Not yet, but you can now follow UO Stratics on Twitter!

Not everyone is a tweeter, but for those who are we’ve added this tool for your backpack.

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Adding to the Despise Revamp information posted recently we would now like to share with you

Fortune’s Fire Resort and Casino We didn’t find Lady Luck, can you?

The Steward A very helpful individual, we feel.

And adding to an existing page, New Clean Up Pigments set.

We hope you will find these pages helpful

If you have anything to add to our research, or to any other page on UO Stratics please use the comment option below the page, send a PM on Stratics Message Boards or email [email protected]

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Sandwiched between the ‘Covetous Revamp – A Guided Tour’ and ‘Shame Revamp – A Guided Tour’ on the Essays and Guides page is a new entry composed by myself (Petra Fyde) with the help of our very able Drachenfels News Reporter, Frarc

Despise Revamp – A Guided Tour

To find this page when the direct link is not available, look for ‘Essays and Guides’ in the page listing, left side bar.

We hope you will find this useful.

If you have anything to add to our research, or to any other page on UO Stratics please use the comment option below the page, send a PM on Stratics Message Boards or email [email protected]

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From our friends at GDC Online!

GDC Online‘s robust session lineup continues to grow this week, as show organizers have debuted new sessions including a ‘classic postmortem’ on the groundbreaking MMO Ultima Online…

Read the full article here!

With the results of the Fan Fiction Contest now announced on

UOHerald

We offer our sincere congratulations to the winners, Alouenikah, Martyna Z’muir and Jhym, and have pleasure in offering the full list of entries for you to read and enjoy

The Lore of Sudiva – Contest Entries

With the exception of the three prize winners, entries are published without authors’ names. These will be added only with the permission of the individual writers.

Please contact me, Petra Fyde,  or [email protected] if you wish your name to be shown on your entry.

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On behalf of Goodman’s Rune Library & the Citizens of Atlantic, I wish to express my humble thanks to Gareth and the people of Kijustsu Village & Chesapeake for such a tremendous gift to the Citizens of Atlantic.

Andrasta

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Sports Reports.

The first few reports are now up

Each report will appear on the relevant shard, for those wishing to compare shard results go here

UO Stratics *New* | Global Sports Reports

We will try to produce these on as many shards as possible, if your shard does not have a regular reporter, and you would like to produce this record for your shard please contact me.  I will accept a ‘sports reporter’ if you have no wish to cover more regular reporter duties.

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, two intrepid broadcasters from MMORPG.COM, Rob Lashley aka “Grakulen” and Hillary Nicole aka “Pokket,” joined members of Mythic’s Ultima Online development team and a multitude of UO players on the Test Center shard for two and a half hours to check out all levels of the newly revamped Covetous Dungeon.  Grakulen and Pokket also ventured forth into Felucca to interact directly with others players and also received a tour of a player’s house in Trammel.

MMORPG.COM live-streamed the video and also hosted a chat channel for viewers.  You can view recorded copies of the video at their website and on YouTube.

If you’d like to read a full-length transcript of the video, start here.  You’ll also find links there to the recorded videos.

Inspired by an idea from Leodegan of Europa and acting on a suggestion from Mirt of Chesapeake we are pleased to announce, in a collaboration between Bioware UO, UOGuide and UO Stratics, with support from UO forums, the Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest.

Background
Existing lore relating to this lovely creature comes from ‘A True Sacrifice’, part of the Candle of Love quest (supplied here by UOGuide)

As you meditate on the virtue of Sacrifice, you envision a dark, watery cavern. As your mind wanders through the cave, you realize that there is a treasure piled high against the wall. As you focus on the piles of gold and gems, a feeling of unbridled covetous washes over you with such force that your mind recoils away from the treasure.

It is at that moment that you realize you are being watched, as you spot a dark form moving amongst the shadows; its eyes watching, ever-vigilant, over the hoard.

You know you must find the source of this overwhelming greed if you are to continue down this path.

You place Sudiva’s Tear on the shrine and begin to meditate on the Virtue of Sacrifice. You find yourself sympathizing with Sudiva’s plight. Although the great dragon played no small roll in bringing her own self to her current condition, your feel that no living being should be made to suffer so, regardless of how it happened.

Your sacrifice has begun her healing process; hopefully someday she will be free from Astaroth’s grip and can fly once against amongst the clouds.

When you open your eyes, you notice that Sudiva’s Tear has transformed into a Tear of Sacrifice. You quickly put it into your backpack, and prepare yourself to continue along your journey.

The Concept
Sudiva has paced back and forth for what seems like decades. How much does time pass in the belly of Covetous? As Covetous undergoes dramatic changes Astaroth’s grip is broken signaling her release.

The Contest
Sudiva needs a new home. It is up to the community to create her story and the judges to choose a story that best represents her and her new home.

Stories should address two questions:
Where has Sudiva gone?
Where will she come to rest to make her home?

The Rules

The contest begins NOW, and entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM UTC on Sunday June 3rd, 2012. Stories should be submitted to [email protected]. They will be passed by Petra Fyde to the judges without the author’s names to ensure total impartiality.

1. Only one entry per contestant.
2. Stories must not contradict existing lore
3. Stories must be the original work of the entrant.
4. Stories must not be longer than 1000 words and must be in English.
5. Stories must not have been previously posted elsewhere on the web.
6. Stories must not be posted anywhere public prior to judging.
7 Stories must not include any content that is indecent or inappropriate.

Entries that do not satisfy these criteria will be disqualified.

The Judging
There will be five judges. One from UOGuide, one from UO Stratics, one from UO Forums and two from Bioware, selected by Mesanna
The judges will select the top three entries, choosing stories that best represent Sudiva and her new home and showing originality, creativity and drama.

The Prize
A Dragon Statue Replica for the first three places supplied by Mesanna
The winning three entries will be posted on uoherald and permanently entered into the lore.
The winning writer will carry the title : Caretaker of Sudiva on the forums

All entries will be posted in Stratics Fan Fiction section after the winners have been announced.

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With the UO publish bringing the changes to Covetous imminent we invite you to inspect our own most recently published pages.

Covetous Dungeon Re-vamp – A Guided Tour

and

Vela the Sorceress

Entries have also been added to Hunter’s Guide, a listing can be found under the heading ‘Covetous Re-vamp’ in the left menu column.

If you have any feedback or information you’d like to share with us you can comment on any article on the site via ‘comment’ boxes at the bottom of each page. You can email to [email protected] or send a private message to Petra Fyde on our message boards.

We look forward to hearing from you.