Memory Lane!!
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:22 am
I was at work the other night and was talking to a co-worker that has played other MMO's but had never tried UO...Telling him about the gameplay and structure of UO I found myself remembering all the fun I had while playing this game...I remembered all of the awesome friends I had made (some still play and others have moved on)...I also remembered some of the bad stuff (like the first time I was scammed out of some stuff)...Then I remembered how my friends rallied around me and helped me realize that it is a game and the people behind the keyboards are what mattered...
That was when I decided I wanted to come back and play...To be honest I had nearly convinced myself that I never wanted to play anymore and was about to go ahead and give my accounts away...
But after telling him about UO and remembering so much I realized that would be a huge mistake...So I proceeded to beg my wife to let me reactivate one of my accounts and here I am back in UO...
As I was getting ready to log off tonight I had a thought and that is why I am writing this post...I wanted to start a thread where we can all share our memories of why we play UO...I am talking about reliving actual things that we have done or things that have happened to us...Not just a place to post stuff like: I play UO because of the wonderful people...But a place to remember why those people are wonderful...
So I will post the first one...HEHE
I remember a while back getting into vent one night and hearing Pup Barleycorn and Ciara talking about some strange place in Ilsh...Pup was actually talking about the storyline history of Ultima Online and showing Ciara some of the famous places...I asked where they were and if they would mind if I tagged along...Of course neither one of them had a problem with that and the next thing I know Pup is leading us all over Sosaria showing me things I never knew were in the game...And telling us about the history of the gargoyles and the meerfolk and many other interesting things I had no idea about...Before long a few others had joined us...I believe Wild Flower and Haplo came...I think Booger came too...There may have been a couple others as well...I have a very bad memory for exact details...LOL...But anyway, my point is that I had an absolutely wonderful time just running around Sosaria with friends and we were not out to kill anything or see if we could get some killer loot...it was just time spent with friends learning a little history...
It is memories like that that made me return to UO and the new ones I hope to make with new friends that I hope will keep me playing for years to come...
That is all for now...I will come back here from time to time and post another moment from my UO history to share with you all...
Please feel free to tell your own stories and share the wonderful or not so wonderful memories you have...
Damien Kilcannon PAS Elder
That was when I decided I wanted to come back and play...To be honest I had nearly convinced myself that I never wanted to play anymore and was about to go ahead and give my accounts away...
But after telling him about UO and remembering so much I realized that would be a huge mistake...So I proceeded to beg my wife to let me reactivate one of my accounts and here I am back in UO...
As I was getting ready to log off tonight I had a thought and that is why I am writing this post...I wanted to start a thread where we can all share our memories of why we play UO...I am talking about reliving actual things that we have done or things that have happened to us...Not just a place to post stuff like: I play UO because of the wonderful people...But a place to remember why those people are wonderful...
So I will post the first one...HEHE
I remember a while back getting into vent one night and hearing Pup Barleycorn and Ciara talking about some strange place in Ilsh...Pup was actually talking about the storyline history of Ultima Online and showing Ciara some of the famous places...I asked where they were and if they would mind if I tagged along...Of course neither one of them had a problem with that and the next thing I know Pup is leading us all over Sosaria showing me things I never knew were in the game...And telling us about the history of the gargoyles and the meerfolk and many other interesting things I had no idea about...Before long a few others had joined us...I believe Wild Flower and Haplo came...I think Booger came too...There may have been a couple others as well...I have a very bad memory for exact details...LOL...But anyway, my point is that I had an absolutely wonderful time just running around Sosaria with friends and we were not out to kill anything or see if we could get some killer loot...it was just time spent with friends learning a little history...
It is memories like that that made me return to UO and the new ones I hope to make with new friends that I hope will keep me playing for years to come...
That is all for now...I will come back here from time to time and post another moment from my UO history to share with you all...
Please feel free to tell your own stories and share the wonderful or not so wonderful memories you have...
Damien Kilcannon PAS Elder