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Smackfools
United States93 Posts
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Zhek
Canada342 Posts
And if you did kill the guy in an hilarious way, screenshot and blog about it. :D | ||
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DJEtterStyle
United States2766 Posts
On January 24 2011 23:43 Smackfools wrote: The only skills you really needed was 1. GM Magic Resist and 2. A fast internet connection That was definitely the case, haha. Nowadays, everyone has a strong internet connection. IPY has no mounts, either, so escaping is going to be more difficult. I suspect coordination and teamwork are going to play a larger role than they used to; divide and conquer just isn't going to be as effective. | ||
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djWHEAT
United States925 Posts
On January 25 2011 01:32 Zhek wrote: If you kill a newbie in the woods, you are; just griefing for griefing, not for fun. Unless you did it in an extremely hilarious way, no one cares. And if you did kill the guy in an hilarious way, screenshot and blog about it. :D I have a pretty good story of killing a newbie in the woods  But it will be saved for a potential special event coming up soon. OHHHHHHH?! | ||
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djWHEAT
United States925 Posts
Let's see what happens! | ||
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PiousMartyr
Canada176 Posts
It would be pretty cool if a GM could join us for the launch party and show off some of the features and things in IPY that make it special from other servers. Maybe follow some TLers around as we get a guildhouse up and running and build a fish tank out of cloth, or cast people doing some PvP or fighting in a dungeon or something. | ||
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AimlessAmoeba
Canada704 Posts
I'm a little confused though, is this still a beta thing or is it a matter of waiting until the launch date to sign up now? All this talk of 1 & 2 has made it a bit hazy for me. | ||
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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Smackfools
United States93 Posts
On January 26 2011 04:27 Barrin wrote: Truly spoken like someone who has no clue what they're talking about. yeahh! woot ^_^ Lol you serious? I was in one of the biggest, notorious pvp guilds there was in UO... KoC in the first IPY. I was in BBz, IC! and DJs on Chesapeake... Guild fights pretty much everynight and little skirmishes during the day with OiN, -S-, A*G. I co-created that Nefarious Council (NfC or whatever) guild with that idiot Ghostface after IC! split up. If you dont know who any of these guilds are then you dont know what YOUR talking about. KoC was pretty big on SP as well. Point is, UO doesnt have the community it once had. All the old school players are gone. Everyone in the guilds ive mentioned above are in their late 20's early 30s by now. That goes for all the big pvp guilds on every shard. There is simply no motiviation to keep playing.. Sure, you can start up IPY again, but it wont create that "drive and motivation" and community that make the game fun.. It's dead. | ||
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djWHEAT
United States925 Posts
On January 26 2011 04:49 Smackfools wrote: Lol you serious? I was in one of the biggest, notorious pvp guilds there was in UO... KoC in the first IPY. I was in BBz, IC! and DJs on Chesapeake... Guild fights pretty much everynight and little skirmishes during the day with OiN, -S-, A*G. I co-created that Nefarious Council (NfC or whatever) guild with that idiot Ghostface after IC! split up. If you dont know who any of these guilds are then you dont know what YOUR talking about. KoC was pretty big on SP as well. Point is, UO doesnt have the community it once had. All the old school players are gone. Everyone in the guilds ive mentioned above are in their late 20's early 30s by now. That goes for all the big pvp guilds on every shard. There is simply no motiviation to keep playing.. Sure, you can start up IPY again, but it wont create that "drive and motivation" and community that make the game fun.. It's dead. Not to be a douchebag... well actually, I completely intend to be a douchebag. GTFO. It's guys like you who go "it doesn't have the community once had... so it's pointless". Well guess what. I don't give two flying shits if it has the EXACT same community it once had. This is an opportunity for veterans to get back into the game, and those who DIDN'T experience the greatness of UO as well. I can't imagine why people wouldn't be like, "Man, it might not be EXACTLY like the old days, but holy shit these guys put alot of effort into this project". Instead of trying to stifle an effort to revive a community (which you obviously loved), why don't you do something to support it? Instead of trying to discourage others. | ||
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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PiousMartyr
Canada176 Posts
I'm not going to play IPY and expect to see my old guild just chilling there. I'm going to go back and play the game I've put more time into than any other game, and play it with people who are doing the same. You aren't going to go back in time and magically find the oldschool UO community. IPY is a way to create a new community, meet some people and have fun. If that's not your cup of tea, then please, don't join us. | ||
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PiousMartyr
Canada176 Posts
On January 26 2011 04:10 AimlessAmoeba wrote: This looks incredibly fun. I'm in. I'm a little confused though, is this still a beta thing or is it a matter of waiting until the launch date to sign up now? All this talk of 1 & 2 has made it a bit hazy for me. I don't know if IPY1 is still active, but 2 hasn't been released yet. IPY2 has a ton of updates and new features while trying to retain the feel of the original UO. It's still in beta, and is scheduled to launch on the Feb 11th I think the original IPY was also oldschool UO, but without any new features... I may be wrong though. | ||
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Smackfools
United States93 Posts
On January 26 2011 04:57 djWHEAT wrote: Not to be a douchebag... well actually, I completely intend to be a douchebag. GTFO. It's guys like you who go "it doesn't have the community once had... so it's pointless". Well guess what. I don't give two flying shits if it has the EXACT same community it once had. This is an opportunity for veterans to get back into the game, and those who DIDN'T experience the greatness of UO as well. I can't imagine why people wouldn't be like, "Man, it might not be EXACTLY like the old days, but holy shit these guys put alot of effort into this project". Instead of trying to stifle an effort to revive a community (which you obviously loved), why don't you do something to support it? Instead of trying to discourage others. Give me a break man. Do you know how many free shard there have been? The only reason IPY got big was because it was pre UO:R, it allowed precasting which attracted a lot of old school players and subsequently whole pvp guilds started coming to the shard. It was the only free shard where top pvp guilds from EVERY shard could fight and grief without all the new age crap. http://azaroth.org/ipyuo/ipyuo.html Thats what the creator of IPY wrote after shutting down the first IPY. | ||
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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Smackfools
United States93 Posts
On January 26 2011 05:26 PiousMartyr wrote: Even if all the oldschool UO players were gone, who cares? I played on Chessy from 2001-2009 and I honestly don't remember any of the guilds you mentioned except OiN. I remember !C!, but not IC!. I didn't really start to PVP until around 2002-2003, so maybe those guilds were already gone by the time I started playing. I'm not going to play IPY and expect to see my old guild just chilling there. I'm going to go back and play the game I've put more time into than any other game, and play it with people who are doing the same. You aren't going to go back in time and magically find the oldschool UO community. IPY is a way to create a new community, meet some people and have fun. If that's not your cup of tea, then please, don't join us. KoC was mass banned from Chespeake and Seige Perilous for duping gold, IC! were mostly KoC players who bought new accounts and returned to UO, it was around 1998' or 1999'. | ||
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DJEtterStyle
United States2766 Posts
On January 26 2011 04:49 Smackfools wrote: Lol you serious? I was in one of the biggest, notorious pvp guilds there was in UO... KoC in the first IPY. I was in BBz, IC! and DJs on Chesapeake... Guild fights pretty much everynight and little skirmishes during the day with OiN, -S-, A*G. I co-created that Nefarious Council (NfC or whatever) guild with that idiot Ghostface after IC! split up. If you dont know who any of these guilds are then you dont know what YOUR talking about. KoC was pretty big on SP as well. Point is, UO doesnt have the community it once had. All the old school players are gone. Everyone in the guilds ive mentioned above are in their late 20's early 30s by now. That goes for all the big pvp guilds on every shard. There is simply no motiviation to keep playing.. Sure, you can start up IPY again, but it wont create that "drive and motivation" and community that make the game fun.. It's dead. On January 23 2011 18:42 luuc wrote: Uo stories are like poker stories. Everyone used to be a winner =). And luuc nails it. Everybody used to be somebody. Everybody had these unique and incredible experiences that made them think they were something special. Depending on the maturity of the person in question, this was either the best or worst part of UO. The sad fact -- and this is directed at everyone -- is that no one outside of your server ever cared about your guild(s), and most people on your server didn't, either. That doesn't diminish how wonderful your experiences were. Just don't blow them out of proportion. I'm sure you had some amazing times pwn1ng n00bz wit br0z, but everyone else was too busy having amazing times of their own to care about what you were doing. In that sense, I guess it's a lot like the real world.  | ||
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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PiousMartyr
Canada176 Posts
On January 26 2011 05:41 Smackfools wrote: KoC was mass banned from Chespeake and Seige Perilous for duping gold, IC! were mostly KoC players who bought new accounts and returned to UO, it was around 1998' or 1999'. Ahh, I remember someone in my guild telling me about that. That was before my time though. I guess most of those guilds were dissolved or renamed by the time I started playing. On January 26 2011 05:33 Smackfools wrote: http://azaroth.org/ipyuo/ipyuo.html Thats what the creator of IPY wrote after shutting down the first IPY. That was actually a pretty good read. It seems like the main reason for shutting down the shard the first time was because of PKs and griefers. The paladin system that they're putting in place is pretty hash against PKs (if you die while under the effects of mindblast, you either have to wait until you're blue to res or run to the Chaos shrine and pay 5k per count). You might think twice about PKing the newb with nothing valuable on him if it might cost you 5k down the line. The number of PKs might be much smaller than before with those penalties. Maybe not, but we'll see. Besides, I'd love to play on a server made by someone that passionate about the game. | ||
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Randomaccount#77123
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