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Message ID: 3245
Date: Wed Jul 17 10:15:00 BST 2002
Author: Su
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] Re: Gaming Death


I wish I could. But my phone company has a monopoly in the area and won't do
anything about it. I can't even get them to do maintenance that they are
supposed to be required to do. I'm going to have to call someone above their
heads to get something done.
luv,
-Su


> Gotta hope you get that connection problem licked. Especially with
> such a nice rig as you have described.
>
> Barto Proudfoot
>
> --- In EverQuest@y..., "Su" <suceress@k...> wrote:
> > I absolutely hate game death and try to avoid it whenever possible.
> I let
> > people know right off that if I think I am going to get killed I
> will flee.
> > A dead cleric isn't very helpful. Especially since I only have a
> 21.6k
> > connection and we're talking about waiting 5 or more minutes to
> reload from
> > death. When my mother is playing also, my zoning like that can
> cause her to
> > lag very badly. If she has to zone or gets killed then one or both
> of us get
> > booted offline. And I lose alot of xp. So that isn't fun.
> > luv,
> > -Su
> >
> >
> > > My locution in the previous message expressed my feelings toward
> game
> > > death, and raised my curiosity. What are other player's attitudes
> > > toward game death?
> > >
> > > I play solo most of the time, and haven't had a guild to depend on
> > > since Wave of Change faded away. So, death, especially death in
> > > awkward circumstances, is more serious to my character. I can't
> just
> > > call on my guild reserector to pull my butt out of the grave, nor
> do
> > > have high level guildies to drag my corpse out from under some big
> > > nasty.
> > >
> > > My son-in-law plays with abandon. He leaves corpses all over the
> > > place, joins groups readily, and seems to have great fun doing all
> > > that.
> > >
> > > My son, on the other hand, is in a powerful guild on our server.
> He
> > > is less cautious than me, but still uses sound strategy and
> tactics
> > > and utilized his guild to advance on his goals. His guild is the
> > > Guardian Alliance on Zeb.
> > >
> > > I figure I will have to do the guild and group thing soon, but
> enjoy
> > > my independence enough that I want to do so as late in my career
> as
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > Barto Proudfoot
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Visit the EverQuest homepage at http://www.everquest.com
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
>
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