Muchas Gracias

The end of Hobz and Friendz. Boxing is over for good, the account is cancelled, and the 130 Shadowknight video that was owed will be a solo one instead. Plus what solo self found actually cost on Towani.

July 28, 2026
Episode201

Hobz and Friendz ends, and this is the video where the reason gets stated most directly: boxing has physically worn me out, to the point of hand cramps that cost a day of mouse use at a time. The account is cancelled, the 130 Shadowknight is being stripped for parts, and the video I still owe on that character will be a solo guide rather than a multibox one.

Series finale 130 Shadowknight End of boxing
Character130 Shadowknight, raid geared
AccountCancelled, about to lapse
Still owed130 Shadowknight and Paladin videos

The Real Reason

Said plainly here.

  • The hands gave out. A cramp that leaves me unable to use a mouse for a day, caused by years of the mouse and keyboard work a six box demands.
  • No more ISBoxer, no more alt tabbing. At most one true boxed character on a laptop, likely a healer alongside a melee mercenary.
  • The Linux move settles it. ISBoxer does not run there, and the last Windows machine in the house is about to be torn down.
  • Every un-ended EverQuest Live series is finishing the same way, with the possible exception of the Nomeregard solo Shadowknight run.

What Happens to Hobz

Kept, unlike the others.

  • Hobz is not being deleted, where several other characters already have been.
  • He will be stripped, though, with the raid gear going to Nomeregard.
  • The 130 Shadowknight video is still coming, reframed as How I Solo My 130 Shadowknight, along with a 130 Paladin.
  • The gap in Legends coverage is when they get made. A week with the server down is the window.

On Playing Solo

An honest assessment of what it costs.

  • Fully solo self found is not as fun as it sounds. The Towani run reached the mid nineties and became painful, because the game is not built for it.
  • Lethar should be friendlier, starting in The Serpent's Spine with mercenaries only two or three expansions out, which is where solo power arrives.
  • Frostreaver is a grouping server and clashes with both my preference and my Legends time, though a solo Beastlord there is tempting.
  • Next up is some mix of EverQuest, Legends and possibly EverQuest II, with five ideas on the board and none picked.

I ask for suggestions on what an EverQuest solo series should look like, which is a genuine open question here rather than a sign off line.

The Short Version

  1. Hobz and Friendz is over, account cancelled.
  2. Boxing has ended because of hand injury, not boredom.
  3. Hobz survives but his gear goes to Nomeregard.
  4. The 130 Shadowknight video becomes a solo guide.
  5. Solo self found was tried and hurt, so the next solo run will not use those rules.
YouTube Generated Transcript

Hello and welcome to Hobbs and Friends. Today is the end. >> [laughter] >> Today is the end. I’m it’s it’s an open it’s an open book on my channel and I’m trying to close some of these things, right? I have not made any I haven’t played this guy in like a long time. I I even canceled this account. It’s it’s about to run out. And like I’m I know I plan to no longer really box the way I’ve been boxing my for the last few years. It is it is worn me out. >> [laughter] >> My my hands like I I get this this cramp in my hand where I can’t even use a mouse for like a day. It’s it’s definitely taking its toll on me personally and so, you know, I’m just wrapping these guys up. So, you know, we had a we had a fun time with this character, right? This is a you know, 130 Shadow Knight. You know, I think we we did pretty well. This is like raid gear and stuff and you know, just bags full of stuff, right? It’s just what it is. Now, I I’m working on a plan for a solo series here on EverQuest one. I haven’t I haven’t finalized I got I got like five ideas on the board right now. Trying to figure it out and we’re going to you know, continue some EverQuest one content. We’re going to do some EverQuest Legends content and I think we’re going to go do some EverQuest two content. I’m not 100% sure. So, there’s going to be some changes going forward, but this is to kind of you know, put an end cap on the Hobbs and Friends series. It’s not coming back. I’ve already you know, I’ve canceled every single character except for Nomergard at this point. And well, Nomergard and Tuwani the Tuwani account. So, those are you know, kind of where it’s, you know, where I’m going. I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do. Like I got some ideas on the board and you know, figure out what I’m going to do with them. Well, Lothar looks pretty good. Um, you know, Frost Reaver, you know, just bad timing with EverQuest Legends. I have extreme amounts of fun in playing that game. And I just don’t have uh I don’t have the patience to do both right now because you know, Ever Frost Reaver’s more of a grouping thing and I prefer to solo. Um, and we we might be able to get Frost Reaver going with the solo Beastlord. And or you know, just whatever. I think that’s might be something I try to do. You know, we did start that and like the least try it and you know, see what we can do. Um, but you know, there’s there’s a lot of issues related to all that, but yeah, so I do owe everybody a you know, a thank you. Right? I you know, I I appreciate everybody who watched this series, everybody who commented on the series, you know, liked it and all that stuff. I really appreciate that. It really really really went well. >> [laughter] >> It was a really well well done, you know, well viewed series, I guess. Now, I do owe a 130 Shadow Knight video uh to everyone which I uh I am going to try to do like uh Let’s claim this. Uh it is it is definitely on my uh on my to-do list. Let’s grab that. Why not? Current purchase. Hurry up. So, we will do that, but it will be solo focused instead of uh multi-box focused. So, it’ll be like how I solo my 130 Shadow Knight. I think it’s probably where it’s going to be. I think what I got going on at the moment spell wise is kind of the uh the direction I’m going to probably go. So, you know, we’ll we’ll definitely try to get some of that. There’s uh there’s going to be a week of no EverQuest Legends. So, I’m going to try to get that done during that process and do that. So, we should see a 130 Shadow Knight, a 130 Paladin, and uh whatever other things are on this account. I can’t remember. Uh we’ll knock all those out during that time probably. And then uh going forward, you know, it’s going to be uh you know, what we can do solo going forward. I think I want to do, you know, a a character not 100% solo self-found. I don’t think that’s that’s as fun as it sounds when it comes down to it. We did that with Toani. We got to like 100 or 95 or something like that and it was just insanely painful to continue because of how the game works and its lack of being solo friendly. But uh I think on Lothar it’s going to be a little bit more friendly. Maybe uh Frost River also might be friendly to playing solo for some things. Uh and we will definitely, you know, look into see what we can do there. I know uh Lothar is going to start in the TSS expansion uh which is close to when mercs come out. I think it’s like two or three more expansions. I think that’s what C Wedi said uh before mercs come out. So, then, you know, you get a little bit more soloable power there. Uh so, there’s going to be some, you know, some thoughts and uh things. If you have suggestions of what you would like to see for EverQuest 1, uh let me know. I know a lot of people are really into EverQuest Legends right now. And uh you know, I’m trying to do both before I get kicked out of all the creator programs. You know, I’m definitely trying to do what I can to try to fix, you know, where I was and what with all that, but uh it’s just boxing’s not a thing. I might true box like one character, like a healer or something like that, so I can do you know, a melee merc plus, you know, a you know, a tank and a healer kind of thing. But it’s going to be true box. I’m going to put my I’m literally I’m literally like a day away from tearing down this computer, rearranging everything and doing stuff. I’ve This is like the last part of my office. I’ve been spending the last week and a half redoing things around my office, moving things around. And hopefully this will be the last one. I’m moving to Linux, so there’s going to be no multi-boxing at all. And I’ll be free of the micro slop, if you will. But uh yeah, so that’s kind of the direction I’m going. The The series is is done. I haven’t updated in a while. It’s done. I would expect anything that I have currently running in EverQuest Live that I did not put a final on is going to be ended. Truth be told, I I don’t uh I don’t see any of them continuing except maybe the gnome regard solo shadow knight thing that I was doing. Uh but I got to really look at that and see what I can actually continue to do with that series. Uh or revamp it, but uh yeah, I’m not 100% sure right now. But yeah, so thank you very much to everybody who watched the series and all that. Like I said, I really appreciate everybody that you know, does that and comments on all the videos. I really I I like it, so So there we go. Uh the end of Hobbs. He’s going to [laughter] be He’s still going to be in in this account, right? Like I’m not going to delete him. Uh like I’ve been deleting some other ones. I like you know, I’ve been I’ve been keeping some of the characters, you know, and I’m deleting a lot of them. Um just because, you know, they’re they’re never going to get played again. But Hobbs, he’s going to stay around here. I’m probably going to strip him naked though and uh give all his stuff to uh Nomargard, but we’ll see how it goes. Uh but there it is. Thank you very much for watching and please have a fantastic day.