------

So there I was.....minding my own business in The Overthere, when all of a sudden I see the message: "d00d sow plz".

Of course, my natural instinct was not to answer, since I thought the clueless newb (hereafter referred to politely as "the petitioner" ) must have been poorly informed at best.

Boy was I ever wrong.

I switch out of 1st person into an external camera, and what did my wandering eyes behold? Only myself and the petitioner.

So I says to myself...."Self? You need to edumacate this fella!"

(Keep in mind what the overall setting looked like: There I was, in skeleton form, carrying a scythe, FLOATING IN MIDAIR IN A MEDITATING POSITION, with a LARGE dark-brown skeleton named "Gibober" standing behind me. Ummm....No, skippy, I'm not a druid or a shaman.)

I say "Wish I could, bro, but I don't have SoW. I'm a Necromancer."

The Petitioner says, "$#*&@#$ *$%#&!, sow me already! it's for a cr"

Feeling as if my feathers had been ruffled a bit, I do a "/who all dumbass" (um..pardon..I meant "/who all petitioner" )

This is where I discovered the "/who all" bug. Certainly it must have been a bug, right? There's NO WAY IN CREATION the dumbas...err...petitioner could have been a level 31 Dark Elf Wizard, right???? RIGHT????? /em begins to cry like a little girl.

Well, needless to say, I couldn't have been any more shocked than if my pet began dancing an Irish Jig. I quickly begin the arduous task of maintaining my composure, while deciding how best to deal with this tricky situation.

I say, "Necromancer's can't cast SoW".

Petitioner says, "Bull@#$%! you cast a spell while you were running and you sped up! i couldn't catch you until you sat down! if you're not going to sow me just say so you dont have to be a *$%#&! about it *$%#&!hole"

Yes I know....he didn't use any punctuation in that last sentence.

I say, "I have JBoots."

He says, "what are they"

Before I have a chance to pick my chin up off the floor....

Petitioner asks, "can you buff my hps my hp sux"

I say, "I can't buff you, dude. I'm a necromancer. I only have one buff that you would probably want."

He says, "yeah the one you won't give me *$%#&!"

Ok. Time to have fun with the hopelessly clueless.

I say, "Why do you need a sow?"

He says, "i need to get to burned woods to hunt. sumbody said its perfect for my level"

Yep. That's what he said......"burned woods".

I say, "man are you ever in the wrong place."

He says, "?"

Apparently he found the "question mark" key conveniently located nearby other various and sundry communication facilitators.

I didn't answer him.

He repeats, "??"

Found it twice...good for him.

He repeats, "???"

Having an IQ greater than plantlife, I sensed a pattern forming.

I say, "You are NO WHERE near Burned Woods."

He says, "my friend told me it was in kunark"

I say, "Yeah, the operative word there is 'WAS'. There was a major patch a couple of months ago after a bunch of complaints were filed about 'static content'."

He says, "?"

I say, "!"

He says, "?"

I say, ","

He says, "***"

I say, "no, already have some."

He says, "????"

I don't respond.

He says, "so where the @#$% is burned woods"

He lost the question mark button again. Probably popped off when he was sniffing his feet.

I say, "Well, THIS week it's south of Freeport. It changes with every patch, since they began randomizing zone locations."

My guild is hysterical at this point. And I haven't even told them the ENTIRE story yet. Just snippets.

He says, "@#$% i just got off the boat"

I say, "You don't need the boat."

He says "why"

I say, "You're a wizard!"

He says, "how you know that"

I say, "I did a /wh...nevermind....the important thing is you have teleportation spells."

He says, "oh yeah the green ones"

I nod.

I say, "Yep. The 'green ones'. Pretty nice how you have them grouped by color."

He says, "thx"

I say, "How'd you think about doing it that way?"

He says, "they were all @#$%## up when i got this char"

I say, "Sit down and mem the spell 'Fay Gate'."

He says, "why"

Question mark key is on the ground in front of your chair, guy. Mixed in with your collection of boogers.

I say, "It's going to put you within spitting distance of Burned Woods."

He says, "how do you know"

I say, "All patch messages come with a zone connection map."

He says, "oh"

I say, "Ok. You have it memmed now?"

He had just stood up after what I assumed was meditating/looking at his spell book.

He says, "yeah"

I say, "Ok. Cast the spell and let me know when you get there."

Dumba...errr....Petitioner begins to cast a spell.

A LONG time goes by.....ok, maybe 5 minutes. I still haven't heard from him.

Getting curious:

I tell petitioner, "Are you there yet?"

No reply. No reply at all. [Yes, I'm a Genesis fan... ]

Obviously he's there, or my tell wouldn't have gone through.

I tell petitioner, "Hit the 'r' key to reply to me."

He replies, "i'm here now where do i go."

Right idea....wrong punctuation mark. Oh well. "C" for effort.

I tell petitioner, "Ok, do you see a hotkey on the screen that says 'Sense Heading'?"

He replies, "no"

I reply, "Hit the arrow buttons one by one until you see one."

It was a guess, but an educated one.

He replies, "found it"

I reply, "Click on it."

He replies, "north"

I reply, "Ok, you need to head east along the path. Keep going until the path turns north. When it forks to the right, take the right fork."

He replies, "ok"

Who knows, maybe the guy who sold his account on Ebay worked his Felwithe faction up.

He replies, "sumbody told me i shouldnt be here cause i'm a dark elf"

I reply, "They were roleplaying."

He replies, "oh hehe @#$%@#$ morons ;P"

Priceless. Utterly priceless, I tell you.

I reply, "Where are you?"

He replies, "i see something now. looks like a castle"

I reply, "Run into the castle as fast as you can. The guards might give you some trouble, just keep running."

Yeah...damned conscience started kicking in.

A fairly long period of time passes. Not sure how long, but longer than I was expecting.

I tell petitioner, "What happened?"

As if I didn't know....

He replies, "my spells are gone!"

I reply, "What happened?"

He replies, "i died why"

I reply, "Oh man! Did I tell you to run east or west?"

He replies, "east ***???"

I reply, "Yikes. My bad. You should have run west."

He replies, "?"

I reply, "So where are you now?"

He replies, "how can i tell"

I reply, "Look right after you see 'Loading please wait'. It should tell you 'You have entered [zone]'."

He replies "it doesnt say [zone] there."

After smacking my head against my monitor....

I reply, "What does it say in place of [zone]?".

Get this....

He replies, "Burning Woods"

I nearly fell out of my chair! I couldn't have PLANNED it that way!

He replies, "is that the same as burned woods"

I reply, "No, but you're close. Start running south so you can get your corpse back."

He replies, "i have to get my corpse back?????"

/ignore petitioner

Moral of the story: EBay...Just Say No!

Out of sheer curiosity, I took him off ignore later to find out what happened.

I tell petitioner, "How's it going?"

He replies, "***? where you been"

I reply, "been afk, sorry."

He replies, "got my corpse back. some dude rezzed me."

My conscience somewhat eased...

I reply, "Really? Cool! Where are you now?"

He replies, "iceclad ocean"

I scratch my head a few times.

I reply, "Why Velious?"

He replies, "the guy that rezzed me told me burned woods was in western wastes this week"

I don't recall exactly how long it took me to stop laughing. I stopped breathing shortly before my dog dialed 911.

He replied, "@#$%&* wouldnt sow me either. what is that sh#$ gold?"

That's what finally killed me. I'm writing this from the afterlife.


------------------------------------------------------------------------

"This is the follow up story from the cleric who rezzed him near Felwithe.
Friend of mine digged it up, probably on the same necro side. "


Here comes some idiot Dark Elf running past me, running straight down the road that is going to lead him to Felwithe. I scratch my head, and being the nosey sort of Dwarf that I am...I send him a tell.

I tell the DE, "Wait"

DE tells me, "?"

I sigh into my ale as I take another longt draught off of it before running up
to him and saying, "Ye really don't wanna go messin around over there with them High Elves' They look like pansies, but they aint."

The DE stands there with a vacant look on his face for a few minutes before just running away. Do a /who on the DE and find out he's 31st level. Ok, so maybe he knows what he's doing. I've seen Ogres in North Freeport, after all. I go back to drinking my ale.

Out of curiosity, I send him another tell a few minutes later.

I tell the DE, "Not gettin' into any trouble over there are ye?"

DE tells me, "**** !@#$% roleplayer"

I sigh into my ale again, finishing it off. Ah, tis the season of the twit. I
stand up and head towards Felwithe to resupply my ale.

Just as I get to the gates of the ugliest city on Norrath, what do I find but a
dead dark elf and a pair of guards snickering and cleaning their weapons. Now
this is priceless.

I do a /who on the poor soul and see he is in Burning Woods. Being the sucker that I am, I feel compelled to rez the twit...after all, I am a !@#$% roleplayer and I roleplay a !@#$% cleric...albeit a !@#$% grumpy one.

I sit down to mem Reviviscene and while I am waiting for it to refresh I send
the DE a tell.

I tell the DE, "Would ye like a rez?"

DE tells me, "no i want a !@#$% sow dumbas i have to run south to get my corpse back so dont be a *$%#&! and just sow me plz"

I look around for an ale but unfortunatly Brell hates me at this moment in time, so I simply reply. "If I rez ya, ye wont need to run south to yer body. You will appear at yer body. I am not standing near you, I am standing near yer corpse."

DE tells me, "d00d rez plz"

As I sigh I look at my Holy Symbol of Brell and sigh "I'm gonna get a stout
named after me right?" and I tell the DE "Consent me so I can rez ya" but I get no reply. No reply at all. So I say it again "Consent me so I can rez ya"

DE tells me, "ok you can rez me"

I sit down again at this point. I have no ale and this is gonna take awhile. I
tell the DE, "Type /consent and my name" Being a smart dwarf I tell the DE,
"/consent Cleric_01" and say again "Just like that" before he can make my head hurt more.

Sure enough, I recieve consent to drag his corpse. So I stand up and get ready to drag the corpse when suddenly I am denied permission to drag his corpse. I begin to think like him and I think "***?" So I tell the DE, "No...just type it once. One more time. That's it. Dont type it again" thinking that as soon as I get this over with, I can go buy more ale and my head will stop hurting.

I recieve consent and I quickly drag it towards the zone since this is the
direction the guy was going anyway. I get the body by the zone and cast Rez on it, comforted by the fact that I am one heal away from being done with this guy.

The naked DE appears in front of me and I stand up to cast my final spell of
this exchange when he says to me "your that !@#%% roleplayer" and then a moment later, almost as an afterthought "thx"

Compelled at this point, I ask "Why were you running into Felwithe when you are KoS?"

DE says, "I was going to burned woods"

I say, "Burning Woods?"

DE says, "no dumbass i go there when i die i want to hunt burned woods"

I say, "Who told you to go hunting in Burned Woods, inside Felwithe?"

DE says, "some *$%#&! who wouldnt sow me" and then "will you sow me plz, its for a CR"

I stand there drooling on myself for a moment, trying to catch up. I havent had an ale in a good 20 minutes at this point, so I am starting to see spots.

DE says, "dont be a *$%#&! just sow me before they move the zone again"

I stare at the lad and ask "Move Burned Woods? Again?"

DE says, "yea"

I finally snap and say, "They aren't going to move it again. Once they moved it to Western Wastes, with all the snow, it stopped burning."

DE says, "i saw a burning tree"

I say, "Exactly my point. Now if they would only move Burning Woods there it
would stop too and people wouldn't go there when they die."

DE says, "can you sow me, its for CR"

I say, "sow doesnt work in IC until you get past EW and then it will work for
CR's only until you get to WW, then ask the first person you see for sow there."

I add as an afterthought "Sometimes they look like flying blue things but they
can sow"

DE says, "***???"

I say, "Allow me to use smaller words. You do not need a sow yet. Do what I say and you'll get there right away." and then "Sit down and mem the spell Bind Affinity"

DE is silent for a bit and finally says "its red" as he is standing up

I say, "I am glad they covered Colors this week. Now target yourself and cast
this spell. " He just stands there for a minute, so I add "it will r0ck" and he
begins to cast the spell, binding himself behind the guards at Felwithe. I feel
somewhat better already, maybe I dont need ale.

DE says, "it said bound" and begins to giggle

I say, "Now sit down and mem the spell Iceclad Gate. This will r0ck even more."

DE says, "this one is green"

I say, "You're *$%#&! good at those colors man"

DE says, "thx"

When the DE stands up I say "This is going to take you to Iceclad Ocean. It's an ocean so that's why they moved Burned Woods there....to put it out."

DE says, "what about sow"

I say, "Remember that sow wont work until you are on a CR in WW. In fact you actually run faster in snow if you set the RUN button to WALK. Do that now."

DE says, "ok"

I say, "Now cast Iceclad Gate....the Green one. Remember to run straight out of where you appear and dont stop swimming until you hit Burned Woods."

DE begins to cast a spell and I zone in to get my ale....remembering that the
Ignore list cures most headaches that ale cant and feeling somewhat better about going back to Sebilis.

Still a classic that makes me laugh out load. :lmao:

thank you thank you thank you!!!!! here i was bein all bent out of shape about my distinct impression that the melee skillup bug got relocated from <150 to >150, and wandered by here to see if others were noticing anything similar... this is far better than confirmation, this is positively cathartic:)

I laugh every time, thanks

This is the first time I read this one. I love it! Thanks for sharing. :lmao:

That's an oldie and definitely a goodie!

Hehehe I remember it well... ahh memories... a classic :D

What this board needs is a 'legendary threads' forum, especially having been around for so long :)

lol, where did you dig that one up Scir?

Here's my WoW story from last week. It's nowhere near as good as the Burnt Woods story but I thought I'd share anyway. The poor guy didn't deserve the treatment I gave him but it sure was a good distraction from the newbie quests. I didn't get a log so this is sadly a condensed version.

I started a level 1 warrior and straight away saw a level 44 paladin sitting on a horse in front of me. He said "Hi" so I said "Hi" back and he invited me to a guild. I declined. I tried to do a clever emote to shake my head but /shake turns out to be "You shake your backside at ....". Oops. This obvious show of quality play didn't deter the paladin as he invited me to join his guild again. I declined again.

"Why don't you want to join my guild?"

"I don't think it's very discriminating"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You don't seem to be very discriminating in who you invite"

"So why don't you want to join us?"

"I think you should be a bit more careful with your recruitment"

"What do you know? I've been playing since beta and you come in and start telling me what to do when you're only level 1."

"A guild that recruits just anybody is going to be a guild full of anybodies"

"Huh? We've got me and my brother and his friends and a lot of good people. Two of us have even got horses."

"Good for you."

"We're a good guild with lots of young members and we help people out on quests and stuff"

"All I can see of your guild is your recruitment standard, and to be honest that couldn't be any lower."

"We're not the first guild to invite people starting here and we won't be the last"

"Your guild isn't the first or last guild I wouldn't join then"

"You have 2 be 1 of the strangest person I've ever met in all my time playing WoW"

"Did you know that Groucho Marx said he wouldn't want to join any club that would allow him as a member? Oh and thank you for the compliment."

"All I did was invite you to my guild and you've turned into a war or something!"

He sadly gave up them and danced about a campfire with his friends. He did challenge me to a duel a bit later though, which was quite sporting as by then I'd reduced the level gap to a mere 39 levels.

I still laugh every time I read that! What's fun is that Burnt Woods is still referred to in OOC regularly. :D

Since we're needing some comedy, here's a story that was posted on my guild board some time ago:


A little background info is in order first:
Cozgrove is a lil gnome chanter in Sojourners blessed with a quick wit and incredibly hysterical sense of humor.
The place in Plane of Fire referred to below is a castle against a hill. You have to get past that castle and there are only two ways to do it...one is to have lev on and get to the pillar and, facing up, keep slowly climbing it to the top, jump off the left side onto the walkway and run down the stairs...yes there are guards, but they don't see invis.

The other way (the one most people use-Aath discovered the MUCH simpler way above) is to have lev on, get to the top if the hill and run like hell for the castle walkway at the top of the pillar, hoping you stay high enough to pass over the top.

So, picture the little, bald gnome and his trusty steed as the story below unfolds:

Journal Entry 4749
Plane of Fire. Why did it have to be the Plane of Fire for this raid?
No amount of treasure is worth trying to get over this stinkin' wall.
I don't know how the others do it. They tell me it's easy. I've begun to suspect there is simply a door that they aren't telling me about. Sure. Laugh at the gnome. Laaaaaaaugh!

I saddle up my horse and head to the top of the highest peak overlooking the wall. The hated wall. Trusting in a time-honored strategy, I look skyward and take a fast run in the direction of the wall. Maybe this time.

Journal Entry 4750
Have finished bandaging up myself and my horse, and will try to remember how important the casting of a Levitation spell is if this particular strategy is going to have a chance at working. I knew I was forgetting something. I shake more gravel out of my robe and decide to try this again.

Journal Entry 4751
It's hard to say what is more frustrating...sliding slowly down the face of a wall, skinning up my cheek, my nose, my knees, and my horse...or having to listen to the raucous laughter of fire elementals who have gathered to watch me try and get past this &#@*$ % wall.

Clearly the horse is not giving me what I need for this task. I rather expected this, and so begin to assemble my tinkered Gnome-A-Pult. They don't call us short, hairless, bulb-nosed Macguyver's for nothing.

Journal Entry 4752
Got the Gnome-A-Pult completely assembled and had situated myself comfortably in the delivery mechanism, but had neglected to use wheel blocks. Rolled down the other side of the mountain into a small group of surprised and angry PoF denizens. Have zoned back in and removed the wheels from the Gnome-A-Pult. I still have faith that this is the answer to my wall difficulties.

Journal Entry 4753
Late release problem. A kind, passing cleric helped dig me out of the hole three feet in front of the Gnome-A-Pult, then cast several healing spells on me. Must send a thank-you card. Perhaps a crossbeam will keep this from happening again.

Journal Entry 4754
Early release problem. Crossbeam probably set too far back. Launched approximately 1600 feet straight up. Could easily see my house from up there. My new cleric friend heard the scream from across the zone and got back to my location at about the time I landed. Should probably send a thank-you card *and* a fruit basket.

Journal Entry 4755
Low trajectory. Judging by the depth of the gnome-shaped impression in the wall, velocity is not a problem. More elementals have gathered to watch, but the laughter has, by now, subsided somewhat into subdued giggling and wiping of eyes. I really hate those guys. The cleric has agreed to stick around for a bit, and has definitely earned a place high on my /friends list.

Journal Entry 4756
Well, I almost had it. I cleared the top of the wall, but not by much...and I didn't clear the guard on top of the wall at all. I might have gotten away with it if I had remembered how useful invisibility is in such situations, but I was just too flustered at that point. I think I would have been happier if the guard had just killed me, instead of dangling me over the edge of the wall by my feet while the assembled elementals below laughed and cheered and did The Wave. The humiliation made the long drop to the ground seem even longer.

Screw this plane.
I'm off to do tradeskills.
~Cozgrove

One more for our weekend of humorous relief. This one was written by a dear friend of mine who has since retired from EQ:

EQ ADDICT MOWS THE LAWN



Everquest is my life. Don’t tell me there is another real world out there, the dungeons and mobs of EQ are the only world I need. Sometimes though, I’m dragged out of my conscious state into another realm…

My wife, who I am allied with but who often makes uncomfortable demands of me to help keep my faction up, took me aside one day and pointed out the window of our camp. (Well, she calls it a house, but it’s clearly our camp. It’s a nice one too, as no one tries to move in on it and there are no wandering mobs through it.)

She tells me in a stern voice, “Go out there and mow that lawn. The grass has gotten way out of hand, and I can’t do all these chores by myself.”

Now, I’m not a big fan of mowing that lawn. However, I can see how high grass might hide mobs or loot, so I endeavor to begin this quest. I head out to the garage where the lawnmower spawns, and by good fortune it was up. I found out it was a little low on mana though, so after filling the tank with gas I started to go to work.

After going down row after row of green grass, now I can see why farmers got their name. They already spend all their time cutting down easy green mobs to rake in the loot. As I went back and forth, getting no XP from this time-consuming chore, I realized there was little loot to be found either. No shiny gold coins presented themselves. I finally saw something which appeared to be a loot bag, only to realize the brown object was just another one of the dog’s smelly traps.

That dang dog leaves enough traps in the yard that she must think she’s a GM or something. I tend to look at her more as a guide, cause when I present a problem to her she just wags her tail and tries to make me all happy…while ignoring the greater problems in life such as hazardous CRs and loot disputes.

I reluctantly went ahead with my mowing, resigned to the fact that like most lame Real Life quests, I wasn’t going to earn anything of value except maybe faction.

Then, it happened. I was near a tree when I somehow agroed some little flying mob, and it started buzzing about my head. Even worse, it was a yellow con. I was not ready for this! I started swinging my bare hands at it, but frankly, my skill with hand-to-hand is pitiful. Too my horror, I sawn that there was a nest of them on the tree, and three more came out and attacked. Talk about a bad pull!

Having no other options, I let loose with the only AoE spell that I had loaded…I farted. I had to run away also, for I have learned by past experience that if you aren’t moving fast enough when you let loose that AoE, you can end up DoTing yourself with it!

Soloing was no longer an option. I had four angry mobs after me, and the little bees were trying their best to sting me. I began to run a large circle trying to get them all grouped together nicely for a quad-kite session. For some reason, they still flew erratically and wouldn’t group up…so I figured their pathing was screwed.

I finally got to the gate that opened into the house/camp. I got through and closed it, noting with relief that the poor bees weren’t able to follow me into the new zone.

When my wife asked me why the yard around the tree wasn’t mowed, I responded, “No way! I’m KoS to the mobs there, and I can’t solo them, much less quad-kite until they fix the pathing. Unless they got phat lewt, I’m not agroing them again unless I have my guildies to lay the smack down.”

She just sighed and shook her head like she always does when I speak my native tongue.

(Written by Thamin)

Thamin Cazicsbane 65+ Ranger

Lords of Ale, EQ

Hehe... I've had a few of those guild recruitment discussions in my time, they're all just like that :)

lol priceless :crazy:

When I saw this thread I went and dug this up from the message board I had originally posted it on. Here is how to guild remove someone and get a marriage proposal at the same time:

F* tells you 'sup! it's E*'
you tell F* 'hiya E*;
You told F* 'lol, i hear you snuck into the guild disguised as S*'
F* tells you ' yes, was wondering if he got the reinvite'
F* tells you 'well I wanted to be in the guild somehow'
You told F* 'no... by letting you play the account without checking with us first he violated our trust
You told F* 'so he wont be allowed back in unless he reapplied and squares it away with us'
F* tells you 'sorry'
F* tells you 'wel... he ws he let me play once and I figured he doesent play much so, he didnt really care, he said I could get other chars money with S*'
F* tells you 'he understands the rules, he wont reply thouguh his comp succks atm'
F* tells you ;havent seen u with E* anytime
You told F* 'aye... well thats fine.. when he wants to come back he can let us know '
F* tells you 'ok'
You told F* 'and then we can talk about it with him'
F* tells you 'sigh... cant say I am looking forward to it'
F* tells you ' he is older then me'
You told F* 'he know that he is not guiled yet?'
F* tells you 'well he in diffrnt house long distance calling'
F* tells you ' whats lvl r u now? and how u doin'
F* tells you ' oh yeah and he works
You told F* 'level 58 now
F* tells you ' nice my monks holding steady at 47
you told F* 'yeah... it doesn't sound like he has a lot of time for EQ right now'
F* tells you 'correct HE hasnt played in 6 months 2 a year
You told F* 'lol well hardly any worry
You told F* 'nice to see you again sorry it is under such bad circumstances'
F* tells you 'sigh
F* tells you 'ahh'
F* tells you 'so u only on latenights now?'
F* tells you 'oh say u got an ingame husband?'
You told F* 'lord no'
You told F* 'lol'
F* tells you 'hehe Im prepared for a Lord no, but my monks been want to ask 4 a while, u intreseted?'
You told F* 'aww thanks for the offer... but I am boggled by the in game wedding thing... not my style'
You told F* 'umm why would you want to get married in game to someone you don't really know anyhow?'
F* tells you, 'hehe just asking cxaause im not old enough to get leagully married hehe
You tell F* 'hee hee well I can see an EQ marriage being a fun game
F* tells you 'yes the best part though is duoing'
F* tells you 'I guess ill have to find another silxie'
You told F* 'heh heh druids aer a dime a dozen'
F* tells you 'they are an awesome class if you know how to play em, however I wouldnt prpse to most druids cause now, a lot of em suck!'
You told F* 'aww how come'
F* tells you 'most seem mental'
F* tells you 'like you have to ask 100 times 4 sow then they ok who all wants sow'
F* tells you 'sure you dont want to change your mind?'
You tell F* 'positive lol'
F* tells you 'so how to I get back in the guild?'
You tell F* 'lol you don't'

Imagine how hard I was laughing..

I reply, "Hit the arrow buttons one by one until you see one."

It was a guess, but an educated one.

He replies, "found it"


While I love the story, it's a made up urban myth, never happened.

The flaw in the story is shown in the quote above.

As keyboard settings are saved on the local PC, not the Station Account, or on the EQ Server, the above would never have worked. The "eBay'ed" account would have been loaded with the default UI.

i.e. someone at some time in the distant past made it all up as a cute story, but forked themselves by including something that while EQ insiders would find it funny, on second thought, it's impossible.

:gratz01:

Isn't Sense Heading one of the default hotkeys when you create a char or erase your ui settings? I know it is now, but its been a long time since the old ui...

Yea it is :)