Epic Stories did NOT die with UO, EQ, and DAoC.

Emergence

Originally posted by twstdstrange

Of course, they would be looking through rose colored glasses when speaking of such tales, but even then, does anybody talk about WAR, WoW, CoH (sorry to repeat the same MMOs but you get the idea) in the same way, despite the age difference?

Yes, people still do actually. I have some hilarious pranks in WoW and some hilarious adventures in CoH, but DEFINITELY in WAR.

 

When WAR first released, it was a BLAST! I have some amazing stories to tell.

No other game have I ever played where I could charge completely alone over a bridge/hill screaming to my inevitable suicide, only for me to invoke so much fear in the enemy that their entire army runs away, leaving me to stumble to a stop at the end of the bridge, roaring taunts at them as I pride in the fact I singlehandedly stopped an entire army from taking the objective, even though I should have been slaughtered in mere seconds.

My CHOSEN alone invoked so much fear, when the enemy thought "OH @#$@, it's Alecto!!! We can't beat him AND the army behind him! RUN BACK TO BASE!!!!!!" LOL... not a single person behind me.

Then there was the time where, as a Chosen again, it was a tie among points with only a few seconds left, and I was 10% life protecting an objective alone against a group of players, with only 30..20...10 seconds left on the clock...and at the 1 second mark, I had 1 single hit point, and at 0 they killed me, but it was too late and our team won the game by a SINGLE point 1 to 0.

 

 

In CoH, I played with my best friend and sister as we each dressed up as "beach" humans. My friend a huge buff black guy with a fro, me a 'radical' surfer "dude", and my sister a stereotypical beach bunny. We'd sit around together and anytime someone went by, I'd tell a ridiculous story and then we would all line up together, and /emote at the exact same time pointing forward.

"One time this guy littered a hamburger wrapper on the beach, so we took his head and scraped it against the curb."

"And that's what we call..."

 

Surfer Dude: BEACH JUSTICE!!

Buff Guy:  BEACH JUSTICE!!

Beach Babe: BEACH JUSTICE!!

 

We created a following and people gathered around us as we improved ridiculous punishments for tiny offenses (littering, complimenting a girl, etc.)

In WoW, me, my best friend, and my nephew did the same thing, but we were trolls and we danced naked to jamaican rap we would improv.

 

In Tibia, I singlehandedly created a 50 player train of Hobo's colored Poop Brown, and we walked as a snake into a dungeon. 50 players were following me in a singlefile line, and they all looked IDENTICAL to me, a brown homeless hobo. Even a guild leader couldn't get his people to do that! LOL! I was quite influential (people thought it was HILARIOUS!)

The trick is momentum. If you can get 4 people to join you, it is a cake walk from then on out.

Evasia

Your so awesome, can i have your autograph:P

 

Btw still looking for epic in your stories, it seems i cannot find them yet but ill try find them somewhere hidden in your stories:)

Emergence

Originally posted by Evasia

Your so awesome, can i have your autograph:P

 

Btw still looking for epic in your stories, it seems i cannot find them yet but ill try find them somewhere hidden in your stories:)

Well, my epic stories ARE from Ultima Online, but those are few indeed. In fact, I can only think of one. None of these are epic, but they are "epic".

You have to remember that an "epic story" among MMORPGers isn't necessarily a real definition of "epic".

Take it in the context provided :P

 

When "Veterans tell epic stories" they are just about what I described above. I don't even know what else could be considered epic. After all... it's just a game... lol...

duelkore

Im glad you have fun with your friends and sister. It would be epic if my family played mmos.  

I only have one pic story that me and my 2 other friends still tell to this day.

It was EQ1, 1999.  It involved three friends and one hole.  One long night of mummies and corpse runs ensued.  And we still pass around the ole crown royal when the kids are asleep and tell that great tale 12 years later.  Seems every year the number of mummies slain increases though,  not sure why

Emergence

Originally posted by duelkore

Im glad you have fun with your friends and sister. It would be epic if my family played mmos.  

I only have one pic story that me and my 2 other friends still tell to this day.

It was EQ1, 1999.  It involved three friends and one hole.  One long night of mummies and corpse runs ensued.  And we still pass around the ole crown royal when the kids are asleep and tell that great tale 12 years later.  Seems every year the number of mummies slain increases though,  not sure why

LOL

 

Although my family does player MMO's, it's not as the stories might have described. My oldest brother plays WoW, my older one plays nothing really (but plays MMO's sometimes) and I currently play nothing. My sister rarely plays for more than a few hours, so she doesn't really play.

Unfortunately, getting my brothers together to play when we are all subscribed to the same MMO, is extremely difficult and a rare occurence (which has actually never happened...) let alone trying to get all 3 of us to play the same game.

The only game I've ever got both my brothers to play and my nephew (or best friend to replace nephew) is Left 4 Dead 2, and only a few times.

 

I really wish my family played MMO's too. It's mainly just me and my nephew or my best friend, almost never both, and I get burnt out of a MMO in < 1 month, while my best friend can't play for more than 4 hours before going crazy (despite how me and my nephew enjoy 18 hour MMO sessions, or at least did when we were younger, lol...)

I'd kill if my wife would play MMO's with me. That would be so awesome...

 

Honestly, the stories I told are rare occurences. I rarely play with more than 1 other person, and often just play alone.