It was brought to my attention by a couple of friends in game to come read a post. I was kinda shocked at what I had read.
years ago (they all have Ricardo lamps so before that) when I was given an empty account (no items in banks, naked characters and no house) I thought cool! It was a guild mate and they were leaving UO. I don't remember the exact conversation.
I changed the info on the account logged in and began making it my own. I didn't change any characters names. I placed a house. Swapped houses at one point due to the account not having new decorative additions I wanted on the home. Dropped scrolls on one character and worked her up. Created a new characters, scrolled her out.
Doing what anyone would do with (yes another) extra account. Getting extra holiday gifts, using it to get extra arc items. Doing self rescue rezzes. (don't lie we all do it when and if we can! lol)
Flashback to a few years back..... I was told by another guild mate that "so and so" wanted to know if they could see their characters or something. (Momma always said, look with your eyes not with your hands!) I was puzzled and spoke to my husband. He said sure, why not. I said, but they are all linked together now, he would have access to all of them. he said, oh... nope.
I logged into guild chat... what? yes, he had created another account and was in the guild with (at least) one of his new characters. I don't know if I told him directly, or through another guildmate, about the linked accounts. Time passed, he left guild on good terms, I would assume due to the guild's lack of activity. blah blah blah. That was the end of that. (or so I thought....dun dun dun)
It kinda chilled me to the bone to think he had been and has been hard at work trying to retrieve the account. If he had managed to gain access, he would have all MY accounts.
Well...It took some time (not really only since Sunday..!), but I have deleted the character I created and worked up. I deleted the one that I added scrolls to and worked up. I removed the house and opened another account to hold the house and start the characters over. Removed the characters from the guild. Opened a ticket with UO to unlink the account. Got it unlinked. (with someone's help! I think) Had to open a new email to attach the account to and sent a message to the "original owner". *waiting for him now*
I am giving the account back because well... he wants it back. He is a good person. He's human and most of all, in BoE we have a motto. Once a Banisher always a Banisher.
Why did I bother to even write this? Well it's always nice to have closure.
Thus ends/completes the story. Hopefully all's well that ends well.
Gidge
years ago (they all have Ricardo lamps so before that) when I was given an empty account (no items in banks, naked characters and no house) I thought cool! It was a guild mate and they were leaving UO. I don't remember the exact conversation.
I changed the info on the account logged in and began making it my own. I didn't change any characters names. I placed a house. Swapped houses at one point due to the account not having new decorative additions I wanted on the home. Dropped scrolls on one character and worked her up. Created a new characters, scrolled her out.
Doing what anyone would do with (yes another) extra account. Getting extra holiday gifts, using it to get extra arc items. Doing self rescue rezzes. (don't lie we all do it when and if we can! lol)
Flashback to a few years back..... I was told by another guild mate that "so and so" wanted to know if they could see their characters or something. (Momma always said, look with your eyes not with your hands!) I was puzzled and spoke to my husband. He said sure, why not. I said, but they are all linked together now, he would have access to all of them. he said, oh... nope.
I logged into guild chat... what? yes, he had created another account and was in the guild with (at least) one of his new characters. I don't know if I told him directly, or through another guildmate, about the linked accounts. Time passed, he left guild on good terms, I would assume due to the guild's lack of activity. blah blah blah. That was the end of that. (or so I thought....dun dun dun)
It kinda chilled me to the bone to think he had been and has been hard at work trying to retrieve the account. If he had managed to gain access, he would have all MY accounts.
Well...It took some time (not really only since Sunday..!), but I have deleted the character I created and worked up. I deleted the one that I added scrolls to and worked up. I removed the house and opened another account to hold the house and start the characters over. Removed the characters from the guild. Opened a ticket with UO to unlink the account. Got it unlinked. (with someone's help! I think) Had to open a new email to attach the account to and sent a message to the "original owner". *waiting for him now*
I am giving the account back because well... he wants it back. He is a good person. He's human and most of all, in BoE we have a motto. Once a Banisher always a Banisher.
Why did I bother to even write this? Well it's always nice to have closure.
Thus ends/completes the story. Hopefully all's well that ends well.
Gidge
