Game Mechanics: /who is sorting in the wrong order

[Jaxon]

In classic, typing /who gave a list of everyone in the zone, sorting by the time of entry from earliest arrival to latest arrival and finally adding your own character's name at the end of the list. On P99, it appears to be sorted in the opposite manner, with the newest entries at the top and the oldest at the bottom. On pvp servers, we would run a /who command every few seconds to keep track of who was entering the zone, and we would focus on the bottom of the list to see who was coming in.

Here's a log showing the /who list of a fight between two teams in Crystal Caverns on Sullon Zek. The first third of the list consists of lower-level neutral players who were leveling in CC. The middle part is a group of high-level evils who zoned in to fight, and the final part has the higher-level neutral reinforcements that came in response to the evils zoning in.

[Sun Jul 22 21:21:25 2001] You say to your guild, '56 man fight in crystal caverns :-/'
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:26 2001] Cheeky tells the guild, 'syntax inspect off'
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:26 2001] a Ry`Gorr oracle begins to cast a spell.
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:29 2001] Hocus begins to cast a spell.
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:30 2001] Lann begins to cast a spell.
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:32 2001] Tryndamere's song ends.
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:33 2001] Dhank begins to cast a spell.
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:34 2001] a Ry`Gorr oracle begins to cast a spell.
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] You gain party experience!!
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] Players on EverQuest:
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] ---------------------------
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Luthe <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Pittor <Saecula Omnimodus Bellum>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Lethdar <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Vega <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Kowboy <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Darkal <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Rakim <Saecula Omnimodus Bellum>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Demos <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Wegolan <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Shazar <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Niten <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Fudly <Saecula Omnimodus Bellum>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Lemaitre <Saecula Omnimodus Bellum>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Melkios <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Rodlase <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Abbu
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Lofren <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Keke <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Nizzarr <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Brysion
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Bothi <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Mezzerable <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:35 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Kiana
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Gisael
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Night
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Tenaj <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Joosar
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Atma
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Brisun <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Sage <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Trestan
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Atla
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Crazyfingers <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Yenren <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Moonbane
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Kortez <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Kagetora <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Gorgorok <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Liono <Ruin>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Strom <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Bohn <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Chaucey
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Frok <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Buffee <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Arkons <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Melissandre <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Light
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Tryndamere <Gladius Fatalis>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Jaxon <Saecula Omnimodus Bellum>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Brokk <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Blaren <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Dhank <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Imminent <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Washu <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Hocus <The Dark Coalition>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Caecus <Saecula Omnimodus Bellum>
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:36 2001] There are 56 players in Crystal Caverns.
[Sun Jul 22 21:21:37 2001] Tryndamere's song ends.