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This game nearly ruined my life
LowItalian
Member Posts: 3
I played UO for 3 years. That is ALL I wanted to do for 3 years.
Because of UO I dropped out of college, lost friends and a girlfriend. This game was worse than crack. Playing 5-10 hours a day.
Yet here I am after not playing since that one expansion pack which (thankfully) ruined the game. Is this game still fun? How many people stil play since the release UO:R?
The PvP was terrible after that last expansion, basically no risk in it anymore. All the fun was gone, how is it now?
Because of UO I dropped out of college, lost friends and a girlfriend. This game was worse than crack. Playing 5-10 hours a day.
Yet here I am after not playing since that one expansion pack which (thankfully) ruined the game. Is this game still fun? How many people stil play since the release UO:R?
The PvP was terrible after that last expansion, basically no risk in it anymore. All the fun was gone, how is it now?
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no offense dude, thats no ones fault but your own. If you can't learn time management on when to play and when to do your college home work for your major. then you have no one to blame but yourself. i truly hope your only kidding, if not, i have no sympathy for people who cant balance, budget their time for real life social obligations and playing a few hours whenever they want.
I play MMO's and FPS's, and RTS games alot, but I still managed to get a 4 year degree, and do freelance and also work for a reputable company in midst of playing WOW, Eq2, whenever i so well choose. its all about balancing ones time and being responsible for ones actions bro, its obvious you didnt know how to do that. I hope this is a valuable lesson learned, learn from it!
3.4ghz Phenom II X4 965, 8GB PC12800 DDR3 GSKILL, EVGA 560GTX 2GB OC, 640GB HD SATA II, BFG 1000WATT PSU. MSI NF980-G65 TRI-SLI MOBO.
Since quitting UO, I've finished school and gotten a decent job. I avoid MMORPG's like the plauge now, because I couldn't manage my time.
I was just curious what the game is like now. It used to be a great game, I wonder if it's on it's last leg, or if it's still thriving.
Total time played: 9125 Days, 21 Hours, 29 Minutes, 27 Seconds
Time played this level: 39 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes, 5 Seconds
glad to see you recovered italian. good to hear you finished and got a good job. just be careful dude. you can enjoy a MMO and still hold a decent job, school and what not. Just gotta do "time managment" like anything else in life hhaha. put restraints on your time. there is no reason why you shouldnt be able to play a game, like a MMO and not have time for Real life obligations, just dont OD lol. but I still must commend you for recovering.
some people dont recover, to some degree from a psychological standpoint it does constitute as an addiction, just like drugs, MMO's or games can offer a "replacement" of something that is missing in your life, give you that rush you end up feeling you need on a daily basis, because nothing else gives you that "freedom or power" to do what you want that you can't in real life. It is only healthy for you to share others your problems so that perhaps they may learn from it and recognize where they stand on their own "problem", seems it is becoming more of a issue and being brought to light to the general public.
I think people should know that its not a trivial problem, and can really affect your life dramatically. and I do apologize for being a bit too rough with my response. either way, glad your doing good and wish you the best of luck. just remember you can enjoy a game and still have a responsible, socially fullfilling life, just manage your time. UO is pretty much dead as ive heard. I would recommend Taba Ralusa as well, or Huxley perhaps, or even Age of Conan as they seem to be the few MMO's that offer the ability to play a little or play alot and still get far.
just remember you get ouf life what you put in.
3.4ghz Phenom II X4 965, 8GB PC12800 DDR3 GSKILL, EVGA 560GTX 2GB OC, 640GB HD SATA II, BFG 1000WATT PSU. MSI NF980-G65 TRI-SLI MOBO.
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
Yup, I was in the same boat...
Was'nt school, or a job or GF... but every waking moment, every minute of the day, if I was'nt playing I was thinking about UO. I had to work in order to keep an income so that I could afford to play, so I never scrrewed up my job, although I did come in late more than I should. It's just everything else.... I just let go... and put it all into UO.
Never have I had so much fun in an MMO as I did from 97-2001.
I think now I'l be much better if another one (like possibly Darkfall) comes out. I think I learned from UO what an MMO can do to your life. (I'm still recovering).
But UO now, as has been said, sucks... it started sucking when they trivialised skills progression (locks and arrows), and just swallowed the whole wad soon after that. Now it's just a choking gagging gutter slut of a game. Nothing meaningful about it.
Sad because at one time it was nearly perfection.
No more Trivial MMO's, let's get serious "again". Make a world, not a game
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I have followed Darkfall for some time, and the word UO is mentioned almost every time.
Why did i miss such a cool game, im 9 years behind
When i read about it here its clear it was something special. I want to try it, but it sounds like it had its best days....
He doesn't want your criticism dude. It didn't appear like he was trying to blame anyone else.
Anyway, I think the game is messed up at this point. I'd advise that you wait for DF, that seems to be the only one close to what old UO use to be:)
i dont want to hijack this thread, but could you see the same thing happening to WAR? in your personnal opinion.
"The new age is upon us, yet the past refuses to rest in its shallow grave."
It pretty much went south 2001+ and has'nt looked back... just got worse and worse and worse.
Same is true for EQ and all the other MMOg's, and nothing has come close to what the original concept of UO was or what made it so special.
UO was.. a world where you could lose "everything" and be back to square one if you were'nt careful. Broke and flat busted... begging on the streets. The risks in UO were real.
UO had a skills progression system that made you work, and be very careful in what you did, or you'd make it nearly impossible to reach GM in "anything".
UO had persistant mounts that you had to feed or you'd lose them, they could also be killed.
UO magic was not generic magic that we see in MMO's today, you needed reagents, and your spell could fail costing both reagents and mana.
There were player thieves that could steal from you anywhere or at any time, but only if they were very good... even then they were likely to fail, but not always.
So much of what UO was, is not what casual players wanted to experience. And yet when they do get what they want, they are bored after a year and move on to another game.
UO kept players playing for years... and not just playing, but highly addicted.
I sometimes think or feel that is why another UO has not been made, because they fear what would happen to kids accross the country neglecting their real life for one in a virtual world.
No more Trivial MMO's, let's get serious "again". Make a world, not a game
What I listen to
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
Well said Terrified, this is just the kind of low brain-cell count idiot that blames his car for running out of gas!
Yeah you two are correct, no one to blame but yourself I agree...
Still, as an escape from what was for me a hellish commute, and idiots to work for, UO was my salvation. So much so that it made managing my life difficult, as it did with the OP. Luckily both my commute has improved and I outlasted the idiots I was working for (demoted, fired or transfered) and UO itself was dumbed down (or i'd still be playing it).
I think what the OP meant, which you obviously are not capable of understanding, is that UO was such a good game for it's time, and that as it was... could still compete with the likes of WoW even as a 2D game! (had it not changed) I'd play it, that much I know.
So yeah that's the easy answer... "it's all your fault". Just like any addict is to blame for the euphoria and then the need that comes later. UO did pull you in and took hold of your life. It was another life to live, and for most... one is all they can handle.
An MMO that is that good, that you obsess and immerse to the point of real life neglect is dangerous if you are not prepared. UO was that good...
No more Trivial MMO's, let's get serious "again". Make a world, not a game
What I listen to
Tell me i'm not the only one who read that....someone tell me. Your decline into MMO addiction was 5-10 hours a day?! Way to blame an ancient MMO for "ruining" your life from playing it FIVE TO TEN HOURS A DAY. If you want some sympathy you came to the wrong place. And if you don't want sympathy (which you say you don't) why the f*ck would you tell us about your so called MMO addiction. Atleast make it sound convincing next time....
5 hours....lol....
The internet is full of heartless jerks who are so ignorant they barely fit what scientists call human intelligence or what normal people call a compassionate human being.
Yeesh, what is wrong with you people. Heartless and ignorant.
If you knew anything about addictions, or were addicted yourselves, you would be A LOT more sympathetic and A LOT less ignorant.
But it's just like the internet people to give their self-righteous criticisms to people they'll never see past a computer screen.
You self-righteous critics are all just a bunch of ignorant heartless cowards. If this was real life you wouldn't have the balls to say anything, mainly because you'd know it would be wrong to have such an attitude.
Self-righteousn jerks, the internet is full of them!
-Currently looking forward to FFXIV
-Currently playing EvE and Global Agenda
Atleast LowItalian wrote a post about his former problems, so its not much to argue about really
And it was 6 years ago...
But I got alot more interest about UO from this post
Yeah I took the OP's comment as a testimony on the quality of UO in it's early days.
It's obvious that today, no game can have that type of impact on a life. That's both good and bad. Good for obvious reasons, but bad because the games today are dull by comparison.
I was there, I know... and a lot of others share this knowledge.
Darkfall may come close to what UO was, and many former UO players look forward to it. that's where many of us are now, waiting...
No more Trivial MMO's, let's get serious "again". Make a world, not a game
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There's no denying, that the original UO game was one of the most immersive, challenging, community driven MMOGs to date.
It was captivating enough that many stayed up playing until the server went down, even on weekdays!
And then came Anthony Castoro AKA Sunsword and then Trammel...
Damn! Does anyone else get sick of reading this guys posts?! It doesn't matter what he's replying to he has to mention UO being ruined. I understand where your coming from man. You had an uber char and they sent a patch your way and it screwed all you had been working for. But honestly, we have heard enough of it. (atleast I have)
"the original UO game was one of the most immersive, challenging, community driven MMOGs to date"
IT STILL IS!!! Well, maybe not as community driven as it used to be, but it is still the best MMO I've ever played. I resubbed about 2 weeks ago and I'm absolutly loving it.
Sure no one likes the split shards. No one likes all the "epic" mounts.(and i dont even touch WoW) Back when I played you had two mounts; horses and nightmares. Now everyone is riding beetles and such. But is it really that big of a deal? With new lands comes new monsters/animals/mounts. I don't like that med and eval are automatic now. I liked having to work for it.
The only thing that I can not stand is the armor/weapon system they have in place. I don't like armor having attributes, but many games are like this now. And its really not that bad. Back in the day, someone wearing plate had a better armor rating then someone wearing leather. Made sense. If someone killed you, you could simply go to the blacksmith and buy more. (remember when GM made armor/weapons were the shit?)
There are several things that changed that I do not like, but that doesn't stop me from having just as much fun as I did 7 years ago. And I have bearly scratched the surface. Don't let posts like the one above discourage you from trying this game out, or jumping back in.
-Zen
no way man...
UO sucks now. They fixed a game that was'nt broke, and they did that long before the addition of trammel. With trammel they just continued to muck up the game.
No more Trivial MMO's, let's get serious "again". Make a world, not a game
What I listen to