At what age did you first start playing EverQuest, and what draws you in?

[Mcbard]

I was 13 at the time. All my friends at school were trying to get me to play it for a couple of months before I finally gave it a try. I had played console RPG's a lot before I started, and I actually played Runescape and I really enjoyed it before I started EverQuest. I used to have a Runescape folder and all of that, with recipes and maps and stuff, same thing I later had for EverQuest. After a few months of nagging my mother to foot the bill (for both the game and monthly subscription) she finally bought it for me and I started playing.

There was about a full group of us at school that played, and we would log in and hang out together and kill stuff. The thing that drew me in was just the largeness of the world. My buddies and I had a fullsize virtual play land where we could do whatever we wanted, and at the time it was all so new and majestic. The world was so large, and the content so deep that it stayed that way for a couple of years for me and it was really fun. After a couple of years in the game though its rather unfortunate but it just starts to lose that feel. It becomes just another game where you know how to get everywhere, the majesticness had worn off, and I was just grinding and raiding in a world I already knew almost everything about. It was fun while it lasted though.

[sox7d]

i was 10 and my friends from class convinced me to convince my mom to get it for me.

the draw of eq from a young age is the same draw that made pokemon red and blue so great


as a kid, all your life you've been told what you can or can't do, forced to do things and go places you didn't want to and treated, well... like a kid. everquest was an escape from that, with all its immerse aspects, it said, "here's another world where, whether you're 10 years old or 40 years old, everyone has equal potential. go where ever you want, whenever you want and do whatever you want, the only thing holding you back is your own abilities. you're finally in control."

[aggresor223]

I actually used to hang out at a "card shop" close to my middle school, played a lot of magic the gathering (I know, but like nerdin out on eq is any better). The shop had set up 8 computers set up by a lan and then everquest came out and they were offering to set up an account if you just payed the monthly fee (and payed to play on their computers). Eventually I talked the parents in to a home computer and then it was on like donkey kong!

[Knightmare]

I was about 26 when Kunark came out. Long ago, before there was this interwebs thing I played the old D&D games on a Commodore 128 and one of the races in those games were Lizardmen. When I saw a playable race just like it in Everquest, Iksar, I was sold.

I was sold further when I saw they had a wide open free for all PvP server where there was a price tag attached to talking shit to people: getting whacked and losing something. Oftentimes repeatedly until said punkass logged out in a fit of nerd-rage lol. It removed some of the anonymous bravery people feel when hiding behind a monitor, added another element of fun, and made one feel like they could have some level of vengeance for asshattery [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Chrushev]

I was about 15, friends in High School started playing and were talking about it. One of them let me try it out on his account. I was hooked.

[Foxx]

i was 12 years old, and i snapped my femur in a wrestling match and was in a leg cast for a gross amount of time. I couldn't do anything, and the doctors told me I wouldnt be walking again for at least 6-9 months. My older brother played the game and was obsessed, I always made fun of him for it because i was like lol nerd, and then i started playing...

Made my troll warrior on Veeshan at first, joined some cool pals in a guild called Celestial Tomb and was on my way to glory. Then i was nerd raging that I couldn't kill this mean necro that was stealing my spiders in guktop. I rolled on rallos zek after that and never looked back

[Torqumada286]

I was a few weeks shy of 30. It was great to play in a world, where many of the other characters running around weren't computer controlled.

Torqumada

[Fatalist]

Originally Posted by Torqumada286 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was a few weeks shy of 30. It was great to play in a world, where many of the other characters running around weren't computer controlled.

Torqumada

Same to me. So I guess we one of the elders :-) Two years ago I played Meridian 59 so EQ was my second MMO.

[Vanech]

I started playing EQ when I was 19 after a coworker introduced me. I had to convince my roommate to let me install it on her laptop. She ended up as hooked as I, and for all I know she's still playing EQ in some form today.

I only played for a short period of time in 99'. I returned shortly before SoV and played every-freaking-day until GoD was released.

I know some really freakin' cool people thanks to EQ or things related to it... n' that's what keeps me coming back, I think.

[Airdefier]

I was 12 in 2000, my stepdad and his dad played. Both of whom I recently got on this server [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]