Baby Doll asked in a different thread but I thought I probably should post it as a standalone answer. As she noted, I've not been around recently, and by extension, additional SPHS interviews have not been published here.
I am on a semi-permanent break from UO. A few minor things continued to a general withdrawal from the public community aspect of UO. Talia and I had a couple of incomplete interviews that, though based on legitimate reasons, were a bit of a blow to the enthusiasm we were riding. In one case I went to great lengths to guarantee comfort for a high profile interview but did not even receive a polite refusal. In the same few days, a situation on Legends came up where at least 5 different Legends regulars reported to Tyrath that I was raiding his account and selling all of his stuff. In fact I was organizing the account he gave me and had offered (for free) several items to @DevilsOwn for the upcoming player event. No items were ever offered for sale, and it is hard to raid the account you own. However, one of the most vocal (a player long banned from Stratics) was causing the stink because she wanted a couple of Tyrath' event items. I turned those over to her at Tyrath's request and she stopped being sad about his departure fairly quickly. The whole thing just reinforced how ephemeral "community" is in a digital game.
I've logged into my four toons once in the last two weeks on Siege to empty paintings and sponges. I have not bought game time renewals for the upcoming expirations on them. Like anyone still checking the forums, I love UO and that will probably never change but I have no desire to interact with folks in the game now (which defeats the whole purpose of MMOs) aside from Talia and Garth.
In RL I've started a time demanding project this summer that will run for a few months. In that time I'll either miss UO enough to play solo again or my houses will fall. I'm glad you all enjoyed the interviews,Talia is still carrying the SPHS guild name and you might can convince her to pick them back up.
Have a nice summer all,
Calavera
I am on a semi-permanent break from UO. A few minor things continued to a general withdrawal from the public community aspect of UO. Talia and I had a couple of incomplete interviews that, though based on legitimate reasons, were a bit of a blow to the enthusiasm we were riding. In one case I went to great lengths to guarantee comfort for a high profile interview but did not even receive a polite refusal. In the same few days, a situation on Legends came up where at least 5 different Legends regulars reported to Tyrath that I was raiding his account and selling all of his stuff. In fact I was organizing the account he gave me and had offered (for free) several items to @DevilsOwn for the upcoming player event. No items were ever offered for sale, and it is hard to raid the account you own. However, one of the most vocal (a player long banned from Stratics) was causing the stink because she wanted a couple of Tyrath' event items. I turned those over to her at Tyrath's request and she stopped being sad about his departure fairly quickly. The whole thing just reinforced how ephemeral "community" is in a digital game.
I've logged into my four toons once in the last two weeks on Siege to empty paintings and sponges. I have not bought game time renewals for the upcoming expirations on them. Like anyone still checking the forums, I love UO and that will probably never change but I have no desire to interact with folks in the game now (which defeats the whole purpose of MMOs) aside from Talia and Garth.
In RL I've started a time demanding project this summer that will run for a few months. In that time I'll either miss UO enough to play solo again or my houses will fall. I'm glad you all enjoyed the interviews,Talia is still carrying the SPHS guild name and you might can convince her to pick them back up.
Have a nice summer all,
Calavera