RaidBars, We Hardly Knew Ye
November 16, 1999 wtfman.com
Ron:
Not sure if you read Azile’s take on what she feels the game needs, but I have to add a thing I feel is wrong with the game, though it’s not a bug.
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Nine Year Itch
November 29, 2007 f13.net
we are lesion:
I’m fighting The Combine again, but it’s not because I’m attending a sneak preview of HL2: Episode 3. No, I’m playing EverQuest on a “Progression” server, which is code for firmly planting the serpent’s ass in its mouth and hitting it with spurs. I am pissed off. The capitalization of the game title pisses me off. Everything about my life right now pisses me off. I now have Sony-induced seasonal affective disorder. St. John’s Wort is the only thing between me, my car and a concrete wall.
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What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate
March 11, 2008 risen-guild.com
Failure:
To start off, I am making this post to hopefully clear up a number of misconceptions spreading around. That being said, I am fully aware that the same people who are so hopelessly lost now will stay lost, due to their inability to understand simple English.
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On Community, Or, The Equality Of Gameplay Automation
April 28, 1999 lumthemad
Sir Fragmor:
Community.Community would assume people together being social. This was one of UOs big selling points way back when and you can still hear them chanting it today. “It hurts the community”, “It would’nt be good for the online gaming community” Well its funny that they have these concerns about the “community” cause THEY themselves are setting forth precendents that will hurt the “Community” much more than any macro-miner or PK. A commune of people suggests interaction between members of players. Be that team work in fighting monsters, defeating PKs, questing, or treasure hunting. The point is these are all things that help Build, Make, and perpetuate the “community” because they are social in nature, as is a “community”.
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I Know This Hurts You, Mr Afrasiabi
July 22, 2002 fohguild.org
Furor:
Some people would call me an avid Everquest player, perhaps to the point of fanaticism. If I were to describe myself to another person, however, my life with Everquest would more than likely be a tale left untold. It’s as if I lead a secret life: During the day I work, on weekends I go out with my friends and see my family, but on weekdays, once I’m home from work, I play Everquest. Rabidly.
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14 Days Somehow Turned Into 2 Months
April 17, 2006 dtguilds.com/worldofwarcraft.com
Xi:
You have 14 Days. If after that time AQ is not properly tuned, I am deleting my characters, and cancelling all of my accounts. The rest of my guild will follow suit, as will several other guilds and people that play WoW.To be brief, I did not work my ass off, jumping through your idiotic hoops with my friends and guildmates, so I could go to a zone where there is zero fucking playtesting. That’s right not one fucking time did you incompetent fucks even try C’thun. EVEN if we ignore the bullshit that is Viscidus, FUCK YOU GUYS. Seriously, FUCK YOU.
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Risen on World of Casualcraft
March 7, 2008 risen-guild.com
Failure:
Ok, so it’s a shitty title, sue me. The idea is there, and everyone knows it’s true. Blizzard no longer cares about the hardcore gamers, be that the raiders or the pvpers. Well, we’re done with it. It wasn’t just one thing really. While we were all excited to get some tier6 for our freshly 70 alts from this new badge gear, there’s a part of you that just has to feel some pain when you look back at all the time you spent farming instances…for nothing.
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You Mean Weapon Speed Matters?
January 6, 2003 fohguild.org
Kreugen:
In short, damn near every single two handed weapon in PoP, in every tier including the elemental planes, take a huge step backwards and are inferior to top end weapons in Luclin - which themselves were not significant upgrades over top end Velious weapons.Boy am I tired of this subject.
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Whoops, we broke it
December 6, 2000 legacyofsteel.net
Tigole:
It seems that the SCREENSHOT feature is disabled for a few days. That sure makes my job a lot of fun. Before all you l33t hax0rs start posting on our board about some program I could use to take screens, just let me wallow in my bitching. My eyes are burning through my goddamn skull from staring at HARSH, GLARING, WHITE all night. Did I mention I really hate the fucking snow? I can’t read any of the text on those white backgrounds. Looks like whoever made some of those Velious zones played a little too much Super Mario Brothers back in the day. Nothing funner than slippery floors! Ccc. Dear god. Well, I did see some bad-ass stuff and I managed to get a nice upgrade to my old Diamodine Earring. I also saw some bad-ass Mo Faka’s that I look forward to watching our guild beat-down very soon. I’m a little wary of killing stuff in Velious because of all the faction rumors flying around. Not to mention that the faction was Fubar’d today so you could not tell which factions you were wrecking. Boy, nothing funner than Mazes, Quests, Slippery Floors and Faction Concerns! Verant, quit reading my mind!
Calling the developers Nazis; a long and hallowed tradition
March 8, 2001, Sony EverQuest Boards
Baven:
My hat is off to you Verant.You have accomplished what many people have tried in the past. You have managed to exterminate a group of the population with ruthless determination and efficiency.
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