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>>Derek Lyons wrote:
>>> Provocative reading. (Richard especially, since he's made similar
>>> points several times.)
>>>
>>> http://uols.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21900&highlight=
>>
>>AFAIK all the people that were here in the 90s and earlier are still
>>around. Problem is the pool is so dilute with new arrivals to the genre
>>it will never be the same.
>>
> Well the "all the people that were here in the 90s and earlier are still
> around" is a bit of an exaggeration. NONE of the people I started with
> are still around. In fact none of the people that I played with just
> before
> Trammel is still around. Only two of the people I played after Trammel,
> are still subscribers, and they are never on now days.
>
> You know, if you ever spent the time to talk to any of the "new arrivals",
> you may find they are mostly a nice group of people. I do not do enough
> "getting acquainted" myself, but when I do have the time to chat, I have
> liked most of the people I have meet.
>
> I cant say that about the "old days". If you chatted with a stranger in
> town, you could get your pack snooped and stolen from. If you chatted
> with a stranger out of town, you could get killed. Outside of town, most
> people ran when they saw "anyone" come on the screen. Especially after
> the rise of the "blue PK".
>
> I went looking for a Fire Bug last week for my Smith. Went to Britain,
> and could not even get anyone to talk to me. Went to Skara, and ask a
> few Tamers, and they were all very friendly. One said if I gave him my
> ICQ he would let me know when he had one. About 30 min later he ICQ'ed
> me that he had one for me. When I got to Skara he gave it to me, and
> would
> not take the 10k check for it.
>
> If the only place you ever go to find people is Britain, you will have a
> very
> jaded view of the UO people. I normally stay away from Britain. Just
> like
> the "old days", Britain has the slime, greedy, and self important of the
> population. (that's MHO).
>
>>I mean there was actually a time when we were critical of names that
>>came from Final Fantasy or laughed about the lack of imagination of a
>>"Merlin" or "Drizzt". Saw "Pure Heroin" on TC the other day, I figure he
>>is representative of the new generation.
>>
> Because of the "teen" rating the name "Pure Heroin" is against the TOS
> agreement. You should have reported it.
>
>>UO had one year to come up with a solution to their problems and failed
>>badly. By the time they started fixing things the old timers had got
>>split between a good game with antisocial element and a lessor game with
>>better administration.
>
> The other games came out in 3D, so I could not play them, but its my
> understanding that even their Customer Service went down hill in a
> very short time after opening. It just costs too much to make the kind
> of profit they feel they have to make to keep the game running.
> That all seems wrong to me, but then I am not running the show.
>
> Ice
I appriciate the open minded and open haertedness Ice. Very thoughtfull. I
may be a newcomer in the sense of what "vets" or (5+ year accounts), but I
have tried my best to treat the game with a bit of respect. I understand
that some get more from roleplaying than others. To that I am cool with. I
have even tried my best to help newcomers (yes, even newbies in my time)
from time to time on my shard. I usually keep a "newbie sack" prepared. for
a new arival. exceptional 100% medable spinned leather suit with 70%
physical resists. A then 10 now 20 ruin book fully loaded with charges and
100 recall scrolls. A ruin marked for Brit, haven, Yuna and my house. And
just some basic tips. This all happend to me when I first arrived. Just
trying to set a good example for the ones that come after me.
Sticky_314
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