User blog comment:Raylan13/EverQuest 15th Anniversary Sweepstakes/@comment-24717113-20140327201721

I started playing EQ back in early 2001, shortly after the Velious expansion was released. I started with a Wood Elf (name forgotten long ago) and was twinked out in full bronze and velium shield by the friend that introduced me to the game. Within a few hours I had found my way to Butcherblock where I quickly found the port and ended up drowning under the docks because I couldn't figure out how to swim up. Instead of asking my friend for help, I quickly deleted my character because I didn't want him to know I lost my corpse and couldn't find it (needless to say I soon after learned about the /corpse command and the locate corpse spell that Necros have). Since then I have left and come back to Norrath several times. I met my wife playing EQ (sadly she doesn't play anymore) and made many friends. When EQ2 came out I left the old version of Norrath for the new and again, played there off and on for many years until finally saying goodbye, for what I thought was the last time, in 2008. Recently the friend that introduced me to EQ was killed in a car crash and I've come back to Norrath to help me remember the good times that we had playing the game together. The game has certainly changed a lot since I was last here but if I look closely I can still see the Norrath that I knew and loved. I still visit those old, now empty zones and smile at old enemies that once seemed so tough who now I can one-shot (take that Dvinn!). Thank you EQ for helping me create so many wonderful memories and allowing me to come back and re-live them again. I wonder if my corpse is still under the dock waiting for me to find it...