Everquest Mysteries
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มี.ค. 2016
- If you don't play Everquest on Project 1999 then you should stop watching this and do something else..... anything else. Thanks!
In this video I realize that I don't know how to pronounce anything in Everquest but I try to anyways and I guess I also try to answer some of the most dumb and important Everquest questions like, " Whats written on the druid epic weapon? " and " Why are there big arms sticking out of the Rathe Mountains? " and who could forget the classic, " What are those giant gears in Steamfont for? " - Suprisingly I may have found some answers.
forum post - www.project1999.com/forums/sho...
I wanna thank the devs, gms, staff, players, and anyone else for making Project 1999 possible! If you wanna play classic Everquest, so you can run around the world and look at statues and paintings and such, then check out p1999 = www.project1999.com/
Check out my other video about Everquest Paintings maybe? www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rr8X...
* I added accurate subtitles/closed captions! - เกม
I've never had a TH-cam video trigger my nostalgia harder than this.
I started playing 99 a little over a month ago and its great! Currently level 29 d elf changer and having a blast, I have missed this game for so long.
Someone from the History Channel, give this man a job.
I don't discuss Luclin or Rodcet Nife nearly enough to be associated with the history channel
Clearly someone should be paying you for your shenanigans, probably who ever owns EQ servers atm, because I really want to play this game again.
This is the best t hing ever. Can you please make more of these videos?
Its seems to be working. How do i learn more????
I want to win the lottery just so I can pay him to do so
I really enjoyed watching this. You're totally correct about classic EQ having mysteries and things that keep being unveiled to us as we explore. To this day, I still find things I have never seen or experienced before on this old game. Also, really enjoyed your editing style. Great quality with some humor in the mix. Plus, I learned several things I did not know. I'd like to see more from you, sir!
What a treat this is. Remembering all the mysteries in this game when there were no wikis or big guides you had to figure it out on your own.
There was always that one water passage in North Freeport with a high up hole I couldn't climb into even with levitate... Always wonder what was behind that green glowing passage...
First day of EQ I bought a rope hoping I could climb up it...
Seriously made to be funny for the select few and it works man, good job.
I can't tell you just how much i love your humor and insight and how much happiness it gives me to see everquest come alive again so beautifully in your videos! You really have honored the world, both earth and norrath, with your creativity and passion
I've played this game for years and you blew my mind with some stuff I never stopped to take a look at and realize. Thank you for this video.
I can't imagine how many hours it took edit this beautiful and funny master piece but you should be proud good sir!
too many to try and count and then admit to : ) glad you enjoyed it
This is ABSOLUTELY my favorite EQ channel! It is FOR SURE the funnest! I've watched these like 10 times!
Thanks Michael ~
These videos give me nostalgia for a game I didn't start playing until 2019. You rock man.
Always cool to hear about people finding, appreciating, and even enjoying a game this old! You've got good taste, my friend.
I started playing EQ close to launch (at around 15 years old) and I don't think I have stronger nostalgia for any other game, period. There was just something about the attention to detail and heart that was put into some of these old gems. It gives them a timeless appeal, despite how aged they look, imo.
I've watched all of your lore videos like 4 or 5 times now over the years. This is some of the best put together EQ content out there and I just wish there was more
My favorite pass time when not grouping, questing or grinding, was sightseeing. Loved the details. Fascinating.
Thanks for the awesome video! I had a good laugh/cry watching it. I played so heavily between 1999 and 2006 that it is a part of my life and comes to mind very often. I miss the high watermark that was EQ in its prime. I miss all the awesome people I met in the game. This video brought back so many great memories. Thanks!
I believe I have a solid theory for one of EQ's greatest mysteries. "What are the Druid Rings/Marker Stones?" They are stones from ancient times, where elves would gather to die. "Ultricles" - Sort of how some animals in real life go on migrations to die, or seagulls fly out to sea? Anyway, these "ultricles", or "Dying stones" were points where elves would meet when sick, or mortally wounded... to perish. Druids, being the keepers of life and all, of course would be the keepers of these "Dying stones". It would also explain why there are so many undead. The first necromancers were Dark Elves right, who were once just Elves? Perhaps ancient Druids accidentally tapped into some form of Necromancy with the dying stones, which was built upon by the Dark Elves. This explains why Druids are using what 'appear' to be Dark Elf runes (but in reality, its Dark Elves who are using ancient Elf runes)... Anyway, thanks for reading this far. Love your videos.
Man! Still wish I had my Kunark strategy guide, I’d love to go read through it now. I started playing EQ in 99 when i was like 9 or 10.
Great video loaded with nostalgia.
Your videos are the best, please keep doing them. 😁
Excellent video! I'd enjoy seeing more if you plan on making them!
Wow! Awesome video!
This is one of the reasons why I enjoyed Everquest so much, because it had so many mysteries that were literally everywhere. It really felt like an actual world with a real history thanks to the developers taking the time to put in so much work, love, and thought into it.
Great video Michael! I love your sense of humor and pace of narration, as well as your editing. I've taken some notes to improve my own..
That was awesome, the Opal Darkbriar one was my favorite. So many hidden things in this game.
First off, these videos are amazing.
I never got the chance to play EQ back in the day, but I'm happy to say that my first mmo as a kid was EQOA, which was the same in many, many ways. It just had a world that really was full of mystery, a world that inspired exploration and discovery despite being so dangerous.
I've seen those runes on the druid epic for a long time (played a druid on live and P1999) but never thought to look into their meaning. Thanks for that one.
LOL...That was funny when you were trying to map Druid rings and decided that you were wasting your time and started hitting your map with the EQ Book :)
Loved this video as a player from vanilla, and someone who always found the level of secrets and attention to detail in EQ fascinating. Thanks a bunch for making this.
I haven't played this game since 2000, but I may pick it up again because of your vid! Incredible job, thanks and I will start exploring your other uploads now. Keep it up!
As a long time old school EQ Guide, I was privy to a LOT of the mysteries of EQ. I don't know if you remember but back in the day the guide program (what everyone assumed was GMs working at Verant, but for the most part these were volunteer players sworn to secrecy) got to run the "Historical Quests" which were basically one shot, scripted events that occurred once per server and never happened again.
I was in a few as Mayong Mistmoore. I wish I could find the scripts we received. I think if you want to get a TON of answers as well as a ton of new questions, you should put a call out for old members of the EQ Guide program. One group of guide program members in particular got promoted to the "Quest Troupe". The group was formed because occasionally the historical quests wouldn't go off well, so Verant had some guides specially trained to run the quests. (The actors had more access to tools like the Book of Power, and the /becomenpc command for ensuring the actors could act without being harassed by players). Since all the group did was go from server to server running the events they got good at doing it pretty quickly.
There's a TON of lore for EQ, a lot of which may still be out there. There was a website called the Codex of ______ crap, can't remember/find it anymore. I gotta startup my old EQ box and look through my bookmarks, but here's an article to get you started... www.wolfsheadonline.com/everquest-masters-of-the-quest/
This video may be 6 months old.. but I just came across it and lost my mind. This is freakin A+ material! Good shit man!
EverQuest 2 has a lot of similar things. Many of them are throwback tributes to the original EQ (since it takes place 500 years later), but there are also a lot of hidden easter eggs pertaining to all sorts of things from classic movies to pop culture. Always fun to come across one of them years alter and have it finally click.
Ladylizard gizzard (my bf) and I saw you and said hi on Friday night 🙌🏻 So awesome! We love these videos :) Walking into the poles to reveal the seagulls...priceless
This was awesome! Please make more, this is all stuff I didn't know, and it's sparked my love for EverQuest even more!
WONDERFUL video, A+. This is the first youtube series I'd throw money at.
brilliant video. enjoyed it alot! am an EQ vet from '99 and this brought back tons of memories. thank you!
thanks! glad you liked it
Another connection to Dain might be from Old Norse "Dáinn", meaning "The Dead One"; it's the name of one of the dwarves in the poem, Völuspá. Awesome videos. You're actually making me want to return to EQ ;)
Awesome stuff man! I've always been fascinated by the mysteries and lore of Norrath and am happy to see making a video discussing it. Would love to see more if you're so inclined!
Really great video and one that both asks and answers some questions I've thought about for years. I just figured Verant had planned to add and expand to a lot of these things and what we're left with is a lot of content that wasn't quite finished yet. The Firiona Vie story is definitely one of them.
This is amazing and took me back. I'm with everyone else when I say I can't wait to see more videos! I was trying not to laugh so hard while I was on the train the other day
This is an amazing video, the world of Everquest is an amazing place and the adventures you can have are enhanced by its detail.
This video was incredible! I would love to see more whether it be a part two or just more lore because you know your stuff and your hilarious! Also the video editing was really cool
I loved it! I'd love to see a series of these. I'm just like you; I love getting lost in the world of Norrath, exploring and talking to NPCs that I find. I spend very little time actually trying to level. I remember back around launch I played an ogre as my main, and would spend inordinate amounts of time documenting ogre lore and references to Rallos Zek and the ogre civilization that I found in my travels. My guildies loved it (probably because I was in an all-ogre guild). This really resonates with me.
Glad you liked it : ) I actually tried to level and accumulate wealth and such back in the day - probably why my interest lie elsewhere now in project 1999
Love this stuff. Whenever I got bored playing the game back in the day I could spend hours exploring all the mysterious lore. What about that corridor/zone line to nowhere in sol a? Glowing blade sold for free in third gate? Tipping canoes in timorous deep. It goes on forever.
This is amazing work you are doing for all of us who can never get enough Everquest!
God I miss this game so much... never been so addicted to any game in my entire life! Nostalgic times indeed...
Very intriguing. I wonder alot about this game. Unrest is my biggest fascination. Another great video! Thanks man!
I come back and watch this video multiple times a year. Your level of detail and commitment to consistently good content that is both informative and entertaining is admirable. I hope you continue the series some day, it slaps so good!
I think some of the best fun I had was in EQ - when the forums would get together to share information when solving the epic quests.
I absolutely love all of these videos!!! hope to see more, some good nostalgia and good laughs, keep up the good work!
love it awesome work man, I wander around and ask the same questions, too many people think it's all about the pixel loot...so much more interesting stuff to be seen!
This was phenomenal! I'm always looking up the answers to many of the same questions you have about the mysteries of Norrath. 10/10
Man I wish I could have played EQ back when it was new. I'm so sick of WoW clones and pretty much modern MMOs in general. I never really even liked WoW much. I think I would have really been into EQ if I had played it back when it was new. I'd love more videos like this because this was pretty interesting to watch.
go everquest project 99
These EverQuest videos are very good BTW. Your video editing is so subtlety hilarious.
I noticed Tundra Jack wasn't spoken of in this vid,
and he was always the biggest mystery to me as to how insane he truly was.
Subbed...Im playing P99 as I watch this video medding as a Mage. This video is awesome bro!
Played for years starting around the time of kunark, I hope to see more videos like this, thanks for the memories.
I know a couple of video series ideas you could cover. You seem the man for the job.
1) GM events. A bunch of these were worldwide, and some tied into the progression of expansions. Plenty were just random events. Some concluded with items (like a vial of Mistmoore's blood), and some of those items were uniquely superior and of course completely unique on their servers. Personally, I know of many of these, experienced several, and even got an item from one of them, but I also know that I missed out on a lot and the internet wasn't what it is today back then, so they're effectively legend. This would be a fascinating series.
2) Other interesting occurrences. To give an idea: What EQ was like in its first month, before things were relaxed - specifically how a death at level 50 resulted in a loss of almost half of a level. That time when, for about a month, the deepwater goblins in Oasis were bugged and were spawning unlimited pets which could be killed for exp (if not loot) without aggroing the goblins. Or that time when the Sleeper was actually legitimately killed, even though it was designed for that to be impossible. (Probably the greatest achievement that any MMO will ever see.)
This video is awesome! also a barbarian shaman on p99 and classic player from launch. make more of this please! so damn excellent. shared with everyone I could.
Great video Michael! Keep up the shenanigans, they're delighting strangers on the internet! :D
Amazing video editing and voice overs! Best I've seen on TH-cam!
really love your videos! Fun sense of humor but a love of the source is there too. Alongside more mysteries i'd love to see some of those "solved mysteries" you mentioned as well as just some lore vids in general. I personally quit EQ in 2001 but am coming back to P1999 now and it makes me happy to think of all the cool shit i can finally see again (or for the first time!)
in other words A+ videos would give 5 bucks a month on patreon
I'll add my voice to the many below: Make more of these amazing videos! You left me wanting so much more! What else have you come across?
I've encountered many mysteries since this video...... 6 specifically - and they'll be in my next video : )
Wow, your editing is amazing. Also the research and writing.
I love your approach and style, this video had me laughing throughout with a smile on my face the whole time. Thank you so much
Great work. Your editing and voice over work is top notch.
I recall reading something the devs posted about half of the original quests were never solved, or something to that effect. I played until shortly after planes of power came out. I then spent nearly a year on p99. I still miss that game. So much mystery.....
Still amazing stuff. Have watched this video a few times now, love it. Please make more
Damn, i thought for sure this channel would have triple digit subs by now. Views are good though. This is my favorite of the bunch. I appreciate the time that goes into these, i know how long winded editing is, and these videos are editing HEAVY!
Solid video man. The people cry out for more secrets!
That third arm in the Mountains of Rathe might be part of the level 45 version of the "Only The Blind Will See" quest.
Your videos are wonderfully nostalgic. Thanks for making them, you're my brand of nerd!
Glad you enjoy them!
I have seen Terrorantula. What I have never seen is Dune digger. Also for years while I played there was a rumor there was an undead skeleton dragon somewhere under Unrest that could only be spawned or triggered a certain way.
+OmniWorldMC I've never seen Dune Digger either! or the mummy, whats his name, Rahotep or something
Your editing, and commentary is awesome, kept me me wide eyed the whole time! /woot
Amazing amazing editing! Really funny man. But also informative and interesting. Stuff like this made me love EQ. Really great video and I would love to see more like this!
amazingly well done, really interesting that the runes actually can be translated! bravo for the great video and the hard work that went into it!
thank you! It was quite a magical moment when I discovered that the runes could be translated - the second I figured out what the clock said I began mentally preparing for what would turn out to be this video : )
Great video! We need more P99 content! Lots of great stories to be told.
Awesome video, would love to watch more of this!
awesome vid man! looking forward to more, had me in stitches the whole time :D
Funny you pointed to that spire in Ro with "ever wonder why this is here". I did, like that specific one and I found the answer in the Plane of Knoweldge. One of the librarians sells a book talking about an ancient mecha named Ardath, long before Freeport and I think even Qeynos. Existed around the time of the Eldarr and traded with them. The game just really leads you on weird things like that sometimes.
Awesome video, a lot of time, love and effort put into a 15 year old game; and I hope (wish) that you do more lore videos of EQ.
Great humor and the rune translations blew my mind. Please make more!
there are more in the works!
Interesting video. Lots of fun facts. EQ2 is just as big and in depth with its lore. A lot of it was built off of things that were in the original as well. Lots of the same, seemingly random stuff about that all means something to someone.
1 mystery was that sooner or later most people would have a corpse go missing that somehow fell through the world in Paludal Caverns. Unexplainably.
I've been re-watching this episode and the choice of Everquest songs with the dialogue is quite good!
I havn't played EQ in 14 years and by god is this video amazing lol
I've never played EQ but I really enjoyed this video. The editing is done to perfection and your commentary is hilarious.
I never subscribe to people, but you earned it today. Good job
Thanks man! - I'm still blown away that some of you guys have never played Everquest and still to enjoyed this nonsense
Honestly I think the reason I loved EQ so much was that they created a world for you to play in, rather than just a muliplayer game. I like WoW sure, but EQ just felt more like another world to me that WoW never did. Regardless, great vid thanks dude.
keep this coming pls...... you make it so much more interesting..... lore it up mate, nice job
As someone who has never played EQ... I have no idea why I watched this, but it was beautifully edited and greatly written nonetheless. Shoulda read the description first.
You've piqued my interest into trying out EQ now. I might try out Project 1999 as a result.
Thanks man - It always makes my day when someone mentions the editing of these things, cause that's why i started making them. Not sure if you could get into this game, 17 years after the fact : ) it's very old, and sandboxy by today's standards, it's easy/important to make your own fun imo. BUT if you, or anyone, discovers and enjoys this game because of this silly video , then, well, I dunno, that's be an amazing thing!
This video should've got so many more views, big props to you for this, make more!
9:43 - Sirken, on screen, in Gnome form!
Also, a Moon poster. Great hard sci-fi film.
jesus christ that was amazing! love it, please make more I will watch these all day!
Yo this is quality work here man! Subbed and hoping for more.
This is why EQ hooked so many people back in the glory days. It was immersive in gameplay, lore, and the world itself. Exploring is one of the most fun things to do in most MMOs I feel, and classic EQ always rewarded that. Sometimes with a shameful death... but you always ended up with stories to tell.
I love you. This makes me want to jump back into p99.. haven't played for 4 years, actively.
good stuff, i think i have to check my immersion levels after watching this, some high quality production right here, cheers!
I'm back again after a couple months to watch this video, super entertaining and nostalgic.
Dude, this video is absolutely great! I'm close to go on playing EQ on P99.
Awesome video, It brought back so many memories, I think I'm gonna go try Project 1999 now :D
I think this is one of my only youtube comments. Loved the bits on translation. Super cool. Would love to see more.
oh man, i played this from way back on live (kunark to pop, 12hr/day), but do also play on p99. wonderful videos! WC druids were great exp on my twinked necro on live haha. you're a blast, keep making the vids. and yes, i was an explorer. i know almost all of the places you bring up.....and terroratula does exist, he's on the spawn of the sro AC. crazy stuff.
Nice video!
Another "mystery" about Lake Rathetear was that it supposedly had a sea monster at one point (during beta?), but from my peremptory Google search it seems it might have been an urban legend (which itself would be a pretty neat example of emergent gameplay... can't imagine that happening in contemporary games).
Another "mystery" (but less a mystery than a case of tricksome developers) was the glitch past the Befallen zone entrance with a room of cat faces. An interesting foreshadowing of internet cat humor anyway, though it was very unhumorous the time I died in there after trying to zone with a ghoul train.
yeah Ive heard a lot about a lake rathe monster, there's even a npc in qeynos hills that talks about it - But I could never really findd any answers. In my search i discovered this old site with a thread about everquest mysteries - www.oocities.org/theroyalnorrathianguard/rok9.html its amazing to see what all people though back then, before we knew so much about the game - of course there's still plenty of mysteries and theories!
I remember talking to a buddy back in the day (15 years ago?) who had played since release, and apparently during release sea creatures couldn't travel on land, so low level characters could stand a few feet from the shore and nuke the monster in lake rathetear for massive exp. I assume that they changed the mechanics (fishes on land anyone?) soon after to cull the exploit, and maybe even removed the lake monster? Who knows!