I've been using my PEQ down time playing on TZ/VK. I've always played blue servers, and this has been a real eye opener. I already had a good idea what PvPers were like, since every blue server I've ever been on has the occasional PvP troll who randomly logs in and insults the entire server for being inferior to PvP (incidentally, blues never log into the PvP servers and engage in such stupid and childish antics).
On the ooc channels, it's nonstop gutter talk - probably pre-teens who feel a rush at getting to say every despicable thing they can think of. A good half of the players on the server have no interest in beating the game - just hunting each other. They bind camp, corpse camp, intentionally train - whatever they can do to grief others. Plus a pretty high percentage of the players are using warp programs.
PvPers basically hate themselves and everyone else - they have your typical troll personality. They can't stand having just a few servers of their own - they are truly bothered that servers exist where they don't have the power to grief, thus the continual stream of trolls who log in to hurl insults.
PEQ is by far the best server on EQEMU, but if it went red, most of the decent players would eventually find homes elsewhere. I sure would. And I can't imagine what a pain it would be to GM an entire server of griefers, which is probably why TZ/VZ changed its original rules (no bind camping, no corpse camping, ect.) and now allows anything to go.
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