- Simon SnowBlower Headlines The April Obituary Column ~ Plus ... Death By Mesanna May 1, 2012 Lady Lava
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Simon SnowBlower Headlines The April Obituary Column ~ Plus ... Death By Mesanna
April was a busy month for the dead and dieing. Simon SnowBlower, whom can often be found hanging at Brit Bank headlines the months Obits. Even Mesanna gets into a...
- Bleak, Gryphon, Kyronix, Misk, Pratt, Phoenix, Waterloo, Malachi, Elizabella, Messana and Lady Lava OH MY ! April 30, 2012 Lady Lava
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Bleak, Gryphon, Kyronix, Misk, Pratt, Phoenix, Waterloo, Malachi, Elizabella, Messana and Lady Lava OH MY !
It was a celebrity filled Tic Tac Dough event, part of the Rares Fest on Great Lakes. Engineers, Devs, EMs, QA, Stratics Big Wigs...
- Wahnita and Smoke Return to Great Lakes with Old School Deco April 29, 2012 Lady Lava
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Wahnita and Smoke Return to Great Lakes with Old School Deco
It is always warming to the heart to see players return to UO and to Great Lakes. A few months ago Smoke and Wahnita returned to the game after being away for many years. I ...
- 2012 Rares Fest In Full Swing April 27, 2012 Lady Lava
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2012 Rares Fest
The 2012 Rares Fest is in full swing and there is a lot so see and buy ! This is not an event that happens every week so be sure to check it out even if your budget does not allow big spending at this time. Many people are...
- Festival of the Grape Harvest, Saturday, April 14th, at 8 p.m. CDT April 10, 2012 Lady Lava
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Festival of the Grape Harvest, Saturday, April 14th, at 8 p.m. CDT
EM Elizabella would like all to gather at Empathy Abbey (Trammel) for the annual Festival of the Grape Harvest. One of the monks has been working on ne...
- The Obituary Column Returns ~ The Queen Headlines April 2, 2012 Lady Lava
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The Obituary Column Returns
The Obituary Column returns after an absence.
The boards were down for a while and as you can see they have been revamped wonderfully.
With that and the purchase of a new computer the February Obituary Column ...
- Easter Is Around The Corner And It Is Time To Think Spring and Eggs March 24, 2012 Lady Lava
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Easter Is Around The Corner And It Is Time To Think Spring and Eggs
It is that time of year when the cherry blossom trees and magnolias start to bloom and Easter is in the air. That means it is time to decorate for Spring/ Easter. Easter...
- Mesanna's St. Patrick's Day Game of Death March 18, 2012 Lady Lava
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Mesanna's St. Patrick's Day Game of Death
March 17th the anniversary of Lilavieve and Carrick, a day to remember. This year we were all invited to celebrate this day with the mixed race lovely couple and to meet within the walls of the ha...
- New Luna Casino and New Spring Look for Awards Hall March 13, 2012 Lady Lava
New Luna Casino and New Spring Look for Awards Hall
A new casino has opened up in Luna, the second casino opening this month. It appears many on Great Lakes have gambling spring fever. This new casino named Malonjao can be found on the north side ...
- A Pixie Leprechaun Anniversary March 17th March 13, 2012 Lady Lava
This just in from EM Elizabella ......
You’re walking along, minding your own business, when a green envelope falls out of the sky and hits you on the head. You see stars! And hearts and clovers… A tiny fairy in a Speedy Wings courier ...
- MOA is Very Green in March March 4, 2012 Lady Lava
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MOA IS VERY GREEN IN MARCH
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This past thursday I attended the oldest of player run events on Great Lakes, the MOA Auction.
It had b...
- Magincia Casino Opens February 27, 2012 Lady Lava
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Chaotic Soldiers Casino Has Soft Opening
SMoKe was gating from Luna this evening to the new casino in Magincia. Needless to say I could not resist and checked out this new player run event. Well, before I could even think about the gambli...
- January Obituary Column February 7, 2012 Lady Lava
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January Obituary Column
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- GOF Vendor Mall Opens In Luna February 2, 2012 Lady Lava
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GOF Vendor Mall Opens In Luna
Guild of Friends has been around a long time. Not only has this Great Lakes guild been around a long time they are very active, helpful....and yes...friendly.
With the recent drop of houses in the realm ( r...
- Shrine of Chaos Created In Felucca February 2, 2012 Lady Lava
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Shrine of Chaos Created In Felucca
For many months I have been hearing about the creation of a shrine dedicated to Chaos on Great Lakes within the Felucca facet. Last month a marked rune was dropped in the mailbox at my Luna Manse to this ne...
- Brialla’s Journey, Saturday, January 28th, at 8 p.m. CST January 25, 2012 Lady Lava
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Brialla’s Journey, Saturday, January 28th, at 8 p.m. CST
Brialla of the Seven Tears was the first to chart the mysterious north lands of Britannia. Brialla set out from Yew, in her humble brown monk’s robe and bare feet, to ...
- Lord Gar Returns and The Bakery January 12, 2012 Lady Lava
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LORD GAR RETURNS AND THE BAKERY
Lord Gar may not been a name old timers remember but he was around at the birth of UO and has recently returned. It is always great to have people return to our realm and a world we all love and enjoy. Lor...
- Lady Mesanna and Queen Zhah Attend Promotions January 9, 2012 Lady Lava
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Lady Messana in her strange black and whiteness and Queen Zhah in her golden glory attended the New Assisant Royal Spy Masters promotions this past tuesday evening and what an evening it was. Magnus Grey and Sarah Paumera needless to say were ...
- A New Year, A New Look, A New Attitude ~ Enter The Dragon January 2, 2012 Lady Lava
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Greetings And A Happy New Year To All,
For the past nine years I have posted a year end letter in early January. Usually I reflect on the year past touching on both world and personal topics that happen through the year and also changes and ne...
- December Obituary Column December 29, 2011 Lady Lava
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DECEMBER OBITUARY COLUMN
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- One Last Holiday Gem December 19, 2011 Lady Lava
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This is a very busy time of year for many of us and not enough time in the day to get everything done. I was at a holiday party in real life yesterday and was not able to attend the holiday party on the test shard. My character was created and d...
- Bucky and Splat's Walrus Festival Party Was Nothing But A Slaughterfest December 18, 2011 Lady Lava
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Never trust a neon walrus folks. Last night was the Walrus Festival Party supposidly held at the Vesper docks. Thinking this was going t...
- Last Minute Holiday Gifts and Decor December 17, 2011 Lady Lava
~ LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFTS AND DECOR ~
This morning I was going through my letterbox and to my surprise there was a marked rune to a holiday decorated plot. I was in the Christmas mood as I had stopped by the Hall in Brit to see how our wonderful ...
- DJ Scorp Rocks Holiday Event at MOA December 16, 2011 Lady Lava
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DJ SCORP ROCKS HOLIDAY EVENT AT MOA
The yearly holiday event at MOA was well attended last night as always. So well attended it was standing room only towards the end. DJ Scorp was the main figure head of this event and he did an amazing job. ...
- Holiday Party On Test Shard Sunday December 18th December 15, 2011 Lady Lava
- Santa at MOA and Walrus In Vesper December 14, 2011 Lady Lava
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One can tell Christmas is right around the corner, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa too.
Santa is making his yearly appearance at MOA this thursday December 15th. Majestic Oaks Auction will host a brief
auction with lots of trivia and the 12 days ...
- MOA Decked Out For The Holidays December 4, 2011 Lady Lava
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It will not be long and Santa will arriving on Great Lakes, just a few weeks away. I stopped by the MOA Ice Castle this evening and to my joy it is already decorated for the season. In the past this is one of Santa's favorite stops. All the goo...
- November Obituary Column December 3, 2011 Lady Lava
~ NOVEMBER OBITUARY COLUMN ~
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- Christmas Is Here ! December 2, 2011 Lady Lava
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It is that time of year again...time to decorate!
Upon log in this morning I found lovely holiday tickets in my packs and what a way to start the day. This year we have five choices, new choices! Four of the options are decor which is perfect...
- Meet and Greet This Friday November 30, 2011 Lady Lava
When it snows, ain’t it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a
chilling
We’ll frolic and play, the Ultima way,
Walking in a winter
wonderland.
You can fight back against the weather!
The freezing wind whips ice crystals across your f...
- Eat The Turkey Before The Turkey Eats You ! November 22, 2011 Lady Lava
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It is Turkey time again and there is much lore and history on this famous bird. Later this week many folks in America will be feasting on this foul as Thanksgiving Day is right around the corner. The very first Thanksgiving took place ...
- Awards Hall and Museum Re-opens With Latest Displays November 10, 2011 Lady Lava
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AWARDS HALL AND MUSEUM RE-OPENS WITH LATEST DISPLAYS
Those Great Lakes EMs have been busy and I am not talking just about running and creating events. We are lucky and honored to have such an amazing Awards Hall on Great Lakes and it is all...
- October Obituary Column October 30, 2011 Lady Lava
~ OCTOBER OBITUARY COLUMN ~
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- More Amazing Seasonal Great Lakes Decor October 19, 2011 Lady Lava
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Earlier this week I posted some great and fun Autumn and Halloween decor created on Catskills and Great Lakes. I sent out a flyer ( in that post ) for any interested to drop me a rune to their plot or send the cords my way. A player by the n...
- The Guild of Friends to Celebrate 13th Anniversary October 16, 2011 Lady Lava
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Starting Oct 21st The Guild of Friends will be celebrating in game their 13th anniversary. Friday night during the opening event they will be dropping a fully loaded tower on the south end of GOF Valley as a idoc free for all....
- Catskills and Great Lakes Spook Out ! October 12, 2011 Lady Lava
Autumn is here and Halloween is right around the corner. As a reporter for both Catskills and Great Lakes I traveled both lands to seek out autumnal and spooky designed plots and did I find them. Both shards have some amazing designers and decor ...
- September Obituary Column October 5, 2011 Lady Lava
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September Obituary Column
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- Killer Pumpkins Have Arrived on Great Lakes ! Autumn Bonfire September 30, 2011 Lady Lava
~ KILLER PUMPKINS HAVE ARRIVED ~
Pumpkin patches all over the lands are spawning Killer Pumpkins. Beware of these cute orange seasonal decorations as these pumpkins will get up and chase you! It happened to me just hours ago. I was able to def...
- Clean Up Britannia Brings New Costumes September 22, 2011 Lady Lava
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~ Clean Up Britannia Brings New Costumes ~
The long awaited return of Clean Up Britannia is finally here. I know I am excited about it and the four hundred available lockdowns in my house. All those hoarders out there are finally making good wi...
- From The Desk of Lady Lava September 16, 2011 Lady Lava
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Greetings,
Autumn is almost upon us and several times a year I post " From The Desk of Lady Lava". It is that time of year again and what a summer it has been. Great Lakes was a busy shard this past spring and summer with many EM and play...