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Illysia

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Remember when?
« on: October 18, 2011, 01:09:56 am »
In a little wave of nostalgia I sat back and remembered little things from my time playing planeshift...

Remember when...
  • ...the first floor of Kada's was flat?
  • ...Enki's had two skins, male and female, and they didn't look alike?
  • ...waybread used to spawn as a dwarf in odd places?
  • ...there was only one map between Hydlaa and Ojaveda?
  • ...you had to steal mugs from Brado's quests to get them?
  • ...brigands were the only source of pies?
  • ...everybody used to RP in front of Harn's even though it didn't make sense?
  • ...Duraza was an active player and enslaved people?
  • ...silverweaves did more damage than a banhammer? :D
  • ...gold could be mined at the magic shop?
  • ...Laanx and Talad were the only gods?
  • ...the fall damge from tripping over your own feet could kill you?
  • ...you got lost for a day in the DR when it got expanded?
  • ...you got lost again when the maps between Oja and Hydlaa got expanded?
  • ...you got upset because you used to be able to kill an ulber and then you nearly died when they were made more powerful, without warning?
  • ...the introduction system made it hard to tell who was talking to you even if they were right in front of you?
  • ...meat, bread and water were like the only food you could buy?
  • ...people used to sit in the tavern, because Kada's was the only tavern, and play trips?
  • ...Phinehas was that creepy old lemur in the shadows of Kada's?
  • ...getting exact change for NPCs was a big deal and not easy to do?
  • ...when quests used to send you from the one end of Yliakum to the other over and over... oh wait. :'(

Well, that is it for my little trip down memory lane. I'm sure other people remember other little quirks like jumping off the windowless tower with no damage and so on.

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2011, 02:14:32 am »
  • ...the first floor of Kada's was flat? - Sure...not that long ago ;).
  • ...Enki's had two skins, male and female, and they didn't look alike? - No clue...didn't like those cats right from the start so never gave them much attention.
  • ...waybread used to spawn as a dwarf in odd places?- Nope, only the Rings that looked like dwarves when dropped to the floor.
  • ...there was only one map between Hydlaa and Ojaveda? - Nope, I'm not that old.
  • ...you had to steal mugs from Brado's quests to get them? - Yeah...I had plenty of those. Glad it was a redoable quest.
  • ...brigands were the only source of pies? - Yep...also that getting pie was very hard because of the at least 4 people camping the brigand all the time.
  • ...everybody used to RP in front of Harn's even though it didn't make sense? - Sure...I met Orgonwukh there for the first time....oh and got "told off" by Lolitra to use her name before being introduced first ;).
  • ...Duraza was an active player and enslaved people? - Only a bit...was far to shy back then to talk to others. ;)
  • ...silverweaves did more damage than a banhammer? - Again...I'm not that old.
  • ...gold could be mined at the magic shop? - Yeah...that was also the time when you had more people at the mine near the magic shop than now in game at all. Oh..and not to forget the traveling merchants buying gold there all the time.
  • ...Laanx and Talad were the only gods? - Of course...after the introduction of the other gods I had to "bend" Aiwendil a lot because all of a sudden Diaboli weren't meant to ignore the gods anymore.
  • ...the fall damge from tripping over your own feet could kill you? - I really, really hated the stairs in the arena. ;)
  • ...you got lost for a day in the DR when it got expanded? - Nope...before my time.
  • ...you got lost again when the maps between Oja and Hydlaa got expanded? - Same as above.
  • ...you got upset because you used to be able to kill an ulber and then you nearly died when they were made more powerful, without warning? - Ahm...that happened about every year again.
  • ...the introduction system made it hard to tell who was talking to you even if they were right in front of you? - Haha...of course. Though I still think a introduction system without "Unknown" but instead with OOC brackets around the names would have been better.
  • ...meat, bread and water were like the only food you could buy? - Ahm...no...there were also apples. ;)
  • ...people used to sit in the tavern, because Kada's was the only tavern, and play trips? - No...as long as I played there was always the "Broken Doors" tavern also.
  • ...Phinehas was that creepy old lemur in the shadows of Kada's? - Who? ;)
  • ...getting exact change for NPCs was a big deal and not easy to do? - Ahm...I think as long as I played there was always the NPC near the library that could exchange your money.
  • ...when quests used to send you from the one end of Yliakum to the other over and over... oh wait. :'( - Is there anyone who didn't play with the thought of slaying Lorytia Starhammer?

A few more:
  • ...fanatics in the sewers were just...fanatics?
  • ...Brown Way could be trained above level 20 for the first time....at a serpent gobble?
  • ...there was a guard tower in the secret garden?
  • ...you could get medium armor only in quests and it was indestructible?
  • ...the library in the Death Realm was less known for it's books but more for the duels there?
  • ...Haraun's pet roamed the streets of Hydlaa?
  • ...writing of books became available and was immediately "misused" to create RP items?
  • .../unstick worked?
  • ...42 was the magic number?
  • ...Kikiris were first seen?
  • ...almost all glyphs were available to buy from NPC merchants?
  • ...flowers could be held in hand for the first time and whole Hydlaa was crowded with "flowergirls"?
  • ...the Dlayos got a lot of attention just because of some wooden stick?
  • ...sacks in sacks created a black hole?

And last..one that isn't that long ago but a all time favorite:
Remember when "What word with "R" does Xargon think of?" was the most asked question in the help channel?

(00:08:09) [Help] xxx asks: what wprld starts with a letter r?
(00:08:35) [Help] You advise xxx with this suggestion: I think Xargon already mentioned the word...and as a hint, this is a mmoRPg
(00:08:50) [Help] xxx asks: runescape?


Edit: Oh..I forgot one very important. Remember the Guild worshipping the goddess "Aiwendil"? *runs from Nikodemus*
« Last Edit: October 18, 2011, 02:23:01 am by Aiwendil »

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2011, 05:13:49 am »
...when people actually played instead of lurking and posting nostalgia threads?

Couldn't resist. xD
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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2011, 08:38:31 am »
:flowers: Thank you, Candy ... I was searching for the reply you already posted. :)

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2011, 12:41:03 pm »
...when people actually played instead of lurking and posting nostalgia threads?

Couldn't resist. xD
HAHAHAHA nice candy
But to the first post... Yes I remember those great days of easy tria
Now I have o tria :(

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2011, 03:57:05 pm »
Lurking is the new Playing!
I remember the platinum mine in front of Zak

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2011, 10:10:32 pm »
For those who were around when the bronze doors area was added...
Remember the mass dash towards the falls but no one could get there because the server didn't stay up long enough?   ;D
(and when it came back you were back where you started)
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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2011, 11:20:36 pm »
remember when you had to buy stuff with crystals... on a website? and there was no fall damage or any kind of damage at all?
may laanx frighten the shadow from my path.
hardly because the shadow built the lexx.
the shadow will frighten laanx from my path.

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2011, 12:55:09 am »
sniffles those were the days
baaah you oldies come back so we can go on rampages together :P


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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2011, 03:00:03 am »
Remember when we were constantly at risk of "Falling off the edge of the world" and dying?
Remember the packet routing bug which made messages get randomly sent to the wrong person?
Remember the flight bug?
Yliakum, a really big crystal. These are the voyages of the Explorers Guild.  Its ongoing mission: to explore strange new maps, to seek out new life and new NPCs.  To boldly glitch where no one has glitched before.

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2011, 07:10:26 am »
...when people actually played instead of lurking and posting nostalgia threads?

Couldn't resist. xD

Remember when:
...you still found the game fun enough to play instead of lurking? :whistling:
...you walked around the bottom off the world after falling off? I always had trouble with the sewer exit behind kada's.
...You could use the bookshelves in the library for temporary personal storage? :D
...people could rip the items you just placed right from under you?
...cooking was first released and there were apple slices everywhere in oja?
...The rogues took over oja? They were even spawning practically mid air.  ::|
...Harn used to always get called a drunk because he would periodically go to the tavern and hang out?
...someone had to call a GM because Harn had fallen off the edge of the world or something?
...most of the arena pits were empty?
...you could get to the area behind the boxes in the warehouse pretty easily? There was only more rats back there I think... I can't remember now.
...you used to pat yourself on the back because you had figured out the right trigger word for the quest?
...You could make a character with only one name?
...running around trying to figure out where the bronze doors actually were? ...or was that just me? ;D
...Krans came in one color?


hehe, I forgot about some of this stuff.

And last..one that isn't that long ago but a all time favorite:
Remember when "What word with "R" does Xargon think of?" was the most asked question in the help channel?

(00:08:09) [Help] xxx asks: what wprld starts with a letter r?
(00:08:35) [Help] You advise xxx with this suggestion: I think Xargon already mentioned the word...and as a hint, this is a mmoRPg
(00:08:50) [Help] xxx asks: runescape?


 ;D just goes to show it's not at the top of most people's list.

sniffles those were the days
baaah you oldies come back so we can go on rampages together :P

I think we terrorize pretty good just around here. Huh guys?  ;)
« Last Edit: October 19, 2011, 07:17:32 am by Illysia »

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2011, 06:53:40 pm »
...you still found the game fun enough to play instead of lurking? :whistling:

Yes, just last night. Stop being such a killjoy.  :P
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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2011, 07:42:12 pm »
This thread is for reminiscing and wishing for the good old days... go away you happy person.  ;D

Remember when...

the potato looking rock outside of Oja floated in midair? I think that finally got fixed.

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2011, 12:20:15 am »
yeah they finally finished fixing the flight bug for that one.

and for a bit of caption reference... the force was strong with that one.
may laanx frighten the shadow from my path.
hardly because the shadow built the lexx.
the shadow will frighten laanx from my path.

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Re: Remember when?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2011, 11:08:43 am »
See, a lot of people are posting "that was before my time" and I'm sat thinking "God that was after my time...". Anyway,

Remember when:

#planeshift-fans
Grono (pockets included) (wru :( )
Swords!
Golmir (bloody hell he was hard work)
Draklar would only speak in Old English
The hole in the road to oja (magic shop fork)
The exploitable temple quest that you could macro and make a fair bit of money out of reasonably quickly.

Oh, Xordan's PvP area too
<Rux> i wish i could say that narrows it down, but the internet is one freaky place