Zoning in EverQuest -- behind the scenes

[Whittleberry]

WHEN IT WORKS:

Client: Hello, Whittleberry is zoning from Qvic to Plane of Knowledge.
Client: Hello?
Client: Is anyone home?
Server: What?
Client: Got a toon going from Qvic to Plane of Knowledge.
Server: Now?
Client: Yes, now.
Server: Okay, sec.
Server: There, your toon has left Qvic.
Client: Yay! Loading loading loading loading....
Client: All done! Whittleberry is in Plane of Knowledge now.
Client: Hello?
Client: GDI....
Server: What?
Client: Gimme PoK data now please.
Server: Geez, what's your problem? I'm working on it.
Server: There, your toon is in Plane of Knowledge.
Client: About fooking time.

WHEN IT DOESN'T:

Client: Hello, Whittleberry is zoning from Yxxta to Uqua.
Client: Hello?
Server: What do you want?
Client: My toon is zoning from Yxxta to Uqua.
Server: No he isn't.
Client: Yes he is.
Server: No he isn't.
Client: Yes he is!
Server: Is not!
Client: Is too!
Server: Nonsense.
Client: Look, I'm telling you, he zoned from Yxxta to Uqua.
Server: He definitely did not.
Client: He did!
Server: I'm sorry, time's up.
Client: What?
Server: Time's up. You'll have to go back to the server select screen and try again.
Client: But this was just getting interesting!

WHEN IT GOES BADLY:

Client: Hello, Whittleberry is zoning from Riftseeker's Sanctum to Riftseeker's Sanctum!
Client: Um hello, in a bit of a hurry here....
Server: Yes?
Client: Toon zoning from RSS to RSS. He used Exodus.
Server: Are you sure?
Client: Quite sure.
Server: Okay sec, lemme check.
Server: Now this is interesting.
Client: What?
Server: Your toon appears to be in combat with several mobs.
Client: Ack! Zone him quick!
Server: Too late, he's dead.
Client: WHAT?!
Server: He died before he could zone.
Client: You're shitting me.
Server: Nope.
Client: That really sucks.
Server: I can send him to his bind spot for you.
Client: Goddamn it, this is your fault!
Server: No swearing at the Server. I'm sending you to the server select screen for 5 minutes to calm down.
Client: Oh for the love of...

[Bideach]

[Ylyrra]

Whit.. if you're this funny with your students, they must really love you! You can always bring a smile to my face.

/hugs

[Jvarin]

WHEN IT'S AN ASSLING:

Client: "Got an halfling here that wants to zone into PoK."
Server: "Halfling?"
Client: "Short, pudgy things with hairy feet."
Server: "Oh, you mean 'assling'."
Client: "Yeah, I guess if you want to..."
Server: "Well, I can't let him go through."
Client: "Why not?"
Server: "Because he scares the cats, confuses the children, and gets stuck in barrels."
Client: "No way in?"
Server: "Not for asslings, sorry."
Client: "You sure?"
Server: "Yep, now if he was half elf... that'd be a different story!"

[Ylyrra]

Cute, Jvarin.. would be cuter if you actually came back and started playing ...

/waits patiently..

Yly

[Marmie]

Server: "Yep, now if he was half elf... that'd be a different story!"

It always is.

[audreya]

hehehehe

[Foty]

Thanks you two, thats just the laugh i needed

[Rohgziel]

OMG you two need less free time on your hands - but that was hilarious- Thanks

[Ylyrra]

OMG you two need less free time on your hands - but that was hilarious- Thanks

nonono.. less free time and they don't get to post stuff like this which makes me laugh out loud at work causing my coworkers (none of whom play computer games) to look at me like they are going to call the men with the little white jackets to take me away!

Yly

[Chesshire]

hehe haffa's never get a break, not that I have a problem with that *grin*

[Memzin]

OMG Sooo funny *still giggling***

[Zatrekaz]

Lmao that is exactly what it is like when zoning.