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  • #1

    What a long, strange trip it's been.

    It seems a little silly to be to announcing this publicly, but here goes.

    As of the end of this week I will no longer be playing EverQuest. It's been a long road. I've played the game since April 3 of 1999, and headed one of the oldest guilds in EQ, Spiritwalkers on the Tunare server.

    I've played until I'm blue in the face. I've played marathon sessions lasting 18+ hours. I've tradeskilled, camped, ground, and quested until the very thought of ever playing again leaves me cold. Why then did I stay so long?

    The answer is simple. I continued to play EverQuest for the people. Those I met in-game and through communities like this one and EQInterface and the tunare.tradeskills channel made for such great friends (and sometimes rivials or foes) that I was compelled to stay.

    I will be continuing my role here at EQ Traders Corner as a moderator. My volunteer efforts to help Niami and Ngreth run this excellent resource will continue. You just won't see me playing the game.

    I've begun playing City of Heros, and I'll be on the Justice server there. If you're looking for me, any member of the Super Group Heros Inc. will be able to point you to me.

    I'll be logging in to EQ a few more times over the next few days to turn over guild leadership and to bestow gifts on friends and guildmates alike. Feel free to stop by and /wave or /hug.

    Thank you all for a great 5 years.
    Lothay retired from EQ in 2003
    EQ Traders - Moderator - MySpace or LiveJournal
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  • #2
    It's not just you. There have been forces at work making it harder and harder to get the motivation to log in for me, as well. Probably different reasons than yours, but they have the same effect.

    If I see you on Justice, I'll be sure to say Hi.
    Inyidd Bullneck - Dorf Waryer - Morell-Thule

    I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every last second of it!

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    • #3

      {mumbles incoherently and stutters in shock and disbelief}

      I've been wondering where you were - hadn't seen any of you, even Quon, for quite a while. You'll certainly be missed, Loth - you've been a good friend. EQ is more about the people than the game, as you point out, and you've been a sizeable part of the hold EQ still has on me.

      ;tradeskills won't be the same without ya - no more floods of mt's to get us talking

      Best of luck in your new world

      -----
      Dunthor

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Dunthor Warsmith

        ;tradeskills won't be the same without ya - no more floods of mt's to get us talking
        You would bring up the one embarassing habit I have in EQ... well aside from the incessant complaining... MISTELLS. I swear, I could send the wrong comment to the wrong channel faster than Captain Kirk can say "Energize!"

        I'll miss some of the people from EQ, but I won't miss the $13.00 each month (multiplied by 2 accounts) and the hours of aggravation.

        I'll still be here. Private Messages still work.
        Lothay retired from EQ in 2003
        EQ Traders - Moderator - MySpace or LiveJournal

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Lothay
          You would bring up the one embarassing habit I have in EQ... well aside from the incessant complaining... MISTELLS. I swear, I could send the wrong comment to the wrong channel faster than Captain Kirk can say "Energize!"

          I'll miss some of the people from EQ, but I won't miss the $13.00 each month (multiplied by 2 accounts) and the hours of aggravation.

          I'll still be here. Private Messages still work.

          I'm just like Lothay!


          -Noishpa "I swear to god, that's not what it sounds like" Taltos.
          Venerable Noishpa Taltos , Planar Druid, Educated Halfling, and GM Baker.
          President and Founder of the Loudmouthed Sarcastic Halflings Society
          Also, Smalltim

          So take the fact of having a dirty mind as proof that you are world-savvy; it's not a flaw, it's an asset, if nothing else, it's a defense - Sanna

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Lilosh
            "I swear to god, that's not what it sounds like"
            Com'on Lilosh --- you know it was what it sounded like. *tease*

            I was often sending comments to the tunare.tradeskills channel like, "Yes" or "It depends on what level you are," after ten or more minutes of silence. And I think I was unoffically the channel-member "Most Likely to Use the Phrase <Expletive Deleted>". (No, really. I would use <Expletive Deleted> in comments.)

            Like I said, I'll miss a good number of people. And a number of good people.
            Lothay retired from EQ in 2003
            EQ Traders - Moderator - MySpace or LiveJournal

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Lothay
              Com'on Lilosh --- you know it was what it sounded like. *tease*

              I was often sending comments to the tunare.tradeskills channel like, "Yes" or "It depends on what level you are," after ten or more minutes of silence. And I think I was unoffically the channel-member "Most Likely to Use the Phrase <Expletive Deleted>". (No, really. I would use <Expletive Deleted> in comments.)

              Like I said, I'll miss a good number of people. And a number of good people.

              If you ever get the inkling, stop by serverwide.eqtraders.

              You'll hear the best mischannel's ever from Nhin and Myself. Mostly myself.

              -Lilosh
              Venerable Noishpa Taltos , Planar Druid, Educated Halfling, and GM Baker.
              President and Founder of the Loudmouthed Sarcastic Halflings Society
              Also, Smalltim

              So take the fact of having a dirty mind as proof that you are world-savvy; it's not a flaw, it's an asset, if nothing else, it's a defense - Sanna

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Lothay
                Com'on Lilosh --- you know it was what it sounded like.

                No, generally it is much, much worse.

                Channels > Noishpa



                Phabos Aphsion
                Drunken Paladin of Brell
                Tarew Marr
                It may be a good thing I don't turn my logs on...

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                • #9
                  Bah, Freedom's the server to be on =)

                  And if you ever feel the urge to spend even more money per month...check out FFXI (*hides from Noish*) And that goes for you too Inyidd!

                  I WILL convert as many EQ friends to FFXI friends as I can. I am a woman on a mission

                  And may you have more willpower to actually STAY gone than I had, Lothay. It's a tough world to leave..but the friends that you only knew "in world" are even tougher.






                  BattleCleric Fashion

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                  • #10
                    It is hard to leave, and stay gone! I had the same problem for the same reason.

                    If anyone wants to look for me or Cairn, we're on City of Heroes - Virtue server.

                    (What's really sad is, I finally have the web space to create a sig file for this board - 6 months after I stop playing. Sometimes I don't do things in the right order...)

                    Enjoy your time off Lothay!
                    Arakni Spellweaver
                    51st level Erudite Enchantress
                    Povar
                    250 Jewelcraft + Grandmaster Trophy!

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                    • #11
                      I know exactly what you mean - I stopped playing EQ for 4 months and thought I was done but came back to socialize and that is mostly what I do. I feel like I am paying a lot of money for an IM service.

                      I had a blast with the City of Heroes beta and have a feeling that if I make some good friendships in Paragon City that I will be splitting my time between virtual worlds. (I felt very isolated in FFXI and bored in SWG and didn't last much over a month playing either of them.)

                      Wishing you much fun in Paragon City and all the best in real life too. So far I just have made Qord on Victory, but who knows...

                      Thanks for all your contributions at EQTraders, Lothay (and glad you will be still about the water cooler).
                      Distracted Druid Storm Warden of JinXed on Vazaelle

                      (see that Moderator tag - well that is for the Vazaelle marketplace, my posts and opinions should not be considered as anything but my own and not reflect poorly on the folks doing all the hard stuff here. )

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                      • #12
                        Oooo, oooo, oooo! Lothay, who are you playing as in CoH? And how do I get in contact with you? (As in, how do I find anyone from Heros Inc? These controls are forcing me to read the manual, the horror.)

                        Or, just find the Natural Scrapper, "Obvious Man".

                        ======
                        "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
                        ~Winston Churchill

                        "One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license."
                        ~P.J. O'Rourke

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Torgamous
                          Oooo, oooo, oooo! Lothay, who are you playing as in CoH? And how do I get in contact with you? (As in, how do I find anyone from Heros Inc? These controls are forcing me to read the manual, the horror.)

                          Or, just find the Natural Scrapper, "Obvious Man".

                          I'm usually found on the Justice server, playing Halcyone. There's not a whole lot of commands for finding non-friends yet, so just "/tell Halcyone, You there?" and it'll tell you if I'm online.
                          Lothay retired from EQ in 2003
                          EQ Traders - Moderator - MySpace or LiveJournal

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                          • #14
                            I'm playing CoH as well.

                            I'm Prophecy on Virtue.

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                            • #15
                              Safe travels Lothay
                              Nichola Smith
                              Archon of Erollisi Marr
                              Tunare

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