringer / Notahippster signing out.

PS. to those of you who posted the thread about the kid who killed himself
That really was a very senseless act of immaturity. and i hope you exercise more caution in the future. Your actions sickened me enough to put the last nail in my gaming coffin.

[mimixownzall]

Can someone move this to RnF so I can post what I really feel?

Please?

[skorge]

can i have your stuff?

[falkun]

can i have your stuff?

Don't do it Hipster! That wouldn't be classic!

[starspun]

Bye-bye, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[Halfelfbard]

Reserved

[Messianic]

Definitely a hipster.

[Thoughtseize]

30 people in one thread can't be wrong!

[karsten]

I want the drugs this guy was on

[Ihealyou]

People were jerks on the internet in 1999 too. I'd ask for your stuff, but you're probably wearing banded.

[Kuriin]

Quit hitting the Enter button, bro.

[xshayla701]

People were jerks on the internet in 1999 too. I'd ask for your stuff, but you're probably wearing banded.

Let's just be honest, it's probably better than your stuff.

Notahipster, sorry to hear you leave. You can't give in to the trolls~ Hope all is well irl.

You'll be back ;)

[Extunarian]

All forum trolling aside, I've literally had two bad experiences on this server in the last 13 months. Both times over a camp dispute, and both times I ended up talking to the other person the next day and smoothing things over. I don't consider myself an exceptionally nice person but I do know how to avoid stepping in shit.

Stop being emo.

[notahipster]

I will say i did do a classic break for it . I found the lowest level paladin on the server. and gave him all my stuff. He seemed pretty chill.

and you know what i figured it out. its not drugs.

I quit smoking pot about 2 weeks ago....
no wonder i find everything on here insufferable now.

[Deathrydar]

I will say i did do a classic break for it . I found the lowest level paladin on the server. and gave him all my stuff. He seemed pretty chill.

and you know what i figured it out. its not drugs.

I quit smoking pot about 2 weeks ago....
no wonder i find everything on here insufferable now.

You shouldn't let the actions of others ruin your fun! I saw you and actually met you a couple times on this server and thought you were a pretty cool guy.

That being said, no one, and I mean no one, will ruin my experience here! I simply will not allow it. What you said in your original post is completely true, but it is the way of the MMO these days and nothing is going to change it.

I'm sorry to see you go, but do not expect to get any sympathy from the people that flock these forums.....they wait around all day for a post like this.

Whatever you do, good luck!

[Kingofqueens123]

I'd ask for your stuff, but you're probably wearing banded.

Ohh hoho! zing.. that was a good one.

[vinx]

I started to read then got bored

found this funny tho
Reserved
lolol

[gnomishfirework]

Why do poeple complain about the concept of the server. Just don't play on it.

Its like ordering a pepperoni pizza and being like "I hate pepperoni, dont make it with pepperoni."

[Kassel]

Why do poeple complain about the concept of the server. Just don't play on it.

Its like ordering a pepperoni pizza and being like "I hate pepperoni, dont make it with pepperoni."

[Dravingar]

I'm sick of all these people claiming that the sky is falling just because the server has been scaled back to more classic era levels. Grow a pair, Everquest was brutal.

[Lorastine]

As far as I can remember, Everquest had tons of drama and douchebags originally.
You probably just didn't go on forums and talk to them, and I can't even remember when teamspeak came out but it was quite a bit after EQ did.

Unless your server was just very special. =[

[notahipster]

a good metaphor for that. i am vegetarian and last summer i ordered a pizza in which bacon was so lovingly added on top of it.

i doubt it was intentional. but

if had foreseen that bacon was going to be on my pizza, i wouldent of ordered it. Or i would of just so i can make a mean disgruntled post after digesting it hours later.

Everquest Project 1999. Ruins of Kunark....

Prescription drug abuse have your RL economy in the gutter?
Recently diagnosed with agoraphobia or schizophrenia?
Are you a privileged middle class brat, who compensates for his lack of achievements
by belittling african americans, homosexuals, and "organized religon."
Look no further!!! Then tunnel quest. Now with 4 playable classes. with benefits.

The jack of all trades - knows every class better then you! (+10 to knowledge of other
classes, but only if you have never played them.)

The disgruntled ralloz-sek'r - the most loyal of all players to this server! Totally wouldn't leave here if another pvp server opened. (+10 to dueling, as long as duel never actually takes place)

The greater faydark champion - 12 years later. Still strong! Enough said. (Game ends when Canloe Nusback stops giving xp points for cb belts/pads +10 too mooching)

the east common lands crusader - close relative to a vampire. cant leave the tunnel for very long, or the elements of rain / sun cause this character to melt. Can only travel by ports. (-50% off ports to lavastorm mountains, but only if your being ported from less the a zone away. The amount of time this character must devote mean -25% to RL sex life . -25% to there Rl economy as well.)

Kunark expansion acctually removed.

The casual player
The interesting class / race combo player.
and The roleplayer (however i guess being a jerk is a constant RP)

hahahah i see why people come on forums.
the redic nature of it all is a relief to what game has become.

[Aadill]

I play a human ranger. I sometimes roleplay. I sometimes go out of my way to pick up an item to give to someone else. I also don't log on for many hours a day anymore.

Sup, I AM a hipster.


I do feel your pain at times but the game is what fun you make of it. Your expectations are that of wonderment when you were a young kid playing EQ for the first time... it's never going to be that. There were always headcases, too... just the way of things.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Take it easy mate. I found I have to ignore a good percentage of the population here in order to get any sense of enjoyment out of this game. I don't remember live being quite as bad in classic, and the fact it cost to play and such probably weeded out alot of the type we have to deal with now. I don't remember the term QQ back then, WoW didn't exist, the term Emo wasn't around, it seemed you had assholes but it wasn't the fps crowd.

Why do poeple complain about the concept of the server. Just don't play on it.

Its like ordering a pepperoni pizza and being like "I hate pepperoni, dont make it with pepperoni."

To use your analogy it is because they ordered what they thought was pepperoni when they saw pepperoni being advertised.


I'm sick of all these people claiming that the sky is falling just because the server has been scaled back to more classic era levels. Grow a pair, Everquest was brutal.

I don't think he was leaving because of in game mechanics or gameplay but rather the large chunk of miscreants that he encountered. The game isn't the same because we are playing with children, literally and figuratively.

[inyane]

I'm sick of all these people claiming that the sky is falling just because the server has been scaled back to more classic era levels. Grow a pair, Everquest was brutal.

Let's get a server wipe, so all those people who leveled and exploited stuff when it wasn't so "classic" can get the true classic feeling.

Since the devs say they don't care if they have 4 people playing, or 1000, the couple hundred that would quit because of a wipe wouldn't matter.

[Deathrydar]

Let's get a server wipe, so all those people who leveled and exploited stuff when it wasn't so "classic" can get the true classic feeling.

I'm down with a server wipe!

[notahipster]

in no way shape or form is this anything against the Gm's of this game.
i think they are all pretty good people. and should right a book called.

How to manage a server of half-wits for dummies (written by: the P99 staff)

server wipe would be GREATTTTTT
or open the test server again. and limit it to like 1 accnt or hell even 1 char.

i would come back in a heart beat. (:

and none of the assholes would want to leave the throne they sit so high and mighty on now. and maybe you'd even have some cool high levels roll an alt for fun.

[bakkily]

hell until we destroy our selves with nukes or aliens see us unfit for life any more, there will be assholes!

[Kingofqueens123]

i am vegetarian .

you lost me bro..

[bakkily]

lothar, do what you want, what ever brings you joy in this game,

i play to have fun, but many come here to make fun of, i dont, i just wanna have some enjoyment outside of rl

[notahipster]

lol if it makes a difference, i dipped grizzly/skoal for years in high school lol.

we actually had a beer pong table whos legs was constructed entirely out of grizzly / skoal dip cans hahaha. but once it got popular. all the real hipsters went back to cloves!

hope ive regained your favor (:

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Lol yeah, it does seem like Romper Room here often. They say birds of a feather flock together so you just ignore certain flocks. It really is quite simple mate. /ignore. I am sure I have my share of 'haters' but anyone whom I do not wish to deal with get an instant ignore. I tired of trying to reason with children. Just do what you wish mate, but you do realize that for all their faults I would hope if someone was griefing players with racial or ethnic slurs a simple ss/petition/pm could remove them.

But I do see down the road as a possibility what you describe. Only a few guilds left who like to throw mud and fight over toys...and of course the opposite is also possible. So for now I help what people I can enjoy the game and disabuse anyone who tries to impede me in this.

[vinx]

I just get the feeling your not going to be happy playing this game on any server, until you can find a "group" of like players.
my buddy and me wanted to know if anyone is down for rolling chars on Eqtitan for fun. For a nightly group or two. do some questing, fight what we can. joke around. etc. the low level population on that server sucks. but if we did it en masse together. i really think it could be enjoyable. and we'd get there together so it be no rush. maybe just a few hours a night see how it rolls.
then we could just join up with the good amount high levels when we reach that stage.
You have tried to get things like this together before, during dbl xp times, events and openings.
I believe your best chance for fun would have been to roll an iksar and join harbringers when kunark opened (you might have idk) but you seem to be unhappy that the game (or players who started before you) have progressed.


The greater faydark champion - 12 years later. Still strong! Enough said. (Game ends when Canloe Nusback stops giving xp points for cb belts/pads +10 too mooching)

imo, theres not many that want to forever play in this realm with you roleplaying or whatever for any longer then a couple weeks

[Juugox2]

what you said about whos on this server but imo your wrong there is good ppl and fun ppl to just gotta stay away from the poopsockers that play 30 hours a day before they take that 5 hour nap :P then youll be good

[Aadill]

I haven't run into any people that notahipster is referring to. The only truly offensive thing I remember was Goldteeth Redshoes and even then it was tongue-in-cheek offensive humor.

[Messianic]

Everquest Project 1999. Ruins of Kunark....

Prescription drug abuse have your RL economy in the gutter?
Recently diagnosed with agoraphobia or schizophrenia?
Are you a privileged middle class brat, who compensates for his lack of achievements
by belittling african americans, homosexuals, and "organized religon."
Look no further!!! Then tunnel quest. Now with 4 playable classes. with benefits.

The jack of all trades - knows every class better then you! (+10 to knowledge of other
classes, but only if you have never played them.)

The disgruntled ralloz-sek'r - the most loyal of all players to this server! Totally wouldn't leave here if another pvp server opened. (+10 to dueling, as long as duel never actually takes place)

The greater faydark champion - 12 years later. Still strong! Enough said. (Game ends when Canloe Nusback stops giving xp points for cb belts/pads +10 too mooching)

the east common lands crusader - close relative to a vampire. cant leave the tunnel for very long, or the elements of rain / sun cause this character to melt. Can only travel by ports. (-50% off ports to lavastorm mountains, but only if your being ported from less the a zone away. The amount of time this character must devote mean -25% to RL sex life . -25% to there Rl economy as well.)

That actually wasn't bad. You got a chuckle out of me, although I disagree on some levels. The biggest difference between p99 and the character of live servers is there are a lot less casual players. But there are still plenty of really cool players, even among the hardcore crowd.

And yes, it's easier for people to be racists online, since there are no real repercussions.

[karsten]

and you know what i figured it out. its drugs.

[vinx]

ROFL

[Tiggles]

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?p=312821#post312821


Since I can't say what I want on the general board.

[notahipster]

lol tiggles that made me feel warm and fuzzy.
and david the gnome? he defiently wouldent like your troll self.

[JenJen]

i kind of agree with everything you've said mister notahipster. isnt that nice? :)

[Kassel]

not a hipster just a dipshit.

[notahipster]

(:

thank you jen.
and im sure others do to.
but thankful for being vocal about it.
the "yendor" in ure profile. met him once in game.
cool guy (: ranger right?

[Tiggles]

(:

thank you jen.
and im sure others do to.
but thankful for being vocal about it.
the "yendor" in ure profile. met him once in game.
cool guy (: ranger right?

Jenjen is a dude

[notahipster]

now that you finnaly figured that out you seem very interested (:

[Safon]

Good lord, the whiners on this server sure are loud.

Jen, gtfo

Notahipster, gtfo, then kill yourself

[georgie]

I will say i did do a classic break for it . I found the lowest level paladin on the server. and gave him all my stuff. He seemed pretty chill.

and you know what i figured it out. its not drugs.

I quit smoking pot about 2 weeks ago....
no wonder i find everything on here insufferable now.

glad you found a home

[notahipster]

Safron what can i say about your girls box that hasnt already been said about afghanistan.

most of my friends have been there.
and alot of them will be going back.

hate hate,


hate hate.

[Trademaster]

Safron what can i say about your girls box that hasnt already been said about afghanistan.

most of my friends have been there.
and alot of them will be going back.

hate hate,


hate hate.

Ain't nobody WANTS to go back there. But they're forced to none the less.

[Safon]

lmfao

[Safon]

Safron what can i say about your girls box that hasnt already been said about afghanistan.

most of my friends have been there.
and alot of them will be going back.

hate hate,


hate hate.

lolol im actually starting to like you

[notahipster]

on the weekends georgie does stunts for his avatar in gay movies.

[notahipster]

(:

[georgie]

poor hipster needs attention =T

[TheBlackSheep]

For a second there, I thought I was on my old guild's message board. Heh.

[Ledzepp02]

this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdVhmo1gRk

is now ended.

[TheBlackSheep]

this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdVhmo1gRk

is now ended.

You didn't take anything from our tent, did ya?

[Auvdar]

I want the drugs this guy was on

[JenJen]

Jenjen is a dude

you're a big girl then :)

[Uaellaen]

hell until we destroy our selves with nukes or aliens see us unfit for life any more, there will be assholes!

already here man... just waiting for my turn! :cool:

[Bubbles]

You didn't take anything from our tent, did ya?

Don't give him the stick!

[Stormhowl]

Ugh, this thread is painful to read. People really need to brush up on their ability to convey their points in clear, concise English, instead of the useless and confusing jibber-jabber this thread is plagued with.

As for the OP, everything you complain about is prevalent in all forms of online gaming, especially in a setting such as emulated servers where there is no paid staff to enforce Play Nice Policies that subscription MMOs have. Hell, everything you complained about is how the internet is 24/7. If you can't handle it, you really need to get off the computer and go outside. Being anywhere on the internet, whether it's a website or a forum or an online game requires having a thick skin. If you can't /ignore the people who are bothering you, then you've failed and are part of the problem just as much as the people who are being racists / being douche-bags / etc....

You were the leader of Blackburrow Bandits were you not? Or at the very least, you were recruiting in Qeynos a few weeks ago. You seemed pretty laid back, but it seems that was all a facade; a thin, fragile porcelain mask. I seem to have dodged a bullet and avoided your own drama by avoiding your guild.

Aren't you aware of the futility and the utter hypocrisy of complaining about drama while dramatizing your own personal issues with the server's populace instead of just leaving quietly? Instead of just being mature and moving on? Everyone else is aware of these things, and that's why they're making fun of you.

[toddfx]

Ugh, this thread is painful to read. People really need to brush up on their ability to convey their points in clear, concise English, instead of the useless and confusing jibber-jabber this thread is plagued with.


This thread? Sounds like majority of this forum to me.

I don't come here as often as I used to because it seems to me like RnF has leaked out and tainted everything. Not sure why pointless threads like these aren't moved to RnF more quickly, or why more bans aren't issued around here. Seems like a lot of people have it coming and are obviously just here to troll. It's those people that bring this community down. :confused:

[Stormhowl]

This thread? Sounds like majority of this forum to me.

I don't come here as often as I used to because it seems to me like RnF has leaked out and tainted everything. Not sure why pointless threads like these aren't moved to RnF more quickly, or why more bans aren't issued around here. Seems like a lot of people have it coming and are obviously just here to troll. It's those people that bring this community down. :confused:

Hey, I'd be all for heavier moderation, and would even take my own personal time to do it, too! But I imagine the staff aren't looking for more moderators (Hell, I'd be afraid to even ask!), and this is beginning to be a fairly off-topic tangent. /shrug

[Messianic]

This thread? Sounds like majority of this forum to me.

I don't come here as often as I used to because it seems to me like RnF has leaked out and tainted everything. Not sure why pointless threads like these aren't moved to RnF more quickly, or why more bans aren't issued around here. Seems like a lot of people have it coming and are obviously just here to troll. It's those people that bring this community down. :confused:

Server Chat and Off Topic aren't too bad - but lately they've been filled with people like Ektar or Fourthmeal posting useless garbage or intentionally trying to boost their post counts. I'm fine with Fourthmeal's "Think outside the bun," etc garbage spam in RnF or even off topic, but not in perfectly good threads in server chat.

I think creating the PvP forums solved most of the serious forum issues that occurred in the past few months...::cough::vztz::cough::

There is too much trolling going on in server chat, though.

[Ektar]

pfffff. I'd link other useless garbage that's worse than my own but, unfortunately, I don't think I'd be able to fit it into my lifetime

[Ektar]

I also pepper my nonsense with gems of wisdom here and there, making a splendid dish of crap n pepper.

[azeth]

"The day I took the E from EQ"

Am I the only one who came into this thread expecting the OP to spin us a tale about his adventures in Norrath with Molly?

[Tumdumm]

"The day I took the E from EQ"

Am I the only one who came into this thread expecting the OP to spin us a tale about his adventures in Norrath with Molly?

hah yep, i guess his intended wordplay (letterplay?) was pretty good too though

[Kassel]

I though this was gonna be yet another story about EQ and drugs

[Rejuvenation]

Why do people feel the need to post that they are quitting the game, and then go on a long diatribe about why they are superior because they are doing so?

Most people that enjoy this server make friends and enjoy playing with them. I'm sorry you weren't able to do that.

[Messianic]

Why do people feel the need to post that they are quitting the game, and then go on a long diatribe about why they are superior because they are doing so?

Most people that enjoy this server make friends and enjoy playing with them. I'm sorry you weren't able to do that.

You're so mainstream bro

[Stormhowl]

You're so mainstream bro

What, is calling stuff "Mainstream" the new way for people to say "Conformist"? Does that make Hipsters a bunch of metrosexual goths?

I'm so out of touch.

[Messianic]

What, is calling stuff "Mainstream" the new way for people to say "Conformist"? Does that make Hipsters a bunch of metrosexual goths?

I'm so out of touch.

It was a play on the guy's name "not a hipster" and the obsession of hipsters with calling things mainstream and thereby shunning them.

See http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28503&highlight=hipster+meme for some fun regarding hipsters :)

[Stormhowl]

It was a play on the guy's name "not a hipster" and the obsession of hipsters with calling things mainstream and thereby shunning them.

See http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28503&highlight=hipster+meme for some fun regarding hipsters :)

So, basically just like how goths called people "Conformist" and shunned them. Got it. ;)

[azeth]

Live side: so underated

[Messianic]

So, basically just like how goths called people "Conformist" and shunned them. Got it. ;)

Yes yes, but it's more than that. As azeth noted above, it's also about knowing that you, the hipster, are incredibly talented at seeing stuff that's underrated, as well as maligning those overrated, "mainstream" or formerly referred to as "bourgeoisie" elements of culture.

It's about liking things for the sole purpose that you feel like you're the first to like them, or disliking them because you feel like everyone else already likes it. You have to be totally reactionary and are bothered by anyone trying to label you, since a label implies mainstream recognition and must therefore be shunned.

[Eppion]

a good metaphor for that. i am vegetarian and last summer i ordered a pizza in which bacon was so lovingly added on top of it.

i doubt it was intentional. but

if had foreseen that bacon was going to be on my pizza, i wouldent of ordered it. Or i would of just so i can make a mean disgruntled post after digesting it hours later.

Everquest Project 1999. Ruins of Kunark....

Prescription drug abuse have your RL economy in the gutter?
Recently diagnosed with agoraphobia or schizophrenia?
Are you a privileged middle class brat, who compensates for his lack of achievements
by belittling african americans, homosexuals, and "organized religon."
Look no further!!! Then tunnel quest. Now with 4 playable classes. with benefits.

The jack of all trades - knows every class better then you! (+10 to knowledge of other
classes, but only if you have never played them.)

The disgruntled ralloz-sek'r - the most loyal of all players to this server! Totally wouldn't leave here if another pvp server opened. (+10 to dueling, as long as duel never actually takes place)

The greater faydark champion - 12 years later. Still strong! Enough said. (Game ends when Canloe Nusback stops giving xp points for cb belts/pads +10 too mooching)

the east common lands crusader - close relative to a vampire. cant leave the tunnel for very long, or the elements of rain / sun cause this character to melt. Can only travel by ports. (-50% off ports to lavastorm mountains, but only if your being ported from less the a zone away. The amount of time this character must devote mean -25% to RL sex life . -25% to there Rl economy as well.)

Kunark expansion acctually removed.

The casual player
The interesting class / race combo player.
and The roleplayer (however i guess being a jerk is a constant RP)

hahahah i see why people come on forums.
the redic nature of it all is a relief to what game has become.

I lold.

/agree to most of this.

[Striiker]

Ugh.. Why even bother writing that you are leaving? Nothing you have said hasn't already been said at one point or another. Nothing that you have said will change anyone. I have never understood why people feel compelled to come to the forums, unload a rant / bitch-fest around why they are leaving and then keep coming back to the forums to continue to complain about how the server has too much drama etc. Nobody cares, really. We all know that there are jackasses on the internet and in this game and we can all figure out how to deal with them. Just go and have fun with whatever it is that you want to do in life. If you come back some day in the future.. Just come back, track down your friends in game and skip on the posts to the message board. We don't need to read about it here.