Olden days at Helgas.

[GS4Gurl]

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I wonder if any of the old group of Helgas Tavern still play. They were kind of good roleplayers. I will list them. Annaleesia, Tiffilynn, Smoketiger, Zonjaxonious, Isaboo, Vesiviuz, Drektor, Ostan, Wispie, Pinkpea, Vanur, Arthentite, Caitlyn there might be one or two others I am missing.

Anyway, to my point. Being around these people in Helgas was like watching an episode of 'As the World Turns'. With all the rumors, backstabbing, and "love" triangles. Ah gawds it was so funny. :lol: The cat fights were the best. The fur did fly when one of the wenches got territorial with her current "man".

The rumors and backstabbing was hot and juicy lemme tell ya. Lets see, we had the Tiffilynn, Annalessia, and Smoketiger triangle. Then we had the Wispie, Drektor, Annaleesia triangle. Then we hand the Ostan, Wispie, Tiffilynn triangle. Then we had the Tiffilynn, Annaleesia, Arthentite triangle. And the Isaboo, Tiffi, and Smoketiger triangle. I guess the wenches passed themselves around a lot eh? :bouncy: It was always exciting. The girls were kind of nice to each other in person but when one left the other would talk some trash about the other.

Smoketiger and Tiffilynn were married but he was doing Isaboo on the side. That was funny. Then, Ostan supposedly cheated on Wispie with Tiffilynn. Then Drektor and Anna had a thing. I could go on. Anyhoo most of these people have left the game, unfortunately. I miss those characters they were soo FUN! Heh Heh. Or have they left? Maybe they just rerolled? Who are they now? Anyone know? If so please post who they are cus they are an interesting bunch! They amazingly stayed in character and did not attack each other in a personal way.:flamed::flamed:

[Edited on 5-13-2003 by GS4Gurl]

[GS4Gurl]

Okay well um not many people remember those days I guess but I am sure there are some other groups who can say the same about the drama soap operaishness (new word yay!) about the bunch they are hanging out with.

[Taernath]

Ostan's still around, I see him logging into the game from time to time. Pretty sure Drektor, Tiffilyn and Isaboo are too.

[Warriorbird]

I think Analeesia still plays, too.

Wow, I'm glad I wasn't there. Infidelity and bawdy behavior tend to nauseate me.

- --[ Klaive ]-- -

Wow, I'm glad I wasn't there. Infidelity and bawdy behavior tend to nauseate me.

- --[ Klaive ]-- -

[Natso]

To bring up an old topic.. I was Ostan =) And yes, those were the hilarious days.. they'll never be back. Ostan isn't under my control anymore due to unfortunate circumstances. BTW, Ostan never cheated on Wispie.. Tifilynn tricked him into her room =/ Though Ostan did cheat on a few other women *cackle* Maybe one day we'll all gather again in Helga's, probably not though.

[Drew]

Wow, this is an amazing bump, Merry Christmas to us all.

[Back]

Helga’s. Almost makes me want to play again. All of my persona have stopped through for a weeks jag or two. It really can be like a pub atmosphere if you: Actually talk to people like you were in an actual pub, drink until you are silly, act silly and just don’t care, and return frequently (nightly, weekly) during the stretch because the Helga’s crowd have very short memories.

How often have you started your night at Helga’s then wound up in Icemule the next day? Ok, that was when I played and all the babes from IMT came down for some city men.

The only name I remember from the OP is Isaboo. Is Pip still around?

[edited for wrong acronym]

[Edited on 12-25-2005 by Backlash]

[Natso]

Originally posted by Backlash
Helga’s. Almost makes me want to play again. All of my persona have stopped through for a weeks jag or two. It really can be like a pub atmosphere if you: Actually talk to people like you were in an actual pub, drink until you are silly, act silly and just don’t care, and return frequently (nightly, weekly) during the stretch because the Helga’s crowd have very short memories.

How often have you started your night at Helga’s then wound up in Icemule the next day? Ok, that was when I played and all the babes from IMT came down for some city men.

The only name I remember from the OP is Isaboo. Is Pip still around?

[edited for wrong acronym]

[Edited on 12-25-2005 by Backlash]

Theres not really anyone that still hangs out in Helga's. I've seen Drektor some, but that's it. Everyone else is long gone. Treetiger, Smoketiger, Wispie, Ivie, Thorngrim, Isaboo, Crea, Claudeia, and the list goes on.. some great people, I still keep in contact with a few of them. Alas, though.. the olden days of Helga I doubt will ever return.. the people that made it what it was are gone.

[Edited on 12-26-2005 by Natso]

[Drektor]

Those days are long gone. It was fun while it lasted though. Everyone's already gone and I'm headed out the door.

[Natso]

Originally posted by Drektor
Those days are long gone. It was fun while it lasted though. Everyone's already gone and I'm headed out the door.

Bahaha.. I'll always remember the story of when you wore black velvet.. hilarious times. Heh, you were Ostan's rolemodel as a rogue =p What game you headed to? WoW, FFXI, DAoC, or somethin else?

[Drektor]

WoW and The Warriors, that game's awesome.

[Ghostwind]

Yep, the comedy factor was the best part about Helga's. I occasionally drop in with various characters, just out of instinct, I suppose, and no one is ever in there anymore. Of course, I rarely play Gemstone anyhow, though I do have an account open. It's just a drain on the bank account, really.

Thorngrim

[Tyrath]

Yeah, I'm bumping a 5 year old thread. Big whoop. Gonna cry about it?

Seeing a post from a good old friend I have to throw in my reminiscing about Helga's, too. I very much enjoyed hangin' out at old Helga's back in 2000-2001. I've never found a comparable resting spot that was as good as that one. After just coming back recently, one of the things I miss most from the old days is not having the activity there. Thorngrim made me feel welcome there even when I first stepped in as a total noob. I'm pretty sure I probably had to ask him how to drink my grog, heh.

- Tyrath

[Jayvn]

the epicness is the bumping of a thread that was already a nostalgia thread..even if no one cared then...

You double nostalgia you lose

[Tyrath]

the epicness is the bumping of a thread that was already a nostalgia thread..even if no one cared then...

You double nostalgia you lose

I double nostalgia I lose? If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that sentence, I'd have one nickel. What the heck are you talking about?

[Daragon]

Okay well um not many people remember those days I guess but I am sure there are some other groups who can say the same about the drama soap operaishness (new word yay!) about the bunch they are hanging out with.

Well I remember Drektor hanging out with us(before he was sold.) But that really isn't the old group that I recall. Old group is more like Methain, Belan/Dargius(me), Lewinthra, Kelestarien(my irl brother), Maigius(My irl best friend), etc..

[Daragon]

Well I remember Drektor hanging out with us(before he was sold.) But that really isn't the old group that I recall. Old group is more like Methain, Belan/Dargius(me), Lewinthra, Kelestarien(my irl brother), Maigius(My irl best friend), etc..

Acutally I take that all back I do recognize everyone up on the first post..lol yeah thats definately the old group...

[LordAngrave]

I recall hanging out with that group on my character's Ryco and Ryse.

[Firestorm Killa]

I recall hanging out with that group on my character's Ryco and Ryse.

I remember Rico and Ryse.

[OncewasaBardess]

We may be gone, but we do check in from time to time.

-Wispie

[Methais]

Epic bump is epic.

Helga's was an awesome resting spot back in the day. Shenanigans all over the place, there was almost always something going on. I remember most of the names listed, but I'm pretty sure all of them are gone now, at least as those characters. :(

It seemed like it instantly turned to shit when they redid the layout. It was probably already going downhill by then anyway though.

I usually pop in there real quick whenever I'm in the Landing, but it's literally been years since I've done so and actually saw anyone inside.

I remember on my first day playing GS in like '97, I went in there and someone tried to offer me money to go to the treehouse and kill Siwas. Never knew why. Think I haggled him up to 10k, he paid me half up front, then I saw the Lady title on Siwas and was like, "Damn I bet this person will fuck me up." So I walked to the bank, dumped my coins and went rat hunting.

[OncewasaBardess]

Wondering if any of Wispie's friends (or not so friends) are still around. Thinking about popping in for a bit while waiting for catalysm.

-Bardess

[Danical]

I really do miss the chaos that were the mid and late 90s. I, actually, miss not knowing nearly as much as I do about combat, DF tables, mechanics, etc. The entire experience of playing GS was this odd mashing of wonderment, frustration, and sweet sweet exhilaration from selling rat pelts and squirrel tails.

[Methais]

The entire experience of playing GS was this odd mashing of wonderment, frustration, and sweet sweet exhilaration from selling rat pelts and squirrel tails.

^

[Paradii]

and getting grounded for outrageous AOL bills.......

[joehollywood]

One of my first jobs was working tech support for prodigy back in the day.

It was right around the GS2beta-GS3 switchover.

In fact I was lucky enough to be one of the first testers for the prodigy gateway to the game, and remember nights where the who command would return I was one of 2 people in the game.

The COOLEST perk of the job was the combination of free unlimited prodigy access as well as being able to access it while at work.

Ahh the good old days of 120+ hour gemstone weeks for free, when everyone else was disappearing for months at a time to catch up on their AOL/Prodigy bills.

[TheEschaton]

I always thought Helgas was full of some of the biggest idiots in the game. Thrak's Inn Trophy Room, that's where it was all at.

[Fallen]

I remember playing during these times and I remember important people being in these various rooms. However, the sum of my gemstone experience at this point was, "Who is leading the next Trapdoor hunt?!!?"

[waywardgs]

Steps of hearthstone was always a fun time. And tsc, honestly, before it became perma sancted- Bleeds webbing/proning/stunning everyone in the room always made me chuckle. In fact, permasancts took a lot of the excitement out of the game. But that's a dead horse at this point.

[Sam]

Treehouse, motherfuckers.

[LMingrone]

Treehouse and the dinghy were the places to be. Or mayne the boulder in hobgobs.

[Farn]

The graveyard crypt was the place. Defij and I ran quite a few games of dice there (as well as "heists"), and it was fun to jump in on favor hunts and blast undead that were held by high-level clerics.


I remember playing during these times and I remember important people being in these various rooms. However, the sum of my gemstone experience at this point was, "Who is leading the next Trapdoor hunt?!!?"

I was saddened when a while back I got a bounty to hunt thyrils. When I asked on the amulet who was available to help me open the trapdoor, most people didn't seem to know what I was talking about, and one fellow kindly directed me to a place where you can apparently just walk in on your own and hunt the thyrils without the need for a "trapdoor party."

I always love taking bounties as a low-level character in Wehnimer's and being sent to all the old stomping grounds. It's so sad to see them all abandoned these days.

[Merala]

I never hunted around Landing and only recently discovered the trapdoor like nine years in...

But it was still cool. Finding someone to jump on the trapdoor with me was hard though.

[MotleyCrew]

Tree parties!

FTW

(Tree spirits, not the tree house)

[joehollywood]

I loved the amplified intensity of tree parties.

First some poor schmuck would take a wrong turn at zombies and lose his vultite sword and shield...

Then he'd message a friend who didn't realize trees were 27 and undead and would lose his crit weighted axe...

Then a group of folks would come "tree partying" not realizing that the trees were armed to the teeth, and half of them would go down to fluke shots...

Before long there were 15 dead bodies, and more and more equipment falling to larger and larger swarms that have now decided with the extra 100DS all they want to do is boil earth and roll 100's...

Ahh the good old days

[Drektor]

Bumpin an old ass thread to say Drek was never sold.. >.<

[shad0ws0ngs]

Wispie is back around too. Thanks for being my prop for the Silverwood Manor bug hunt, Wispie

[slovath]

I remember pretty much every last name listed. Wonder if I can get Slovath reactivated, games so different now, and Im a lot older.

[Ceyrin]

I remember all these people. I was one of them =)

[Natso]

Anyone still around from back then? Just reactivated and wouldn't mind catching up with some of you guys.

- Former player of Ostan

[Back]

I’ve been through a few times over the years. The most memorable were bar hopping to Icemule and back with my bard.

[Natso]

Ceyrin, I gotta ask.. who were you back then?

and yes, another bump to an epic thread.

Also Slovath, you were one of the coolest sorc's I knew in the game at the time.

Anyone know what happened to Kraydak?

[Nattor]

Ceyrin, I gotta ask.. who were you back then?

and yes, another bump to an epic thread.

Also Slovath, you were one of the coolest sorc's I knew in the game at the time.

Anyone know what happened to Kraydak?

I want to say I talked to him a year or so ago.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Kraydak stopped playing in 2006 or there abouts.

[Lilith057]

The only reason that i am even bothering to post here is because the original Ostan pointed this out to me this morning. Once upon a time i played Claudeia, the mentally unstable dwarven sorc. Girlfriend to many and mother to Ostan and daughter of Aldukar. I look back on those days with the same fondness that i look back at high school. The memories can bring a smile but i wouldnt want to go back. Every once in awhile when i wander into Helga's to speak with the guard i look around at the people there. Ok, the only one ever there is Drektor but, you know what i mean.

[Allentra]

And everyone forgets Allentra. Bastards

[Thondalar]

Necro thread is super necro. Welcome back, though, apparently.

[Ceyrin]

Ceyrin, I gotta ask.. who were you back then?

and yes, another bump to an epic thread.

Also Slovath, you were one of the coolest sorc's I knew in the game at the time.

Anyone know what happened to Kraydak?

My old sorcerer Seyrin, and old warrior Kripple.

[Taernath]

The decline and fall of the Helga empire started before this, but I always thought remodeling the tavern into 3 rooms, only one of which is a node, was a bad idea.

[faiyth]

Sure makes it harder. But Helga's is still a great place to just stand around and people watch between hunts.

[Seeking]

I remember those days and those people, so much fun to think back on. I think I was 12 or 13 years old, my characters were Rubican and Rubianna back then. Dated Pinkpea if I remember correctly.