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I have been there since 2008 and I'm not yet tired. Uo is a sorceress who launches you an enchantment and you can no longer do without it
Lokea
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Because my oldest kid started asking about my shelf of UO/Ultima game boxes, mementos/souvenirs, maps and books.
Because I have stuff in-game that my main characters acquired back in 1998, and this impressed my kids greatly. And they were extremely impressed to find a mention of my oldest kid's birth on the bulletin board of a house that is near where my characters lived back then.
Because it's something I can play with my kid that won't drive me crazy (Minecraft) or get bored (WOW, Final Fantasy XIV).
Because the housing system is amazing (we trudged through LOTRO and Final Fantasy housing systems and NO THANK YOU!) (the jury is out on WOW's housing system which does look amazing).
Because I have stuff in-game that my main characters acquired back in 1998, and this impressed my kids greatly. And they were extremely impressed to find a mention of my oldest kid's birth on the bulletin board of a house that is near where my characters lived back then.
Because it's something I can play with my kid that won't drive me crazy (Minecraft) or get bored (WOW, Final Fantasy XIV).
Because the housing system is amazing (we trudged through LOTRO and Final Fantasy housing systems and NO THANK YOU!) (the jury is out on WOW's housing system which does look amazing).
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I'm here for the community... and I do still enjoy playing every aspect of this game.
Whether it be PVM content, PVP, trading rares, theory crafting templates and builds, helping 'newbies' -- this game still is unique and has alot to offer. As this game has matured, so have I and some of the friendships (or rivalries!) I've made in this game span decades. There is no game like it - and nothing has ever been able to truly replicate the feel I still get from Ultima Online.
Within our Discord communities, we have players from all over... Europe, Asia, America -- who are forced to all interact because of the tight knit size of our community, rather then retreat to a place of comfort. I'm in groups that still do find true 'new' players and teenagers that join in and explore the game... and at the other end of the spectrum, the little old ladies that hang around and love to help people with decorating and minor crafting needs. It's something that you rarely see in other titles... but we have it here in UO.
Even these forum interactions, I consider this all apart of the UO experience. To quote the theme from Cheers, it's a place where everyone knows your name. You're not just 1 player of a few hundred thousand that gets lost in the mix of other MMOs. With another anniversary on the horizon, I am hopeful we can keep our community together for decades to come.
Whether it be PVM content, PVP, trading rares, theory crafting templates and builds, helping 'newbies' -- this game still is unique and has alot to offer. As this game has matured, so have I and some of the friendships (or rivalries!) I've made in this game span decades. There is no game like it - and nothing has ever been able to truly replicate the feel I still get from Ultima Online.
Within our Discord communities, we have players from all over... Europe, Asia, America -- who are forced to all interact because of the tight knit size of our community, rather then retreat to a place of comfort. I'm in groups that still do find true 'new' players and teenagers that join in and explore the game... and at the other end of the spectrum, the little old ladies that hang around and love to help people with decorating and minor crafting needs. It's something that you rarely see in other titles... but we have it here in UO.
Even these forum interactions, I consider this all apart of the UO experience. To quote the theme from Cheers, it's a place where everyone knows your name. You're not just 1 player of a few hundred thousand that gets lost in the mix of other MMOs. With another anniversary on the horizon, I am hopeful we can keep our community together for decades to come.
Because one of my Husband's accts' hasn't been turned off since Beta, because my Husband and I met in game 20+ years ago.. married IRL and still play quite often together, because we have Guildmates that we have played together with for 15+ years and still have a riot getting each other killed in bizarre situations. UO feels a bit like "home."
Mainly because I don't have time to start other video games from ground up these days.
And since I've already invested soo much time in UO past 20+ years I don't have to deal with the grinding or learning phases now with this game. I can just log in and go straight in a hunt, solo some peerless, do a little pretend role play adventure, or maybe tinker around with some builds. Then later when I log out I don't have to think about how I'm going to "beat" the game; rather at most I might re-think my strategies about fighting a boss or something..
There's many other video games I would love to play, but due to other life obligations and priorities, it's better than I don't start playing them to begin with otherwise it becomes a timesink. With UO I can just approach casually in a weekly basis and log off in a whim.
And since I've already invested soo much time in UO past 20+ years I don't have to deal with the grinding or learning phases now with this game. I can just log in and go straight in a hunt, solo some peerless, do a little pretend role play adventure, or maybe tinker around with some builds. Then later when I log out I don't have to think about how I'm going to "beat" the game; rather at most I might re-think my strategies about fighting a boss or something..
There's many other video games I would love to play, but due to other life obligations and priorities, it's better than I don't start playing them to begin with otherwise it becomes a timesink. With UO I can just approach casually in a weekly basis and log off in a whim.
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Been hanging arouond since 98. Its been a part of life. People have been playing Madden since they were teenagers, Ive been playing Ultima.
The community for the most part has been fun. The pvp was top notch when factions was strong. Pub 16 was cool but then it turned into a min/max thing. Housing and collecting was cool too.
I barely play, but I have two accounts active. I get the hair up my rear end and play hardcore for a few months then take another break. Just something about the nostalgia that keeps bringing me back I guess.
And I like the forums. Hell, Ive seen the names in here for 25 plus years. Its always fun to see what everyone is up too.
The community for the most part has been fun. The pvp was top notch when factions was strong. Pub 16 was cool but then it turned into a min/max thing. Housing and collecting was cool too.
I barely play, but I have two accounts active. I get the hair up my rear end and play hardcore for a few months then take another break. Just something about the nostalgia that keeps bringing me back I guess.
And I like the forums. Hell, Ive seen the names in here for 25 plus years. Its always fun to see what everyone is up too.
It's home
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It's more addictive than crack and chocolate chip cookies . . .
You only have 1 monitor at your gaming station?
I use an 36 curved ultra wide monitor, and play the new web client and it seems to do pretty well!
I have 3 1440p ultrawides for iRacing and coding. The EC looks terrible with zoom and the CC is a post stamp I can't see anything at and I can't set up macros that help me play with my disability.
Same with the web client.
Same
Star Citizen!
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The Community, as a group, has cared for each other IRL. The ongoing relationships spanning now over decades is amazing. The fun and adventure never ends with something new to discover or challenge yourself with as you evolve over time.
I also enjoy walking the roads and trails of Sosaria. Lots of creative houses, little niche areas of the map and untold stories I find fresh and new while collecting the random reagents I use in my craft.
Lastly, the happy taverns are filled with good stories, friends and of course a glass of Good Old Moonglow Red!
*Tips his hat and raises his glass of Good Old Moonglow Red in salute to you and your adventurers*
I also enjoy walking the roads and trails of Sosaria. Lots of creative houses, little niche areas of the map and untold stories I find fresh and new while collecting the random reagents I use in my craft.
Lastly, the happy taverns are filled with good stories, friends and of course a glass of Good Old Moonglow Red!
*Tips his hat and raises his glass of Good Old Moonglow Red in salute to you and your adventurers*
Pfft. Speak for yourself. I stick around because I don't have enough people to hate IRL. Y'all are a decent substitute, but you mostly can't do that right either.
I left a number of times since I first started playing (when Second Age came out). The last time I left I honestly believed that would be it. But here I am again. There's just something about UO that you can't find anywhere else; and as old as I am now, I expect I won't voluntarily quit again until it's time for me to say goodbye to the real world first.
I change my answer to, if you really want to do something, you will find a way to do it.
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Well every village has its idiot. We are blessed with several!
*waves you over to his table and flips the Tavern Keeper a gold coin for your meal and drink*
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I have literally grown up with UO and at this point have been playing it (off and on) for well OVER half my life.
For me it's nostalgia when I run around UO map (like the Brit graveyard) and think back to 25 years ago and where I was in life (living at home with my parents lol) and the things I was going through. It's almost like a real life neighborhood (community)...you grew up in a place and have a lot of fond memories there and any time you go back to that spot, your brain is flooded with all of your experiences.
Like others have said as well, it's the community that has kept me around as well. I will say that one of my favorite things about NL is that is seems to have a very supportive community (reminds me of early UO) and has actually restored my faith in the community after living on ATL GenChat for all these years.... finally a GenChat that is worth having on! lol. While I don't have many RL relationships with ppl in the game anymore (they have all moved on in one way or another), I am impressed with the RL relationships others have forged while playing a video game with each other.
It also blows my mind at how things have developed over the last 25+ years and kind of starting with AIM/ICQ as ways to communicate with fellow UO players to Ventrillo/Discord to coordinate PvP etc. Once upon a time I was all knowing about the cutting technology and updates for UO and now I see myself in the shoes of some of my older friends from early UO days, just doing my best to keep up! I went from a PvP ace, not understanding why else you would play the game, to a PvM Trammie and honestly I've enjoyed every step.
For me it's nostalgia when I run around UO map (like the Brit graveyard) and think back to 25 years ago and where I was in life (living at home with my parents lol) and the things I was going through. It's almost like a real life neighborhood (community)...you grew up in a place and have a lot of fond memories there and any time you go back to that spot, your brain is flooded with all of your experiences.
Like others have said as well, it's the community that has kept me around as well. I will say that one of my favorite things about NL is that is seems to have a very supportive community (reminds me of early UO) and has actually restored my faith in the community after living on ATL GenChat for all these years.... finally a GenChat that is worth having on! lol. While I don't have many RL relationships with ppl in the game anymore (they have all moved on in one way or another), I am impressed with the RL relationships others have forged while playing a video game with each other.
It also blows my mind at how things have developed over the last 25+ years and kind of starting with AIM/ICQ as ways to communicate with fellow UO players to Ventrillo/Discord to coordinate PvP etc. Once upon a time I was all knowing about the cutting technology and updates for UO and now I see myself in the shoes of some of my older friends from early UO days, just doing my best to keep up! I went from a PvP ace, not understanding why else you would play the game, to a PvM Trammie and honestly I've enjoyed every step.
Give this man a Ribbon.
Windows 98 only works for a few games. 
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It feels like home. And irl, I am perpetually lost. I come back to UO for a certain sort of mental peace.
Lokea
Adventurer
When the company I worked for was asked to try out some early Windows 2000 betas (end of ‘97), I loaded it on a dual-CPU PC I had at home a few months after I got into UO (so maybe March or April of 98). UO and the associated 3rd party apps, ICQ, AIM, etc. were absolutely amazing on it compared to Windows 95. I tried Windows 98 when it came out for a week on another PC, and later tried 98SE, and neither came close to what I had with that little Win2k workstation in terms of stability, I ran it long past the time that XP came out (not wise from a security point of view but it was only used for UO, and it was behind a beefy firewall).Windows 98 only works for a few games.
When I ran UO under VM software for a second client, I used Win 2k as long as I could because it was so lightweight compared to XP, and later 7. I think I ultimately had a conflict with Win2K and UO with some libraries or something and had to move on, but wow that was a perfect combination for me for many years. I say that as somebody who had to directly deal with the fallout of some of the Win2k security “mishaps” in a corporate environment on a large scale, but I still loved it.
Updated classic client might fix that, right? Whenever that finally comes out.
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Because modern developers don't know how to make video games anymore. The people that crafted UO were amazing at their jobs. People have tried to copy and failed. I can't find any other game like this. It's actually pretty sad. I want a new UO running on current technology.