....that remembers me (Pre-Ebay)?

Been a long time, happened to stumble upon these forums by chance and figured I'd drop in and say hi and see which old timers are still kickin around :)

Hey I know you..

Pre Drizzen bot too? :eek:

Whats up.

Meno D`Arkanon

Hey what's up guys? Either of you still playing EQ or did ya move on to EQII/WoW?

Pre Drizzen bot too? :eek:

Drizzen bot eh? I take it Drizz turned me into one of his 4-box brigade chars like he did with most retirees? :)

Playing Vanguard on Thunderaxe server.

What you up to these days?

Been playing WoW since release.

How's Vanguard? I heard bad things from a few people that played in beta....

Hidey ho ex-guilderino.

Playing on EQ progression server The Sleeper atm.

Feeling sentimental I checked out the old Ayonae.ro forums (can be found at pub142.ezboard.com/bayonaero for those interested), and it seems the earliest thread is from 7/8/01 18:23, Edeina's first test thread.
We've been around a while. Or well, "we", Ayonae.Ro.

Wow, that seems like forever ago now.

Yuppers.

Hey Kiv, knew you were still around in some form you old git.

Sistah Sae!!!

How could I forget my "sistah"!

Squishter!!!

**hugs** how ya doing? :)

Squish!

How have ya been?

Doing good :)

Hope you all are doing well too!

Gaed...a hug? what happened to the licks on the forehead!:(

/hugs sistah Sae

Thanks for the +rep Squishie :) How's life?
"Returning to Ayonae.ro" or well, at least active poster status, reminds me what a plaethora of personalities I used to hang around with. I mean, it's easy to forget nicknames, personalities and the lives behind them when you move out of direct contact with them. I even remember having a long chat with Aracelt about it when I was exceedingly glum. I wonder how he's doing.

ya know Kivorn,

From what I remember my EQ experience the personalities that we had in EQ seems much more robust than the flatlinners I am around in WoW now days.

Beelz

I think it's the pace of the game and voice chat.

In EQ you had all the time in the world to alt-tab, read a thread, post, whatever. There was so much downtime. In WoW, you're always moving, hitting buttons constantly, and have almost no downtime. What downtime you do have, you're probably bullshitting around in vent anyway.

I have to agree with you on that Sanchek that downtime I think did make a difference in maybe why WoW is different than EQ was. The downtime in the "old" EQ made it possible to chat and talk.

I must say with the changes in EQ had made the pace faster though, especially with /ooc regen. I usually only get to talk when we are waiting for mana (which is not that very often or long anymore if at all.). I find after raids and grouping and when I can sit in the guildhall is my time to talk. Voice chat is a nice addition to the game though and almost a must in some instances. :)

Been thinking about that a lot, Beelz.
I think what the above posters have said is partly the reason. You simply had more time to converse during any part of the game. Everything from camping levels in Cazic Thule to raiding ToV, or fuck it, killing Vulak. Vulak was what, 15 minutes of running back and forth with not much more than autoattack on for us steel swinging hippies.

But the community was also a lot more tightly knit. Even if we raided with 60 players we still knew each other if for no other reason than the fact that there just werent that many players at max level, compared to the rest of the game populace. In WoW, every retard and his cousin is already level 70, and got there long before all but a few of the skilled players, and there's so many players that remembering peoples' names is just impossible.

I think EQ personalities mattered because at max level, you were more unique, and eventually everyone got a chance at the proverbial 15 minutes of fame. Two years later, you still remembered their names from somewhere, even if it's "oh yeah he's a ranger right?" or similar.

ya know Kivorn,

From what I remember my EQ experience the personalities that we had in EQ seems much more robust than the flatlinners I am around in WoW now days.

Beelz

Clearly I don't spend enough time rearranging raid groups. I'll rearrange them some more, just to create downtime for Starrla! :)

LOL...Oh man you better not do that Palarran you will have a uprising among the crew...LOL

But I always appreciate a bit of down time. http://www.ayonae.ro/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Having an absolute blast playing Vanguard. Miad and lelein say you need to get it and get on Thunderaxe server asap :p

Pish Posh! Hilsbury server 4tw!!!

Miad and lelein - blast from the past...tell them I said hi :)

I'm still playing Yee Old ranger on Tribunal ;)

Good to see so many ole EW folks !!!!

SquishMeGently!!!

Sistah Sae!!

Beelz...!!

Kiv!

Selwen!!

I agree btw, EQ tends to generate community as WoW never did....

Fandros Finglaflin
Yee Old Rangah of the Balance!!

I'm still playing eq on Maelin.

Lots of us really old EW people together in WoW.

Lots of us really old EW people together in WoW.

Is your charachter name PortBiatch" on there too? :p

Brasse and I are in EQ raiding still together !!

Other than that haven't seen much of Yee Elden EW crew..

Dangerboy still has the EW tag and still plays daily!!

Im still alive. Hi squish,fandros,L2 and everyone yes starrla too 8)

**licks Squister's forehead :p :p :p :p :p


LOL!! you know i'm still doing that now on Venekor EQ2? most of Qeynos loves it, they think it's funny as hell. gaedii will flirt with anyone and lick their foreheads. we kill a freep (it's pvp for freeport citizen) and i'll lick their forehead before they revive.

/chuckle Gaed

Lucky Freeps!!

*waves at Majicman!* Good to see you. :)
btw...what you been doing with yourself?
Gosh...Have not seen the name lelein around in a long time....old name.

Have most people ditched EQ2 already?

Only reason to still be playing EQ2 is for the cyber. So imagine all of SoT is still playing. oooooooh snap.

Ha.

http://forums.ayonae.ro/showthread.php?t=9106

Poser alert...

Sorry, just errr interesting folks still want to be us after the fact.

Who was on the EQ2 server with me that had the other fake EW? Remember their demise? /chuckle

Fandros

Hola everyone, nice to see some old names still around.


Nekko * retired

Wow! It is good to see names that I know! Hello everyone!

Only reason to still be playing EQ2 is for the cyber. So imagine all of SoT is still playing. oooooooh snap.

I played EQ2 for I think one week...then I went running back to EQ. *says under her breath...better cyber in EQ* :D ;)

You retired Nekko? Playing any new MMO?

Cancelled all MMO accounts 2 months ago. Heard lots of good things about Vanguard and the upcoming Warhammer MMO, but I think I am back to single player versions of gaming and also branching off into first person shooters. Much easier to put down or take on a laptop on one of my many trips overseas. I got Supreme Commander as well recently. Its keeping my free time occupied. What little I get.

I miss EQ, but its level of complication and intricate raids really do demand unparallel commitment if you want to be competitive. Not for your own betterment but due to the fact that other people constantly demand it from you for theirs. Fun is not supposed to involve guilt!

Supreme Commander as a title? or a game?

Game. Its an RTS. Best comparison is Total Annihilation 2.0. Its by the same dev.

Nekko!!!! PM me sometime, Evolone and I would love to know how you have been and whats new. It has been a good year since we've heard from you punk ::p

Evolone and I retired from Everquest almost a year ago now but are playing around in Wow some.

Good to see there are still a few kicking around!!

/cheers :p

Supreme Commander is gooood. An intelligent game, for once, is a refreshing thing. I've only been playing it sporadically as I have two weeks off over Easter that I fully intend to spend sitting in my pants and playing it. Whether or not the Mrs will allow it is another thing, of course.

I miss the days when my entire life was spent sitting in my pants. Good ole EQ.

So if you don't spend your life sitting around in your pants, are you sitting around nakid or in a skirt?

Hi Lao Starla and Evol, and of course the wonderful Lady Treca.



I stopped playing a little over a year ago and other than a few occasions about 9 months ago I haven’t logged in since. Two or 3? Expansions later I doubt I will make a return to play catch up and meet a ton of new people. Miss the old friends and acquaintances. Thou.



I haven’t played any other games, have considered picking up a game for the x-box but I hate dusting, the only other game that has caught my attention I don’t even remember the name of they just sent out beta invites and once I learned you needed to learn the in game language to advance images of me walking around talking it made me shudder. I believe it was an OG eq designer game, made here in Austin.



Other than that I got married Jan of this year, no kids just an additional toy Doberman atm to add to the chaos of home life. Hope everyone is doing well.



And I vote Boxers as most comfortable sitting around attire, wife beater shirt for extra comfort Tal.. Thou Im sure a skirt would rank right up there J