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EA has been sold

KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 1,189
edited September 30 in General Discussions


A new era has begun.
EA has been privated.

Y'all at BS better have a new corporate culture ready to go.
I'm gonna do a wild guest.. the fury will be the first to go, followed by the old guard.


You better rethink the affiliates and make a front store ASAP.. let's buy some time.


We going up or ...
So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.

It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.

-UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio

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  • RockoRocko Posts: 216
    If UO is profitable, it will survive in some form.  If not, we're doomed.
    Former content creator for UO Stratics.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 1,189
    edited September 30
    I mean, largest levered buyout on record.

    Numbers vary but I believe the 20 billion number is accurate. (almost 40%)
    They also overpaid, estimate at 25%


    Money is not everything here,
    We now playing by the Saudi rules.

    EA being privated is huge:
    -cut into the fat -AI -squeeze profit -sell some asset/IP - <3 EA sport <3
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.

    It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
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    As Kyronix posted to the Discord yesterday; 

    Kyronix — Yesterday at 9:17 AM 
    We have no intention of going anywhere
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  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 1,189
    Should I tell her, or..?

    It's noted, thanks.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.

    It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • WhitewolfWhitewolf Posts: 257
    edited September 30
    Was sold to Jared Kusher, if anyone doesnt know who he is well lets just say lets MAGA or should it be MUOGA ? either way im sure there goin to be interesting times ahead.
  • IronfistIronfist Posts: 2
    Whitewolf said:
    Was sold to Jared Kusher, if anyone doesnt know who he is well lets just say lets MAGA or should it be MUOGA ? either way im sure there goin to be interesting times ahead.

    Please leave your politics out of this. It has nothing to do with this sale.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 1,189
    edited September 30
    @Whitewolf
    Where I live there is law.. like if a company made here want to sell and be bought by an external power.. politic can be involve.


    All i'm saying is, yes.. the trump clan share some interest with the Saudi, but if you ask me.. here, they just sit and look pretty to bag some money to ease the transaction.

    But yeah, the Furry comment; you nailed itwith your MAGA.


    Let's be wild and dream:
    If you ask me, the best that could happen is if a company like Sony see the potential of UO.

    There is so much that could happen.. like i'm pretty sure there is people crazy enough to still trust Garriot and land him some money.

    If we being realistic.. Bioware and BS should be on the receiving end.
    Personally, I still believe.. the actual team did some moves recently.. the third client.. working on the CC.. pretty sure they did other stuff too but it's hard to see.. cuz of the conditions.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.

    It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • RorschachRorschach Posts: 561Moderator
    Keep this conversation civil and topical, please. Thank you.
  • Petra_FydePetra_Fyde Posts: 1,531
    Something I'm keeping in mind. EA liked the 'kudos' of having the oldest, consistently running, MMORPG, even if they weren't especially interested in the game as such. 
    That status is something that is also likely to appeal to the new owners.
  • PawainPawain Posts: 11,267
    I'm sure this will bring many jobs to the US. 

    /s. Since @KroDuK does not understand sarcasm.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • LokeaLokea Posts: 311
    @KroDuK you love to use certain terms to describe people you don’t like as if is an insult and can’t help claiming they will be the first to be fired, and you’d be wrong, that’s not how this stuff works and the team is so lean that if they cut anybody, they will cut everybody.  

    All I can say is that it’s a shame you didn’t go to some of the early UO player gatherings, both the official World Faires, and the unofficial, because you would have seen the diversity that is the UO player base.  

    I’ve played all of the major MMOs. Have been to fan events for a lot of them (EVE, WWO, FF, etc.) and UO by far has the most unique and interesting group of players out of all of them. You should be pleased and proud to be a part of that group of players instead of singling people out.
  • RockoRocko Posts: 216
    Intentions (dogma) and outcomes (reality) are two separate beasts.
    Former content creator for UO Stratics.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 1,189
    edited September 30
    Thx.

    @Lokea is beating up the messengers for pointing out the obvious.. I didn't bring any pitchfork nor torches.. This is, what it is.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.

    It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • RockoRocko Posts: 216
    SOE is the last company you want buying UO.  They destroyed SWG.
    Former content creator for UO Stratics.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 1,189
    edited September 30
    To be fair, I was going with logic.. I wouldn't be surprise if a japanese studio would have interest in UO. Then I was thinking about everquest and sony pop-up.

    But yeah, if it was a democracy my vote would go for a japanese studio

    PS: I also have memories of everquest next.. they were dreaming BIG. (they also "destroyed" that at Sony)
    PS2: i'd argu SWG was ruined by players... mainly ^^
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.

    It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • LokeaLokea Posts: 311
    KroDuK said:

    @ Lokea is beating up the messengers for pointing out the obvious.. I didn't bring any pitchfork nor torches.. This is, what it is.
    You could have said "community manager" and left it at that, you could have even said they'll cut support (GMs), and community management, and player engagement (EMs) first, but you didn't - you chose to target an individual you don't like.

    This is not the first time you've done this - you've got a reputation for it.

    Like I said, as lean as the team is, if they make any cuts, it'll be everybody. This is not 2005 or 2015. There's not much left to trim.
  • LokeaLokea Posts: 311
    edited September 30
    I've made my guesses known elsewhere - putting aside shutting it down because it doesn't generate enough profit, it could be sold off (which has a decent chance of going horribly wrong), or we could end up with a true free-to-play (aka pay-to-play) model with a lot of micro-transactions (housing is its own fee every month, access to certain areas is its own fee, new content is its own fee, etc.).

    I feel fairly confident they will shut down the third-party shards - Daybreak and Blizzard/Microsoft have had recent success shutting down third-parties, and the new owners have plenty of lawyers looking for something to do.  They'll see those shards as profiting off of their IP and that's a big no-no with these kinds of things. Any of those shards asking for donations made a huge mistake.
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