Ice Report post Posted July 22, 2006 http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6378 Many new people do not know this, but today is a very special date. It's the second anniversary of the great EL hard drive crash and character restart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kat Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I KNEW it was July 21st... I couldn't quite remember if it was the 21st..when it happened i wrote it in my EL notebook that is now long lost so, erm, unhappy anniversary to the people who went through it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bleuren Report post Posted July 22, 2006 unhappy aniversery!! although I wasn't here to celebrate the first one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stewbaby Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I lost everything and a char of OA 48. That hurt. What hurt more was the number of good players who did not come back after the crash because they felt they couldn't risk losing it all again. History has shown that it has NOT happened since... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghrae Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I remember fighting 3 male orcs at once in Tirnym (before chim was introduced). Then the crash. All this time since and what level am I? Uh... just getting back to fighting male orcs *hangs head in shame* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_antiroot Report post Posted July 22, 2006 (edited) Ahh, I remember well, after the big crash, being in the the packed silver room in vermor castle (a room full of former guildmasters) with armys of minnions feeding us crysanthimums and fruit to power level to 39 alchemy to reform our guilds (of course then there was fruit in vc and no cooldown also mixing was instant. click you have a he, no mix time)) and of course the minions carrying the ess off to the magic shop to sell it to raise the 30k for guildstart. And just after SegV was reformed there was a rollback so it had to be re-reformed ;( Ent did kindly recreate guilds that got remade then rolledback, but we were to close and too impatient. All that health ess was so repetative I spent those mixing days drunk However 2 years later, we look back and see that el has not only survived, but evolved radically (or is that radu-cally) since those days. (For some strange reason they started doing weekly ofsite backups after that. I wonder why ) Edited July 22, 2006 by the_antiroot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Ahh, I remember well, after the big crash, being in the the packed silver room in vermor castle (a room full of former guildmasters) with armys of minnions feeding us crysanthimums and fruit to power level to 39 alchemy to reform our guilds (of course then there was fruit in vc and no cooldown also mixing was instant. click you have a he, no mix time)) What was nice was as soon as a guild was successfully recreated, we didn't stop. We just turned around and ran for the next guild and the next...it was a real community and team effort that hasn't been matched. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sistema Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I came one week after the big crash. I don't know if I should be happy or sad that I missed the crash. But I do wish I was here a while before it happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Actually, after the crash we had more players than before the crash (as in, online at the same time). It was surprising. Many people still believe the crash was on purpose, but really, it wasn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Many people still believe the crash was on purpose, but really, it wasn't. We know you didn't mean to trip over that power cord. These things just happen sometimes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kedan Report post Posted July 22, 2006 lol i remember the crash. i lost a level 70 manuer :'( although it was easyer to level manu back then. Still after lossing it i quite EL. But it wasn't to long till the community draged me back here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dushan Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I lost lvl 75 fighter there I miss some ppl from Wolf guild.... I hope they return one day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyprom Report post Posted July 22, 2006 EL crashed on the Belgian National Holiday? Looks like a completely different EL in that time. Wish I could've played in those situations too ^^ Though it couldn't have been fun losing everything.. Unhappy anniversary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knuckles Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Hmm. Didn't WhiteDiablo quit, cause he just reached 95 def? And there was NeXt, lol. Ahhh, good times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_antiroot Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Many people still believe the crash was on purpose, but really, it wasn't. We know you didn't mean to trip over that power cord. These things just happen sometimes I heard it was his cat. Or was it his 4 year old step brother. Or was it his ...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knuckles Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Many people still believe the crash was on purpose, but really, it wasn't. We know you didn't mean to trip over that power cord. These things just happen sometimes I heard it was his cat. Or was it his 4 year old step brother. Or was it his ...... Haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entris Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Unhappy anniversary. Wasn't here to experience the crash but it sounds like a good time after it pulling ppl together and help to get things back again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirdan Report post Posted July 22, 2006 allthough none of us will never really recover from the big crash it has gone and showed us who the truely faithfull people to el are the ones who stayed this long and havent given up:P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenMikac Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I am still nostalgic about the time before crash... I guess that still keeps me playing Those good old days... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crusadingknight Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Many people still believe the crash was on purpose, but really, it wasn't. We know you didn't mean to trip over that power cord. These things just happen sometimes Awfully long legs, if he kicked out a power cord across the Atlantic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I think it was my ficus :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Infamous Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Actually, after the crash we had more players than before the crash (as in, online at the same time). It was surprising. Many people still believe the crash was on purpose, but really, it wasn't. do you say that just to please ur or... j/k ;p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chatterbug89 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 (edited) gone Edited January 16, 2021 by chatterbug89 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenod Report post Posted July 22, 2006 People thought it was on purpose, because if I remember correctly, the devs were talking about resetting everyone (either all stats, or inventory-I don't remember exactly) and then the crash happened within a few weeks. It raised alot of suspicious eyebrows at the time. There was also...the nameless one...that I remember saying certain things that may have contributed to people thinking it was not an accident. *starts singing 'Memories'* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Well, i remember running stuff to Soldus to bring back EG again after the crash and we failed horribly by just 2-3 hours, another guild, ELDERS (??) beats us. I was so close before the crash to make serps that i still can cry a river.. But who cares, i somehow was the first one to own and wear a green cloak after the crash. (yeah, yeah, i bribed radu with money ==> bought it). But somehow it was fun. Everybody was starting at level 0 again Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
