D. Blackmoore, Dec 31, 08 5:09 AM

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       Well, another awesome year has come and gone and tonight we usher in the new year. I hope you all have enjoyed the run as much as I have. Looking forward to another fantastic year! Be safe out there tonight and dont have to much ale!

D. Blackmoore, Dec 23, 08 5:30 PM

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Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season to you and your families. May your days be filled with joy and your nights with the warmth that only Christmas can bring. Dont forget to put some cookies out for Santa.

D. Blackmoore, Dec 19, 08 3:50 PM

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“So who are the new Event Moderators and which shards will they be representing?”

Thank you to everyone who submitted their application, here is the list of our new Event Moderators!

EM Name	Shard
EM Eira	Sonoma
EM Pallando	Floater
EM Sykobri	Atlantic
EM Sezja	Napa Valley
EM Immortal	Drachenfels
EM Autolycus	Lake Superior
EM Aeon	Oceania
EM Faine Morgan	Floater
EM Glamdring	Floater/Trainer
EM Sarakan	Europa
EM Quantum	Lake Superior
EM Dudley	Floater
EM Tailspin	Chesapeake
EM Tashik	Legends
EM Kasaven	Catskills
EM Sarthus	Lake Austin
EM Cernunnos	Floater
EM Iatu	Great Lakes
EM Annendora	Floater
EM Emile Layne	Europa
EM Vespera	Floater
EM Malachi	Great Lakes
EM Alcor	Siege
EM Laurana	Origin
EM Kanmare	Atlantic
EM Seppo	Baja
EM Cyno Razik	Pacific
EM Kaen	Floater
EM Janae	Floater
EM Nyrogie	Pacific

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“My friends and I are having trouble finding slimes, is the event working?”

From the cryptic Draconi: Yes, the event is working. If you wish to find where the slimes are currently located I would suggest heading towards Britain and explore the western area.

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“I’ve noticed that I’m not getting as many Power Scrolls from the Champ Spawns, was this changed or is it a bug?”

As Sakkarah was busy packing for her trip up north she said: We are aware of this issue and we are looking into what is causing it.

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“Help! My icy patch sometimes teleports me to the 2^nd or 3^rd floor, I know ice is slippery but is this supposed to happen?”

No, it’s not supposed to happen. We’re looking at adjusting the detection range of the z axis. Just a fair warning that it will most likely not be fixed until after the holidays.

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“I play the 2d client, where did my config files go?”

The latest client patch changes where the game saves your user data. All of your user data is now stored in "EA GamesUltima Online Legacy" under your My Documents folder.

The driving force for this change was that some versions of Norton were stopping Ultima Online from saving out the user data. However, this is the not the only reason. This change means that Ultima Online now conforms to Microsoft's standards regarding the location of saved data.

Please report any problems you encounter related to this change using the feedback form. (http://www.uoherald.com/feedback/index.php)

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“My question is about Stygian Abyss: I have heard some rumors that there will be some balance reviews. I heard that you will be making improvements to non-archer dexers, is this true?”

Leurocian says: We are currently reviewing balance tasks that we want to do both live and SA. We have compiled an initial list of tasks that we'd like to do such as pet balance, weapons balance, mysticism/throwing balance, other misc balance tasks, etc.

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“When will the speech/emote color problem be fixed? This has just started happening after Publish 57, when I logged back in my speech/emote text was set to the default yellow I reset it and after playing awhile logged out for abit..when I logged back in about an hour later once again my speech/emote text color was back to the yellow default.”

This was fixed with the publish yesterday evening. Thanks for the report!

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“I was wondering, where can I meet the Event Moderator assigned to my shard?”

Please check the Britan Counselor Guild Halls in Trammel to see if they are available to meet you!

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Fansite News:

Lake Superior Community's weekly event Schedule

***With the exception of the Community Meetings, all events are subject to cancellation in the event a town comes under attack by the Shadow Army.***

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Community Meet'n Greet
Date: Monday, December 22nd
Time: 7:30PM Central
Location: New Haven Terrasse
Hosts: Airmid / Sabina Nikolai

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Monglow Zoo Community Collections hunt
Date: Tuesday, December 23rd
Time: 8:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken

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Peerless hunt (Mondain's Legacy Required)
Date: Wednesday, December 24th
Time: 8:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken

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Merry Christmas! (no hunt today)
Date: Thursday, December 25th

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Ilshenar Champion Spawn hunt
Date: Friday, December 26th
Time: 9:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken

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Atlantic Shard

Saturday 12/20 at 5:30pm EST, The Syndicate will be hosting another of its free, open to the public, massive Lottery events. We have been hosting these going back nearly ten years but this one will be the largest and most fun one we have done yet.

There are two parts to this lottery that will allow dozens of people to win. The first part will be our usual 25 prize event. The second part will involve several hundred prize bags scattered all over our castle. They will contain a wide range of prizes.

If you attend the event, you are likely to walk away with 1 or more prizes. Syndicate gaters (known by the LLTS over their heads) will begin gating at 5pm EST from the major banks. Look for them to hitch a ride to the event. The first prizes get called at 5:30pm and as soon as the 25th prize is called, the floodgates open for the hundreds of other prizes in the castle. We hope to see you there!

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It's another Famous FCB Net Toss! (Great Lakes)

On Sunday December 21 at 9:00 p.m. EST, the sassy fishers of Fishing Council of Britannia will donate hundreds of special nets and toss them into to sea off the (Trammel) Buccaneer's Den dock.

Mayhem and death will ensue! The public is invited and may keep the loot. Rezzing will be available at the end of the dock (you'll need it...)

We do ask, to make it more fun, NO pets, NO Summoned creatures and NO provoking.

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Interested in having your event posted on the Five on Friday? Make sure to send in all the details through the Feedback Form and selecting "Fan Site News" from the drop down menu. All entries must be received no later then Thursday at midnight for the FoF you want it in. Please note: All entries are subject to editing.

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What an exciting week with the Event Moderators and Publish 57. This is the last FoF of the year, the next one will be in 2009. It's hard to believe the holidays and the new year approaches. Time sure flies when you're having so much fun!

If you're in the mood for some designing we've announced our new contest in which your mission is to renovate Britain's bank. We've already received some entries, but one reminder please only one screenshot per submission. Thank you! All details about the contest can be found here. Good luck!

From all of the Ultima Online team we want to wish you a very safe and happy holiday season. We hope you enjoy your gifts this year!

D. Blackmoore, Dec 12, 08 6:51 PM

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          Guardians Gates' second anniversary was a success as citizens and patrons from around the realm joined us for the weekends fun and events. All of our presented events went off without a hitch as we celebrated what has become our home in the realm.
          The guild in total gave away almost 10 million in prizes and drawings throughout the weekends events. Our auction raised in total of over 5.5 million to replenish from our celebrations and without a doubt was our most highly attended event. It lasted well over two hours and I cant say enough about our auctioneer Lord Claggart as he battled the lag and disconnections to pull of an quality nights work.
          Also deserving of commendation were Lady Wisteria as through adversity along with the help of Lady Emma Silvermane were able to host the night of Cat Fighting in other lands as to disrupt a unsavory attempt to foil our nights event. Well done ladies.
         I'd like to thank all who attended the weekends events within RBG as it was of the utmost importance to have all of your support and attendance during the celebration for without you all we have nothing to celebrate! Keep coming, and volunteering and being the good guildmates we all expect of ourselves it's great to witness. 

             Event results:

       Fishing Contest:            Seagrams Seven  188 stones
       Catfights:                      Varg
       Daily Drawings:             James (DMG)
                                             Buds Shadow (RBG)
                                             Ivan
       Drinking Contest:           Nevyn Dy'wooren (RBG)
       Keg Toss:                       Ashley (RBG)
       Dart Contest:                 Emma Silvermane (RBG)
       Moonshine Run:              Daria Blackmoore (RBG)
       Cowtipping:                    Ryo-Ohki (RBG)
       Swampdragon Roundup: James Von Krieg (RBG)

        Here's some pics of the weekend's events:

D. Blackmoore, Nov 21, 08 3:53 PM

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