Graal2001 is the only reason I like Graal.

Kamaeru · #1 02-15-2010, 07:40 AM

This is my opinion:

Graal Classic was good. Elven Lands was good.

Graal2001 is quite nearly one of the single most impressive games ever created.

This thread is for people who like Graal2001 (or loved it) to talk about how good it is.
Bottom line.

maximus_asinus · #2 02-15-2010, 07:53 AM

Graal2001 was a refreshing change to Graal, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I remember growing my trees and farming my apples, than taking them to the bakery to make pies. I made a game out of how many trees I could care for at one time. I used the money I got to buy almost every hat I could (remember those hectic days when hat shops opened and everyone on the server was packed into one of those small rooms, waiting). I remember the day I bought a playerhouse from Tiki, then quickly found out they were nothing I thought they were and sold it the next day.

Graal2001 was the last time something new and refreshing came to Graal. Everything you see nowadays has been done and can be linked back to Graal2001 in some way.

Darlene159 · #3 02-15-2010, 08:07 AM

I liked it.

Hiro · #4 02-15-2010, 08:09 AM

Doomsday > Graal2001

Demisis_P2P · #5 02-15-2010, 08:11 AM

I liked being a bomy. For about 4 minutes.

Sky · #6 02-15-2010, 08:27 AM

Graal2001 was an amazing server. =o

Sittin there mining for hours on end just to get a better axe so you can mine faster!

Lol, and owning a bomy was the greatest thing ever!!

PowerProNL · #7 02-15-2010, 11:54 AM

Graal2001 is

Crono · #8 02-15-2010, 02:33 PM

graal2001 is the most overrated server in graal's history

Skyld · #9 02-15-2010, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crono

graal2001 is the most overrated server in graal's history

You are not welcome in this thread

I personally loved Graal2001.

Crono · #10 02-15-2010, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyld

You are not welcome in this thread

I personally loved Graal2001.

Not saying it was bad, just saying it's the most overrated server evar. I liked it too.

Skyld · #11 02-15-2010, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crono

Not saying it was bad, just saying it's the most overrated server evar. I liked it too.

o well then u r forgiven

Door · #12 02-15-2010, 05:02 PM

I think I logged in once as a ghost to watch my Graal boyfriend farm.

fowlplay4 · #13 02-15-2010, 06:03 PM

This thread is so 2001, but I liked it.

12171217 · #14 02-15-2010, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Door

..Graal boyfriend..

Door · #15 02-15-2010, 07:13 PM

I was like fourteen, butthole!

James · #16 02-15-2010, 10:46 PM

graal 2001 was the ****

DarkCloud_PK · #17 02-15-2010, 11:02 PM

i used my global faq chief tag on 2001 once for like 10 seconds then took it off because i didn't want to get banned.

maximus_asinus · #18 02-16-2010, 01:52 AM

James, your screenshot of the old playerlist is so hot. Classic with 200 people, those were the days!

Eagle · #19 02-16-2010, 08:54 AM

i loved graal 2001 i actually had fun playing graal

gravator · #20 02-16-2010, 10:39 PM

I only managed to start on 2001 during the P2P crisis, but now there's nothing being done on that server because those that have had the chance as a manager felt that with new ways to code there just HAS to be new graphics too, that's what killed it, one person gets most of the work done, passes it on, and instead of saving time and using what is already there or some of it, the next manager decides the work is not to their liking so they toss all of it and start fresh, not realizing how much there is to do, then they get overwhelmed and pass it on, rinse and repeat.

As the saying goes, too many cooks spoil the soup.

Just use the old graphics, OLD bodies (since that's what the old oldbies wanted from the beginning) and use updated scripts, i'm sure someone has all the original files from before the new bodies were put in, maybe a few tile errors to fix each level, but that's alright, no rush, just make it an update once you fix one level, it's better to have SOME kind of update than none at all no matter how small the update is, i'm sure the community would feel that something is being taken care of with constant updates than the feeling of being told "It's being worked on and its gonna be awesome! We're almost done even though by our standards 'almost' means 10 years, but hey, we're gonna spoil it for ya if we say any more about it! See you then" and just giving up hope.

James · #21 02-16-2010, 11:18 PM

bringing back the old graal2001 never seemed to work. the old new graal2001 that i saw a year or two ago was sweet. if it is still going in that direction it will be better than ever.

maximus_asinus · #22 02-17-2010, 01:26 AM

I think the project is pretty much stationary.

LilNiglet · #23 02-17-2010, 03:42 AM

Graal2001 was pretty much the best time I ever had gaming.

Between RPing, playing a bomy, talking with friends, doing events like CS, riding around like a ***** on a drasine, exploring levels, buying hats, fishing, mining, collecting pearls, guild drama, kingdom wars, and everything else? It was amazing.

However, the people made the server. I can never have that kind of environment again online.

It was a unique and amazing place. It died when Kingdoms came out, and I remember being so angry at Kingdoms-- 2k1 was amazing, fun, and still alive at the time. Why did they have to kill off what I loved so much?

SIGH

Kamaeru · #24 02-17-2010, 04:25 AM

The naysayers seem to all get one detail wrong.

Graal2001 was popular up until the very last second that it was replaced with Graal2002. The buildup for Graal2002 was so great that Graal2001 became more or less a 'teaser version' or even an advertisement for Graal2002 (Kingdoms) for some people in their minds.

There was never any absence of effort that drew people away from Graal2001. People like it every time it is re-released. It has the phenomenal ability to draw many, many players (in the same way that iPhone Classic has) from the get-go of a release, while many servers on Graal struggle with getting ten players.

Fact: on the last release of Graal2001, under Lance, the server actually had about 35-50 players per day still playing up until the day Lance left the project. People were still playing the server whenever it was taken down. That amount of players would be considered outstanding on any Graal server today, and that was only about three or so years ago. Ha!

Other Fact: That version of Graal2001 still exists someplace. It shouldn't even take much to get it up and running, as it is a work in progress with a lot of previous progress knocked out.

LilNiglet · #25 02-18-2010, 01:38 AM

Yeah, I remember the server being back up for that short period of time. I really wish that a solid management team would pick it up, put aside the stupid drama that always occurs with playerworlds, and keep the place running.

However, history will repeat itself, and any PW will eventually succumb to idiotic drama to tear the server apart. WE CAN NEVER HAVE BOMY ISLAND AGAIN

adam · #26 02-18-2010, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiro

Doomsday > Graal2001

Original Haven without the big crappy overworld ftw.

Kamaeru · #27 02-24-2010, 09:25 PM

Why was this server killed off so many years ago? It would still be popular if it hadn't been killed by its own creator.

I am asking Stefan or any higher-ups who might have the insider knowledge-- why was this server killed in the midst of being successful while all other servers are left to squirm in their own entropic heat-deaths?

Elk · #28 02-24-2010, 09:43 PM

the question would be, why did we lose interest in it

James · #29 02-24-2010, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kamaeru

Why was this server killed off so many years ago? It would still be popular if it hadn't been killed by its own creator.

I am asking Stefan or any higher-ups who might have the insider knowledge-- why was this server killed in the midst of being successful while all other servers are left to squirm in their own entropic heat-deaths?

graal2002

Loriel · #30 02-24-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Elk

the question would be, why did we lose interest in it

Because a lot of the developers were dragged over to GK, everything was retooled around GK, help was hired to make GK not suck, and everybody was lead to believe that GK would turn out to be the next big thing.

Elk · #31 02-25-2010, 08:45 PM

Yeah...I never really got into GK though, was so messy, wasnt graal

Draenin · #32 02-26-2010, 06:01 PM

G2k1 was good until GS2 broke it.

Zxion · #33 02-26-2010, 06:02 PM

I have seen so many topics over the years about bringing back 2k1 and how so many people miss it. I'd have to agree that I miss it. It was one of the best MMORPG experiences I've had and haven't found anything like it since. I just don't understand why they haven't revisited it and tried to bring it back officially. There's obviously tons of support for it and people would want to play...

PowerProNL · #34 03-02-2010, 02:34 PM

Graal2001 brought Graal Online by an insane player count increase, look to the picture of James that he uploaded, some 160 online on a server so nice!

DustyPorViva · #35 03-02-2010, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PowerProNL

Graal2001 brought Graal Online by an insane player count increase, look to the picture of James that he uploaded, some 160 online on a server so nice!

Um... no. It did not bring an 'insane playercount increase'. Before 2k1 Graal was free and actually seeing many more players(around 300). 2k1 was the dawn of p2p Graal, and thus a lot of players were lost because of it. Was it a much larger playerbase back then? Of course, but it did not bring it more players, it just housed the players that actually stuck around and decided to pay.

XyphosMisery · #36 03-02-2010, 09:20 PM

One of my first memories of Graal2001 was being a bomy and not knowing how to stop being a bomy.

Then I found out and had a great time.

Nomad_P2P · #37 03-02-2010, 09:56 PM

There was a way to not be a bomy?? I started G2k1 as a bomy and hated it cause I couldn't be normal =(

So I quit

Vima · #38 03-02-2010, 11:37 PM

Graal2001 was too confusing for me so I never had the chance to really get into it and play it.

maximus_asinus · #39 03-03-2010, 01:34 AM

I remember having my maximus_asinus account as human, and my darkriders_p2p account as a bomy. BOMY SO CUTE!

Damix2 · #40 03-05-2010, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LilNiglet

Graal2001 was pretty much the best time I ever had gaming.

Between RPing, playing a bomy, talking with friends, doing events like CS, riding around like a ***** on a drasine, exploring levels, buying hats, fishing, mining, collecting pearls, guild drama, kingdom wars, and everything else? It was amazing.

However, the people made the server. I can never have that kind of environment again online.

It was a unique and amazing place. It died when Kingdoms came out, and I remember being so angry at Kingdoms-- 2k1 was amazing, fun, and still alive at the time. Why did they have to kill off what I loved so much?

SIGH

This. Between friend from real life playing and new friends created on the game the atmosphere was something special. I'm not sure that can be repeated.