boxing is classic

[Eliseus]

Even using info on here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access

would prove more than 1% of the known subs for dial-up / subs for broadband was what is that roughly 13.4% of dial up subs? Now that might not seem like a lot looking at %, but that is roughly 18.5 million people you didn't account for. Now I don't know how or if there is even a way to figure out how many people with dial up/broadband actually played EQ, but considering the annoyance of dial-up, and definitely on MMO gameplay, I would think the number was a lot higher than you imply. I am also trying to figure out if broadband was more common among, let's say, the US then or it's numbers.

[myriverse]

We had two landlines playing EQ at the same time before Kunark though.

[Phat_Paul]

Had dial up till 2005ish? All particles off all the time and was good at looking down and running in the Bazaar. Raids were rough in POP with all the shadows and environment shit.

[Azure]

Can box with 2 dialup lines! and most people who played this game worked in it anyway, prob just never left the office and used old business t1 or t3 lines

[Ahldagor]

Used to stream porn on a 56k. Learned an infinite patience to see a titty bounce with cum on it.

[Kastro]

Played with 56k till 2004...

Didn't box though...

Did pvp a bit though... troll sk withe prenerf cos and shadowstep.. with my laggy connection peeps thought I hacked.. even worse when I got the AA horse. .

[georgie]

DSL ALL DAY gateway pc ALL DAY

[loramin]

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

Boxing is classic. Everyone boxed back then and everyone knows it.

Leaving aside the other (excellent) points about how not "everyone boxed", there's a more important point you're missing: no one free boxed back in the day.

If you wanted to box back in the day you had to pay extra for a special DSL/cable/ISDN line, and you had to pay for multiple accounts and multiple computers to play them on. That cost a significant chunk of change.

With Project 1999 though a modern computer, with a standard (no longer super expensive) DSL/cable line can run 6 "boxes" all from a single box. And if boxing was allowed all 6 accounts would be free. That's nothing like it was in '99, when boxing was extremely limited just becaus of the cost.

[Taminy]

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

Leaving aside the other (excellent) points about how not "everyone boxed", there's a more important point you're missing: no one free boxed back in the day.

If you wanted to box back in the day you had to pay extra for a special DSL/cable/ISDN line, and you had to pay for multiple accounts and multiple computers to play them on. That cost a significant chunk of change.

With Project 1999 though a modern computer, with a standard (no longer super expensive) DSL/cable line can run 6 "boxes" all from a single box. And if boxing was allowed all 6 accounts would be free. That's nothing like it was in '99, when boxing was extremely limited just becaus of the cost.

I was a broke ass college student in 1999 and I two boxed. In fact, there was broadband in my area in 1997. And I didn't even have to pay extra to hook up multiple computers [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And while I don't think allowing two boxing would be all that destructive to the server even - but yes you're right lots of free 6 boxing would be on the server and it would be utterly destructive. Do we really want sam deathwalker on this server?

The only gripe I really have about the no two boxing rule is that doing item transfers gets to be a pain in the ass. Paying for ports and rezzes or getting a guildy to do it aren't that bad, but transfers are just *groan* and kind of petty to not allow boxing. Shared bank while not classic would be a good compromise.

I'm sure there is a decent amount of two boxing with VPNs and multiple computers though. I've run into a lot of PLing druids where the PLeveler talks and the Plevelee barely does anything.

[paulgiamatti]

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

I'm sure there is a decent amount of two boxing with VPNs and multiple computers though. I've run into a lot of PLing druids where the PLeveler talks and the Plevelee barely does anything.

Yep, and this is why we need to be reporting anything suspect to the GMs. The ability to effectively police boxing and the use of third-party apps is what makes P99 special and not just another shitty MMO experience.