Everquest for MacOS X

[Stridder44]

so when is EQ for Mac comming out?

[AppMan]

Dont know but it's available for PS2 and it rocks.

[BitWit]

AppMan, did they figure out a way to make the PS2 version not take over your life... like where you have the option play without marathon sessions getting longer and longer? I heard something about a change in that respect.

[Stridder44]

I think an INSANLY addictive game like EverCRACK (meaning that the game is more addictive than crack or cocaine) is needed on the Mac.

[Sirtovin]

Originally posted by Stridder44
I think an INSANLY addictive game like EverCRACK (meaning that the game is more addictive than crack or cocaine) is needed on the Mac.

So is Asheron's Call 2... For the PC...

[weaselworld]

I beta tested EQOA for the PS2, and let me say, it claimed about 3 months of my life. Luckily the first beta phase ended and I didn't get to play for awhile and lost interest. But by the end of the whole beta test, I tried to build up my character all over again and was getting nowhere! Finally I realized it was because I wasn't playing for like 3 days straight.

I'll give them this, I didn't have to play marathon sessions to have FUN, but I wanted to build my character, see new things, and have MORE fun, so the marathons were necessary.

[Sirtovin]

OMG... These games seem to be like drugs,... I mean sure they are all good and fun... but when it takes you in and all you think about is the Game and how to obtain the next level... It truly means your gone... in a sense..

[weaselworld]

oh dude, those online games are almost worse than drugs. they're more than a distraction because, to a degree, they mimick life. as opposed an ordinary game, or movie, or whatever, that has some definite ending, some point to reach where you've done EVERYTHING, the online games have no concrete ultimate goal to achieve. i can imagine that especially for people who aren't very happy, whether it be because of regular rejection, or because they don't like something about themselves, this opportunity to escape into another world where nothing in their real life matters, where they can finally "be the best" and have that sense of accomplishment....it must be great for them. and to a degree i can appreciate that. i mean who wouldn't love to be the hero, strong and hansome and rich. but it's not real, and i think some people have trouble accepting that.

luckily i didn't get THAT sucked in - the marathons i did were VERY rare. plus i didn't have a whole lot going on at the time so it wasn't detrimental to toss a few hours here and there into this "other life." but i had enough foresight to know that it had to end sometime, and i never forgot that true accomplishment is to be had OUT THERE in reality.

speaking of which....i'm going out.