Saturday, March 19, 2011

Ultima Online

Once upon a time in the early times of the internet where AOL reigned supreme and NetZero was a respectable 56k ISP dial-up provider the MMORPG genre was just getting it's first legs and growing.  Long before anyone thought that Blizzard would make monstrous game behemoths (World of Warcraft duh) there were studios that were paving the way into what would be the modern MMO games of today.  There are a few worthy of mention: Everquest, Never Winter Nights, Nexus: The Kingdom, MUDS, and Neopets (haha).  But one really took to a whole new level...and that was....

ULTIMA ONLINE!
*cue music*
(Nifty Song, eh?  All noble and shit!)

Ah yes, back before when "Player Versus Player" actually meant killing someone that looked funny at you rather than killing someone for some abitrary point system, where thieves weren't preying on those stupid enough to give their passwords but were ACTUALLY stealing within the game's mechanics. Where Murderers roamed outside the city limits for the purpose of being a dick.  Where players pirates roammed the sea and openly attacked Fisherman and stole all their treasure. In Ultima Online the world was ruthless and with a real sense of loss on the line whenever you played, you grew attached to your character and goods.  I've revisited Ultima Online thanks to the In Por Ylem Shard that recently opened.   And letme sum up my experience in one picture:


If you're not really into MMORPGs, I hope you appreciate how "noble and shit" this song was. 

Posted by Con Queso at 4:08 PM

28 comments:

  1. BassislvMarch 19, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    never played this game, but nice song

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  2. Aaron M. GipsonMarch 19, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    They need to bring Ultima back, maybe not as a huge multi-player, but SOMETHING. That was a really good franchise.

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  3. AdaMarch 19, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Ultima's PvP system sounds alternately terrifying and exciting. But I appreciate the ability actually RP in that game :o

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  4. T. BanacekMarch 19, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    I remember when I had to dial into my friend's BBS to get porn. Those were the days.

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  5. UnknownMarch 19, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    Oh teh noes, not UO! Ruuuuun!!!

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  6. TopchoMarch 19, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    Totally appreciating the nobleness of the song! XD

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  7. ChristopheMarch 19, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    Not into MMO's, but I do like regular RPG's like Final Fantasy and such, and this definitely reminded me of that. :)

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  8. ZippyMarch 20, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    I wanted to try UO when it came out, but I was too cheap to pay monthly so I stuck with MUDs.

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  9. ErikaMarch 20, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    I never actually played this....

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  10. elexerdelexMarch 20, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    wow I really appreciate how noble and shit this song was!
    Thanks for sharing xD

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  11. BartMarch 20, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    i paused buckcherry for this...

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  12. Mister SharafMarch 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    will try

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  13. ShutterbugMarch 20, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    I like this. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  14. GMarch 20, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    yep noble and sh!t lol

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  15. CandleintheDarkMarch 20, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    I feel the same way about Everquest. It brings me to nostalgia

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  16. MixedNutsMarch 20, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    I never heard of this game maybe because, I never had internet back then.

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  17. Jessica ThompsonMarch 20, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    Very nifty song haha

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  18. RetroSpiderMarch 20, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    Now that is old school. I never played it but I do remember back when it was new.

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  19. D22 ZoneMarch 21, 2011 at 1:36 AM

    Love the post man! keep up the great blogging!

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  20. Patti D.March 21, 2011 at 3:30 AM

    lol, loved this series

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  21. LemmiwinksMarch 21, 2011 at 3:41 AM

    great background on this, bro!

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  22. PenDRaGoNMarch 21, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    I nostalgia'd.
    +follow

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  23. madotsukiMarch 21, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    I never played it :[

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  24. MRanthropeMarch 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    lol, yep...quite "noble and shit"

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  25. Biff TannerMarch 21, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    Lol Epic!

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  26. Ante BabajaMarch 22, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    i love ultima online :D

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  27. MalkavianMarch 22, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    Epic music, never did try ultima and now its like too outdated but heard it was great in its golden years

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  28. JaylanMarch 23, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    ultima was my stuff! i used to play the crap out of it lol

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