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@webwalker00 2 ай бұрын

Playing the EMU and I found 11 books called the General History of Dereth, they were on a bookshelf in the lvl 40 hub quest (lightning axe), they chronicle this entire history...so good!

@EdgarVerona 5 ай бұрын

These are a great trip down memory lane, thanks for making them.

@EdgarVerona 5 ай бұрын

It sounds like they rewarded exactly what they intended: the plot wouldn't have gone forward if the players didn't destroy the shards, so all the "kill these and be rewarded" lead-ups weren't a bad move: it was actually leading to exactly the outcome they were hoping for. Only thistledown resisted where the game was leading them! If the players had listened to the warnings in the lore, it would have actually been worse for AC plot-wise

@Kalazar88Gaming 6 ай бұрын

The monthly updates were like my addiction as a kid growing up loving Asheron's Call. I loved decoding town crier messages and going and figuring out the new content without guides or videos. That's really hard to recreate these days.

@AdumbroDeus 8 ай бұрын

I played this game a little while as a kid, I wish I had been able to stay on long enough for this event honestly.

@novamarpo3 9 ай бұрын

Ooh!! :D

@DustinTaylorMusic Жыл бұрын

Mythrandia was the first monarch I saw outside Fort Teth haha legendary for me as a 11 year old.

@eddy67 Жыл бұрын

I started in July 2001, just a matter of months after this legendary event. How I wish I could have been playing then! Thanks for video

@spacechemsol4288 Жыл бұрын

1:38 thats me on the left there, nice that the screenshot i made survived :D. Was pretty easy to recognize my char, since i was one of the few that went for Celdon (pre patch) Shard Armor (not the smartest choice, but somewhat unique) 5:50 i admit, i was part of one attack ;) (if i remember correctly Lo Pan was my patron, forgot the monarch tho)

@spacechemsol4288 Жыл бұрын

13:14 i experienced firsthand how Harry (the Shard on TD) became invincible to our attacks, which was one of the reasons the defense was successful for so long. We did manage to overwhelm the defenders but Harry had leveled so much (it didnt just level on kills, it leveled on skill use just like players) that we wernt able to scratch him until more defenders arrived.

@maximvanchadze7042 Жыл бұрын

Sounds more like Paula’s theme, not as Easter

@novamarpo3 9 ай бұрын

They’re the same song

@thtuskey Жыл бұрын

I participated in this, proudly played on Thistledown from launch, for about four or five years. I remember when the Shadows were first introduced, they were really creepy as hell. I wasn't involved in the 24/7 vigilance defending the shard, but did pop in there from time to time. I really really loved Asheron's Call. Very fond memories as new things were introduced every month. I loved the open world exploration. You would just stumble across a dungeon nobody had ever heard about. I always wonder, "What happened to my pal Skippy Skullcrusher... "

@Jake-ol7hw Жыл бұрын

Best event ever. Especially on Darktide. Early Darktide was a gaming experience I never found anything close to. Funny thing is I didn't even know what this game was. I just saw how many people were playing on the Microsoft website where you launched from. I was playing rainbow six bunkers with the username Wesley_Snipes. I saw this Asherons Call thing pop up on the launcher with a ton of people, with no clue what it was so went out and bought a disk. Still the game that makes me not really love any game since. Nothing compares.

@MootRed Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I'm trying to make lore videos for the game. It's so comprehensive!

@Lord_Mideon Жыл бұрын

Mythrandia defended Thistledown from Beal for a long time. It was quite amazing. The GMs actually played the game with you.

@johandori7795 Жыл бұрын

As someone who never knew this game even existed until your video was brought up on a gameranx vid I watched by chance, I gotta say this is friggin' cool dude.

@FirstTuber123 Жыл бұрын

I’m still as lost as before. I came here from the Gamerranx video. The narrator in the video said he wouldn’t be able to explain it, and should just watch these videos. But like I said, I’m still lost.

@quiptheip Жыл бұрын

Very late response, but I can came from the Gameranx video as well and this is my overall understanding: TLDR: This is the first (and only?) time a player base forced the creation of a story arc that wasn’t controlled by the developers. The developers allowed it to happen and supported it. Though they ultimately had to bring all the servers back a consistent state, they player created story arc became a permanent part of the story. The devs of Asheron’s Call were way ahead of their time in the creation of a player interactive story arc. They were able to use the lack of lore knowledge, player’s loot greed and normal player gameplay styles to naturally advance their story arc to introduce the importance of understanding the game lore. The Thistledown server was able to splinter the canonical story arc which forced a player driven story arc. The devs then chose to interact with the splintered story arc instead of forcing their canonical version. Ultimately (from reading the comments), due to the way the servers updated, a splintered story arc couldn’t be maintained and the server had to reset to an earlier state to bring the servers back into a synchronized stare but the player created storyline arc had such an impact with the player base it became a permanent part of the game lore and story.

@leandrodecarli986 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool video btw

@leandrodecarli986 2 жыл бұрын

First

@ZapatosVibes 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine playing in a virtual world where your reputation actually matters within your community, and shame actually brought the player and their monarch to return the loot to its rightful owner; instead of instance-hopping away with random ppl youll never meet again to be hand-held in doing the same theme-park content as everyone else. That's what the spirit of the old MMORPGs were about, true, virtual world-building.

@ZapatosVibes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this. What an amazing buildup and moment in MMORPG gaming history!

@uncletrem1126 2 жыл бұрын

so this were fortnite stole in-game events

@Immortalbob 2 жыл бұрын

Theres work being done right now around that bz lightning flash, wish we had video of it :/

@DengarSW 2 жыл бұрын

OO, details? Links? Edit: So others can see a recreation attempt (real quick at the 11 second mark, not quite as I remember it but it gives a close impression): streamable.com/pfzfx3 If anyone has videos/screenshots/files of this or other long lost Asheron's Call's moments, remember the Asheron's Call Preservation Project may have use of them! www.accpp.net/

@Immortalbob 2 жыл бұрын

@@DengarSW seems my reply disappeared? hit me up on discord.

@JogandoComTuco 2 жыл бұрын

well the significance was zero massive rpg are still failing and incredible boring games based in fetch quests.

@tangoseal1 2 жыл бұрын

I played AC from birth to death of the game and let me tell you the lore was a bitch to work through. Many games now ram the lore down your throat and make it the most uninteresting thing ever. AC made the lore HARD AF to dig through and figure out and that made it so more immersive that there was actual existential threats to the outcome of the entire game moving forward that you in many cases could not stop from happening. A truly once in a generation, or even two generations type game dare I say. A shame that there hasn't been even an inkling of an attempt to create a modern MMO that took the best and fixed the worst from AC and dare I say even Everquest.

@AIZ3112 2 жыл бұрын

Пиздес

@mamontjpeg 2 жыл бұрын

I am from Nikitun!

@Deathscythe193 2 жыл бұрын

I was a kid when these events were happening but I still remember BZ going into towns and slaughtering people. It was the talk of the game, the rivers turned blood red and you'd hear of BZ attacking a town and go check it out.

@spawnofthanos630 2 жыл бұрын

I’m here cause of gameranx good video tho

@sharymshadehood9762 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the story. It was very interesting and well made.

@chalor182 2 жыл бұрын

The shard defense is the only thing that ever made me sad I was a HG guy and not another server. Wish I could have added to TD's last stand.

@chalor182 2 жыл бұрын

We all knew not to kill the crystals... the lore wasn't buried too deep we just wanted pretty green numbers more, to our everlasting shame 😔

@SeanMurphy74 2 жыл бұрын

top 3 game of all time for me.I compare so many games to this

@ididintneed 2 жыл бұрын

miss ya bro

@DengarSW 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, do I know you? Or did you perhaps comment on the wrong video?

@TheRetroChallengerV 2 жыл бұрын

I was playing in Frostfell at the time. I was also only 18yo. Great times indeed. I was called Pog Lockbane NunchuksWithGuns aka NuN Decayed Soul

@360Fov 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe a channel with less than 100 subs has such a bad ass video!

@ClintOrris 2 жыл бұрын

6:00 I remember when Atlan weapons were introduced! They were SO cool!! To this day they are my favorite game weapons ever.

@dantran5478 Жыл бұрын

gathering the mote.. having an alchemist to make it peerless ignot, then the run to the atlan mountain cave thingy to get it forged. good times.. I got most of my motes in teth area :D

@ClintOrris Жыл бұрын

@@dantran5478 I remember getting my first peerless atlan sword, it felt like I was a jedi getting a lightsaber. All my friends had peerless atlan weapons, some even had multiple, back when unarmed was the best because of how fast you could hit with it. I didn't care about being the best, I just wanted to look cool and the peerless atlan sword with the lightning was epic. The fire and acid versions were cool too, the frost was kinda harder to notice. All these years later and I still haven't found a sword I like more

@ClintOrris 2 жыл бұрын

1:49 For the record, these weren't just minor updates either. They could be small or they could be HUGE. Elementals invading, Yanshi being destroyed, Bael'Zharon showing up in the noob zone, etc. And this was every month.

@rjlack1975 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I started playing AC. The spires had just shown up and as I am running around figuring out how useless a swordsman was, I kept hearing everyone questioning why the spires had shown up and speculating on what it meant. It really added another level to the game for me as there were changes happening that people were unsure of. Even those who were high level were unsure of what was going on. It felt good as a noob that not everyone knew everything. It gave the impression of a living world. I still miss AC sometimes.

@LOLDEMOS 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this piece of history (and it is)

@eagle3909 2 жыл бұрын

damn it was so interesting

@just_an_account_3 2 жыл бұрын

Saw this mentioned in gameranks latest video. This seems like an incredible experience and hearing about it was fantastic.

@chchannel3508 2 жыл бұрын

Yep me too

@dylanherron3963 2 жыл бұрын

Mate, your effort literally got noticed by Falcon from Gameranx. Check it out! "10 more accomplishments from gamers" or something to that effect. You're in the #2 slot.

@DengarSW 2 жыл бұрын

Got a link? Google search isn't bringing anything up

@dylanherron3963 2 жыл бұрын

@@DengarSW kzbin.info/www/bejne/enzQhmeuf9t9nqc

@dylanherron3963 2 жыл бұрын

around the 11:00 mark. Made me come and check out your video parts on it. Truly amazing, that the Devs actively adjusted the updates to suit Thistledown feedback, I can't imagine the former devs remember this with anything other than fondness and pride.

@DengarSW 2 жыл бұрын

Found it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enzQhmeuf9t9nqc TY!

@srkestel 2 жыл бұрын

I bet this video blows up! Great work by the way!

@origintrackz5235 2 жыл бұрын

Hamud was just trying to put yall onto game, by introducing everyone to the power of MODS AND THE NEXUS!!!

@Sam.From.Wonderland 2 жыл бұрын

The stolen loot mentioned at 11:56 occurred on DarkTide. While Lop is listed at the player who go the kill, there was no corpse and the gem just hit the floor. A character named "Mistress of Desire" ran up, grabbed the gem, and portaled out.

@marting7848 2 жыл бұрын

Shollos or Lop was supposed to get the armor. indeed.

@origintrackz5235 2 жыл бұрын

Sneaky Sneaky...

@wilhelmscream6834 2 жыл бұрын

Sound about like Darktide haha

@filthyfil 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the blast from the past. I was in the frost fell server, I ended up being banned for xp farming when they announced the 2/3 strikes. Got a 72 hour ban, logged in and after I logged out perma ban. I still miss that type of grind and experience

@eldarmark 2 жыл бұрын

God, I miss AC. It was the best, absolutely the best, MMORPG ever.

@dizzolve 2 жыл бұрын

this is great thx! I actually left the game sometime after the Island update ....... and shadows were starting to appear I think ........ I think I remember the big spires that made no sense ........ and but not sure about the cratered town. I played Harvestgain

@northroad1 3 жыл бұрын

I was a casual player and was also only vaguely aware of these events at the time. the game world was so huge. thanks for chronicling this

@subarashiionions8696 3 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic

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