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- inactive, on 12/05/2007, -3/+64So nerdy... and yet so interesting.
- bcardarella, on 12/05/2007, -1/+45I remember when the plague hit WOW and I think that Blizzard really dropped the ball. Instead of fixing the bug they should have taken advantage of it and incorporated it into the overall story. Create a spell or potion to cure people then allow the players to try and immunize the server themselves. I think that would have been very interesting.
- estvir, on 12/05/2007, -1/+35I'd like to see a longer list and this makes me want to play EVE.
- inactive, on 12/05/2007, -2/+33A good friend of my lovingly refers to EVE as "spreadsheets in space" :)
I enjoy the game, but it's definitely not for everyone! - kushed, on 12/05/2007, -5/+30LEEEEROY JENKINS!!!
- yohnstoppable, on 12/05/2007, -1/+25Step 1) Visit Wikipedia
Step 2) Paste in blog
Step 3) Submit to digg
Step 4) Get buried by me
Seriously, they didn't even change the wording. At least on #1 - LordFate, on 12/05/2007, -0/+18From the site... (follow the links to see the original text that he just copy/pasted onto his own page)
1. The Assassination of Lord British - Ultima Online - August 8, 1997 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UO_LB_assasinat ...
2. LEEEEROY JENKINS! - World of Warcraft - http://youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU
3. The Epic Heist - EVE Online - November 2005 - http://eve.klaki.net/heist/
4. Plague Outbreak - World of Warcraft - September 2005 -http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4272418.stm
5. Death of the Sleeper - EverQuest - November 15-17, 2007 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerafyrm - disabled4diggin, on 12/05/2007, -0/+18This list should be a lot longer. Anybody got more?
One I'll never forget was the mass attack on the WoW ingame funeral for a wow loving girl that had died. "Yes we know we're dicks" That video was insane.
And do I even need to say it, "MORE DOTS!!" - xatrak, on 12/05/2007, -0/+17They didn't include the first time I killed A Giant Rat or the 100,000th time...
- havesometea, on 12/05/2007, -1/+185. Death of the Sleeper - Everquest. By far the most interesting one too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerafyrm - flipmeat, on 12/05/2007, -0/+14They missed 'The gun in Habitat'. Habitat ran on 8-bit machines. There were no weapons, it was a social thing. One of the developers created a gun. A user found it and stole it. At least one character was 'killed'. At the time, this was a big deal. The devs had to negotiate the return of the gun from the thief. Paradise lost and all that.
- Pinhedd, on 12/05/2007, -1/+15EVE is getting a massive graphical overhaul tonight, you can still get a two week free trial as well so check it out
- CabesMojo, on 12/05/2007, -0/+13A memorable one for me and a lot of friends was the defense of the shard on the thistledown server of Asheron's Call. Where the players instead of rushing onward to progress the story line took on a more role playing stance and defended the Shard which would have released the demon Bhalzaron (sp) into the world. A 24/7 defense was organized for a month, and held to the point where GM's had to intervene with aid from a group of players bent on the demons release to progress the story line.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-299842819 ... - spudnic, on 12/05/2007, -0/+13Thing with Eve is you really do have to make your own fun, the game is designed in such a way that you make your own story
Which is what makes it awesome in the eyes of some, and awful to others.
Personally I can't read the heist story on this page, the bank scam, or any stories about the construction and destruction of Titans without re-activating my subscription then and there - orelses, on 12/05/2007, -0/+12MORE DOTS!!!
- ilves7, on 12/05/2007, -0/+12what i don't get is why these companies don't do this type of stuff on PURPOSE! this type of stuff would be waay more entertaining than the run of the mill stuff. Dragonrealms (old school) constantly had massive npc invasions and other global story lines that modern ones don't have a lot
- Dalroth, on 12/05/2007, -0/+11I was there, I was there! I was there fore the assassination of Lord British. I was in LB's castle (not BT's), so I didn't actually see the assassination, but I was there for the festivities and the chaos that ensued afterwards. I was the guy preaching the ways of nudity who got half the castle to strip down to their underwear! :)
- phaseblue, on 12/05/2007, -0/+10I don't really expect anyone to get this, but just in case: Asheron's Call - the Shard Vigils and the release of Bael'Zharon. Anyone?
- bswinson, on 12/05/2007, -0/+9No Fansy the famous bard?
- spudnic, on 12/05/2007, -0/+9Trailer for the graphics overhaul:
http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/video/2/trinity_trailer ... 720p
http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/video/2/trinity_trailer ... 1080p - bitterbug, on 12/05/2007, -0/+9I remember when the ***** hit the fan over Rainz. It was the water-cooler talk of the day (game dev studio). Though the explanation at the time on how he did it was that he targeted the bridge that LB was standing on, not LB himself, and managed to kill him with secondary damage.
Shortly after people were taking sides calling him names, or bitching about the Ultima staff being too heavy handed. Then claims of his being an exploiter and griefer, etc.
I think when you kill what's essentially the 'Lord of the Realm' you get a pardon :) - ssj4vegita2002, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8The 5th one was the awakening of The Sleeper in Everquest, when the admins stopped 180 players from winning the first time, then came back with 200 players and beat a boss that was supposed to be unbeatable by the game rules.
Pretty neat stuff surprisingly, lol. - shyner, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8Ahhh... Ultima Online. That sure brings back the nostalgia. Anyone else here who played it back in the day(or still plays it I guess)?
- whyteeford, on 12/05/2007, -0/+76. mmocrunch.com - December 5 - Epic fail at hosting a website.
- Soulglow, on 12/05/2007, -2/+91) The Assassination of Lord British - Ultima Online - August 8, 1997
Lord British was killed during an in-game appearance on Ultima Online’s beta test on August 8, 1997. A royal visit was conducted as a part of server population stress test. A player character known as Rainz cast a spell called “fire field” on Lord British that, surprisingly, killed him. According to Starr Long, the whole thing was just a human error: Lord British’s character, like others, had been made invulnerable, but by design the invulnerability did not persist over several game sessions. Shortly before the incident, the server had crashed, and Richard Garriott had forgotten to set his invulnerability flag on when logging on again. Shortly afterwards, Rainz’s account was banned from the beta test for previously exploiting bugs rather than reporting them (infamously used by his character Aquaman to kill many player characters, a purported griefing incident). According to Origin, he was not banned for the assassination but rather for previous complaints against his account that were brought to light as a result of this attention. The massive amount of lag, caused by the stress test, was a factor in Lord British’s death, as well as the guards being deactivated in the area, which allowed Rainz to steal, avoiding immediate death. 99% of the players were at Lord British’s castle. Only the few at Lord Blackthorn’s castle were the lucky witnesses to this historic event. Those known to have been present besides Lords British and Blackthorn were their jesters Chuckles and Heckles and the following players; Rainz, Dr.Pepper, Mental, DemonSoth, Haaaaaach, Helios, Phobos, Gildoreal, Wind Lord and Kylan.
2) LEEEEROY JENKINS! - World of Warcraft
I don’t know any MMORPG player that hasn’t seen this, hell even my friends that have never played a MMORPG know about this.
3) The Epic Heist - EVE Online - November 2005″
This was published in September’s 2005 issue of PC Gamer UK. It is a detailed account of what has to be one of most beautifully executed in-game scams in a MMORPG ever pulled. It breaks all previous world records for ‘virtual crime’.
The game in question is Eve Online, where corporate espionage and political intrigue have become an integral part of the game.
The perpetrator of the heist was the Guiding Hand Social Club (GHSC) corporation (a corporation being similar to a clan in Eve); a freelance mercenary outfit that offers their services (which usually involves corp infiltration, theft and assassination) to the highest bidder. Over a year in planning, the GHSC infilitrated their target’s corp with their own members and gained their trust, as well as access to the corp hangers, with time. It all concluded in a perfectly timed climax, with a massive theft in multiple corp hangars synchronized with the in-game killing of the corporation’s CEO, the primary target of the contract.
What’s most interesting and impressive about this operation is that it was entirely ‘legal’ and within the game’s own rules, and the mastermind and his agents pulled it off together flawlessly, all the while staying in character. The estimated real-life value of the items stolen is, according to PC Gamer, $16,500 US. The in-game value of course is much, much higher as the things stolen would take years and years to aquire.
4) Plague Outbreak - World of Warcraft - September 2005
The Corrupted Blood plague incident was one of the first events to affect entire servers. Patch 1.7 saw the opening of Zul’Gurub, the game’s first 20-player raid dungeon where players faced off against an ancient tribe of jungle trolls under the sway of the ancient Blood God, Hakkar the Soulflayer. Upon engaging Hakkar, players were stricken by a debuff (a spell that negatively affects a player) called “Corrupted Blood” which would periodically sap their life. The disease would also be passed on to other players who were simply standing in close proximity to an infected person. Originally this malady was confined within the Zul’Gurub instance but made its way into the outside world by way of hunter or warlock pets that contracted the disease.
Within hours Corrupted Blood had infected entire cities such as Ironforge and Orgrimmar because of their high player concentrations. Low-level players were killed in seconds by the high-damage disease. Eventually Blizzard fixed the issue so that the plague could not exist outside of Zul’Gurub.
5) Death of the Sleeper - EverQuest - November 15-17, 2007
The guild Blood of the Spider on The Rathe server was the first guild system-wide to kill Ventani (the fourth warder) on July 28, 2001, and therefore wake the sleeper. The event caused a stir on the server when Kerafyrm went into multiple zones, including Skyshrine, killing everyone and everything in his path.
On November 15, 2003, on the Rallos Zek PvP server, the three top guilds (Ascending Dawn, Wudan, and Magus Imperialis Magicus) assembled over 180 players with the intent to wake and kill The Sleeper. This was in response to an attempt to wake The Sleeper by an Iksar monk named Stynkfyst, who partnered with the largest random-pk guild of the time. Having been a former member of uber-guild Ascending Dawn, he had the knowledge the random pk guild needed to wake The Sleeper. The top guilds did not assemble their forces until word of Stynkfyst’s intentions had spread, and it became clear that he intended to wake The Sleeper, forever preventing future guilds from farming the old loot table. Until this point, waking The Sleeper had not been seriously considered by any guilds, as it was believed that waking The Sleeper would make the offending guild’s players kill-on-sight to the other guilds of the server. After 3 hours and 15 minutes, at 26% health, Kerafyrm disappeared (despawned). The players talked with the EverQuest Game Masters, and there was a general consensus that a bug had caused the problem, although some suggested (backed by statements from one GM) that higher-ups at SOE had purposely despawned Kerafyrm, because it was not intended to be part of the story.
The following day, the players logged in to find that Kerafyrm was back in his “sleeping” state, ready to be triggered again. There was also an apology on the official EverQuest forums from SOE, explaining that they had stopped the encounter because they feared the players were engaging the boss in an unintended manner. Although annoyed (the players pointed out that the reasons SOE gave could not have occurred, and felt lied to), they attempted to battle Kerafyrm once again.
On November 17, 2003, after a nearly 3-hour battle, Kerafyrm was defeated. He had between 100 million and 400 million hit points, likely around 250 million (most EverQuest bosses have 2 million at most), was immune to all spells except wizard’s manaburn spell and Shadow Knight’s Harm Touch, possessed two death touch abilities (abilities that automatically killed players), and attacked players for 6999 damage per swing. By using the cleric’s epic weapon and other resurrection spells, the players were able to bring their dead characters back into the battle faster than Kerafyrm could kill them all. - novask, on 12/05/2007, -1/+8Doubt anyone will know this since its been blocked out by everyone working for Blizzard, but there was something special that happened on my old server (Shattered Hand) last year.
The story - http://www.dtguilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80 ...
The video - http://www.stage6.com/user/angrybum/video/1772857/ ...
To sum it up for those of you who don't care to read about it, our server was famous for having hot girls break up entire guilds, but one of them towered above all. After breaking up one of the biggest / best guilds in the world someone decided to post the pictures and videos she spread amongst the guild onto the WoW forums. Hilarity ensued. - Baelorn, on 12/05/2007, -0/+6Where's the first legit Absolute Virtue kill in FFXI Online? Oh wait...
- iticu, on 12/05/2007, -3/+9I can't believe that I want one.
Gah, damn you WoW! Everytime i'm out you drag me back in! - DeviantBoi, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5I was there on Thistledown when the last shard went down. That was an awesome event. I loved that game very much. Sucks that they screwed up AC2.
- CabesMojo, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Yeah I commented on the Defense of the Shard in a reply to that guy who asked if anyone had anymore. That was a blast.
- GenghisX, on 12/05/2007, -1/+6That's definitely the most memorable experience from my MMORPG playing, as well. Sacrificing yourself to the shard to help it level up :)
The devs actually did a pretty good job, too. The server reset at some point, and the shard went back to its initial level, and I seem to recall the devs resetting it back to its previously higher level to keep the defense going. - sindex, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Oh man... Fansy! Not only was the whole incident brilliant in and of itself, but the way he RP'ed it out was just hilarious.
- Amusing, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5For those feeling a wee bit lost, and missing the humor ^_^
http://www.notaddicted.com/fansythefamous.php - dogbyte_13, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5yeah what about Fansy, he rocked
- Slackdragon, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5After tonights overhaul to the graphics system and patch up to Trinity, I'm renewing my subscription, which has laid dormant for over a year. I took my WoW night elf to lvl 60 and didn't want to invest in Burning Crusades. And WoW gets boring after a time. I never did get bored of Eve, but a friend talked me into playing WoW with him.
So, now, it's time to get back into Eve methinks, with the new Trinity expansion. That and my recent conversion over to Ubuntu as my primary OS and I need a really good game to jones over. :D - cusoman, on 12/06/2007, -0/+4Masonry... now there's a name I haven't heard in ages. I used to work for Warcry/Xroads Gaming and distinctly remember... handing... him a number of times on those forums. Good to see people are still playing and enjoying - though I know things are quite different in the game compared to '99-02 when I was playing. I played as Araman Kain back then - was with Fafhrd's crew for ahwile, and later with Raistllyn/Legolas/Regan (aka Orix) in Obsidian. Man, good times!
- darkhand, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4I played on Sonoma starting from the release of the Second Age and ending at the introduction of Trammel. UO's glory days!
- CabesMojo, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4Crap haha, accidentally dugg you down. It was a blast though, organizing late night raids on the shard and creating traps for the defenders was so much fun. Only bummer for me was the DEVs went in just an hour or so before another huge attack was planned.
- cusoman, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4THANK YOU! I was reading through all the comments to see if anyone else remember that or even *played* AC, that visits Digg. Awesome awesome event... that I was lucky enough to actually have been a part of The Defense of the Shard :) Thistledown forever!
- mrlost117, on 12/06/2007, -0/+4nice job man, I love that video
- cusoman, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4Wow, TDers on Digg? Who knew?! The AC nostalgia train usually doesn't leave conversations outside my brother and good friend these days, good to see there are others with the same good times.
- Balanced, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4Ah, kind of like what the Kingdom of Loathing guys did!
- anillop, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4Oh wait thats right not even the development team knows how to do that.
- Exhaust, on 12/05/2007, -1/+5Awesome game before Renaissance nerfed everything. Was the wild west of online gaming. Dread lords and thieves lurking outside every towns gates. Miss the old days.
- inactive, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4DAMN, that's gorgeous!
Too bad there's no way my 6 year old laptop could run EVE. :( - novask, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3Just make an account, takes like 30 seconds. I promise, theres lots and lots of nudity.
- cusoman, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3I miss the good old Turbine, though they show signs of going back to their roots with LOTRO. It will never be the same though, AC just had that... something... and the Defense of the Shard proves that open worlds like that make for a great experience. MMOs today like WoW have way too much developmental control and gimmicks, so the effect is not as lasting in my mind. I mean hell, what other game allows you to add points to a jump skill and become the Hopping Wonder? (CoH doesn't count!)
- CabesMojo, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3I actually still play to this day with a core group of people I met on the AC Thistledown server, a bunch of us still post on a forum that started during AC. Don't know if any of you guys would have remembered the names from this long ago but a board regular will still play with is the infamous Masonry.
- Axias, on 12/05/2007, -1/+4I Beta'ed and witnessed the takedown of Lord Brit in UO. It was wayyyy more than one fire spell that took him out. There were at least 3 people involved, and from what I saw they were using the alchemical bottles of fire to hose the area in addition to offensive spells: you almost had to use aoe the lag was so bad (probably like 5-10fps). It was pretty awesome ;)
/beta'ed WoW too ;) - Bridea, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3login required for the video. boo.
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