I am a 28 yr old male and I have been playing EQ for 4 years and I think it rocks. I am definately NOT your normal player(not that its a bad thing). I date beautiful women, have a fat job and was a collegant athlete.
The problem with this industry and the rest of role playing games are the crazy's out there that ruin the image for the rest of us. I mean, dressing up is one thing, but doing it on a daily basis, etc....you have a problem and are discrediting the hobbie. When you hear something in the news about a coupke of teenage boys fashoning some long swords and cutting up their neighbors, this industry and the people who love to play it take a huge hit...the public immediately associates crazy's or disfunctionals with it, and thus shuns it.
So what do we do? Act normal, PLEASE! I like to dress up in costumes as much as the next guy/girl, I just do it on HALLOWEEN!!! Try coming out while the sun is up at least 3 days a week. Dress in something other than black (and take a shower), for the love of God, PLEASE!!! And don't fashoion weapons, pretending to be Gandalf, Elminster or <place your favorite fantasy/Sci-Fi character here> and cut up your neighbors. If everyone decides to do this and works on the image of fantasy/Sci-Fi hobbies, people will begin to accept it and will stop rolling their eyes when you talk about it.
Well, I have said enough.....
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I am definately NOT your normal player(not that its a bad thing). I date beautiful women, have a fat job and was a collegant athlete.
I am kinda insulted ;) What do you think a normal player is? I have dated beautiful women, have a great job, a beautiful wife and kids, played rugby in college and mens club level till a couple of years ago. I wish I could find that link to that page that has players real life photos on it, lots of normal looking and a few very attracive people on it. I think you have a misconception as to who all the people in our little online world are. The best I could do on short notice is this link to
Ianstorm.com Founded by avid online gamer current Philadelphia Philles Cacher Todd Pratt. We are not a bunch of socially inept trolls living in our mother's attics.
Edited, Wed Jun 29 12:24:43 2005 by fhrugby
"awesome dude" wrote:
a fat job
Like Vice President of Donut Frying?
As a 'non-beautiful' person I take exception to the concept that being beautiful or dating beautiful people makes someone normal. As a medieval re-enactor I take exception to confining my dressing up in silly clothes to a single pagan holiday each year.
To each his own joy. If it makes someone happy, leave them be and let them do it. It doesn't hurt anyone if some geek gets his jollies dressing like Gandalf on his day off from the bank.
Who cares what the "image" they are projecting is. They pay their money, just like everyone else to play. Leave them alone and quit being such a "lookist."
To each his own joy. If it makes someone happy, leave them be and let them do it. It doesn't hurt anyone if some geek gets his jollies dressing like Gandalf on his day off from the bank.
Who cares what the "image" they are projecting is. They pay their money, just like everyone else to play. Leave them alone and quit being such a "lookist."
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HMMMMMM.
Morbidwarrior I think you might be a tad bit misinformed. EQ has a HUGE number of people playing it. To make an over generalized statement is just incorrect. I agree nobody should be slashing up their neighbors, but let's face it in our world you usually only hear about the extremes. I am 30 years old, college educated(B.S. in Communications), have outside hobbies(other than EQ), and I love sun shine although not always crazy about the heat. Oh and I just got out of the shower. So to sum it up....Hasty generalizations are bad. Being openminded and living your own life good.
Edited, Wed Jun 29 14:04:37 2005 by chitum
Morbidwarrior I think you might be a tad bit misinformed. EQ has a HUGE number of people playing it. To make an over generalized statement is just incorrect. I agree nobody should be slashing up their neighbors, but let's face it in our world you usually only hear about the extremes. I am 30 years old, college educated(B.S. in Communications), have outside hobbies(other than EQ), and I love sun shine although not always crazy about the heat. Oh and I just got out of the shower. So to sum it up....Hasty generalizations are bad. Being openminded and living your own life good.
Edited, Wed Jun 29 14:04:37 2005 by chitum
I seriously hope this nonsensical dribble is just a bad attempt at trolling.
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oh morbid! you hit the nail on the head for me, i'm a 36 year old fat sloppy smelly guy living in my moms basment, i have 8 accounts and 2 toons of every class at 70!
you sure do know your game companions...
/sarcasm OFF
you sure do know your game companions...
/sarcasm OFF
Can O' Worms. This thread is embarrasingly too short. Please continue.
After 16 years, I'm not listing every friggin character.
You can't tell me dressing up as a pirate/ninja and running around campus isn't fun....especially on shashbuckelling(sp) week.... >_>
Hell, dressing up like a Pirate ninja is fun anytime!
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"Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."
Do you realize how many military members play this game? You have A gun.. ROFL I have a battalion of cannons for ya co-cheese.
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collegant athlete
College doesn't teach spelling anymore? ROFL I know grunts that could spell insults bigger than your biceps..
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Act normal, PLEASE! I like to dress up in costumes as much as the next guy/girl,
Though it sounds like cross-dressing amuses you (You like to dress up as much as the next girl?) Acting normal is entirely too boring.
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people will begin to accept it and will stop rolling their eyes when you talk about it.
In four years of gaming, if you haven't noticed by now, I'll catch you up.. ALOT of people play Everquest.
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Damnit right it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it's even better when you wake up and say "WHAT THE ****................Why am I dressed like a pirate?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????? =p
FYI I really did dress up..............and it was normal at MU >_>
Edited, Thu Jun 30 02:55:38 2005 by elorianBLAH
FYI I really did dress up..............and it was normal at MU >_>
Edited, Thu Jun 30 02:55:38 2005 by elorianBLAH
from time to time a couple of friends and I used to dress up as grannies (Grannies day). then we hit town. guess how easy it was for us to chat up beautiful chics 
so, either you troll go away, or grow up, and learn to respect other people. or do you really think you can edumicate thousands of players around the world? hehehehehe
EDIT: the OP is too funny though. after reading again, look at his sig. I mean, the statement "I am not the typical EQ player" and then having tons of alts?
Czae, is that you?
Edited, Thu Jun 30 05:30:56 2005 by Kajolus
so, either you troll go away, or grow up, and learn to respect other people. or do you really think you can edumicate thousands of players around the world? hehehehehe
EDIT: the OP is too funny though. after reading again, look at his sig. I mean, the statement "I am not the typical EQ player" and then having tons of alts?
Czae, is that you?
Edited, Thu Jun 30 05:30:56 2005 by Kajolus
Still a noob. :-P
Characters on Drinal, Povar, EMarr, Firiona Vie.
Characters on Drinal, Povar, EMarr, Firiona Vie.
morbidwarrior wrote:
So what do we do? Act normal, PLEASE! I like to dress up in costumes as much as the next guy/girl, I just do it on HALLOWEEN!!!
morbidwarrior wrote:
I am a 28 yr old male
....
*DING-DONG*
morbidwarrior says, 'trick-or-treat!'
WomanAtTheDoor says, '...What is this?'
morbidwarrior says, 'IMA GHOST! OOOOO!'
WomanAtTheDoor says, '...Dave go back to your wife.. You're scaring my baby..'
WomanAtTheDoor slamed the door in morbidwarrior's face!
morbidwarrior shouts, 'Hey! Don't I get any candy!'
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Edited, Thu Jun 30 05:43:37 2005 by SceltorEltor
Don't forget that Curt Shilling now of the Red Sox's plays.
But is he normal?
But is he normal?
No one is normal and thank God for that or things would get really boring. I am a 46 year old High school drop out> I have two wonderful kids 11 & 16 I taught myself to build Gutairs. I still Race dirt bikes I am a Top salesman in my industry. My wife and I own a bussiness that she runs. I have done so well That now at 46 I can go back to my HS D&D days and start playing EQ 20 hrs a week. I will sleep when I am dead.
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