Chris

found a good program online the other day (got the web address out of PC Magazine) It locates, removes, and blocks "spyware" and popup ad programs that advertising companies sneak into your computer. SpyBot Search&Destroy --winner of PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award-- By the way, this program is FREE!!! PS The first time I ran this program it located 224 items on my computer that I'd have never found otherwise and that were sending information about my settings, web surfing habits, passwords, etc to their various websites and causing lag.

found a good program online the other day (got the web address out of PC Magazine) It locates, removes, and blocks "spyware" and popup ad programs that advertising companies sneak into your computer. SpyBot Search&Destroy --winner of PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award-- By the way, this program is FREE!!!

according to the codex Wolf gets a boat when he retires *nodnod* anyone wanna help me build a really big, really nice boat? (with a bathtub in it of course ) Thanks for all you've done over the years Wolf. You're one of the best leaders I've ever had the pleasure to serve under.

before you became a knight your "centurion" was Decurion Ballyn. It's all right there in the codex.

repairs tend to decrease durability

BLAM! lil' man lays down the law! (I say lil' man because I always envisioned Chiop as a dwarven smith for some reason ) I think ALL of us (myself included) need to end all bickering and blaming about this now and focus on what lies ahead. In my opinion the first thing we need to do is start treating this as an in character matter (we're an rp guild after all). We need to go back to being what some people lately have called a "hardcore rp guild"; the kind of guild where even if not a single one of use were to hunt or work on skills more than once a month or so we'd still have something to do. Not that Im suggesting everyone stop hunting and stuff, but a raid against a cave full of mongbats for rp reasons can be far more fun than camping Balrons for uber loot. I've known many majorly successful rp guilds where the members can be found at guild-run taverns and shops and inns and stuff on a regular basis, not because it helps them get a more powerful character to get more stuff, but because in a land such as britannia if you live out your life as you would anywhere else (eat, sleep, drink, tell stories, feed the cat, run around in circles doing a happy dance, etc.) adventure will inevitably come to you and it will be a real adventure rather than just another day of harvesting more stuff that really wont make you happy in the end. People from other guilds always seem to show up on your doorstep and add to things if it becomes known that other roleplayers will be there on a regular basis. Anyway, back to the matter of this leadership business and such. The emperor and a few other key figures are gone and there's no sign indication that they will return. What will the citizens of the empire do? Will they sit back and worry and watch things unfold? Will they give in to despair and leave to avoid seeing everything fall apart? Will they riot and burn Olympus to the ground? Or will they perhaps see the sun rise over the rooftops of Trinsic and see a bright new day full of hope and possibilities; possibilities that could bring the empire as a whole not back to its former glory but forward into a new age. This empire should be like family to everyone. There's brothers and sisters you can confide in, elders to provide comfort and encouragement when things look bleak, and that little cousin who's always doing some silly little thing that only a kid would understand the reason for. Does that carefree little goofball make you wish you were a kid again? Guess what? In Ultima Online you CAN be a kid again! This game is about far more than high skills and aquiring as much stuff as you can. This game is actually more like a canvas on which to paint our hopes and dreams and fears and those parts of ourselves that dont show themselves so much in the "real" world (would you believe I hardly talk at all in real life?) Ok, Im going to bed now. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings

lower reg cost suits are evil.... once you start using one it gets to the point where you cant stand to have to carry any items around and when it gets worn out you'll want to scrap your mage. Also, it costs a fortune in insurance. I pay like 10k gold every time I die. If my bank box has no gold in it the suit will cease to exist o_0

as for the voting method, I think a ballot box would definitely be best. there's been a lot of problems in the past with people making multiple selections or people who arent meant to participate making selections on polls on this site. a time and date can be set for the polls to be open and at that time a ballot box can be placed. The box could be in a house that's set as private and members can be friended when they show up so they can get in to vote.

Martok, thank you once again for taking the 5 seconds needed to say "everybody sit down while those of use who have left already discuss your fate with Borg" Why is it that this plan isnt being discussed on the leader forum? On a side note, I was able to talk to borg a bit on shadowbane last night (and Martok, he said im not kill on sight so there ) and he mentioned something about a new stone to handle guild functions

--deleted since leaders have to avoid letting their negative emotions show too much in order to prevent chaos--

omg Im pretty sure the guy who made that is an old friend of mine I lost track of after like 7th grade! Biggest Doom2 fanatic I ever knew and definitely had the right idea when it came to eating tortilla chips with duck sauce

My time's been divided between UO, Shadowbane, and the mad rush to try to come up with rent money by the end of the month. As long as I can somehow come up with money for rent Im not going anywhere.

what's there to be sorry about BB? Take care of your family. I'd buy some of the stuff to help you out, but Im still between jobs :\

trying to gm poisoning, so I need tons and tons of nightshade to make potions with

you got payed 50k per month to do WHAT for their female members (at least i hope it was only the female ones)?! hehehe

however, you were on the guild stone for that guild (as indicated by both your name and the names of that guild's members being green)

Matrim's just trying to hide the fact that he was a card-carrying member there

click here the two guys dancing in the lower right corner scare me....

you dont try to tank the champ itself tho. It's much more effective (and safer too) to bring along a bunch of explode potions (yeah, I know I never do) and use those since champs hit HARD

I've seen 2 basic strategies at champ spawns: 1) basically soloing. Cure/rez/heal those in need when you can, but remember it's hard to cast spells like that if that horde of mongbats has its teeth dug into your butt 2) the "line". I've only seen this done at a spawn once or twice. You need people with high hitpoints, high armor (or now high resist to the types of damage that the enemies will be dishing out), and very good healing/curing/rezzing ability. You also need someone to run around like a chicken with its head cut off pulling all the spawn to you. I'd advise either cramming the "line" into as small an area as possible (all on the same tile would be best) and just using status bars to target heals or form a wall of those with the most potential for taking damage around the archers/mages/whatever. At this time I think the first option is most viable, but with some heavy training and a lot of dedication the second option becomes a sight to behold as the tides of darkness break upon a bladed wall of purple steel.

too true... After all these years and after retiring from the legion I still dont even know where most of the dungeons are or what's in em

cant recall or gate to any location in the lost lands in fel :\

happy birthday and get well soon

They're to be treated basically how you'd treat anyone else. Dont look down on someone just because they're GoL, but always be aware that the potential for further attacks does exist and keep your eyes open at all times.

Run a journal utility at all times and a screenshot program if possible. Unless Im mistaken this is now a REQUIREMENT. Report any hostilities (threats, childish name-calling, stalking, etc) by GoL to Greg or any of the governors. If a member of GoL attacks you, use whatever force is necessary to get out of there (just as you would against any other aggressor), alert the praetorians so they dont feel left out , and be sure to have your journal file ready to submit for review asap.