Lord Ser Brightblade

The thought of being suspended in a cube while you are slowly disolved is not a pleasant thought at all It may not be tough but damn what a horrible way to go!

They forgot the Gelatenous Cube How can you forget that?!?!?!

Any Server 2003 Gurus on our forums that might be able to help me out with SMTP relay on my server? Right now I have it shut off to stop half of China from sending spam to the entire world. I would like to be able to enable relay so that I may recieve e-mails to all my accounts and send e-mail from all my accounts to the external world while keeping anyone from randomly using my server as a relay to spam the entire universe with thier junk and eat up all my resources. I know it must be something simple that I'm not doing right as I have been able to get the following to work depending on different settings in the SMTP server: 1. Recieve mail from sources outside my network and send mail to people in my network but not able to send to those external to network. Kept outsiders from using my server as relay station to the universe 2. Send and Recieve from all people and to all people but also leave myself wide open for anyone in the known universe to relay and fill up my drive with thier queued messages. 3. Send to anyone I want but recieve nothing from the external world. Anyway if you know anything about SMTP on Win 2003 and setting up the relay to do what I need please PM me!!!!

Hmmm my UOAM still seems to work after the beta. maybe make sure all the .dll it installs get deleted before reinstalling? Try an uninstall and then cleaning registry prior to the reinstall as well.

I believe they are leaving stones in the game despite all the changes.

Looks like a good old fashioned dungeon crawl is winning.

Glad all is well with your wife Lukkan. I was actually thinking about that last night. SWG is fun and with space travel and Jedis reneabled I bet its a blast.

Unicorn is like *Damn shes soiling my water!* Nice work wolf

Interesting article from BBC News Virtual Gamers Reveal Themselves

Borg has informed me that tonights meeting is canceled. Borg will be making a posting soon as to the new meeting schedule.

Oh its a sad sad day when Devin has organized her house so that its in better order than mine. I think several class 5 hurricanes ran through mine.

Happy Birthda how old are ya now?

Im sure i have pieces for one but my place looks like a bomb hit it. Might take some time for me to actually find it all. Let me know if you want me to look around and of course it wouldnt cost you anything to use. (Guessing you want to take a cruise with it)

Ser Brightblade sat contemplating the days ahead when a runner burst into the Keg and Anchor Tavern and approached the Ancient Prefect. "Sir, Ive just come from the City of Sages where a strane orb of blue light did float from the deepest regions of the libraries and leave the caves of Wind." Ser just smiled and went backto drinking his meade. With that the runner looked confused and asked, "Do you know of this orb of light? Does it not concern you? What shall we do?" With that Ser looked up one more time to the runner and spoke to him. "Indeed I know of what this is. It seems a great and powerful presence has once again awakened after a long slumber. Fear not though, for it is Strider, a sage among sages come to give council and assist the Empire as he has done before in times of need." With that Ser called a serving wench over to the table and ordered a round of drinks for all that were present.

Would be wonderful to see you back old man!

Happy Birthday

I have locked a runebook down at my home near the house sign outside to all three locations. I have also taken the liberty of informing the Cavaliers of the task at hand as well. They send thier greetings and have pledged to aide the Royal Britannian Guards. If the peoples of this world fail in stockpiling the resources I fear Brittain will indeed fall......

School Business Closings Updated Via Web by Anyone. Brilliant Idea.....Morons Here is what happens when you allow anyone to update school business closings via the internet and send it straight to television. How could these people not see this coming.

I have been told by Maggie that Waffles are indeed on the menu this weekend before we head off to the Rennisance Faire.

Haha too funny Liz

Greetings Hope all is going well for you. Dont know much about CoH myself.....

I'm voting for Mickey Mouse. Kerry is a nimrod and Bush is a self serving individual who isnt even calling the shots......This has nothing to do with patriotism. Sending our jobs to foriegn nations is not good for us in the longrun. Allowing automatic weapons on the streets is not good at anytime (listen I am all for your right to own a firearm but there is no need for an automatic rifle simply put). Prescription plan what a load of hooey. You know how his plan works? He cuts the cost a small ammount and then uses tax money to PAY off the drug industry in incentives. Its smoke and mirrors with both these shiesters. Drop the bombs? Hell give me the button and a map I can show you where to do that.......so to those supporting a President or a candidate just because he can drop a bomb let me say you can do that to.....and doing so does not make a good leader.

The following was posted to FYI: September 13th, 2004 we will begin publishing the Ultima online game shards with the Publish 27 code. The first shard to get Publish 27 will be Great Lakes. Please see the full schedule at the button of this post for details on your shard. Contents Bug Fixes: * fix for 6th char slot text color issues * fix for 6th char slot client shutdown crasher * fix for "properly placed house becomes improperly placed" bug * fix for teleportation facet change bug * turn serpent pillars back on for production shards * unused and nodraw tiles are no longer displayer inside containers in the 2D client * reduced cpu utilization in the 2D client * fixed memory leak related to resizing the game play window in the 2D client * improved efficiency of the 3D client Game Content Improvements: * Creature spawner improvements * new creature spawns * more PvM changes o paragon creatures in Ilshenar o added Leviathan (kraken boss) o minor artifacts o new chests, fishing nets, and SOSs * allow house customization without redecoration Game Enhancements: * Added fabled fishing nets and ancient sos treasure * Added leviathan sea creature * Turned on serpent pillars for production shards * Sea serpents and deep sea serpents will now be susceptible to snake and reptile slayer weapons and musical instruments * Added the chance for paragon creatures to spawn in Ilshenar * Added ingeniously drawn treasure maps (level 6) for Trammel and Felucca facets * Added minor artifacts that will spawn in level 6 treasure chests & on the new leviathan sea creature * Added minor artifacts that will spawn on paragon creatures in Ilshenar * Added ingeniously drawn treasure maps (level 6) treasure maps to test center bank boxes * Added a bag of minor artifacts and 10 ancient sos bottles inside this bag to test center bank boxes * Increased fame and karma caps to support paragon creatures Game Tweaks (Loot): * Added leather skirts to magic item loot tables * Reduced faction trap cost to 250 silver * Slightly tweaked monster loot backpacks * Added level 0 treasure maps for strong mongbats * Added level 5 treasure maps for rotting corpses Bug Fixes: * Localized "You have deserted your quest for the golden skull of Chyloth" for Doom quest * Fixed errors with golem special paralysis attack * Added necromancer familiar fixes * Fixed immobile creatures not engaging in melee combat * Fixed immobile creatures from becoming mobile when struck with a paralyzing blow Paragon Creatures: * There will roughly be a 5% chance that any creature in Ilshenar will spawn as a Paragon of its kind. Paragon creatures are intended to enhance play for the Ilshenar facet. They are to provide a challenge to player characters who wish to partake in high end PvM. These creatures will test the mettle of player characters, and the more powerful creature templates are intended to require an adventuring group to battle. For comparison purposes, consider paragon creatures to be mini-champions of evil. In any case, an Ilshenar Champion of Evil will not spawn as a Paragon. * Rather than greatly increasing damage output for paragons, they have been given buffs in their speed, regenerative capabilities, and hit points. * Whenever a creature in Ilshenar spawns as a paragon, it is granted the following enhancements: * Adds (Paragon) as the creature’s job title * Hues the creature gold * Removes the ability to tame the creature * Adds daemon target switching AI to creature * Increases poison hit strength by one if it has a poison attack (no greater than 5) * Multiplies creature’s maximum hit points by 5 * Increases strength by 5%, intelligence and dexterity by 20% * Increases all skills by 20% * Modifies hit point, mana, and stamina base regeneration scaled based on the difficulty of the creature * Modifies speed of creature * Slightly increases the creature’s natural weapon class * Bumps up – or decreases if negative – fame and karma of creature by 40% (doesn’t bump up karma if karma is 0) * Will possess extra loot scaled based on its fame level * 10% chance that a paragon will spawn with a treasure chest equal to the treasure map level that it can possibly possess o If it doesn’t have a chance to possess a treasure map, then it doesn’t spawn a treasure chest o There are no guardians with these paragon treasure chests o Each chest will come in four different chest types, 11 different hues including the default hue, 8 colored ingot hues, Luna bank chest hue, and Umbra bank chest hue, and will possess the description of ‘recovered from (paragon)’. For example: recovered from a dragon (paragon) o These chests will contain about 20% of the loot normally found in current treasure chests of the appropriate difficulty level and will always possess a treasure map one level higher than the difficulty level of the chest o Unless otherwise stated, these treasure chests will function as current treasure chests (i.e., they’ll be appropriately locked and trapped) * Level 6 treasure chests will possibly spawn ancient wyrms, balrons, blood elementals, poison elementals, and titans. Level 6 treasure chests will always possess one minor artifact Minor Artifacts: * A lesser artifact is basically an item where its theme is visible through its name, hue, and properties, but isn’t necessarily the best of the best. Therefore, these items should very rarely exceed the maximum intensities and should very rarely have multiple maximum intensities. * Minor Artifacts will have a chance of spawning in each attacker’s backpack after a paragon creature or a leviathan is slain. This chance is computed and scaled based upon its fame level. Furthermore, the luck value of each attacker will also influence his/her chance to acquire a minor artifact. * Here are the minor artifacts that will appear for Publish 27. * Polar Bear Mask o Bear Mask o Cold Resist 21 o Physical Resist 15 o Night Sight o Hit Point Regeneration 2 o Self Repair 3 * Luna Lance o Lance o Chivalry 10 o Damage Increase 35% o Strength 5 o Swing Speed Increase 20% o Use Best Weapon Skill * Captain Quacklebush’s Cutlass o Cutlass o Use Best Weapon o Damage Increase 50% o Hit Chance Increase 10% o Swing Speed Increase 20% o Dexterity Bonus 5 * Night’s Kiss o Dagger o Hit Slayer: Repond o Hit Life Leech 40% o Damage Increase 35% o Swing Speed Increase 30% * Ship Model of the H.M.S. Cape o A Minature Ship Model * The Admiral’s Hearty Rum o A Bottle of Rum * Candelabra of Souls o A Candelabra * Iolo’s Lute o Lute o Undead Slayer o Demon Slayer o Charges (1600) * Gwenno’s Harp o Harp o Repond Slayer o Reptile Slayer o Charges (1600) * Arctic Death Dealer o War Mace o Hit Harm 33% o Hit Lower Attack 40% o Damage Increase 40% o Cold Resist 10% o Swing Speed Increase 20% o 50% Physical / 50% Cold * Enchanted Titan Leg Bone o Short Spear o Hit Lightning 40% o Hit Lower Defense 40% o Damage Increase 20% o Hit Chance Increase 10% o Physical Resist 10% * Nox Ranger’s Heavy Crossbow o Heavy Crossbow o Damage Increase 20% o Spell Channeling (no fast cast penalty) o Hit Stamina Leech 40% o Swing Speed Increase 30% o Poison Resist 10% o 50% Physical / 50% Poison * Blaze of Death o Halberd o Hit Fireball 50% o Hit Fire Area 50% o Damage Increase 35% o Swing Speed Increase 25% o Fire Resist 10% o 50% Physical / 50% Fire o Lower Requirements 100% * Violet Courage o Female Plate Armor o Luck 95 o Defense Chance Increase 15% o Physical Resist 14% o Fire Resist 12% o Cold Resist 12% o Poison Resist 8% o Energy Resist 9% * Mage Armor o Lower Requirements 100% * Cavorting Club o Club o Self Repair 3 o Damage Increase 35% o Swing Speed Increase 35% o Poison Resist 8 o Energy Resist 8 o Fire Resist 8 o Cold Resist 8 * Burglar’s Bandana o Bandana o Stealing 10 o Stealth 10 o Snooping 10 o Dexterity Bonus 5 o Physical Resist 10 o Fire Resist 5 o Cold Resist 7 o Poison Resist 10 o Energy Resist 10 * Dread Pirate Hat o Tricorne Hat o Fencing 5 o Archery 10 o Dexterity Bonus 8 o Luck 80 o All resists default * Phillip’s Wooden Steed o Wooden Horse o Acts as statuette with sound effects when locked down in house * Gold Bricks o Stack of Gold Bricks * Alchemist’s Bauble o Bracelet o Magery 10 o Enhance Potions 30% o Lower Reagent Cost 20% o Poison Resist 10% * Bow of the Juka King o Bow o Reptile Slayer o Hit Chance Increase 15% o Hit Magic Arrow 25% o Damage Increase 40% * Gloves of the Pugilist o Leather Gloves o Wrestling 10 o Damage Increase 15% o Dexterity Bonus 8 o Physical Resist 18 o All other resists default * Orcish Visage o Orc Helm o Strength 10 o Stamina Increase 5 o Self Repair 3 o Physical Resist 8 o Fire Resist 5 o All other resists default * Staff of Power o Blackstaff o Mage Weapon -15 o Spell Channeling (no fast cast penalty) o Spell Damage Increase 5% o Faster Casting Recovery 2 o Lower Mana Cost 5 * Shield of Invulnerability o Order Shield o Defense Chance Increase 15% o Spell Channeling (no fast cast penalty) o Reflect Physical Damage 10% o Physical Resist +8% o Lower Requirements 100% * Related to Minor Artifacts (Ancient SOS and Fabled Fishing Nets) o There is a 1 in 40 chance that any message in a bottle becomes ‘an ancient SOS’ instead of ‘a waterstained sos’ when opened. Essentially, ‘an ancient SOS’ is a level 4 treasure chest that will always contain a new type of special fishing net called ‘a fabled fishing net’. When ‘a fabled fishing net’ is used deep in the sea, it will spawn a new sea creature called a leviathan. Like other special fishing nets, various sea creatures will also spawn, but in greater number. For comparative purposes, leviathans are equivalent to a paragon blood elemental in difficulty. Like with paragon creatures, possible minor artifact items may be rewarded to player characters who battle and defeat these legendary creatures. Along with typical loot, a leviathan always carries two kinds of ropes and a message in a bottle. It also has a 25% chance to carry a level 5 treasure map. Detailed Deployment Notes * 13 September 1:00 PM PDT (8:00PM GMT) - publish Great Lakes * 14 September 10 AM PDT (5:00PM GMT) - publish Chesapeake, Atlantic, Catskills, Siege Perilous, Legends, Great Lakes (refresh), Lake Superior * 14 September 11 AM PDT (6:00PM GMT) - publish Lake DAustin, Baja, Napa Valley, Sonoma, Pacific * 14 September 2 PM PDT (7:00 PM GMT) - publish Oceania * 14 September 4 PM PDT (9:00 PM GMT) - publish Yamato, Izumo, Wakoku, Hokuto, Asuka, Mizuho, Mugen, Sakura * 14 September 5 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT) - publish Arirang, Balhae, Formosa * 14 September 9 PM PDT (4:00 AM GMT) - publish Europa, Drachenfels

That is why the customer service for UO will never rival that of EQ. Not that is REAL customer service. Too bad they cant hire some of EQ's GM's away so that we could get similar assistance.

It wouldnt be the first time they stole an idea that wasn't thiers eh Bo.... err you know who you are. A pity some people will never be recognized for what they have put into the game. For that person I say....I Honor you!