Your top 5 videogames

[Chris-L]

I can't believe nobody else mentioned Everquest. I worked for six months right out of high school for Sony and took calls regarding EQ. I had never played an online game and thought people who did were teh nerd. However, it was part of our job to play and know the game inside and out, so I played. I got hooked, obviously, and played the same character for almost ten years, and an alt for almost five. I was a top 10 Shadow Knight in the world, (Sony had actual Rankings posted on their site) as GAY as that sounds. I sold my account for $1,200.00, which was bitter sweet -- I miss that game.



Attempted. Hated it.



I agree with this, x2.

Other than EQ, I really haven't played many games. Got into WoW for a year or two, but maxed the level in a few months and got tired of killing n00bs like Vinyl all the time. I got a Sega Genesis when I was like 12 (the only gaming console my parents ever bought for us) and really loved Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, and Sonic.

Got hooked on Halo 2 when I lived with my in-laws while we built a house. Bought an xbox just for playing that game; never owned another xbox game and haven't plugged it in since I moved away from bigb's neighborhood.

Overall, I'm not much of a gamer.

dude, we could talk for days about EQ. Put thousands of hours into that game. its number one on my list, number 2 is waaay down. i sold my account when i stopped playing, i think i was 16 years old at the time. Got almost $1,000 for it. My parent were so nervous, they were certain I was lying about where the money came from. Still haven't found another game that grabbed me like that did.

 

[TroutBum]

dude, we could talk for days about EQ. Put thousands of hours into that game. its number one on my list, number 2 is waaay down. i sold my account when i stopped playing, i think i was 16 years old at the time. Got almost $1,000 for it. My parent were so nervous, they were certain I was lying about where the money came from. Still haven't found another game that grabbed me like that did.

WoW filled the void for a bit, but after realizing I could do in three months what took almost a decade to do in EQ, I lost my taste for it pretty quick. The Pvp aspect of WoW was a lot of fun though, which made me think about how awful EQ's PvP was.

What was the last expansion you played before you quit? Did you ever camp "Fabled's"? Did you ever go back to old dungeons and clear them out solo just because you could? Plane of Growth was my favorite -- Eff those little asslings in the A, you know what I'm saying? I've got a SS of me standing over Tunare's body; it felt great. If I were to guess, I'd bet you were a DE Necro who praised Inny. Close?

 

[addictionary]

That's because planned things gets people who can't take anymore of each other more tense. No plan goes like planned.

 

[Chris-L]

I started shortly after launch, and stopped playing after planes of power. I went really crazy during kunark and velious. I was actually a barbarian shaman. One of the first on my server to get my epic weapon, one of only a handlefull of 60's when they raised the level cap. It peaked for me that first time we cleared the temple of veeshan, I was one bad mother. I used to camp that froglok in guk for the fungi tunic, spent a good 5 hours a night for a solid week before it dropped, but ohhh that feeling when it finally did. I remember going back and taking out naggy and vox after we were all epic'd out, loling at how easy it was. Ah the good ole days of KS'ing, selling SoW's at the druid circle, porting for 10 plat, wheeling and dealing at the EC tunnel, refusing to start playing until someone would cast breeze on me, that feeling in your gut when you realized you weren't getting a rez and had lost 15+ hours of exp, and omg the corpse runs.....such a shame that MMO's have become so dumbed down.

I actually went back and played it last year. Game looks like dog ****, can't believe how much i loved it.

 

[TroutBum]

I started shortly after launch, and stopped playing after planes of power. I went really crazy during kunark and velious. I was actually a barbarian shaman. One of the first on my server to get my epic weapon, one of only a handlefull of 60's when they raised the level cap. It peaked for me that first time we cleared the temple of veeshan, I was one bad mother. I used to camp that froglok in guk for the fungi tunic, spent a good 5 hours a night for a solid week before it dropped, but ohhh that feeling when it finally did. I remember going back and taking out naggy and vox after we were all epic'd out, loling at how easy it was. Ah the good ole days of KS'ing, selling SoW's at the druid circle, porting for 10 plat, wheeling and dealing at the EC tunnel, refusing to start playing until someone would cast breeze on me, that feeling in your gut when you realized you weren't getting a rez and had lost 15+ hours of exp, and omg the corpse runs.....such a shame that MMO's have become so dumbed down.

I actually went back and played it last year. Game looks like dog ****, can't believe how much i loved it.

Camping Upper and Lower Guk -- oh man, the memories. I pulled a 25 hour straight camp for the Fabled Dark Reaver:

My very first character was a female Barbarian Shaman named "FloppyRack" (remember the size of those breasteses?!) but never got her past level 18. The early days of EQ were certainly the best. You might appreciate this cool story, bro:

When I worked for Sony, we had access to every drop of customer information, but most notably, usernames and passwords. Remember that this was almost 15 years ago and things weren't hyper-secured; the thought of "hackers" was something only in sci-if books and tv shows. We would find a level 50 character and log into their account, see what kind of gear they had, how much pp they had, and would essentially rob them blind. We'd just transfer the loot to one of our other accounts that was long deactivated and was untraceable, and then sell the items on eBay before eBay/Sony cracked down on selling in-game items. One of the highly sought after items was the SMR from Lower Guk -- remember that? We would hack one or two of those a week and would get $300 - $400 for each one. We'd also sell pp by the thousands. It was ridiculous. Had we been caught, I'm sure we all would have gone to prison. One of our guys did get caught, but not hacking gear; he got into an online fight with someone and then looked up their real info and threatened to track them down and beat their family up or some stupid ****. After he got **** canned we stopped, but that was an amazing three months. We justified it because the GMs always refunded the guys we robbed -- so it was totally cool. /cough

 

[Chris-L]

gangster as ****, woulda been a fun "job". Every time EQ gets brought up I get all nostalgic. Random memories have been popping into my head all afternoon now.

 

[franklin]

When I worked for Sony, we had access to every drop of customer information, but most notably, usernames and passwords. Remember that this was almost 15 years ago and things weren't hyper-secured; the thought of "hackers" was something only in sci-if books and tv shows. We would find a level 50 character and log into their account, see what kind of gear they had, how much pp they had, and would essentially rob them blind. We'd just transfer the loot to one of our other accounts that was long deactivated and was untraceable, and then sell the items on eBay before eBay/Sony cracked down on selling in-game items. One of the highly sought after items was the SMR from Lower Guk -- remember that? We would hack one or two of those a week and would get $300 - $400 for each one. We'd also sell pp by the thousands. It was ridiculous. Had we been caught, I'm sure we all would have gone to prison. One of our guys did get caught, but not hacking gear; he got into an online fight with someone and then looked up their real info and threatened to track them down and beat their family up or some stupid ****. After he got **** canned we stopped, but that was an amazing three months. We justified it because the GMs always refunded the guys we robbed -- so it was totally cool. /cough

I love childhood shenanigan stories like this. I had my share of employee thefts and feel good about all of them.

 

[Julie Greengiant]

Silent Hill 3
Final Fantasy Tactics
KoTOR
Kingdom Hearts
SMT: Nocturne

 

[AtheistPreacher]

Silent Hill 3
Final Fantasy Tactics
KoTOR
Kingdom Hearts
SMT: Nocturne

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

 

[Julie Greengiant]

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Well thank you

 

[ema]

1. Portal 2 --> The most elegant, smart and imaginative game ever.

2. Mount&Blade --> The most addicting game of all times. Also the best indie game ever.

3. Pro Evolution Soccer 5 or FIFA Soccer 07 --> Best soccer games of the each series.

4. Bioshock --> The most impressive game for me.

5. Counter Strike --> The game I have played the most.

After playing The Stanley Parable, (special thanks to 1. Portal 2 --> The most elegant, smart and imaginative game ever.2. Mount&Blade --> The most addicting game of all times. Also the best indie game ever.3. Pro Evolution Soccer 5 or FIFA Soccer 07 --> Best soccer games of the each series.4. Bioshock --> The most impressive game for me.5. Counter Strike --> The game I have played the most.[/QUOTE]After playing The Stanley Parable, (special thanks to AtheistPreacherdefinitely have to update my top 5 list. No game made me question my life ever before this game, lol. Well, of course I might be exaggerating it a bit but it would definitely make you question the other games in the very least. It's one of the best games I've ever played for sure and probably the best written game scenario as well, although it's disappointingly a short one. But still, this game is so unique, so brilliant in many ways and also very very fun to play. I couldn't help but caught myself grinning many times because of the witty lines and reactions of the game towards Stanley and obviously me, the player, as well. And ohh, the ending(s)! But I am not gonna write about it, since it could be spoilers.Anyway, I highly recommend this game to every gamers, but especially to those who like to play unique and non-mainstream games like I do.1. Portal 2 --> The most elegant, smart and imaginative game ever.2. Mount&Blade Warband --> The most addicting game of all times. Also the best indie game ever.3. The Stanley Parable --> No game made me question my life ever, before. So unique, so brilliant and quite fun to play.4. Pro Evolution Soccer 5 or FIFA Soccer 07 --> Best soccer games of the each series.5. Bioshock --> The most impressive game for me.6. Counter Strike --> The game I have played the most."]AtheistPreacher for his recommendation) I definitely have to update my top 5 list. No game made me question my life ever before this game, lol. Well, of course I might be exaggerating it a bit but it would definitely make you question the other games in the very least. It's one of the best games I've ever played for sure and probably the best written game scenario as well, although it's disappointingly a short one. But still, this game is so unique, so brilliant in many ways and also very very fun to play. I couldn't help but caught myself grinning many times because of the witty lines and reactions of the game towards Stanley and obviously me, the player, as well. And ohh, the ending(s)! But I am not gonna write about it, since it could be spoilers.

Anyway, I highly recommend this game to every gamers, but especially to those who like to play unique and non-mainstream games like I do.

1. Portal 2 --> The most elegant, smart and imaginative game ever.

2. Mount&Blade Warband --> The most addicting game of all times. Also the best indie game ever.

3. The Stanley Parable --> No game made me question my life ever, before. So unique, so brilliant and quite fun to play.

4. Pro Evolution Soccer 5 or FIFA Soccer 07 --> Best soccer games of the each series.

5. Bioshock --> The most impressive game for me.

 

[AtheistPreacher]

After playing The Stanley Parable, (special thanks to AtheistPreacher for his recommendation) I definitely have to update my top 5 list. No game made me question my life ever before this game, lol. Well, of course I might be exaggerating it a bit but it would definitely make you question the other games in the very least. It's one of the best games I've ever played for sure and probably the best written game scenario as well, although it's disappointingly a short one. But still, this game is so unique, so brilliant in many ways and also very very fun to play. I couldn't help but caught myself grinning many times because of the witty lines and reactions of the game towards Stanley and obviously me, the player, as well. And ohh, the ending(s)! But I am not gonna write about it, since it could be spoilers.

Anyway, I highly recommend this game to every gamers, but especially to those who like to play unique and non-mainstream games like I do.

1. Portal 2 --> The most elegant, smart and imaginative game ever.

2. Mount&Blade Warband --> The most addicting game of all times. Also the best indie game ever.

3. The Stanley Parable --> No game made me question my life ever, before. So unique, so brilliant and quite fun to play.

4. Pro Evolution Soccer 5 or FIFA Soccer 07 --> Best soccer games of the each series.

5. Bioshock --> The most impressive game for me.

Glad you enjoyed it. I, too, often found myself grinning from ear to ear while playing Stanley. No other game has ever left me slack-jawed so many times, confused and delighted as I tried to figure out what the hell was going on on my computer screen.