[August]

I played Quellious during pre-Bazaar times, and it was EC Tunnel.

I remember the first time I went there. I was a 13 year old kid and I had been looting gnome guards for their FS weps and shields from a necro who was exping. He let me loot them because he couldn't be bothered. He told me I should go to 'the bazaar' in EC with my pp to see what I could get.

It was a Sunday, and I made it there and thought 'what the fuck is going on here'. Just unreal how many people were there. I thought for sure that it was an event - not an every day thing, and spent many hours there haggling - I ended up taking the 500pp I had looted and turned it into 1200pp at the end of the day. Thus my addiction to the tunnel had started.

When I logged back on next, probably mid-week, I was astonished that people were still there at 'the bazaar' (and I actually called it 'the bazaar' for the entirety of my EQ experience - I was a little shocked when they zone they created was called 'the bazaar').

I never got past level 34 my first go thru. The lure of the tunnel was too strong.