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This one is by far my favourite
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This is the most populated image I could find that I took
This one is by far my favourite
I was at work while this was happening so I had my son set up one of my chars on my comp for me (we were the ones in green). I think if this thing had gotten more publicity than it did on other forums and ingame, the numbers could have easily doubled or more. SCREENIES!!! MORE SCREENIES!!
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*whew* Been a while since I've logged on here. I was there. It surprised me to see so many players; I really didn't expect that many people knew about it. The place was packed, and there were so many hidden people (not sure why lol)
This is just a 'head count' of the players from the above screenshot.
Here's one of the screenshots I took...
Anyway, nice job with getting it all set up JC and Hemi. Thanks for the robe, Hemi.
Bravo.
This is just a 'head count' of the players from the above screenshot.
Here's one of the screenshots I took...
Anyway, nice job with getting it all set up JC and Hemi. Thanks for the robe, Hemi.
Bravo.
Actually came to 107, miscounted to 125 on the first count, omg what an inflation! Guilty as charged np. Sorry, I accept that the rally was a failure, nobody really wants a UO:R shard :/
Edit: Just checked the shot where it totalled 91, you missed a lot of heads there
you've gotta zoom in to catch them all, especially the ones standing on top of each other (though I still probably missed a lot of cases of players standing on top of each other anyway, since everyone's wearing the same robes and on foot)Edit 2: I still missed some on my second count too, look between numbers 101 and 102, a head count missing there
Whatever the number is it's way into the 100 and somethings, but this argument is going on too long, the rally was great, period.
Rumour has it that there were people rallying at Yew gate too. Anyone happen to see this or get screenshots?
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Sir Joe
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Oh, well I wasn't notificed until almost an hour after that sorry.
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Dor of Sonoma
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Yay!
*gets all excited*
I am number 3 in the first shot!
By the way, there was at least one EM there, too. *winks*
*gets all excited*
I am number 3 in the first shot!
By the way, there was at least one EM there, too. *winks*
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Nacholicus
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I'm with the other people who voted with their wallets and couldn't log in. It also seemed like it wasn't very well known that there would be a rally. The the majority of the UO population that doesn't read the boards, or even speak English. I think the nay-sayers should take that into account.
I only found out about it about 2 hours before it started, and nobody who I ICQ'd to tell about it had heard about it, so yea, of course the numbers that turned up are nothing to go by. If you lived in a town with a population of 25'000, and posted ads in the paper and told a few friends, that if they came to your house on Sunday at 5pm, you'd give them $5 each, and only a couple of hundred people turned up, would that mean that the other 24'800 didn't want $10? You can't use a rally turnout alone to judge it's success, you can only compare it to similar rallies, and as UO rallies go, this one was a huge success.
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Terrance
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Tacking on here...
I have to believe that if the shard does come to pass, it will be due..at least in part..to those of us pushing for it.
I have to believe that if the shard does come to pass, it will be due..at least in part..to those of us pushing for it.
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I would have been there, if I weren't so busy with RL stuff. I'd say that there was only a very small percentage of the Pre-UO:R supporters there. I also have to add: a hundred people are nothing to scoff at...I can't remember the last time I have seen so many people on the same screen.
Pre-UO:R all the way! One facet, no overpowered artifacts, no insurance, fighting naked was an option. Much better than the current setup.
Pre-UO:R all the way! One facet, no overpowered artifacts, no insurance, fighting naked was an option. Much better than the current setup.
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RooAvery
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Also need to count the people who came and went durring the event. Look at the pix and see that a lot of the people were there the whole time, but a lot were also different people.
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imported_The-Noni-Trader
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And us Aussies who were unable to attend due to it being during our work hours....
And the Brits who couldnt make it due to it being late sunday night for them...
And the MANY who couldnt make it as they no longer have accounts
Id say though... that rally rivaled the Aussie shard rallie back in 99 for turnout.... though not quite reaching the same numbers... [which is to be expected since we did ours on a saturday US time so it was sunday for us and everyone was able to attend not to mention the subscription numbers were equal then and there was no need for multiple accounts *grins*]
Sorry I was not there... thankyou JC for setting it up.... Hope it sparks some more interest from the devs and EA themselves....
It is always nice to be able to demonstrate account numbers to the bigwigs through pictures that say "every single person here is a 12.99$ a month figure...."
So.. the support base upon those pictures alone actually heads into the $1,500 mark per month...
And that was a little publicised event.....
Perhaps we should make it a Bi-Monthly instalment JC?
Or just plan a follow up.... for a month from now..... to raise our army somewhat more
PM me if I can help with anything like that in any way
And the Brits who couldnt make it due to it being late sunday night for them...
And the MANY who couldnt make it as they no longer have accounts
Id say though... that rally rivaled the Aussie shard rallie back in 99 for turnout.... though not quite reaching the same numbers... [which is to be expected since we did ours on a saturday US time so it was sunday for us and everyone was able to attend not to mention the subscription numbers were equal then and there was no need for multiple accounts *grins*]
Sorry I was not there... thankyou JC for setting it up.... Hope it sparks some more interest from the devs and EA themselves....
It is always nice to be able to demonstrate account numbers to the bigwigs through pictures that say "every single person here is a 12.99$ a month figure...."
So.. the support base upon those pictures alone actually heads into the $1,500 mark per month...
And that was a little publicised event.....
Perhaps we should make it a Bi-Monthly instalment JC?
Or just plan a follow up.... for a month from now..... to raise our army somewhat more
PM me if I can help with anything like that in any way
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imported_The-Noni-Trader
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Just in case you guys haven't seen it already....
UO.Stratics.com
Poll of the week.... BE HEARD
"How interested would you be in playing on a Pre-UOR ruleset shard?"
UO.Stratics.com
Poll of the week.... BE HEARD
"How interested would you be in playing on a Pre-UOR ruleset shard?"
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Seminal Vesicle
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My family wanted to participate, but as always we were busy and out-of-town for memorial day weekend.
Bad weekend to have a rally!
Bad weekend to have a rally!
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And here are my pictures:
First one is about an hour - 45 mins before it started:
This one around the official starting time:
Busiest point was somewhere between the second and third picture I would estimate.
Problem was, once people started dying, it ruined the estimates of numbers. I reckon alot of people were afk. I died when I was afk and so I was a ghost for about 10 minutes, and so wouldnt have been counted as present in a head-count. I'm willing to bet there were quite a few others who had the same happen to them.
Anyway I thought it was pretty good, considering how lazy the average person is the turnout wasn't bad, IMO. I hope everyone who was there early appreciated my hat making talents!
Anyway, cheers to Hemi for the robes and to JC for setting the whole thing up.
and I still don't know the answer to that question about horses!
First one is about an hour - 45 mins before it started:
This one around the official starting time:
Busiest point was somewhere between the second and third picture I would estimate.
Problem was, once people started dying, it ruined the estimates of numbers. I reckon alot of people were afk. I died when I was afk and so I was a ghost for about 10 minutes, and so wouldnt have been counted as present in a head-count. I'm willing to bet there were quite a few others who had the same happen to them.
Anyway I thought it was pretty good, considering how lazy the average person is the turnout wasn't bad, IMO. I hope everyone who was there early appreciated my hat making talents!
Anyway, cheers to Hemi for the robes and to JC for setting the whole thing up.
and I still don't know the answer to that question about horses!
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RooAvery
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Id say though... that rally rivaled the Aussie shard rallie back in 99 for turnout....
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I actually took my origional Rally char called AUSSIE SHARD to this. Was quite fun. :>
Id say though... that rally rivaled the Aussie shard rallie back in 99 for turnout....
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I actually took my origional Rally char called AUSSIE SHARD to this. Was quite fun. :>
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Dor of Sonoma
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Ohhh...thank you for the skullcap! *grins*
I felt that it went quite stylishly with my deathrobe. *beams*
I felt that it went quite stylishly with my deathrobe. *beams*
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Me and 8 friends would have gone if any of us had active accounts, and i think this goes fro ALOT of older players.
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Rally report posted. I hope you enjoy.
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PS- I would like to give a shout out to SX guild for making things more interesting with their green robes!
[/ QUOTE ]Waaahh.. no shout out for the pink robes!? To you sir, I cry foul!
PS- I would like to give a shout out to SX guild for making things more interesting with their green robes!
[/ QUOTE ]Waaahh.. no shout out for the pink robes!? To you sir, I cry foul!
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Dor of Sonoma
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*grins*
Masara is actually Sonoma's Event Moderator. She be a sly one!
You are entirely correct about the respect part. No one crowded us, or interrupted our conversation. It was very, very cool.
She was disappointed that no refreshments were proffered, though. She had kind of been hoping for some cookies...or at least some ale.
Masara is actually Sonoma's Event Moderator. She be a sly one!
You are entirely correct about the respect part. No one crowded us, or interrupted our conversation. It was very, very cool.
She was disappointed that no refreshments were proffered, though. She had kind of been hoping for some cookies...or at least some ale.
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Opps, corrected. Don't even know who our event moderator is, we have had like 5 different ones.
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Deathjesters
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erm one is spamming down with SS. trammel ruin it all.... other is spamming "bring back UO:R.." shouldnt he be asked for "bring back pre :UOR" or "Bring back t2a"
one is spamming down with SS. trammel ruin it all.... other is spamming "bring back UO:R.." shouldnt he be asked for "bring back pre :UOR" or "Bring back t2a"
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Free Willy
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Thanks for the screen shots.
Naming yourself after tubes that transport sperm to the penis is fitting for one that helps to spread the seeds of a potent captivating classic UO gaming environment.
After the way EA has handled UO, I would have expected to see Vasectomy instead. Is the operation reversable?
Naming yourself after tubes that transport sperm to the penis is fitting for one that helps to spread the seeds of a potent captivating classic UO gaming environment.
After the way EA has handled UO, I would have expected to see Vasectomy instead. Is the operation reversable?
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Raath
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EA is stupid for making UO like Diablo
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Gareth420
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Spamming death to trammie GMs and such other rude things were a nice touch. I am sure the dev team loved being insulted by you guys and will jump right on whatever you want.
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I ran around Britain Felucca just now and there are wild horses everywhere with the names players put on them. It is funny.
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daclown
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I wasn't there on the account of closing my account becuase there is no pre uor server. If they begin production on a true pre uor server I will return to the game to play it.
This of course would require the developers to admint that they don't know everything and that some people do indeed think AOS sucks. That would be a hit to their already overinflated ego's. Lets see if the do it, I doubt they will.
This of course would require the developers to admint that they don't know everything and that some people do indeed think AOS sucks. That would be a hit to their already overinflated ego's. Lets see if the do it, I doubt they will.
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Deathjesters
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Spamming death to trammie GMs and such other rude things were a nice touch. I am sure the dev team loved being insulted by you guys and will jump right on whatever you want.
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im sure the all ppl in this thread is loving your annoying posts..
[NoT][/sarcasm]
Spamming death to trammie GMs and such other rude things were a nice touch. I am sure the dev team loved being insulted by you guys and will jump right on whatever you want.
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im sure the all ppl in this thread is loving your annoying posts..
[NoT][/sarcasm]
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Gareth420
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Do you actually expect anyone to take you seriously when they say things like that? You insult them and expect them to listen to you? Lucky they did not ban those accounts.
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Wood
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-JCthebuilder<blockquote><hr>
In the Official Pre-UOR thread I posted ideas for a monthy rally on different shards. People could offer to host and then everyone votes which shard to hold it on. I recommend starting a discussion in that thread about it.
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Ok, so we have gotten this far. We had the rally, and we all know how it went. Would it be to our benefit to have another rally? If so, on which shard? And would it take a group/committee of people to organize it? To place the burden of such a stupendous rally on the shoulders of one person is hard, so why not share the load. I for one would love another rally to take place in Felucca. We could set up players to guard the crowds so we dont get mass ganked like we did on Sunday, but still it was fun never the less. Lets keep this ball rolling people.
Discuss.
In the Official Pre-UOR thread I posted ideas for a monthy rally on different shards. People could offer to host and then everyone votes which shard to hold it on. I recommend starting a discussion in that thread about it.
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Ok, so we have gotten this far. We had the rally, and we all know how it went. Would it be to our benefit to have another rally? If so, on which shard? And would it take a group/committee of people to organize it? To place the burden of such a stupendous rally on the shoulders of one person is hard, so why not share the load. I for one would love another rally to take place in Felucca. We could set up players to guard the crowds so we dont get mass ganked like we did on Sunday, but still it was fun never the less. Lets keep this ball rolling people.
Discuss.
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Blind fury
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It was cool to meet all the people from stratics that went to it. I would say it was a success, I wasn't even there when it actually started but I was there for about 2 1/2 hours before it started and a ton of people showed up.
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RooAvery
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Spamming death to trammie GMs and such other rude things were a nice touch. I am sure the dev team loved being insulted by you guys and will jump right on whatever you want.
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Well asking nicely sure as hell didn't work. We must speaketh their own language!
Spamming death to trammie GMs and such other rude things were a nice touch. I am sure the dev team loved being insulted by you guys and will jump right on whatever you want.
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Well asking nicely sure as hell didn't work. We must speaketh their own language!
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RooAvery
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The problem is unless we start hearing supportive comments from the Dev, people will slowly start fading. Less and less people will show up for rally's and nothing will be accomplished. We have to be smart about the way we do this. They know now that we want this shard and there is huge backing for it. It's only a matter of them starting to discuss it.
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Wood
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So if we are going to do another rally, which server would it be good to have it on? Or would we do Atlantic again?
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The problem is unless we start hearing supportive comments from the Dev, people will slowly start fading. Less and less people will show up for rally's and nothing will be accomplished. We have to be smart about the way we do this. They know now that we want this shard and there is huge backing for it. It's only a matter of them starting to discuss it.
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I don't think the support for rallies will fade as long as they are not too often. I would hazard a guess that most who attended the rally yesterday would go to another in a heart beat. In addition, we would advertise it a lot better. Also it appears several didn't know about the free client and trial accounts, so that would be stressed more.
The problem is unless we start hearing supportive comments from the Dev, people will slowly start fading. Less and less people will show up for rally's and nothing will be accomplished. We have to be smart about the way we do this. They know now that we want this shard and there is huge backing for it. It's only a matter of them starting to discuss it.
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I don't think the support for rallies will fade as long as they are not too often. I would hazard a guess that most who attended the rally yesterday would go to another in a heart beat. In addition, we would advertise it a lot better. Also it appears several didn't know about the free client and trial accounts, so that would be stressed more.
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Guest
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I'll continue to attend until my last account expires.
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imported_The-Noni-Trader
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RTL
Ok guys... we've shown that the shard has support... We've rallied [like days of old] to give vigil for the game we once loved...
So... what exactly are we supporting?
Heres a link to discussion on what should be changed from today's UO to make it like the UO we all loved Please guys... check out the thread, contribute your ideas for things that need to change and how... and why
Once we feel we've covered all the things we can discuss what effect that would have on the game and the community... [for a new pre-ren shard]..
I'd ask everyone to try to keep their arguments about whether it's viable or not... whether they support it or not... whether they just want a pre-pub 16 shard or not... OUT of that thread we've got too many pre-ren threads as it is... I dont want to get us squashed again
What needs to change in today's UO to satisfy a Pre-Renaissance publish?
Ok guys... we've shown that the shard has support... We've rallied [like days of old] to give vigil for the game we once loved...
So... what exactly are we supporting?
Heres a link to discussion on what should be changed from today's UO to make it like the UO we all loved Please guys... check out the thread, contribute your ideas for things that need to change and how... and why
Once we feel we've covered all the things we can discuss what effect that would have on the game and the community... [for a new pre-ren shard]..
I'd ask everyone to try to keep their arguments about whether it's viable or not... whether they support it or not... whether they just want a pre-pub 16 shard or not... OUT of that thread
we've got too many pre-ren threads as it is... I dont want to get us squashed again What needs to change in today's UO to satisfy a Pre-Renaissance publish?
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Zeitgeist
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I would of came to this rally. However, I do not have an account anymore (I would come back for a pre-ren shard) and I was away for the weekend.
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Gareth420
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So you insult them yet again. How do you expect to hear good news form the dev team when you insult them at this "rally" where most acted like spoiled 2 year olds who were told no cookies before dinner.
Just a suggestion but next time try not to cuss out and insult the people who want to work with you. You will not get anywhere with the kind of childish insults I saw at that rally. They will blow you all off.
Just a suggestion but next time try not to cuss out and insult the people who want to work with you. You will not get anywhere with the kind of childish insults I saw at that rally. They will blow you all off.
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Raevok
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Go away. That's my advice if you want it.
We haven't asked for cookies before dinner. We paid for steak. Sure, we got it for a while, but now we're just getting a heaping pile of broccoli, and quite frankly, it sucks and is really starting to piss us off. We want our steak back, and are doing what we can to get it. If these people really "want to work with [us]" then perhaps they should act like it instead of hiding in the kitchen so to speak.
If you have any real suggestions of how to get us some real dinner (otherwise known as a pre-UO:R shard), then by all means, speak up. Otherwise... go away.
We haven't asked for cookies before dinner. We paid for steak. Sure, we got it for a while, but now we're just getting a heaping pile of broccoli, and quite frankly, it sucks and is really starting to piss us off. We want our steak back, and are doing what we can to get it. If these people really "want to work with [us]" then perhaps they should act like it instead of hiding in the kitchen so to speak.
If you have any real suggestions of how to get us some real dinner (otherwise known as a pre-UO:R shard), then by all means, speak up. Otherwise... go away.
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Guest
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Official announcement:
"We aren't making a pre-UO:R shard because X Newbie X spammed "All GM's are Newbs" at the player organised rally on atlantic the other day, so now we're having a hissy fit about it. Thanks"
Yeah I can see it now.
"We aren't making a pre-UO:R shard because X Newbie X spammed "All GM's are Newbs" at the player organised rally on atlantic the other day, so now we're having a hissy fit about it. Thanks"
Yeah I can see it now.
You got to it before me. Darn!
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Official announcement:
"We aren't making a pre-UO:R shard because X Newbie X spammed "All GM's are Newbs" at the player organised rally on atlantic the other day, so now we're having a hissy fit about it. Thanks"
Yeah I can see it now.
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Yeah, that will stop it from happening.....
Official announcement:
"We aren't making a pre-UO:R shard because X Newbie X spammed "All GM's are Newbs" at the player organised rally on atlantic the other day, so now we're having a hissy fit about it. Thanks"
Yeah I can see it now.
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Yeah, that will stop it from happening.....
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Gareth420
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Ok ya insulting and degrading the dev team is an excellent way to get them to listen to you. [/sarcasm]
It just shows the mental age of the people asking for a shard like this. Obviously calling names and stomping your feet is childish behavior. If you guys cannot control yourselves at this so called rally how can you be expected to control yourselves on a classic shard.
It will be a total waste of time. If you could for 5 minutes stop with the childish insults and talk like adults maybe they will listen.
It just shows the mental age of the people asking for a shard like this. Obviously calling names and stomping your feet is childish behavior. If you guys cannot control yourselves at this so called rally how can you be expected to control yourselves on a classic shard.
It will be a total waste of time. If you could for 5 minutes stop with the childish insults and talk like adults maybe they will listen.
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Gareth420
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I can see it now...
(dev team) They called us trammies! We cannot have that we better hurry up and make a classic shard.
(GM) Oh no he called me a trammie a GM. Damn I better listen to them they are using the word trammie now!!
(dev team) Lets drop everything we are doing and make this shard before they have another rally and insult us again!
Childish insults and basically standing there stomping your feet demanding you get attention is not the way to get people to help you. If you insist on insulting everyone who has anything to do with making a classic shard you will never get it done.
(dev team) They called us trammies! We cannot have that we better hurry up and make a classic shard.
(GM) Oh no he called me a trammie a GM. Damn I better listen to them they are using the word trammie now!!
(dev team) Lets drop everything we are doing and make this shard before they have another rally and insult us again!
Childish insults and basically standing there stomping your feet demanding you get attention is not the way to get people to help you. If you insist on insulting everyone who has anything to do with making a classic shard you will never get it done.
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Terrance
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Spamming death to trammie GMs and such other rude things were a nice touch. I am sure the dev team loved being insulted by you guys and will jump right on whatever you want.
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What you don't see are some of the replies a few of us shouted back at the guy making the rude comments about the GMs...
Spamming death to trammie GMs and such other rude things were a nice touch. I am sure the dev team loved being insulted by you guys and will jump right on whatever you want.
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What you don't see are some of the replies a few of us shouted back at the guy making the rude comments about the GMs...
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Guest
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Even I would come back for such a shard, as would many of the people I played with. I haven't had an active account since 2003 and AoS, neither have any of those I played with. It was the worst thing that happened to the game. Ever. Currently playing World of Warcraft but it's too much of an Everquest clone and people are tiring of it quickly.
I miss quality MMO gaming like the old UO. The pvp where skill--not items--mattered and more importantly a casual-playable game that was pretty much free of frustration.
I miss quality MMO gaming like the old UO. The pvp where skill--not items--mattered and more importantly a casual-playable game that was pretty much free of frustration.
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Gareth420
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I did not see anything but DIE TRAMMIES! REMOVE TRAMMEL! TRAMMIE GMS SUCK! etc etc.
I did not see anyone try to say that was not acceptable. Even the screenshots here show nothing but insults and derogatory statements about trammel and the staff at EA. If you did you sure were not very vocal about it.
I did not see anyone try to say that was not acceptable. Even the screenshots here show nothing but insults and derogatory statements about trammel and the staff at EA. If you did you sure were not very vocal about it.
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