Interview with the creators, devs and team!...if possible.

[Nickadimoose]

Sorry in advance if this is not the right location to post this--I spent about an hour browsing the forum, looking for information or where I could post. No such luck. I did find a handy flowchart on posting to the forum though, but it didn't answer my question.

I recently did two videos about EverQuest, like a making of history sort of deal; they were pretty decently received and in one of the video comments someone mentioned that the history of Project 1999 might be worth delving into. I wholeheartedly agree.

I know the creators, mods and Project 1999 members are pretty damn busy, so let's cut straight to the point:

Is there anyone from the development team who might be willing to let me do an informal, via e-mail Q & A? It's solely for gathering information about how this thing got started, the motivation, how the agreement with Daybreak was founded, etc., the sort of stuff with how Project 1999 is what it is today.

Your answers, your stories and whatever else you decide to tell me can remain confidential. I won't publish, write or speak about something I'm not given permission to. Just know that my ultimate goal for this is a video about how Project 1999 got started and the people that created it. Your total involvement in this process is entirely up to you, I won't harangue or harass anyone, promised. =)

[Baler]

Who are you?
Why didn't you PM the admins personally instead of posting this publicly?

You may send your message to up to 5 people at a time.
Separate multiple user names with ';'

Could have PM'd all the lead staff in one send.

Not very professional to post in public chat given the fact that people troll on the internet. And given this is your first post and you never said who you are. It's likely you're just fishing for information to use against people. But hey that's my cynical take on this.

-edit-
I guess I'll plug for you:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Nickadimoose

EQ history videos credited to him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7yPC0akFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyF6vDIEBOk\

Still it wouldn't be the first time someone claimed they were someone they weren't. again cynical.

-edit2-
If you are who you say you are. I apologize for being a jerk. You may want to also browse the eqemu forums for information too! good luck.

[Lhancelot]

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

Sorry in advance if this is not the right location to post this--I spent about an hour browsing the forum, looking for information or where I could post. No such luck. I did find a handy flowchart on posting to the forum though, but it didn't answer my question.

I recently did two videos about EverQuest, like a making of history sort of deal; they were pretty decently received and in one of the video comments someone mentioned that the history of Project 1999 might be worth delving into. I wholeheartedly agree.

I know the creators, mods and Project 1999 members are pretty damn busy, so let's cut straight to the point:

Is there anyone from the development team who might be willing to let me do an informal, via e-mail Q & A? It's solely for gathering information about how this thing got started, the motivation, how the agreement with Daybreak was founded, etc., the sort of stuff with how Project 1999 is what it is today.

Your answers, your stories and whatever else you decide to tell me can remain confidential. I won't publish, write or speak about something I'm not given permission to. Just know that my ultimate goal for this is a video about how Project 1999 got started and the people that created it. Your total involvement in this process is entirely up to you, I won't harangue or harass anyone, promised. =)

EDIT:

I felt like trolling but Baler is more fun.

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

I guess I'll plug for you:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Nickadimoose

EQ history videos credited to him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7yPC0akFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyF6vDIEBOk\

Still it wouldn't be the first time someone claimed they were someone they weren't. again cynical.

Leave it to baler to let his paranoid side out, and to dig up any personal things he could find on the OP.

[Nickadimoose]

I didn't realize a forum system had PMs, I thought this was a public foray kind of deal. It also seemed odd to say my name is Nickadimoose, when my name on the forum is Nickadimoose. It felt redundant I guess.

I'm not sure what type of harmful blow I could deliver to the creators of Project 1999 with my request, but that's not intention. Again, this is solely to delve into the history of Project 1999 and really nothing more. I have no malicious or trolling ambition. I guess just chalk this public post up to nothing more than naivety on my part? I don't often use forums.

There was a roleplay forum when I was like 12? I don't think I've used one since then, so my bad. Would it be better to delete this post and then use the Dev Watcher list to PM everybody?

Edit: no worries, I guess it does seem odd as hell that a guy comes out of the blue to a forum with 0 prior posts. I'm not sure how to prove I'm not maliciously trying to hurt someone or something. I promise I'm just an incompetent idiot!

[Baler]

In all sincerity people will be able to decide for them selves. But moving forward I highly encourage you to do one of two things. PM the staff or post in the Petition section of the forums. Either will directly get their attention. Again sorry for my off the cuff attitude. It couldn't have hurt to link to the videos you've done. They're quite good actually. People here love to watch high quality EQ videos.

And if staff decide to take this forward. I have no hard feelings if they delete my post.

[Sorn]

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

Why didn't you PM the admins personally instead of posting this publicly?

Could have PM'd all the lead staff in one send.

You wanna know? Here's the answer:

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

And given this is your first post

You can't PM people until you have a few posts.

[Nickadimoose]

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

In all sincerity people will be able to decide for them selves. But moving forward I highly encourage you to do one of two things. PM the staff or post in the Petition section of the forums. Either will directly get their attention. Again sorry for my off the cuff attitude. It couldn't have hurt to link to the videos you've done. They're quite good actually. People here love to watch high quality EQ videos.

And if staff decide to take this forward. I have no hard feelings if they delete my post.

It's really alright, with this being an internet forum I'd imagine spam isn't out of character here!

And thank you. I didn't want to make it seem like I was just trying to plug my videos for views, subscribers or any other crap like that. I just was optimistically hoping for information. D'oh. @_@

Edit: also I'll figure out how to delete this thread and instead post in petitions as you recommended. It seems that the PM's as Sorn mentioned, might not be available to me due to my low-post count.

[Baler]

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

You can't PM people until you have a few posts.

Yeah I know that sorn..
Why not build credibility by posting his content beforehand.
And I believe there are emails of staff floating around.

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

And thank you. I didn't want to make it seem like I was just trying to plug my videos for views, subscribers or any other crap like that. I just was optimistically hoping for information. D'oh. @_@

I get that and understand fully. It's just you come into a area as a newcomer and start asking thing with no proof to back it up. It looks suspicious at first.
You just had the misfortune of getting me as a first reply. :|

By the by only staff can delete threads. And people would love to watch a video of the history of P99. Then argue about facts.

[Sorn]

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

Yeah I know that sorn..
Why not build credibility by posting his content beforehand.
And I believe there are emails of staff floating around.

/bonk

Stop being a grumpy old man. He mentioned the videos in the first post and you linked them in the second. It's fine.

[loramin]

This forum has a certain culture, which includes ragging on new people for being lazy and/or unaware of things. It's nothing personal against you, it's just how people act here, so don't take it the wrong way. It's certainly not the whole culture here though, so allow me to say: Welcome to the P99 forums fellow lover of EverQuest, and thank you for all of the time and effort you put in to making videos about where our favorite game came from! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As someone who enjoyed your history videos, I would love to hear the story of how P99 began and how it grew to become what it is today. The staff tend to be very private (given your first taste of this forum's culture I'm sure you can understand why), but hopefully they'll be willing to share at least some part of their story.

P.S. While you should probably try private messaging the relevant stakeholders when you can, there's no real harm in making a post here like you did, so I hardly think you need to delete it.