Do you remember why you played EQ?

[Knuckle]

I saw some vintage G4 game reviews recently, and it reminded me that the very first time I got hooked on the idea of playing EQ was from their ZDTV days of what was then called either xtended-play or another earlier variation of a games review program. When they did the review on everquest I remember watching them show a troll wandering around and find a hidden wall into a tunnel, and describing how vast the world was and all the cities. Watching the various cutscenes to different action and dungeons, and felt like I was going to have to get that game.

My birthday rolls around a few months after Kunark's launch and I unexpectedly received a copy, with an awkward scene of a high elf in bondage to a lizardman for all the immediate family to see and question.

Anyway, I am also stealthily asking if anyone remembers that review on Gamespot TV / ZDTV / G4 where they did the review on Everquest and found a video clip, as my searches have yielded nothing.

Also how did you first hear about/want to play EQ.

[Jibartik]

I was going to reawrd myself for getting good grades so I bought a game magazine to see what was new. There was this big advertisement for eq and it said it was coming out the very next day so I was like, "well this is destiny!", gathered my meager savings, and promptly did very bad in school for the rest of the year.

I'd love to find that advert again one day too, it was a big 2 page spread.

[BiG SiP]

couple of side IRLFs got the rest of the main MTG group into it

[Jibartik]

Side note, it's apparent they taught spelling during the year I was in kelethin.

[White_knight]

My older brother played it.

We shared an account for ages, then I got my own.

I was maybe 13 at the time?

[douglas1999]

I played UO and when EQ came out a bunch of people from my guild went to EQ so I tried it and got addicted like a huge nerd.

Also fun fact in highschool I was of course relegated to the loser nerd caste, but then I found out this one popular douchebag jock guy played EQ so it gave me a pathway into the cool jock douchebag caste, and I started dating a friend of the douchebag jock's hot girlfriend. So everquest actually made me cooler in highschool, against all odds.

[imperiouskitten]

my school friend Aaron had it. I plaeyd it at his house, rolled a halfling. Asked him "ok there's the auto attack, where's the manual attack?" Then told him it was dumb and stupid. Then i begged my parents for it and played it on dialup to UNLV til i almost failed middleskool.

My bestie really really wanted to play, but his parents believed D&D was devil worship. And were SUPER upset that your character had to worship a deity other than Jesus Christ lol

[Thulian]

Because i saw the box at walmart and it stood out more then the others

it said internet connection required and said massive multiplayer on it, my mind was fucking blown

[Kimmie]

My brother got it for Christmas when I was like 12. I watched him play and made fun of him the whole time. One day he made me try it....20 years later, here we are [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[BiG SiP]

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