Since we have the same questions come up agian and again and i'm sick of answering them 20 times, this is now a sticky for these repetetive questions.
This is mostly so certain older posters have no excuse when they incite people to cause trouble over questions they KNOW have already been answered.
If I've missed any questions, feel free to post below and i'll add them.

Ya know bob, people have been saying the same things for years, and not everything thats said is a complaint for complaints sake.

As with urban legends and myths...if you look into things a little with an open mind, you'll find that the stories have some baisis in truth.

The fact is, things are just not that fun, and this is a game...games are supposed to be fun.

lol.....

Bob this shard needs some work, please listen to players. At least listen to the overwhelming majority.

I understand you have done ENORMOUS work, I haven't played in 3 years and can definitely tell there is a HUGE difference, but You dont need to implement new things to make a server great, just fix the minor things that make players have fun.

I know people have been saying the same things, and i've been saying the same responses, and it's tiring for both sides.
Realize that i give these reasons over and over because in most of these issues, my hands are TIED. I Couldn't do anything even WHEN I WANTED to.
1. Broadband has his vision/ideal for the shard. It's his shard, he owns it, and so his shit is followed.
The main part of this you all care about is as follows:
-- A. Anything he wants in, is put in regardless(no fishing on docks for example, or the house item limits. I spent 4 hours debating and bargaining him to let me make the house item limits as big as they were, he wanted them a LOT smaller.).
-- B. Anything he doesn't want in, will never get in until he gets convinced otherwise(humans raised skillcap, fast gain rates, etc. ).

2. The non-implemented or broken parts of the shard are balanced to be in line with any changes due to #1. This means, for example, I was given two options:
-- A. Come up with a way to balance race/classes.
-- B. REMOVE THEM COMPLETELY.

I'm starting to wish i had just removed them because the bitching i get pretty much nonstop that players are even given a CHOICE in picking a race/class is annoying. They're an ADDED BENEFIT, if you don't like it, go play a human. So what if it doesn't fit your ideal, you can be ANYTHING with a human anyway.

The same can be said about a lot of shit.

For every thing i put, in there is always 2-3 people bitching about how it doesn't fit what they want, rather than the fact that it gives them additional options they didn't have before.

I do listen to players, why do you think every post on this forum is read. Just because i listen doesn't mean i will or even CAN fulfill what they request. Some requests are literally unreasonable or beyond my power. So stop for a little bit on the whole "Staff doesn't listen to players" powertrip that keeps comming up, and look at this from my perspective.

I have rules i'm bound by, and limits imposed on what i can and can't change. Working within those limits, i try to make everyone happy. I waste hours posting explanations on why i can't make some changes as people request them, and yet they still just bitch about it. I wouldn't waste the time if it wasn't neccessary, and i'd rather spend it on other things. Alright?

your frustrated, I get it....so are we.

the shard we love has become....not fun, and all we have to voice or concern is our feet and this forum. We can't complain to BB because he doesn't acknowledge that any of us are even still here, much less care what we have to say.

he cares or the shard wouldnt be running.

this shard was so big at one time it was the best of the best free shards. i remember when the editors of pc world magazine included a link to check out obsidian in their "monthly free mods" type article stating how interesting the shard was and all the cool custom ideas broadband had made work.

bob and his staff are simply awsm the time and effort they put into obsi really warms my heart.

broadband is simply a legend. the guy is so talented and his ideas are so good his shard was insanely fun when he was still active and had a shit ton of players always fighting for their turn to log in the server was so full.

we all grow up, well i dont but i am a rare case. broadband has long since became a grown man with bigger responsibilities but he is nice enough to keep obsidian running and not only that but make sure it keeps the same ideas he had in mind when he created it, and i am sure another reason is he probably just cant let it die it has such a fond place in his heart as it does for all of us as well.

the game is fng old, shit my kids were babies when uo came out they are in senior high now. i was still a young fukr like most of u guys r now. its not gonna get a million players no matter what features they change/add.

lets be glad we have people like bob and echo and the rest of their staff that care enough to help keep broadbands legendary old world alive, remember the feelings this shard gave you when you first started, and hope maybe a few others can find that in the current obsidian that is still kicking after all these years.

personally i see a shit ton of reasons to log in lately, lack of time and games that are 15 years newer are my two main reasons for not logging in much, i dont have to play free games, i can buy what i want. but i will never totally leave obsi. we all know this shard is special.

and to broadband i say thank you for irreplaceable memories i would not have if not for you and your staffs' vision of uo.

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well said

Rumors have been going around that you own the shard now. Im guessing its true since donater portal is gone and i know BB would never get rid of that. If that's true can some things be changed that "tied" your hands?

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