[Charmy]

Very Well Said Wiz, and i totally agree, I remember my first eq char was a DE wiz and i remember the first 10 plat i got i thought i was rich =(. lol i still have that newbie longing when i hear the merchant music... but as you said nothing is like that first high you get when you strike down your first skeleton, or when you get your first crit hit/blast, you thought you were the shit, and well maybe you were <shrug>. And really people don't want to start over with nothing, its like inventing a new product that makes you millions of dollars, who is going to want to return to the days in college when you had to buy the 10 for $1 Ramen noodles that you ate 3 times a day.

And with that comes the same problem with custom servers. No one wants to play on a server where they have to start out naked again, fighting lvl 10 mobs and dieing, having to do CR's that most likely get you killed again in the process. Alot of the semi-legit servers are fun in this becuase they supply you with a way to get some newbie gear for free, or maybe a whole test gear set up, which is on one of the LoTR servers i sadly don't remember what one =(, but it was fun.

So whats their solution? Everyone asks to be a GM, Trust me to anyone out there who wants to be a GM becuase either you can't run yoru own server, or you are to lazy to do it, asking on a server and saying you can pop mobs really well doesn't really cut it for more Server Admins. and even more so if they do give you GM status you will soon find that it isn't anything like you imagined, i know when i first became a guide on EQlive i was expecting to get tons of respect from people, getting all the cool guide gear, and showing off by hosting cool events.... but.. fact is, it sucks, all you do is listen to people bitch and moan about shit they are making up about lost gear, you have to give shift reports on every peition you answer, and you aren't even allowed to fight mobs, plus the event list they give you is SOOOOOOO damn boring, that you never want to do them. So all in all, stop asking.. If your really thinking of being a GM on another server than my advice would be to learn a programming language that would be of use to them, otherwise your going to be bored as hell.

Got a bit off topic there sorry, All in all, its sad but true, we all loved the first time we were able to purchase our first full set of spells, but after that it was no longer a challenge you had to meet, but a burden you had to carry every few levels. I Think wiz says it the best, an eqclassic server just can't be done and still retain its fun factor.

(The PoTime in an eqclassic server that is funny. Sounds like the thing I remember hearing about someone wanting to include PoHate, PoSky, and PoFear into plannar progression, as an EQlive mirrior... hmm)