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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:33 pm 
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As some of your may already know, Obsidian was initially created way back in 1999. CyberVic and myself having been long time UO addicts since the beta decided that we wanted to try our hand at running our own server. Initially it was no more then an experiment and the Obsidian's predecessor launched on a very limited scale with an even smaller scope.

Back before Obsidian became what it is now the world consisted of no more then Ice Isle, Fire Isle and an island town. The expectation was that we'd never have more then a handful of players and likely never be around long enough for such a limited landmass to be an issue. Surprisingly the player base and interest in our shard was more than expected and finally in CyberVic and myself came to the decision that we would try running an entire server of epic scale and scrapped our current work.

By the time December 1999 rolled around we had a stable server, populated and crafted world and were ready to launch into beta. Not knowing how to spread the word as the internet was still in its infancy we began distributing fliers throughout Portland, Oregon. Soon enough people started joining and Obsidian was appearing to be more then just a fly by night shard.

In March 2000, Obsidian left beta and officially launched to the public. Amazingly the hardware was bleeding edge running on a 300MHz Intel Pentium 3 processor with an astounding 128mb ram. All this was accessible via a T-1 line that the server shared at a local ISP.

Since then Obsidian has broken many records among the Ultima Online emulation community. First and foremost we are the longest running shard in the world with the exception of Origin's servers. Additionally we were the first to offer many features from skill caps to races to our rune chamber which has many times been imitated yet never fully duplicated.

Stay tuned for a continuation of the story throughout the month.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:10 pm 
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Hah i remember you advertising at starbucks.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:20 am 
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10 years already? Jeez. This was the first shard I ever tried and it's where I'm still at for good Ren-age UO emulation :)

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:44 pm 
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Awesome. Enough Said :)

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:22 pm 
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congrats!

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:21 am 

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VIVA LA OBSIDIAN!!!!!


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:51 pm 
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Wooo!

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:25 pm 
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i have to say this shard holds a place in my heart i will always remember my time here. i just couldnt stop playing lol so many times i knew i needed to log out and i just couldnt i lost sleep was late for work pissing my wife off etc broadband thank you for letting us play god bless you man.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:26 pm 
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jeeze drizz spill ur heart lolz
why u gotta make things so serious all the time :(
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2010 2:55 am 
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i wonder who posted that..... :roll:

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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2010 4:12 am 
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raptor... please leave, and learn how to make a signature... people dont always post there characters, its permintely there

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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:37 am 
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GTFO Raptor.

Do us ALL a favor and check yourself into your local mental hospital.

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GTFO Raptor.

Do us ALL a favor and check yourself into your local mental hospital.
Agreed.

You should go play a runUO shard, they welcome all kinds of people especially people with your kind of needs.


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