Not that you'd care, but I pretty much fit into that group. I have friends who have been hooked on evercrack for years, but have never played due to complete disdain for the notion of "software as a service." I came across EQEMU and saw it as an opportunity to see what all the fuss was about. As a seasoned EQ player, you'd never be able to understand how difficult it is for a person to learn about EQEMU. There was/is little documentation on the site geared for the person who has never played eq of any form. I didn't yet own a copy of EQ, so I didn't even know the relevent questions to ask. I showed up on IRC and basically asked, "What do I need to play EQEMU?" You can imagine the responses that I got. I would have to check my IRC logs to be able to correctly credit the kind soul(s) that finally gave me the information that I needed (buy the trilogy for $20, no need for a credit card to install, game is somewhat playable but not like live!). OTOH, I remember exactly which ppl were dickheads to me (this was a time when 95% of the ppl in #eqemu were devs or are now). Those same people are still dickheads, but that's no big surprise.

Just thought you might find the perspective of a person of whom you speak to be enlightening.

The reason there is little documentation for setting up EQEmu if you've never played EQ before is you get people who don't know a single thing about the game asking the same questions that have been asked and answered hundreds if not thousands of times before.

If, somehow, they managed to get a server going or connect to one, they then ask everything about the game "Where do I hunt?" "What is a spell?" "Did I just die?".

I believe EQEmu is aimed at people who have played on Live and either stopped their account, or people who play on Live but would like a chance to experience the game in a different way.

I'm almost certain this Emu wasn't designed to be played by anyone and everyone who could download EQ for free and play. It is for people who play(ed) EQ and enjoyed it, but want something different (or free).

I've seen a lot of flaming on the boards lately, mostly from the Dev's, and a lot of people are "scared" to post for fear of "flamination" occuring.

If the boards get cleaned up, and a LOT of the old, now useless, posts removed, including 15 Stickies on the top of a forum (when 4 or 5 are on the same topic). I believe we need a FAQ or Guide which answers one question, or resolves a problem, and post it. That way people can go into the forum, find their problem and resolve it. If the fix doesn't work, it's removed. Only one post per issue, and that topic is updated when needed. That way a lot of problems will be solved.

I admit, I get annoyed when I see a new post every 2 or 3 days asking the same thing, especially when people "cnt b botherd 2spel or use caps or puntation or ...". However, I don't feel the need to post a reply saying "Already answred go away n00b learn some English." I either don't reply, or if I'm in a good mood I will say this has already been answered, look here, in future search.

EQEmu has a good community, but certain individuals (including some Devs) need to mature a bit or try a little harder to helpout.

Anyway, sorry for ther long post just wanted to say my thoughts on what's been happening the last few days.

Monrezz

/cry

No more chat channles for j00!

After runnin the program I suddenly got fearplane, obviously not the original EQ =P

Sorry i was just counting off people in the coders room at the time =P i didnt have time to look through my 2+ years od irc logs to pick out every developer that ever worked on the project ( i did that on one occasion)...

dont forget the ""and countless others over the last several years.""


=P

Umm... fearplane, skyplane and hateplane were all part of the original EQ.

....downloading...
Hmm.. didn't last very long. Whats this Advanced button?
Look at that, all the expansions. Lets see, check mark all of these.
< check, check, check >
ok...click download...
there it goes....
Woah, I guess it downloads everything for every expansion.
oh...theres the kunark expansion.. looks like another hour of downloading to go.

Sweet, Now, lets start up that server again.

ok ok , yeah I have some zoning problems....but lets do it anyway.

WagenMan