Consider Project 2002

[kdko]

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

No, it wasn't, or at least not in any way an emulated server can reproduce. On live to box you had to:

• have multiple physical computers
• pay $15 per boxed account
• have an internet connection with enough bandwidth

No one in the classic era ever had even a single free account, let alone 2+, and even if they were willing to pay for extra accounts they couldn't use them from the same computer because the client could only handle one instance (you could run multiple instances by using EQW, but that was a banned 3rd-party program). And even if you did have 2x accounts and 2x computers, you needed a (at the time very pricey) ISDN or DSL line, or you needed multiple phone lines/ISP accounts.

So, paying $30+ a month, having two computers, and paying out the nose for an internet connection that could handle both of them was classic; everything else isn't.

You're obviously misinformed, or never played classic EQ. There were tons of us who borrowed guild accounts to box and power level our own toons, using EQW, which didn't take any bandwidth whatsoever. There was no need to pay for a separate account on your own. Nice try defending your outdated and ignorant logic though. Just say you don't agree with it than make up some bs.