[Lagaidh]

My favorite was an impromptu event. I started in July of 99. I had a RL buddy with an early 20s ranger. He kept telling me how we "are gonna go to Unrest when you hit 15".

The day finally came. I'd saved up scraps of gold here and there, had nearly full bronze.

We went to Unrest. My first trip. "Oh you'll love it- pallies decimate the undead."

We zone in and play around in the yard a bit; the zone was fairly populated. There were a good 20 players in there.

All of a sudden, two named start shouting. "You've invaded the Estate of Unrest and soandso shall not stand for it!"

Four level 50 ogres in what appeared like full fine steel pour out of the basement and begin raping everything in sight. My friend and I died.

The reason this was my favorite event is because of what followed. Keep in mind MMOs were a brand new thing to most players and social media simply didn't exist in any sophisticated fashion.

The word went out. Survivors and slain began to spread the word. Pretty soon, all of the most uber players and any high level began to flood Butcherblock. I realized what was happening and spread the word as best I could to help: / all 46 50, /t soandso Unrest is under attack! Avenge me and my friends!

It was great. Unrest was flooded with power players and anyone with the balls to zone back in. Those GM ogres fought the wave of players for the better part of 45 minutes before being brought down.

They handed out goodies to the victorious. I hadn't been playing long... I knew EQ was going to really be a special experience... a place... somehow, a real place. I had just witnessed truly dynamic content.

Bah... I wax nostalgic. But I've never ever forgotten that nameless event on the Rathe in the fall of '99. It was so much better than the NPC, scripted GM events that would follow. It was unannounced and spontaneous.

I always wished to see more of that.

Actually, on Live, after a certain time I began to celebrate each ding by going to Unrest and gutting that place. It's still my favorite zone in classic.