Did you actually play on 99

[Muerte]

Fourth quarter of 1999.

I was a paladin by the name of Lasarus. I had a friend who was a ranger. We drooled over bronze armor. Ahh memories.

[deakolt]

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

it was a standalone.

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oh man this is bringing back memories,

played this tutorial for half a day before my parents paid for my gametime...

Nostalgia

to answer OP: started playing June or July 2000. Spent my first few months screwing around, begging, never getting past level 15 or so...

Then again I was 11 at the time so whateva wateva

[runlvlzero]

Damn I was like 17 and running around begging and screwing around for my first year or so. That was another cool thing about classic EQ though for me, when I was that annoying twerp and no one irritated me because I was lost in my own little world in the game.

[Brut]

Started early 2000, played until some PoP being rubbish and neglecting purchase-duties of all the expansions popping out every 2nd month, had hiatuses of varying lengths returning to mostly run around Velious in bazaar bought armors dying to dwagons.

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

Damn I was like 17 and running around begging and screwing around for my first year or so. That was another cool thing about classic EQ though for me, when I was that annoying twerp and no one irritated me because I was lost in my own little world in the game.

Lolplz, had a buddy who rolled a female wood elf called Sweetcheaks or whatever, begged around Rivervale for ages getting brown chitin breastplates and whatnot. So not classic that people see through the "hi there hun!!!! can i haz some gear??? =)))))"-tells here!

[FatMagic]

EQ Beta 4 here. February 10th 1999. I still have the Beta 4 disc! Then got the game at/around launch and played for many years! But I was ultra casual. Never had a level capped toon.

[Krait]

Not sure if I played in 1999 but it had to be close because I was playing already when Ruins of Kunark came out.

[Zarniwooop]

Started in November 2001 (with a 4MB video card) because I had to take it easy for a week after some minor surgery. I was bored and popped in the EQ demo disc expecting nothing besides a good laugh. I played the first night for 32 straight hours. Keep in mind, prior to this, I had ridiculed anyone that would waste time playing an online game where you killed friggin rats.

That first 10 days on the trial server was the best gaming experience I will have in my life barring major changes in the PC gaming industry.

Finally retired totally burned out in early 2010.

[Giopawa]

Started during the launch of Velious.

[superapan]

I started playing a few months before Kunark. The game wasn't retailed in Sweden, so I had to order from the US. Took a few weeks and the package arrived torn to bits (thanks postal service). The CD was intact though.

I had decided on a barbarian shaman, cause the EQ website had this awesome character wearing a polar-bear cap. A RL friend of mine made an ogre, and we were gonna hook up in Innothule swamp. I pulled out the (somewhat torn) poster map included in the box and plotted a south-ish course from Halas...at level 5. I made it all the way to lake Rathe without SoW. The sheer size of the lake and the previous nerve-wrecking ordeals through Blackburrow and what-not made me /wristquit on the spot and never log that char back on again.

[Haul]

2000-2007