Comments on: Ultima Online http://trilema.com/2015/ultima-online/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 23:29:52 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2015/ultima-online/#comment-125631 Mircea Popescu Fri, 11 May 2018 03:49:39 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=62542#comment-125631 Pretty much exact summary. Pretty much exact summary.

]]> By: Mocky http://trilema.com/2015/ultima-online/#comment-125627 Mocky Fri, 11 May 2018 03:48:16 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=62542#comment-125627 I remember that game. It seemed like there was so much potential during the private beta. Had a bunch of cool shit like you're out hunting foxes while the foxes are hunting rabbits. But it fell apart during the public beta. Everything got slaughtered, all resources perma-exhausted. Benefits to be gained per hour approached epsilon. All the pre-planned spawn rates in his model were painfully insufficient. But it was most epic when random dude deep fried Lord British at a public gathering. I didn't see it happen, couldn't get into the city with all that lag. But the public beta was really the end of it, collapsed economy, crushing lag, Lord British face down in the public square. Appeasing the *playerbase* was the only card they had left to play. I remember that game. It seemed like there was so much potential during the private beta. Had a bunch of cool shit like you're out hunting foxes while the foxes are hunting rabbits.

But it fell apart during the public beta. Everything got slaughtered, all resources perma-exhausted. Benefits to be gained per hour approached epsilon. All the pre-planned spawn rates in his model were painfully insufficient.

But it was most epic when random dude deep fried Lord British at a public gathering. I didn't see it happen, couldn't get into the city with all that lag. But the public beta was really the end of it, collapsed economy, crushing lag, Lord British face down in the public square. Appeasing the *playerbase* was the only card they had left to play.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2015/ultima-online/#comment-114826 Mircea Popescu Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:12:58 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=62542#comment-114826 No argument there. BTW, you gotta try mine. No argument there.

BTW, you gotta try mine.

]]> By: krossfire http://trilema.com/2015/ultima-online/#comment-114825 krossfire Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:04:54 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=62542#comment-114825 Man, back when it first launched, it was a revolution (the game, not the article). I remember reading about it in a British magazine (which I had received as a gift from abroad). Man, back when it first launched, it was a revolution (the game, not the article). I remember reading about it in a British magazine (which I had received as a gift from abroad).

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2015/ultima-online/#comment-114773 Mircea Popescu Mon, 13 Jul 2015 03:09:58 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=62542#comment-114773 @<b>cazalla</b> Fixed. Btw, don't bother with the petition system as available in game, I dunno that they go anywhere, there's no process whatsoever in place. @<b>Anon</b> Lolz. I must say in my defense however that on one hand I'm a lot younger and thus inexperienced, and on the other hand I'm not just running a gaming company, but also a stock exchange and various other odds and ends making up a whole ecosystem. But really - it's just because while Garriott can't find designers, I have superb teams. @cazalla Fixed.

Btw, don't bother with the petition system as available in game, I dunno that they go anywhere, there's no process whatsoever in place.

@Anon Lolz. I must say in my defense however that on one hand I'm a lot younger and thus inexperienced, and on the other hand I'm not just running a gaming company, but also a stock exchange and various other odds and ends making up a whole ecosystem.

But really - it's just because while Garriott can't find designers, I have superb teams.

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