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Old 01-15-2020, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Skunkranger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I didn't notice anyone mention this so I will, PC's back in 1999 (when I started playing) were not capable of running multiple instances of EQ at the same time for a few reasons. They just weren't fast enough for one thing and secondly you couldn't even run EQ in windowed mode because it would CTD. I had popups from viruses crashing EQ constantly which was rampant back in '99. On top of that most (if not all of us) were playing over a dial-up connection that couldn't handle the load of boxing. I would get kicked off the internet if someone made a call to my house phone. My point is boxing ruins an EQ server and it definitely is not classic.
That's pretty much it. Also it goes against the social aspect of the game. We enforce it heavily and you will be suspended or banned if caught boxing.