titmowse, Everquest is VERY addicting. I got it just about a year ago and I've put in MANY MANY hours into that game. I recently finally became bored with the game, but I've still been poking in to play it now and then.
I'm sure that your kid will be totally hooked on the game if you get it. Heck, maybe you could give it a try also because you can create multiply characters. If you do, you'll find out why they call it EverCrack, ha ha ha.
You just get fascinated with the game, how it's such a HUGE beautiful open world. Hell, there's MANY areas in the EQ world that I've never even seen before and probably never will.
It's not bad paying $10 per month to play it if the game is played a lot in the month. Just think of it this way, if he's hooked on this game, he won't want any others. You'll just have to fight with him to get on your computer, ha ha ha.
Also, if you wanna look at it this way, people are willing to pay REAL money for a lot of items that you can find on EQ. Look at
http://www.playerauctions.com There's an EQ section on there. Hell, I could sell all of the equipment that my characters have and make a few hundred bucks, it's crazy.
[This message has been edited by Slick (edited 12-01-2001).]