u/Mayor_Gubbin

Most people predicted us at around 4-13 or 5-12 to start the season. We are on pace to go 4-13. We just had the 2nd overall pick.

Our QB is Geno Smith. Did his good first game against the fucking Titans convince you he was gonna be some world beater?

And so far we have been competitive in every loss we have been in. That matters more to me than actually winning the games. Shit, it's actually better for us. Unless people were actually deluding themselves into thinking this team would make the playoffs?

And what are our games? A solid win against a bad Titans team? An OT loss against a mid Packers team. A 1 possession heartbreaker against the Lions? An 11 loss against an injured but good Bears team? Am I happy with this, no, but it doesn't mean the end of the world.

We have serious injuries right now to key players on a bad team. I wanna see some steps forward. I wanna see gritty losses. In the end, I want to be drafting top 5 and some semblance of stability in a franchise bereft of such shit.

EVERYQUEST UPDATE! 1400 QUESTS DONE! (Roughly 500 more to go)

Sorry for the long time between updates. I've been busy with (happy) real life quests). I've been trying to do at least one a month. But the quests are getting harder and more time consuming.

> If anyone out there has any Crushed Topaz or a Giant Laceless Sandal, let me know (Blue P99).

They will ban you for saying dogs shouldn't be killed. They are bad people.

HUGE EVERYQUEST ALERT!

THE CONTINENT OF ODUS IS COMPLETE!

Erudin, Erudin Palace, Erud's Crossing, Kerra Isle, Paineel, Stonebrunt Mountains, The Hole, The Warrens, and Toxxulia Forest all completed!

I just completed Stonebrunt Mountains!

Heretic Heads

Miranda's Chocolate

Miranda's Dice

Ridossan's Spirit

Rognarog's Head

Spirit Aid (Fading Soul Orb Release)

Spirit Aid (Purified Claymore)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Claymore)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Dagger)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Longsword)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Rapier)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Scimitar)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Short Sword)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Spear)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Star)

Spirit Aid (Purified Crystal Warhammer)

Spirit Aid (Purified Dagger)

Spirit Aid (Purified Longsword)

Spirit Aid (Purified Rapier)

Spirit Aid (Purified Scimitar)

Spirit Aid (Purified Short Sword)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spear)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Belt)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Boots)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Bracer)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Gloves)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Helm)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Leggings)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Sleeves)

Spirit Aid (Purified Spirit Tunic)

Spirit Aid (Purified Staff)

Spirit Aid (Purified Star)

Spirit Aid (Purified Warhammer)

Spirit Aid (Soul Orb Release)

Yuio's Illness

I also cleaned up a few missed quests in Erudin, Paineel, and the Warrens:

Erudin:

Library Book

Receive the Tome of Order and Discord (Erudin)

Paineel:

Receive the Tome of Order and Discord (Paineel)

The Warrens:

Erudite Prisoner (Captured Erudite)

Kerran Prisoner (Captured Kerran) - DISCOVERED QUEST ALERT

Stonebrunt has a bunch of fun quests. Stonebrunt is no normal zone, but a place where spirits are tightly bound to the lands due to the magic battle which created the Hole. The Erudites, both good and evil are very interested in some of the spirit titans which live here.

There are two spirit questlines that I find particularly interesting: Spirit Aid and Ridossan's Spirit

Ridossan's Spirit starts when you find an extremely angry spiritling whispering angrily into the void. This is actually the remains of the legendary Ridossan the Crusader, famed Heretic Shadowknight. He is bound to this land, filled with rage, until he can get his revenge on the Kejekans that slew him and the Lizardmen that betrayed him. Ridossan hoped to wage war against the Kejekans with the Lizardmen by his side, aligned under the worship of Cazic Thule. He offered his powerful lance to the Lizardmen, which they took, and then refused to fight. Alone in their fight, the Heretics were defeated by the Kejekans, and Disciple Okarote killed Ridossan.

First, you must head to the Temple of Cazic Thule to kill the cowardly lizardman who has Ridossan's lance. Ridossan uses the lance to temporarily resurrect himself, charge the Kejekan compound, and slay the catman monk. With his vengeance completed, Ridossan once again dies, briefly returning as a ghost to reward you with his lance. Finally content, Ridossan's spirit fades away.

Spirit Aid is a convoluted quest to free the entrapped spirits of the great Erudin Heretic war. An old Kejek Shaman spins you a tale: after the destruction of Old Paineel and the rending of the Stonebrunt mountains, the spirit of many dead Erudites wandered the region. Tserrina Syl'Tor harvested these souls in the form of Crystallized Shadows. and used them to imbue evil weaponry and armor for her minions (and to literally build her tower). Now, those poor Erudites are trapped forever in the Tower of Frozen Shadow in the form of Crystallized Shadow Weapons and Armor, and Fading Shadow Weapons.

The first thing you must do is to craft a Soulforge hammer. First, you must meet with the apparently Jewish Kejekan smith (greets you with Shalom), who helps you build a hammer with a simple fetch quest. Then you must take this Kejekan Smithy Hammer to the great Panda Titan Giang Yin, who agrees to help you in the noble task of saving these souls. He blesses your hammer and turns it into the Soulforge Hammer.

Now it is time to smash the weapons and armor to create Fading Soul Orbs and Soul Orbs, as well as the real reward of this quest, the Purified Armor and weapons. But since you are a noble hero, you continue your quest. The Kejek Shaman instructs you to collect Spirit Orbs from the spirits of the mountains, and then she combines a powder from those orbs with the Erudite Soul Orbs. The Orbs shatter and release the ghosts of the long slain Erudites, who quietly and promptly leave the village and fade into the ether, free at long last.

EVERYQUEST UPDATE! NERIAK COMMONS COMPLETED!

Become PvP (Neriak)

Bread Shipment (Dunred M`Trik)

Bread Shipment (Volkoon D`Dbth)

Fire Goblin Runner

Fresh Baked Muffins (Dunred M`Trik)

Fresh Baked Muffins (Volkoon D`Dbth)

Guild Summons - Cauldron of Hate

Guild Summons - The Spurned Enchanter

Guild Summons - The Spurned Magician

Guild Summons - The Spurned Wizard

Halfling Raider Helms

Orc Pawn Picks

Receive the Tome of Order and Discord (Neriak)

Teir`Dal Courier

Visiting Priestess Optional Ritual Payment

Yegek's Test, Part 1

Yegek's Test, Part 2

Neriak Commons is probably the most sparsely quested part of Neriak. Aside from muffin quests and starter quests, its mostly just simple fetch quests. "Go kill that goblin because we said so. Go kill those orcs because we said so."

The only quest that is kind of fun is Yegek's Test, Part 2. Yegek is one of the warrior guildmasters who hangs out in the Neriak arena. Part 1 is a simple fetch quest. But part 2 is a bit more sinister. Yegek asks for your noob blade (which if done early in your characters life, is likely the only weapon you have). Doing so spawns a "Teir`Dal Coward." You are then instructed to beat this coward to death with your bare hands in the arena. You then must rip his head off of his dead body, and return it to your master for a better sword.

I leave em outside my door because i don’t want to bring that nastiness inside. A fucking porch pirate stole them. Now im in my regular shoes at work.

What kind of asshole steals worn out disgusting crocs?

Some notes

1. I consider starting the finals to mean that the player started game 1 of the finals. It's not starting in the finals, it's starting the finals.
2. The NBA record set this year was 5 with 5 Big East players starting for the Knicks and Spurs in Game 1 (Champagnie, Castle, Bridges, Hart, Brunson). Prior to this year, 4 was the max in either league. 4 has been done in the WNBA 5 times.
3. I considered a player's conference to be the one she spent her last year of college in.

Foo	Bar	text
2025	ACC	3
2024	AAC	3
2023	AAC/ACC/Pac-12	2
2022	ACC	3
2021	Big East	3
2020	ACC	4
2019	ACC	4
2018	ACC	4
2017	SEC	3
2016	Big East/SEC	3
2015	ACC/SEC	3
2014	Big East/CAA/SEC	2
2013	Big East	4
2012	Big East	3
2011	Big East	3
2010	Big East	3
2009	Big East/SEC	3
2008	SEC	3
2007	Big East/SEC	3
2006	Big East/SEC	2
2005	Big East	3
2004	Big East/Big Ten	2
2003	SEC	3
2002	CUSA/WAC	2
2001	ACC	3
2000	Pac-10/Sun Belt	2
1999	Pac-10	4
1998	Pac-10	3
1997	Pac-10	3

Here's the all time leaderboard for most starters by conference

Big East: 12

SEC: 8

ACC: 7

Pac-12/Pac-10: 5

AAC: 2

Big Ten: 1

CAA: 1

CUSA: 1

Sun Belt: 1

WAC: 1

Some notes

1. I consider starting the finals to mean that the player started game 1 of the finals. It's not starting in the finals, it's starting the finals.
2. The NBA record set this year was 5 with 5 Big East players starting for the Knicks and Spurs in Game 1 (Champagnie, Castle, Bridges, Hart, Brunson). Prior to this year, 4 was the max in either league. 4 has been done in the WNBA 5 times.
3. I considered a player's conference to be the one she spent her last year of college in.

Here's the WNBA analysis.

Year	Team	Starters
2025	ACC	3
2024	AAC	3
2023	AAC/ACC/Pac-12	2
2022	ACC	3
2021	Big East	3
2020	ACC	4
2019	ACC	4
2018	ACC	4
2017	SEC	3
2016	Big East/SEC	3
2015	ACC/SEC	3
2014	Big East/CAA/SEC	2
2013	Big East	4
2012	Big East	3
2011	Big East	3
2010	Big East	3
2009	Big East/SEC	3
2008	SEC	3
2007	Big East/SEC	3
2006	Big East/SEC	2
2005	Big East	3
2004	Big East/Big Ten	2
2003	SEC	3
2002	CUSA/WAC	2
2001	ACC	3
2000	Pac-10/Sun Belt	2
1999	Pac-10	4
1998	Pac-10	3
1997	Pac-10	3

Here's the all time leaderboard for most starters by conference

Big East: 12

SEC: 8

ACC: 7

Pac-12/Pac-10: 5

AAC: 2

Big Ten: 1

CAA: 1

CUSA: 1

Sun Belt: 1

WAC: 1

Some notes

1. I consider starting the finals to mean that the player started game 1 of the finals. It's not starting in the finals, it's starting the finals.
2. Before 1969, it becomes less clear who started each series, so I did my best to research old footage. Basketball Reference just lists the players and time played. I tried to find newspaper articles, pictures, and videos, but there are probably errors.
3. Based on my findings, 5 starters from the same conference is the record, with 4 players in the same conference only happening 3 times.

Times a Conference had the most players:

Pac-12/Pac-10/Pac-8/Pacific Coast Conference: 33

Big Ten: 16

SEC: 16

ACC: 15

West Coast Conference/West Coast Athletic Conference/California Basketball Association: 8

Big East: 5

Big Eight: 5

Metropolitan New York Conference: 5

Missouri Valley Conference: 5

BIG 12: 4

Ivy League: 4

Southern: 4

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association: 3

Sun Belt: 3

Mid-American Conference: 2

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: 2

Mountain States Athletic Conference: 2

Western Athletic Conference: 2

A-10: 1

Big State Conference (NAIA): 1

Big West: 1

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (D3): 1

Conference USA: 1

Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (NAIA): 1

Mason Dixon(D2): 1

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association: 1

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: 1

Mid-Continent (Now Summit League): 1

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: 1

Southland: 1

Southwest Conference: 1

Southwest Athletic Conference: 1

Wisconsin State University Conference (D3): 1

Year	Conference	Starters
2026	Big East	5
2025	SEC/WCC	3
2024	PAC12/SEC	3
2023	SEC	4
2022	PAC12	3
2021	PAC12	3
2020	SEC	3
2019	PAC12(10)	3
2018	PAC12(10)	3
2017	BIG12/PAC12(10)	2
2016	ACC/PAC12(10)	2
2015	ACC	3
2014	ACC	3
2013	ACC	3
2012	BIG12	2
2011	PAC10*	2*
2010	Big East	2
2009	Sun Belt	2
2008	A-10/BIG12/Big East/SEC/Sun Belt	1
2007	ACC/Big Ten/BIG12/Big West/CUSA	1
2006	SEC	4
2005	ACC/SEC	2
2004	SEC	2
2003	PAC10	3
2002	PAC10/SEC	2
2001	ACC/Big East/SEC	2
2000	Big Ten/PAC10	2
1999	ACC/SEC	2
1998	WAC	2
1997	BIG8	2
1996	PAC10	2
1995	ACC	3
1994	Big East	3
1993	ACC	2
1992	ACC	3
1991	ACC	4
1990	ACC/BIG8/Big Ten/Independent(D1)/Mason-Dixon(D2)/Mid-Continent/OIC(NAIA)/PAC8/Southland/WSUC(D3)	1
1989	ACC/Big Ten	2
1988	PAC10(8)	3
1987	PAC10(8)	3
1986	MVC	2
1985	Big Ten/PAC10(8)/WCAC	2
1984	ACC/WCAC	2
1983	PAC8	2
1982	PAC8	2
1981	Big State Conference (NAIA)/Independent/MVC/Sun Belt/WAC	1
1980	PAC8	2
1979	PAC8	2
1978	Big Ten/CCIW(D3)/CIAA(D2)/Independent/MEAC/MVC/PAC8/SEC/WCAC	1
1977	PAC8	2
1976	BIG8	3
1975	PAC8	3
1974	Big Ten	2
1973	Ivy/PAC8	2
1972	Ivy	2
1971	MVC	2
1970	BIG8/Independent/Ivy/PAC8/Southern/SWAC	1
1969	Big Ten	2
1968	Big Ten	3
1967	MAC	2
1966	Big Ten/CBA	2
1965	CBA	2
1964	BIG8/CBA/CIAA	2
1963	CBA/CIAA/Independent/Ivy/Metro NY/MVC/Southern	1**
1962	Southern	2**
1961	SEC	2**
1960	PCC/SEC	2**
1959	Big Ten/PCC	2**
1958	SEC	3**
1957	PCC	2**
1956	Big Ten/Independent/MSAC/PCC/Southern	1***
1955	Big Ten/PCC	2
1954	Big Ten	2
1953	Independent/Metro NY/MIAC/MIAA/PCC/SIAC/SWC	1
1952	Metro NY	2
1951	Metro NY	2
1950	Big Ten/Independent/MAC/Metro NY/MIAC/MSAC/PCC	text
1949	Big Ten	3
1948	Big Ten	2
1947	PCC	2

*Shawn Marion played in the WAC for UNLV, and Joel Anthony played in the MWC there.

**Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn were both on Holy Cross together as independents

***Jack George, Tom Gola, and Larry Foust were all independent at La Salle. If these 3 truly started (which I believe they did, but this was difficult to determine), I believe this is the last time since the current Knicks that 3 players on the same college team started an NBA finals.

Some notes

1. I consider starting the finals to mean that the player started game 1 of the finals. It's not starting in the finals, it's starting the finals.
2. Before 1969, it becomes less clear who started each series, so I did my best to research old footage. Basketball Reference just lists the players and time played. I tried to find newspaper articles, pictures, and videos, but there are probably errors.
3. Based on my findings, 5 starters from the same conference is the record, with 4 players in the same conference only happening 3 times.

Times a Conference had the most players:

Pac-12/Pac-10/Pac-8/Pacific Coast Conference: 33

Big Ten: 16

SEC: 16

ACC: 15

West Coast Conference/West Coast Athletic Conference/California Basketball Association: 8

Big East: 5

Big Eight: 5

Metropolitan New York Conference: 5

Missouri Valley Conference: 5

BIG 12: 4

Ivy League: 4

Southern: 4

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association: 3

Sun Belt: 3

Mid-American Conference: 2

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: 2

Mountain States Athletic Conference: 2

Western Athletic Conference: 2

A-10: 1

Big State Conference (NAIA): 1

Big West: 1

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (D3): 1

Conference USA: 1

Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (NAIA): 1

Mason Dixon(D2): 1

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association: 1

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: 1

Mid-Continent (Now Summit League): 1

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: 1

Southland: 1

Southwest Conference: 1

Southwest Athletic Conference: 1

Wisconsin State University Conference (D3): 1

Year	Conference	Starters
2026	Big East	5
2025	SEC/WCC	3
2024	PAC12/SEC	3
2023	SEC	4
2022	PAC12	3
2021	PAC12	3
2020	SEC	3
2019	PAC12(10)	3
2018	PAC12(10)	3
2017	BIG12/PAC12(10)	2
2016	ACC/PAC12(10)	2
2015	ACC	3
2014	ACC	3
2013	ACC	3
2012	BIG12	2
2011	PAC10*	2*
2010	Big East	2
2009	Sun Belt	2
2008	A-10/BIG12/Big East/SEC/Sun Belt	1
2007	ACC/Big Ten/BIG12/Big West/CUSA	1
2006	SEC	4
2005	ACC/SEC	2
2004	SEC	2
2003	PAC10	3
2002	PAC10/SEC	2
2001	ACC/Big East/SEC	2
2000	Big Ten/PAC10	2
1999	ACC/SEC	2
1998	WAC	2
1997	BIG8	2
1996	PAC10	2
1995	ACC	3
1994	Big East	3
1993	ACC	2
1992	ACC	3
1991	ACC	4
1990	ACC/BIG8/Big Ten/Independent(D1)/Mason-Dixon(D2)/Mid-Continent/OIC(NAIA)/PAC8/Southland/WSUC(D3)	1
1989	ACC/Big Ten	2
1988	PAC10(8)	3
1987	PAC10(8)	3
1986	MVC	2
1985	Big Ten/PAC10(8)/WCAC	2
1984	ACC/WCAC	2
1983	PAC8	2
1982	PAC8	2
1981	Big State Conference (NAIA)/Independent/MVC/Sun Belt/WAC	1
1980	PAC8	2
1979	PAC8	2
1978	Big Ten/CCIW(D3)/CIAA(D2)/Independent/MEAC/MVC/PAC8/SEC/WCAC	1
1977	PAC8	2
1976	BIG8	3
1975	PAC8	3
1974	Big Ten	2
1973	Ivy/PAC8	2
1972	Ivy	2
1971	MVC	2
1970	BIG8/Independent/Ivy/PAC8/Southern/SWAC	1
1969	Big Ten	2
1968	Big Ten	3
1967	MAC	2
1966	Big Ten/CBA	2
1965	CBA	2
1964	BIG8/CBA/CIAA	2
1963	CBA/CIAA/Independent/Ivy/Metro NY/MVC/Southern	1**
1962	Southern	2**
1961	SEC	2**
1960	PCC/SEC	2**
1959	Big Ten/PCC	2**
1958	SEC	3**
1957	PCC	2**
1956	Big Ten/Independent/MSAC/PCC/Southern	1***
1955	Big Ten/PCC	2
1954	Big Ten	2
1953	Independent/Metro NY/MIAC/MIAA/PCC/SIAC/SWC	1
1952	Metro NY	2
1951	Metro NY	2
1950	Big Ten/Independent/MAC/Metro NY/MIAC/MSAC/PCC	text
1949	Big Ten	3
1948	Big Ten	2
1947	PCC	2

*Shawn Marion played in the WAC for UNLV, and Joel Anthony played in the MWC there.

**Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn were both on Holy Cross together as independents

***Jack George, Tom Gola, and Larry Foust were all independent at La Salle. If these 3 truly started (which I believe they did, but this was difficult to determine), I believe this is the last time since the current Knicks that 3 players on the same college team started an NBA finals.