Traditional MMO Ultima On-line’s scribe-and-abacus-driven official servers have been pushed to their limits on July 7 to host a celebratory Summer season Solstice cookout boasting video games, prizes, and “a pleasant chilly root beer drink”.
The awkwardly penned discover on the official web site lists a number of the video games accessible in additional element. The one which jumps out at me as most emblematic of Ultima On-line’s age is the dunk tank, providing an opportunity to dunk an occasion moderator of your alternative, again when folks knew mods as folks quite than faceless Twitter accounts (however had a bone to choose with them both method).
Archived streams of the occasion contained some surprises for me, chief amongst them being the demand. The occasion was damaged up into two time slots, morning and night, guaranteeing everybody received an opportunity to strive a hand at a number of the festivities. Rewards for taking part included consumable barbecue and drinks, in addition to commemorative tokens and random loot drops.
Ultima On-line nonetheless boasts an lively official and unofficial occasions group—simply the opposite day, the Siege Perilous server featured a choreographed rock live performance the place group favourite Lord Galois busted out some sick MIDI lute riffs, and Reddit customers on the InsaneUO server have reported sightings of notorious monarch Lord British attacking random gamers after which letting folks rifle by way of his stock.
Whereas I am too younger to have ever received into Ultima On-line, it is actually nice to see considered one of PC gaming’s earliest MMO communities proceed to thrive like this, each with and with out official assist. Cheers to a different profitable barbecue, and here is to many extra.
