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SSSJKiNg Novice Member Joined: 6/20/09 Posts: 15	6/21/09 7:03:30 PM#1 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I am just wondering since I didn't start playing MMO's until after WoW. What game was the most famous before WoW.
blueturtle13 Advanced Member Joined: 7/03/06 Posts: 543 "Have fun storming the castle!"	6/21/09 7:07:06 PM#2 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Everquest
MavisP Novice Member Joined: 6/20/09 Posts: 21	6/21/09 7:08:04 PM#3 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Everquest
Rallycart Elite Member Joined: 1/02/08 Posts: 677	6/21/09 7:10:45 PM#4 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Most famous? Where in the world, and are we basing this on the name of it, or how many subscribers? Here in the US, I would agree that EQ was the biggest name. However, Lineage II had/has way more subscribers world wide. Runescape also had tons, but I am not sure how many.
Elikal Elite Member Joined: 2/09/06 Posts: 2585 No compromise, even in the face of Armageddon.	6/21/09 7:14:40 PM#5 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Everquest. It was THE measure for MMo gaming in pre-WOW days. For some, it still is.
severius Novice Member Joined: 8/10/04 Posts: 1001	6/21/09 7:17:49 PM#6 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by SSSJKiNg I am just wondering since I didn't start playing MMO's until after WoW. What game was the most famous before WoW. In the US it was EQ by a slim margin over UO. For the rest of the world, however, it was Lineage with multi-millions of subscribers.
ParkCarsHere Hard Core Member Joined: 9/25/05 Posts: 664 "Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance." -Sun Tzu	6/21/09 8:37:21 PM#7 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Everquest. It is the reason the MMO genre become popularized and a viable way to make money.
cshanor Hard Core Member Joined: 10/11/05 Posts: 25 Sorry baby, I''ll have sex with you tomorrow night, the boys need a healer... <slams the door>	6/21/09 8:40:56 PM#8 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I'll agree EQ was the most popular, but I think DAoC was bigger than UO. I could be mistaken. <shrugs>
micona Hard Core Member Joined: 4/08/04 Posts: 453	6/21/09 8:44:29 PM#9 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Good old everquest made the genre what it is today nothing else came close .
Frostbite05 Elite Member Joined: 9/15/08 Posts: 1011	6/21/09 8:49:06 PM#10 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by micona Good old everquest made the genre what it is today nothing else came close . Everquest basically established the genre. WoW popularized it to the point it was worth developing more games.
Waterlily Apprentice Member Joined: 5/26/08 Posts: 2141 $oE , destroying MMO since 1999.	6/21/09 8:52:18 PM#11 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) EQ.
Heidi Novice Member Joined: 9/19/04 Posts: 20	6/21/09 8:52:55 PM#12 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by SSSJKiNg I am just wondering since I didn't start playing MMO's until after WoW. What game was the most famous before WoW. First of all, Warcraft is not the most famous mmo at the moment. Warhammer Online is. As for what game was famous prior to Warhammer that would be Star Wars Galaxies. Period, end of story.
Eronakis Spotlight Poster Joined: 12/17/08 Posts: 900	6/21/09 9:04:32 PM#13 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Everquest by far and had the best community than any other mmo then and now.
Mannish Elite Member Joined: 9/03/08 Posts: 903 Everything is not for everybody.	6/21/09 9:06:05 PM#14 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) EQ was the most popular in the west while Lineage was the most popular in the east. Blade & Soul, Tera, C9, Mabinogi Heroes, Berkanix
SaintViktor Elite Member Joined: 3/17/07 Posts: 2449	6/21/09 9:06:52 PM#15 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Everquest, the mother of all mmos.
Dalgor Novice Member Joined: 9/05/05 Posts: 52	6/21/09 9:09:49 PM#16 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) lulz everquest being called the mother of MMO's is a joke, but I digress, Ultima Online was. There was no king of MMO's before WoW because MMOs wernt in the mainstream like WoW brought them and then ruined but yeah, as for the popular titles at the time, Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, DAoC, Everquest, and Diablo 2( Which people will say isnt an MMO, but it was the beginning of them. ) Mess with the best, die like the rest
Bastioni Apprentice Member Joined: 6/20/09 Posts: 104	6/21/09 9:16:06 PM#17 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) andOriginally posted by Dalgor lulz everquest being called the mother of MMO's is a joke He did ask, "the game before WoW". Everquest was King in North America and Europe and nothing touched it until WoW came out, not even DAoC, sorry lol.
Rallycart Elite Member Joined: 1/02/08 Posts: 677	6/21/09 9:43:20 PM#18 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Heidi Originally posted by SSSJKiNg I am just wondering since I didn't start playing MMO's until after WoW. What game was the most famous before WoW. First of all, Warcraft is not the most famous mmo at the moment. Warhammer Online is. As for what game was famous prior to Warhammer that would be Star Wars Galaxies. Period, end of story. I am assuming that you are joking? Because Warhammer Online is nowhere near the most famous mmo... lol. That is not to say that it is not a well known game, because it is. But not even close to "famous". If you mention WoW, just about everyone, even non-gamers, have heard of it because it is so over publicized. Warhammer Online though.... Pretty much just gamers and their circle know about it.
njai Apprentice Member Joined: 2/08/06 Posts: 73	6/21/09 9:47:49 PM#19 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) UO = Grandfather Everquest = Mother/Father I never even heard of UO until i really got into MMORPGs and I heard of Everquest before. My first MMO was either Planetside or Final Fantasy. Darkfall for now. Quit bashing games YOU don't like! Including WoW, you know you liked it before you got burned out. http://live.xbox.com/member/Njai
needalife214 Advanced Member Joined: 11/30/06 Posts: 605 Big Bang happened. and life happened. then you trolls somehow got here?	6/21/09 9:47:54 PM#20 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Eq yeah...but SWG was close at least it was popular more so then DAoC (which i was happy to play at its time)
Memghost Apprentice Member Joined: 6/21/09 Posts: 36	6/21/09 9:53:08 PM#21 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by blueturtle13 Everquest ie Ever-crack the first true king (although I never played it) I started on DAoC and was hooked on MMO's ever since. Although online gaming started in Blizz RTS games and FPS but MMO seems the natural evolution for great games full of content. Fight my Brute Clicky!! Memon 40 WH War-PT
Comnitus Hard Core Member Joined: 6/03/09 Posts: 510 There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.	6/21/09 9:55:01 PM#22 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Runescape.
Waterlily Apprentice Member Joined: 5/26/08 Posts: 2141 $oE , destroying MMO since 1999.	6/21/09 9:58:03 PM#23 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Comnitus Runescape. drags you into a dark alley "Did you just say Runescape?"
DiSpLiFF Elite Member Joined: 5/19/09 Posts: 161	6/21/09 10:03:43 PM#24 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Heidi Originally posted by SSSJKiNg I am just wondering since I didn't start playing MMO's until after WoW. What game was the most famous before WoW. First of all, Warcraft is not the most famous mmo at the moment. Warhammer Online is. As for what game was famous prior to Warhammer that would be Star Wars Galaxies. Period, end of story. lol... i have no clue how you see the logic in that statement. WoW has been referenced to in numerous main stream media, tv shows/movies. i heard about warhammer for about a month when it was released, haven't heard anyone talk about it really since.
beauxaj Hard Core Member Joined: 10/05/05 Posts: 230	6/21/09 10:09:20 PM#25 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I would Love to say that king was Asheron's Call or Ultima online, Which I enjoyed immensely. But The big dog back in the day was EQ, Which I just didn't like as much as those two.