Just had a weird 20 years late epiphany

jolanar · #1 08-04-2019, 11:29 AM

Soandso, the character you play in the original Everquest tutorial is named that because he is 'So And So'.

so-and-so
/ˈsō ən ˌsō/
noun
a person or thing whose name the speaker does not need to specify or does not know or remember.

Huh. Am I an idiot for never realizing this? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

SamwiseRed · #2 08-04-2019, 11:32 AM

loramin · #3 08-04-2019, 11:36 AM

How are you still playing the tutorial 20 years later? I didn't think it even worked on P99/Titanium client.

jolanar · #4 08-04-2019, 11:39 AM

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

How are you still playing the tutorial 20 years later? I didn't think it even worked on P99/Titanium client.

I haven't played it recently. But it's a seperate .exe file so I am sure it's out there on the internet somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0ErchwGqR8

Smuuglie · #5 08-04-2019, 04:37 PM

Well, i remember Scorpious2k server used to have the tutorial in, it was the zone/quest/Trainer hub and i loved it.... I miss it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Danth · #6 08-04-2019, 07:11 PM

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

How are you still playing the tutorial 20 years later? I didn't think it even worked on P99/Titanium client.

It doesn't. However, the tutorial *does* work if installed from the Trilogy disks (or possibly other old disks). Some folks, including myself, still have those laying around.

Danth

Videri · #7 08-05-2019, 02:56 AM

Haha. It's not inconceivable that some people don't notice Soandso is so-and-so. I believe "so-and-so" is more common than "soandso;" and it's almost never capitalized. Perhaps the absence of the hyphens combined with the capital S and the fantasy setting prevented you from interpreting the word as a combination of English words. Something like that.

Swish2 · #8 08-06-2019, 04:09 AM

Best and only thing to do during numerous server downtimes [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Jibartik · #9 08-06-2019, 11:39 AM

Lol TIL soandso is not sowAN'dzo

jolanar · #10 08-06-2019, 03:41 PM

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Lol TIL soandso is not sowAN'dzo

That's how I've been pronouncing it all this time.[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]