Nino...One of the upsides of VG.

[Twobit Whore]

Probably not the best thread to post it in, but I certainly didn't want to start a new one. Someone just sent me this though.

[Samflam]

So trial accounts won't be able to mail or trade? Good move IMO.

[Clug]

Originally Posted by kohl

Actually they are revamping UO's graphics with a completely new engine:
Ultima Online™: Kingdom Reborn

I'm thinking of checking out the 14day trial just for kicks. I hear the game is nothing like it was 'back in the day' (pre-T2A).

Interesting, I will have to check that trial out when it is available, thanks for the link.

[Hachima]

Thinking of M59 I saw someone wrote an article about me just a few months ago, even though I haven't played for probably 10 years now. People are still feeling my wrath =) From some article at RAILBAIT.COM || The Superior Online Gaming Community - TGA - Part II: Meridian 59

This is when I discovered the world of PKing and the terror that was Stick... On to Stick. Stick was a PKer. He killed people at random and by random I mean any time he saw you. The interesting thing about Stick was that he was so high a level that no one could ever defeat him. On top of that, he never taunted anyone and never insulted anyone. In fact, he never said a single word. Stick arrived, killed you, looted your corpse, and left, and never a word did he type. He was goddamn terrifying. If ever there was an online incarnation of Jack the Ripper, he was it.

[The Hiram Key]

Originally Posted by Tuco

"You can never make everybody happy" is reality, deal with it.

Hiram Key, I usually don't read your posts because I don't have time, but this time I did and it's complete and worthless drivel. Are you seriously complaining about a FAQ written about a game so long ago that is already in post production? What purpose do you serve wasting my time making me read this piece of worthless shit post?

Do you see what I mean? There is no worth to it, it's just a train of useless nitpicking.

We're reviewing what we're going to do about shit like your last post, and I'm hoping that we'll be stricter about it such that if you or anyone else posts nagging garbage like that we can get rid of them, along with the string people who call them 'retards'.

Dearest Tuco,

I shouldn't have to point out to you (since you are mod) that noone holds a gun to your head, forcing you to read what I write. I can clearly see which side of the "fence" you sit on regarding posting on this forums, I can only hope there is equal representation from the other side of the "fence" to balance out what appears to be an obvious bias.

I thought my post was well thought out, well constructed, not flaming in any way, and asked several good questions, questions that myself and I am sure others want to see answered.

I am genuinely insulted by your calling my post useless drivel, you would think that mods would try to remain neutral and above the fray to avoid any type of "bias allegation", but as we can clearly see, that is not the case with you.

I was responding to Nino talking about the FAQ (and I don't see you attacking HIM for talking about a FAQ that is however many years old) and asking him some clarifiying questions regarding what he said. In your obviously biased eyes, you see nothing but "worthless nitpicking" when in my eyes I see a post trying to get to the bottom of the following:

1. Why the FAQ was handled the way it was (and it was handled quite oddly if you ask me)
2. How that ties into "managing expectations" and specifically, how critical Brad said time and again that action was
3. Why I keep hearing them say the same "You can't please everyone" line coming from people working on the game. It feels like they are writing off the game themselves, when what they should be doing is talking about who they CAN please, and focus their efforts there.

I freely admit I have done my fair share of whining, flaming and even the occasional useless post on this forum (as has just about everyone) but to go "nuclear" on me for that particular post, strikes me as someone who isn't really reading what is being written, but who is seeing a name, a name they do not like, and attacking.

Surely a moderator should be above that type of thing don't you agree ? I will keep my fingers very crossed that your "faction" does not end up dictating what we can say and do on this forum, sincerely. Theres alot of stuff going on here that I may or may not like, but I don't see the burning need to ATTACK and CHANGE and BAN everyone who doesn't fit into my personal mold of what is acceptable.

I say all this with all due respect to your position as a mod, and as a member of this forum. This is not meant as a flame, attack or insult, this is meant as a means of expressing my concern over your actions. I truly hope you can see the signs and know their meaning here.

Sincerely,

THK

PS - See my sig for more helpful information on this forum !!!

[Roa]

Originally Posted by The Hiram Key

I am genuinely insulted by your calling my post useless drivel

It's the internet.

Seriously.

[nustabut]

The Hiram Key, you are most likely morbidly obese in real life. Please find something else to do than troll the internet about SoE related topics. You are as bad or worse than Ut, and no he is not cool, i played on his Everquest server. I do believe that would make it over 4-5 years total now Ut has been posting essays about why he is unhappy about SoE. Sorry that SoE raped your mom, but it has been so long you should be over it by now. Maybe you need to have sex with something other than your hand.

[The Hiram Key]

Originally Posted by Roa

It's the internet.

Seriously.

Oh it's not the words themselves that insult, it's who typed them, and what he does on these forums. You can go back in my post history three of four months ago, and those comments would be spot on, but I am trying to be productive, fair, non-flaming, constructive (everything the heavy mod faction wants me to be) and I am getting kicked by the "man" himself.

His tirade was nothing less then a pesonal attack on me, and what I post, which as I understand it, might not be allowed here in the near future. I can't see them banning the mods themselves, so is it going to be a system of "I am a mod I can say/do/flame/insult/derail all I want and fuck you you can't even respond because I will ban you" type environment ?

If that's the case, be prepared for your hit count to get cut in half if not more. Sad state of affairs it is, and the future does not look pretty.

[Twobit Whore]

Originally Posted by nustabut

You are as bad or worse than Ut, and no he is not cool,

Am I the only one who had a flash of the South Park episode with Radiohead?

'Scott Tenorman is totally not cool.'

[The Hiram Key]

Originally Posted by nustabut

The Hiram Key, you are most likely morbidly obese in real life. Please find something else to do than troll the internet about SoE related topics. You are as bad or worse than Ut, and no he is not cool, i played on his Everquest server. I do believe that would make it over 4-5 years total now Ut has been posting essays about why he is unhappy about SoE. Sorry that SoE raped your mom, but it has been so long you should be over it by now. Maybe you need to have sex with something other than your hand.

LOL !!!

Edit: To make this post less "drivelish and useless".... I am 6 feet tall, 180lbs (my target weight for my height is 165-185 so I am well within the normal range). I work outside (in South Florida) doing light construction, so I am quite tan and fit. I currently date a woman who is 29 years old, college graduate who has a 2 year old daughter. I stop by here in the mornings before work, and at the end of the day before I log on to game, and occasionally for a minute before I go to sleep. Sometimes more on the weekends.

I can assure you that your mental image of me is completely false.

[xmod2]

Originally Posted by The Hiram Key

LOL !!!

Damn it The Hiram Key, stop being fat irl already. 4 sho

[woqqqa]

Originally Posted by The Hiram Key

LOL !!!

Also, you have a huge pus-filled boil on your unnaturally pale left shoulder, and you're likely stuck in a wheelchair as a result of your legs being amputated due to diabetes caused by your morbid obesity. Oh yeah, and you have a lazy eye like Paris Hilton.

[r.gun]

I heard THK is deformed like that guy from 300. I also heard that, like the guy from 300, it was because of THK that the Spartans got killed.

[Lhon]

Originally Posted by Twobit Whore

There is line between having enough content that people can be somewhat diverse and having so much content that much of it is a) wasted and b) unfinished.

They could cut the dungeons in half or even 1/3rd and people would still say they don't have a chance to see everything.

I think the number of dungeons was picked to reduce crowding. This was always Brad's response to the instancing issue. People would say "without instancing the there will be waiting lists like LGuk", and Brad would say "not if we have enough content for everyone". Thus the massive world and lots of dungeons and mini-dungeons. The problems are a) they couldn't finish that much content and b) their servers couldn't support enough players to utilize the content. During beta I honestly thought they might launch with only one or two servers because the world seemed so huge it could support a massive number of players simultaneously. The problem is the world can support it but the servers can't. This is why people complain about population and it being hard to find groups and long travel times. If all the areas of the game were swarming with players you wouldn't have to travel across continents to find groups.

[woqqqa]

Originally Posted by r.gun

I heard THK is deformed like that guy from 300. I also heard that, like the guy from 300, it was because of THK that the Spartans got killed.

I heard the Spartans got killed because Brad McQuaid poisoned their drinking water, due to their rejection of his precursor to the game of chess, which took 10 days per move, and required you pay Brad gold to keep playing it. (In case you're wondering how he could've been alive back then, he's really old, like the Highlander.)