What happened on this day in history?

[Jarnauga]

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

So you are saying that when the Sheikh-ul-Islam called for a Jihad, france surrendered, joined up with the Ottoman Empire and took the fight to the Allies?

Well that's good to know ... >.>

30,000 died fighting for france in the most horrifying war ever fought.

I expected a bit of respect especially just after veterans day, but who am i kidding, only an asshole like you could spit on them.

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November 16;


Lead Story
1532 Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa
American Revolution
1776 Fort Washington Is Captured
Automotive
1901 Riker Torpedo Racer sets the world speed record for electric cars
Civil War
1863 Battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee
Cold War
1945 German scientists brought to United States to work on rocket technology
Crime
1957 Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden
Disaster
1999 Construction begins on deadly bonfire
General Interest
1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington
1907 Oklahoma enters the Union
1988 Benazir Bhutto elected leader of Pakistan
Hollywood
2001 First Harry Potter film opens
Literary
1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death
Music
1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway
Old West
1821 Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail
Presidential
1973 Nixon supports construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline
Sports
1957 Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak
Vietnam War
1961 Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon
1970 Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia
1971 U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians
World War I
1914 New Fatherland League launched in Germany
World War II
1941 Goebbels publishes his screed of hate


yeeeaa... could of just linked http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history but what's the fun in that.

[Spyder73]

Today in 1968 The Beatles "Hey Jude" was the #1 song in the country (9 weeks on top)

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November 15th - 17th,

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Event Five: Death of the Sleeper - EverQuest - November 15-17, 2003

The guild Blood of the Spider on The Rathe server was the first guild system-wide to kill Ventani (the fourth warder) on July 28, 2001, and therefore wake the sleeper. The event caused a stir on the server when Kerafyrm went into multiple zones, including Skyshrine, killing everyone and everything in his path.

On November 15, 2003, on the Rallos Zek PvP server, the three top guilds (Ascending Dawn, Wudan, and Magus Imperialis Magicus) assembled over 180 players with the intent to wake and kill The Sleeper. This was in response to an attempt to wake The Sleeper by an Iksar monk named Stynkfyst, who partnered with the largest random-pk guild of the time. Having been a former member of uber-guild Ascending Dawn, he had the knowledge the random pk guild needed to wake The Sleeper. The top guilds did not assemble their forces until word of Stynkfyst's intentions had spread, and it became clear that he intended to wake The Sleeper, forever preventing future guilds from farming the old loot table. Until this point, waking The Sleeper had not been seriously considered by any guilds, as it was believed that waking The Sleeper would make the offending guild's players kill-on-sight to the other guilds of the server. After 3 hours and 15 minutes, at 26% health, Kerafyrm disappeared (despawned). The players talked with the EverQuest Game Masters, and there was a general consensus that a bug had caused the problem, although some suggested (backed by statements from one GM) that higher-ups at SOE had purposely despawned Kerafyrm, because it was not intended to be part of the story.

The following day, the players logged in to find that Kerafyrm was back in his "sleeping" state, ready to be triggered again. There was also an apology on the official EverQuest forums from SOE, explaining that they had stopped the encounter because they feared the players were engaging the boss in an unintended manner. Although annoyed (the players pointed out that the reasons SOE gave could not have occurred, and felt lied to), they attempted to battle Kerafyrm once again.

On November 17, 2003, after a nearly 3-hour battle, Kerafyrm was defeated. He had between 100 million and 400 million hit points, likely around 250 million (most EverQuest bosses have 2 million at most), was immune to all spells except wizard's manaburn spell and Shadow Knight's Harm Touch, possessed two death touch abilities (abilities that automatically killed players), and attacked players for 6999 damage per swing. By using the cleric's epic weapon and other resurrection spells, the players were able to bring their dead characters back into the battle faster than Kerafyrm could kill them all.

Maybe you have your own list of Top 5 Most Memorable Events in MMORPG History on your mind, and maybe in your opinion, there are far more events deserved to be memorized. Then why not share them with us through leaving a comment?

copy pasted from http://news.mmosite.com/content/2008...659416,3.shtml

[big_ole_jpn]

man i remember seeing the gm announcement about sleeper dying back then. also lol @ that text reminding that all 3 of those guilds were anti fgts

[Daywolf]

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

30,000 died fighting for france in the most horrifying war ever fought.

I expected a bit of respect especially just after veterans day, but who am i kidding, only an asshole like you could spit on them.

With each passing month I get the deepening impression that Jarn truly is a French speaking muslim living in Africa. >.>
I'm not sure if it's his "history" or just his writing and his reading comprehension, ..or all the above.

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

On this day November 16 in history: I didn't read the original post, flooded the thread with copy/paste articles and long lists of different events just like Daywolf asked not be done. Was it fun and edumacational for you? *pulls out clown horn and squeezes it* HONKA-HONK-HONKA!

...ftfy

[maskedmelon]

Am I the only one who is sad that someone named Stynkfyst filled such a prominent role in EQ history?

[AzzarTheGod]

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

Am I the only one who is sad that someone named Stynkfyst filled such a prominent role in EQ history?

lol stynkfyst was a legend. On phone so can't relate any stories rite now

[Lojik]

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

30,000 died fighting for france in the most horrifying war ever fought.

I expected a bit of respect especially just after veterans day, but who am i kidding, only an asshole like you could spit on them.

Left off a 0 or 2? Unless you mean a different war?

Also, the Ottoman empire/middle east in ww1 very complicated/interesting topic, highly suggest reading Lawrence in Arabia if you're into history.

If you're not very literate just lookup donmeh to get ur zog conspiracy theory fix

[Spyder73]

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

30,000 died fighting for france in the most horrifying war ever fought.

I expected a bit of respect especially just after veterans day, but who am i kidding, only an asshole like you could spit on them.

VETERANS DAY IS FOR AMERICANS F****T