Everquest Paintings

If you've never played Everquest then just close this video right now... you know what, even if you've played Everquest close it - thanks
I felt the need to edit something and this is the result of that strange desire. In this stupid silly video I ask the hard hitting questions about the paintings found throughout Everquest, like " whats that one in Highpass supposed to be? " and " why is there a painting in Neriak of slug's playing poker? " - Needless to say I find no answers
Forum thread - www.project1999...
I wanna thank the staff at Project 1999! Without them I wouldn't have been able to run around and record all the ugly images found throughout Norrath ( and you know, play the game for the past 5 years ). If you want to play classic Everquest again then head over to www.project1999...

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

Here's some secret easter egg type things - 0:17 - Unicorn painting that is very fake 0:25 - Fire elemental hiding in the torch 1:03 - Sirken sitting infront of me ( gold armor green sword ) 1:13 - that's some kind of dog award lol dunno if anyone noticed 1:35 - Wurmslayer and Executioner's axe go flying for no reason 2:02 - I'm hiding in the tower 6:02 - that's actually just a fire drake 6:57 - I'm hiding behind the clock tower

[@bocawilliams9200]

I NEED more Everquest videos!

[@deavonw]

I freakin love your Everquest videos. Extremely entertaining! Please dont stop!

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

+deavonw Thanks!

[@NosDemonic]

+deavonw I agree, I was going to write the exact same comment. But here it was, so I liked this one instead!

[@highlevelwizard9788]

please make these regularly

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

I'm working on another one - just wish it didn't take me so long : (

[@NosDemonic]

Your videos certainly have a lot of editing so that explains it. Do you stream at all?

[@SkeliGOAT]

I never thought i could enjoy a video about paintings in a 17 year old game, i thought wrong. Thank you.

[@EditorSebas]

Nobody ever talks about that poop in Freeport, is nobody ever going to clean it up!?

[@BrainBurnStudios]

Dude, wtf, your everquest videos are awesome! WHY do you only have 400 subs???? Please make more!!!

[@PhantomLAM]

I love that you added the skeleton laugh that literally made me laugh out loud. :)

[@ulujain]

I read some lore years ago that said all those frescoes (?) along the EK wall to HHP were Combine Empire things.

[@liquidbeaf]

Don't stop making these! Put them in a playlist!

[@Jathor2000]

Whoa… This was awesome…. You’ve got to make some more videos on EQ bro…. I never knew of paid any attention to the paintings in EQ, but your overview left me dumbfounded that I missed out on so much during my 10 years of playing EQ. I really enjoyed your narrative and sense of humor in this video, but I really enjoyed the way you filmed it. Freaking Great!! Keep up the good work! Jathor

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

+Jathor2000 Thanks man! I had a lot of fun playing director in this one - movement of the in-game camera, working with the different lighting options/sources, shot composition, all that nerdy stuff - glad you liked it!!

[@JustQuixa]

@1:53 I think that says Top of the World. You sparked my interest, so I reinstalled EQ (aaand there goes the next few months of my life lol) and levitated my little old druid butt to HPH to find that painting! My first guess was waterfalls.. or maybe South Karana bridge at night (with the NK wiz spires in the distance) It's been so long since I played, I had no idea they revamped HPH including the wall art. :O For the record, the devs chose to upgrade it with a painting of 3 waterfall against very dark rocks with blue skies and water above/below them. P.S. Subbed in hopes of more awesome Evercrack vids by you. :D

[@ravosblackrose]

Its not a Xenomorph. Its a regular quadrapedal dinosaur skeleton. They arch their knecks and tails backwards while they die . It is very clear if you are familiar with the pattern

[@trollking99]

Exactly.

[@hieromonk120]

watched the 2nd video now, and it clicked for me that all that bullshit that was in the game (the random paintings, ridiculous amount of NPC's, etc) all actually made EQ feel like a real world. Despite everything being almost completely static, it had more life in it than current generation games where only quest NPC's actually say/do anything.

[@Merkmerk73]

lol xenomorph skeleton always saw it as some long necked critter with its neck twisted around

[@Wang_Thunder]

These are awesome and very fun, thank you for taking the time to make them! You should cover some of the weird quest zones/temples (like Temple of Solusek Ro), and/or lore related to the original Planes and their entrances/exits.

[@shiftnative]

This was hilarious man, I don't have any "irl" friends who play Everquest so hearing all this is extra awesome - you're the bomb

[@KikiAries23]

1 happy to have found your videos, 2 we are on the same p99 server, 3 my quest to dig into the lore of EQ cause of my time in Live, and 4 Your questions of the reasons for certain paintings go back far into the Lore, as things happen prior to EQ before the world split up.... so, yeah..... just pointing that out if it wasnt, Watching your vids you have a new subber!

[@molecrabs]

your videos brings a tear to my eyes. Such a good game that no one can reproduce today. keep making these videos!

[@cyborg346]

I remember when those message boards worked. I never posted anything and I didn't read anything but I remember they brought up a different window where you could post/read things.

[@timothygreeley9673]

I like that the mayong mistmoore painting in mistmoore shows up again in tower of frozen shadow but slashed up

[@ardenc8432]

not sure if this is already known but all the tavern message board actually worked at one point, between classic and kunark, one would be able to post messages and communicate with others by clicking on it and then a scroll screen would pop up from which things could be typed on. I know because I tried LFG with it @.@. By the way I really love all your EQ videos!!!

[@haykayyaygfay]

Please investigate the symbol that appears at 5:42 in this video! I was always fascinated by it, and I tried to track down all the zones it appeared in a long time ago, but I never got to the bottom of it. Seems important. Oh, and what about the awesome neon eye illustrations in Neriak? Keep these up please! Happy nostalgia :)

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

+haykayyaygfay It's the shissar doomsday calendar! I really like the one in Permafrost - there are stones around it that make it looks more like a clock... if you follow me

[@Kamidake83]

I could have sworn at one point the message boards worked....

[@mylinkainc7881]

You certainly have a knack for these videos. You should seriously be doing this professionally. You could generate some great content for television or internet. This is undiscovered raw talent. Okay.. so maybe the nostalgia factors into the appreciation here, but I do have somewhat of an eye for talent, and you've got it. Keep them coming! And when you run out of EQ ideas, find another topic and do it up.

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

Thanks man - that's a little to much praise for me to handle..... but I appreciate it : ) I have plenty of EQ ideas to work on atm but I do have another passion, the works of Tolkien! and Im makin videos about that too kzbin.info/www/bejne/eomtXpp_rdp2g7s ( if you or anyone else happens to be as big of a nerd as I am )

[@Cyrusk4]

Also Velious and Kunark had to have been pre planned during classic, because there's references present (at least to Velious), like with the item "Ice of Velious". Kunark is mentioned there at the port authority from the beginning, so they had some idea well in advance.

[@stevendibernardo1015]

As usual, another rocking video! Great work, and thank you!

[@jungleGSC]

never noticed the nagafen map thats fuckin awesome

[@billyblazes8239]

I love seeing such a in depth discussion on such a small detail in games, its fascinating to see the world building some old games do

[@claytonhusted]

I remember the sign in Freeport saying passage to Kunark before the expansion. Now it might have been 1 month before the expansion I can't remember that. It was 18 years ago.

[@TheAwesomeIncarnate]

The paintings of the continents were there since Vanilla. Velious was planned. Luclin (cats on the moon) wasn't.

[@JemMawson]

Pictures of dragons: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foWvh3-GjL5niK8&t=54m35s

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

+Jem I was watching the stream when he was there! - I wanna know who took those pics / the history behind them (theres people in the vox/naggy ones!). Unfortunately I've never been to that zone and had no idea those existed or they would have probably made it into the video : /

[@tyresyt]

The dragon portraits in ToV are pretty neat, but I would say they are quite a bit different than the classic style portraits you are highlighting here, and which I myself find much more interesting. These portraits are in the very endgame of Velious and not exactly accessible to most players, as evident by your comment. Not only that they are 3d renders / screenshots and lack the charm and intrigue of the old paintings if you ask me. Just thought I'd throw that out there, since I loved this video and honestly prefer it without those Velious-era pieces. Hope to see some more P99 stuff from you.

[@Mandayen]

Please do more EQ videos! These were great!

[@TrailRider650]

I remember message boards there was one in Qeynos and this monk friend and I would keep in touch that way they did work at one time and no one I talk to now in game even remembers them, been playing a lil bit before Kunark came out and still playing today haven't missed subbing on 2 of my main toons in that long, Cheers to all who have come and gone and all stll sticking with it it's been a great ride looking forward to many more.Jilkk the Bard on Cazic Thule.

[@contrapasta2454]

My entire server called it high hold keep. HHK. You've made my question my existence.

[@Dawgfather187]

Yeah that was a great video i still play if i get the chance and i love going to old haunts. I will say you really should've included some of the paintings in Veeshan's peak. That zone just like perfectly captures the spirit of eq for me. From the lava flows to the piles of gold and gems in the dragon rooms. One of my favorite zones in eq.

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

+Dawgfather187 I've never been there : (

[@Dawgfather187]

+Michael's shenanigans oh that's a shame, as much as you seem to be into lore you would love it. I even have am old screenshot of us actually killing veeshan. It was an invisible blue con that we found on accident hiding in the lava. I'm guessing it was never sposed to be found

[@Froakadoke]

"Thanks for watching...I apologize." is up there for best ways to end a video.

[@jamesfulton6600]

these are great videos. keep up the good work!

[@RojerLockless]

You sir are funny. I could watch your EQ videos all the time. Subbed.

[@jwinaz]

The one on the wall leading into Black Burrow is an archeopteryx, isn't it?

[@mdavis3160]

You ask all the questions I've been wondering about for years!

[@kimballcrocferd9988]

DO A VIDEO ABOUT ABANDONE LOCATIONS ON EVERQUEST, THINGS LIKE HOST TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS THAT NO ONE GOS TO ANY MORE.

[@FuryanHeart]

I know I'm late to the party but your Everquest videos are gems.

[@robn2171]

"thanks for watching - I apologize." LMFAO.

[@ClawsForAlarm]

Gotta say, love how you edit and film these videos immensely. You got more than one guffaw outta me with the timing of a few of them!

[@Kitties_are_pretty]

Ugh your EQ videos are so good MAKE MORE MAN PLEASE FFFFFFFFFFF

[@priblundjerameetrius9817]

as a pre kunark rascal, I found this video badass. I like to see someone else as into the lore and quirks about the game. they had to rehydrate me at a hospital from crying when I got to p1999 finally and found that the message boards didn't work.

[@dickovens4566]

wow that was actually some of the best EQ related material I've seen on here. Definitely reminded me of Red Letter Media but then I saw the rest of your videos which explains the influence lol. Keep up the good work man I can't wait to see some more of these!

[@nathanialroy3624]

cam here from ur mysteryZ vid make more!!!! an anyone else reading my comment hop on project 1999 with meh!8D

[@jungleGSC]

awesome video thanks

[@megamonstercookies]

Stellar editing

[@angelaf3005]

Make more videos please. I love them. More mysteries please.

[@eddwinnas]

impressive video you could do professional work easy

[@Batonaleash]

Gawd where do you got this book? I wish i would have it too ;-;

[@sirdamned9272]

Kway-noes or Key-nose? Me personally, I always pronounced is Kwaynose.

[@MichaelKerr71]

I remember those Message Boards actually worked back in around '99. You could click on it and type something in, or look at other people's messages. I don't know when they changed it though where you couldn't anymore. Also, I like all the graffiti on the wall in the Qeynos Aqueducts.

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

The message boards were awesome - it was neat having an in-game forum. the aqueducts are cool but I've always avoided that zone cause it's a horrifying labyrinth : D ( I'll be there briefly in my next vid )

[@FatefulSilence]

Blackburrow's isn't a Xenomorph it's a reference to Blackwater, Montana from Jurassic Park where they first image a velociraptor skeleton

[@Lamilmls]

No door sounds *Not Classic* thanks for the video

[@ares33408]

3:00 min is a Khmer art from Angkor wat temple

[@jaySEER]

More Everquest videos mate! Good job on them

[@sdp00888]

Amazing EQ video!! Thanks for making such a good video!

[@kylehill3410]

never knew the map to nagafen thats awesome fun fact !

[@richyeates6782]

Lovely Vid fella. Great work!

[@ericbeall7675]

HAHAHAH your humor in this video absolutely kills me, the part about what kind of lunatic would put aliens in my fantasy game (slowly phasing in Shadows of Luclin imagery) just made me laugh out loud so hard while at work that I got questioned by my boss as to what was so funny? Please make more everquest videos like this I NEED MOREEEE

[@RenaiTsuboku]

Why are your everquest videos so funny???

[@thomriley1036]

It's not exact, but the fire-breathing dragon painting at 1:30 seems to be based on the cover of the Silver Anniversary Dungeons & Dragons box set (TSR 11450), which would've been in circulation around the same time that EQ was being developed in the late 1990's. The back of that D&D box set features art by Larry Elmore, who worked alongside Keith Parkinson at TSR. Both artists produced iconic EQ box art over the years.

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

Good catch! I know nothing about D&D and I certainly did not know where to start with "dragon art" lol.

[@thomriley1036]

@@michaelsshenanigans5637 I had the honor of meeting both Larry Elmore (The artist of Prophecy of Ro, Dragons of Norrath, etc) and Merika Rock (the model who posed for Firiona Vie) at an oil painting class in Kentucky. At the time, he still had several of the original paintings in his possession. Larry is most famous for Dragonlance and the D&D Basic "Red Box." His buddy Keith Parkinson painted the first bunch of iconic EQ covers, with the 1999 classic being one of his best works in my opinion. I came to EQ by way of 2e D&D back in the 1990's. If you do another video, I've always been intrigued by the obvious Drow Elf inspirations behind the Teir'Dal. Neriak is basically a rip-off of Menzoberranzan from the Drizzt books, which is itself a rip-off of Erelhei-Cinlu from Module D3 'Vault of the Drow', which is itself a rip-off of Michael Moorcock's Melniboné... Which makes Innoruuk a second cousin to both Lolth and Arioch. (Love your videos!)

[@Random49558]

Whoa bro, you make the coolest vidyas

[@Jolanar_Raj]

This was really great!

[@BlueFlash215]

Just started again on the Angarr Server. Man.... this is just an amazing game! Thanks for those cool videos. I would be happy to see more of them

[@Alexa2z]

Lmao why do you torture yourself like this dude? Selfishly I must request please keep doing so! Your videos are hilarious and I look forward to waiting 3-6 months for a new one like it's a new season of Fargo or game of thrones. Seriously though you're hilarious and I love your videos.

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

I never thought that anyone would ever look forward to anything I would make, but here I am! thanks for enjoying this nonsense? : ) - there are more videos in the works!

[@AncientDirtbag]

So glad I found your channel.

[@mikeharris8423]

So much fun! You're great dude!

[@halason1]

Never stop making these videos!

[@DaveD_223]

Please make more videos! This was great. There has been so many times where I have been running around in EQ and and stopped to look at some of this random art and thought the same.

[@everquestfootpad6975]

Officially becoming a shenanigans fan. Don’t think Brell Serilis is evil per se. His followers believe that true happiness lays underground. Various factions who worship Brell are constantly at each other’s throats. Dwarves believe they are his true offspring. Splitpaw gnolls believe Brell sculpted them from sacred clay or something. I made the mistake of taking my Gnome Wizard who worships Brell to Neriak.. bad idea. I Love everything you do.

[@datacurve3]

The carving is the child like empress "neverending story" or more likely quillious or how ever you spell it

[@redwjamz]

awesome video, please make more. What do you use to edit and stuff?

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

Collin S. Thanks! I use Sony Vegas Pro 13, Audacity for audio stuff, and Gimp 2 for images

[@pirate1197]

You, sir, are an EQ explorer-adventurer-video-making-editing-GOD!

[@McBillyBoy]

Painting at 2:09 look to be like a Alter with Candles on it for some Dark magic use

[@johncognetti410]

These are amazing, you are amazing, Everquest is amazing! Thanks for making my day! :D

[@luciuscincinnatus8956]

Loved the video. Very high quality and clearly a lot of work went into it. I would love to see more like it!

[@SWITCHNSTEAM]

Omg man you're makimg me want to install P1999 right now to relive my childhood :D love the EQ videos you got you a new subscriber

[@innyen19d]

But... I cant play. Min reqs went up. Graphics stayed the exact same. Ive acquired a Ps4. Im done with EQ.... Ps -Queynos is spoken like Kaynose.

[@mflinn605able]

The Mayong Mistmoore painting in Castle MM where he is wearing his random gold suit and hat is actually a direct replica of a Henry VIII painting. I'm guessing this is a nod to Henry VIII ushering in the divine right of kings in England and Mayong's lifelong goal of becoming a God. I'd show a side by side shot but no picture comments allowed. Thanks for the videos Michael!

[@Stammer6]

I don't even play EverQuest (yet), but I found this video tremendously entertaining.

[@jeremiahcomer]

Great job! -Telin

[@chauncymcbaddass]

Ok I realize I am responding to a 5 year old video but I scrolled down a bit, but not all the way so sorry if this was already answered. The face at 2:50 is Luclin the shadow/moon goddess according to the original Verant lore. Obviously this is Pre Shadows of Luclin expansion. There used to be a compilation site of all the old lore, and I remember after reading that I showed it to all of my guildies. I was quite into the lore back then.

[@Stuby451]

Hey, I love this videos, everquest is very near and dear to my heart. What is the name of that huge lore book you opened at one point in this video? Im looking for a good source of lore for the EQ universe

[@utenan1]

+Michael Claice Sadly that's no lore book - it's the ruins of kunark prima strategy guide. I use these sites for a lot of lore stuff though - www.elitegamerslounge.com/home/lore/index.htm - lorenorrath.free.fr/index.php

[@Stuby451]

Michael Beckham Awesome, thanks for getting back to me so quickly!

[@Huneidu]

In 1999, I always thought they were saying, "Might I have some coffee, please?" Copper makes so much more sense than coffee does. >

[@iksarguards]

I’m sure thing has been mentioned plenty over the past two years, but that’s definitely not a xenomorph skeleton. That’s a dinosaur in death positioning that’s fairly common to dinosaurs and birds. Also xenomorphs don’t have bones, they have exoskeletons.

[@MooKyyLOL]

Fun fact, the picture in 4:30 seems to be from Saint George slaying a dragon, I used to see pictures/paintings of him killing a dragon all over the place in Brazil when I was younger

[@junun007]

sub'd for more EQ vids!

[@grossincandescence2764]

You said you could do a video about jumping off of stuff. I would love to see it! One of my hobbies was climbing high things to find the 10k damage falls.

[@TheRealTiburon]

Awesome stuff man!

[@TheRealTiburon]

Also I shared this and your Mysteries video on the Pantheon:Rise of the Fallen forums to show the profoundly deep care and feeling that was put into EQ!

[@dakshprajapati7348]

Dude I remember this game when I was 10 years old you got me going downloading and laughing. People dont get it this is what a real RPG is....

[@zenithquasar9623]

Omg, that running joke about dogs playing poker being replaced with names of the taverns is one of the most incredible jokes in any game I have seen!

[@Kaizien]

these are fucking amazing

[@Chris-zg7ty]

These are great. Nice job on the videos.

[@Jempai]

Dude you gotta make more of these videos.

[@Eedelia01]

That music from Kerra Island has always been my favorite hidden gem from this game. Thank you for using it.

[@boariggy]

Love your EQ videos, man! Keep it up! :)

[@michaelsshenanigans5637]

+Jason Tan Thanks!

[@tbga1970]

Interesting stuff.