With so much information being posted in the EQII Official Forums at all times, it can be very hard to keep up with it and very easy to miss some real gems and opportunities to share. Have no fear though; the Treasure Chest is here to highlight interesting, unusual, and humorous posts, as well as opportunities to help your fellow player with a question or two!
A well worn traveler of the lands, known as the Town Crier, journeys near and far seeking out the latest in EverQuest II news and information. Join us once again as the Crier returns from his latest wanderings, filled with tall tales and some actual news from all around these strange lands. One never knows what new secrets his stories will hold!
This week is full of Fan Faire recaps, expansion information and a little bit of Gen Con. If you missed Fan Faire, be sure to check out the excellent coverage provided by our fansites and players.
The Official SOE Minicast #4 is live!!! Herald P. Triton's investigation comes to a close… did he find Hubert? Find out if Herald managed to save Fan Faire!
You can get your Podcast goodness two different ways: head over to the Podcast's official site, and click on your preferred bandwidth; or if you have iTunes installed select iTunes store, type SOE into the search box and click Subscribe! Your feedback is always welcome either on the Station forums or via email.
On Thursday night, SOE Community Relations team members, Grimwell, Gnobrin, Minerva and Amnerys, hosted a Meet & Greet party at Jillian's in downtown Indianapolis. The room was filled with players from our EverQuest, EverQuest II, Star Wars: Galaxies, The Matrix Online, Vanguard and Legends of Norrath communities, and even some Pirates (of the Burning Seas variety).
This year Online Gaming Radio has 3 of its staff attending; Dellmon, Akira, and Luxx. Dellmon isn't primarily representing OGR, he's just there to do what dwarves do best! However, Akira and Luxx will be roaming around the convention with laptop mics and camera in hand providing live video and audio coverage as they travel around the convention. You'll be able to spot them easily by their OGRe shirts!
For those not attending Fan Faire, you can access OGR's coverage by visiting their Fan Faire page!
With so much information being posted in the EQII Official Forums at all times, it can be very hard to keep up with it and very easy to miss some real gems and opportunities to share. Have no fear though; the Treasure Chest is here to highlight interesting, unusual, and humorous posts, as well as opportunities to help your fellow player with a question or two!
From the pen of Eylee Zephyrswell -- Finally, we all came together, and that was when things began to become truly dangerous.
Of New Friends and Troublesome Enemies Part 1
The sensation of being taller than so many people put Eylee ill at ease. She had always been petite for a Fier'dal, and in the plainsmen's settlements she had been forced to crane her head up to look at some of her taller companions. Here in Rivervale, however, she felt as though she were a giant. At one point she had caught her reflection in a window and despite being surrounded by a crowd of bustling individuals, not a one of them had even been able to reach her shoulders. She'd caught herself staring at the oddity and practically came to a stop, causing the bustling halfling behind her to bump his head square into her back.
Beginning at 3:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 all SOE account and commerce flow and the Station Store will be unavailable for maintenance. The game forums may also be affected during this maintenance period.
We expect this maintenance to take approximately three hours. During this maintenance period game servers will still be accessible. We apologize for this interruption and will resume the affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.
Before you get too far into the forums, it's a good idea to read the Forum Rules of Conduct.
It's also advisable to read the announcements and sticky threads at the top of each forum you go into, because very often we've stickied important topics, or ones that are a good reference for the topics in the forum.
Announcements and stickies automatically go to the top of the first forum page. Announcements have a lighter gray background behind them and stickies have a dark gray background.
A well worn traveler of the lands, known as the Town Crier, journeys near and far seeking out the latest in EverQuest II news and information. Join us once again as the Crier returns from his latest wanderings, filled with tall tales and some actual news from all around these strange lands. One never knows what new secrets his stories will hold!
10 years of guiding brings with it 10 years of happy memories. Today we hear from some of our valiant guides who are sharing some of their fondest memories interacting with SOE game players and with each other.
With more than 26,000 attendees last year at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana, this year's event is expected to be even bigger and better! This will be an event to remember, so be sure to get out there and enjoy it!
Beginning at 9:00 AM PDT on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 all SOE account and commerce flow and the Station Store will be unavailable for maintenance. Game forums may also be affected during this maintenance period.
We expect this maintenance to take approximately three hours. During this maintenance period game servers will still be accessible. We apologize for this interruption and will resume the affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.
If you’ve misplaced your game disks or you're new to EQII and want to try it out, we have downloadable versions of a few different installers on our website for your convenience; the EQII Trial installer, the EQII installer, and the Station Launcher installer.
10 years ago, while EverQuest was in beta, a group of volunteers came together. These volunteers selflessly gave their time to helping players in EQ with customer service issues and spent time participating in impromptu quests to bring more enjoyment to the game. The volunteers were known then, as well as now, as Guides. Guides started out making appearances in EverQuest and grew into EverQuest II.
Over the years the program has evolved from guides helping with customer service issues full time and impromptu questing to questing full time and helping with very minor customer service things on a part time basis.
Whatever the guides' roles have been throughout the last 10 years, without their selfless giving of time and their tireless efforts, the games would not have been the same.
Guides, on behalf of all the SOE game connoisseurs, SOE Customer Service personnel and especially the SOE Community Relations team, we thank you for all you do!
Official SOE Minicast #3 is live!!! Get the latest on Herald P. Triton’s investigation. Is he any closer to finding Hubert?? Will Fan Faire be Saved??
So tune in! You can get your Podcast goodness two different ways head over to the Podcast’s official site, and click on your preferred bandwidth or if you have iTunes installed select iTunes store, type SOE into the search box and click Subscribe! Your feedback is always welcome either on the Station forums or via email…
Even if you can't make it to Fan Faire, be sure to register for the live webcast of the 2nd Annual Community Address to see what’s new at SOE! We will be broadcasting live from Fan Faire this Friday night, August 15th, at 6:00pm PDT.
SOE President John Smedley will provide opening remarks during the second annual Community Address, which combines a live presentation with a streaming video broadcast online. Smed will give both Fan Faire attendees and gamers worldwide the kind of inside look at SOE products usually reserved for industry insider events. You don't want to miss this!
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The Official SOE Minicast #4 is live!!! Herald P. Triton's investigation comes to a close… did he find Hubert? Find out if Herald managed to save Fan Faire! 
