Did you actually play on 99

[Zakaton]

Yep, played a gnome mage. I thought being able to summon my own food and water made me the best character ever! I remember having to play in the little viewbox and gamma not working unless you had a Voodoo card. I had a Triton something and couldn't see for crap without adjusting system gamma.

I remember someone telling me he'd just come in from East Commons, and I was all "Where's that?" He laughed and said "A long way away." That sounded so exciting and adventurous, lol.

[nickyboy1981]

just, was christmas day 1999 i think, i was about 30ish when kunark came out

[Reodd]

I played in late summer of '99 all the way through the end of LDoN (with some intermittance after PoP).

You don't hit multiple 65s with gobs of AA without playing a lot for a long time. Unfortunately, I do this in all MMOs, including WoW and EVE.

[Lagaidh]

Lagaidh the 1st was born Jul 3 1999. Three great years, three more decent years.

So glad p99 exists.

[Lagaidh]

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

Yeah the lag was atrocious.

I wasn't that bad. I mean yeah my base agi was 73 and cha was 61 due to not knowing what mattered. But I eventually fixed the agi with AAs!

I always had fun with my short name "Lag" and folks. My two favorites were:

(Upon entering a zone) "We are Lag. Lower your buffs and surrender your equipment. You will adapt your racial bonuses to service us. Resistance is futile."

(Upon someone shouting or oocing "Lag spike") "Sorry. I got excited."

[Seering]

I was in for beta and played from day one .. for almost 10 full years before leaving EQ.
I think thats called an addict [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[runlvlzero]

Wow cool to see all how far this thread has gone. I am sorry for the title.. I think I was half awake when I posted it.

I had a regular DnD group I us-to play with and half of them were in IT and had beta accounts to EQ, every time I went to dinner with them they said I had to play this game. So I think it was like a month or so after release I finally had the cash to spare on it. I think off and on this is the game I have played most, with maybe doom and quake coming in a distant 2cnd. Somehow I feel like I'll be in a nursing home sitting around a table with a bunch of other old guys on laptops running around on a museum replica server hosted by the EQ preservation society. Doing reenactments of the "first naggy raid". Lol

[BelenosThePagan]

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

Started Dec 10th 1999 (EQ was a wedding gift)

lol. Wife's least favorite wedding present

[Nytewind TP]

I joined about two weeks after Kunark was released.

[RiffDaemon]

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

it was a standalone.

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Holy crap, I forgot about that tutorial zone. I miss that old interface [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]


I started in May of 2000, just before my junior year of high school. My brother came home one afternoon with the Kunark expansion and the Prima strategy guide for it. Good times.