TheMurku t1_iujgjss wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:04 PM

I played Everquest back in the day, with 22 million players worldwide. My guild had Australian, Japanese, American and various flavored European players. I lived in the UK.

An expansion came out and I browsed a game shop near where I worked to look for it.

Turns out the guy who worked in that store who struck up a conversation with me was the half-elf ranger I had just befriended in-game.

Crazy 1 in 6 billion chance.

makvalley t1_iuk0vg4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:30 PM

Not 1 in 22 million?

Zalarien t1_iukavxt wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:50 PM

6 billion people in the word.

Edit: Evequest released in 1999, the same year the human population reached 6 billion. The interaction he is talking about took place many years ago, hence why they said "...back in the day."

With this information in mind I'd guess this story probably took place in the early to mid 2000s hence why they said "Crazy 1 in 6 billion chance."