EQ2 OGaming merges with EQ2 Allakhazam

Tamat · 12-07-2006, 03:47 AM

The Zam Network is very excited to announce the merging of EverQuest II OGaming into the Allakhazam Network. After much planning and preparation we feel ready to unveil our newly improved EverQuest II Community resource. On behalf of the former EverQuest 2 OGaming team and all of our new friends at Allakhazam, we can not thank you enough for being so patient with us over these last months. We continue to believe and recognize that without you, none of this would be possible. When building this site we wanted to take the best of Allakhazam and EQ2 OGaming and combine them. The entire EverQuest II OGaming database has been imported in to Allakhazam - up to and including all Echoes of Faydwer content. Further updates will continue as always. Fans of EQ2 OGaming’s editorial content will be happy to know we have moved all editorial content to EQ2 Allakhazam, and our editorial coverage will continue. Finally, you’ll notice a new layout which we hope is easy to navigate and is easy on the eyes. Visitors of the site have much to look forward to, as our services have been refined and enhanced. The item database has been expanded to allow for a more refined and broad search. The “item by slot” search will list every item available for any particular slot, which is considerably helpful when looking at all your possibilities for your level range. Advanced item searches have new capabilities as well; searches can now be narrowed down further by tier. Moreover, you will now be able to search for equipment by multiple slot types. Combined with the ability to assign values to any particular statistic, our search tools will enable you to find items in order of importance relevant to your character. Our Quest database has also been improved and will surely make the lives of the questing community easier. With our new database our users will gain the ability to search by quest type (e.g. heritage, hallmark, signature) in addition to difficulty. The changes are not solely database content however, as editorial features are now listed on one convenient page. This also includes the ability to comment on individual editorial items instead of going to the corresponding forum thread. One of the most important things we try to do is to update our site frequently and quickly. We’re now using the Allakhazam database tools so it is easier for us to add information into our database. By our estimate it will take nearly 1/3 of the time to enter data than it did with our OGaming database. Finally, EQ2 Allakhazam will run on new servers with the reliability you have come to expect from Allakhazam sites. No longer will there be extended downtimes and countless error messages as experienced with our OGaming Database. We appreciate your patience as we work out any bugs and tweak the site over the coming weeks. We’re excited for the future of the site and the benefits we can bring to the EverQuest 2 Community and we hope you are too. If you have any feedback, problems, or suggestions for the site please e-mail us: [email protected]. Please note all updates of EQ2 OGaming have ceased and the site will be shut down and redirected to EQ2 Allakhazam soon.

Ama · 12-07-2006, 04:19 AM

Tamat wrote:
The Zam Network is very excited to announce the merging of EverQuest II OGaming into the Allakhazam Network. After much planning and preparation we feel ready to unveil our newly improved EverQuest II Community resource. On behalf of the former EverQuest 2 OGaming team and all of our new friends at Allakhazam, we can not thank you enough for being so patient with us over these last months. We continue to believe and recognize that without you, none of this would be possible.

When building this site we wanted to take the best of Allakhazam and EQ2 OGaming and combine them. The entire EverQuest II OGaming database has been imported in to Allakhazam - up to and including all Echoes of Faydwer content. Further updates will continue as always. Fans of EQ2 OGaming’s editorial content will be happy to know we have moved all editorial content to EQ2 Allakhazam, and our editorial coverage will continue. Finally, you’ll notice a new layout which we hope is easy to navigate and is easy on the eyes.

Visitors of the site have much to look forward to, as our services have been refined and enhanced. The item database has been expanded to allow for a more refined and broad search. The “item by slot” search will list every item available for any particular slot, which is considerably helpful when looking at all your possibilities for your level range. Advanced item searches have new capabilities as well; searches can now be narrowed down further by tier. Moreover, you will now be able to search for equipment by multiple slot types. Combined with the ability to assign values to any particular statistic, our search tools will enable you to find items in order of importance relevant to your character.

Our Quest database has also been improved and will surely make the lives of the questing community easier. With our new database our users will gain the ability to search by quest type (e.g. heritage, hallmark, signature) in addition to difficulty. The changes are not solely database content however, as editorial features are now listed on one convenient page. This also includes the ability to comment on individual editorial items instead of going to the corresponding forum thread.

One of the most important things we try to do is to update our site frequently and quickly. We’re now using the Allakhazam database tools so it is easier for us to add information into our database. By our estimate it will take nearly 1/3 of the time to enter data than it did with our OGaming database. Finally, EQ2 Allakhazam will run on new servers with the reliability you have come to expect from Allakhazam sites. No longer will there be extended downtimes and countless error messages as experienced with our OGaming Database.

We appreciate your patience as we work out any bugs and tweak the site over the coming weeks. We’re excited for the future of the site and the benefits we can bring to the EverQuest 2 Community and we hope you are too. If you have any feedback, problems, or suggestions for the site please e-mail us: [email protected].

Please note all updates of EQ2 OGaming have ceased and the site will be shut down and redirected to EQ2 Allakhazam soon.

GL with the new site Tamat i'll deffinately check it out when you have it up and running. EQ2 Ogaming was deffinately an influence on me with how easy it was to access information. That's why I carefully chose the layout for my site making sure it was as easily accessible as ogaming is and will be. Again GL with the site bud hope everything works out for the ogaming crew. :smileyhappy:

Lalkin503 · 12-07-2006, 05:33 AM

Hmm.

I hope the merger is good but I fear this is a bad move for those who used ogaming.

Allakhazam in my experience is laggy server that time out, give you several popup ads per page visited and in general are a bother to use. I do hope they have changed since I last used them though....

I do hope the owners of the ogaming network got what they deserved from Allakhazam though. Ogaming had all the content Allakhazam wanted, I'm sure. =)

Seltha-Larren · 12-07-2006, 09:31 AM

Mahh you were right about the pop-ups, that's pretty disappointing.

The site looks pretty clean, but I'm finding the font a bit big (even with view->text size->smallest) so I'm finding it hard to skim-read the info all on one page and

it seems that all the comments are missing for the quests too which was probably the best thing about the ogaming site.

I guess all these things will get fine tuned as the site matures.

Nink · 12-07-2006, 04:32 PM

I used to use Allakhazam for EQ1 and they were the font of all knowledge for quests etc. When EQ2 came out Ogaming were a much better site as the info on Allah was incorrect, incomplete or missing.

One thing about Allah is you have to pay to subscribe to get the search functionality etc

Iyemana · 12-07-2006, 06:34 PM

well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups....

POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!?

Ama · 12-07-2006, 09:07 PM

Iyemana wrote:
well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups....

POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!?

Yup and I still blame the discovery.com website for that virus I got on my laptop. My laptop was fine then I went to discovery.com and got a pop up about a car doing the usual close the window. Well I went to EQII and I got a pop up saying I needed to head to winfix or some BS like that. It got progressively worse and got a pop up when I opened up my Windows media player asking me to insert my windows name/password *When you don't have one that's a problem*. 90 bucks later the thing was off my computer and I was certifiably angry at discovery.

I really hope that with the merger to kazam there the pop-ups will dissappear. Pop-ups imho are the #1 way to get people to stay away from your site.

Tipa · 12-07-2006, 10:00 PM

I guess IGE wanted to consolidate their gold farming fronts, have a one-stop shop to display gold and character sale ads to players.Anyone who didn't see this coming when IGE bought Alla's and OGaming was naive. Draw you in with the promise of help with quests and drops, use that as an opportunity to barrage you with ads, and remove other possibly resources.This merger is a sad day for the EQ2 community.

SlashnGut · 12-07-2006, 11:33 PM

Iyemana wrote:
well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups....

POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!?

I agree, I had used ogaming but after looking at the new site for a few minutes I highly doubt I'll ever use it again.

Equinon · 12-08-2006, 12:01 AM

Definitely a very sad day. Ogaming.com was used as a main means for any quest lookup, HQ's, Signature, World Event, etc. etc. Ogaming was the only site I ever had to use to get quest info. Now, well, it sucks. Really, I visited the new site, did one single search for "strange black rock" and it told me I needed the FireFox Plug-in. Bah, never needed one on Ogaming, but that plug-in.....nope, not gonna do it. Guess it's time to seek out another halfway decent quest searching site that doesn't require you to PAY. Yeah, you can search Alla without paying, but you cannot perform advanced searches. Was the same with EQ1.

Sooooo, Anybody found any other sites that are comparible to the old Ogamin.com? (i.e. stratics.com, etc. SMILEY

griffit · 12-08-2006, 12:23 AM

the new eq2 allakhazam is up.Firefox + Noscript = no ads.The information is available without requiring premium.They also have the ability to process more info in a shorter period of time. Seems promising to me. I'm a long time allakhazam premium user though so /fan boi alert.

DerDrac · 12-08-2006, 01:08 AM

The allakhazam one doesn't seem so bad except for the stupid popups. The database seems very relational which is a good thing and frequency of updates is important.Ill give them a shot at providing information on questlines. Though i wish it was easier to figure out which quests are epic lines and which ones are one timers. IE the difference between Claymore and something that requires very little time to complete.

griffit · 12-08-2006, 01:15 AM

Quests by type work for you or would you like to see something more specific?

Ever-Befallen · 12-08-2006, 04:30 AM

Iyemana wrote:
well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info.

I suggest using both EQ2I and OGaming/Allkahazam. Both are good sites for quest info, sometimes one has something the other doesnt and vice versa.

su · 12-08-2006, 12:33 PM

OMG I always hated alla............................. Oh snap Now i cant play eq2 WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tiko_7801 · 12-08-2006, 10:22 PM

Anyone remember 3 to 4 years back the virus on allakhazam that allowed someone from another country to access a large number of accounts. Then you had to do a hotfix to get it off your account. I know alot of people who spent hours fighting for their accounts back. What happened before may happen again. Goodbye Ogaming i will miss your helpful advice hello chat channels and /ooc your more trustworthy even if i get flamed for asking the same question 100x.

MRRX · 12-09-2006, 01:07 AM

Lazaron wrote:

I suggest only using www.EQ2I.com

Ewil

EQ2I

Hah. I know you're half-joking, but it hadn't occurred to me to use your site as a *primary* source. It might work.

MrrX's Character Journal

SlashnGut · 12-09-2006, 10:51 AM

MRRX wrote:

Lazaron wrote:

I suggest only using www.EQ2I.com

Ewil

EQ2I

Hah. I know you're half-joking, but it hadn't occurred to me to use your site as a *primary* source. It might work.

MrrX's Character Journal

I'll be using his site instead of Alla. Ogaming had to do what was best for them but sure as hell wasn't good for a lot of the players who used ogaming as many won't use Alla.

BSbon · 12-09-2006, 09:16 PM

Iyemana wrote:
well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups....

POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!?

i have to agree with the pop ups. they suck. which means i will either not use the new site or only use it with active scripting turned off. to turn off active scripting click the tools menu and go to internet options. click the security tab. click custom level. scroll way down toward the bottom. turn off active scripting. i do it every time i surf untrustworthy sites. it keeps popups and spyware off your computer. you will need to turn it on to use these boards and logging into numerous legit sites like hotmail, yahoo etc.

Ewil · 12-09-2006, 11:08 PM

Surely, someone from Allakhazam will come here and read your comments. *cough* No, really, they should turn off pop-ups. It's like the insurance telemarketer of Internet ads.

Personally, I'm interested in seeing how they'll be in terms of EverQuest II information. OGaming's database seems to have left about 6 months behind, many believe some editors started working on WoW, and it'd be quite a lot of work to get all the new content in there & change the old to reflect the current state of the game.

A problem with OGaming, which had me try to think of something new, is that every editor cannot know every quest/item/mob; he has to rely on comments. However, some of those comments are really, really wrong. You get false information in the database. That information stays until enough people eventually challenge it. Perhaps an alliance with a questing guild (paying their subscriptions or such) that can review/submit content.

Oh, and thanks for the cool comments

Ewil

EQ2I

Akira · 12-10-2006, 12:38 AM

A problem with OGaming, which had me try to think of something new, is that every editor cannot know every quest/item/mob; he has to rely on comments. However, some of those comments are really, really wrong. You get false information in the database. That information stays until enough people eventually challenge it. Perhaps an alliance with a questing guild (paying their subscriptions or such) that can review/submit content.

Thats also why you have OGaming's Online Gaming Radio for your EQ2 needs every Tuesday!!11!! SMILEY

All the fun filled facts that you may not know, and well, that hopefully we know. SMILEY

Grystan · 12-11-2006, 06:53 PM

Alla's was great for original EQ and terrible for EQ2, was lacking in everyway, Ogaming I stopped using when they sold out to IGE, They'll say they didn't but the site they merged with was owned by IGE, to me its the same thing, so this won't effect me as I've not used either for months. What does amaze me is that links to these Fan sites are still up on the official boards, and not editied by moderators, for the reason of A these people are competition to station exchange, and B (far more importantly) Allowing these links suggests SOE agree with the disgusting conditions gold sellers put people through day in day out, and thats just the addicts that are not minors.

Please SOE sever all official links with these people, if they have direct or even indirect conections with Gold Sellers, slavery was supposed to have been abolished in the last century.

Tamat · 12-12-2006, 09:54 AM

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that we've removed all advertising for the time being and when ads come back, they will be far less intrusive. Sorry about any in-convenience this may have caused you.

Iyemana · 12-12-2006, 08:23 PM

I have also started using the eq2i.com as it has most stuff even has lists of collection items and the series quests aka claymore have a list of the quests in order so you can easily see the progression.

Fringe · 12-17-2006, 06:55 AM

So what is the official word? Is Alla owned or associated with IGE? Was OGaming owned or associated with IGE and if so for how long?

I was surprised to hear that this might be the case because I've never had any problem with either site and have never had any selling services offered to me through either one.

griffit · 12-19-2006, 01:12 AM

FloridaFringe wrote:

So what is the official word? Is Alla owned or associated with IGE? Was OGaming owned or associated with IGE and if so for how long?

I was surprised to hear that this might be the case because I've never had any problem with either site and have never had any selling services offered to me through either one.
IGE owned Ogaming, thotbot etc.Then Corprorate structure changed to create a Parent corporation which owned IGE and Ogaming (keeping them seperate and distinct). Thus keeping their more legitimate info sites from being labelled as RMT. Parent corp bought Allakhazam on the condition that the new Zam.com remain RMT free also seperate from IGE. Allakhazam retains everday control of the new Zam.com network however it is now owned by someone else.So basically a parent corporation owns Zam.com and IGE however they are both seperate and distinct entities. So the sky will not fall and you will not see IGE adds all over Zam.com. So when you see people screaming "IGE owns Allas" it is kind of like seeing people screaming "OMG SOE owns Vanguard" which obviously is not the case (they are merely hosting the servers), However for some people a connection no matter how tenuous is enough to get them in a flutter.

Fringe · 12-19-2006, 02:07 AM

Thank you kindly for the thorough response. I really appreciate the information.

Raijinn · 12-19-2006, 02:42 AM

The merger has taken place so all the goodies from OGaming moved over to http://eq2.allakhazam.com/. Check it out if you haven't already done so!

g4nd4lf · 12-19-2006, 03:52 AM

Just another free service built on the knowledge of the community going commercial ... :smileysad:Database access is faster than before, but you don't have the same search options you hadduring the good old ogaming days without subscription. Especially the quest text search wasvery useful.Wiki projects FTW!

Nachricht bearbeitet von g4ndi am 12-19-2006 01:12 AM

Cele · 12-19-2006, 08:48 AM

*sigh* I dont care to pay for player-gathered info, such as the quest comments/details tha twere found on ogaming. looks like if I want this info now I need to pay for for it.

No offense, I know it costs a lot to run such as website, however, I was born and raised on free community-sharing info, so I guess I am spoiled.

Are there any other sites out there that work like Ogaming did??? Honestly, Ogaming is all I ever used, so I am clueless here.

12-07-2006, 04:19 AM	#2
Ama General Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,833	Tamat wrote: The Zam Network is very excited to announce the merging of EverQuest II OGaming into the Allakhazam Network. After much planning and preparation we feel ready to unveil our newly improved EverQuest II Community resource. On behalf of the former EverQuest 2 OGaming team and all of our new friends at Allakhazam, we can not thank you enough for being so patient with us over these last months. We continue to believe and recognize that without you, none of this would be possible. When building this site we wanted to take the best of Allakhazam and EQ2 OGaming and combine them. The entire EverQuest II OGaming database has been imported in to Allakhazam - up to and including all Echoes of Faydwer content. Further updates will continue as always. Fans of EQ2 OGaming’s editorial content will be happy to know we have moved all editorial content to EQ2 Allakhazam, and our editorial coverage will continue. Finally, you’ll notice a new layout which we hope is easy to navigate and is easy on the eyes. Visitors of the site have much to look forward to, as our services have been refined and enhanced. The item database has been expanded to allow for a more refined and broad search. The “item by slot” search will list every item available for any particular slot, which is considerably helpful when looking at all your possibilities for your level range. Advanced item searches have new capabilities as well; searches can now be narrowed down further by tier. Moreover, you will now be able to search for equipment by multiple slot types. Combined with the ability to assign values to any particular statistic, our search tools will enable you to find items in order of importance relevant to your character. Our Quest database has also been improved and will surely make the lives of the questing community easier. With our new database our users will gain the ability to search by quest type (e.g. heritage, hallmark, signature) in addition to difficulty. The changes are not solely database content however, as editorial features are now listed on one convenient page. This also includes the ability to comment on individual editorial items instead of going to the corresponding forum thread. One of the most important things we try to do is to update our site frequently and quickly. We’re now using the Allakhazam database tools so it is easier for us to add information into our database. By our estimate it will take nearly 1/3 of the time to enter data than it did with our OGaming database. Finally, EQ2 Allakhazam will run on new servers with the reliability you have come to expect from Allakhazam sites. No longer will there be extended downtimes and countless error messages as experienced with our OGaming Database. We appreciate your patience as we work out any bugs and tweak the site over the coming weeks. We’re excited for the future of the site and the benefits we can bring to the EverQuest 2 Community and we hope you are too. If you have any feedback, problems, or suggestions for the site please e-mail us: [email protected]. Please note all updates of EQ2 OGaming have ceased and the site will be shut down and redirected to EQ2 Allakhazam soon. GL with the new site Tamat i'll deffinately check it out when you have it up and running. EQ2 Ogaming was deffinately an influence on me with how easy it was to access information. That's why I carefully chose the layout for my site making sure it was as easily accessible as ogaming is and will be. Again GL with the site bud hope everything works out for the ogaming crew. :smileyhappy: __________________

12-07-2006, 04:32 PM	#5
Nink Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 190	I used to use Allakhazam for EQ1 and they were the font of all knowledge for quests etc. When EQ2 came out Ogaming were a much better site as the info on Allah was incorrect, incomplete or missing. One thing about Allah is you have to pay to subscribe to get the search functionality etc __________________ "Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos!" ("You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back!")

12-07-2006, 09:07 PM	#7
Ama General Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,833	Iyemana wrote: well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups.... POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!? Yup and I still blame the discovery.com website for that virus I got on my laptop. My laptop was fine then I went to discovery.com and got a pop up about a car doing the usual close the window. Well I went to EQII and I got a pop up saying I needed to head to winfix or some BS like that. It got progressively worse and got a pop up when I opened up my Windows media player asking me to insert my windows name/password When you don't have one that's a problem. 90 bucks later the thing was off my computer and I was certifiably angry at discovery. I really hope that with the merger to kazam there the pop-ups will dissappear. Pop-ups imho are the #1 way to get people to stay away from your site. __________________

12-07-2006, 10:00 PM	#8
Tipa Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 36	I guess IGE wanted to consolidate their gold farming fronts, have a one-stop shop to display gold and character sale ads to players.Anyone who didn't see this coming when IGE bought Alla's and OGaming was naive. Draw you in with the promise of help with quests and drops, use that as an opportunity to barrage you with ads, and remove other possibly resources.This merger is a sad day for the EQ2 community. __________________

12-07-2006, 11:33 PM	#9
SlashnGut Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 236	Iyemana wrote: well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups.... POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!? I agree, I had used ogaming but after looking at the new site for a few minutes I highly doubt I'll ever use it again. __________________ Hakdagutz 92 Guardian/92 Weaponsmith Sucha 92 Conjuror/92 Sage Mrshal 92 Monk/92 Carpenter Bloodwingg 92 Necromancer/92 Tailor Tior 92 Warlock/92 Provisioner Holyer 92 Paladin/92 Armoror Grogg 90 Berserker/92 Alchemist Etat 90 Bruiser/92 Jeweler Dawizz 90 Wizard/92 Woodworker Punting 90 Brigand Kountdracula 90 Dirge Omgiman 92 Warden

12-07-2006, 03:47 AM	#1
Tamat Allakhazam Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 167	The Zam Network is very excited to announce the merging of EverQuest II OGaming into the Allakhazam Network. After much planning and preparation we feel ready to unveil our newly improved EverQuest II Community resource. On behalf of the former EverQuest 2 OGaming team and all of our new friends at Allakhazam, we can not thank you enough for being so patient with us over these last months. We continue to believe and recognize that without you, none of this would be possible. When building this site we wanted to take the best of Allakhazam and EQ2 OGaming and combine them. The entire EverQuest II OGaming database has been imported in to Allakhazam - up to and including all Echoes of Faydwer content. Further updates will continue as always. Fans of EQ2 OGaming’s editorial content will be happy to know we have moved all editorial content to EQ2 Allakhazam, and our editorial coverage will continue. Finally, you’ll notice a new layout which we hope is easy to navigate and is easy on the eyes. Visitors of the site have much to look forward to, as our services have been refined and enhanced. The item database has been expanded to allow for a more refined and broad search. The “item by slot” search will list every item available for any particular slot, which is considerably helpful when looking at all your possibilities for your level range. Advanced item searches have new capabilities as well; searches can now be narrowed down further by tier. Moreover, you will now be able to search for equipment by multiple slot types. Combined with the ability to assign values to any particular statistic, our search tools will enable you to find items in order of importance relevant to your character. Our Quest database has also been improved and will surely make the lives of the questing community easier. With our new database our users will gain the ability to search by quest type (e.g. heritage, hallmark, signature) in addition to difficulty. The changes are not solely database content however, as editorial features are now listed on one convenient page. This also includes the ability to comment on individual editorial items instead of going to the corresponding forum thread. One of the most important things we try to do is to update our site frequently and quickly. We’re now using the Allakhazam database tools so it is easier for us to add information into our database. By our estimate it will take nearly 1/3 of the time to enter data than it did with our OGaming database. Finally, EQ2 Allakhazam will run on new servers with the reliability you have come to expect from Allakhazam sites. No longer will there be extended downtimes and countless error messages as experienced with our OGaming Database. We appreciate your patience as we work out any bugs and tweak the site over the coming weeks. We’re excited for the future of the site and the benefits we can bring to the EverQuest 2 Community and we hope you are too. If you have any feedback, problems, or suggestions for the site please e-mail us: [email protected]. Please note all updates of EQ2 OGaming have ceased and the site will be shut down and redirected to EQ2 Allakhazam soon. __________________ ______________________________ Andrew "Tamat" Beegle EQII Allakhazam Community Manager The Zam Network http://eq2.allakhazam.com/

12-07-2006, 05:33 AM	#3
Lalkin503 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 8	Hmm. I hope the merger is good but I fear this is a bad move for those who used ogaming. Allakhazam in my experience is laggy server that time out, give you several popup ads per page visited and in general are a bother to use. I do hope they have changed since I last used them though.... I do hope the owners of the ogaming network got what they deserved from Allakhazam though. Ogaming had all the content Allakhazam wanted, I'm sure. =)

12-07-2006, 09:31 AM	#4
Seltha-Larren Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 40	Mahh you were right about the pop-ups, that's pretty disappointing. The site looks pretty clean, but I'm finding the font a bit big (even with view->text size->smallest) so I'm finding it hard to skim-read the info all on one page and it seems that all the comments are missing for the quests too which was probably the best thing about the ogaming site. I guess all these things will get fine tuned as the site matures.

12-07-2006, 06:34 PM	#6
Iyemana Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 39	well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups.... POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!?

12-08-2006, 12:01 AM	#10
Equinon Loremaster Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 87	Definitely a very sad day. Ogaming.com was used as a main means for any quest lookup, HQ's, Signature, World Event, etc. etc. Ogaming was the only site I ever had to use to get quest info. Now, well, it sucks. Really, I visited the new site, did one single search for "strange black rock" and it told me I needed the FireFox Plug-in. Bah, never needed one on Ogaming, but that plug-in.....nope, not gonna do it. Guess it's time to seek out another halfway decent quest searching site that doesn't require you to PAY. Yeah, you can search Alla without paying, but you cannot perform advanced searches. Was the same with EQ1. Sooooo, Anybody found any other sites that are comparible to the old Ogamin.com? (i.e. stratics.com, etc. __________________ Using a dependable guild site......Bona_Amici.guildportal.com

12-08-2006, 12:23 AM	#11
griffit General Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 48	the new eq2 allakhazam is up.Firefox + Noscript = no ads.The information is available without requiring premium.They also have the ability to process more info in a shorter period of time. Seems promising to me. I'm a long time allakhazam premium user though so /fan boi alert.

12-08-2006, 01:08 AM	#12
DerDrac General Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Unrest Posts: 75	The allakhazam one doesn't seem so bad except for the stupid popups. The database seems very relational which is a good thing and frequency of updates is important.Ill give them a shot at providing information on questlines. Though i wish it was easier to figure out which quests are epic lines and which ones are one timers. IE the difference between Claymore and something that requires very little time to complete.

12-08-2006, 01:15 AM	#13
griffit General Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 48	Quests by type work for you or would you like to see something more specific?

12-08-2006, 04:30 AM	#14
Ever-Befallen Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 265	Iyemana wrote: well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. I suggest using both EQ2I and OGaming/Allkahazam. Both are good sites for quest info, sometimes one has something the other doesnt and vice versa.

12-08-2006, 12:33 PM	#15
su Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 20	OMG I always hated alla............................. Oh snap Now i cant play eq2 WHY!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ LV 64Paladin

12-08-2006, 10:22 PM	#16
Tiko_7801 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spork, USA Posts: 79	Anyone remember 3 to 4 years back the virus on allakhazam that allowed someone from another country to access a large number of accounts. Then you had to do a hotfix to get it off your account. I know alot of people who spent hours fighting for their accounts back. What happened before may happen again. Goodbye Ogaming i will miss your helpful advice hello chat channels and /ooc your more trustworthy even if i get flamed for asking the same question 100x.

12-09-2006, 01:07 AM	#17
MRRX Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 70	Lazaron wrote: I suggest only using www.EQ2I.com Ewil EQ2I Hah. I know you're half-joking, but it hadn't occurred to me to use your site as a primary source. It might work. MrrX's Character Journal

12-09-2006, 10:51 AM	#18
SlashnGut Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 236	MRRX wrote: Lazaron wrote: I suggest only using www.EQ2I.com Ewil EQ2I Hah. I know you're half-joking, but it hadn't occurred to me to use your site as a primary source. It might work. MrrX's Character Journal I'll be using his site instead of Alla. Ogaming had to do what was best for them but sure as hell wasn't good for a lot of the players who used ogaming as many won't use Alla. __________________ Hakdagutz 92 Guardian/92 Weaponsmith Sucha 92 Conjuror/92 Sage Mrshal 92 Monk/92 Carpenter Bloodwingg 92 Necromancer/92 Tailor Tior 92 Warlock/92 Provisioner Holyer 92 Paladin/92 Armoror Grogg 90 Berserker/92 Alchemist Etat 90 Bruiser/92 Jeweler Dawizz 90 Wizard/92 Woodworker Punting 90 Brigand Kountdracula 90 Dirge Omgiman 92 Warden

12-09-2006, 09:16 PM	#19
BSbon General Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 605	Iyemana wrote: well [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] there went the only reliable place there was for quest info. spent 3-4 minutes looking at the new site and had a dozen pop-ups.... POP UPS ARE BAD MMMKAY!? i have to agree with the pop ups. they suck. which means i will either not use the new site or only use it with active scripting turned off. to turn off active scripting click the tools menu and go to internet options. click the security tab. click custom level. scroll way down toward the bottom. turn off active scripting. i do it every time i surf untrustworthy sites. it keeps popups and spyware off your computer. you will need to turn it on to use these boards and logging into numerous legit sites like hotmail, yahoo etc. __________________ Click Here for Amazing Superteam Comics updated Tuesday and Thursday " width="360" height="81">

12-09-2006, 11:08 PM	#20
Ewil Fansite Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 43	Surely, someone from Allakhazam will come here and read your comments. cough No, really, they should turn off pop-ups. It's like the insurance telemarketer of Internet ads. Personally, I'm interested in seeing how they'll be in terms of EverQuest II information. OGaming's database seems to have left about 6 months behind, many believe some editors started working on WoW, and it'd be quite a lot of work to get all the new content in there & change the old to reflect the current state of the game. A problem with OGaming, which had me try to think of something new, is that every editor cannot know every quest/item/mob; he has to rely on comments. However, some of those comments are really, really wrong. You get false information in the database. That information stays until enough people eventually challenge it. Perhaps an alliance with a questing guild (paying their subscriptions or such) that can review/submit content. Oh, and thanks for the cool comments Ewil EQ2I __________________ Ewil Hat Nagafen (Evil) 90 Templar, 85 Armorer Creator of EQ2I

12-10-2006, 12:38 AM	#21
Akira OGR Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 168	A problem with OGaming, which had me try to think of something new, is that every editor cannot know every quest/item/mob; he has to rely on comments. However, some of those comments are really, really wrong. You get false information in the database. That information stays until enough people eventually challenge it. Perhaps an alliance with a questing guild (paying their subscriptions or such) that can review/submit content. Thats also why you have OGaming's Online Gaming Radio for your EQ2 needs every Tuesday!!11!! All the fun filled facts that you may not know, and well, that hopefully we know. __________________ Kurt "Akira" Scheuringer (Svoald/Guk) - Online Gaming Radio -

12-11-2006, 06:53 PM	#22
Grystan Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 39	Alla's was great for original EQ and terrible for EQ2, was lacking in everyway, Ogaming I stopped using when they sold out to IGE, They'll say they didn't but the site they merged with was owned by IGE, to me its the same thing, so this won't effect me as I've not used either for months. What does amaze me is that links to these Fan sites are still up on the official boards, and not editied by moderators, for the reason of A these people are competition to station exchange, and B (far more importantly) Allowing these links suggests SOE agree with the disgusting conditions gold sellers put people through day in day out, and thats just the addicts that are not minors. Please SOE sever all official links with these people, if they have direct or even indirect conections with Gold Sellers, slavery was supposed to have been abolished in the last century.

12-12-2006, 09:54 AM	#23
Tamat Allakhazam Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 167	Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that we've removed all advertising for the time being and when ads come back, they will be far less intrusive. Sorry about any in-convenience this may have caused you. __________________ ______________________________ Andrew "Tamat" Beegle EQII Allakhazam Community Manager The Zam Network http://eq2.allakhazam.com/

12-12-2006, 08:23 PM	#24
Iyemana Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 39	I have also started using the eq2i.com as it has most stuff even has lists of collection items and the series quests aka claymore have a list of the quests in order so you can easily see the progression.

12-17-2006, 06:55 AM	#25
Fringe Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 531	So what is the official word? Is Alla owned or associated with IGE? Was OGaming owned or associated with IGE and if so for how long? I was surprised to hear that this might be the case because I've never had any problem with either site and have never had any selling services offered to me through either one. __________________

12-19-2006, 01:12 AM	#26
griffit General Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 48	FloridaFringe wrote: So what is the official word? Is Alla owned or associated with IGE? Was OGaming owned or associated with IGE and if so for how long? I was surprised to hear that this might be the case because I've never had any problem with either site and have never had any selling services offered to me through either one. IGE owned Ogaming, thotbot etc.Then Corprorate structure changed to create a Parent corporation which owned IGE and Ogaming (keeping them seperate and distinct). Thus keeping their more legitimate info sites from being labelled as RMT. Parent corp bought Allakhazam on the condition that the new Zam.com remain RMT free also seperate from IGE. Allakhazam retains everday control of the new Zam.com network however it is now owned by someone else.So basically a parent corporation owns Zam.com and IGE however they are both seperate and distinct entities. So the sky will not fall and you will not see IGE adds all over Zam.com. So when you see people screaming "IGE owns Allas" it is kind of like seeing people screaming "OMG SOE owns Vanguard" which obviously is not the case (they are merely hosting the servers), However for some people a connection no matter how tenuous is enough to get them in a flutter.

12-19-2006, 02:07 AM	#27
Fringe Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 531	Thank you kindly for the thorough response. I really appreciate the information. __________________

12-19-2006, 02:42 AM	#28
Raijinn Community Relations Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 406	The merger has taken place so all the goodies from OGaming moved over to http://eq2.allakhazam.com/. Check it out if you haven't already done so! __________________ Regards, Joel "Raijinn" Sasaki

12-19-2006, 03:52 AM	#29
g4nd4lf Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 219	Just another free service built on the knowledge of the community going commercial ... :smileysad:Database access is faster than before, but you don't have the same search options you hadduring the good old ogaming days without subscription. Especially the quest text search wasvery useful.Wiki projects FTW! Nachricht bearbeitet von g4ndi am 12-19-2006 01:12 AM

12-19-2006, 08:48 AM	#30
Cele General Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,002	sigh I dont care to pay for player-gathered info, such as the quest comments/details tha twere found on ogaming. looks like if I want this info now I need to pay for for it. No offense, I know it costs a lot to run such as website, however, I was born and raised on free community-sharing info, so I guess I am spoiled. Are there any other sites out there that work like Ogaming did??? Honestly, Ogaming is all I ever used, so I am clueless here. __________________