Archived News

December 28, 1998

More Polls In the Works Well, I'm getting a bit impatient and wouldn't mind holding more than one poll at a time so I'll be adding a new one soon about another debated issue. Also, check out UOPOLLS if you want to vote on other stuff as well. More Info Regarding Craftables This posted by Xena Dragon at UOSS: "What is very important though is that you make sure you do not have too many supplies in your backpack. The game seems to be extremely sensitive to that." Just for completeness-sake here's the link to all the carpentry info again. Things have changed. Bardic Website A new bardic website opened by Sam the Bard, same person who held the Bardic Madness Event on GL. There isn't much on the site now except for a message board but check it out if you're interested. Gavin's College of Bards Markets and Merchants Updates Updated GM Archery Equipment LTD. on Atlantic (lower prices!) Updated Arkadian Memorial on Sonoma (added map and price info) Added Ivan's Woodshed on Yamato (selling craftable add-ons) Added CMC Central Shop on Chesapeake (craftable add-ons, potions, armor, weapons, scrolls, archery equipment, reagents and furniture) Added Needful Things on Great Lakes (craftable add-ons, potions, scrolls, archery equipment, deadly poisoned weapons, and much more) Added Ixney's Open Forge on Drachenfels (craftable add-ons, scrolls, potions and deadly-poisoned weapons) Added X-Roads Mall on Lake Superior (craftable add-ons, scrolls, arrows, lockable chests, furniture, runes, magic armor/weapons/bows and runes) Whew, there are more to add but I need take a short break =) -@2:02 P.M. EST, Majestic

December 27, 1998

Shop Space Offers I'm not sure if this is really a useful idea, but I put up a board where I've posted all those public house space offers I've found for potential vendor owners so far. Check it out if you're looking for space or want to find people to band up with. Vendor Shop Offers Also, I added a Markets and Merchants menu section on the left bar so that you can easily submit, read, and update from here. I'll add the new submissions as soon as the image library is updated again. Quick Note: Markets and Merchants Updates Updated Mondain's Arcane Shop on Yamato (map and more info added) Updated GM Archery Equipment LTD. on Atlantic (added more info and items coming soon) Updated All Things Useful on Napa Valley (added 2 vendors--now selling potions, reagents, carpentry items, GM marked armor and weapons) Added the Yew Trade Center on Sonoma (GM marked armor and weapons) Added The Kinship Bowyer on Catskills (GM marked bows, arrows and bolts) Added GM Smith Marolyn's Shop on Napa Valley (exceptional armor, weapons, and craftable smithing add-ons) More to come later! ...And still throwing around the idea for an establishment board (oh no! another board...) I've already found a few offers to let players lay their vendors in others' public houses. It's either free or at low cost so, why not? If we come to an agreement about it, you can go peruse the offers and post your own. -@11:01 A.M. EST, Majestic

December 26, 1998

Markets and Merchants Updates Updated Mondain's Vendor on Yamato (price change, vendor name change) Added Arkadian Memorial on Sonoma Added Talisman Associates on Chesapeake Added GM Archery Equipment LTD. on Atlantic Note about Submitting a Merchant or Vendor Establishment If you weren't listed in the old vendor listings, please use the submission form, not the update form, and fill out all appropriate fields. Thanks! Game Updates In Development It will be possible to declare public buildings to be guard zones. Interior lockable doors will exist. Dart boards will work. The "a scroll" will be removed from creature treasures. A ballot box will be added as a craftable item, so that players can run votes and take opinion polls. A new type of quest will be added involving treasure maps found on certain monsters. A general revision will be done to treasure carried by creatures. -@1:55 P.M. EST, Majestic

December 25, 1998

Markets and Merchants Updates Updated The Britannia Metal Works on Great Lakes (added a vendor) Added The Baker's Dozen on Catskills (not selling food!) Added Drizah Village on Great Lakes (7 unique shops) Added Tourach's House of Bulk on Napa Valley (selling logs, hides, and clothing in BULK) Added Ikari's Vendor on Napa Valley (potions and reagents at wholesale prices) Added Mondain's Vendor on Yamato (full spellbooks, 7-8th circle scrolls and more) Skill Poll Added This poll topic was submitted by Klioc II. Which trade skill (other than blacksmithing) is the most effective for earning gold? A question often asked by many players. Feel free to vote and submit your own poll topics! Again, Merry Christmas everyone! -@4:57 P.M. EST, Majestic

December 24, 1998

Theme Credits First off, I would like to give credit to Ray for the cool snowflake theme. He has done a great job with his site. If you play on the Atlantic Shard, you should check this new establishment out: Ray's Cafe Arctica Looks like the incident I was informed of yesterday was nothing really big. So anyway, I'm gonna finish these merchant pages now and get them up. You can check the market links section for link updates and a new market link soon as well. New Poll of the Week Just finished testing the new poll of the week, and yes folks, it works! This weeks question asks you how you feel about the latest patch...craftables, vendors, houses and all. Also, feel free to submit any poll topic suggestions. New Healer Discussion Board This one seems more dedicated to throwing around new ideas for healing rather than discussing statistics. Nevertheless, it might be a worthwhile look. Holy Tower Healers Message Board More on UO Christmas Tickets Yep, this is another cool site to check out if you're looking to find that special player who's holding a ticket with the same number. This one lets you search by shard and number so it's easy and fast to find your match. Gift Search and Registry Also, detailed instructions on using these Holiday tickets can be found at update.owo.com under Latest Updates (Holiday Support Hours are listed at FYI update.owo.com) Spreading the Christmas Spirit By now green men (and women) must be overrunning the servers. Here's a couple of quick shots of one of them taken on the Lake Superior shard. For those who haven't found their match. Keep looking! Check out The Vesper Times to read about the discovery of Santa's helpers on UO. And check out Azazel's Events Calendar for Christmas parties and other holiday events this time of year. Merry Christmas from the Shadows Gate Staff! Addendum: The screenshot gallery has been updated with this submission called Santa Comes to Britannia. Check out the old red guy =) -@4:42 P.M. EST, Majestic

December 23, 1998

A few quick announcements while I get things in order: More Regarding UO Christmas Tickets I just received this URL that has been circulating via ICQ and it goes to a Lake Superior shard list of ticket holders with their number and ICQ UINs. If you play on this shard, this is the place to go. You can post your number and it automatically inserts your number in the list, in numerical order too. I see several matches already. Check it out: LS Shard Ticket Registry. Thanks to Dionysus for the info. Gasper has set up a makeshift general board for people to post to search for matches. You can go there to search for people spanning all shards. Holiday Gift Board He has posted a great deal of information regarding these tickets as well in UO Vault's news section. And also, here's a cool offer Samwise is making: I will provide a sketch of your character for green leather armor. If you have a piece, let me know and I'll do a cartoon of your character for it. Also, my numbers are 29400, 47100 (Great Lakes). [ ICQ UIN 18487649 ] Markets and Merchants - Message from the Editor I apologize about the slow crank out recently, but the pace should pick up by tonight, now that school's finally out for the year as of today! Please note that, however, if we don't have graphics for your wares, it may delay your page from going up slightly, since we will have to go and take screenshots to make them. Currently, we are updating the image archive with the new craftable add-ons and sample tailoring items. Also, the merchant/vendor section will have it's own update/news section so you don't have to trek over here for announcements (though you might want to since we'll be cleaning up this site soon =] ) Which brings me to the site update I've been promising. Once we finish the Christmas theme page, I've got a few new designs I want to try. Finally, some news I just received. Some copycat has been ripping off our design for the markets and merchants section. I'm not sure what it's all about, but it is rather ummm...disturbing. -@6:05 P.M. EST, Majestic