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Cancel your Monday plans on Everquest, ask Batman for a rain check, and take down your “John Smedley is Satan” banner. This Monday, the 23rd of April, Sony Online Entertainment will be going offline for maintenance. The extended maintenance period will last approximately 24 hours, from midnight to midnight Pacific time. Consider Monday as the [...]
Archive for the ‘Everquest 2’ Category
Everquest II And Cancer: A Froglok’s Story
March 12th, 2012 
Omali This is a depressing post but I need some help. My 6 yr old son has cancer and was recently given 6 – 12 weeks to live. He has a frog that he likes to run around Tenebrous Tangle Island on; however, it is sparse and he has requested to add trees, fences, stairs, animals [...]
Developing: John Smedley Discussing Region Restrictions
February 27th, 2012 Omali [Update] From SOE’s Facebook page. ProSieben and SOE Continue to Work Toward a Solution – SOE and ProSieben worked throughout the weekend to develop a plan that will allow our players to access and play on any server regardless of where they are in the world. Our community is our top priority and rest assured, all [...]
Cleanup In Aisle 5! SOE Community Explodes In Response To Europe Deal
February 23rd, 2012 Omali In the land of MMOs, few have ginned up more controversy than Sony Online Entertainment. Sony announced that they would be partnering with Alaplaya, gaming division of ProSiebenSat.1 to publish most of Sony’s MMOs in Europe, transitioning European players off of Sony’s account system and on to PSS. The deal has an astounding laundry list [...]
John Smedley’s Twitter: Everquest II Free To Play Statistics
January 10th, 2012 Omali John Smedley strikes me as a guy who likes to display his company’s achievements. After all, who can blame him? Sony Online Entertainment has one of the most dedicated group of jaded gamers than any other company, so the opportunity to throw your achievements in their face is one that should be taken at any [...]
Oh Joy, The Sony Hackers Are Back!
December 30th, 2011 Omali Apparently someone is nostalgic for seven months ago when Sony’s services on Playstation 3 and PC were offline for weeks on end after a hacker broke into the database and walked out with a cartload of personal data. Thankfully, in their usual fashion, the Denial of Service group Anonymous has released a video in advance, [...]
Double Station Cash, December 20th Only
December 20th, 2011 Omali On the 8th day of Christmas, my Sony gave to me: Double Station Cash. So you missed the triple Station Cash deal from the seventeenth and still want to get a good deal this month on fake money. Well you are in luck, because all day today* any purchase that you make either through Station.com [...]
Triple Station Cash, December 17th Only
December 17th, 2011 Omali Sony cash days have achieved almost holiday status for some, like the return of the McRib or when your bank fires that teller who asks you for identification every time you just want to deposit a check. While Sony has performed double cash weekends in the past, this is one of the few times that [...]
Veteran Rewards For Free Players? Sony Breaks The Rules
December 9th, 2011 Omali If 2011 is any indication, Sony Online Entertainment has been working hard to keep their players in good faith and put the old Sony (the one that would fundamentally alter a game years after release) behind them, even if it means busting the norms of free to play conversions. Everquest 2 players are already aware [...]
Sony Grandfathers In Existing Everquest II Characters
December 9th, 2011 Omali Good news, everyone! Back when Sony Online Entertainment announced that the two Everquest II services would be merged, players were left wondering how extra characters would be dealt with once the slot restriction went into effect. For players with accounts on both services, which characters would be available and which would be locked? What if [...]
