Three new search boxes have been added to the new site to help people find the information they seek.

The original, custom google, search box will find playguide pages and news posts.

The three additional boxes allow searching of the three databases:

1. The Creature Database, Hunter’s Guide
2. The Item database
3. The atlas database

This restores functionality temporarily lost in the conversion to the new site.

[ Discuss This Article ]

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

Want to go hunting but don’t have a big enough group? Are you looking for good guides to dungeons you’ve yet to explore?

The community hunts are open to everyone! Come show your support for the Lake Superior community and take a walk on the wild side at the same time. Meet some new and old friends and have a bit of a challenge along the way.

Doom Gauntlet run

Date: Tuesday, January 3rd

Time: 8:00PM CST

Starting Location: Skara Brae Community Center, next to the bank

Host: Taeara Mi’Aken

Pirate hunt (High Seas expansion)

Date: Thursday, January 5th

Time: 8:00PM CST

Starting Location: Skara Brae Community Center, next to the bank

Host: Taeara Mi’Aken

Community Champion Spawn hunt

Date: Friday, January 6th

Time: 9:00PM CST

Starting Location: Skara Brae Community Center, next to the bank

Host: Taeara Mi’Aken

And remember, these hunts are for everyone, regardless of their skill level or guild affiliation. Come meet new friends, see new places, gain experience and just have fun.

Sabina Nikolai,

High Marshall, Community Hunt Organizer

The Order of the Silver Rose

With grateful thanks to SunWolf and Judas D’arc we are pleased to add to our Lore and History section:

the Historical Background of the Shattered Worlds

written by Seer Adamantyr March/April 1999

We hope everyone will enjoy reading this fascinating series of documents

[ Discuss This Article ]

They…. Are…. Back!  Please welcome our old friends from YGV Auction and join us on Lake Superior for a Christmas festival and auction!

Date:  Saturday, December 17th

Location:  YGV Auction House, Malas, Coordinates  91 46N 65 2 E

We anticipate that gates will be provided from Luna Bank and Britian Bank.  We are hoping for an EM temporary gate.  More info to follow.

Time:  1:00 pm EST, 12:00 pm CST

Info:  Discussion regarding the games and the following auction.

Game #1:  Where in the world is Santa?

Time:  1:30 pm EST, 12:30 pm CST

Location:  YGV Auction House, Malas, Coordinates  91 46N 65 2 E

Info: Each person is given a book with 6 clues on where to find Santa. The first 3 to find Santa get a prize. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Players will have 30 minutes to find Santa and return prior to the start of the next event. Downtime between events will consist of idle chit chat and a few trivia questions for smaller prizes.

Game #2:  4 Square For a Rounded Win

Time:  2:00 pm EST, 1:00 pm CST

Location:  YGV Auction House, Malas, Coordinates  91 46N 65 2 E

Info:  One person at a time will be allowed into the room, the festival helper in each room will ask the person a question and if they answer correctly in the time allotted they get to pick which gift box they would like to open. Otherwise we pick the gift box. Everyone gets something.

After this event a short break will follow to allow for pit stops etc. During this time players will be invited to look at the bags other players have submitted for the bag deco contest. Winners for the Bag Art Deco Contest will be announced prior to the start of the auction.

Game #3:  Bag Art Deco Contest

Time:  Entries must be submitted by 8pm EST on 12/16.  Please use only items that can be purchased at NPC’s in order to keep it fair for everyone.

Location:  YGV Auction House, Malas, Coordinates  91 46N 65 2 E

Info: Please use only items that can be purchased at NPC’s in order to keep it fair for everyone. Also keep in mind it is christmas time and as such your deco bags should reflect the season. Alos the bag you enter must not have been used in other deco contests ,If it has been in other contests it will not be judged in this event all entires are to be new and not in a another bag art deco contest befor this one.There will be a rune locked down at the A^^I vendor house in Luna located at 100o 17’N, 27o 4’W that takes you to the bag art house, drop bag art in mailbox with a book explaining what it is and your name/contact info, You may also contact  Pandora or Magdalaine to turn in your bag deco art. Icq for Pandora 246041976, Magdalaine’s Icq is 242139394.

Game #4:  Drunken Egg Nog Darts

Time:  2:40pm EST, 1:40 pm CST

Location: YGV Auction House, Malas, Coordinates  91 46N 65 2 E

Info:  1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will win prizes for top score. Players must consume eggnog and play darts.

The games end at approximately 3:30EST and 2:30CST at which time I will remind everyone that the auction starts at 7pm est. The auction list will be out a week before the auction. Players will be advised to be back a little early as there might be other odd games or questions and prizes given out befor the auction starts. I would also like to remind players that as always in YGV auctions we have prizes to give out throughout the auction, and no one wants to miss Meeting Santa in the tell santa what you would like for christmas line. Santa will give each person a gift bag . This is to take place at the end of the auctiona at the close of the day.

I would like to invite players to set up vendors at the house on the front steps. To sell any items they wish . To set up vendor or if you have any questions drop a book in the mailbox at bag art house or contact Cionduan/Piper ICQ 242139394 for help.

Hope to see everyone there and Merry Christmas!!

This morning I had the following conversation on icq (reproduced with permission)

(10:41:29 AM) name hidden: you there hun?
(10:41:44 AM) Petra  Fyde: would you believe me if I said no? 😀
(10:41:49 AM) name hidden: heheh
(10:41:54 AM) name hidden: not really 😛
(10:42:11 AM) name hidden: there was a tutorial on shame dungeon on Stratics, I lost it and now I can’t seem to find it
(10:42:20 AM) name hidden: got any clues?
(10:42:36 AM) Petra  Fyde: Just type ‘shame’ in the search box at the top of the right side bar
(10:43:08 AM) name hidden: not saying anything
(10:43:15 AM) name hidden: embarrassing

We went to a lot of trouble to try to find a really good search engine for the site, looking at more than one Google-based script. The problem, according to my embarrassed friend, lies in the name ‘Google’.  Having ‘Googled’ from his browser’s navigation toolbar he assumed Google could not find the item he needed.

The custom Google search we are using will search for terms only within the site and will return much more relevant results than the more general browser search engine. In fact the page he was seeking was the very first item listed in the search I advised him to undertake.

The moral of this tale is simple, to find items on Stratics, search the site, not the web.

[ Discuss This Article ]

New Fishing Council of Britannia (FCB) Website!

Ahoy landlubbers and seafarers one and all!  The cross-shard fishing guild, FCB, is proud to announce we have redesigned our website.  We still be at www.thefcb.com but we have a whole new look and feel. You can post comments to the articles.  We have tried to make it easier to access content about fishing, the seas, pirates, etc.  As such, we try to find you the best resources with links to Stratics articles, UO Guide, etc.–plus our own content of course.  You can see the originals of all those shipwreck paintings.  And we are always looking for more crew to join our Great Lakes and Catskills fleets.  We be looking for able-bodied seafarers to captain our fleets on other shards as well. 

A special thanks to Stratics for hosting our shard guild forums (links on the FCB main page.  We will be adding more content soon. 

Enjoy!  –Fleet Captain Gem

Sosaria Reels is proud to announce the return of the “Meet the Staff” series.  For the first interview, we visited Petra, Managing Editor of UO Stratics.

We hope you enjoyed this interview!  Who would you like to see featured next?  Send us suggestions at:  [email protected]

This past year has seen amazing changes in UO Stratics.  Most notably the big move from the old site to our new Word Press site.

Recently George sent a personal thank you for all the hard work that Petra and the staff have done.

This is just the beginning for Stratics and UO Stratics!  Thank you to our valued readers and contributors for their patience and continued support!

Discuss this article