12-05-2008, 08:38 PM
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Athrex = Brook Pierce, child actor... founder of IGE
Here are a few tid bits from this article. Its gets even better.
"Pierce's high-profile startup had flamed out in a blaze of scandal that included accusations of sex with minors, and he and his cofounders had found it prudent to leave the US."
I wonder if the minor was Fluers. She slept around with several Prophets and was a minor at the time I believe. If you read the whole article, they got busted flying a minor from the US to visit them in Spain with the intent to have sex.
"In the real world Pierce was just a 19-year-old washed-up child actor living far from home and going slowly broke. But in Norrath he was none of that. In Norrath he was the dark-elf wizard Athrex, and he was a champion. He played on EverQuest's Vallon Zek server, by far the most competitive of the three dozen subcommunities into which the EverQuest player population was segregated, and even there he stood out. "There would be server-wide tournaments and I would win them," he says, proud even now of his skill in both combat and the endless grind of monster killing and gradual, relentless "leveling up" that defines MMOs."
"Pierce knew how much real money his farming could have earned him. By then he was rising to prominence in Vallon Zek's premier guild, Twelve Prophets, led by Swiss 18-year-old Alan Debonneville, who in addition to managing the guild was selling EverQuest items and currency on the side. "I was in charge of the market on my server," Debonneville says. "I would net $6,000 to $8,000 per month."
Athrex = Brook Pierce, child actor... founder of IGE
Here are a few tid bits from this article. Its gets even better.
"Pierce's high-profile startup had flamed out in a blaze of scandal that included accusations of sex with minors, and he and his cofounders had found it prudent to leave the US."
I wonder if the minor was Fluers. She slept around with several Prophets and was a minor at the time I believe. If you read the whole article, they got busted flying a minor from the US to visit them in Spain with the intent to have sex.
"In the real world Pierce was just a 19-year-old washed-up child actor living far from home and going slowly broke. But in Norrath he was none of that. In Norrath he was the dark-elf wizard Athrex, and he was a champion. He played on EverQuest's Vallon Zek server, by far the most competitive of the three dozen subcommunities into which the EverQuest player population was segregated, and even there he stood out. "There would be server-wide tournaments and I would win them," he says, proud even now of his skill in both combat and the endless grind of monster killing and gradual, relentless "leveling up" that defines MMOs."
"Pierce knew how much real money his farming could have earned him. By then he was rising to prominence in Vallon Zek's premier guild, Twelve Prophets, led by Swiss 18-year-old Alan Debonneville, who in addition to managing the guild was selling EverQuest items and currency on the side. "I was in charge of the market on my server," Debonneville says. "I would net $6,000 to $8,000 per month."
Game Tags
Skaag/Iceheart
Skaag51, Xbox Live
Skaag555, Steam ID
Skaag/Iceheart
Skaag51, Xbox Live
Skaag555, Steam ID