10kpp Giveaway, all welcome to participate

[visage]

Ok my personal funny story that happened in game was.

2 weeks after the boats were implemented. I hopped on the boat from freeport. I arrived in Ocean of tears. I got off the boat to wait for another boat or to do some selling at the INN there can't remember. Anyway upon returning to the dock I casted invis. Otherwise that stupid female woodelf would've jacked me around. I was like 18 at the time. When I arrived (still invis) I caught a conversation going on. The people talking included a Erudite and two humans all male. They were gracefully sitting at the dock. When in /say the erudite then says " But, why do I have to be black you guys". One of the human characters then replied back , " Because man its the best race for your class". The second human than replies " Dude its okay everyone plays a black character at some point". The Erudite obviously still frustrated with his race than says, " But you guys are white and i'm black can't we switch!". At this point the boat arrives. Just before they get on the boat I uninvis my character. I than hail the Erudite to get his attention. He turns to me and says Yes? I than ask him " So (soandso) why are you black?".

I found this story halarious and I was cracking up. Clearly these were noobies comming back into EQ showing a friend how to play. They suckered him into a black character which he didn't feel was his own.

[Rainflush]

I played a shaman on EQ live to about level 50, though I tarried in the lower levels for some time due to the fact I disliked most players so I was seldom able to accomplish much as I was most always by myself. Back then I was friends with a kid who had a level 53 Iksar monk, and my character being only level 26 or so at the time I decided to sign in as my friend's monk and have a look at some of higher-end zones in Velious. I had no experience playing a monk, though I knew they could Feign Death, which I assumed to mean that monks could freely travel wherever they pleased and just flop on the ground whenever something endangered them. I eventually made my way to Velketor's Labyrinth and began moving steadily upward, shaking my attackers by playing dead. After I'd climbed a considerable ways in and feign-flopped past any number of enemies, I of course encountered something which called me on my bluff. I was immediately swarmed with golems and gargoyles, my hit points had dropped to half within a few seconds, and I suddenly realized the folly of my solitary dungeon reconnaisance. Stricken with panic, I bolted for the nearest ledge and flung myself off, hoping that my corpse would land in a more accessible area as to facilitate it's recovery. I fell quite a ways, though surprisingly enough I survived the fall, landing on an outcropping of a lower platform. It was then I remembered that monks have Safe Fall, and my grim resignation was replaced by a glimmer of hope, all I had to do was hop down from platform to platform till my Feign Death ability refreshed. Thus I plummeted in a desperate bid for survival, reaching the bottom of the dungeon (or the level on which the entrance is situated) with about 3% of my hit points remaining. I Feigned Death again, tensely awaiting the deathblow I so rightly deserved. To my surprise nothing came to finish me off, I had indeed managed to avoid what seemed like certain death. A few moments later I'm binding my wounds when the text window comes alive with angry /shouts in all capitals. Apparently the little stunt I pulled caused a train which took out about a third of the players in the dungeon. I promptly signed out.