Thank you Project 1999

[Dunes]

I absolutely agree with the previous posters. This is not several people sucking up at all - this is a post from those who want you to know how much we genuinely appreciate what it is that you guys are doing here.

Thanks again and expect me to contribute regularly, as this is not something that I (nor many of you) want to see fade away again.

[Lagaidh]

Yeah, my words were not to suck up. I'm a programmer. I understand the monumental effort the team has put in to give (free of charge no less) back a gem to a community that has pined for a time gone by.

I suppose nostalgia strikes everyone as they age. I certainly know the nostalgia trend is in full swing for Gen Xers.

I can't remember how many times my wife and I have had conversations about how great the first three years of EQ were, and how crushing it was for the game to change so drastically after Velious. I would wish out loud that SoE would create a server that only had the first two expansions, or just the original game.

As I logged in for the first time to P99 last night, I was surprised that even though I know almost every little thing there is to know about Butcherblock Mountains, I was feeling that wonder as I puttered around the hill outside of Kaladim.

I had wondered in the past about EQ and that sense of wonder. EQ was my first MMO. I had come to the conclusion that it was the first MMO that a given person played that became such an emotional attachment for the player. I'd talked to others whose first game was UO or DAoC and they felt about those games like I did about EQ.

Maybe it's the combination of player and game; no matter if it's their first MMO or tenth. From 2006 to now I've played WoW off and on and it never once captured 1/10th of the feeling in the technically inferior EQ.

EQ is just my game. I feel good about this community, because if you're here, then chances are you share the exact same views about the original game.

I'm so giddy I might shit myself.

Bork Foo Pah!

[Dunes]

Well said Lagaidh! I am still relatively new myself (having been back for slightly over a week), so should you ever findyourself in the Qeynos area, give Gizmodo (Druid) or Zevyn (Warrior) a tell [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]