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Foxplay
06-16-2016, 11:30 AM
After thinking for awhile on the matter I've decided to quit P99 and more specifically Everquest as a whole. I'm not doing this out of necessity or distress, it is 100% my personal choice. The short and skivvy of it is that I feel I've reached a point where I'm not really having that much fun day to day anymore on P99 and my options are limited to things I don't like or agree with in terms of game-play / enjoyment / community, such as becoming an evil plat-lord or re-entering the raid scene.

So rather than continuing to looking in my past for pleasure and a source of procrastination I am calling it quits and focusing on some personal goals such as artwork and physical fitness goals rather than Everquest goals like leveling yet another character to 60. However I'm not very good at partially quitting or setting something aside, so If I'm going to quit I cant leave anything behind to come back to. Also my house will be finished building soon so I also have that move in my near future.

My final goodbye will be on stream Wed. June 22nd. at 6P EST up until everything is gone and given away. Don't bother asking if you can have my stuff I have already decided where its going, and ill be logging in from time to time in the next few days to contact the individuals that need to know. After everything is gone all of my characters including the level 60s will be deleted Live as proof of my conviction, and commitment to purity, that RMT has no place on this server or any true classic MMO's.

I have no regret's leaving. I enjoyed my trip back to memory lane as well as making new memories in Norrath. I also enjoyed learning more about the game than the 15yr old version of myself ever could have known, as well as leveling up two caster classes to 60 (Enchanter & Druid) Something I never did back in the day as there was always another expansion to raid or AA's to grind back on live. P99 allowed me to experiance the classic version of the game I loved, relive the journey of my monk from long ago, as well as forge a new path with the two other classes I leveled.

To my viewers

If you enjoy my stream of P99 Everquest I'm sorry for leaving you, but my decision is final. I feel there is plenty of up and coming , as well as established P99 streamers to further the community. It would not be true to the viewers or community for myself to fake enthusiasm and stream a game I'm no longer enjoying. Please support the other P99 streamers ......oh and death to Phinny!

To P99 Staff

You guys have done a fantastic job putting this all together and I wish you nothing but good things on this project, I never really had much dealings with GM's or staff so Ill just leave it at that. Thank you so much for making this server available and continuing to do so.

To the other P99 Streamers

Keep playing and streaming as long as you enjoy to do so! From the most experienced to least just starting out their adventure. Support each other where you can, and try and stay overall positive, spread the word of P99 and most importantly....stay classic #phinnynotclassic!

To the Community

Thanks for having me, and I hope you all have some wonderful times and experiences in the lands of Norrath. If I was to impart anything on the community I would like it to be this. Stop treating and thinking about classic EQ compared to modern experiences. I know its hard sometimes with rare spawns, poopsocked camps, the raid scene, the huge level grind and all. But don't cheapen your own experience in Norrath, its a world, its a community, its an adventure. There's some very easy way's to have a full experiance - Never RMT, Don't get power-leveled, Don't Poopsock stuff you don't need simply for profit.

If there's one thing I could wave a magic wand and fix about P99 it would be the sale of power-leveling services. I feel it cheapens the experience the most, as Everquest is the one and only MMO that got something right... that the experience and fun starts at level 1, the game doesn't begin and end-game like so many modern games do today. I encourage people to get out there and level up the old fashion way, be it in groups or solo. Also if your class is capable of it, try to solo a bit, I found it very empowering on my enchanter and druid.

Final words

This server is something special cherish it, work together as a community to improve it. Sometimes working together can be hard, but sometimes doing it the hard path is the best path. Don't put all your troubles of a 16 year old classic game on the GM's shoulders, its not fair to them, this server is classic for a reason, so if Classic is giving you issues then start working together towards an agree'able middle-ground. Yes there is rules, but simply put...play Everquest more, Lawyerquest less!

hillgiantchamp
06-16-2016, 11:35 AM
This will never work... Starting from scratch is the most fun part of this game! Whenever i quit the thought of going back to my same boring character or restarting a twink to have char that's not very fun and has no purpose other then to mindlessly lvl up not fun. But starting a new char from scratch. That challenge is fun again and brings back the nostalgic part of p99 that gets us playing to begin with :)!

Whirled
06-16-2016, 11:36 AM
Me can haz ur stuphz?

no seriously, enjoy retirement.

No really seriously now.. if you don't want it I can hold onto it, just sayin...

Ya, no, really... Enjoy RL & remember what we talked about here. /salute

Llandris
06-16-2016, 11:37 AM
:(

Good luck with your future endeavors!

Sodors Finest Poster
06-16-2016, 11:54 AM
What server did you play on in live as a teenager?

Foxplay
06-16-2016, 11:55 AM
What server did you play on in live as a teenager?

Povar

Tupakk
06-16-2016, 12:16 PM
Sad to see you go after such a short time playing.

Sorn
06-16-2016, 12:20 PM
Fox! You lovely person, you.

Haha, I knew this was coming. It was fun playing with you and getting to know you :) We managed to duo Drozlin and all kinds of other things and it was awesome. It would've been hilarious if we'd managed Ulump but I guess a 4-man group works too.

Keep in touch, I want to see your art and your house!

Rygar
06-16-2016, 12:32 PM
I too deleted my character from live and gave away my stuff, so I understand where you are coming from. The one thing I will say, is you are soooo close to custom content. Who knows what stuff they may fix? Leave a naked toon or two, never know how enjoyable that content will be and how it may fix what you have come to dislike.

Also, perhaps if you ever come back, try playing less. An August 2015 join date isn't that far away from when I started, I haven't even hit 60 yet... sounds like you have multiple 60s..? Slow burn helps stave off the burnout.

Good luck on your next adventure!

Jimjam
06-16-2016, 12:42 PM
If you are bad at quitting perhaps you could just ask staff for a voluntary ban? That way there isn't the temptation of 'just logging on', but if you do decide to come back in a few years time (or whatever) you can simply ask for the ban to be revoked. Obviously this will take cooperation with the staff so might not be plausible. They are volunteers after all!

Foxplay
06-16-2016, 12:50 PM
If you are bad at quitting perhaps you could just ask staff for a voluntary ban? That way there isn't the temptation of 'just logging on', but if you do decide to come back in a few years time (or whatever) you can simply ask for the ban to be revoked. Obviously this will take cooperation with the staff so might not be plausible. They are volunteers after all!

Im not bad at quitting things, I'm bad at reducing playtime / temporary quits, I prefer to quit all the way, and In doing so Ill leave behind all my pixels to those deserving

Lammy
06-16-2016, 01:04 PM
Good luck to ya! It sounds like you're making a good choice granted your inability to moderate.

Bionic
06-16-2016, 01:08 PM
I applaud anyone prioritizing RL over EQ.

Good luck to you, Fox.

Keen503
06-16-2016, 01:11 PM
Will you do any giveaways on your last stream, that would be fun...

Subidoo
06-16-2016, 01:35 PM
Enjoy Real Life, best wishes to you :)

Webeporting
06-16-2016, 01:35 PM
Don't know you, but you sound like a nice person. Hats off to you for being able to pull the trigger on a full quit, you sound like an all or nothing guy like myself, so I really respect the delete. Strong move my friend, strong move.

Evia
06-16-2016, 01:41 PM
Good luck on your future endeavors! Sad to see a positive member here going.

Jimjam
06-16-2016, 01:47 PM
Im not bad at quitting things, I'm bad at reducing playtime / temporary quits, I prefer to quit all the way, and In doing so Ill leave behind all my pixels to those deserving

Ah. In that case good luck and CIHYS?

azeth
06-16-2016, 01:50 PM
Take advice from someone who's done exactly what you're doing -

DO NOT DELETE YOUR CHARACTERS

This is a legacy style server. You're gonna regret it in a few years when you suddenly want to log in and see your guys spinning at character select.

Just give away your shit.

Pokesan
06-16-2016, 01:52 PM
clan darkpaw loses another hero

rip best eq stream

Lammy
06-16-2016, 01:53 PM
delete or relapse

MycahDavith
06-16-2016, 01:57 PM
o/

Foxplay
06-16-2016, 02:00 PM
delete or relapse

Its more about closure for me. Even back in the day when I quit Live I could have sold my character for a decent chunk of money but never did. To me characters I make are my characters, I don't want other people playing them, period. I know its an ancient way of approaching a game but hey this game is ancient so get off my lawn ;)

Tupakk
06-16-2016, 02:10 PM
I wouldn't want someone to take my toon and tarnish the name. I hear ya on that one.

Speedi
06-16-2016, 04:06 PM
Take care Fox :)

Eresimus
06-16-2016, 04:10 PM
Its more about closure for me. Even back in the day when I quit Live I could have sold my character for a decent chunk of money but never did. To me characters I make are my characters, I don't want other people playing them, period. I know its an ancient way of approaching a game but hey this game is ancient so get off my lawn ;)
Even though I've only had a few chances to interact with you since I joined, I've really appreciated your approach to the game. What you said above really sums it up.

When I left Live for EQ2, both games were on the same account. When I retired from EQ2, I made the mistake of selling my account (with a raid-quality toon) to a guildmate so they could keep the character in the lineup. There was no way I was going back to EQ2; but in the process, I lost my access to the character who was my original "labor of love" on Live. I've always regretted that terribly. I tried to go back to Live and start from scratch, but by then it had changed too much...

Best wishes in life "after the game"!

Senn
06-16-2016, 04:33 PM
Vale, Fox!

Its been a blast watching you level your toons. You will be sorely missed for sure!

Senns / Ayrton37

Varren
06-16-2016, 06:42 PM
Consider red!

Foxplay
06-16-2016, 06:43 PM
Consider red!

lol no

Swish
06-16-2016, 06:46 PM
lol no

This is the best course of action, think about it a little harder for a minute.

Varren
06-16-2016, 06:56 PM
I live in MI too by the way. Havent bumped into any p99ers yet...

renordw
06-16-2016, 07:08 PM
delete or relapse

I'm probably going to do this too. I mean, I'll either delete or relapse. Probably relapse.

Subidoo
06-16-2016, 08:00 PM
Lol, well if any high lvls want to give a childs tear or MQ one for my new shaman i wouldn't say no :P IF they're quitting that is.

Foxplay
06-16-2016, 08:11 PM
Lol, well if any high lvls want to give a childs tear or MQ one for my new shaman i wouldn't say no :P IF they're quitting that is.

Don't have a tear, best of luck to ya thou

Subidoo
06-16-2016, 08:13 PM
Appreciate it :) I'll get it one day, the journey is the fun part.

Varren
06-16-2016, 08:14 PM
I once had a child's tear. No more tears, though. I'm a man now.

Swish
06-17-2016, 05:56 AM
Doesn't the MQ require the other guy to max his TrueSpirit faction as well?

Froakula
06-17-2016, 06:52 AM
Yes it does

Uuruk
06-17-2016, 07:45 AM
Hope this person doesn't Swish us.

Saylord
06-17-2016, 12:29 PM
Damn, sad to see you go Fox. Great streamer/gamer to watch, but we all have life to deal with. Never forget the help you gave me for my robe. Best wishes, Craxx Bones

Tankdan
06-17-2016, 04:39 PM
Was nice chatting with you in Teamspeak last year.. I've quit as well. Enjoy yourself.

wwoneo
06-18-2016, 12:20 AM
Hey Fox, Shamikaze / Brainfreeze (Mistersmiles from twitch) here! Sorry to see you go man, but I kind of saw it coming over the last week or so. I could see it heading this direction. There was pretty much nothing you wanted to do at all once you hit 60 on your druid.

Anyway, I'm disappointed you're leaving, but sometimes you've just got to move on. Wish you the best of luck man!

JRW928
06-18-2016, 08:29 AM
I enjoyed your streams and it'll be sad when you're gone. I respect your decision and even admire it. I wish I could pull myself away and focus on real life more than I do. Maybe I will. Good luck with your future quests in real life.

Foxplay
06-22-2016, 08:14 PM
For those that missed it

https://www.twitch.tv/foxplayspottyfox/v/73970812

Goodbye everyone

Never forget

Community > Pixels

Tupakk
06-22-2016, 08:16 PM
For those that missed it

https://www.twitch.tv/foxplayspottyfox/v/73970812

Goodbye everyone

Never forget

Community > Pixels

Sorn
06-22-2016, 08:23 PM
Thanks for your donation to the DoF and your volunteering and your friendship and...

...

.........

/cry

/bye

snots
06-23-2016, 04:43 AM
I am honored that I may have received his very last port.

- Hagz