Please don't scare me like that! j/k... If I win the lottery this weekend youre all screwed.
Please don't scare me like that! j/k... If I win the lottery this weekend youre all screwed.
The CPA says: trust but verify.You mean the money coming in that has more than doubled since Ron bought Stratics? The site is and has been heading in the right direction financially, that's why I posted above that I know costs were not the definitive factor in him deciding to sell.
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*crosses fingers and toes*Think I'll take the wife out to dinner and get her some flowers and have a little talk with her this evening....wish me luck..
Does she play? On something expense, I find it helps to be prepared to offer up an awesome gift to the wife. Just sit down prepared to bargain!Think I'll take the wife out to dinner and get her some flowers and have a little talk with her this evening....wish me luck..
Here's a new IPad sweetie, with all your romance novels already pre loaded on to it... and bejeweled. Now... lets talk about how I need to spend 6k on a website so the world can be a better place.Does she play? On something expense, I find it helps to be prepared to offer up an awesome gift to the wife. Just sit down prepared to bargain!
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PITMUCK BIDS 2000 TURNIPS
I feel this isn't correct, but I don't feel that this is the place to discuss it.But we haven't taken down any real estate that wasn't gone when he took over ownership of the site!
Well with me... I find if I wanna buy something that isn't exactly necessary for 6K, I need to be prepared to let her get something goofy at about 2K. The cost of doing businessHere's a new IPad sweetie, with all your romance novels already pre loaded on to it... and bejeweled. Now... lets talk about how I need to spend 6k on a website so the world can be a better place.
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PITMUCK BIDS 2000 TURNIPS
Since tradespot shut down. =|In all seriousness, I hope whoever wins this auction will truly plan advancing its value to the overall UO Community. Someone who has some involvement in the game, and not just some random blogger or gamer company looking to make a quick buck. I also hope that whoever purchases the website continues to work with @Kyronix @Bleak and @Mesanna to keep open all dialogue within the community.
In my humble opinion, the Stratics experience has improved quite a bit since I returned full time a year or so ago (and is much better than when I used the site a decade ago). The forums have taken some nice steps in the last year, so I hope whoever takes it won't materially alter the current status. All of the various sub-forums, and the old website with its numerous posts and information on the game, are truly invaluable to the overall UO Community. I hope whoever wins this is not only a player, but someone who would better organize some of the resources on the old site for the benefit of the official Broadsword Wiki. I hope it will be someone who puts the game first, keeps open all communication (including dissenting opinions), and won't abuse power to advance any particular agenda.
What GL lunar house you own smoot?just curious......I got oneverything on GL toooffer a great lakes luna house, a godly 211 stam archer suit, and some nice EM rares. will throw in platinums if need be.
Yeah I'd pitch in but in no way would I want to be responsible for anything.
I'd chip in if someone who actually cared, knew what they were doing, and has done it before. I wouldn't even want any return. Just keep it in a loyal UO players hand.Yeah I'd pitch in but in no way would I want to be responsible for anything.
Statics would have to have a clear direction, along with restoring the main page linking all the information.
I care. I know what I am doing. I've done it before.I'd chip in if someone who actually cared, knew what they were doing, and has done it before. I wouldn't even want any return. Just keep it in a loyal UO players hand.
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Yeah I'd pitch in but in no way would I want to be responsible for anything.
Statics would have to have a clear direction, along with restoring the main page linking all the information.
I would 'chip in' if the right pool of buyers formed up and also assist in taking on any responsibilities necessary.
I care. I know what I am doing. I've done it before.
JS
Hey, does this mean , that we're halfway there?The whole chip in thing to buy it is something I considered, but I haven't checked into the legal ramifications of that (taxes, etc.) I, for one, while interested in running Stratics do not have the time or energy this month to look into the legal side of things if I were to work with people to create a fund to buy it. And the legal side of things is where it all gets messy.
You would still have to pay the seller.@Kayhynn , could we run it as a nonprofit organization?
Costs
The only mandatory cost associated with the website is the server. The website is currently hosted on a cloud server with DreamHost for $100/month. Prior to September 2015, the website was hosted for free as a part of a promotional offer, so the monthly expense was $0.
Maybe this is the reason for the sale. All very well when there are no mandatory costs attached but as soon as there is its ditched.
Hmmm. Colour me dubious. seems quite a coincidence that shortly after the point is reached where there is a server charge it goes up for sale. There is however another possibility....That is not his reasoning, let me assure you of that. I'm not at liberty to discuss why he's decided to sell it, but I will say that I understand and even though I know it is a large risk on who the new owner will be, I have to support his reasoning.
I haven't been told anything like that. I think the game will still be around for years.Hmmm. Colour me dubious. seems quite a coincidence that shortly after the point is reached where there is a server charge it goes up for sale. There is however another possibility....
I was always a bit sceptical when the UO forums were seperated out from the rest of the gaming community forums and given there own site. Of course they stated the reasons as blah blah blah but I always suspected that the real reason was that it would save a whole lot of hassle when UO eventually shut down and the UO section of the forums became redundant. Im wondering now if the tip off from EA has come through and this is a cash in with the knowledge that in 6-12 months UO will be no more.
I'd be thinking it's more to do with the New UO website from Broadsword. They added a Wiki and have stated that they "will" be adding a forums.Hmmm. Colour me dubious. seems quite a coincidence that shortly after the point is reached where there is a server charge it goes up for sale. There is however another possibility....
I was always a bit sceptical when the UO forums were seperated out from the rest of the gaming community forums and given there own site. Of course they stated the reasons as blah blah blah but I always suspected that the real reason was that it would save a whole lot of hassle when UO eventually shut down and the UO section of the forums became redundant. Im wondering now if the tip off from EA has come through and this is a cash in with the knowledge that in 6-12 months UO will be no more.
Of course it will. It will be around probably forever in freeshard form.I haven't been told anything like that. I think the game will still be around for years.
Regards,
Ron Bron
Haha well I suppose you are right about that... Alright I guess I'll stay quiet then.Of course it will. It will be around probably forever in freeshard form.
Even if you had some information and were bailing then you obviously couldnt say that so your denial is kind of moot.
Thanks for the thought, but I don't want it.Someone should just buy this and turn it over @Petra Fyde
Maybe they should buy the whole forum and they would get a perfect forum, with all the UO history and loyal volunteers and community. Just my wish thinking. Then make it so connecting your account here to your master account, well give you subscriber advantage = Stratics Professional Accounts. And changes the avatar banner something that tell you are an active UO player. If non of your accounts are active, the advantage and banner will changes.I'd be thinking it's more to do with the New UO website from Broadsword. They added a Wiki and have stated that they "will" be adding a forums.
Sort of makes everything else redundant when that will become the Official forums for UO.
Excellent ideaMaybe they should buy the whole forum and they would get a perfect forum, with all the UO history and loyal volunteers and community. Just my wish thinking. Then make it so connecting your account here to your master account, well give you subscriber advantage = Stratics Professional Accounts. And changes the avatar banner something that tell you are an active UO player. If non of your accounts are active, the advantage and banner will changes.
Actually it's not.Excellent idea
I remember good old MyUO forum. I sure wish it back. They too want to keep their subscribers and get lost ones back.Broadsword and/or EA would most likely have rules on the forum that are designed to protect their Intellectual Property that would most likely be far stricter than what we have here now.
Depend of how it is done. Sure there should be advantages and more options to paying subscribers in good standing. I'm sure it would be possible to limit a subscribers posting right without kicking them from the game.Tying a game account to the Forums would also mean when one is banned the other is, so yea getting banned in game for actions on the forums? Not exactly what I would want to see.
Not always, in the past some folks have gotten a reprieve. We're talking about a 18y/o website, you'd hope people have grown a little in that time.actually circumvent a perma ban by opening a new account is actionable....bye
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I doubt UO are going anywhere. we (the players) have survived 18 years. we was between the first of this kind of game. We had seen so many new games come and go but we are still here.
UO have something only few games have, the feeling of being a world you live in, not just a game. UO is my second life and this page is a part of my second world.
A lot of us had been here from the early UO days and I believe UO will still be here for it's 20, 30 years birthday.
UO is about friends, online "family" and so are this forum.
Now what would happen to the community here, if UO really did shut down? I believe we would stay here as community and maybe find a new game to rebuild our chars and rebuild our second life in but maybe one of the UO clones we don't speak about, would be strong enough to take over. UO won't die that easy.
Sad but true.Boy that is some wishful thinking.
Each year our player base gets worse and our subscription numbers get lower. It's a fact of any video game - the years go on and people play newer and betters ones. Look at WOW. Once over 12 million subs strong, now announcing to the press after dropping to 5 million, they will no longer report their subscription numbers. Why? Because they know it's going to get worse. And low numbers look bad because they eventually point to the inevitable.
EA has already shown their lack of interest in owning UO by passing off the responsibilities to other vendors. They offer us no customer service and could care less about our wants and needs. They haven't for years. It's sad to say, but UO has suffered terrible mismanagement since 2000. Profits were used to build and scrap ideas left and right. They pissed away all the potential the game had. And we won't get that back.
Eventually some senior level manager will look at the meager profits UO does make, and realize the game simply isn't worth keeping open any longer. We can pretend that the couple of million UO makes means something, but to a company that reports in the multi-billions, it doesn't.
We'll be a footnote in video game history.
They said the same thing back in 99.Boy that is some wishful thinking.
Each year our player base gets worse and our subscription numbers get lower. It's a fact of any video game - the years go on and people play newer and betters ones. Look at WOW. Once over 12 million subs strong, now announcing to the press after dropping to 5 million, they will no longer report their subscription numbers. Why? Because they know it's going to get worse. And low numbers look bad because they eventually point to the inevitable.
EA has already shown their lack of interest in owning UO by passing off the responsibilities to other vendors. They offer us no customer service and could care less about our wants and needs. They haven't for years. It's sad to say, but UO has suffered terrible mismanagement since 2000. Profits were used to build and scrap ideas left and right. They pissed away all the potential the game had. And we won't get that back.
Eventually some senior level manager will look at the meager profits UO does make, and realize the game simply isn't worth keeping open any longer. We can pretend that the couple of million UO makes means something, but to a company that reports in the multi-billions, it doesn't.
We'll be a footnote in video game history.
its not enforceable at all. ive been told this many times by the mods. which is why we have a good number of users here that were previously banned, and will continue to push the limits because another ban in the ends means nothing.actually circumvent a perma ban by opening a new account is actionable....bye
They said the same thing back in 99.
Please shoot me a pm letting me know which mods are telling you this so I can get with them to make sure they arn't misinforming anyone. Ban evasion is an actionable offense. If your statement is merely in regards to people or groups whom you THINK should be banned, then no pm is necessary.its not enforceable at all. ive been told this many times by the mods. which is why we have a good number of users here that were previously banned, and will continue to push the limits because another ban in the ends means nothing.
Kirthag (when she was admin) captain norrington, riyana, ron bron, basically everyone i asked said theres absolutely no way to ban someone because its impossible to prove anything.Please shoot me a pm letting me know which mods are telling you this so I can get with them to make sure they arn't misinforming anyone. Ban evasion is an actionable offense. If your statement is merely in regards to people or groups whom you THINK should be banned, then no pm is necessary.