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Grot
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Back in late 2007 I stopped playing UO. It was a decision that had been in the works from around January of the same year when our twins were born and UO became a hobby that did not jive at all with multiple small children, plus burnout was setting in. The decision to leave became final when I deployed overseas and spent 7 months away from the game, breaking the addiction.
Since that point, we've been spending $120 a year to keep a house with all the pixel crack we didn't want to get rid of in the off chance we decided to come back when things settle down...but for both Dola and I, the desire to come back to UO is still nil.
The time has come to pare down even smaller and remove the cost of playing a game that...we don't play.
It took a good year to decide how to get rid of all the junk we've collected over 9 years of playing. I tossed around a lot of ideas. I personally didn't just want to just let my house fall. Some of the stuff holds some still holds some sentimental value to me, bringing back memories of friends, etc. For a while I'd settled on the grandiose idea to stuff all my valuables in locked chests with 125 items in each, probably a lot of wood tossed in for weight, drop my house, and watch a huge Siege style battle.
This didn't happen mostly because I couldn't find the time to set it all up...then next thing I knew we were paying for another 6 months.
So today, in a final act to store some personal stuff in the bank, the idea of what I'd do came to me. I talked it over with Dola, and she liked it too. So, for those of you who've managed to make it through my ramble, here goes.
I have an 18X18 south of the Yew Moongate (in what was and may still be Wispwood territory). The house is nearly full of all of the items that I'd accumulated over about 9 years and Dola for about 5 or 6 years. When we combined houses, a lot of the furniture and decorations went, increasing the density of items of possible value. The chests within contain stuff from pre AOS, Marties, Tokono drops, a lot of combat gear that I had as backup for Grot (1/2's, 1/3's, pretty decent weapons, armor, combat supplies), resources, holiday gifts, and a number of items that may be worth something to collectors (player written books, crafted items by players long gone, etc). As a fair note, nothing in the house is from the Stygian Abyss expansion or beyond, we both stopped before then.
This house and everything in it is up for auction. This auction ends on Sunday 26 Dec 2009 at 8 PM PST. At that time, the highest bidder able to pay their bid gets everything. This person could be the biggest jerk in game, or a good friend from when we were playing. As a note, I will take possession of the full payment prior to turning over the house. Anyone who is unwilling to trust me need not bid. Maybe 5 years down the road one of us will want to play and use the money to get back into game...otherwise consider it a feeble attempt to reduce the available gold in game.
There is an exception to this. I've set a threshold which I will not divulge. If the highest bidder does not exceed this threshold, I will move on to plan B. Plan B will be to drop the house at some point in time, and advertise that it has happened and let Siege rules decide who gets what.
I'll say my final piece when everything is said and done.
Bidding is open, see you Sunday night.
p.s. Mods, if we can't auction and stuff on this forum anymore, please indulge this cranky old fart seeped in the past one last time.
-Grot, Allistan, and sometimes Nathan...Also sort of speaking for Dola, Nathan, and Marissa
Since that point, we've been spending $120 a year to keep a house with all the pixel crack we didn't want to get rid of in the off chance we decided to come back when things settle down...but for both Dola and I, the desire to come back to UO is still nil.
The time has come to pare down even smaller and remove the cost of playing a game that...we don't play.
It took a good year to decide how to get rid of all the junk we've collected over 9 years of playing. I tossed around a lot of ideas. I personally didn't just want to just let my house fall. Some of the stuff holds some still holds some sentimental value to me, bringing back memories of friends, etc. For a while I'd settled on the grandiose idea to stuff all my valuables in locked chests with 125 items in each, probably a lot of wood tossed in for weight, drop my house, and watch a huge Siege style battle.
This didn't happen mostly because I couldn't find the time to set it all up...then next thing I knew we were paying for another 6 months.
So today, in a final act to store some personal stuff in the bank, the idea of what I'd do came to me. I talked it over with Dola, and she liked it too. So, for those of you who've managed to make it through my ramble, here goes.
I have an 18X18 south of the Yew Moongate (in what was and may still be Wispwood territory). The house is nearly full of all of the items that I'd accumulated over about 9 years and Dola for about 5 or 6 years. When we combined houses, a lot of the furniture and decorations went, increasing the density of items of possible value. The chests within contain stuff from pre AOS, Marties, Tokono drops, a lot of combat gear that I had as backup for Grot (1/2's, 1/3's, pretty decent weapons, armor, combat supplies), resources, holiday gifts, and a number of items that may be worth something to collectors (player written books, crafted items by players long gone, etc). As a fair note, nothing in the house is from the Stygian Abyss expansion or beyond, we both stopped before then.
This house and everything in it is up for auction. This auction ends on Sunday 26 Dec 2009 at 8 PM PST. At that time, the highest bidder able to pay their bid gets everything. This person could be the biggest jerk in game, or a good friend from when we were playing. As a note, I will take possession of the full payment prior to turning over the house. Anyone who is unwilling to trust me need not bid. Maybe 5 years down the road one of us will want to play and use the money to get back into game...otherwise consider it a feeble attempt to reduce the available gold in game.
There is an exception to this. I've set a threshold which I will not divulge. If the highest bidder does not exceed this threshold, I will move on to plan B. Plan B will be to drop the house at some point in time, and advertise that it has happened and let Siege rules decide who gets what.
I'll say my final piece when everything is said and done.
Bidding is open, see you Sunday night.
p.s. Mods, if we can't auction and stuff on this forum anymore, please indulge this cranky old fart seeped in the past one last time.
-Grot, Allistan, and sometimes Nathan...Also sort of speaking for Dola, Nathan, and Marissa
