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uoxI'm Seas. I did the "fashionable characters" screenies on well-dressed clothed chars in the nullties. I started playing around 2001-2002. I stopped playing UO and actually all computer games 2005, because I met Bella. Now the kids are adult and can take care of themselves, and I'm retired. Originally I couldn't play any online games because the free WIFI I used blocked gaming ports. Then I looked up html5 games and also javascript games, but eventually got tired of them. Tired, maybe? A guy called me a "bot" on a new game I played that I actually liked, that I had "multiple accounts", eventhough I was lvl 15, most others are 60 even over 100. Laughable. But then I remembered, Ultima Online? I had heard of free shards back in the days, and the one that popped up first on a google search was Outlands.
After quitting computers for 2½ weeks as an early new years promise, for this year, I sort of got tired of the plain ordinary life. It was fun and nourishing, but I'm a gamer at heart. One of my first memories is related to very primitive MUDs on mainframes.
Anyway, the hiatus made me re-think why I play computer games. So I'm refurbishing all my chars to be without mounts, not focusing on loot or items, and using more rp-friendly skills instead of max damage. Yesterday I tamed 5 eagles, and wouldn't you know, a PK tried killing me, succeeded, but then fled into the wilderness because my birds were gnawing him to bits!
That's what the "RPG" in MMORPG stands for. The MMO stands for "co-operation", so many people play online games almost all single-player. I used to do that in the nullties as well, barely got a friend to PVM with over severel years, but I was so shy back then. When I finally tried Felucca and got to share in a house, I got a Poison Wall on me and freaked out. I tried a year later and got combo-killed in a second. I cried so hard, mentioning on the forum, that the PK felt bad and gave me back my items, lol.
Anyway, the game isn't perfect, but what is. I'm an artist, musician and poet, among other things. So I get balancing ideas constantly. Lately I've thought about making an own shard just on my laptop and editing it however I like. I did that with diablo II when Blizzard eased the modding experience after awhile.
After quitting computers for 2½ weeks as an early new years promise, for this year, I sort of got tired of the plain ordinary life. It was fun and nourishing, but I'm a gamer at heart. One of my first memories is related to very primitive MUDs on mainframes.
Anyway, the hiatus made me re-think why I play computer games. So I'm refurbishing all my chars to be without mounts, not focusing on loot or items, and using more rp-friendly skills instead of max damage. Yesterday I tamed 5 eagles, and wouldn't you know, a PK tried killing me, succeeded, but then fled into the wilderness because my birds were gnawing him to bits!
That's what the "RPG" in MMORPG stands for. The MMO stands for "co-operation", so many people play online games almost all single-player. I used to do that in the nullties as well, barely got a friend to PVM with over severel years, but I was so shy back then. When I finally tried Felucca and got to share in a house, I got a Poison Wall on me and freaked out. I tried a year later and got combo-killed in a second. I cried so hard, mentioning on the forum, that the PK felt bad and gave me back my items, lol.
Anyway, the game isn't perfect, but what is. I'm an artist, musician and poet, among other things. So I get balancing ideas constantly. Lately I've thought about making an own shard just on my laptop and editing it however I like. I did that with diablo II when Blizzard eased the modding experience after awhile.
