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Post by lockejv on Sept 28, 2016 13:49:34 GMT -5
Re: Winterkiss - I do remember her telling me she was upset about having to WHM more after the incident; she wanted to play BLU and THF. She never said anything to me about the politics of the situation, and we played together quite a bit back then. I believe it may have expedited her process of leaving the shell, but that was already in the cards. I don't remember you having a stake in the Cynric thing - details?
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Post by lockejv on Sept 28, 2016 10:40:15 GMT -5
Might I suggest toning down your notes about when Cynric left; that situation involved three people leaving (not a split) and didn't change the capabilities of the LS. But...I guess I still wonder if Zann dropped her pearl or if someone broke it!
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Post by lockejv on Sept 26, 2016 14:49:11 GMT -5
Hey Bridger! In October 2006 Edea's Evolution was formed from EO, the website is still out there: edeasevolution.proboards.com. I believe it had more to do with Markus retiring and having an active account as the sack holder than anything else. EE was pretty short lived as we didn't have enough people for Dynamis after two months, and most members retired or moved to WoW, and it just became a small social shell. EO WoW got pretty big, and I believe they were one of the top guilds for some time, but I was only involved for a few months towards the beginning. Much of that should be documented on this board - check the WoW screen shot thread. Back in FFXI, I believe Tibent recreated EO after the Titan merged with Phoenix, but I don't know any more than that.
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Post by lockejv on Apr 21, 2015 9:59:38 GMT -5
I miss you nerds. <3 Hi Shalyn - been awhile! Hilarious pic. I was just thinking yesterday how pulling Dynamis was fun, but I missed out on all the chat jokes, come here today and this is what I see. I'm playing XI again, cleaning up some loose ends (soloing faffy, nidhogg, etc.) and upgrading AF armor to level 119 stats. It's a lot of fun playing in god-mode.
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Post by lockejv on Oct 24, 2014 13:34:45 GMT -5
ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=59&mid=1123037527245433860&h=50&p=1Laughing my ass off. The best part is when some guy from another LS chimes in saying how great his LS (Synergy) is. And Markus says: "Long Live Synergy? Just finished speaking with Dukes. He says he booted you Monday... He also says that this won't get you back in shell."edit: I never met yxunomei / Cylla, wonder if I knew him/her under a different name
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Post by lockejv on Oct 24, 2014 13:33:01 GMT -5
Thanks Grim, glad someone read it
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Post by lockejv on Oct 23, 2014 12:58:48 GMT -5
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Post by lockejv on Oct 20, 2014 17:10:46 GMT -5
Part 2
That decision turned out to be a lot of fun at first, and many EO'ers came from EDJr. Markus, Krazi, Kalvatar, Xaero, Dukes, Miruuk, Beren, Corran, and Jonathan all joined up a couple weeks before or after the PS2 release. At one point we had 40 people on ED and 50 people on EDJr, which was over 5% of the server that was online. Unfortunately the influx of people created a lot of drama and lowered the shells average level. When LockesNHS (Titan's first HNM shell) split, one of the groups considered ED but decided against it because we had way too many people.
In May, what was left of our higher level players bailed for smaller shells or took time off and I was having a rough time progressing personally. We pulled off a few more good events but the drama just wasn't worth it to me anymore. I asked for someone else to lead the shell (nobody offered so I didn't officially step down), but I let the staff know I was going to be a part timer, and I started wearing CRM most of the time.
From there the splits happened.
Split 1: Percy (IIRC) and some of his ED Jr friends were in the Sr. shell irritating some originals, I actually got called over during an event with CRM. I asked Percy to stop or he would be suspended. He continued carrying on so I broke his pearl. Percival quit and created Broken Hope, Raishinshi followed and brought some EDJr and a few ED members with him. Nobody cared.
Split 2: A month or so later, Pogo came back and was irritated with some of the new members. He started kicking people and they went on to form EO. I didn't even look into what happened because at that point I had already moved on, the LS was doomed because nobody wanted to run it, and it just accelerated the inevitable. Dukes created a shell with most of the remaining members (can't remember what it was called), and the few remaining stragglers eventually joined EO.
I split time with CRM / ITV, hit 60, got a Scorpion Harness, and then quit. A few months later Dragonbane asked me to come back and help with Sky, so I did. I leveled to 75 with Miruuk, did Tulia with ITV, and then played part time for awhile before joining EO and pulling Dynamis.
I kept the forums around for a few years afterwards and they saw some decent usage. I shut them down due to phpnuke vulnerabilities (got tired of patching / restoring / upgrading). I still have the site registered and host it for the screen shots linked in various places around the web for anyone feeling nostalgic.
And there you have it, from Kevorkean's vision of a FFXI PVP LS to the forming of EO: the rise and fall of Eternal Darkness.
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Post by lockejv on Oct 20, 2014 17:10:27 GMT -5
Part 1 Kevorkean created the EternalDarkness linkshell a few days after NA release in november, 2003. He wanted to focus on PVP and run a FFXI pvp shell - hence his name and the LS name. He randomly gave pearls to people including me, Stahn, Tempus, Evona, Koga and Pogo during the first week. We played enough to get a good community going. We branched out and recruited some players you might remember from Titan and even WoW, such as Dragonbane, Avanarius, Mixia, Daeka, Cydian, Lesterp, Raishinshi, Koga, Ionis, Puchuu and Bravocash. We'd have 20-30 people on every night, and I decided to create a website for the group (11/14/03) and do some recruiting outside of game on various Internet websites. Most of the originals became officers and Kevorkean continued to lead the shell. We were mostly Bastokian and fought through the highlands, dunes and qufim together while recruiting more members. Together we worked through magicked skulls, subjob quests, fame-building, started a bank (Edbanker!), the long walk to Jeuno, missions, NM hunting, the jungle, crawler's nest, advanced job quests, and even eco-warrior. Those first couple months were the most fun I ever had gaming. Check that - I'll go as far to say it was the some of the most fun I ever had in my life and I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything. Kevorkean stopped playing regularly after he hit 30 in early December, and he decided to quit before the end of the year which left us leaderless. Nobody really wanted to run the shell and I reluctantly volunteered provided I would be able to delegate responsibilities. I had invested a lot of time and effort into the website (phpnuke implementation with a lot of customization, including built-out forums, stories, and an instant messenger) and I didn't want to see everything go to waste. At that point we had our first "rift" - those who wanted to main advanced jobs restarted at level one, and those maining basic jobs (me, Stahn, Pogo) continued on after 30 which split us up. But things continued to go well through January and the shell was still growing rapidly. We ran scheduled mission events, implemented an application process, held a strict level requirement of 30 (possibly first Titan NA shell to do so), started a crafting forum and ingredient share, and held weekly fun events like level 1 / chocobo races / bastok welcoming committee / dunes night. In February we lost most of our officers. Several quit the game due to real life and others because they thought the LS was too fragmented. The level gaps became more pronounced and the higher level players were scattered. With the PS2 release coming in March, several members proposed mass recruitment. We were averaging 30+ people on each night, and the majority of the officers wanted nothing to do with the PS2 release. But people insisted (Raish and Thistle mostly IIRC), and we decided to stick with the level requirement for the Sr shell and create EDJr.
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Post by lockejv on Oct 20, 2014 17:09:50 GMT -5
Great post Jon, glad to hear you're doing well. I actually checked out the site today because I just renewed the eternal darkness domain name for another two years. Which reminded me, I never told the story of the rise and fall of the linkshell like I promised many years ago. Better late than never!
I tried to play other MMO's but could never recapture that FFXI magic. Partially because it was my first MMO and partially because XI did an incredible job drawing you into the world, through the community driven progression model set in an incredible environment. Like you, I don't think I'll ever get into an MMO again; I've tried but it's just not happening. So anyhow, here's the tale.
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Post by lockejv on Aug 14, 2013 17:50:50 GMT -5
here's mine! what do i win?
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Post by lockejv on Jun 3, 2013 23:18:16 GMT -5
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Post by lockejv on May 23, 2013 10:25:13 GMT -5
New video card arrives today. What's the deal with 14? Realm Reborn launches August 27th - should I even bother playing it now?
I'm ready to start playing something..
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Post by lockejv on May 2, 2013 9:59:06 GMT -5
Things are going well, I finished my MBA, received a couple promotions and now run the IS Security Program at work. Also picked up a few certifications and enjoy my job for the most part. I bought a house in Hamburg a couple years ago where I live with the girlfriend. Yes, I remember Merona from ITV and him running end game shells. I might as well try FFXIV once I finish building my new PC, which should be sometime this month. I'm looking forward to Elder Scrolls Online as I loved Skyrim - by far my favorite console game since FFVI. I reactivated my FFXI account late 2011 and played lightly for a couple months. There were only a couple people left I knew and like you said, it's a completely different game. Maybe see you in XIV!
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Post by lockejv on Apr 26, 2013 9:43:24 GMT -5
Best thread on the internet. ;D Hey Xerlic - what's going on? Building a new PC and looking for some MMO action, what are you playing these days?
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