Schilling = Shill?

[ValkyrieIsAboutToDie]

I respect the fact that he's open about his gaming habits, even embracing them in publications like Sports Illustrated. When the most you can get out of athletes nowadays is "I play Madden" or "I play NBA Live", knowing that there's someone out there saying "I play EverQuest", especially when it's a bigname (and arguably hall-of-fame bound) pitcher like Schilling, is refreshing in its own right for me.

As for SONY's choice to pick up Kurt... as long as they make it clear to the unknowning gamer at these events that Kurt DOES play EverQuest, and IS quite hardcore about it, I think it could work. If they don't inform the populace about his status, it'll just look they grabbed a random celebrity for endorsement.

[Cybsled]

Were you in BotS, in EQ, Cyb?

Nope...our officers were chatty with them, but I was in Element of Darkness on CT.

[Grundie]

Originally Posted by Reolien01

This idea of publicism not only helps draw in people for Sony but even more people to the MMO world.

Exactly. Most people that are already involved with MMOs could care less if Schilling has been tapped as EQ's spokesperson. But I do not think that matters to SOE; instead they are more interested in the X number of people that have not yet been initiated into the MMO community. To those people knowing that someone they may have a lot of respect for plays MMOs might make it possible for them to make the dive into a genre they would have avoided otherwise.

[STFU]

It's Curt not Kurt, you fucking nerds.

[Man0warr]

BotS still plays EQ, probably still led by Emil. Been a few years since I played though. Although I never knew Curt was in BotS in EQ, maybe he joined recently, because I don't remember any baseball inspired name in guild.

[Cybsled]

His monk's name was like Shoryuken back in EQ1.

[Antarius]

Originally Posted by Reolien01

Not only that but it makes me able to say "50 FUCKING DKP MINUS!!" in RL without being ashamed of how much of a nerd I am.

Me and my co-workers were cracking up about that video all day long.

[Grimmlokk]

Originally Posted by Cybsled

His monk's name was like Shoryuken back in EQ1.

Scythehands Voxslayer, or Voxslayer Scythehands...something like that. Was his lizard monk at least, on Povar if I recall.



God it's so fucking sad I remember that....

[Uber Uberest ~Rathe]

Cybsled, forgive me if I'm wrong but didnt Sssorn come from EoD and join BotS? Giving BotS your strategies?

[Soygen]

Originally Posted by Cybsled

His monk's name was like Shoryuken back in EQ1.

No way?!

[Man0warr]

I remember Soy from Monklybusiness

[Soygen]

Lies!

[Fawy]

Shoryuken was a guildy of mine, and he's not Curt Shilling =p

[Cybsled]

If Ssorn came from EOD, he wasnt called Ssorn ;p I don't think we ever had iksar monks in our guild, not counting twinks. Only people of ours going to other guilds off-server I can remember either joined FOH or AL. Our officers and BoTS guys used to chat in IRC alot though. I remember us getting the l33t Ventari arrow-death strat from them ;P

Curt had a human monk. Shoryuken Voxslayer I think. I do remember some streetfighter move being a part of that ;p If you can find a really old issue of Computer Games Magazine, they have SS of his monk going "HOLY SHIT" in Plane of Innovation ;p

Although on that note, I'll just ask him heh.

[Mero]

Originally Posted by Cybsled

His monk's name was like Shoryuken back in EQ1.

His monk's name was Clyc.

He's played EQ and EQ2. He also played UO for a while back in 1999-2000.

In fact, he isn't the only "big leaguer" to play EQ. Quite a few Philadelphia Phillies players from the 90's still play including Doug Glanville. Not that it matters, nor do I personally care, but I remember Schilling playing UO back on Great Lakes server(if I recall correctly.) He's been a MMORPG "gamer" since the beginning.

I also note that in this weeks Sports Illustrated they interviewed Shawn Battier (ex-Duke, now Memphis Grizzlies NBA player) and have a photo of what he "takes on the road", included is a laptop and WoW disc. Seems as though the "professional athletes" who have tons of money and spare time are getting hooked on MMORPGs like us. hehe I remember the ol'e days when they thought of us computer gamers as "geeks" .....not anymore.

Actors, actresses, baseball, football, basketball players, lawyers, doctors, politicians, I even know a Judge who plays WoW occassionally.

Toodoloo.