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Straight off........I want to express my hope and dreams for all of you to have a wonderful holiday season and a new year filled with fortune and well being. Happy Holidays to all of you during this year ending celebrations. I like to do updates monthly on several fronts......which all have been hampered greatly with my evil firing and eliminating of real world assistants and managers at my job......they just did not meet the requirements our customers deserved. TODAY was the first day that my new CopyMax supervisor started and last week my new Logistics Manager returned from training............YAHOOO. Work wise.......just need to fill up my nightcrew/stockers (fired them all I did cept one resigned) and all will be wonderful. I am now back down to 50hrs schedule and 2 nights a week WHOO HOOO!!!!!! I cannot express how happy I am at that. WEBSITE information........ Watch in 2003 for the launch of our official website store links EMPIRE OUTFITTERS which will be a way we hope to support the site and in time grow its benefits for members through commission links, subscription opportunities and misc opportunities. Balandar has worked half a year on this project and Wolf is fine tuning his amazing art work for the new section. If you ever use Amazon....please do so through our links....every little bit helps....it all helps us in the long run.....and you are us. The Honor Empire Calendars 2003 will be available also using screenshots of YOUR adventures of guild events you send in pictures of. The Honor Empire personal email subscriptions will be available for active members (ie YOURCHARNAME @TheHonorEmpire.org ) Working on Member deals for Pizza Hut deliveries, DSL and Cable connections. New Movies will come to be built from YOUR events and history YOU BUILD within UO and the other game engines. Real World Movie Tickets will be available for members through contests and links (you all must see LOTR II...simply awsome Golum is and within it is a pretty good example of what we try to do in UO......massive events with numbers disciplined like the elf cohort in movie and bound together in HONOR serving each other forever loyal against evils wrath.) and much more as we grow together and build up the support of the system and site. ULTIMA ONLINE information........ Malas is coming and with it a bunch of new wrinkles. These are the things we should build up some stocks of or prepare for. Bola Weapons (Gladiators and Herans should carry these often....new mounts will be under evil riders) Arrows and Bolts (anyone who is archer.....you should have at least 100,000 of each in your vaults) Lances (built by GM Smiths 110skill or better I believe) should be carried by Dragoons ONLY if you are 100 str Pike Cohort will also need to be heavy STR and high DEX...you are going to be crucial in new battle events of attacking evil. (NOTE: since everyone uses horses......you will see a shift in NEED of footsoldiers or players who are not horse riders) Example.....evil rider may DISMOUNT You then claim your beast......REMOVING its bond to you possibly.....PIKE Cohort will be needed to dismount these riders or bola balls used on them) PIKE, LANCER, SHADOWRIDERS.........PGoH Origionals......now becoming real powers in UO. Rangers we have a cohort for archers on foot but that is not an origional but is getting enhancements in AoS Necromancers will form up a Cohort and reside like Gargoyle, Orc and Elf Cohorts. They will exist as a linked group from the ESPIONAGE House (house of mischeif, thieves and assassins) and the ARCANE House (house of magery) Paladins will form up within existing Legion Cohorts as members of the various forms of combats.....this will strengthen all Cohorts from players that seek such a lifestyle. Naval issues still need expansion......tough sell when nothing is currently exciting.....but at least your alchemists may have a job soon.....Grenadiers Monthly QUEST Runs (for existing quest rewards and NEW ONES COMING) will start occuring as a group means to achieve the item for characters of accounts. ie bag of sending. Shardic EVENTS will run Monthly and at least one PGoH sponsored event will link to the VIRTUE system directly as a reward for success in the Montly event. Screenshots screenshots screenshots........I love em but never get much sent to me........send me screenshots of your adventures. Real World COMPUTER UPGRADE available I have through work the following package available if anyone is interested in picking up a new tower...(I am not on Commission but when It came across my desk I said....#### I must tell my online friends) Pentium 4 3.06 Mhz 512 DDR RAM 128MB Gforce4 Ti 4600 48X CD Burner 120 GB Hard Drive Ethernet Ready 10/100 Soudblaster 5.1 56k modem USB2 ports in front and back 3yr In Home repair or replace coverage $1850 via credit card or OfficeMax Card If your interested I can have it sent to you via Fed Ex and just call me at work 607-256-0562 ask for Borg aka Sales Mgr Or if your looking to get a new system just give me a call, we now have tripled our laptop options and towers available to custome build, purchase and deliver. Looking forward to more running around with yall......though unsuccessful the last few runs at Champ Spawns.....was fun for me at least......better than 18 hr days at work...ehehhe See you all soon..........talk to you all soon. Happy Holidays again everyone!!!!!!! :biggrinSmurf:

Understood Lora...........it will be done.

Me have my gifty for under da tree... (but got home very late from workey)........what now Elf helper Arianna?

I listen to Ramstein

I know we have some great housing decorators......and there are some very nicely laid out homes (Martoks Tower is a nice one) Since they are all public anyhow.....you might as well give this a shot guys.....cant win if you dont try.

Monthly House Decorating Contest - Win Free Game Time Ever decorated your house, only to wonder why you went through all that trouble? Well now you can be rewarded for the trouble you went through! ianstorm.com is hosting a monthly contest for house decorating. Each month, we will choose a shard, and ask people to submit us a picture of their house on that shard. We will visit each house and take a virtual tour of it. Then, at the end of the month, we will choose a winner, and send them a free game-time code worth 30 days of free game time in Ultima Online! Only entries from the selected shard will be considered each month. This month's shard is.. Catskills! Decorate your house with the best holiday theme you can imagine, and send a single screenshot (choose the best-looking floor), along with coordinates for the house, internet handle, your full real name, and real life address to uomonthlycontest@ianstorm.com. On December 30th, we will choose the best one, and contact the winner via email. We ask that players leave their houses unlocked so we can look inside of them while judging them. No purchase necessary. Winner will receive a free game time code for Ultima Online, to be shipped immediately upon end of contest. Void where prohibited, rules are subject to change. All judgments are final. All pictures submitted become the property of ianstorm.com. Visit Ianstorm.com To read more about it. And don't forget about the other contest as well.... Help us update our site, and win a free copy of AOS! You heard it right. You could win a copy of Age Of Shadows, the next UO expansion, just by helping us update our site! All you have to do is submit a guide or essay for our site. The guide can be about anything that you feel belongs on our site, including Skill references, Creature stats, Dungeon guides, PvP hints and tricks, or Character Development essays. It should be as detailed as possible, and professionally written. It can be in any format, and HTML is allowed, but not required (please be sure to include the code in your submission). Prize will be awarded to the best guide submitted for the contest. Contest begins on November 8th, 2002 and will end on January 25th, 2003. Entries will be judged between January 26th, 2003 and February 1st, 2003. To enter, submit your guide, along with your internet handle, full real name, and real life address to uoguidecontest@ianstorm.com No purchase necessary. Winner will receive a free copy of Ultima Online: Age Of Shadows, to be shipped immediately upon release of the expansion. Void where prohibited, rules are subject to change. All judgments are final. All guides submitted become the property of ianstorm.com.

Good.........good to see you can now post too brother.

I believe Lora has one of the PGoH Shirts and our European friend Tyr also has one of the Shirts....... Kinda cool that in the real OLD world Europe is a Tshirt with our coat of arms on it walking around. The Coat of Arms for the Galaxies, Shadowbane, World of Warcraft, Earth and Beyond, Asherons Call, Horizons, Everquest and the Elfy version of DAoC have yet to be determined since the GMs of those realms have not either been chosen, stepped forward or finished thier guildstructure/origin/backdrop idea so we can move forward on building the website around them.

Greetings........I am asking for Screenshots from ALL GAMES supported here on this website. Send me a screenshot that shows the guild in action or is a great example of your teamwork within the game engine you call home away from home. JPG format 750 X 550 size maximum Borg@TheHonorEmpire.org The submitted screenshots will be evaluated and become part of a 2003 Calendar I am making. The person who sends in a screenshot that I use in the calendar will be sent a whole year calendar with thier picture. 12 Month calendars of all the selected screenshots will be used as a means to support the website costs. Any screenshots sent in will become property of The Honor Empire and the sender gives permission to The Honor Empire for use in this endeavor with no expectation or guarantee of reimbursement financially for the screenshot. This is one of 4 options members have suggested as a way to support the website costs. (Clothing apparel, Calendar, email subscriptions and donations) Clothing is available already Calendar now will be for 2003 Emails are ready

I have forwarded Wolf's work to UO.com Boards as one of the best graphic work done by a player in signatures.

Meeting Thread Closed.

Sevenh will buy it........he doenst have ICQ but he is ususally at the Trinsic Bank near Tristons Trinsic Armory

FAILED at my second run of this test.....I think sadly that the theory was affected by the Server Save........this morning all of the success that I felt was solved by the trick......was being influenced by the server save........ Sorry Triston......theory FAILED!!!!!! :shakehead: :shakehead:

Aye........addicting these are......like grab bags when we were lil tykes at parties.........heheh I will keep updating my list here and will be also posting mine on a website for additional search ability. As I said long ago Triston........you get all of my Smithing BODs I get......I will finish them and you can have them......my goal is to get you as many useful pieces to build your bigger ones. You are the Legate and this is your ball......I will gather as much as I can for you. If you list your top guns you need to fill up LBODs perhaps others in the guild will have one of the pieces and help you fill em out.......Good of the Many. Tailoring.....until someone steps up to become the Legate of Tailoring I will continue to collect them as well......same idea and plan......spruce up the capital buidings with any cool tapestries and such. If anyone else is enjoying the BODs perhaps you could also post your lists here like I have done......then when I figure out this website upload I will post it for you to use too. Thanks again guys for the group efforts.........and thank you also for the birthday wishes.

Thank you all for your wishes and rubs........dont have to shave tomorrow now :wow: And Grob is Borg backward.........and for you old timers of UO........that was one of the Trolls henchmen in an old Catskills SHARDIC event........he didnt have hair either.....but packed a nasty axe in his arsenal. :smilewinkgrin: :alien:

Whichy thready......heheh

Triston........I believe I solved a puzzle/trick to BODS!!!! I need to test this out with you......so I can be sure its not just a fluke.......a way to get 100% of what you need to fill an exceptional deed requirements.....regardless of the resource. :biggrinSmurf:

Below is a list I will be keeping updated on my collection and completion of BODs........I am new to this wrinkle of UO in terms of tricks of the trade......any hints or suggestions would be appreciated. SMITHING BODs LARGE BULK ORDER DEEDS (2) LBODs Normal Shadow Ringmail(60) Gloves (15) Sleeves (15) Leggings (15) Tunic (15) NORMAL COMPLETED WEAPONS (count of items) Katana (10) (2)Axe (10) War Hammer (10) Long Spear (10) Large Battle Axe (10) Hammer Pick (10) Longsword (10) 2 Handed Axe (10) (2)Executioners Axe (15) 2-Handed Axe (15) Viking Sword (15) Double Axe (15) (2)Hammer Pick (15) Broadsword (15) Maul (15) Battle Axe (20) EXCEPTIONAL COMPLETED WEAPONS (count of items) Dagger (10) Longsword (10) (2)War Fork (15) Kyrss (15) Mace (10) Katana (10) Halbred (15) War Mace (20) NORMAL COMPLETED (count of items) Dull Copper Heater (15) Ringmail Leggings (20) Iron Plate Legs (20) NORMAL UNCOMPLETED (count of items) Bronze Helmet (8/15) Gold Helmet (10) Agapite Plate Tunic (15) EXCECEPTIONAL UNCOMPLETED (count of items) Dull Copper Close Helmet (10) Dull Copper Plate Legs (15) Gold Bascinet (10) Bronze Shield (20) EXCECEPTIONAL COMPLETED (count of items) Iron Ringmail Gloves (15) Iron Plate Gorget (20) TAILORING BODS LARGE BULK ORDER DEEDS Normal Leathers (60) Skirt (10) Done Bustier (10) Done Shorts (10) Done Female Armor (10) Done Studded Bustier (10) Done Female Studded Armor (10) NORMAL COMPLETED (count of items) Wide Brim Hat (10) Spined Studded Tunic (15) Fancy Shirt (15) Skirt (15) Cloth Cap (20) Full Apron (20) Plain Dress (20) Surcoat (20) Robe (20) Wide Brim Hat (20) NORMAL UNCOMPLETED (count of items) Leather Bone Helmet (15) Leather Tunic (20) Spined Cap (10) Spined Bone Arms (15) Horned Bustier (7/10) Horned Bone Arms (20) Horned Bone Helmet (20) EXCEPTIONAL COMPLETED (count of items) Spined Bone Helmet (15) EXCEPTIONAL UNCOMPLETED (count of items) Leather Bone Legs (15) Studded Sleeves (20) Spined Tunic (20) COOKING BODs None TINKERING BODs None CARPENTRY BODs None COOKING BODs None FUR PELT BODs None INSCRIPTION BODs

Q-Where the H E L L have I been? A-The worst place a person can be (play wise)....Work. Balandar and BB have called me at work.....since I am usually there. To bring you all up to speed........My management team is down 100 hrs (1 guy left/fired.....1 guy is on family leave act) I am now working 10 or 11am till 10pm or 11pm Monday thru Saturday and on Sunday I am 10 till 7pm EST. Many old timers know I do not complain about work ever......since it pays the bills......and tough times always will come and go.........this one is just real deep. BB was helping me (and it seems whatever he and Valshea did...worked) get my Time Warner Cable connection fixed.....I was running slower than a 56k modem and for 2 weeks couldnt even web surf....all OUTSIDE my control problems.......THANKS BB and VALSHEA!!! The bad part is I only have seen Wolf and Steel ingame and those time both have been between 5am and 9am .......which is at this moment my only play time. Thanksgiving I have off work......going to family in PA December 2nd is my next scheduled day off.....2nd week of December I will return to "NORMAL" work schedule and only have to be working 2 nights. BB has updated me on Rand's return and he has been approved for Senator of War. (Rand......I have your 3 month tickey you won long ago.....Lora won the second one and Steel won the 3rd one) Please private message me a phone number where I can call you and give you the access codes. CONGRATS to you WINNERS of the Recruitment Rewards program.....November and December awards are still to be won.....who will win those? I am looking forward greatly to some "fun" in UO....and have in the last few days messed around with the BODs and Plants. I think you all will enjoy the next 5 month releases prior to the AoS launch....I am looking forward to the new "quests" and new "campaigns" coming to challenge us. (keep building up your teams...or regular like time playing friends....success will be in teamwork and numbers)

Game pack I am selling Dungeon Siege, Stronghold, Armada II, Bridge Commander, SuperPower, 1602 A.D. all together

What do you consider to be a rare item in UO? An Item that is not craftable, not a currently used resource and/or not purchasable from a system NPC Vendor of a city or area. Item can be uniquely named (event memorabilia) OR not unitquley named (a scroll). While magica weapons do exist as loot on some adventures....they are....in a way rare...BUT are in fact a RESOURCE that has been modified (crafted) by some magical power somewhere) They can be used or turned into resouces to use........so magical weapons or clothing is NOT Rare by this definition. Is it because of the frequency with which it appears? It is for its UNKNOWN factor. I was once told by a very VERY important person IN GAME during the first year of Ultima Online that...."everything has a purpose or use"; Lord British of which I responded asking that it is our challenge to find out what or how to utilize the unknown. This underlying principal is also at the core of all skill enhancements and current ongoing expansion and ingame growth....Calandryll, Gromm and Ignatz. A RARE is such an item..........an Item which its use or portential is UNLOCKED and UNKNOWN Some characteristic(s) that make it different from a similar item in the game? (see above comments) Vast majority are NOT named uniquely. If you collect rares, why? Event memoriablilia that mark my participation in events OR (see below) For their decoration/presentation potential? Yes in development of SHARDIC history and records........ie museums or storyline ties. The possible prestige that comes from owning it? If anyone says no to this question.......they are honestly not acknowleging thier human instinct and normal tendancy to cherish something that brings them personal pride or feeling of gain...........gold or money is not a rare but an outward example of something everyone seeks and is numerically measurable.........friendship is another that is not numerically measurable.....both of these satisfy a variation of "need" that humans work or activily pursue to feel better about themselves. A RARE is like this by its either numerical VALUE or its value in either sentimental or other method a person measures it by. Resale value? NO. I have never sold an item that I considered "rare" (see next answer) As gifts/rewards? ALWAYS....this is the closest way for me currently in game to utilize the system mechanics to create a "REWARD" that is not either gold, a natural resource or item that can be bought on a NPC vendor. If you don't collect or trade rares, what keeps you from doing so? I do not consume myself in collecting rares.........TOO MUCH TO DO in game for realm/shard events setup etc.......the FUN comes when I find a rare or aqure one......then build the event either around it OR utilize it as the reward.......that way more than just me enjoy the rare item or occurence. Yes.......occurance is another form of RARE........not asked about in this question BUT is a RARE thing too.......desirable by many..........sometimes a bug to the DEMONS (dev team) But as long as it is harmless to game mechanics.........can be fun none the less. (example a BLUE bubbling water tile appeard in Yew area.......Had a BLAST trying to figure it out and did a realm storylie about it........by the weeks end there were 100s of players fishing along that coast.......magical fish appeared shortly after that in droves in that area) Players desire RARES in a game environment as the carry-over desire they have as people in real life. Good bad or indiferent.......you can learn alot about a person based on either what, when or how they go about deciding what is a rare.......when to utilize a rare......and/or how to get it. Some things are sad in finding this out........some things are great. I still utilize rares in the Good of the Many principal.........utilizing them to provide MAXIMUM effect and player entertainment by appealing to thier DESIRE for them.......this then helps pull them into either a storyline or ongoing content or parrellel Shardic thread. (see my other posts for definitions of this theory) The following quote Is a blend of my real life advice from my grandfather throughout my life...this works perfectly with my online experiences with IGMS (Arch Angels), GMS (Emissaries), Devs (Demons), Players (Citizens) and Lord British since 1997. I have said this to 100s of players ingame as an ingame Roleplaying character or conducting pre event setups...as a way to get FLAVOR into the moment befor the event. "Everything you see in life comes from someone or something building it.........or someone or something discovering it..........for yourself and your minds understanding of it, the unlocking of the secret or finding its use is the challenge.....nothing in the world is here by accident....nothing happens without a reason........result or reward.........that is your desicion to make at how to see it." Colin Mor

Now that online games have been around for a while, several games have a playerbase with accounts that approach or exceed a year of play time How do you feel about rewards for players that have subscribed to a game for a long period of time? First......two comments. A) Online games are entertainment services providing players (customers) a continual factor of entertainment and interest (that combination IS the service) B) Longevity of these services depends completely on custormer satisfaction....return customers month after month.......year after year. That said...... Reward programs for PLAYERS should be designed around 2 areas of the connection between the players(customers) and the Online Game (Service)......TIME and COMMITMENT. Time in terms of longevity and the reward for this should be in the area that time serves the greatest challenge.......either skills or general character abilities/holdings. (A wise old man who owns nothing but has been around for thousands of years should possess a greater range of ability or wisdom than a newborn child) Commitment in terms of CONSISTENT support of the system in terms of service agreement (ie payments to game engine costs). As with most shopping stores, credit cards, club cards, membership organizations......the longer you are with them or the MORE you spend with them.....the greater your reward back is. At determined levels of service (months of account for this example) the account should be eligible to a monthly or multi month option for services that would give a discount. This would ALSO require the OWNERSHIP of the account to be CONSISTENT and not have been transferred or sold.....billing owner must be the same throughout for this reward.....common sense. Multiple accounts owned by the same customer also should gain a reward of discount after a determined length of time. (The more one saves the more one will spend or remain spending) Do you feel that they are necessary, or merely desirable? NECESSARY.......business wise........future wise.............for the Online gaming company. Desireable...........community wise.....future wise.............for the Player/Customer. If you had your choice of any one reward in any computer game that you play, what would it be? Why? Your queston says IN any computer game............my comments so far have been about rewards WITH or FOR participating with a computer game..........so... WITH any computer game.........Longevity discounts for accounts consistently paid to game company. IN any computer game.........the privilege and HONOR to work in concert with game operators (GODS) in terms of either ongoing content and/or with development teams (DEMONS) on enhancements to the game that will enhance or expand the oveall entertaiment factor for the player base......and in doing so in storyline/backdrop work or mechanics improvments...........both enhances my personal enjoyment. (Good of the Many principal that provides for the good of the one) NOTE-players/customers MUST be entertained....ALWAYS......giving them any discounts in terms of montly fees will not do the job alone for long at all.......there MUST be consistent and expanding entertainment.......depth wise and eye candy wise........ Curious George has a sweet tooth but does like a good book to read (play game) PS.......Rewards do NOT only go to the user........they provide also a reward for the provider........FUTURE SURVIVAL in the ever expanding WAR of ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT!!!! There is a slogan I put on shirts for a team long long long ago for football....... "In true War.....there are no rules" (front side) "How do you wish to play" (back side) Business fights with dollars........getting them and spending them. Customers fight with loyalty.........feeling rewarded and appreciated. Online Gaming is a WAR........no doubt about it. "Shall we play a game?" (War Games movie soundbyte)

Legends last forever........ Gold will eventually go away.

To find The Honor Empire league on the ESPN Site..... Use the filter system Space=With Vacancy Access=Public Draft Type=Mulit-List Uber Level=No Min Stat Type=Traditional Season Type=Single Size=12 Sort by Name Good luck all that challenge for THE HONOR EMPIRE ESPN FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP You will rank your top 12 AFC QBs NFC QBs AFC RBs NFC RBs AFC WRs NFC WRs AFC Defense NFC Defense Tight Ends Kickers Then the team owners will go into a random draw for 1st pick.....this way youll get a top guy you want in some area.