You knew you were addicted to EQ when...

[Coriolis]

I knew I was addicted when that day came that I had played for such an extended period that when I wanted to tell my brother something (who was in another room of the house at the time) my first thought was

/tell Nick

Yea... Forced myself to step away from EQ for a bit after that moment.

[Efwan]

I'd have to say I have alot of those similar kid stories considering I was 8 when EQ came out, but I think I really knew, and my dad knew what he had done, when we camped Najena for close to 48 hours for jboots. :O

[Jesseca]

For me it was the moment that I shouted in zone " I am going to Disney Land " and left for California 2 days later. All of this after finally killing Ragefire, obtaining my epic and camping him for 3 days. The best part was that an FOH cleric tried to claim it and they failed! We had the guild exping in the zone 24/7 for 3 days and my little blue book on hand with phone numbers. ( No texting back then ) =)

[Raavak]

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

/played

This is almost embarrassing to look at now and realize whole years of my life were spent playing, when added up. But it was fun. And I'm here now.

[fadetree]

I said "lol, INC" at a business meeting.

[Itap]

I remember saying "lol" out loud when I meant to laugh. I knew then I had a problem

[Clark]

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

I skipped a day of school because Faydedar spawned and it was my last fight to complete my druid epic.

But I mean seriously who wouldn't skip school for that?

haha nice!

[diplo]

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

Day 1 of logging into EQ I left the good old counter strike and tribes 1 behind. Anyone remember those games? Each one addicting in their own right...

Anyways, I first made a high elf enchanter and after an hour or so of figuring out how to get things going my first target was a real life player, some dwarf. I assumed he was just another NPC I could kill but NOPE. It shocked me how fast I died. He put me in my place pretty quickly. After I got cursed out from him in tells, I made a dark elf and never looked back <evil grin>.

CS!

I was in Cal-M with my friends and played EQ after our matches.

[Atmas]

From the moment I saw my friend playing it.

I grew up playing RPGs both turn based and real time, I spent untold hours in games maximizing my characters and looking for every advancement and best combination possible. I think max stats and credits was all that got me to conclude a game. In addition to a fixation with stats I loved lore. I read my friend's parent's old monster manuals and dungeon master guides and wished that more of our other friends were interested in playing some tabletop games.

I played, I killed a bat, I got xp and something to sell for money, I was hooked. Later on it was drooling about the spells at higher levels, it was crazy pvp fights, raid progression. Pretty much new levels of addiction all the time. I have a lot of tales like everyone else. Playing all night, hiding from parents to play all night (often not even my own).

[yraapt]

I would occasionally catch myself trying to remember where I last bound to see if I could avoid driving there...