How did you first hear or get started on everquest?

[Bman703]

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

My parents had a subscription to Time Magazine, and I read this:

http://content.time.com/time/magazin...,25082,00.html

My computer was terrible, I was terrible, it was joyous.

When I went to Electronics Boutique at the mall to pick up a copy, the clerk told me to, "say goodbye to your life."

I regret nothing!

haha! thats awesome

[khandman]

I had just bought the coveted 56k US Robotics sportster and my mate had told me I'd be able to play this game that he was testing at Video Logic on the graphics cards. It was Everquest.

[blondeattk]

Read a review of EQ in march 2000 in a computer mag. Mentioned the launch of kunark so i went into the city and bought the expansion.

payiong on dial up was painful....cos of the 2hr cut off. Made nuub life even harder!

[Ivory]

I was 16 and at the store with parents getting a new computer game....looking at the back of the boxes, EQ stood out from all the rest.

Then....when I got home and finally installed it.....this blew me away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym9hIEbnijw

[OfftuneRZ]

Haha great thread. It was my bros 13th bday I think and we went out to find a new video game. The guy at the store insisted we buy EQ or Asherons call. From that day foward me, my brother, and even my mother was hooked on EQ. This was during early velious era

[Zill]

Went to Walmart at 12, convinced mom I would do a bunch of yard work and wash the windows if I got a new game. Mom agreed. I nabbed EQ. While checking out, the cashier noticed EQ and mentioned to my mom she was obsessed with the game and her parents made her get said job as a cashier to get away from it. My mom asked her what her "handle" was and the cashier said she played as "Jahidra".

I knew then I was getting into some srs business. Went home, rolled a human warrior of Qeynos. Saw a Gnome magician hanging out at the gates and freaked out about his earth pet and immediately rerolled. Ahhh the glory days

[Sirelk]

I think the first time I heard about EQ was on Sharky Extreme or similar in late 1998. There was a beta tester article and the guy was complaining about the long wait times for the boat, frequent server down-time for updates and how addicted he was to the game.

I forgot about it and went back to playing Quake 2 online and Half-Life. I happened to be at Bestbuy checking out the PC games section in early March 1999 when I saw EQ on the shelf and decided to give it a go. I didn't like the idea of a subscription service on top of the initial price of the game. It couldn't be played if I decided not to sub after the free month, but what the hell.

It came with the clothe map of Norrath, and I put this up on my wall behind my pc. I remember they only accepted Visa and Mastercard at the time and I had Discover. The credit card screen accepted my Discover card, but I had to call up Verant to fix credit card situation once my 30 days were up (I had to get a different credit card).

I loaded up and created a ranger. I accidentally attacked a SureFall Glades NPC within the first 10 min and had my first death. I gained a couple levels and grew tired of the difficulty and the clunky UI. I put it aside for a whole week and then came back to it, that's when the addiction kicked in and I started taking sick days like a madman.

[mgellan]

Jerry Pournelle of BYTE Magazine in 2000 started talking about this amazing new game he was playing, bought it, was hooked. Was on a cable modem so no worries on performance [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Regards,
Mg

[nilbog]

I was at a magic tournament in a comic book store. There was a beta tester telling everyone they should check it out.

[iruinedyourday]

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

Sweet Thread! I was just about to start summer and thought I should play a game because school was over and I hadn't in a while. I bought a games magazine to see what was new and there was this big two page advert and it said it came out the next day. So I took that as a sign and picked it up for the PC, something I didnt even have. So I asked a friend if we could try it and basically spent the next 7 days taking turns 24 hours a day haha. Was the best times.

Hehe there is more to mys tory but I didn't want to make a tldr.. But I cant resist.

After like 7 days of nonstop turn taking EQ with my best friend, one of our non-gamer friends came over to 'check in' on her friends that had 'disappeared' . She said, 'why dont you guys put on a change of clothes and come get something to eat.' to which I responded, 'hmm that sounds great, but its already so late in the night, lets just go to breakfast in the morning!'.. to which, she replied, 'Guys..... It is 2:00 in the afternoon...'

My buddy and me were like, "WHAT THE FUCK? WE THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE MIDNIGHT!" We threw back the curtains to check and basically hissed at the sun like vampires.