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<b>Message ID:</b> 1492 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Fri May 25 17:39:16 BST 2001 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> John_Miewald@PlayStation.Sony.Com <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [EverQuest] Re: money problem <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1597046630">I have to wonder why you even bother to play EQ in that case.  Why spend<br/>
$10 a month when you can buy Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda or any number<br/>
of other &quot;kill-loot-level&quot; fantasy games.  At least then you only spend<br/>
your money once.  Plus, you don&#39;t have to deal with lag, ridiculously long<br/>
loading screens between zones and you can pause if you want to go grab a<br/>
soda or hit the bathroom.<br/>
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The beauty of the online experience, as I see it, is that beyond the rules<br/>
and the imagination of the developers and artists who made the game, you<br/>
also have the total combined imaginations of literally thousands of<br/>
players.  Of course, that only works if other players are, in fact, being<br/>
creative...<br/>
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ALAZAIS<br/>
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                    &quot;Nygaardr,                                                                                      <br/>
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I dunno, I sort of enjoy the hack and loot aspect too.  I role play from<br/>
time to time but very little actually.  Mostly I will hit duck and walk<br/>
around like that complaining I have scurvy or something and I need some<br/>
Vitamin C. I think most Gnomes suffer from scurvy anyways.  That&#39;s the<br/>
extent of my role-playing.  : )<br/>
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Mu<br/>
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-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:MLockridge01@...">MLockridge01@...</a> [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:MLockridge01@...">MLockridge01@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:16 AM<br/>
To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:EverQuest@yahoogroups.com">EverQuest@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
Subject: [EverQuest] Re: money problem<br/>
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I think you hit it. How one approaches the game will deeply affect<br/>
the experience. I will try to keep your advice in mind when I lose my<br/>
perspective in playing.<br/>
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So far, it is a grand experience.<br/>
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Barto of Rivervale<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In EverQuest@y..., John_Miewald@P... wrote:<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; It seems to me that the only problem with twinking is that EQ has<br/>
become a<br/>
&gt; game about killing, levelling, and looting.  If it were truly a<br/>
roleplaying<br/>
&gt; game, this would not even be an issue.  If your main drive in the<br/>
game is<br/>
&gt; to get the bigger and better item (whatever it may be), you will<br/>
always<br/>
&gt; have low level players trying to be twinked and you will always have<br/>
&gt; jealous &quot;un-twinked&quot; players.  But when did the term &quot;roleplaying<br/>
game&quot;<br/>
&gt; turn into &quot;hack and loot&quot;?<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; Alazais (of Ayonae Ro)<br/>
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