01-14-2023, 06:03 PM
Your name didn't come up much in this thread because you were never much of a player as far as the rest of us were concerned. I doubt you really knew what the rest of the 12P did in their free time, because you were never there when the rest of us had to deal with them.
I doubt 12P would stand out today, though, even if they were all in their prime. They represent a type of gamer that has become typical. Back in EQ days, online PC gaming was kind of a specialist hobby, overwhelmingly played by people who enjoyed it for the fun of gaming. That's something I don't think 12P ever did. They were the "in it to win it" types, and exploiting bugs and using 3rd party tools was just part of how they gamed -- as if it was a job (and apparently, for some of them, it became one). Unfortunately, that has become far more common these days, and any game made that doesn't aggressively program against it is doomed to fail, as, ultimately, were the EQ PvP servers.
I doubt 12P would stand out today, though, even if they were all in their prime. They represent a type of gamer that has become typical. Back in EQ days, online PC gaming was kind of a specialist hobby, overwhelmingly played by people who enjoyed it for the fun of gaming. That's something I don't think 12P ever did. They were the "in it to win it" types, and exploiting bugs and using 3rd party tools was just part of how they gamed -- as if it was a job (and apparently, for some of them, it became one). Unfortunately, that has become far more common these days, and any game made that doesn't aggressively program against it is doomed to fail, as, ultimately, were the EQ PvP servers.