I just joined this server a bit less than a week ago.
Just wanted to give a quick salute/hello to everyone. I played on Lake Superior back in 98-01, was in the guild OBD (Order of the Belligerent Drunks). Our GM was Cain, and I had some great times back then with Shamus, Ithel, Lucas Neo, Bloodlust, Fitz, Joey - can't remember anymore, it's been 11 years.
I tried starting again on Divinity for a spell in 2009, but had to stop after a month - RL caught up with me. I tried getting back into it there recently but it has been shut down.
I also tried Hybrid out for some weeks, over at UOGamers, and it wasn't for me. I love PvP, but that server bears no resemblance at all to UO for me. It's a mess, you can buy gold from the donation store, people cheat with programs like Sallos, abhorrent and ubiquitous NEON clothing, banksitting, and the PvP they've created from all the modifications to UO is just silly. There are, however, lots of nice people over there.
Now I've been here less than a week and I absolutely love it. THIS is the game I remember playing 10 years ago. SLOW skill gains, people wearing clothing/armor just like it was back then, starting with 100g, oh man. At the risk of fawning more, I'll say thanks to the staff that have put together this game, painstakingly making it as close as possible to the game we all remember and love.
*hugglez**rapez*
Wychethyl of OBD, LS 98-2001
p.s.
my first new character is Stonewall. I met gravestone[NEW] as I was nearly dying to a zombie at Brit GY my first night, he helped me out and invited me to their guild. Lady I might heal[NEW] and he were both incredibly generous.
p.p.s.
My second night I got a taste of UO just like I remember it. Someone by the name of "Jewk" tried to steal the kill of an Ogre I'd fought down to 10% (after a 5 min battle - sad, yes). Forunately for me, he attracted another one and a harpy and got himself chased off, allowing me to loot after a hardfought victory. A couple of hours later, I tried tackling a gargoyle. It ended with a dirtnap for me. After a LONG run to find a healer, I finally made to back to my corpse, and see Jewk running the opposite way, flagged grey. Obviously, he'd looted me and tried to make off with my pathetic 300g and non-gm, non-magic plain weapons/armor. Happily he'd attracted the attention of the gargoyle that had already made a meal out of me. In his haste to run off, it looked like he ran into a large spider, and died to poison. I looted him dry, getting 900+ gold, 30 of each reg, and all of my stuff back. I am the worst kind of player: incompetent, yet lucky.
