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Originally Posted by Stinkas [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

EQ was different things for different people. what that being the case i can't say the way you experienced it was wrong. that is not for me to say. however, back in the day people boxed (different from bot'g). i can't even recall if it was against the rules then.

my first, and only, guild leader boxed. we were a small guild back then (we eventually hovered in the 3-5 spot in PoP). he would play his main and depending on who logged in that day fire up an alt to fill in the necessary slot to form a group (as we had several doing different things). With alt in tow we would group up and adventure forth, sometimes his wife's druid or sometimes one of his own. He still actively recruited mind you, but in his mind he wanted to respect the time of the people who logged in at the time frame that was considered guild time. he also trade-skilled like a beast to support us (this gets a mention because of the factions). i highly respected this and supported him because of it. he used boxing to make sure no one was left out - as a tool. i would hardly call his actions anti-social.

like i said, i can't say the way you experienced EQ was wrong. nor can anyone say the way i experienced it was either. and yes, back in the day people boxed.

respectfully, i disagree, but thank you for your reply. like i said, i'm not looking to change the rules. just giving a different viewpoint and get a feel for the server's viewpoints.

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Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Free accounts and modern clients change things significantly relative to 20 years ago. EQ wouldn't even alt-tab in the early days. That's why it's called "multi-boxing," people literally needed multiple computers. Hence boxing existed but tended to be the exception rather than the norm. As other posters have mentioned, look at what happens on other emulators that permit multi-character playing--in all cases it runs rampant and leads to dead or near-dead servers with miniscule communities. P1999's no-boxing rule attracts and keeps a lot of players including some who prefer other eras of the game better than the classic period. It's the right rule for the environment and conditions.

Danth

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