I got a em made bottle of wine they ran out of the good items when I got there
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Impossible to do everything. The first group of 16 got into Ludo then took the entire 2 hours. Many people were stuck in the second group of 16 just to miss the entire faire.
Geez not like anyone suggested it would be like that...
There were some Ribs and other meat food rehued and named. I got a Goblin Knee.
Some got jars of Peach moonshine.
Ya because of all the negative posts from you and others, they thought only 5 or 10 players are left having fun.
So they planned for that.
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Agreed!
I stood in line for Ludo for an hour...just missed the 16 people cut-off and had no idea it would take that long.
Finally I got out of line and went to the archery contest and won! YAY!
I didn't get the goblin knees, I think I would have rather had that!
I stood in line for Ludo for an hour...just missed the 16 people cut-off and had no idea it would take that long.
Finally I got out of line and went to the archery contest and won! YAY!
I didn't get the goblin knees, I think I would have rather had that!
Ill trade you the knees for one of the jars of moonshine since you have 2.
Spider at Luna Bank Stairs.
The event was a lot of fun! I got to try the Horse Race, Trivia Contest, Teleport Maze, and Fortune Teller. The Tavern and Grill were sold out before I could use my ticket.
I was really curious if I missed something at the fortune teller booth. The Grey Seer told me that I "have at least 5-7 alternative personalities, but I need to remember that the one I consider my main personality must always remain in charge"
Someone through the event was spamming about wanting to get the 25th Anniversary Crystal Ball. Was there actually one given out?
I was really curious if I missed something at the fortune teller booth. The Grey Seer told me that I "have at least 5-7 alternative personalities, but I need to remember that the one I consider my main personality must always remain in charge"
Someone through the event was spamming about wanting to get the 25th Anniversary Crystal Ball. Was there actually one given out?
I personally thought it was pretty neat of the Dev team to bring back the lag from 1997 at the event, made the whole thing very nostalgic for me.
Really though, I did enjoy the fair.
I was surprised how fast the 2 hours went by.
I was pretty shocked when they all of a sudden said, all done!
I guess I hadn't thought it would be over that fast.
think i did 4 or 5 of the events, would have liked to try a few more, but really when you think about it there was what... 15-20 EMs there helping and a couple of the bosses, compared to the couple hundred players.
each event could only run through 4-8 at a time.
was bound to happen the way it did looking at it now.
but, it was fun. would have been nice to sit around and talk with some more people about the old days, hell I drank like 100 drinks in that drinking game and won so I was good and sloshed and ready to sing some more!
Really though, I did enjoy the fair.
I was surprised how fast the 2 hours went by.
I was pretty shocked when they all of a sudden said, all done!
I guess I hadn't thought it would be over that fast.
think i did 4 or 5 of the events, would have liked to try a few more, but really when you think about it there was what... 15-20 EMs there helping and a couple of the bosses, compared to the couple hundred players.
each event could only run through 4-8 at a time.
was bound to happen the way it did looking at it now.
but, it was fun. would have been nice to sit around and talk with some more people about the old days, hell I drank like 100 drinks in that drinking game and won so I was good and sloshed and ready to sing some more!
I"m glad the children had fun. And before anyone gets insulted or their panties twisted, yes, I play the same game as you. Yes, I still get somewhat excited about one or two things that still interest me about this game. But.....sigh...I can't even put it into words the way I want because it will get deleted..lol. But I really am glad ya'll had fun...
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Your post(s)/replies get more and more astounding.
I wasn't able to check out the faire since I had real life obligations yday but seems like people had fun. I did log on to Origin this morning to see what the reward thing was and clicked on one to see it was a page for a book of lore.... but they removed most of the statues so I only got 2 pages of lore and the silver steed.
I'm not sure why all the page reward statues woudn;t all be removed at the same time (or have the same timer) or weren't left up through the weekend. Little bit of a head scratcher but I'm thinking it's due to different EMs placing different statues at different times?
I don't want to sound like a negative Nancy (especially since I wasn't there) but it's kind of crazy to me that the EMs and Devs ran out of stuff to give; you would think that they would have had the ability to create more things (almost like have a statue in their pack to generate more goblin legs or whatever they ran out of).
Did they stick to the 2-3hour time limit or did they allow it to run a lot longer?
I'm not sure why all the page reward statues woudn;t all be removed at the same time (or have the same timer) or weren't left up through the weekend. Little bit of a head scratcher but I'm thinking it's due to different EMs placing different statues at different times?
I don't want to sound like a negative Nancy (especially since I wasn't there) but it's kind of crazy to me that the EMs and Devs ran out of stuff to give; you would think that they would have had the ability to create more things (almost like have a statue in their pack to generate more goblin legs or whatever they ran out of).
Did they stick to the 2-3hour time limit or did they allow it to run a lot longer?
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Overall, had a good time at the event. My primary gripe is that it was such a short period that you really didn't have an opportunity to do everything in the faire. There were a few games in particular that only turned over a few times over the course of the two hours and really didn't allow for too many people to get involved. My assumption here is that the EMs were overwhelmed by the volume of players that showed up. Most of the games seemed fun.
I can repeat what others have already said and note there was a bit of a debacle with the page 12/13 statues, but I think it's been covered in sufficient detail. Coming back to the issue on timing, this whole scenario wasted time during what was already a short event. I regret spending too much time looking for pages and not trying to get in another game or two. Never the less, the messages within the books from the EMs were actually really nice. It's probably my favorite Lore Book since all of these starting coming out the past couple of years.
In terms of what I walked away with... I won a trophy in the horse race and dance contest, got a few different colored ducks, made about eight full 15-page books, grabbed a bunch of the silver steeds. I had kind of wished the Silver Steed would be ridable, but unfortunately it isn't.
I am always surprised by what they can still come up with to keep it fresh in this 25 year old world of ours. It would be great if there was some type of faire more regularly... have it travel to different shards... maybe give opportunity to get Governor's involved or something... do it every 6-months or year... almost like a traveling circus of sorts, but I digress. It was a good time overall and I hope there was enough positive vibes that they would consider something like this again in the future.
I can repeat what others have already said and note there was a bit of a debacle with the page 12/13 statues, but I think it's been covered in sufficient detail. Coming back to the issue on timing, this whole scenario wasted time during what was already a short event. I regret spending too much time looking for pages and not trying to get in another game or two. Never the less, the messages within the books from the EMs were actually really nice. It's probably my favorite Lore Book since all of these starting coming out the past couple of years.
In terms of what I walked away with... I won a trophy in the horse race and dance contest, got a few different colored ducks, made about eight full 15-page books, grabbed a bunch of the silver steeds. I had kind of wished the Silver Steed would be ridable, but unfortunately it isn't.
I am always surprised by what they can still come up with to keep it fresh in this 25 year old world of ours. It would be great if there was some type of faire more regularly... have it travel to different shards... maybe give opportunity to get Governor's involved or something... do it every 6-months or year... almost like a traveling circus of sorts, but I digress. It was a good time overall and I hope there was enough positive vibes that they would consider something like this again in the future.
Do yooz mean sumting lik da goblinz did on Chezzy fur a few yearz
(Player Event) - Chezzy Fair Nov 13th, 14th and 15th!!
Dis year Zoogi doozin it on da Baja.
(Player Event) - Baja Fair Nov 18, 19, n 20th
i dunno if anyone is trying to gather a list of prizes given out. ive seen a few posted. i have a couple though that i didnt see on here thought id give yall a screen shot and list
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25th anniversary teleporter relay race winner
25th anniversary crazy costume 1st place winner
25th anniversary storytelling contest champion
25th anniversary dance contest winner
25th anniversary archery competition winner
25th anniversary minty swirly troll sucker
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25th anniversary teleporter relay race winner
25th anniversary crazy costume 1st place winner
25th anniversary storytelling contest champion
25th anniversary dance contest winner
25th anniversary archery competition winner
25th anniversary minty swirly troll sucker
A rehued snow globe/ask and answer. I'm sure they wanted one of the big ones.
When i first arrived I really wasn’t impressed at all, not at all clear where I had to go, what to do etc, I must have spent a good 30-40 mins trying to work out what was going on. As the evening went on i really enjoyed it, only got round to playing two games, the drinking game, i had no idea what i was doing, and the archery. Managed to get all the pages with both my accounts, also able to claim food and drink. Overall it was pretty good, just a real shame it wasn't longer than two hours as it was no where near enough to sample everything.
Despite all the issues, moans and groans from people, myself included at the start, my biggest take-away was what a joy it was seeing so, so many players turn out, must have been hundreds, possibly thousands. I have often wondered just how large the UO community was these days and this was such a good way to gauge just how alive Britannia still is. I love this world, it goes beyond a game for me, nothing else like it in gaming nor do i think there ever will be. I really hope its around in another 25 years time, saying that i hope I AM around in 25 years time lol to even see it.
Despite all the issues, moans and groans from people, myself included at the start, my biggest take-away was what a joy it was seeing so, so many players turn out, must have been hundreds, possibly thousands. I have often wondered just how large the UO community was these days and this was such a good way to gauge just how alive Britannia still is. I love this world, it goes beyond a game for me, nothing else like it in gaming nor do i think there ever will be. I really hope its around in another 25 years time, saying that i hope I AM around in 25 years time lol to even see it.
Hopefully next time they automate a lot of it. We didn't need a GM to swap tickets for food/drinks. Just set up an NPC to do that. Could have done similar with the ducks as well. Then the GMs could've been used to run a second Ludo game or whatever else had long lines.
It's about 1:10 my time (Mountain) the first thing I did I stood in line for the marshmallow duckling thing not realizing it would take too long. After 45 minutes had gone by with sunk cost fallacy I figured I might as well wait longer as I was near closer to the front. Lot of folks just cutting while I'm still waiting in line, but I'm near the front still waiting for the EM to pick me.
After 1 hour 15 minutes there were only about 10 ppl in front of me, but many keep on cutting. With soo much time I put into waiting I didn't want to back out.
Lots of people cutting who only waited less than 5-10 minutes many times EM Rawiya was choosing them while I've waited over 1 hour 30 minutes at that point. As I've already waited there so long I wasn't going to leave at that point. It finally hits 3pm my time I'm still waiting and EM says it's over. I spent nearly 2 hours at the festival just waiting in line while many others who were there less than 7 minutes shouting at the EM to pick them were getting rewarded. After wasting nearly 2 hours of standing in line at this festival I decided to log out and not waste my time with this festival anymore.
After 1 hour 15 minutes there were only about 10 ppl in front of me, but many keep on cutting. With soo much time I put into waiting I didn't want to back out.
Lots of people cutting who only waited less than 5-10 minutes many times EM Rawiya was choosing them while I've waited over 1 hour 30 minutes at that point. As I've already waited there so long I wasn't going to leave at that point. It finally hits 3pm my time I'm still waiting and EM says it's over. I spent nearly 2 hours at the festival just waiting in line while many others who were there less than 7 minutes shouting at the EM to pick them were getting rewarded. After wasting nearly 2 hours of standing in line at this festival I decided to log out and not waste my time with this festival anymore.
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Yes there were glitches and time sucks, but that's part of UO, says someone who has played since beta
Thanks developers...wish it could have been longer but it was a hot mess of confusion and fun....just like UO at its best
Thanks developers...wish it could have been longer but it was a hot mess of confusion and fun....just like UO at its best
I arrived early and spoke to the EM running the Ludo game and he warned me to come back early because he was going to enforce a strict queue for the first game. I got in the queue at 2:30 and was number 10 of 16 players in the first and only Ludo game. I was in the Ludo game thus for 2-1/2 hours listening to peeps chatting about Pages and winning prizes elsewhere and was sorely tempted to leave my team mates in the lurch but glad I stayed, our team won 1st prize engraved silver dice. On my 2nd computer I was able to snag 1st place (engraved silver Halloween mask) in Costume Contest as well. Got my books filled after game and my silver steeds so I am quite happy with the event. A longer event would have been nice, of course, but it was still an awesome endeavor on the part of the Dark Lady and the EM's!
man, if the GarthGrey Kissing... I mean Troll Kissing booth was overwhelmed and all you had to do there was walk up and kiss the troll how did they ever think that the Ludo event was ever gonna work?
2.5 hours for one game?
hahahaha, ok i think we can all agree that was the biggest failure of the event.
2.5 hours for one game?
hahahaha, ok i think we can all agree that was the biggest failure of the event.
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All 15 players in Ludo got 1st place.
(one on my team timed out, I'm betting now she wished she hadn't done that)
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I probably spent 10 mins waiting to get a kiss from the troll. The other lines were too long for me to try. Didn't get a lollipop.
Mesanna did not realize how many would attend. The EMs should have known it would be the same numbers as an EM event plus more.
Was nice to see the mass of accounts tho.
Paying accounts at that. I tried using an EJ Account on the clickies and it didn't work.
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yesterday at the event that account was able to
. I never thought about trying that.@Cinderella @egglett @HippoRedux
Was great to have met you all and more in person at the game (different character name), since we normally, I think, play separate shards.
Was great to have met you all and more in person at the game (different character name), since we normally, I think, play separate shards.
The posts on the official page are trying to sell this as if it was a huge success and that there were many many people running all around enjoying themselves. I'll go out on a limb and say there were probably 10-15 "vocal" UO forum players there, and the rest were all multi clienters stocking up on crap to only put up for sale the next day. I would have much rather a "clicky" been put up, hell multiple ones even for the 25th anny. I probably wouldn't have gone to that either though lol.
Ditto I had a good laugh with you all (was a bit drunk by the end of it
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UO is much bigger than you make it look. When I played actively, I certainly only met half a dozen people I knew from the forums while there were people without forum backgrounds around all day all week. I wouldn't even know of @Pawain's existance if it wasn't for him spamming every thread on every forum.
anyone hear of any way for players without shard shields to get their party loot to their home shard? (i have a shield, but many people do not)
Players without shard shields either need to trust someone that has them to do the Xfer or buy their own xfer token. I've heard too many ppl get burned by the people transferring things for them to trust this but some people are still honest.
lame. thanks.
Ill make a thread when I am bringing things to Atlantic, if you post where you need yours, someone may help you.
You can tell if someone is using follow. A few were but they only had one or two in tow. Most toons were moving around. The stationary toons could have been other accounts. But there were at least 5 times more than go to EM events that were moving around. The area was huge and each screen had 50 to 100 moving around. I'm not a fire marshal so I did not count an exact number. When Mesanna put the horse clicky down the screen was instantly full of hundreds of players.
Funny how some people hate when others succeed.
Yeah this can be a snag for some players. I think maybe connecting with someone with an overall good reputation is the best bet for anyone without a contact. There are reputable people on the forums for example that I’d say you can trust. Also reputable people from reputable guilds could be an option.
There a definitely a good amount of scammers and stuff in UO but there are also a lot of really helpful people you can trust. If I had shard shields I would love to assist but I’m unable to.
In typical fashion you insult someone who expressed an unpopular opinion. Many many people were there on multiple accounts 4 for me multiple for you i think merlin said 8 multiply that by the number of people there and what he suggested was correct...