EverQuest 10-Year Anniversary Interview

WarCry had the chance to conduct an interview with SOE's Lydia Pope, who's worked as EverQuest's community manager throughout the game's 10-year history.
Any favorite in-game memories?

My favorite in-game memory for my play characters was acquiring my Flowing Black Robe for my wizard back in beta. I drooled over them for so long and the day I finally got one, I was nearly in tears! In general, I think my favorite memory was the Bloody Kithicor battle. I was GM on The Rathe at the time and Alan "Brenlo" Crosby was a guide on the server. The whole series itself was very complex and lore-driven. It was great portraying some of the characters and watching the players enjoy the series. The final battle took place in the Kithicor Forest. I got to portray Innoruuk! In this event, Innoruuk cast spells that basically killed everyone. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen reasons, it also killed the server! The funny thing is when people returned to the game, they created roleplay reasons of why the server crashed. Behind the scenes, we were cleaning up things for a few days. I'm just glad that the community was able to enjoy the event. It's one of those events that if you were there, you'll never forget it.