+CacheCreatures Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 (edited) Alright, I know... I've read the official statement. "On May 3rd, a container of goodies was hidden by a someone outside of Portland, Oregon" yadda yadda yadda... Now the truth: One day, this guy was playing Everquest. He had just completed a 19 hour camp that included 4 corpse runs, 1 level demotion, 3 kill steals, 1 run in with a guy named D'Veers, and a bag of loot split 58 ways. Wiping the crust from eyes that hadn't blinked in over an hour he rubbed his hands, trying to bring feeling back into his carpel tunneled wrists. As he sat back he began to think to himself that there must be a better way to spend his time. The next day at work, after being written up yet again for saying "/bonk" to his boss, he realized this has gone to far. He asked himself, what is it I like best about EQ? Is it the scenery? Is it the quests? Is it the endless travel running around looking for a dadgum piece of useless junk? And then, it hit him. "LOL!" he exclaimed "BRB AFK" was all that was heard as he ran out the door. Today, we now have the result of his epiphany. We now have a quest system that doesn't stink. One where, when we find a broken part, we have the power ourselves to either fix it, or inform those who can, and we actually get a response! We now have stars that tell us how hard it will be to find that useless piece of junk! Never again must we sit in one spot playing "/gems" for hours on end waiting for the spawn! Free we are! Free! That man's name is unknown. Some say it is Jabar, other say it is Owoomp. Still others think he was some sort of priest of discord. Regardless, his legacy is geocaching. I thought you should know. Edited December 23, 2003 by CacheCreatures Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Huh? You don't get out much, er, in much, do you 9key? Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 yadda yadda yadda... Now the truth: Wiping the crust from eyes that hadn't blinked in over an hour The next day at work, after being written up yet again for saying "/bonk" to his boss, Today, we now have the result of his epiphany. useless piece of junk! Never again must we sit in one spot playing "/gems" for hours on end waiting for the spawn! Free we are! Free! Some say it is Jabar, other say it is Owoomp. I say it sounds like you've finally harvested your patch of killer skunk weed. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I'm with 9key on this. This is way over the top of my head. I guess I'm like the waitress at a party I was at the other day. She came by with a plate of scallops wrapped in bacon. As I reached for one, I asked her if they were kosher. She gave me a very puzzled look, then said "I'll have to go ask the chef". Waaay over the top of her head Quote Link to comment
umc Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Hehe, pretty funny story. I think you may be right though and just think I'm sure there are cachers who 'camp' while caching too. Quote Link to comment
Broncoholics Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I say it sounds like you've finally harvested your patch of killer skunk weed. Christmas Buds??? LOL Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Evercrack spawns another addiction? First I had to pry my hands off the mouse and keyboard now I have to pry it of teh GPS. Quote Link to comment
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 yadda yadda yadda... Now the truth: Wiping the crust from eyes that hadn't blinked in over an hour The next day at work, after being written up yet again for saying "/bonk" to his boss, Today, we now have the result of his epiphany. useless piece of junk! Never again must we sit in one spot playing "/gems" for hours on end waiting for the spawn! Free we are! Free! Some say it is Jabar, other say it is Owoomp. I say it sounds like you've finally harvested your patch of killer skunk weed. I see more great one liners. Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Hi. I'm a recovering MUD addict. Hi Jeremy In one stint in 1991 I spent 18 hours straight in front of the computer monitor. I went as far as becoming an Imp(lementor) of a Star Wars themed mud (JediMUD), with a loving recreation of Mos Eisley. Then came bounty hunter functionality, Jedis gathering equipment to build their own light sabres, space ships, galaxies... Now I work on a site which has the goal to get you outside. I like it better here. Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Outside does do less damage to my: Social Life Love Life eyes Waist line Besides you think people look at you funny when you tell them you hunt containers in real life, try telling them you chase Orcs online. Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I don't chase ANYTHING online. Bullets/rockets do that for me. Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 fwiw, I know someone right now who is lost in the Star Wars Galaxies game. Took her out caching once and she got blisters on both feet, so I guess it's just the way it's gotta be... -- EverQuest is an online game that simulates (graphically and in other ways) a mythic world. Many people participate, and if you "get it", it can make GeoCaching look like a mere hobby. Quote Link to comment
+Team Og Rof A Klaw Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 (edited) I guess I'm like the waitress at a party I was at the other day. She came by with a plate of scallops wrapped in bacon. As I reached for one, I asked her if they were kosher. She gave me a very puzzled look, then said "I'll have to go ask the chef". Waaay over the top of her head You're mean. You hurt her little brain. Edited December 23, 2003 by Team Og Rof A Klaw Quote Link to comment
+Team Og Rof A Klaw Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 (edited) Deleted as unclueful. Edited December 23, 2003 by Team Og Rof A Klaw Quote Link to comment
umc Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Outside does do less damage to my:Social Life Love Life eyes Waist line What are these things you mention? Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Evercrack is a bit like gambling... Building up your character's abilities give you more powers and open up new levels to conquer. It can be very addictive. The MUDs (precursor to Evercrack) were text only and highly addictive. I miss the beastly fidos. Quote Link to comment
+Harrald Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I was A MUSHer TinyCWRU. I read about how addictive it was in a magazine article and decided that "This must be for me" Two days later my brother-in-law helped me build a computer with a 2400 baud modem and I was MUSHing way to much..... I'm feeling much better now! Quote Link to comment
SLCDave Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 I'm with 9key on this. This is way over the top of my head. I guess I'm like the waitress at a party I was at the other day. She came by with a plate of scallops wrapped in bacon. As I reached for one, I asked her if they were kosher. She gave mea very puzzled look, then said "I'll have to go ask the chef". Waaay over the top of her head Did she ever come back with an answer? I bet you could make a killing with Kosher bacon..... Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 I hate to admit it, but I understood the post, even though I've never played EverQuest. I had a friend who got horribly addicted to it, lived for weeks in a pair of sweatpants and had one of those pasty monitor-tans. Those weeble-shaped warriors are amazing. Bret Quote Link to comment
+M_an_M Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 That man's name is unknown. Some say it is Jabar, other say it is Owoomp. Unfortunately, I know exactly what this guy is talking about. Played EQ for a little over a year and, luckily, am addicted to geocaching now But I was just wondering what server you played on, Owoomp sounds very familiar to me, and I played on Tarew marr .... oh well, just wondering! Quote Link to comment
+CacheCreatures Posted December 24, 2003 Author Share Posted December 24, 2003 I just had a feeling many geocachers came from an EQ (or similar) background. Something about the two concepts just seem so much the same. I actually played on many different servers. Oowomp was the big quest ogre in Timorous Deep. He dropped all that chipped bone stuff and the batskull earing. He was perpetually camped. Jabar by the way is what peoples pets always seemed to be named. Mrs. CC and I are so glad we've become addicted to something far more healthy. Everything EQ wasn't for us (or for that matter TV or other video games), geocaching is. Quote Link to comment
+M_an_M Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Oowomp was the big quest ogre in Timorous Deep. He dropped all that chipped bone stuff and the batskull earing. OK, thats what I remember it from! Just like you, Im so glad Im addicted to something that involves moving more than once every 5 or 6 hours! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Since most RPG's are killing things and running around looking for junk I think you are on to something. Why you would be amazed at how many geocachers are packing heat as they run around looking for junk. Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 I just had a feeling many geocachers came from an EQ (or similar) background. Something about the two concepts just seem so much the same. Jeremy's posts would appear to confirm that feeling. Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Went from Everquest to Star Wars Galaxies. Zartimus, Wookie Bounty Hunter of Tatooine. (I'm such a Geek). It's good to go outside occasionally. Quote Link to comment
+Scoobie10 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Okay, okay.......this is waaay over my head. Could someone please enlighten me as to what Everquest is? Maybe a link? Scoob Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 It's a massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMPORG) just do a search at ebgames.com for everquest. Anyway, I just needed my chance to get a good one liner in here, but sadly I can't think of one. But I forsee in the future people seeing geocaching as an RPG. and soon, we will no longer be geocachers, but green menace ammo can bounty hunters... Quote Link to comment
+Suziq Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Ok I see it now not only willwe be hunting a cache but other geocachers as well a kind of combination caching/lazertag/paintball. Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Oooh, that sounds fun, we could call it GeoWar. You place a cache, and then go out and camp by it day in and day out with a paintball gun and try to shoot people as they come near it.... Then and again, that would give my two favorite sports, paintball, and geocaching a bad name... Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Never played Evercrack but I played a few similar ones and had to start doing heroine to get off them. Now I hang out at the methadone clinic and do some geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 but green menace ammo can bounty hunters... I must start caching in Mandorlian Armour! Quote Link to comment
+SamLowrey Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 I'm with 9key on this. This is way over the top of my head. I guess I'm like the waitress at a party I was at the other day. She came by with a plate of scallops wrapped in bacon. As I reached for one, I asked her if they were kosher. She gave mea very puzzled look, then said "I'll have to go ask the chef". Waaay over the top of her head Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 My Wife gives me "This is way over my head" looks all the time. Mostly when my friends and I begin speaking Geek Speak, Star Wars Speak or GPS Speak. Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Mine as well whenever I talk about anything Sci-Fi, guns or sports. She does watch football now and we go to see the Titans play so I am greatful for that. She even watches football now even when I am not there. Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaoss Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Mine as well whenever I talk about anything Sci-Fi, guns or sports. She does watch football now and we go to see the Titans play so I am greatful for that. She even watches football now even when I am not there. Your wife discovered the guys wear tight pants, bend over a lot, and are built. Don't get too excited about her "progress". Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 That's why my mom likes Football...Oh the Horror... Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 (edited) Mine as well whenever I talk about anything Sci-Fi, guns or sports. She does watch football now and we go to see the Titans play so I am greatful for that. She even watches football now even when I am not there. Your wife discovered the guys wear tight pants, bend over a lot, and are built. Don't get too excited about her "progress". She watches hockey with me as well. So is ice sexy? Edited January 6, 2004 by ChrisCindy Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaoss Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Maybe she likes those long pieces of wood ? crap, this thread is gonna get me in trouble........ Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Maybe she likes those long pieces of wood ? crap, this thread is gonna get me in trouble........ Also keep in mind this is MY WIFE you are talking about. Quote Link to comment
Hisdamsel Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I have to say that although I have never played EQ, I do play The Sims Online and I understood almost everything you said... hte scary thign is that I have caught myself almost saying LOL or BRB or AFK many many times when I am offline! Scarrrrry. LOL Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I have to say that although I have never played EQ, I do play The Sims Online and I understood almost everything you said... hte scary thign is that I have caught myself almost saying LOL or BRB or AFK many many times when I am offline! Scarrrrry. LOL But you arn't addicted right? Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 So I am thinking of placing a cache in the Misty Thicket, who wants to Hunt it? Quote Link to comment
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