Thank you Thank you Thank you

[Maalek]

...for messing up my desktop pc.Since the last attempt to start EQ2 my con to the complete Internet has become corrupted,it is ultra slow now,even a new install of my DSL access software doesnt help anymore.I have to say this is a new height in SOE`s history of releasing unfinished,buggy patches.Every malware,trojan,virus etc. out there is better,at least they let me use the internet.

[Windowlicker]

I love how this is somehow EQ2's fault.

[Iggyvyn]

<p>Do you know how ridiculous this sounds?</p><p>EQ2 did not cause your "con to the complete internet to [sic] become corrupted."</p><p>Read something about how TCP/IP works before you make these kinds of claims.  It will help you avoid looking foolish.</p><p>If you actually have a technical problem that you want to troubleshoot in a reasonable manner, rather than throwing around nonsensical aspersions, I suggest posting the details of your experience in the Tech Support forum.</p>

[willnotuse]

I'm sorry but two things incorrect here.1.  This is not the Tech Support forum2.  The game will not ever affect your internet connection (unless you got a company like ComCast which is being sued as we speak in a class action for interfering with bandwidth)

[Spyderbite]

Hey now guys and gals! Cut the OP a little slack.I for one have experienced something very similar in the past!Whenever I played Zork or Myth my coffee maker and vhs player would go on the fritz! XD

[netglen]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hey now guys and gals! Cut the OP a little slack.I for one have experienced something very similar in the past!Whenever I played Zork or Myth my coffee maker and vhs player would go on the fritz! XD</blockquote>This pretty much ranks up as the one email I got back in 1995 from some person complaining that their computer system was infected with a virus after they visited my HTML v1.0 webpage. Ahhh the good old days. Technology marches on but stupidity appears to be a universal constant.

[Iggyvyn]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>Whenever I played Zork or Myth my coffee maker and vhs player would go on the fritz! XD</blockquote>Well, there is a perfectly good reason for this.  Coffee makers emit residual grounds resonances, which can be drawn by the magnetic heads of a VCR.  Ordinarily this isn't a problem, but there is a Mailbox signiture in Zork that doesn't react well with the grounds flow.  Myth also is full of Thrall and Mauls which can affect the grounds flow in a similar way.

[skinandbones]

<p>LOL to many funny post here.</p><p>Did you ever think to contact your ISP provider???  Come on use that thing in your head they call a brain.</p>

[Effie]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>Whenever I played Zork or Myth my coffee maker and vhs player would go on the fritz! XD</blockquote>I thought I was the only one who had that problem!

[Thunderthyze]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>Whenever I played Zork or Myth my coffee maker and vhs player would go on the fritz! XD</blockquote>God but I enjoyed those games. Of course back then we used to have trams running up and down the middle of the street and children used to get sent up chimneys.......ahhh the good old days!

[deKoven]

<cite>Effie wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote>Whenever I played Zork or Myth my coffee maker and vhs player would go on the fritz! XD</blockquote>I thought I was the only one who had that problem!</blockquote>Yes, indeed! My coffee maker also has problems. When I'm playing, somehow the bottom of the coffee pot comes up altogether too frequently. Seems that EQ2 creates some sort of 'black hole' that the coffee drains into. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[eq2mik]

<p>I have an explanation for both the connectivity and the coffee problem.  You guys clearly have never put a sniffer on your network while eq2 is patching.</p><p> there is a well-known hex string in eq2.exe  "f33dc0ffee" that nukes the connection and turns on the coffee pot every time.  Get with it OMG.</p>

[Spyderbite]

Alright.. enough is enough!This is serious business folks!!!The servers just went down for maintenance and now my car won't start!! Thanks alot SOE!! What's next?? When the servers come back up and I launch EQ2 cats and dogs will begin playing with each other? I know.. I probably won't get that promotion at work today because I didn't manage to ding 22 in woodworking. I'm soooo done with this game! *stamps foot*XD

[Smirkey_of_Nektulos]

This takes me on a journey to... my job!There's nothing like the thrill of answering a tech-support call from a customer who is livid to the point of complete incoherence because they're convinced that a mouse or keyboard was responsible for killing their 7-year-old pentium 2 E-Machine.  Thank goodness for that handy dandy "MUTE" button so they don't have to listen to me cracking up laughing directly into their ears!

[Morningside]

This thread is now Locked. Technical Issues can be very frustrating and sometimes expressing that frustration can become overwhelming. This however does not give one license to ridicule as opposed to assist. Please try to remember that if you don't have anything positive or constructive to add to a thread then simply move along and find one that better suits your interests.Maalek,If you continue to have issues please visit the "<a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/show.m?forum_id=4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technical Help and Questions</a>" board to create a new thread explaining those issue in detail. A positive attitude will go much further towards helping resolve your issues so please try to remain calm during your most frustrating moments. Also, it would help those trying to assist if you were to read the "<a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=353617" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read Before Posting</a>" thread and to post accordingly. Thank you.