Ah, the fun of real life. Good travels to you Harmonic. I'm sure we all hope
to hear from you in the future.
I've been lucky enough to get my wife to start playing recently. I scrounged
up a 2nd computer so we can play side by side. It's made life a lot easier,
however I haven't been playing Windleaf as often since I'm playing a new
character along with her (I'm a cleric, she's a ranger, both level 10 right
now). (We have a 9 month old daughter, but find time to play when she goes
to sleep.)
We both enjoy the game a lot and continue to meet very nice people and will
keep playing. Any game has problems, even non computer ones. (Heh, anyone
play Star Fleet Battles (pre-doomsday) or even Magic the Gathering? Talk
about rules problems. :-D )
Also, the unique thing about Everquest is that I can play cooperatively with
my friends. I'm a pretty competitive guy, and my friends (and wife) were
getting tired of me clobbering them in games (cruel Magic the Gathering
decks and ruthless Star Fleet Battles tactics). So despite any flaws of
Everquest, this is the game that I'm going to continue to play. Makes my
friends and my wife much happier. :-)
---Windleaf
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Talies the Wanderer [mailto:snicker@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 10:21 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Harmonic and the future.
>
>
> From: Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...>
>
> First off, Ryan, I think you made the right decision ;) My
> GF and I have
> had to make concessions to my current 96 hour-a-week schedule (which
> included getting her a job here so we see each other more often
> *grins*). I also haven't played EQ in 2 weeks, and haven't
> logged more
> than 10 hours in the last 3 months. I have been playing AC a
> bit lately
> (Valentine's day present from the GF), and am disturbed to
> discover that I
> actually like it. It seems a lot more laid back (of course,
> so does EQ at
> lower levels). The graphics aren't as nice - and I'm all
> about graphics -
> but the dynamics are really great.
> I dunno - I'll probably just keep bouncing from game to game.
> Maybe some
> day someone will make one that everyone likes.
>
> Talies the Wanderer
>
> At 12:45 PM 2/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
> >
> >
> > First of all, I'm still around, I read you all everyday. =D
> >
> > I haven't played Everquest in about 2 weeks now. I may not
> > play Everquest again. In short, the game was taking away time
> > I needed to spend working and most importantly taking care of
> > my girlfriend. For almost 14 months (since beta 3) she has
> > endured 6-8 hour sessions of EQ on a daily basis. Clearly,
> > the game came before she did in all cases.
> >
> > Everquest wasn't that great either, I know I complained about
> > it often, but I'd keep coming back for the people when I could
> > have turned and looked 5 feet beside me and spent time with
> > that one person who counted. Everquest/Verant are full of
> > shortcomings and I kept hoping that things would finally get
> > 'fixed' or 'work properly' - but that was just a dream.
> >
> > I want to play again, just not now. Things are going very well
> > right now and I don't want to bring back the frustration that EQ
> > caused me. I'll read the posts here where relevant, but I won't
> > post much. I've got big work projects demanding more and more
> > time. I've also got a kitten and a beautiful girlfriend demanding
> > more time as well. There's no way I'm going to return
> and play the
> > length of time I once played. But I hope to return soon, maybe in
> > a few more weeks.
> >
> > Harmonic Distortion, 50th unchained melody.
> > League of Antonican Bards, The Wind Spirit's Song
> > Innoruuk
> >
> > Ryan.
> >
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