The great merge of 2020

[tommydgun]

I have to agree with loramin. This nonchalant attitude towards 70 hour camps is borderline mentally unstable. I managed to get a guise after camping for 16 hours on my day off and I was completely drained and I'm pretty sure it wasnt worth it. Proceeding like this for 54 more hours consecutive is not safe or healthy. I understand account sharing but then you are saying you HAVE to account share to get these items and that is also just stupid. Oh well. It is what it is I guess, but if you're willing to stay up for 70 hours to get legendary pixels in a 20 year old game on a private server then you might need to get evaluated by a professional.

[cd288]

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

It is what it is I guess, but if you're willing to stay up for 70 hours to get legendary pixels in a 20 year old game on a private server then you might need to get evaluated by a professional.

I don't understand why comments like this are necessary. While I wouldn't personally do the camp for that long, why do you care so much if someone else does? Who gives a flying you know what if that's what someone wants to do, as stupid as it may be

[astuce999]

The bottomline is that there are 2 types of people who want to play classic EQ.

Those who want to enjoy the content, and those who find enjoyment by denying others access to the content.

It's very easy to find who's in what camp based on the types of comments they leave here, and even easier in game.

I don't believe we can re-conciliate both sides.

With the merge, the show-runners clearly indicated which side they are on. It is sad that they failed to understand how an overpopulated server would quickly become toxic/radioactive.

Yes, in 1999, you had 1500-2500 players on a single server. You also had people 2-boxing. Neither of those should be true in 2020 for any chance at a healthy vanilla-only server.

Godspeed and best of luck,

Astuce

[Corbin]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Astuce

Did you play with Final Door on the live Stromm server?

[astuce999]

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

Did you play with Final Door on the live Stromm server?

Not sure how conceited this is going to come off, but here goes nothing.

I played Astuce on the Innoruuk server. I had a bit of a following. When the Stromm server opened, one of my "fans" created Astuce on it, as a bit of a joke at first, but ended up playing him and getting into Final Door.

When Innoruuk merged with The Nameless, the option to go to Stromm instead was given and my guild at the time chose to go there instead. I then became "Astucexxx" on Stromm. I did run into the "other Astuce" a couple times, and confused a lot of people. I did join Final Door briefly later on when my guild collapsed, but found a more suitable home with Subliminal Realm.

TL[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]R; Yes, but as Astucexxx and not the Astuce you may be thinking of.

cheers,

Astuce

[Corbin]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not sure how conceited this is going to come off, but here goes nothing.

I played Astuce on the Innoruuk server. I had a bit of a following. When the Stromm server opened, one of my "fans" created Astuce on it, as a bit of a joke at first, but ended up playing him and getting into Final Door.

When Innoruuk merged with The Nameless, the option to go to Stromm instead was given and my guild at the time chose to go there instead. I then became "Astucexxx" on Stromm. I did run into the "other Astuce" a couple times, and confused a lot of people. I did join Final Door briefly later on when my guild collapsed, but found a more suitable home with Subliminal Realm.

TL[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]R; Yes, but as Astucexxx and not the Astuce you may be thinking of.

cheers,

Astuce

I was only vaguely aware of this tale, ty for enlightening me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I remember Astuce, but must have absented myself during your visit with us in FD. I hope Darinae and the crew are well.

All the best in future adventures!

[Doktoor]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not sure how conceited this is going to come off, but here goes nothing.

I played Astuce on the Innoruuk server. I had a bit of a following.

Really conceited.

[Asteria]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The bottomline is that there are 2 types of people who want to play classic EQ.

Those who want to enjoy the content, and those who find enjoyment by denying others access to the content.

It's very easy to find who's in what camp based on the types of comments they leave here, and even easier in game.

I don't believe we can re-conciliate both sides.

With the merge, the show-runners clearly indicated which side they are on. It is sad that they failed to understand how an overpopulated server would quickly become toxic/radioactive.

Yes, in 1999, you had 1500-2500 players on a single server. You also had people 2-boxing. Neither of those should be true in 2020 for any chance at a healthy vanilla-only server.

Godspeed and best of luck,

Astuce

In 1999, people played to make friends and have fun doing stuff! We weren't all min/maxers waving our hands around in frustration or quitting if we couldn't get a manastone and loot all BiS items...

What are your priorities in life?

[astuce999]

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

In 1999, people played to make friends and have fun doing stuff! We weren't all min/maxers waving our hands around in frustration or quitting if we couldn't get a manastone and loot all BiS items...

What are your priorities in life?

Hello Pixel-Denier,

Thank you for a great example of how the two camps have irreconcilable differences. Much like the old saying "a liar won't believe anyone else", pixel-deniers can't even fathom anyone playing for other reasons than their own value-set. If someone is frustrated or quitting, the only possible reason has to be manastone/BiS items, any other statement is immediately dismissed as bullshit.

Even if I brought up facts like "as a bard I have no interest in a manastone or jboots and I'll happily wait for Mask of Deception so that other people can get their guises", I would be instantly met with hateful skepticism.

The cognitive dissonance reaches its crescendo with the last question. While it seems perfectly reasonable and valid for pixel-deniers, for content-enjoyers it's an instant "WTF is wrong with you?"

It's the blue/black vs. gold dress, or Yanni vs. Laurel debate equivalent.

Thank you again for your contribution and I also love the avatar pic!

cheers,

Astuce

[Asteria]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hello Pixel-Denier

Hello content-enjoyer! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thank you for a great example of how the two camps have irreconcilable differences.

You're most welcome, mate.

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thank you again for your contribution and I also love the avatar pic!

Cheers! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
What is your highest level toon right now? Maybe we can group up some time - I wouldn't mind helping you get a guise if you didn't want to wait for a mask of deception.