Howdy everyone!!

[Nok]

Hi Sakkarah,

Great intro and good to see you out & about!

News item - UO Team Intro: Sakkarah.

 

[Piotr]

Welcome aboard Regine!

Awesome to have a vet joining the Dev Team!

Oh.. and as a former rune librarian, you must have missed the ability to have the proper library house sign too!

I have requestet access to the library sign (it's already there - *points at avatar*) since 2002.

I hope you can bring it to the selection gumb in the house sign menu.


Piotr

 

[Frarc]

Welcome to the Madness!

 

[kennykilleduo]

Hello and Welcome to our world , Just a question can you make UO better?

 

[o2bavr6]

Welcome.

Come over to my Keep on Chessy and have a Joe Louis and a Pepsi on me.

 

[GalenKnighthawke]

Welcome.

You sound cool.



-Galen's player

 

[T_Amon_from_work]

Hail and well met! Definitely welcome to the insanity ...

 

[Oriana]

Well Sakk, I did say in the best possible ways. lol The rest Mama and I will keep to ourselves. )

I'll spank her pixels the next time we're in Fel.

And to Mama . I'll sick my archer on you!! LOL

 

[DuHast]

see you all dont really realize wht u got here , i lost (as well as some others ,i guess) the best gm i had in the 8 years ive been playing , which is actually sad cause at one time i was gm of my own guild ...


but i guess if she makes the game better i can share her ....

 

[Sakkarah_]

Come over to my Keep on Chessy and have a Joe Louis and a Pepsi on me.

Throw in an Italian or Chicken Poutine, and you got yourself a deal!

I hope Siege is on the list of shards you had played on.

I did play Siege for a while what seems like centuries ago. And yes, I have recently resumed playing on Siege.

Hello and Welcome to our world , Just a question can you make UO better?

All I can do is try, and try I will.

see you all dont really realize wht u got here , i lost (as well as some others ,i guess) the best gm i had in the 8 years ive been playing , which is actually sad cause at one time i was gm of my own guild ...

It's not like I wont be randomly picking on you anymore. And I'm sure you wont miss me asking you to go scout

 

[AesSedai]

... and try I will.

- ... and I have every feeling that you are Abel & Willing: Dedicated. We are a lucky bunch here in UO realm.


10 years? Pfft. Let's reflect, after 20.


[alien]

 

[DuHast]

It's not like I wont be randomly picking on you anymore. And I'm sure you wont miss me asking you to go scout

yeah but ill miss all the yellin when everyone had total brain farts and forgot how to play ...


WHY AINT NO ONE MAKIN ANY FREAKING FIELDS ... YOU ALL SHUT THE HECK UP .... WHERE ARE THE DANG FIELDS ...

were my favorite spawns , hehe ... mainly cause im a dexer ... all i had to do is kill spawn and get scrolls out ..

 

[Pink Dragoness]

We are in sooooo much trouble with Sakkarah and Draconi together!! lol

Congrats on the position. We will miss you on Atlantic, but I would like to say, thank you for all the shard events you have given to us in the past few years.
I am tickled to know there are people there with a passion for UO.

 

[Dreamer]

We Miss you Miss Canadian Queen Good to know we have someone who has a passion for the game.Your the bestest and still and always my favorite gal.You hot shot better treat her good we love you Sak and miss you dearly.

 

[Cybrdragon]

This sounds really exciting. I'm happy to see someone with such a background getting hired to work on the game. Maybe there's still hope!

 

[Lady Aalia]

Congratz on the new big Job

Glad you made the move even thou we will miss you dearly here


your german Fanclub

 

[Ancient Sosarian]

Hiyas Right Back at You,

I hope you are able to bring great things to my Beloved Ultima Online. I've played since almost day one, and hope to play as lonf as I draw breaths and can think even a lil straight.

Looking forward to our future together.

 

[Coppelia]

There's a lot of work here!
Welcome and good luck!

 

[Sakkarah_]

WHY AINT NO ONE MAKIN ANY FREAKING FIELDS ... YOU ALL SHUT THE HECK UP .... WHERE ARE THE DANG FIELDS ...

oh my...

While we're at it, what about:

"Why aren't you noobs in map?"
"GET IN VENT!"
"If one of your guildmate runs past you with his toosh on fire, dont ask if he needs a heal, just toss him one!"
"[insert name] has been wearing a death shroud for the past 5 mins. It's not a fashion statement. REZ HIM ALREADY!"
"Stop casting poison fields, It's PARA fields"
"We just kicked a ghost, be ready, we're about to get raided!"
"OMG guys! Those fields in Star are pathetic!"
"Oh wow, I just got brutally spanked by some [insert guild tag]. I wont be able to sit for a month."
"My gold!!"

Awww man, good times!

For me, the best fights aren't so much the ones over a champ as much as the open field ones that end up spilling all over the place and 1-2 hours later, nobody really remembers what/who initiated it and it ends miles away from where it began with other guilds jumping in.

 

[Barrakketh]

oh my...

While we're at it, what about:

"Why aren't you noobs in map?"
"GET IN VENT!"
"If one of your guildmate runs past you with his toosh on fire, dont ask if he needs a heal, just toss him one!"
"[insert name] has been wearing a death shroud for the past 5 mins. It's not a fashion statement. REZ HIM ALREADY!"
"Stop casting poison fields, It's PARA fields"
"We just kicked a ghost, be ready, we're about to get raided!"
"OMG guys! Those fields in Star are pathetic!"
"Oh wow, I just got brutally spanked by some [insert guild tag]. I wont be able to sit for a month."
"My gold!!"

Awww man, good times!

For me, the best fights aren't so much the ones over a champ as much as the open field ones that end up spilling all over the place and 1-2 hours later, nobody really remembers what/who initiated it and it ends miles away from where it began with other guilds jumping in.

So this is where Atlantic's sexiest GM has gone . Gratz , you'll make a great addition to the UO team , and thanks for all the great player events you created Sakk.

 

[Eslake]

Champ spawn guild.?!?!?!?

How did a Fel player ever get past security?

Now put on your flame retardant suit, because since you posted, you will be held directly responsible for every error, bug, shortcoming, etc in the game for the next 2 weeks.

Just watch these forums, people will be naming you in their post titles expecting answers.


Have fun on the Dark Side.

 

[Vyal]

Seems to me like you spent to much of your life playing games and not enough time learning how to program. You should fit right in with everyone working on UO :loser:

 

[Sakkarah_]

Wow, I didn't expect to see this thread resurface after 2 1/2 months!!

*waves to Barrakketh*

Champ spawn guild.?!?!?!?
How did a Fel player ever get past security?

Now put on your flame retardant suit, because since you posted, you will be held directly responsible for every error, bug, shortcoming, etc in the game for the next 2 weeks.

I stealthed my way in. As for the flames, my mage's suit is all 70s, Corpse proof and I can chug with the best of them. Worse case, I'm sure I'll find a compassionate healer somewhere to take care of the more severe wounds!

Seems to me like you spent to much of your life playing games and not enough time learning how to program. You should fit right in with everyone working on UO :loser:

I want to believe that I do fit in with the rest of the team. They're awesome. As for my scripting skills, I haven't caused a core meltdown yet (not for lack of trying too!) so I think there's hope yet

 

[Chad Sexington]

Over my 11 years of playing UO, I got to experiment the game in countless ways: I was a crafter/merchant and professional Treasure Hunter, which led me to start my own UO fansite; founded a champ spawn guild which became one of Atlantic’s main champ guild, was a DJ on UO Radio where I had the pleasure of interviewing many of the great guilds across every server, and had the honor of serving as EM to the wonderful people of Baja.

Regine “Sakkarah” Abel
Associate Game Designer

The interviews were sexy.

 

[Sarphus]

oh my...

...
For me, the best fights aren't so much the ones over a champ as much as the open field ones that end up spilling all over the place and 1-2 hours later, nobody really remembers what/who initiated it and it ends miles away from where it began with other guilds jumping in.

I love those

Welcome to the team. I hope you make good design decisions and wish you the best.

 

[Gheed]

Wow, I didn't expect to see this thread resurface after 2 1/2 months!!

Well I am glad it resurfaced because I missed it! I was very happy to read the op. Sure it shows your are and experienced UO player in many areas. But more so it shows you have patience and a high tolerance for pain. If your ability to read and write code is a fraction of every other qualification you boast, then we are all in for some good times. Welcome aboard!

p.s. Heh not to defile Draconi's (and team's) hard work by any means. With the Mag invasion forward... I haven't enjoyed the game so much since I started playing it 9 years ago.

 

[Evilminion]

Howdy right back atcha! Not sure how I missed this thread the first time around, either, but CONGRATULATIONS!

I know exactly how you feel; I was on top of the world when I was hired by Sierra Online, way back in the day. I remember struggling not to add "I LOVE YOUR GAMES" to the end of my resume, heh. :loser: Here's hoping that you still have that happy rush, now that you've been doing the job for a couple of months.

Oh, and I have a photo from the late 1980's of my car sitting in a parking lot in Springfield, VA. There's nearly a foot of snow on it. Don't think you're out of the wintery woods yet!

 

[Loqucious]

Gosh I really enjoy hearing UO players joining the dev team. Good luck!

 

[christy1221]

Welcome

 

[Sakkarah_]

I know exactly how you feel; I was on top of the world when I was hired by Sierra Online, way back in the day. I remember struggling not to add "I LOVE YOUR GAMES" to the end of my resume, heh. :loser:

In your shoes, I don't know that I would have made it through the interview without fainting a few times. I was crazy in love with Sierra games. I used to say that some day I would be the next Roberta Williams, lol.

 

[Eslake]

In your shoes, I don't know that I would have made it through the interview without fainting a few times. I was crazy in love with Sierra games. I used to say that some day I would be the next Roberta Williams, lol.

Berta was nice. She had a talent for turning a simple idea into an entire lore. (I worked with her on PoR). Dan.. well there are laws about going to work intoxicated these days, but back then it was just funny.
He reminded me of the Doherty brothers (if you remember Legacy of the Ancients) but they were that crazy sober.

I wanted to work on UO in the beginning, but was tied up until after it was retail. By the time I was available I had developed biasses on a number of systems in the game that simply didn't work the way I would have liked.
In hindsight it would have been a better move than working with Sony. I spent a grand total of 5 months working on EverQuest before I left in frustration.


As time goes on, getting a team that works well together is becoming more and more difficult. So if you all get along, don't let them shuffle you!

 

[Madrid]

Greetings everyone!

I guess it’s my turn to make my introduction post.

A couple weeks ago, I joined the ranks of the UO Live Team as Associate Game Designer. How did I get here? Well here goes…

I was always a game junky. In fact, I started playing video games when I was barely old enough to hold a joystick. And my first game was Pong on a Coleco. From there, I developed a fondness for adventure games such as King Quests and Gabriel Knight, and RTS games like the Settlers and Civilization. At some point, I would buy so many computer games, the local computer store owners knew me by name. Two of them even had me writing game reviews for them.

One day, my brother told me Ultima was going online and that I should check it out. I did, and OMG did I ever get hooked!!

I have been playing UO since Beta, with my main shard being Atlantic, though I have ventured on a number of other shards, including spending an entire year on LA at server birth. I had always wanted to be a Seer and signed up for the Volunteer program. Unfortunately, the program was terminated while I was going through the interview process. So I proceeded to run events as a player. Through this endeavor, I had the pleasure of meeting Soar who was the GM of the now defunct QuestMasters, a guild devoted to running player events. During his one-year UO hiatus, I ran the guild for him and we opened a few chapters of QM on other shards.

Over my 11 years of playing UO, I got to experiment the game in countless ways: I was a crafter/merchant and professional Treasure Hunter, which led me to start my own UO fansite; founded a champ spawn guild which became one of Atlantic’s main champ guild, was a DJ on UO Radio where I had the pleasure of interviewing many of the great guilds across every server, and had the honor of serving as EM to the wonderful people of Baja.

I was working on a game for Lucas Art in a Montreal-based game company when I was offered to join the UO team. Relocating to a new country, away from family and friends, and stepping down as leader of my guild was not an easy choice, but working on UO was a life long dream for me. So I made the jump and so far, it has been an amazing experience. Everyone here is very passionate about the game and working hard. And I’m definitely excited to finally be able to make my humble contribution.

Regine “Sakkarah” Abel
Associate Game Designer

Is that your website uotreasurehunters.com?

That is a really good site. :bowdown:

 

[Pasquinade]

Hi!
And welcome to the boards!

 

[Evilminion]

I was crazy in love with Sierra games.

Heehee! Let's take this to PM; methinks I have a little something to send you.

 

[ki-rin]

hi lady sakkarah! welcome to the boards!