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April 2001 tweety.bowlofmice.com

Tweety:

Doing the Journeyman’s Boots quest is one of those defining moments of the EQ experience. It’s a really simple quest, for those of you who have managed to play without coming across it or one of its victims. You get a ring from an Ancient Cyclops, a shadowed rapier from a Shadow Man, and a pile of gold (not 300+ plat, 3000+ gold pieces) and turn the whole mess in to a gnome named Hasten running around in Rathe Mountains. He talks a little like Yoda, and the whole thing is really pretty cute.
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December 2000, tweety.bowlofmice.com

Tweety:

Sweaty, travel-stained, and bruised, I congratulated my army on yet another successful campaign against the orcs. I accepted their shouts of support and loyalty, wiped away a tear of pride, and began to set up my tent for the night. It was time to log into the Real World. It was a game I didn’t much care for, but it was somehow compelling. I felt like I had to do it ye gad, an addiction! I made a mental note to suggest forming a support group at the next Freeport Town Council. If I could become addicted to Real Life, any of my people could fall victim. Ten seconds, five, zeroquit, exit, exit, and all was silence.
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November 2000 tweety.bowlofmice.com

Tweety:

“You may need to re-run the patch server, although there may be connectivity issues at this time.” When the play servers commit suicide, or someone forgets to feed the gerbils that power the game engine, guides are asked to log into the chat servers and help out - also known as “Please take some heat off our paid employees.” The rooms would be filled with weenies screeching about how much Verant sucked, how they were going to demand refunds if they couldn’t get in to play RIGHT NOW PLZ.
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September 2000 tweety.bowlofmice.com

Tweety:

You had to know I was going to get to Ebay eventually. Before I start, let’s toss out the EULA. I KNOW Verant says it’s a no-no. Look at their actions, though, not their words. With a crack legal team taking care of such critical issues as whether or not a guide’s actions can affect their player account, don’t you think one of their dewy eyed young lawyers could have picked up the phone and said, “Hello, Ebay? Um, selling stuff is against our rules and stuff, it says right here on this sticky note that the stuff isn’t really theirs to sell. So how about taking down the section, mmmkay?” Ebay shuts down illegal sales all the time. The fact that they have not ceased to display MMORPG items and characters means it is in fact perfectly legal.
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September, 2000 tweety.bowlofmice.com

Tweety:

So, I’m rereading the End User Licensing Agreement for personal reasons. For the reading impaired among you, that’s the big honking block of text you see when you load the game, under which is a set of buttons indicating your acceptance or refusal of the terms described. You thoughtfully read the text, and click the button signifying your opinion. NOT! More like you grab that mouse, and click furiously, thinking come on come on, I gotta get my fix, come on come on come on, gimme the game here, I’m gonna die if I can’t have my game.
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date unknown tweety.bowlofmice.com

Tweety:

Here’s some background - I’ve been a guide since March. I took a month off in protest of some seriously fucked up guide policies, and a total lack of communciation between VI and their customer service staff. I came back to discover Verant got their shit together, and now it’s the players that suck. Some of you assholes are up way past your bedtime.
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