I thought EQEmu was based on the work from EthernalQuest (hackersquest.org), which was the first EQ Emulator project that I am aware of.
http://web.archive.org/web/200106301...quest.gomp.ch/
Their main dev was ashran, but other members include draigon, megaton, Kilamon, QuadLynx, Slicer, and Zordon (though I think they mostly worked on other EQ related projects on the hackersquest site).
I remember following their work back in 2001, but the first successful EQ Emulator was running in 2000 or maybe earlier.
Even if EQEmu was rewritten from the ground up, it would make sense that the team at the time at least used the work from EthernalQuest to base it off of.
I believe this has been brought up in the past, but I don't remember the details offhand. It may be that they are completely unrelated, but worth mentioning here.
Happy Birthday EQEmu, either way. Everyone that has helped to make this project possible is awesome (even devn00b)
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