Twenty Years Today
Twenty years ago today, my brother, his friend, and I left Starcraft and joined UO. We created our first characters Banjo, Big Dogg, and Dizzy, and huddled by the east bank of Britain, trying to kill rabbits but avoiding eagles because they were too hard, and avoided the forests because of the PK's lurking there. It was several days before we realized we were in Trammel.
Eventually, I ran Treasure Hunters of Britannia across multiple shards as Sphyr, a treasure hunting guild for hire. Many nights I was so busy appointing people cross-shard and arranging treasure hunts that I didn't even get to play myself. We had I think 45 treasure hunters on Lake Superior and over a hundred across the shards. Most of our work was documented on Stratics' Treasure Hunters of Britannia (THB) site.
Eventually, the game changed, people moved on. I "retired". Big Dogg and Banjo left the game. I might go for years without playing, but then I'll come back for several months. I have a job, wife, dogs, etc, and free time is scarce. For years I played for 20 minutes at server up before work - just enough time for a t-hunt - but I changed jobs and that 20 minutes isn't available now.
Through it all, I've kept my house, Mesanna made it a historical landmark some time ago. Kudos to this game that gave me hours of fun for many many years.
Thanks, Ultima Online.
Eventually, I ran Treasure Hunters of Britannia across multiple shards as Sphyr, a treasure hunting guild for hire. Many nights I was so busy appointing people cross-shard and arranging treasure hunts that I didn't even get to play myself. We had I think 45 treasure hunters on Lake Superior and over a hundred across the shards. Most of our work was documented on Stratics' Treasure Hunters of Britannia (THB) site.
Eventually, the game changed, people moved on. I "retired". Big Dogg and Banjo left the game. I might go for years without playing, but then I'll come back for several months. I have a job, wife, dogs, etc, and free time is scarce. For years I played for 20 minutes at server up before work - just enough time for a t-hunt - but I changed jobs and that 20 minutes isn't available now.
Through it all, I've kept my house, Mesanna made it a historical landmark some time ago. Kudos to this game that gave me hours of fun for many many years.
Thanks, Ultima Online.
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Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.
I believe 2002 was the LBR era which is when i started playing. Then in 2003 AOS came out.
Maybe he started a month or two before tram which is why he's remembering hiding from the PK's. Memories of a video game can get pretty fuzzy after 20 years lol.
Either way Congrats to Dizzy on 20 years!
Dang we're getting old!
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Damn... memories...
And THB is what inspired me to make a treasure hunter in the first place all that time ago.
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So I didn't write down the actual start date, I'm relying on my paperdoll.
When Trammel was created, where did existing characters go? It's possible I started in Felucca (or the only existing land), and then there was an patch/upgrade and I was in Trammel automatically. I was new and didn't understand the game yet. I was never PK'd either way because I was still running from the eagles. I felt it took an hour to kill a harpy, I didn't dare go up against a PK.
I only remember because it was when I graduated high school, and real-life began for me
maybe I’m just old but I think that’s how it worked
I also remembered being able to get NPCs to attach to you by talking to them
long time ago very cloudy memories
Their function was changed after the facet discovery so one could go to the same exact spot in the opposing facet. Moonstones themselves became trash, because the gods saw fit to make moongates predictable.
Which brings to mind, even before the moonstones, the same graphic was used as a Pagan Reagent, the Pumice. Another item uses the graphic, a Token of Passage.
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