Posted by: John Adams on May 04, 2024

A History

This project (EQ2EMulator.net) was originally started by LethalEncounter back in the year 2005. A ton of progress was made between 2007 and 2011, until LE retired from game development and handed the project to John Adams.

From 2011 through 2016, many great developers joined the team like Scatman, Jabantiz, Xinux, theFoof, and too many content designers to mention. The server grew slowly, but eventually John Adams also retired from game development in 2016.

It was at this time Cynnar took the reigns and continued the effort to develop the server further and build more content and features that supported content design and world building.

The Old Gods Return

In 2020, the OG team of LethalEncounter, Image and devn00b rebooted the EQ2Emu effort from scratch, offering to build an entirely new, fresh EQ2Emulator experience offered an open-source solution for Everquest 2 Private Servers, including a stable new server core and content database.

This website and domain are maintained by John Adams once again, but mostly for nostalgia and historical reference. No further progress is being made on the old 2005 branch of EQ2Emulator. To continue this journey, head over to https://eq2emu.com/ and join the Discord server the team has set up over there.

EQ2Emu : https://eq2emu.com/
ZekLabs: https://www.zeklabs.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/5Cavm9NYQf

Posted by: John Adams on May 04, 2024

Because I am a sucker for nostalgia; I have rebooted the old EQ2Emulator Test Center server, now known as "TessEQ2" (which has a story of her own below), in order to provide those seeking a glimpse into the rich 20-year history of EQ2 Emulator from the days of old.

For current development and continued progress, see the post(s) above; check out EQ2Emu and Zeklabs for the great work they are conintuing to do on this server project.

What's a Tess, you ask?

T.E.S.S. is the name of my old bulletin board from 1986 - The Edge: Secret Society. I ran the BBS from 1986 starting in California, and moved to Arizona in 1990 and the board thrived until "death by internet" in 1996.

When I found my first-ever MMO Emulator (EQEMu) my first server was of course, TESSEQ. So it seemed appropriate that when I found the EQ2EMu project, TessEQ2 was born. But due to running a legit development project with real developers and testers, I opted to call my server EQ2Emulator Test Center instead.

Welp, those days are over... so I can once again call my server whatever I want :-) Welcome home, Tess <3

To access TessEQ2, simply aim your DOV client at: ls1.mmoemulators.com
That is the main loginserver for all the games I host (privately)

I'll see you when I see you... ~JA

Posted by: Cynnar

Our dedicated team has been hard at work, from refining the source code to recreating the early content.

Posted by: Cynnar

This Discord server is bridged with the decentralized Matrix chat service. Now you can use either Discord or Matrix to join the community. For more information on what Matrix is, please visit https://matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/matrix-for-im/

Here's an invitation to the space: https://matrix.to/#/#eq2emulator:matrix.org

To communicate over Matrix, you will need a Matrix-compatible client. Here's a list of clients compatible with Matrix: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/