Sony has come out ahead on my account because of EQEmu. Game-wise, I'm pretty much done with the Everquest series -- EQ or EQ2. But I've turned my EQ account up for a month on several occasions to packet collect. And I'm willing to packet collect for EQ2 in the future if necessary.
I don't have any respect for somebody who joins this community simply because they don't want to pay $25 for EQ Platinum and go play on a live server. (I respect them even less when they then proceed to bash the project about all the bugs and misfeatures, but that's irrelevant.) I wouldn't mind there actually being a rule that you have to have bought the full game and made a full (non-trial) account to join this community. While we have no way of enforcing that for every user -- we could at least kick out anyone who comes here and openly says they have no EQ account, never had an EQ account, and don't wanna spend a measly $25 for a copy of the game.
I also urge as many of you as possible to turn up your accounts and packet collect when it's needed. EQEmu has always been plagued by a serious shortage of willing packet collectors. I think it's only fair to turn up your account from time to time and let Sony get a little, it both help eqemu get live compatible AND helps debunk the "lost profits" argument.
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