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morPR

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.... we decided to clear one thousand housing spots! By deleting old, historic buildings that weren't documented properly. You're welcome.

Your turn.
 

Gorokar

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We decided to no longer support classic client. You will have an option for playing EC with the old graphics. You're welcome

I **** my pants
 

skittles1337

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we've decided to stop milking our player base out of countless thousands of dollars by shutting down all the servers.
 

celticus

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We have decided to "create" a new store in game to OPENLY sell everything and anything UO, including selling openly, PS, SOT's, Alacrity scrolls, pre-finished characters, pets scrolled 120 and trained, and also landmasses. Also the fabled "Veterinarian Surgical Tool-Kit" so you can re-scroll and adjust skills on your pets. And on top of that EM shiny items! All for cripsy juicy RL almighty $$. o_O :banana:
 

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This year, we will be celebrating Ultima Online's 23rd Anniversary with a retirement party!
BTW! We are proud to announce EA's newest MMORPG Browser Game, the spiritual successor of Ultima Online, reimagined by Richard Garriot, Tencent, and Bonnie Armstrong, working title Pew Pew Kitty Loot Box!
 

celticus

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Nope..We have decided to add a new race : Ethereal Race. Winged and all, with new magics and new ethereal armor! Another flying humanoid in addition to Gargies, but looking a little better. :) :banana:
 

celticus

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@celticus A new race that can swim, has a new spell school, cant wear any existing armor classes, new housing underwater, and costs 30$! OH and each upgrade comes with spellbook 75sdi, 1/2 casting, random slayer, 10lrc!
Yes! And houses underwater sounds awesome, plus new rideable skree! Imagine that. Or change rideable pets that can fight while ridden? o_O
 

Captn Norrington

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Bonnie has bought Stratics and is putting AtlanticRealtor and @Petra Fyde in charge of it..
I would literally buy it myself just to prevent Bonnie from having it if that were the case. We've all seen what a godawful piece of crap the official forums are, and I could never let Stratics become that much of a joke o.0
 

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So glad you're all here to Hear the big announcement ...Yes, Well we have been working hard and have all the bug fixes set and all of your complaints have been answered in this update... Hope you enjoy it!! Get ready Winter of 2020 Update "Game Revert to 1998" will be released!!!
 

Keith of Sonoma

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I would literally buy it myself just to prevent Bonnie from having it if that were the case. We've all seen what a godawful piece of crap the official forums are, and I could never let Stratics become that much of a joke o.0
LOL, If you didn't, I would consider it again. But then, I would immediately ban all the RMT people/gold sellers and buyers. So a lot of people would end up getting their feelings hurt. BUT, It would STILL have more traffic than the little cheerleader club that passes for the *cough, "official" forum cough* though, and STILL have better moderators. :D
 

Lord Nabin

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LOL, If you didn't, I would consider it again. But then, I would immediately ban all the RMT people/gold sellers and buyers. So a lot of people would end up getting their feelings hurt. BUT, It would STILL have more traffic than the little cheerleader club that passes for the *cough, "official" forum cough* though, and STILL have better moderators. :D
Let's be honest. It would be you and two other people in the end. Best of luck with that.

*taps pipe and empties the ash at your feet*
 

The Doctor

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The big announcement is.....they are going to open an official auction site for players to sell their goods for real life money. Thus boosting subs by having people play to make cold hard cash.
 
Will be uo mobile.
People have been playing UO on Android devices for a decade.
This is nothing new and exciting.

Very simple to setup, featureless or tailored to your taste.

If this is the news, I hope it's better than what's already out there.
A clean full feature UI delivering a complete experience would be beneficial if produced properly.

Taking newer content such as vendor search into consideration, I wouldn't expect more than a glorified Microsoft Remote Desktop experience.
 

Keith of Sonoma

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Last Hamster put down, UO dies.
I am almost at the point that I am not sure that would be a bad thing! It would almost be worth it, to see, and listen to all the RMT people p*** their pants! :DROFLI suspect that the devs will give all of their RMT friends/cohorts advance notice though. They need to allow their gold seller buddies to cash out before they let the "general public" know, so they can get their kickbacks!
 

Uriah Heep

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Will be uo mobile.

Seriously? you think the people that can't make cabinet doors close, or art not stick up thru floors, or transmog potions work, can pull it off? I give you a point for enthusiasm, but i don't see that happening (not properly, anyway)
 

Penderrin

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Introducing Deco Britannia, the new Ultima Online animated series coming to Cartoon Network every Saturday morning!

Tune in as the ever fun loving Mesanna and friends scour Britannia in search of items to furnish her majestic castle. No fish tank too tall, no rug too gaudy, no pie safe doors too open for this wonderful coterie. Watch the gang weave through the beautiful streets of Luna digging through vendor stock. What will they find this week? The intensity only increases when glimpsing that pesky Stinky Pete lurking in the background just waiting for the right moment to relieve them of their possessions. You'll be on the edge of your couch!

But wait, there's more! After the show log onto UO.com to subscribe to your very own shopping adventure in Ultima Online. Impress your neighbors with all the vanity items that you can stuff into your house. Run out of space? Don't worry, we have your back with the House Storage Upgrade. Don't let the grass tiles be greener on the other side! You can even acquire your very own Mesanna brand items in game to cherish and flaunt. Better yet, you can meet the real deal Mesanna as she makes her rounds!

Shop the vendors or the multitude of useful items in the UO store. Hit up that shady Avatar if you cannot find what you are looking for. Anything and everything you see in Deco Britannia is also available to own in Ultima Online.


Saturday morning, Cartoon Network, Be there!
 

Specialist

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the big announcement is they are turning uo into a mobile game and u cant play for more then an hour without paying to extend ur play time.
 

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Trials for the Virtue game of UO started. You awaken as the very last character you played "In the Game" and they tell you to get out have to win UO
 

MalagAste

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Introducing Deco Britannia, the new Ultima Online animated series coming to Cartoon Network every Saturday morning!

Tune in as the ever fun loving Mesanna and friends scour Britannia in search of items to furnish her majestic castle. No fish tank too tall, no rug too gaudy, no pie safe doors too open for this wonderful coterie. Watch the gang weave through the beautiful streets of Luna digging through vendor stock. What will they find this week? The intensity only increases when glimpsing that pesky Stinky Pete lurking in the background just waiting for the right moment to relieve them of their possessions. You'll be on the edge of your couch!

But wait, there's more! After the show log onto UO.com to subscribe to your very own shopping adventure in Ultima Online. Impress your neighbors with all the vanity items that you can stuff into your house. Run out of space? Don't worry, we have your back with the House Storage Upgrade. Don't let the grass tiles be greener on the other side! You can even acquire your very own Mesanna brand items in game to cherish and flaunt. Better yet, you can meet the real deal Mesanna as she makes her rounds!

Shop the vendors or the multitude of useful items in the UO store. Hit up that shady Avatar if you cannot find what you are looking for. Anything and everything you see in Deco Britannia is also available to own in Ultima Online.


Saturday morning, Cartoon Network, Be there!

I'm telling you a friend of mine and I thought UO should be marketed to Hoarders... they can hoard to their heart's content... without cluttering IRL and enjoy hoarding... when one account is full start another... they might save money in the long run and certainly be able to live in a clutter-free home and still enjoy hoarding... Win for UO and Win for Hoarders... then the TV show can do shows on in-game hoarding... going through people's in-game stashes...
 

morPR

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Chicken little time.....

We are being sold to Perfect World. Or some other gaming MMO company.
 

Luc of Legends

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UO has been bought by a Russian based company and now everything costs extra Housing - costs extra 15 per month, Champ Spawn access costs extra, Dungeon access 5 dollars a month per dungeon, Extra facet access 10 dollars per facet per month. Oh and UO will now be all in Russian/Cyrillic so you will have to learn Russian to be exploited to death.
 

MissEcho

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I am hoping they are announcing the closure of UO as we know it and moving it to a platform where we all start again from scratch. Just the thing I need to quit for good and not worry about the wasted 18 yrs of stuff and what to do with it.
 

Cyrah

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I know! The gms will finally change really, really and I mean really offensive player names to Basil. Could happen in another game, not this one.
 

Uriah Heep

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Some people, so I am told, actually got warnings and a few 72'd over an innocent name like Colonel Angus, at one time.

See much more offensive than that now, and it's okay, I guess. Plus the language allowed. We sure have gone a long way downhill
 

Lord Nabin

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Just about 24 hours to go and I have settled on

The Stratics community has fully funded Stratics for the year with their generous donations!!

Thanks to every one who click the link below and dropped a little gold!

Click Here: I can't wait enter me now!

Seriously we only have $230 to catch up for the year and $530 to fully fund. We can complete this today!​
 

morPR

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Messana bowing out and letting Ken & Roberta Williams take over.
 

Nexus

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Chicken little time.....

We are being sold to Perfect World. Or some other gaming MMO company.
Nah it’s gonna be a long running “Farewell to Britannia” the vent arc that will lead to the 25th anniversary. EJ restrictions will be lifted and on Sept 24th, 2022 at 11:59 pm the servers will go dark.
 

Pawain

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Messana bowing out and letting Ken & Roberta Williams take over.
I played so many Sierra games! The Leisure Suit Larrys', Red Baron, I was on the Sierra network when it began, playing Hoyle card games, Red Baron and others. I had a Roland MT 32 sound module and all their games were compatible. Had an amp and huge speakers from back in the day. Sound was awesome! My 286 computer monitor and sound probably cost $3000. Then a few months later the dang 386 came out so I have done the upgrade dance since the 80s.

Very cutting edge back then. They knew what they were doing.
 

dancingrocks

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This year, we will be celebrating Ultima Online's 23rd Anniversary with a retirement party!
BTW! We are proud to announce EA's newest MMORPG Browser Game, the spiritual successor of Ultima Online, reimagined by Richard Garriot, Tencent, and Bonnie Armstrong, working title Pew Pew Kitty Loot Box!

Pretty accurate rumor according to Google search results :tinhat:
 

Spartan

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I played so many Sierra games! The Leisure Suit Larrys', Red Baron, I was on the Sierra network when it began, playing Hoyle card games, Red Baron and others. I had a Roland MT 32 sound module and all their games were compatible. Had an amp and huge speakers from back in the day. Sound was awesome! My 286 computer monitor and sound probably cost $3000. Then a few months later the dang 386 came out so I have done the upgrade dance since the 80s.

Very cutting edge back then. They knew what they were doing.
I've still got my Leisure Suit Larry collection along with Kings Quest, Quest For Glory and Space Quest. And the kid used to play the police one - can't remember the name. I was in the The Realm beta test. What carnage! <grin> Then there was Yserbius online and offline.
 

Laura_Gold

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Yserbius reminded me a lot of Tales of the Unknown Volume I: The Bard's Tale
Didn't Sierra publish a couple of the early Ultimas? Sure they did. "Escape from Mount Drash" only gets remembered as being the VIC-20 game that's rarer than hen's teeth, these days.
 

virtualhabitat

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Introducing a new Vendor Search Quest. Players will attempt to do a search for various items on player vendors. The RNG will determine if the search will succeed. Players who repeat the quest repeatedly will increase their chance of finding their "drop", although it will be less frequent than getting a cameo on the roof.

Have fun!
 

morPR

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Ah, I had those, too. But had to throw out a ton of loose CDs because "they might be scratched".... thx, Bro. Cost me a pretty penny for all that software....
 
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