{"id":430,"date":"2009-03-10T03:24:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T03:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2019-04-07T03:29:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T03:29:42","slug":"return-to-norrath-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"Return to Norrath Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 10th, 2009.  Day 1.<\/p>\n

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Years ago, before World of Warcraft, before Star Wars Galaxies, and a little at the same time of Ultima Online and Kingdom of Drakkar, I played a game that many used to call EverCrack.  Yes, I speak of EverQuest.  I think I started to play it in 1999, shortly after it first came out.  I played it up until about the end of 2002.  I don\u2019t think my character ever got huge, I think it made it to level 35.<\/p>\n

Back in late 2004 I started to play World of Warcraft.  I found it super easy to play, not too much of a challenge, but after about 4 years I grew very bored with it.  I think around August of 2008 I stopped playing all together.  I was level 70, and did not have the time it required to hunt for epics or join lame-ass raids where you had a 1 in 40 chance in winning a roll (and even then the item you rarely needed).  Seriously, I had done everything I wanted to do in the game.  My skills were maxed, my level was maxed, and I was bored.  Yes, I knew that Wrath of the Lich King was due out in November, but I was PAINFULLY bored.  So I stopped playing.  I think my account still has about 50,000 gold, so if I ever do decide to go back it won\u2019t be too bad to kickstart again.<\/p>\n

Okay, so that leads me to now.  For the past 7 months I\u2019ve been bored out of my skull where it comes to playing games goes.  I got a Wii, immediatly got Legend of Zelda from the virtual console thingy, played it and beat it within two weeks (classic game tho), got Left 4 Dead (still play the hell out of that but it does nothing to quell my thirst for an RPG), play Mobsters on MySpace (Overdrive too), but still something is missing.<\/p>\n

I got an email a couple of days ago from Sony inviting me to Return to Norrath, that my characters were still there.  Hmm.  I vividly recall exactly why I stopped playing it, I died and could not get back to my corpse in time, lost everything.  Got super pissed off.  Deleted the game, cancelled my account.<\/p>\n

But..<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 7 years since I\u2019ve been there.  I broke out my Ruins of Kunark strategy guide, and forgot a bit about why I was so pissed off.  I was a different gamer back then, perhaps I\u2019ve changed.  Perhaps my view on events will inspire instead of condem.  What the hell?  I\u2019ll try it out.<\/p>\n

EverQuest.  Does anyone still play it?  Is it a dead game?  They came out with an \u201cexpansion\u201d of sorts back in October of 2008, it contained all the previously released expansions.  I\u2019m downloading everything now as I type this.  More than likely I\u2019ll head off to bed and wake up to find it\u2019s still downloading.  14 expansions in all, plug the game itself.  DSL connection, so it\u2019s a fast download, it\u2019s just really freaking huge!  I wonder how long it will take to update everything once it\u2019s installed\u2026<\/p>\n

Until then, get ready for an adventure!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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