Valentine Baskets

[Peaches]

Thusfar, I logged in all my characters on one account and one did not get the basket, not in bank either. I guess that means she wont get one now? And yes, she is a very old character, not under 30 days.

 

[TheScoundrelRico]

OMYGOOSES!!! It's Peaches...the ultimate in online game cheerleaders. Where have you been hiding?...la

 

[Peaches]

OMYGOOSES!!! It's Peaches...the ultimate in online game cheerleaders. Where have you been hiding?...la

Hiya Rico. Lost those pompoms a very long time ago! How are ya? Nice to see ya again!

 

[Cyrah]

The same thing happens to characters on my friend's account every gift time. We still do not know why.

The characters were alive, over 30 days and logged in safe spots.

Also, welcome back Lady!

 

[Lady Aalia]

that usualy happens when you havent logged in a character for a while...

Wait till server up tomorrow and they should all have them if you logged them in the day before

 

[Aboo]

Hey Peaches!!! *HUGS*
Nice to see you again! Aren't the pink baskets pretty?

 

[Peaches]

Hey Peaches!!! *HUGS*
Nice to see you again! Aren't the pink baskets pretty?

Yep, they sure are and hiya Aboo! *hugs*

 

[Maplestone]

sometimes if you log out and than right back in a second time the gifts appear.
(or at least that worked a couple of times in the past for me)

 

[DarkScripture]

I had this happen on xmas gifts on some chars that were very very old.. I paged and got a GM that said it was automated and if I did not get one there was nothing he/she could do about it. Odd thing is I had it happen this round too but on some char that DID get xmas gifts.. now that I found odd.

 

[laurlo]

hope you get yours, everything in them looks cute.

 

[Dragonchilde]

I just have one question...

Why BACON?

 

[Prince Caspian]

I just have one question...

Why BACON?

Its a running gag.

A few Val's Days back, I think it was around 2006, there was a glitch in the code that added the wrong item ID (off by one) in the Valentine's Gifts. Turns out the next number in the sequence (From valentine hearts) was a strip of bacon.

So they've added it each year as a tribute to the zaniness. I suppose.

 

[Thunderz]

from another post about the bacon.

From the February 16, 2007 Five on Friday....

"Ok, I give up... what's with the Bacon? "
Wilki, Master of Meat Products, fielded this one:

"Ok, the truth about Valentine's Day Bacon! You've probably heard all kinds of rumors about why bacon was included in the Valentine's Day gift basket. Was it because the ancient Romans used to whack each other with strips of meat to show their "love" for each other? Or perhaps a developer is a big fan of the actor Kevin Bacon? Or, could it be based on some obscure cartoon series? Were the devs just being naughty?

Not quite...

What actually happened is a lot less meaningful than any of the rumors. Inside UO, we use two separate number systems for creating items, depending on the type of item we want to make. When I was busy writing the script for Valentine's Day, I forgot to change which number system I was using, and guess what? The number for a "slice of bacon" in one system just happens to be the same as the number for "a rose in a vase" in the other system.

So, when I loaded up my script on a test center, instead of finding a rose in a vase, I ended up with a slice of bacon in my basket. Mmmm, bacon! I laughed out loud because it was just so... random! Bacon on Valentine's Day?!!

When I told some of the other devs what I had done, the jokes started flying around. We decided we just had to leave it in, and thus a Britannian tradition was born!"

 

[Flutter]

I Wilki.
Remember when devs used to talk to us like that...