The History of EverQuest (part 1)

#EverQuest #Sony #Daybreak
This is the History of EverQuest, a retrospective about one of the world's most popular MMORPG video games, developed by Sony Online Entertainment.
Nickadimoose (beset by allergies) will take you on a tour of Norrath in this two-part look at one of greatest MMO's of all time.
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Yes, I show an image of Dave Georgeson in this video and claim it's Steve Clover. I correct this in the second video. This additive will not help the amount of comments I'll receive on part 1, but that should illustrate how easy it is to miss something retroactively!
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[@dacypher22]

That opening theme gives me and likely every other old school Everquest player an instant dopamine hit.

[@xMorbidArtx]

Even for those of us who never played it. The trailer is too epic.

[@therealfolkblues5535]

It's true

[@siskavard]

Yes! Reminds me of settling in for a long night of adventure

[@blackwaltz3135]

I think the old UI looks better then the new one, I dont mind the chracters looking mildly better lol but the UI now is confusing a little bit, so many shortcuts to open windows

[@Northanteus]

I played EQ on PC but I mainly played EQOA on the PS2 back in 2003-2005. The same song was on there, and when I heard it in this video, my head went into my hands and I said "Noooo!" Because it is such bittersweet nostalgia, it hurt! IT HURTS! 😥 😁

[@Cornerboy73]

20+ years later, this remains the greatest game I've ever played. I still have very fond memories of my time in Norrath; the sheer sensations that came with each game session - excitement, fear, happiness, achievement and rage. Everything was dialed up to 11 with that game. I treated it as a hobby really; something you put time into and in return, got gradually rewarded as my character slowly became more and more powerful. Nothing gave me more satisfaction than being part of a well-oiled team and due to the focus you had to give, even PUGs were skilled. Today's developers just don't have the balls to make something this intensive again. Modern MMORPGs practically play themselves and are so absurdly easy that I sadly gave up on the genre over 5 years ago. I don't miss it; you can't go back in time. EQ was fresh and new; the internet was young and so was I - but I will always, always value the time I spent with this game and appreciate the fun I had with it.

[@alexandertorgerson3314]

this kinda made me tear up

[@kevwallace6628]

Well said. However I think Pantheon Rise of the Fallen will give it a shot to bring back that magic. Whether you have the time or not.

[@kevwallace6628]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnXTcqubYsiWf6M Pantheon Rise Of The Fallen first trailer

[@NinjaDimes]

Come play on Project 1999! It's not quite the same as old school Everquest but its the closest you can get now and it still scratches the itch that modern mmos dont, for me. I'm medding inbetween quad pulls on my Druid and decided to watch this video as I waited for my mana to come back.

[@lordkrythic6246]

Everquest is quite simply the greatest game I've ever played. It will always have a special place in my heart, because it was just perfect...especially in the ways that it was imperfect.

[@gavinromer6763]

No one could have said it any better. The end.

[@E180TEKNO]

> Just, i agree, completely with you homie !

[@Eener1000]

The old Everquest lore was actually very very well written and intriguing and really helped expand the world beyond what was on the screen. great video

[@DaleStrife]

Is there a KZbin video on the lore? I played the game for years in my high school days with friends, but never really knew end-game content, and what we were actually supposed to do. :P

[@kizunadragon9]

I love how every single Everquest video starts with the theme, like yall know what it does to us hearing it.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

**taps noggin'

[@TheTestpattern07]

I was there day 1 of launch and it was virtually unplayable, people spent hours waiting to log in to play 10 min before they were booted out due to network connection issues. This lasted about 3 weeks. We all spent most of our time in the chat room and playing the tutorial during those weeks but we still loved it. At the end of the month we were given a free month subscription to compensate us for the lack of use of the product. Some of my best memories of Everquest were in those weeks when we discussed how awesome it would be to finally log in and play as much as we wanted. :)

[@JD_Slacker]

Agreed. I started day one as well. Those first few weeks with the servers crashing every 30 minutes or so were some of my fondest memories. Lost in the dark of Gfay praying that the server wouldn't crash while fighting that orc pawn.

[@dougsholly9323]

Damn... just hearing that loading music gave me chills. My first character was created Apr 99. I still occasionally login to look around.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Doug Sholly what was your favorite zone to come back to? I know mine was Erudin. I spent a lot of time in Erudin as a kid and coming back felt great...although the zone really does suck to level in!

[@dougsholly9323]

My first character I created in Apr '99 was a wood elf ranger (I lost my corpse several times from falling off the platforms!). I later made a high elf cleric. This means I spent a lot of time in Greater Fey and subsequently Crushbone. The town music for Kelethin really gets me nostalgic :)

[@kristiangunnulfsen]

You can still login?!

[@krodmandoon3479]

@@kristiangunnulfsen Why wouldn't you be able to?

[@Danny_ll]

come home to Norrath, Quarm server just launched

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

I hope you guys enjoy it! It took me months of research, playing Project 1999/Daybreak EverQuest live and a lot of effort (I had a ton of allergies during the week I did audio recording, I promise I'll pop like 300 allergy pills next time). If you ever get the chance to hop on Project 1999, give me a shout! I'm usually on Arriet or Moreil. Edit: I'm sorry to bring to the attention of everyone that we lost Brad McQuaid on November 18th, 2019. I don't talk about him much in this video or the next, but I always got the impression that he was a man who truly loved MMOs. They were his life, despite the genre itself being toxic in some respects to its developers. The MMO egg is a tough one to crack; a constant balance between improved features, casual players & hardcore players alike needs to be always on the table--throughout his life, post EverQuest success, he kept returning to MMOs, despite muddled success and muddled financial backing. It would have been easy for Brad to turn to bigger, corporate entities and become an executive, akin to Peter Molyneux post Bullfrog success, but he didn't. He always remained an independent entity, finding financial backing from the big studios, but was always apart from them. To a great extent, this channel was started to tell the story behind the scenes of development: to tell of the struggles the developers went through, how a game or company formed over time, the lessons learned and how each person involved dealt with it. Though this series didn't highlight a lot of struggle the individual members faced, I have no doubt that video game "crunch-time" was felt by all members of the development team as they pushed to bring EverQuest to the forefront. Video game developers are a thankless bunch, if they do their job well no one remembers them for it. If they do their job poorly, everyone remembers them and in this day & age the criticism can be quite widespread. So I guess all this ranting edit is to say something that Brad McQuaid and video game developers, largely, have gone without hearing throughout their careers: thank you for all that you do and did, thank you for all the good times and all the times you spent away from family and friends to turn fantasy into interactive reality. Developer burn-out is a real thing and it can have very real mental/physical consequences on the people that produce the games we love.

[@archmagesalamar1377]

I'm late to the party here but it was fun to watch

[@bigcheese25]

You need release UI for intro.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

@@bigcheese25 Is it available? I would have loved to use release UI and have 60% of the screen taken up, it would have felt nostalgic!

[@charlesdebarber2997]

It cannot be understated the awe and original challenge EverQuest was when it started. Exploring, meeting new friends, making slow gradual improvements to your character... I remember my first journey from Felwithe to Qeynos. That walk was long and full of peril. In each zone I had to get help to identify the way to the next zone. My Trapper Keeper full of maps and Necromancer Spell Combinations was there with me. After a close encounter in Highpass Hold, I crossed into the Karanas and saw the murals carved into the mountain as you walk down the path. It was a welcomed sight as I found a friendly bard that was traveling my way and got to tag along. The Karanas is the first time I saw a giant in the game! I've played on Project 1999 and made an impressive character and got to see content I missed in the Classic to Velious eras. Velious, because of the fang system, had to be transversed by foot first. Admittedly, the only time I ever went into NToV was following a raid force so I could enter Plane of Mischief where I bound myself and played for months until Luclin began.

[@ThresholdGaming]

It originally came on a disk. The disk had not just EQ, but came with a new game called Tanarus, about tank battles.

[@nevertime1246]

wow didn't know that!

[@Hijynx87]

@@nevertime1246 yep, still got my copy, but I've never played it lol. It was basically battlezone. but online.

[@ericshutter5305]

best game ever... even after 20+ years with mmo online games.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Agreed, it's a truly wonderful experience, even today. My time with P99 was fantastic!

[@fabthefab448]

great memories .... 1999 - 2006 ! I was a raid leader and officer in an american guild ! ( i'm french so imagine a raid with times ! ) with my wife .... missing old friends like rotep ( robert auragood )from california, shariflyn and woose ( patricia and patrick sullivan from new jersey and too much others , EQ was the greatest game !

[@kristiangunnulfsen]

I still think about this game 20 years later. No other game has affected me to this day like this one. Met so many great ppl on some epic adventures.

[@Hbzprojects]

My dad started playing this when it came out, I watched him play it all the time and always wanted to play but he said I had to be able to read to play, so I learned how to read trying to figure out this game when I was 4, conquering the Elite, "where" and "were" as well as "sun" and "son", played it for a long time, a lot of good memories, I made it level 20 on a gnome shadownight by myself around age 5-6. I'd love to play it on an updated engine, I still get on from time to time.

[@redmondgiant]

No game, no MMO, nothing compares to Everquest's ability to make such small zones seem so huge and complex and busy and dangerous.

[@njalbjarnoe6926]

everquest will forever be the game that "laid the foundation" for the numerous that wish to leave their footprints.. that is fact.. there will be better than but nothing will bring that magic that everquest fans have felt during their career within...

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Definitely know the feeling, there is some deep rooted appreciation for this game that won't ever go away. Almost everyone at the channel has played or enjoys playing EQ. Still shout "Ding" upon level in most of the RPGs I end up playing. We appreciate the comment, and thank you for the watch.

[@xMorbidArtx]

Makes me sad to think. My first mmo experience was vanilla wow, which was great, I had never played anything like it. However, hearing stories about EQ make me feel robbed.

[@theaterobscura]

I know a lot of people are turned off by the grind aspect, but compared to most MMOs where "grind" basically means mindless camping of mobs, EQ was a little more intensive. Making a single mistake, aggroing the wrong mob, an unlucky serious of mob crits / player misses, or a misstep (if kiting) often meant you were dead. So it was grindy, but grindy in a very engaging, challenging way. Maybe that's even less appealing to some, but I loved the sense of accomplishment I got from downing yellow mobs.

[@dboydhome]

Thank you for all of the years of adventure, laughs, and tears. There will never be anything like Everquest.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

dboydhome i hope you're wrong, but i get the feeling you're totally right. Probably why I'm still playing Project 1999.

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

I could talk with my old friends for hours about our times on Everquest. I do not overstate the impact this game had on not just our gaming lives, but our real lives. It was truly wonderful and I thank the game creators who gave us this gift and the countless fellow players we interacted with to make this world live and breathe.

[@PKTEK]

The Era that I played Everquest, to me, was my favorite time of gaming. My friends and I spent countless hours playing Everquest very late into the night. Here is to hoping Pantheon will be there to bring us back.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

I hope you're right. I'm still pretty loosely following the events of the project, hoping it will be a return to form. I still find myself wanting to get on Project 1999 or the progression servers to level and do dungeons.

[@JHM117]

Does this make you want to go back in time? It does for me....

[@c5mjohn]

I heard my classmates talking about this game and I wanted to play it myself. Saved my allowance and bought it at the software store. Got home, convinced my parents to let me load it on the family computer, and installed it. I had no idea there was an additional monthly fee. We couldn't afford it. Returned it the next day.

[@tklown]

Can't believe there is still new content on a game that is over 17 years old. I love EQ nostalgia videos. Some of my best times online gaming were during my teen years playing EverQuest. Even though there were many good times there were also so many frustrating nights having to hurry up to retrieve my corpse, going over my play time and having my brother yelling at me because he wanted to play :) Ah good times! So many times I died from trains in Unrest lol

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

tklown Unrest was and still is disgusting on Project 1999. Those upstairs pulls gone wrong are what nightmares are made of lol.

[@joshua7426]

How is that hard to believe? Wow is 15+ years old constantly gets updates and content. Lotro , 13+ years old still getting expansions and updates. Guildwars 1, 13+ years old while hasnt gotten a new expansion but has recently gotten a major graphics update. Meridian 59 20+ years old (the first mmorpg, and first 3d mmorpg) still gets updates and even a recent steam release to draw in more players. Its actually pretty common. Now I'd understand if ya said I cant believe this game is still active. As the game itself isnt very good.

[@LegendaryNoodles]

i was 11 years old when i first played EQ on my aunts account, the game was magical and considerably one of the best MMORPG i ever played. I would go back in time to relive those moments!

[@shiftnative]

Without a doubt the best game ever made, thank you for this!

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

World of Warcraft's subscriber base and longer-lasting appeal shows you're wrong.

[@mr.h4267]

Wows subscriber base is exactly why eq is the better game. The quality of personage to play eq is far better than that of wow.

[@dlear85]

Still remember rushing to mobilise for spawns like vindi and aow! Great times

[@KalosPVP]

Omg, the feels hearing that music near the Wood Elf city.

[@kristiangunnulfsen]

Kelethin

[@Rekaert]

I jumped in a few months after launch, and there's no shame in saying it was a second home. No game gives me such a melancholic feeling as EQ does. I still log in from time to time just to take a tour of zones. Best game ever.

[@kodimah8577]

The entire world was better back then. From games to society. 80's - 90's was the golden age for a kid growing up.

[@RRGreiner]

Your spell fizzles.... Ding!

[@PeteQuad]

I had been waiting for a graphical MUD for 10 years and was so happy someone finally made it.

[@Dreamtoberich]

Best game ever made playing this game back in 1999 was a whole new level the experience was one in a life time ill never forget thoes moments it was truely amazing

[@TheMr02drop]

I believe the picture of Steve Clover is actually Dave Georgeson.

[@owet2184]

"When was the last time you've heard of someone beating EverQuest" "When was the last time you've heard of someone playing EverQuest"

[@JohnDoe-ne5ju]

This game took my soul. Just hearin the intro makes my heart heavy. 1999 I was 12 and purchased EQ the day after its release. Everything came together, the year and progress of games and early internet just everything lined up and made this magic and fuck it was good. At 13 it teached me social skills as most players were older. 9th grade tested at 90 WPM and didnt have to take typing, in Eq it can cost you alot of grief if you cant type fast. Ill never feel anything this good ever again. It took my soul. Took it in the best way.

[@tangoalpha1091]

Working on my FTP Monk's epic 1.0 while I watch this. Decided to make 1 of each class on separate accounts so I could experience them all as I only ever played the Shadow Knight. Love this game.

[@gypsyjr1371]

I played from EQ beta 1 until a year after PoP every day, every night, lost over 10 years of my life. Loved every second of it. Raided 72-man, 60-man, did everything but Sleeper. We were *so* excited when it was announced! Now we are feeling the same way about *Pantheon* Brad McQuaid is at it again!

[@robals744]

The Commonlands Tunnel where you went when trading serious items.

[@NerdNavigator]

Great presentation and editing! The only negative comment I have is your picture of Steve Clover is really David Georgeson. Steve was never in the lime light to much (Brad and John were) so its really hard to find a picture of him.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

My greatest shame! I did eventually find a picture of Steve, actual Steve this time, but it took a LOT of digging. He honestly seemed like he wanted no attention from the project whatsoever, whereas John and Brad like you said, just kind of soaked it up and rode EverQuest's coat-tails for years to come.

[@jeremymount795]

Enjoyed the video. Liked and subscribed. Looking forward to part 2. Everquest will always be the one true MMO for me. All other MMOs are too hand holdy and don't offer the sense of accomplishment that Everquest did. You worked your ass off for everything in that game.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Jeremy Mount thank you mate and i agree. I love struggling for something, it makes the game tha more enjoyable having to work for everything you needed. It made each character totally different.

[@daltonv5206]

Have you checked out Pantheon yet? It's finally looking like we might get an eq successor

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Dalton v I'm very optimistic for Pantheon. I really do hope it turns into a proper spiritual sequel to EverQuest. McQuaid isn't bulletproof though, we just have to look at Vanguard: Saga of Heroes for examples. I'm still very much hopeful about the game all the same. :)

[@JacketCK]

Have you seen ffxi? Lol

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Everquest marketing: _"A scheming wizard!"_ Everquest wizards: "Expuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooshun!"

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

I know, right? Damn scheming wizards just nuking everything in sight...

[@Gglsucksbigballz]

Life changing experience playing EQ early days! Miss my Wood Elf Druid!

[@overtron6362]

Wow Great Video! I can relate to the production of this video

[@Shmandalf]

I just tried this game for the first time and it's still pretty fun. I can definitely see the appeal, I'll probably continue playing it now and again.

[@blackishpariah]

Got goosebumps listening to this. Glad I experienced it.

[@Gukworks]

Saw my first ad for Everquest on TechTV. I was soooo there.

[@CiphecDec]

This was sick sir. Can't wait for the next part. Subbed and liked.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Cipher Dec thank ya much and thank you for subbing. :)

[@nelc2399]

I still playing EQ but in P1999 blue server for the classic feeling.

[@AllPureSkill]

Great history lesson, alot of detail for this part and the second one, crazy you guys dont have a ton of videos, very informative.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Thank you, you're very kind and I'm glad you enjoyed the series. They take a long time to make and unfortunately (life/job) generally hammers how long the process of writing, producing, editing and fact-checking takes. Aside from a few exceptions (Harvest Moon) I'm working on these projects solo. Still, even if it takes me a year I'll always make a video eventually. I love doing it, even if it physically breaks me to sit in a computer chair for a long time and piece the puzzle together lol.

[@danielwitt1148]

Miss this game .....

[@stevenerickson6426]

started playing eq in 2001 and havent stopped, still an amazing game

[@sanctionh2993]

I still do not know whay most raid bosses look like. I was usually facing a wall. Most memorable times, chatting with other wizards while lfg for 12 hours a day. Also worked on alchhol tolerance, great at parties lol. Actually the most fun was an actual wedding at the Temple of Solusek Ro, guests kept falling in the lava.

[@ericiidx]

Very fond memories of my high school friend selling me on this game and immediately leading me half a continent away to get Jboots, then leaving me to die.

[@audiogarden21]

I can't stop laughing at the "weird ass burp".

[@bigPapabear1980]

That music! The first notes of the main theme still hit me like a ton of bricks. The nostalgic memories just sweep over me in a wave! It makes me itch to reinstall the game.

[@chrismcclellan9226]

Great video homage to my favorite gaming franchises of all- time.

[@terrablader]

20 yrs later , better graphics , better gamers. Vr, Yet. Not a better game.

[@JacketCK]

So this is what got me ffxi? Will not forget you soldier, truck on brother

[@aversethule3831]

Nicely done. It would be nice if someone gave you a budget and production resources to make a full-fledged documentary for Netflix :)

[@san6788]

yes i AGREE HELLO NETFLIX PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, give this guy a million dollars

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

if you happen to get trapped in an elevator with a Netflix executive make sure to drop my name, haha. Making video-game documentaries would be an awesome career--I'd be all over it!

[@RawLu.]

Greatest Game of All-Time. and YES! I'd still highly recommend playing it in 2019 ;-)

[@avancouvering]

FYI when you show a pic and say that it is Steve Clover, you actually show a pic of Dave Georgeson, who is not only not Clover, but didn't have anything to do with making EQ.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

You're very correct. Someone else pointed this out on Reddit for me. I was surprised that the picture for Dave Georgeson came up during a Steve Clover search--Steve Clover is apparently not on the internet at all. Yesterday I ended up reading about Dave Georgeson and his involvement with EverQuest II, then inevitably with EverQuest Next/EverQuest Next: Landmark, which is going to be covered in part 2. I'll make sure to make this correction when I move into video 2 and address the fact that Steve Clover is not in part 1. Thanks for pointing it out, mate!

[@therealfolkblues5535]

@@NPCGamingGroup1 Steve clover makes an appearance in the EverCracked documentary. I'm a little late lol

[@Bloodsaber64]

im listening to this while playing eqgreen

[@uxtalzon]

The first few months stressed the old servers so much that some of the original hardware had caught fire a few times. One of the old servers that managed to survive the longest was converted into a kegerator.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

uxtalzon that's pretty damn cool! Do they have any pictures of the keg by any chance? I would love to see that!

[@uxtalzon]

If they did, it would be on Twitter and I don't bother using that much less search for anything.

[@necrongaming7557]

That wasn't Steve Clover in the picture... Lol that was Dave Georgeson. You can see what Steve looks like yourself in the documentary Evercracked.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Yup, we corrected in pt 2. Also it is VERY hard to find a good high quality picture of Steve Clover. Dude was very much anti-spotlight.

[@laurencedeal1618]

dont forget when it cost $10 us a month but then they jacked up the price to $15 us a month, thats when they lost alot of players

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

That's a good point haha. One of the only games I think that ever adjusted for inflation of subscriptions!

[@mrgodliak]

NPC Gaming Group Runescape has too

[@Grimlust]

I was loading into my char on EQ... EQ music starts blaring. I freak out and try to turn it down in game. Then realize i'm stupid . Love the video.

[@datscreaminonion]

This is what happens when games are created out of passion vs the garbage being thrown at everyone today.

[@xordoom8467]

BTW... The guy you keep calling Steve Clover is not Steve Clover his name is Dave Georgeson and he was the Director of Development behind Everquest Next. Steve Clover and Brad McQuaid were the orginal guys behind the framework of Everquest.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Yup covered in pt 2.

[@travislankford9254]

Where my Bristlebane players at? Love the video and hope you revisit the franchise.

[@michaelmorton6566]

Thanks for the memories and we need a new everquest

[@WideAwake127]

Oh the good times I had playing this game :)

[@magicnubs]

Super Smash Bros, Tony Hawk, Pokemon Yellow, Unreal Tournament... Lunar: the Silver Star Story?... One of these things is not like the other.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Shhhh, Playstation release. >.>

[@san6788]

did you mis the point, this video is amazing

[@brooksjedi]

I still have my phase 3 beta cd

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

brooksjedi that's legit awesome.

[@gowankommando]

Hey, so do I 👍

[@MrSmithOriginal]

Watching this and playing EQ again in 2023.

[@playengine4745]

Diggin it... subscribed for part 2.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Play Engine thank you very much!

[@cgirl111]

Just a nit pick on an otherwise outstanding vid - it's Key Nos. If you watch the intro vid for eq2 the narrator says the city name.

[@E180TEKNO]

For me, Everquest is the best, really , the best MMO-Aventure -PRG same actually in 2021 my best game ever in the style MMOARPG !

[@aBIGdeadHEAD]

My first mmo rpg ever, brings tear to the eye

[@hom-sha-bom]

2:37 yo aint that a picture of David Georgeson when you said "Steve Clover"?

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

T'was! The mistake was corrected in part II.

[@risseer23]

RIP Brad RIP

[@L330ne]

989 killed twisted metal if anyone remembers =p This was a very informative video and thank you for creating and sharing it.

[@orly2663]

"Qweynos" fucking kill me... its "Key-NOS"

[@mrgodliak]

Cannot wait for games like Saga of Lucimia and Pantheon.

[@enrickvanhauffen7948]

wow so you just play with the one big chat window, huh? J/K great video!

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

I do, because I'm a terrible old man and I can't see worth a shit lol.

[@timb1094]

Never played P99 but I was a ruins of kunark player way back when still play to this day tho I've had many breaks here and there

[@Nightweaver1]

I've been playing a bit of this lately. I was a sophomore in college when this was released more than 20 years ago, and didn't play it then. The first MMO I ever played was Final Fantasy XI in 2004, and that's the one that I'm still hooked on today. I deeply respect the original EQ for breaking new ground, and for providing thousands of people with a sense of adventure and fantasy, but for me, it's almost too jank to play now. It's slow and clunky, even moreso than FFXI. BUT, I will still keep trying and going back into EQ. I played tons of EQII back in the mid-2000s, and the UI is familiar (obviously). But a lot of EQ is so clunky now that it's hard to even figure out what to do.

[@RaymondJonesrejlive]

Is it true that some guy lost a high level character with rare items, so he hanged himself? This was back when, if your character dies and you didn't retrieve your items within 10 days you lost it all. They eventually did away with this feature with an update I think.

[@afgeaj1]

Yea, and Marilyn Manson had ribs removed... ^>

[@brandonshaver9179]

When can we expect part 2

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Brandon Shaver i am very much hoping this weekend to have it out, but there's a lot to cover and do still. Realistically it could be next weekend, once I'm off work tonight I'll know for sure!

[@Tennethums1]

TRAAAAAAAAAAAIN!!! CHOO CHOO!!!!!

[@gnollio]

Lol, yep, the gnoll train was one of the best game bugs ever. Nothing like witnessing the new guy get pummeled in what he thought was the “safe” part of the map, lol. The a week later that guy is laughing his ass off watching the next new guy get clobbered.

[@greenlawnaugusta3100]

EQ declined once they started giving work arounds to player interactions.... such as killing the auction zones with the bazaar... or diminishing the use of players for travel during the Luclin expansion etc... creating instanced zones taking away the competition of dungeon camps... EQ was nostalgic in the win reward system.. plus the ability to utilize gear and a variety of group comps to achieve success but the over all most important element was the community interaction.... and reputation of accountability that had a effect on a players over all experience

[@joshua7426]

Nah eq declined and basically died when wow came out. Showing what a decent mmo looked like.

[@bobbyt9431]

WoW only became popular and survives due to the Blizzard Fanboy population and was one of the most promoted games of 2004, not to mention the ease of play that caters to today's downy crowd of gamers. EQ became popular and survives to this day (with approximately 30,000+ active players daily) on its own merits with almost no promotion at all.

[@joshua7426]

@@bobbyt9431 lol eq doesnt have 30k active players. It barely has 3k and wow became popular and survived because it was simply the best at everything , sad to say even though it's gone down hill it still is

[@bobbyt9431]

@@joshua7426 You're simply clueless if you think EQ only has 3k active players. Firiona Vie server and the latest TLP have more than 3k daily each, and there are 18 other servers.

[@joshua7426]

@@bobbyt9431 give it up man , games dead as hell and boring af. Wasnt a good game then and isnt one now. The everquest 3 title that's gone back into production is really eqs only hope for a future.

[@YawnGod]

Oh, the midis.

[@wade6523]

People who understood computers knew nothing would happen. So did the government.

[@Dr.Quarex]

No mention of the final pre-Verant name change to Red Eye Entertainment? Some thorough history ;) I do suppose that was not something a 10-year-old would have noticed or cared about.

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Well no. In my mind there's no reason to report on them thinking about changing their name to Red Eye Entertainment, unlike a book or a full written report I also have to consider the video's length for pacing and topics. Some stuff won't be in here because I didn't want to bog the video down to a 20 minute fiesta of minor-things; their potential company names were one of those minor, non-important things.

[@akatsuki1049]

ohh god.. I remember when Valon zek server came live, good vs bad races pvp was a blast and a huge mess hahaha. GM's didn't know how to deal with this XD Xanit K'ven for ever ♥

[@Amyas80s]

P99 is better than every single current live mmo.

[@atarom]

rip brad mcquaid :(

[@IwantShawn]

music at the end?

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

That's Night on the Docks (sax version) by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.com, great piece and I love using it to wind up my summary.

[@jdog1297]

Great job!

[@NPCGamingGroup1]

Thank you, sir! I was worried it might be too boring.

[@moforyguy6803]

NEW TLP eq drops march 16th if you want to experience the early days again.

[@lesliebaker2494]

lmao going to crushbone at lvl 3 must have a deathwish, well at least you knew the path to keep aggro off

[@JustSnapper]

Drinal - Arikki & Ludeun Divine Intervention