THERE IS NOTHING CASUAL ABOUT EQ.
Period.
Get.
Over.
It.
It was called "EverCrack" for a reason. The damn game is like mainlining heroin. You don't just "dabble" in EQ.. It simply doesnt happen, just like you don't just "dabble" in crystal meth. You're in or you're not.
If you honestly..
I mean it pains me to type this out...
If you are seriously clueless to where all the happy go lucky tradeskillers, wedding planners, language learners, fishermen, questers, roleplayers, and god knows what else....
If you aren't quite grasping the concept of where they all are.. I'll go ahead and spell it out for you:
THEY STOPPED PLAYING YEARS AGO.
They didn't make the effort, expel needless time and energy finding EQClassic/EQEmu... Set up EMU forum accounts. Find this particular instance of a Classic Server Revival (that actually worked out)..
They were the normal people. They let go. They had kids, they graduated college. They became teachers and scientists and senators and cashiers and whatever else. They moved on with their lives.
The hundred or so hardcore people running this high-end of this server? Yeah, they aren't the people i listed in the previous paragraph. Make your own conclusions.
But for the love of all that is holy, don't prance around on a message board whining about how the clueless 80% that wasn't competitive didn't make it to this incarnation of Everquest. Honestly, it was to be expected. I'm actually pretty pleased that over half the people i come into contact with on this server are cool as heck and fun to interact with. I feel like we're beating the odds in spite of it all.
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But seriously, it's a real simple math/logic equation. The casual fan base didnt survive Live EQ. It's not entirely shocking that they weren't maniacal enough about EQ to end up here.