What was it like in 1999

[Mady]

Staggerd out of McQuaid's Bar and Stout in Halas, drunk as a sob, fell into the well and drowned.

[Hoggen]

Being completely blind everytime it rained.
Using F8 to target in the dark because it was pitch black.
Having directional sound and being able to hear SG's walking behind dunes and knowing exactly which direction they were.
Seeing weird graphics as Devs played with Turbans (Cowl from LGuk), Ninja masks (snake-hide mask from Paw?), etc.
Seeing weird emote actions (saw a guy pat another guy on the back and break into a smile. Have not seen that since).

The best: graphic driver missmatches...

Zoned into NK... every mob was the bearded, red haird human model. Little tiny humans for will-o-wisps, titantic ones for HGs and Griffons... all sizes in between.

Zoned into WC... it was flat. It was plaid (metallic gray, metallic brown, white, black). It had weird things that might be called trees randomly spread all over. I could walk through and cast through these. There was no line of sight disruption.

Zoned into UGuk... there were pictures of mouths, frogs, signs, anything you can imagine in place of the stone textures.

[Jenni D]

the neriak thing is very true. Im sure like many people i created a dark elf first (cos they just seemed coolest) but couldnt find my way out so i created a wood elf. no where near as cool [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

when lockjaw would pop and everyone in oasis would join in to help.

when the first lvl 50 was announced on your server !

[JohAE86]

Getting drunk at lv. 2 and breaking my legs because I couldn't navigate Kelethin (very well).

the game looking like utter shit (missing textures) because i had a diamond monster video card. the day i got my voodoo 3, my dad & i put it in together. a fond memory. EQ looked great after that.

ahh.. nostalgia.

[runlvlzero]

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

Staggerd out of McQuaid's Bar and Stout in Halas, drunk as a sob, fell into the well and drowned.

ROFLMAO - =)

This is exactly what video games are for!!! So you don't do these things IRL right!? am i right?

[Zeelot]

Having people offer to CR you, only to strip your corpse.

Was soo crazy when /consent gave permission to loot. Had to really trust who you consented. So many got screwed out of stuff [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Rhodes]

I think my first memory of EQ was being level 2 west freeport and joining a group with someone who was offering to "buff" at the gate. He began to cast his "buff", and after the loading screen I found myself alone in Emerald Jungle. Lovely community back on Quellious...

[Nedala]

I asked someone at ec tunnel if he can "send me to my bindpoint" which was in gfay, he was like: "sure target me and type /d to give me permission". So i did, he killed me and i was like "why did you do that QQ ? " and he was like " well you are at your bindpoint now, right?"

Ah the memories

[Aerron]

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

I asked someone at ec tunnel if he can "send me to my bindpoint" which was in gfay, he was like: "sure target me and type /d to give me permission". So i did, he killed me and i was like "why did you do that QQ ? " and he was like " well you are at your bindpoint now, right?"

Ah the memories

That cracks me up.

Also, the begging newbs, "Sure, I'll give you some money, type /d for donation and I'll give you some."

[Drah]

I remember a bard-only guild that hosted various roleplaying events inside the Kelethin tavern shortly after release. I don't roleplay, but def seemed pretty damn cool and immersive at the time.