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[San]

I had a roomate that talked me into playing in 99 and loved the game instantly. Went to work that night on an overnight stock crew and talked about the game to some of the guys I worked with and some of them said they were going to go out and buy it when they got off. I gave them the server name and what zone I was playing in so they could maybe come kill some orcs with me on orc hill. Was playing later that day on orc hill and some dipstick named Kozzi was running around the hill yelling for help left and right and died. Tried to help him a few times and got into an arguement with him about what he was doing wrong and if he wanted help to come to us or take it to the guards. On the way back to Kelethin later I saw like 10 Kozzi corpses.
When I got back to work that night I was telling some of them more about the game as a few of them got copies and made some noobs. Got into the story about Kozzi and his corpses when another employee got to work. He told us he got the game and it was awesome. And his characters name was Kozzi. We all laughed so damn hard cuz it was just the perfect timing.

[RazaelsTree]

I had many characters on Fennin Ro. Suedadar was my drunk paladin. I leveled him to about 15, and then decided I didnt want to play him anymore for leveling. But then I decided I could still use him for something. So when i was bored in the game I'd log him in and always made him a raging alcoholic. He would only hang out in Gfay, Drink, propose to wood elf female players using the cheap engagement ring(which he carried most of his inventory).

One day the GMs decided to have an event in Gfay and I think around 4-5 GMs came into zone playing NPC named fairies. They were mostly harmless trickster types, made it snow in the zone(weather only, no change to the landscape obviously).

Suedadar in a drunken stupor stumbles his way to the orc hill hearing there are many fairies there. Seeing them do pranks like cast blinding spells on the new players fighting orcs on the hill, he cheers them on(the fairies). Seeing they know good fun, he then starts giving some of his alcohol to the fairies and telling them to drink up, downing about 5 himself. This evolved into his womanizing antics and so he starts proposing to the fairies by trading rings to them(in a give window like quest turn-in). After 3 or so gives one of the fairies blushes and a give window popped up without my doing anything. In the window in the top slot was a paw of opolla. He asks if it is for him, the fairy nods. The only option was "give" as it was NPC trade window. But seeing as I didnt own a paw of opolla on this character I decided to hit it even though they were trickster fairies and I figured it was a joke.

Sure enough after I hit that there was a paw of opolla in my inventory. And it never disappeared. I later sold it for some plat, but after that day Suedadar always spoke of the fairy maiden he was betrothed to(he assumed the paw gift was her acceptance).

Hope you enjoyed the story.

[beentheredonethat]

For better or worse here is a fun story to share.

[Preamble]
When I first started EQ that was years ago I started playing a monk, and I chose Rallos Zek, seemed like that would be fun. I was so new that I loaded up on leather armor without realizing there was weight penalty. And soon I realized that people wanted to kill me for it because RZ had item loot and griefing. And I used to get killed a lot at that time, often by the same people who just stayed in low level brackets for pvp.

[The Real Story]
So few month go by and I started playing an enchanter instead and eventually make it to Oasis leveling on crocs. And I get attacked by this wizard who used to kill my monk back in the days. There were a lot of usual pk's who simply leveled to 24 and stopped so they could pk in oasis. This was the same wizard. Well, this time he attacked me too late and I actually was finished with the npc fight by the time his root got me. Being an enchanter, half life, about half mana I had to do the only thing I could do. Charm him to pause him for a minute. There was this named giant locally that reminded me of Saddam Hussein. So I suddenly got an idea, and sent my new found pet to go punch the giant, while I ran for the zone when roots worn off.

I come back to the zone after zoneout, and that wizard cusses me out in /tells and threatens me. And lucky enough I run into him again a few minutes later. And the same story happened again, we went to have a talk with another giant.

Never had a problem with the same wizard again. I think that was the most rewarding pvp encounters ever for me. Since most were rather heartbreaking and painful.

So for anyone who ever got harrassed and killed out there on rallos, just remember it isn't always that bad. Bad guys get theirs eventually too.

[beentheredonethat]

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

I had a roomate that talked me into playing in 99 and loved the game instantly. Went to work that night on an overnight stock crew and talked about the game to some of the guys I worked with and some of them said they were going to go out and buy it when they got off. I gave them the server name and what zone I was playing in so they could maybe come kill some orcs with me on orc hill. Was playing later that day on orc hill and some dipstick named Kozzi was running around the hill yelling for help left and right and died. Tried to help him a few times and got into an arguement with him about what he was doing wrong and if he wanted help to come to us or take it to the guards. On the way back to Kelethin later I saw like 10 Kozzi corpses.
When I got back to work that night I was telling some of them more about the game as a few of them got copies and made some noobs. Got into the story about Kozzi and his corpses when another employee got to work. He told us he got the game and it was awesome. And his characters name was Kozzi. We all laughed so damn hard cuz it was just the perfect timing.

haha oh poor kozzi, i can relate.

[San]

Several months later when my co-workers and I were higher in level we would get off work early in the morning and group up. We would usually have between 4-6 of us so it was really convenient. We were talking at the store right after work one day and were saying how we would all meet up in the Rathe Mountains to do some hunting. My grocery manager asked me where the Rathe Mountains were and what we were hunting. Well, the look on her face when I tried to explain what we were doing was a combination of confusion, disappointment, and then sympathy. Those were fun times. I always pittied the player that would join us to make 6. They were always in for some harrassment.

[Cfred0-]

http://www.notacult.com/fansythefamous.htm
my story

[Supaskillz]

So when I was in 8th grade a few months after EQ came out me and a few of my friends got into the game. Once we were up around lvl 20 my friend and I came across a necro soloing guards. Naturally my friend and I were amazed that someone was able to kill the almighty guards to whom I would run when fearing death was imminent. We talked with him and he was friendly and patient with our ignorance. After a few weeks this guy actually let us use his account while he was out of town. In our limited knowledge of the game SSoY was about the best thing that one can have in EQ and worth an enormous EQ fortune! So friday night when we were able to use this guys necro my 3 friends and I all went to one of my friends house for a "ykesha party" where we were determined to not sleep and get a Ykesha. We discovered that in order to get into a group to get one of these we had to get on a list. Done. Several hours later it was our turn! ok, well we are noobs and anything past qeynos hills is scary so... please person who invited us to the group give me detailed instructions on how to get there. Well we made it, can almost taste that ykesha! Well one of my friends had a lvl 16 necro so naturally we knew all the ins and outs of how to play a necro, and despite this extensive knowledge we managed to not kill the group. However morning rolled around and we had no ykeshas, in fact no one in our group all night ever got one. Two of my friends fell asleep. Ykesha party fail. Back to saving my rat teeth for that stien of moggok I saw for sale in west karana.

[visage]

Ok my personal funny story that happened in game was.

2 weeks after the boats were implemented. I hopped on the boat from freeport. I arrived in Ocean of tears. I got off the boat to wait for another boat or to do some selling at the INN there can't remember. Anyway upon returning to the dock I casted invis. Otherwise that stupid female woodelf would've jacked me around. I was like 18 at the time. When I arrived (still invis) I caught a conversation going on. The people talking included a Erudite and two humans all male. They were gracefully sitting at the dock. When in /say the erudite then says " But, why do I have to be black you guys". One of the human characters then replied back , " Because man its the best race for your class". The second human than replies " Dude its okay everyone plays a black character at some point". The Erudite obviously still frustrated with his race than says, " But you guys are white and i'm black can't we switch!". At this point the boat arrives. Just before they get on the boat I uninvis my character. I than hail the Erudite to get his attention. He turns to me and says Yes? I than ask him " So (soandso) why are you black?".

I found this story halarious and I was cracking up. Clearly these were noobies comming back into EQ showing a friend how to play. They suckered him into a black character which he didn't feel was his own.

[Nordenwatch]

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[Rainflush]

I played a shaman on EQ live to about level 50, though I tarried in the lower levels for some time due to the fact I disliked most players so I was seldom able to accomplish much as I was most always by myself. Back then I was friends with a kid who had a level 53 Iksar monk, and my character being only level 26 or so at the time I decided to sign in as my friend's monk and have a look at some of higher-end zones in Velious. I had no experience playing a monk, though I knew they could Feign Death, which I assumed to mean that monks could freely travel wherever they pleased and just flop on the ground whenever something endangered them. I eventually made my way to Velketor's Labyrinth and began moving steadily upward, shaking my attackers by playing dead. After I'd climbed a considerable ways in and feign-flopped past any number of enemies, I of course encountered something which called me on my bluff. I was immediately swarmed with golems and gargoyles, my hit points had dropped to half within a few seconds, and I suddenly realized the folly of my solitary dungeon reconnaisance. Stricken with panic, I bolted for the nearest ledge and flung myself off, hoping that my corpse would land in a more accessible area as to facilitate it's recovery. I fell quite a ways, though surprisingly enough I survived the fall, landing on an outcropping of a lower platform. It was then I remembered that monks have Safe Fall, and my grim resignation was replaced by a glimmer of hope, all I had to do was hop down from platform to platform till my Feign Death ability refreshed. Thus I plummeted in a desperate bid for survival, reaching the bottom of the dungeon (or the level on which the entrance is situated) with about 3% of my hit points remaining. I Feigned Death again, tensely awaiting the deathblow I so rightly deserved. To my surprise nothing came to finish me off, I had indeed managed to avoid what seemed like certain death. A few moments later I'm binding my wounds when the text window comes alive with angry /shouts in all capitals. Apparently the little stunt I pulled caused a train which took out about a third of the players in the dungeon. I promptly signed out.