How Growing Up with EverQuest CHANGED My Life

[@RekitRogue]

I really loved the part where you played EverQuest!

[@dessius]

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[@audiogarden21]

@RekkitRogue Just remember to remove any negative charisma gear next time you sell.

[@Cynidecia]

I discovered Everquest in 2021 before i turned 21. I was put off by it initially, now after giving it another try it has a special place in my heart.

[@dessius]

That’s awesome!

[@tunabros]

everquest made me fall in love with MMOs again. not a single MMO out today that capture Everquest's sense of adventure! I am near your age too. I am 26

[@dessius]

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[@Dthamilaye]

Im almost 50, and I agree. I played EQ some 3-4 years, with first year (1999?) 3-6 hours daily. I moved to Wow when the american beta appeared, but I have to say that no other game has really given the same adventure feel than EQ. Originally, the trip from Nektulos to Qeynos required some planning and an hour or two of time (if you did not have pocket mages, of course). Wherever you went, you had that small dread of dying somewhere problematic, or some faction just jumping you from nowhere. Wow made so many things easier and simpler, but of course it also took something away from the feeling of being wary of things. Trips like running through the ice giant castle to reach the dragons did not exist in Wow. I do recall that I did appreaciate the things wow brought, though. I think I could not bear anymore to level a character to max in original EQ.

[@ClassicEverQuest]

Everquest is not older than me but I think it's really cool that a young man such as yourself can appreciate what Everquest brings to the table. Games today are flashy, fast paced and look cool but as your explained in your video, they lack heart and community. I wish more of the younger crowd could find it in themselves to appreciate what a game like Everquest offers. Monsters & Memories will give us an idea of how it can be perceived by the young and old of the current generation.

[@betterdeadthanred9863]

I appreciate this video. Lost my Dad a few years ago, and he got me into EQ back in 1999-2002. We only got to play together on P99 years later but having that connection with a loved one is priceless. Glad you have something similar, and hope ypu continue enjoying & making videos long into the future.

[@dessius]

Glad you got to play with him later on ❤

[@Fighter505-e9v]

Your experience is pretty much the same as me and I am 10 years older then you. There was something special about EQ for sure. Its something that is lost in modern multiplayer gaming with the endless quest for quality of life improvements. I think most modern game developers would give you a disgusted look if you said you are going to force people to work together to succeed and making friends is one of the most important progression requirements. But that social nature of the game is such a huge part of what made it great. Classic WoW had a bit of that magic but it was largely gone by later expansions.

[@jessetalavera4282]

The year was 2001, I just got out of the US Navy and started culinary school back then it pulled my heart strings just like listening to your evolution just now, a thousand thank you(s) folded upon itself...I'm sort of a old man now but, if there's a take away its that it taught me to be mindful and its okay to be human. If I fail, next time I fail forward, fail better, till there is no fail but a meticulously thought out cohesiveness to my methodology to all things that lift others and perpetuate this same energy so that others may do the same.

[@dessius]

Love it ❤

[@greggscharf6977]

Failing forward might be the best thing I've heard.

[@Mundellica]

I started in 1999 and stopped in 2004. So many great memories

[@Ashtora]

EQ is only 2 years older than me, but my dad played it from launch and I grew up both watching him play and playing with him. I have so many fond memories of growing up playing EQ, especially silly things like game masters messing with people in PoK once in awhile. It's a tad bittersweet now since my dad just passed earlier this year, but EQ will always hold a special place in my heart and I hope to return to it soon with renewed passion. Thanks for making these videos, I resonate with a lot of the things you talk about and I enjoy reliving some of my childhood memories.

[@Imatallguy1]

EverQuest taught me how to read and write. It taught me to work with others and look for the helpers before Mr. Rogers did. Nothing could ever replace it in my heart and I'm lucky it's still around.

[@JonesJymbo]

During the pandemic I managed to get back ahold of my original EQ account. I started playing about a month before Velious release and quit during GoD. My ranger, who was my 3rd or 4th character I ever made is still kicking around. Like you, he is 23 years old. He was born May 10th 2001 at around 10pm. I try to make it a point to log in every year on this day just out of pure sentimentality.

[@traepoint]

I started playing EQ in my early 20s when it was live. It defined early MMOs along with the early internet.

[@1984nightrider]

I was 13 when I started playing the game, my mom and dad started playing it and I had to create a character on their account. It was a really awesome moment back then because its such a big MMO as far as what you could do and how MMORPG's were shaped after that. I still play it to this day.

[@petersonfamily6223]

Thanks for showing some footage from EQ as it helps to see the graphical difference to Pantheon. Your thoughts on EQ are interesting. Who knew 1999 EQ players like me were thinking all those things and your thoughts are on things are appreciated. I think I make my kid play EQ to learn some things, LOL.

[@keimahane]

I started playing EQ in summer of 2000, just after Kunark was released. I have played it off and on for many years, but recently completely came back to it. It feels so comfortable, even though it is much harder than newer MMOs, but that is the charm imo. My first Crush Bone Train to zone line and group wipe after coming back made me laugh so hard as it brought back so many great memories with friends from the early days. I think the thing I like the most is the community, because the game is so hard and unforgiving it tends to attract mature / helpful players and turns away the more obnoxious type of online players. When I say mature I do not necessarily mean older, as you are a perfect example of that. There are plenty of older 'children' out there as we all know too well if you play any online game. I agree with other commenters here, it is nice to see younger players who also love this incredible game. I have met many since coming back. Happy you and your dad both play and can have those EQ stories together.

[@solvrev8146]

I still love this game and the memories I have because of it. I started playing just after launch when I was 24 years old. It was my 1st MMO love and all others after it have to meet the standards of EQ but none can stand higher than Evercrack.

[@a_doggo]

thanks so much for sharing. i started when I was 18; my little brother was 12 and we spent the whole day in my dorm room playing Everquest vanilla in august of 1999. i ended up putting in about 250 days of play time, starting out on Nameless and Prexus, playing with some big raiding guilds like Legacy of Steel and Fires of Heaven. i mostly played warrior/rogue, although i played every single class proficiently and at a raid level - it's all I did from age 18-21, so it's all I was good at. I never once solo'd in that game; I was always in a group. I met my girlfriends on that game; I lived on there. As a warrior, I was 100% helpless when I died and I learned early on, at level 5, that I needed to be kind to others because I'd need their help whenever I died. eventually, that taught me to get along with others and be a good person that deserved the loot that would drop off these crazy raid mobs. I'll always feel horrible that we intentionally released The Sleeper before anyone else could even enter Sleeper's Tomb, let alone get a primal weapon - effectively locking them out from the best weapon procs for multiple expansions. being the best was great, but we were absolutely brutal to the other guilds and I feel awful. I've read comments online from people expressing disdain for our guild and even me specifically; that I was brutally unforgiving to non-guild members once I was a raiding-only player. the kind person that grouped with everyone turned into an elitist jerk. eventually, monks became a bit too powerful and started out-tanking warriors and i quit almost immediately, along with most folks. the new models in SoL really made us mad. we were obsessed with our appearances - even when using guise to be a Dark Elf. I still remember which model everyone was - with and without their guise. i remember binding at the pots in Timorous Deep. i remember looting manastones. i remember the original jboots "camp" before it got moved to a random drop in the desert. i remember petitioning GMs to argue over who got to fight a raid boss. i remember killing Tunare with ~25 friends at 3am, before any other server could do it with 50-75 people. i thought i did some amazing things. i wonder if anyone will remember it outside of the few friends I made on there. we have a facebook group now. most people think im a jerk, but a few remember me being nice. figured id share. have a great day and thanks again for your stories.

[@stephengeist344]

I 100% agree. I starting playing around 6 or 7 and it helped me learn to type and really expanded my vocabulary. I was introduced to EQ by my late uncle around 2000ish. My late grandfather (uncle's dad) and I played Barbarian shamen. Good times.

[@kirkwcowgill]

I was 14 when it first came out. And yes, my current typing ability is largely related to this very game specifically.

[@Blakkrazor69]

I played EQ from release through to Gates of Discord and enjoyed my time there very much. Undivided Faith was my family and they were some of the finest people I could have ever hoped to be involved in online gaming with.

[@Complication84]

EQ came out when I was in highschool, and I almost didn't graduate because of my addiction to it lol. I still love the game dearly, but it makes me sad to know it will never get a real third development. Darkpaw might be keeping it alive, but they don't have the money or the talent to actually produce a real EQ3. So my favorite virtual world is left to languish in private servers, and copy paste tlp's until its inevitable end.

[@Fineaverage]

I remember prepping for SAT and sooo many of the words you needed to know were an item. Also I taught myself how to type playing everquest in the dark so much .

[@dessius]

@@Fineaverage that’s awesome! EQ is rich with vocabulary

[@shimapanzer9930]

Im 25 now and really like EQ1 after playing on the project quarm server. My forever MMO loves will be final fantasy 11 and phantasy star online, but everquest still has a charm not many games have. Now we just desperately need the project 1999 treatment for EQ2.

[@jxmbo940]

I am 19 i first started EQ when i was 14. and actively play on quarm and I love it! When i first played EQ when i was younger it never really stuck out to me, i had no idea what the game was about and what you were meant to do. Since i started on quarm i have had my first taste of EQ raiding, my first ever epic weapon and honestly i friggin love it. All the people are amazing and i look forward to playing this game for years to come.

[@kbroomall]

Thanks for sharing this. I started playing in like 2001 when i was 25 years old. Dude, I had dial up phone connection internet through AOL. my computer could barely handle the graphics. in zones with alot of players, like the bazaar, i had to look directly down in order to move at all. But that aside, it was the coolest game I ever played and continues to be. EQ has a special place in my heart and I still play all the time. To this day, EQ stands apart from modern mmos. Learning to blacksmith in the game literally inspired me to continue my education in real life, leading to multiple certificates and degrees that I leverage in my career every day. I love this game and classic EQ is better than ever on Project 1999, Quarm, and Live! Thanks for your vids bud and keep on enjoying this amazing game!

[@ZinoviyaUlyanov]

Born 1984, played day of launch so 1999, so 15 years old. Played in Ultima Online originally, but that one came out in 1997. Played with Dad, still do from time to time. Though not as much as he used too, due to age, his eyes are not as good as they once was and very hard for him to see stuff. But when we are able to play, it is freackin' awesome! Though a mom now, so hope one day to play with son!

[@dessius]

That’s awesome you got to play with him!

[@DesertTOON]

Ok I will take the hit. First played it on release at the age of 35.

[@denniswright2233]

This game taught me many of the skills you described in 2003. I 3 box without assistance. I feel like that should go on my resume lol.

[@dessius]

I think it should! Lol

[@kodydanos4804]

Love this man!

[@CharlesXIIOfMerica]

You aren't the only one. Im 22 Playing a 25 year old eq. Mostly stick to emus but still cool to see (:

[@AngelTerri]

So, I started EverQuest in 2001 (in my 20s). My husband (then fiance) was really into computers, and saw the EverQuest Kunark box in EB Games. He really wanted to get it, but me (being not knowledgeable about the old internet and AoL etc) was wary, but I picked it up. And that was that XD

[@Nickelback8469]

I’m about the same age as EQ, and also started playing before I really had consciousness. I didn’t understand the game at all, I’d just wander around the Qeynos area and kill gnolls and skeletons. A couple of years ago I got back into it with p99 and now play with my dad and uncle on Green. There may be parts of the game that haven’t aged well but the experience as a whole is timeless.

[@dessius]

Can totally relate to running around Qeynos with no context 😂

[@NotAvailable-b6d]

I was 43 when started playing EQ in 2000 ..

[@lumibadaboomy]

Let’s get you to 2k subscribers my dude!!

[@dessius]

❤

[@envionavalkirye5418]

I started playing EverQuest when I was 6 years old. I am 31 now and I still play to this day. (My dad also got me into the game XD) I like to joke that I was practically raised in Norrath

[@dessius]

That’s awesome! Love it 😂

[@DrVanNostrand01]

I would have been 15 or 16 saw my friend killing shit in steamfont mountains. Got it when Kunark came out but my parents always limited my game time so I only made it to level 30something on my gnome mage Blaabik. I dabbled here and there in college but was mostly addicted to halo then. It wasn’t until I found p1999 in like 2016 that I got hooked again. Classic EverQuest is the best!!

[@thefinoll1535]

I'm starting my shaman today. I'm gonna try to catch you.

[@dessius]

@@thefinoll1535 let’s go!

[@thefinoll1535]

@@dessius Level 5!

[@dessius]

@@thefinoll1535 gratz!

[@banshee1020]

Oh I'm into it

[@lostarsm9240]

Will you be playing EverCraft open alpha this weekend?

[@dessius]

@@lostarsm9240 I’m gonna try and get on for a bit!

[@BoomerElite4u]

Nice humblebrag about having a gf

[@a_doggo]

having a girlfriend is almost as good as pre-nerf manastone + fungi tunic tho

[@BoomerElite4u]

@@a_doggo true, especially if she plays a druid

[@bobthor9647]

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[@rakuwaru3619]

this is such a smart video. great work, i think its your best yet. its wild that you and i could have played everquest at times 20 years apart from eachother and each learned things like how to type, better communicate with people, play your role on a team, etc. at similar times in our lives. everquest is one of the greatest games of all time. its nice to see it being enjoyed the same way we all enjoyed it even a quarter century after its release. also, stock photo of dad xD

[@dessius]

Thank you very much! It’s awesome to learn how so many others have gotten similar things out of this game ❤