Ultima Online

[Stark]

Starting September 27 (Tuesday) all former UO players accounts will be reactivated for free.

"Former players in good standing will be able to log in and play Ultima Online using their former account names and passwords. This "free period" will last from Sept. 27, 3 a.m. PST to until Oct. 10, 3 a.m. PST."

http://www.uo.com/return.html

I get this retro feeling thinking about the good old days and when UO was the MMORPG period. I will return for a bit since it's free. I also signed up for the #1 free UO shard but haven't started it up yet (no free time).

[mezrabad]

The last time I played was October of, sheesh, 1997? I had played in the Alpha then the Beta and when it was released I still felt like I was in the Beta. Little did I know the precedent that was setting. I think I logged in once around 18 months later to find that my character had become "Honourable" which was cool, but then I got PK'd over and over and lost quite a bit of that. I haven't been back since.

I seriously doubt my character would still be around but now I'm tempted to find out.

[Promophile]

Ah yes UO, what a great game. The first massively successful MMORPG. It just had such a great sense of adventure to it. The only other game that grabbed me as much as UO did was EQ. I tried WoW but it just didn't do anything for me, it just seemed like a casual EQ.

[Queen Of The Felines]

I still play on the Great Lakes server if anybody decides to get back into it.

Kristine

[Stark]

I have my characters on Great Lakes as well so after Tuesday I'll be on. I can't remember but I think my main is Stark. I stopped playing somewhere in 2003.

[Dahne]

Wow, UO is still around? It was venerable way back in my EQ days. Never did play it, but I tend to dislike PvP as a rule. I die enough when just the monsters are trying to kill me.