*Offers an asbestos suit.*
Welcome, Jeff! I hope we'll see you often, both here and in-game.
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Ultima franchise has its own producer, over UO as well
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Hey Jeff,
Welcome to Ultima, & more pointedly, to Ultima Online.
I know a lot of us are excited to have someone at the head of UO again and would like to say "thank you" for posting on stratics to just say hey
(We do love us some communications with the higher ups here)
Welcome to Ultima, & more pointedly, to Ultima Online.
I know a lot of us are excited to have someone at the head of UO again and would like to say "thank you" for posting on stratics to just say hey
(We do love us some communications with the higher ups here)
Welcome and welcome back! Its nice know that UO is now in the hands of a former (and hopfully current again) UO Player. I just hope you will love UO as much as we love UO.
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Vrog Groggor
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inconceivable!!
But yeah, welcome Jeff. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us and this incredible game!
Sorry, couldn't resist... long history proofreading stuff - and it clearly didn't do your resume any harm since you got a really good job with it
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Sevin0oo0
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Welcome to Stratics
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ironpino
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Welcome Jeff
Welcome (back)! Hope we get to see more of you around here.
"Weird" or did you mean "wired"?
Hmmm....no outrageous claims of grandeur. No market double talk(so far.) No condescending talk about the wild west and carebears. Admitted he hasn't played in a while. Came to post when he was told by the board crony we were talking about him. So far so good.
Welcome Jeff.
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Woodsman
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So maybe we'll find out just what UO being a part of a franchise means?
And I'm impressed he would bring up the migration issues. Definitely needs an asbestos suit.
And I'm impressed he would bring up the migration issues. Definitely needs an asbestos suit.
Welcome (back) aboard Jeff. Hope all is well with your new transition.
If you have time...yes you are already being asked for a task.... could you take a peek in the berserkers suit will ruin pvp thread before you have 10 million of them Just a nice way to keep us villagers in check
If you have time...yes you are already being asked for a task.... could you take a peek in the berserkers suit will ruin pvp thread before you have 10 million of them
Just a nice way to keep us villagers in check 
Nuhuh !
Hey
Hey
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Fayled Dhreams
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"Official?"
I >should have< but mercifully did not(thought about it though) ... register a "ski" name (plenty of data to work with above) and trolled the hell out of everyone ...
Now THAT would have been an exit worthy of a Dhreams ... gone down in the annals of the internets I bet ...
o'well
I guess I can withdraw my pass for teamUO now
Apparently they DO have some level of involvement ... influence on ... Migration.
*shrugs*
Even if I did ... >I wouldn't in anyway< say that it has a priority ABOVE the inside business of UO (art, bugs, events, gifts)
tsk tsk mesanna ... shoulda briefed him about the hall ... and if ya did ...
worser still.
Yo 'Ski ... next time have a bit more than a tweet response ... and a Shield ... you are gonna need a shield by your name
just for the "Official Look"first impressions already burned ... pity
no matter ... you ain't gonna have to deal with me ... So
best of luck and all that ...
Unless you could have also arranged the VIP shield, and the "Franchise Producer" title, it would have been of limited effectiveness.
Welcome back to UO Sir.
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Fayled Dhreams
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as "limited" AS the current official?Aurelius
Unless you could have also arranged the VIP shield, and the "Franchise Producer" title, it would have been of limited effectiveness.
pssssst!
>It Is The LACK< of any actual "official" trappings that I was talking about ..
DOH!
Welcome back to UO and welcome to Stratics. We are very happy to see you posting here and hope it will be often.
*throws Kelmo some meat* Be a good Kelmo!
Vendui' Human.
I hope you adjust quickly...
I've a long list of things that need attention. I hope you are good at communicating. One thing that we desperately need around here is good communication.
Can't wait to hear more from the Team.
As for Twitter... I am personally against all that Twitter/Facebook stuff... Devils tools if you ask me...
Anyway welcome aboard... may you adjust quickly there is much work to be done.
Sincerely,
Malag-aste's Player
Welcome aboard Jeff! Hopefully we'll all get to know you a bit better over the coming days. I'm looking forward to seeing what your bringing to UO and what ideas you have.
Now I do have to ask, whats your screen-name/toon name gonna be so we can spot you out and about?
Now I do have to ask, whats your screen-name/toon name gonna be so we can spot you out and about?
This is not nice Mr. Jack !
I would even say you are worse by suggesting someone be ignored.
Not saying FD is the worse at all ; I am actually willing to defend many of his perspectives on this game and also in a broader panorama of philosophy.
He however does not need anyone to defend himself and thus 'tis not the purpose of my post.
This thread is about good news ; as much as I liked Calvin I already feel better about the future of this game. Yes maybe Jeff wasn't all sucessful, maybe he is being a little hasty and cold to what we think is ethical (with our 10+ years of experience in UO and community building)...
But I rather welcome someone who is learning from his mistakes than someone who has no experience at all.
This should in fact be the extent to which the posts in this thread should venture ; and noone will argue that.
I would even say you are worse by suggesting someone be ignored.
Not saying FD is the worse at all ; I am actually willing to defend many of his perspectives on this game and also in a broader panorama of philosophy.
He however does not need anyone to defend himself and thus 'tis not the purpose of my post.
This thread is about good news ; as much as I liked Calvin I already feel better about the future of this game. Yes maybe Jeff wasn't all sucessful, maybe he is being a little hasty and cold to what we think is ethical (with our 10+ years of experience in UO and community building)...
But I rather welcome someone who is learning from his mistakes than someone who has no experience at all.
This should in fact be the extent to which the posts in this thread should venture ; and noone will argue that.
Welcome !
Don't worry, some of us scream, some of us may even bite. Many of us are crazy but most of us love Ultima Online!
T
Trebr Drab
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I like the idea, and it shows that EA wants to do something and organize the asset that is the Ultima brand. This is smart. But we have yet to see what exactly they will do (as far as UO or UO(Next), and that path could be more "same old same old" as the MMORPG industry seems stuck in, it could be a return to what made UO a great game (which I think has already been started under Draconi and continued since), or it could be something tailored to some idea entirely foreign to us.
I would like to emphasize my role as a companion in all this and why I have persevered brigning the old "the treasure chest opens to more than a game" anticipation. (we had our thieves guild with 50+ members 6 months before UO BETA, not only that we had imagined all kinds of possible system dynamics which turned out not to be true at all).
I await patiently for more details as to Mr. Skalski's intentions about making the game virtuous again because I think it unlikely that it is mere coincidence that I started suggesting Ultima be a franchise about a year or so again and insisted upon it (with the help of the avatar and the true story of the ultimas) until it became true.
I have no ego as a companion to receive any kind of decorum from having kept my hopes about this community and this game intact enough for someone to WANT to step right in UHELL and tell us he's now responsible and also appreciates our patience while the accounts are being resolved (and that only can be because they have plans for this game)... I have almost no merit but being the lucky one and being an extreemly inovative programmer for my age (I was 13 in UO beta) ; and if truth must be told you should all have a high respect of Fayled, Kelmo, Tazar... even popps !
If anything every of them deserve to be in my place, without the woes that come with it. Many here realise that my companion heart has been shattered, and that its become fractal and this is the nature of my existance here. I have felt for every blow that was dealt to this community, I have shed tears for every treason and also every birth.
First I shattered the gem of immortality, then I shattered the atlantic gem (yes that part was censored from official story), then I shattered the brain GEM of this community which was OTNHB. (or was it the other way around ? I time travelled and leave this to our most experienced schoolars)
Each time it wasn't my intention, each time it was necessary due to immense change in energy (or call it time if you wish) dynamics "ultima going online, in game dynamics switching from virtue based to money based, UO officially going PG-13" each time I became less and less important to myself and the world around me, a great blessing in disguise. Pondering upon the significance of this paradox and with much help from those of you who are of paramount honesty I realised the illusion gem was weaved by the guardian to mind control your spirits down to his dimention of origin and ultimately deriving power from the dreams of the sleeping masses ; pun intended.
That is the whole concept of the Ultima series, that somehow the game serves as a challenge which brings your awareness up and that it transcends the mundane (and of course the game) ; but also that it be educational and teaches you things (umm yea lets teach 13 years old kids how to distill alcohol)...
do you hear me complaining ? ? *mumbles*
but its also about ascension of spirit and body, of being able to create a personality that is stronger than steel, stronger than hemp plastic... what that means is healthy mind within a healthy body ; in the true sense since the traditional mirror never sufficed for us to have a true reflection of ourselves.
The series always approached the meta-physical side of the human species, our empathic abilities, our great adaptability, our brillance when we unite as a community and how it becomes also a challenge for the devs to create something intricate enough to keep you all on the edge of your seat.
Or my childhood dreams...
Since I do not only speak of virtues but also live by them I will conclude my emphasis by saying that I could care less to trade my own childhood dreams so that everyone in here could have a taste of how UO really did it for me, and how it can be brought back to make WoW and most other games look childish and a waste of time.
Let the courage of one man change everything.
I await patiently for more details as to Mr. Skalski's intentions about making the game virtuous again because I think it unlikely that it is mere coincidence that I started suggesting Ultima be a franchise about a year or so again and insisted upon it (with the help of the avatar and the true story of the ultimas) until it became true.
I have no ego as a companion to receive any kind of decorum from having kept my hopes about this community and this game intact enough for someone to WANT to step right in UHELL and tell us he's now responsible and also appreciates our patience while the accounts are being resolved (and that only can be because they have plans for this game)... I have almost no merit but being the lucky one and being an extreemly inovative programmer for my age (I was 13 in UO beta) ; and if truth must be told you should all have a high respect of Fayled, Kelmo, Tazar... even popps !
If anything every of them deserve to be in my place, without the woes that come with it. Many here realise that my companion heart has been shattered, and that its become fractal and this is the nature of my existance here. I have felt for every blow that was dealt to this community, I have shed tears for every treason and also every birth.
First I shattered the gem of immortality, then I shattered the atlantic gem (yes that part was censored from official story), then I shattered the brain GEM of this community which was OTNHB. (or was it the other way around ? I time travelled and leave this to our most experienced schoolars)
Each time it wasn't my intention, each time it was necessary due to immense change in energy (or call it time if you wish) dynamics "ultima going online, in game dynamics switching from virtue based to money based, UO officially going PG-13" each time I became less and less important to myself and the world around me, a great blessing in disguise. Pondering upon the significance of this paradox and with much help from those of you who are of paramount honesty I realised the illusion gem was weaved by the guardian to mind control your spirits down to his dimention of origin and ultimately deriving power from the dreams of the sleeping masses ; pun intended.
That is the whole concept of the Ultima series, that somehow the game serves as a challenge which brings your awareness up and that it transcends the mundane (and of course the game) ; but also that it be educational and teaches you things (umm yea lets teach 13 years old kids how to distill alcohol)...
do you hear me complaining ? ?
*mumbles*but its also about ascension of spirit and body, of being able to create a personality that is stronger than steel, stronger than hemp plastic... what that means is healthy mind within a healthy body ; in the true sense since the traditional mirror never sufficed for us to have a true reflection of ourselves.
The series always approached the meta-physical side of the human species, our empathic abilities, our great adaptability, our brillance when we unite as a community and how it becomes also a challenge for the devs to create something intricate enough to keep you all on the edge of your seat.
Or my childhood dreams...
Since I do not only speak of virtues but also live by them I will conclude my emphasis by saying that I could care less to trade my own childhood dreams so that everyone in here could have a taste of how UO really did it for me, and how it can be brought back to make WoW and most other games look childish and a waste of time.
Let the courage of one man change everything.
To funny I was thinking kids happy meals when I read Ultima Franchise.
Parent takes kid to burger king gets them a uo happy meal. they get home kid opens his happy meal, and finds no toy. parent walks out of room with the toy in his pocket.
welcome jeff
Lol. Well, if he did in fact mean weird maybe I might just have to join Siege
Anyways, welcome Mr. Skalski!
franchise too me implies something like, investing $50-60k and you get to "borrow" the rights to the games,set up your own server, buy and use there products, maintain there "quality" and every 3-6months some "expert" shows up to make sure your maintaining the brand, then you work out either a flat monthly "cut" for them, a % of the prescriptions, or both
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Fayled Dhreams
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andI would like to emphasize my role as a
oh yeah .... good luck with 
THAT ... jefferyYou do love me... if I look at your message from a 33 degree angle it kinda looks like you'd want to stick your thumb 
HEY YOU KNOW WHAT !!!
I received a nifty sweet e-mail from EA stating I can now log in game my account was migrated !
*Takes FD by the shoulders*
*sings*
We are the two crazy guys who know they gonna die
and we be bit more crazy cause we brought that time
and the when that wont because you've got no pie...
Like old lovers...
mmm uhhhhh
HEY YOU KNOW WHAT !!!
I received a nifty sweet e-mail from EA stating I can now log in game my account was migrated !
*Takes FD by the shoulders*
*sings*
We are the two crazy guys who know they gonna die
and we be bit more crazy cause we brought that time
and the when that wont because you've got no pie...
Like old lovers...
mmm uhhhhh
K
Kayne
Guest
Welcome back to UO. Look forward to your Producers letter and details of what you have planned for the game.
I hope you can withstand the heat as it gets very hot around here
Its funny to hear that phrase so often, its not that hot guys ; its just a 12 year old game !
We're nerds passioned about an electric thing... unless ; you would all be admiting otherwise ?
We're nerds passioned about an electric thing... unless ; you would all be admiting otherwise ?
I love siege... I just spent 1 hour or more killing ettins non-stop and I went from 71.2 swordsmanship to 71.5 and that included 5 paragons
I have no idea what I am doing wrong, someone told me I'd gain every 5 min... nope.
Everyone else that joined at the same time I did is 120 in everything, I'm still struggling to gain more than .2 skill an hour.
But I love it... hehehe I'm even using weapons I find on corpses hehe, old school style !
I have no idea what I am doing wrong, someone told me I'd gain every 5 min... nope.
Everyone else that joined at the same time I did is 120 in everything, I'm still struggling to gain more than .2 skill an hour.
But I love it... hehehe I'm even using weapons I find on corpses hehe, old school style !
T
Trebr Drab
Guest
Well, there you have it. You're dying too much. hehI love siege... I just spent 1 hour or more killing ettins non-stop and I went from 71.2 swordsmanship to 71.5 and that included 5 paragons
I have no idea what I am doing wrong, someone told me I'd gain every 5 min... nope.
Everyone else that joined at the same time I did is 120 in everything, I'm still struggling to gain more than .2 skill an hour.
But I love it... hehehe I'm even using weapons I find on corpses hehe, old school style !
Really, how are you fighting paragons with that skill? But if you are, that is the problem. Ever since UO went to that lunacy of level based skill gain, you have to fight things in the right range. At that skill, you'd do better in Shame, 1st level.
Hehe ironically I gained my .3 from the paragons.
I didn't die once and didn't even drink one potion !!! I admit running in circles like a scared rabbit a few times, especially when the paragon beholder came from the mountainpass hehe
but yeah, I'm still capable of defending myself, I wouldn't stand a chance in pvp, but I still have 4 years of UO experience under my hat ! Thats how I make my fun, when its hard enough that I actually have to stretch my cogito muscles a lil... the occasional PK (that up until now I always outran) is the cherry on the bananasplit !
*no guys I'm not going to hunt in the same spot tonight, don't bother*
I didn't die once and didn't even drink one potion !!! I admit running in circles like a scared rabbit a few times, especially when the paragon beholder came from the mountainpass hehe
but yeah, I'm still capable of defending myself, I wouldn't stand a chance in pvp, but I still have 4 years of UO experience under my hat ! Thats how I make my fun, when its hard enough that I actually have to stretch my cogito muscles a lil... the occasional PK (that up until now I always outran) is the cherry on the bananasplit !
*no guys I'm not going to hunt in the same spot tonight, don't bother
*
Hey hun... I keep my trolls in check don't worry. 
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Evlar
Guest
Don't worry, you can borrow mine... he's just below
Welcome Jeff!
Hope you have your lightning proof suit on.
All hail the King of Lightning!!
Hope you have your lightning proof suit on.
All hail the King of Lightning!! hehe Ultima's next expansion :
Thor's revenge !
Player A : "Hey guys where does Thor fit into this whole story"
off cam : "Umm... what can we tell them guys ?"
off cam : "Well... we can say that maybe when will you know huh, right ?"
off cam : "Perfect !"
We'll know soon enough !!!
Thor's revenge !
Player A : "Hey guys where does Thor fit into this whole story"
off cam : "Umm... what can we tell them guys ?"
off cam : "Well... we can say that maybe when will you know huh, right ?"
off cam : "Perfect !"
We'll know soon enough !!!
K
Kayne
Guest
As much as I hate to say it this does sound something of a typical response.
To be honest though it would be fairly easy to go to Norse mythology based ideas - we do have boats so vikings are a logical step and with that comes the norse gods. However I would hate to see UO going toward that kind of idea. Stick with the medieval stuff and keep UO where it is in terms of Lore
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