Main Menu

This is a rant.

Started by Latang, February 12, 2005, 02:30:40 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Latang

About whenever I go to look at the forum list, the most recent posts shown seems always to have "EQ is Dead" as the most recent in rants.

TAKE YOUR <bunny> "WOW RULES OMGZOR" SHIT TO THE WOW FORUM ALREADY, this is BEASTLORDS FOR EQ.

Great, you think EQ is dead. Good for you. It fucking isn't. Just cause your loser guild folded because everyone like yourself headed to WoW, doesn't mean mine has. That means <your guild> is dead, not EQ. I'm sick to death of hearing it, take your other game discussions to another game forum. Thanks a lot.



Train Engineer, Chief Hermit of <Mystic Nobles>

Koullyn

You are a dumbass, you can't tell people what to chat about and what not to. The only reason you are upset is you can't find any friends to play with anymore.
-- Retired Level 70 Beastlord --
http://www.wowgamers.com
http://www.wwm.net

Latang

This is an everquest beastlords forum. Was that too hard for you to understand? I'm not sure how I can break it down any simpler for you.

Fine, you want to spam "EQ is dead" around, do it. Have you READ that stupid post? most of it is about WoW. Take it to the WoW forums. Is that too hard as well?

Train Engineer, Chief Hermit of <Mystic Nobles>

Koullyn

Yup I have read it and I still don't see a problem with people expressing themselves. Since Jaeren and I are making both this forum and WoWgamers available for free I think it is ok for people to talk about what they want. If you don't like the thread DON'T READ IT. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
-- Retired Level 70 Beastlord --
http://www.wowgamers.com
http://www.wwm.net

Jaeren

You of course do realize that this post which YOU started is about wow too, right? Think about it...

While we are a beastlord centered forum, many people come here for the community, whether or not they still play or not..

And as Kaspi said, you can simply not read it. Not like it's a giant scrolling marquee what the last topic is. It's listed in one place at the bottom on one page.



EQ - Morell Thule / Erollisi Marr (Retired):
[75 Beastlord] Jaeren (Barbarian)
[72 Cleric] Velissia (High Elf)
[69 Shaman] Sotar (Vah Shir)
  
WoW - Medivh (Retired):
[60 Rogue] Draeven (Undead)
[60 Priest] Lifesaver (Undead)
[56 Rogue] Klaien (Human)
[51 Paladin] Keidian (Human)
  
VSOH - Flamehammer (Retired)
[34 Disciple] Daevien (Half Elf)
[33 Bard] Pastorius (Kojani)
[26 Dread Knight] Draeven (Kojani)


Latang

My post is not about WoW. It's about EQ. That's why I put it in the **EQ** forum, not the WoW forum.  My question is why keep bumping a post with the title "EQ is dead" just to chat about what's happening in WoW? Just so you know, some of us still do play everquest you know. We love logging in and doing what we do with our online friends. We dont consider EQ dead. Fine, a lot do, and that post there is perfect for them, let them express their opinions about how glad they left it. Have the discussions on WoW in the WoW forums tho.

Thanks for the beastlords.org forums tho, most of them are great.

Train Engineer, Chief Hermit of <Mystic Nobles>

Jaeren

I fail to see your logic. If it was posted in a wow forum here and it was the latest post, it would still show the exact same way. So basically you would ignore the wow forum, why can't you ignore the rants forum or just the one thread?

In the end, people come here to talk and friendships have been made here that may go beyond the game or maybe just a sense of belonging here and being part of the community.

I'm sorry you don't like the topic but thats one reason why forums do so well, not everyone thinks alike and has the same opinions. Until such time as that topic or any other goes too far and breaks a rule, they can continue. We are quite lax with moderation here, preferring instead to have an open forum where people can chat about various topics.



EQ - Morell Thule / Erollisi Marr (Retired):
[75 Beastlord] Jaeren (Barbarian)
[72 Cleric] Velissia (High Elf)
[69 Shaman] Sotar (Vah Shir)
  
WoW - Medivh (Retired):
[60 Rogue] Draeven (Undead)
[60 Priest] Lifesaver (Undead)
[56 Rogue] Klaien (Human)
[51 Paladin] Keidian (Human)
  
VSOH - Flamehammer (Retired)
[34 Disciple] Daevien (Half Elf)
[33 Bard] Pastorius (Kojani)
[26 Dread Knight] Draeven (Kojani)


Jkal_Shihar

You can rant and still be civilized bout it. Jaeren is probably one of the few here who knows me the best when we tagged along on tribunal. And he knows how I can be blunt on what I see.

What you posted was more of a whine. The "EQ is Dead" thread wasnt by all means this is the end or some such. He ranted but we all tried to be civilized on it. YOU DONT NEED TO SWEAR OR KEEP CAP LOCKS ON TO PROVE A POINT like I just did.

You want a true rant, try a server flameboard. Here I like to see what people have a case against so I can see if I experience the same thing.

At least here, most if not all of us are mature enough to be casual on how we rant or argue. Not acting like a bunch of 10 year old kids fighting over something like Yu Gui Oh (i think i spelled it wrong but who cares) on which card is better or something.

I left EQ and took a short break from all MMO's. When EQ2 came out I tried it and love it. WoW came out I tried and didnt like it. When I saw all the changes they were doing to EQ I figure I come back and see how it all panned out. So far I'm liking it but the population level has dropped alot on my server.

That was the main reason for the 'EQ is Dead" thread. Take it how you like, but at least I'm not raving like a 10 year lunatic bent on world domination cause my card deck will blow your card deck out of here.
Animist Jkal Shi`har and tigger
Arch Animist of the Tribunal Server
My Magelo
*still my main since dec. 2001*

Mahes

Quote from: Kaspi on February 12, 2005, 04:26:59 PM
You are a dumbass, you can't tell people what to chat about and what not to. The only reason you are upset is you can't find any friends to play with anymore.

Apparently my other post was deleted or didn't go through.

That is clearly a personal attack and has no place here, as you have outlined in the forum rules.  I regret that someone that immature is in control, though I'm hesitant to point that out as you've previously demonstrated your threat to "take your toys away and go home" if you will.

Perhaps we should head to the WoW board and post how much it sucks and EQ is better.  I'm sure they'd love to have us.  People thoroughly enjoy coming to a site devoted to their hobby and seeing it bashed, no?

To the original poster, your best bet is to just skip this forum all-together.  Pretend it's that one table in the lunchroom of high-school full of the people that no one else wants to sit with, then go have a seat with your friends at the other tables.

Cyphen Wilder

#9
I can agree with original poster in that if I am coming here and want to see why people think EQ is or is not Dead whether it be their opinion or personal reasons I don't need to see stuff like this:

QuoteWell, at least he's smart enough to be Horde..... can't say the same about you Jaeren 

QuoteBUA HA HA HA!

The Hoard is not evil. Just the Alliance misunderstands our intentions.

QuoteAnd that's why the horde comes through to beat up the little gnomes?

QuoteI'll officially state: /hijack on

But yes, the Horde is evil! Kash must be thinking it's Monday or something. No one misunderstands me. I'm evil. Very evil. I once bedded an orc female then met up with her sister right in front of her. Now that's evil! 

I kill children centaurs. I kill lionesses! Nothing will be spared from my weapons. Some poor night elf crossed my path and was 7 levels higher than me. I killed him too (albeit with 4 others). I was at the Crossroads and it was attacked by 4 lvl 60 Alliance members. One was a gnome!   I attempted to kill him. Gnomes infuriate me. A barbaric sense of rage overtakes me. There is no denying it.

Oh yeah, and /hijack off (for me)

Now, EQ is dead to me! (think of that scene from Karate Kid 2 when Sato says that to his nephew/son?)

However posts like this interest me, since they offer insight as to why EQ might or not be dead:

QuoteEQ1 is not going anywhere. Its a great game. I had an incredible 5.5 years in the game. Is the game 'dead'? Comparatively speaking the answer is an overwhelming "yes".

Ill bet more people no longer play then those who actually do play.

You will not find me bashing on EQ1. There is nothing to 'bash'. It was a revolutionary game for its time which truely set the standard by which all other MMOPRG's use as there back drop.

Blizzard themselves have stated that WoW is not revolutionary. They took all of things that irritated players of 'other' (READ: EQ1) MMORPG's and removed them. They then took all of things 'other' (READ: EQ1) MMORPG's did RIGHT and incorperated them in to WoW.

WoW is Everquest1 with all of the bullshit removed. Its really as simple as that. If you start playing WoW thinking something 'new' or 'revolutionary' is going to happen Ill tell you now its not there. The game is just simply more 'friendly' to Hardcore players and Casual players alike. I highly recommend it to everyone especially fi you are somewhat disenchanted with Everquest. If so, you will simply LOVE WoW. I promise you that much.

QuoteMy guild was raiding the EPs when WoW and EQ2 came out.  We dropped from 60 people on both weekend raids to about 35-40.  1 guild on bertox has moved to WoW, one has lost the majority of it's raiders and formed an alliance, one has stopped raiding and another who had just made the EPs has folded.  It was looking pretty bleak.

However there are still 5 guilds in front of us in the content all raiding full time with enough numbers to do everything from time through to anguish.  And while our numbers dropped we found we could still kill everything we had before so we carried on... we ended up with a core raid force that was extremely well geared (ie 5 tanks near 13khp).

Now we've seen the first wave of about 10 people return from EQ2 (mostly saying it had no feeling to it and they got bored) and from WoW (mostly saying that they got bored after they maxed), we've also recruited some of our friends in guilds that have folded or gone inactive and our raid numbers went right back up.  I don't think these two games will have any greater effect than DAOC or SWG did in the end, I see more new players now than I did this time last year.  In January we beat TRC at the first attempt, Coirnav at the third and Xegony at the second and we're now time flagged.

I'm having more fun now than I ever have playing EQ, it is a million miles from dead for me.

Khayden

So keep your horde versus alliance posts in the WoW forums, and no need for "WoW roxxors, EQ is teh suck!" posts in a EQ forum when you can have them in your WoW  fan boy forums.

Jaeren

The horde vs alliance posts were taken in fun, at least by me which at least one was directed.

I'm still wondering why the ones that don't care for WoW can't ignore one simple thread. Until this one was started, everything was kept in that one thread so anyone that didn't want to read it didn't have to. The thread has good points/opinions/whatever but yes, it has strayed from the topic originally started at times and not every post does stay on topic.

As far as Kaspi and his comments... Kaspi hosts the domain. He doesn't try to control what goes on here. That was our last webhost that got pissy cause people didn't agree with him and booted us from the box with no notice (unlike the "they wanted to move" job he pulled which we just took the high road about and found a better host and let the issues with him slide). Kaspi gave us very good hosting with almost instant setup and hasn't asked for anything in return from the community. His comments were an insult or whatever you want to call it, true. In the rants section more stuff is allowed to slip and Latang who started this thread is NOT above saying very similiar things that have been allowed to let go without anyone saying anything about it.

Quote
Ogee, wtf? delete that stupid fucking picture. If it floats your boat, fine, jerk off to it all you like, don't post dumb shit like that.

In a rants section the rules are not as strict, if you can't handle it, it's best to avoid the forum. In fact, I'm going to move the Rants board to it's own section so you can collapse the category and never ever have to see it again if you so wish.



EQ - Morell Thule / Erollisi Marr (Retired):
[75 Beastlord] Jaeren (Barbarian)
[72 Cleric] Velissia (High Elf)
[69 Shaman] Sotar (Vah Shir)
  
WoW - Medivh (Retired):
[60 Rogue] Draeven (Undead)
[60 Priest] Lifesaver (Undead)
[56 Rogue] Klaien (Human)
[51 Paladin] Keidian (Human)
  
VSOH - Flamehammer (Retired)
[34 Disciple] Daevien (Half Elf)
[33 Bard] Pastorius (Kojani)
[26 Dread Knight] Draeven (Kojani)


Koullyn

Yup, I don't display immaturity and take my toys and run. I will call you when you are being stupid though. Why create a drama thread crying and whining that you don't like a thread that has been around for months? That was my point simply. If it is that much of a trial and tribulation to you, DON'T READ IT!!!!! It doesn't get much simpler to me.
-- Retired Level 70 Beastlord --
http://www.wowgamers.com
http://www.wwm.net

danaconda

LOL! Almost all of those quotes in the one post were by me! Heavens forbid I actually post something in rants that's directed light-heartedly at the forum admin. From this point forward I will make sure to keep every post I make exactly on topic. Funny, you didn't use the quote where Jaeren points out that Kash can't think on mondays, or whatever it was. Guess that's not on topic either  :roll:

/sarcasm off

Anyways, I try to bring light-hearted conversation to the rants boards occassionally (or maybe just this one time, I'm not sure  :-D). So what if the topic is called "EQ is Dead".... I was still playing EQ when the topic started and it never bothered me at all.

In case you haven't noticed (and why would you? you don't play WoW) the WoW forums here were closed and a new site erected in it's place. Besides Jaeren, I am sure I have the most posts there (all of about 10 or so) so I am definitely trying to keep the posts to the correct boards. However, we don't really have much of a drawing on the other boards yet. I think there's only 21 members currently.

I continue to visit this forum because I had many truely (truley? whatever) nice conversations here and I enjoy the community. My accounts expire in May, so at any time I can still play EQ if I so choose.
Dedlee Beatdown retired
Troll Beastlord of Lanys T'Vyl
(moved onto WoW - Mannoroth server, same name)

Latang

Dude, he posted a picture of a naked guy. Naked guy = pornography. I stand by what I said in that post.

Picture this. We are a community. And a shrinking one. However, when someone wants to start a new character, and decides to make a beastlord... Where do they go to research it? The mysupersales.com dump or here. This is the prefered site. While you guys im sure dont give a flying fuck about Everquest anymore, cause you have other interests, I do. I disagree with the front page of this forum having a fairly discouragingly titled thread being permabumped by irrelevant shit that belongs in a different forum. First impressions count, and if you see "EQ is Dead" everytime you link over to here... it's a downer.

That being said, thanks a bunch for moving R&F down the page, it helps.

Train Engineer, Chief Hermit of <Mystic Nobles>

danaconda

Ok, that is a reasonable request. Your starter post on this topic made you sound very whiney. At least I see your point now. (don't take that whiney part as a flame please  :-D)

On a side note (hope I'm still allowed to make those) I must point this out....

Quote from: Latang on February 12, 2005, 02:30:40 PM
About whenever I go to look at the forum list, the most recent posts shown seems always to have "EQ is Dead" as the most recent in rants.

TAKE YOUR <bunny> "WOW RULES OMGZOR" SHIT TO THE WOW FORUM ALREADY, this is BEASTLORDS FOR EQ.

Great, you think EQ is dead. Good for you. It fucking isn't. Just cause your loser guild folded because everyone like yourself headed to WoW, doesn't mean mine has. That means <your guild> is dead, not EQ. I'm sick to death of hearing it, take your other game discussions to another game forum. Thanks a lot.

I didn't re-read the whole thing (nor am I pointing out the curses to get you into trouble) so I might have missed a highlight there... but.....

Jaeren! Dude! You seriously modded out a curse, but left 2 more in there? Man, you suck! LOL  :-P
Dedlee Beatdown retired
Troll Beastlord of Lanys T'Vyl
(moved onto WoW - Mannoroth server, same name)