Project 1999 wants to go public; you are lead market design... What is your tag-line?

[Derubael]

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

MMO - 100,000 players...
UO - 1st..
EQ - Second
Meridian - Never..

I think Daoc actually would be third.

Well... if you want to go by numbers...

Originally Posted by Ultima Online wiki (lol@source)

Subscriber numbers peaked at around 250,000 in July 2003

^6 years after release.

We don't really have a timeline for that "first to 100k" number, though my understanding is it was less than a year after release, which would put us somewhere between March 1998 (6 months) and September 1998 (1 year).

Originally Posted by Everquest Wiki (lol@source)

These records show more than 225,000 subscriptions on 1 November 1999

^ 8 months after release.

Originally Posted by Allakhazam

(Source) More than 100,000 clerics, half-elves, gnomes, and other fantasy characters created one of the largest assemblies of game players to date ... "EverQuest currently has more than 430,000 active subscribers with new fans logging- on daily," said Scott McDaniel, vice president of marketing, Sony Online Entertainment. - July 29th, 2002

^ less than 3 years after release.

My point being that if you're going to try and call Ultima Online the "foundation" for modern MMO's, you need to give as much if not more credit to Everquest as well. It wasn't any one game, it was a combination of several that give us our WoW's and EQ2's and SWTOR's.

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

Well they did get in trouble for allegedly stealing code from DikuMUD

Wouldn't be surprised if they did... DikuMUD was A+. Plus the Godwars derivative codebase nearly invented MMO PvP. That shit was cut throat.

[bOONDOGGLE]

Ouch, Derubael droppin' knowledge all over the place.

[Gnomersy]

Raid rules early AM? Derubael ain't got time for that......defending the time lines of MMOs vs a UO fanboy, comes out both barrels blastin'.

[myxomatosii]

Advertising? Best when kept simple, the common man doesn't think.

"EverQuest, how hard can it be? You are not prepared."

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Appealing to the Dark Souls crowd, and the little kid MMO crowd who think they are beyond old games.

[Raavak]

Project 1999 Everquest-for aging hipsters that want to relive their early 20s since the memory is just a haze with all the drugs and alcohol they've done in the years since

Project 1999 Everquest-a midlife crisis cheaper than a sports car

[Callixtus]

I would just show the word "Everquest" with quick stream of in-game action of raids/characters/battles etc to Prince's "1999" song
"....and tonight we're gonna party like its 1999!!"
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[DrKvothe]

Remember that game you played in middle school? The one where you died all the time to rats and never could find any quests to do? Well, it was ironically called Everquest, and at Project 1999 we're simulating it for your enjoyment. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn the definition of the word 'poopsocking'. We've got 14 classes to choose from, and 5 of them are really fun all the way to 60!

[Wudan]

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

this thread sucks balls and should have never been posted in the first place.

[joppykid]

something tied in with Rick Rolled. "project 1999. never gonna give you up!"

[Droog007]

Never gonna log you off
Never gonna /q you out
Never gonna ragequit, strip, or delete you

Never gonna live no life
Never /guildsay 'night night'
Never leave no camp, or pass on greed loot