Reminder: Housing Decay Reactivated on 01/16

Kai Schober

10 Jan 2012 16:19:55 EST

We will turn on housing decay on Monday, January 16. Please take the necessary steps to secure your house before its turned back on.

If want to log in but you haven’t had the chance to link your account in the Account Center yet, please check the Account Center Management Page guide and the How to link my Accounts guide. You can always contact ‘[email protected]’ if you encounter a problem.

See you in-game!

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Producer’s Interview on MMORPG.com

Kai Schober

9 Jan 2012 12:02:39 EST

The 15th birthday of Ultima Online is approaching in 2012. MMORPG.com started the year doing a short interview with UO Associate Producer Bonnie “Mesanna” Armstrong.

Ultima Online has been on the market for almost 15 years, can you tell us why you think it has such longevity?

Ultima Online is the ultimate Sandbox. We have something for everyone from designing your house from the foundation up to slaying dragons. We are probably the only game on the market that you can still run on a low end computer, in addition to the personal one on one interaction with the players that has forged an amazing community. I personally have played UO since 1997 and worked on it since 1999 and I continue to learn or see something new and entertaining every day.

Follow the link to read the complete interview.

See you in-game!

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Ultima Forever Website Updated

Dave Crooks

6 Jan 2012 16:57:46 EST

Greetings!

As promised, the site dedicated to the long and storied heritage of Ultima, www.ultimaforever.com, has been updated today. Make sure to have a look through the history pages, and don’t forget to download and play the full, original PC version of Ultima IV from our friends at Good Old Games.

And Happy New Year!

-UO Team

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2012 Sakura Rares Festival: Decoration Contest (Christmas Theme)

Joyful Night

Love Love Christmas

The Reason…

Alice in the Christmas Sweets Land

Happy X-Mas

The Giving Tree
(Atlantic 2011)

Santa Tree

Tree Ornament

A special “Thank You” to Blend for translating!

2012 Sakura Rares Festival: Pre-Festival

Mesanna created a gate from Luna to the Rares Festival.

Emerging from the gate near the vendor houses.

62nd Sakura Market

1st Rares Vendor House

2nd Rares Vendor House

Great Lakes vs. Catskills Treasure Hunt Results

Kai Schober

21 Dec 2011 11:17:09 EST

On Friday, December 9th, The Great Lakes Purple Llamas defeated the Catskills Blue Beetles in the Treasure Hunt Challenge! The competition at Test Center’s Nujel’m chessboard was fierce as the newcomer Llamas destroyed the Beetles’ hopes of a hat-trick.

For much of the match, Catskills was slightly ahead. Great Lakes’s bad luck in pulling a swamp map for level four turned out to be good luck for the sixth map, as it brought them back to a familiar area. As the teams returned for the final maps, EM Adris said it was “All down to this final chest!” Catskills found their chest first, Great Lakes a moment later. Catskills went with a tamer split to take down multiple guardians at once, but that left some Beetles searching for a healer. The audience waiting at the chessboard was on the edge of their seats as EM Sangria did a running countdown of the items remaining for each side. Great Lakes returned first, to cheers from the spectators!

Pack Rats of Great Lakes said, “Was a close one. Was a good fight.” Llewen Faerlyght of Catskills said, “We just had some bad luck. It happens,” and promised, “We’ll be back.” EM Elizabella congratulated both sides on their teamwork. EM Barnaby said, “It was a tight race by two good teams. A couple bad bounces both ways.” Members of both teams shook hands and thanked each other for a good battle. EM Malachi summed it up, “This race has shown the spirit of two titan teams.“

Catskills – Blue Beetles:  Dr Sucio, Arwen, Haslehoff, Llewen Faerlyght, and Underpants Gnome
Great Lakes – Purple Llamas: Beryl Markham, Cire, Jakob, Of the Gargoyles, and Pack Rats

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Reminder: Housing Decay Reactivated in 2012

Kai Schober

19 Dec 2011 21:23:02 EST

We expect to have housing decay turned on by the beginning of next year. We are going to start giving everyone a warning, this being the second of several you will see. Please take the necessary steps to secure your house before its turned back on.

Happy Holidays!

UO Team

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Christmas Preparations in Full Swing

Kai Schober

16 Dec 2011 15:02:35 EST

How are your preparations for Christmas going? Is your house and your tree already decorated or do you need additional inspiration?

If you are looking for a beautiful tree, you should visit Legends and see what Ginger Snap has done:

Happy Holidays,

The UO Team

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Terms of Service Reminder

Kai Schober

13 Dec 2011 18:21:19 EST

We would like to remind our players that the use of 3rd party programs violates our Terms of Service.
If you receive a warning for any infraction, it is because you were reported by a fellow player for breaking the ToS.
Warnings placed on an account will escalate to suspension if the account commits the same offense repeatedly.

The following third party programs are the only ones legal to run:

• UO Assist
• UO Auto-Map
• UO Calculator
• UO Cartographer
• UO Curse Tool
• UO Journal Converter
• UO Magic Tool
• UO Spawn Map
• UO Wedding

Happy Holidays,

The UO Team

Account Age Fix Incoming

Kai Schober

7 Dec 2011 19:22:10 EST

We have been working on Account age issues and are happy to say they should be fixed with the account center maintenance tomorrow.
If you have any issues please let us know.

Happy Holidays!

The UO Team

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