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Originally Posted by Stinkum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

interesting theory but i'm pretty sure that nobody loves eq classic pvp so much that they sought it out 13 years later, googled an emulator server, installed titanium, took all the time to patch and figure out how to play red99, and then were so shocked and appalled that pvp was happening that they ragequit

people know exactly what eq pvp entails (griefing) and that is why they love it

people quit because of 0 development and staff neglect

The community isn't innocent.

This same stupid finger pointing between staff and community took place in VZTZ and in the end it ran a good 50/50.

Simply because the server's been neglected by Rogean and co. doesn't absolve all you shits from creating a massively toxic environment for others to play in that don't fit into your mentality.

Griefing isn't pvp.

If you think it is, you're a hilarious joke and don't know what pvp is. You probably started pvping on VZTZ.

It's a big part of it. It's the primary creator of smacktalk which is really half the enjoyment of PvP.

It also creates rivalries and fosters hate which makes normally meaningless kills important in the ego battle. The only problem is some people take it too far and kill the golden goose instead of stretching things out.

I was a griefer on Rallos. I played a naked, lv6 Troll SK with a high lv bow that could one shot most Dark Elves of lower levels than me. I fucked up Nektulos almost every day but I made sure to not kill the same people too much unless they came looking for me because while I loved to enrage people, I also didn't want to be a cruel dick and ruin people's experience too much.

In the end I came to be looked on with grudging endearment by the newbies I killed who later went on to higher lvs and always laughed when they found me doing the same old thing a year later when they were in higher lv guilds.