Why OSI rocks your soxx. - RunUO

Killamus · 05-02-2005, 04:09 PM

It made UO. Thats it. It gave us this lifestyle, of sitting here for hours on end, being our computers into a pulp. Without OSI, where would we be?

mmm on second thought, maybe that is a bad thing.

TheOutkastDev · 05-02-2005, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Killamus

Without OSI, where would we be?

Playing other games like Guild Wars and World of Warcraft.

FLuXx() · 05-02-2005, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Killamus

It made UO. Thats it. It gave us this lifestyle, of sitting here for hours on end, being our computers into a pulp. Without OSI, where would we be?

mmm on second thought, maybe that is a bad thing.

First of all, there is absolutely no point being made here. So what's this thread supposed to be about?

To be honest with you, the original people who made UO, I really wonder how many of them are still working there. The last few expansions if you ask me have been very cheap. Poorly animated, didn't even TRY to make it fit in with the rest of the game. They could be doing so much better but they had to go and get hooked up with those money-sucking ******* at EA.

And if they hadn't, chances are we would be in the same place with some other game. So basically I'm trying to say that in the absence of UO there will only be something else to occupy that dear time with.

Even if it weren't for OSI and UO, I'd still be sitting here for hours on end. Nothing much different other than the games I'd play I guess. =\

Nochte · 05-02-2005, 05:36 PM

WoW wouldn't be around if it weren't for OSI...they created the MMO genre, as far as I'm concerned.

FLuXx() · 05-02-2005, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Nochte

WoW wouldn't be around if it weren't for OSI...they created the MMO genre, as far as I'm concerned.

*cough*everquest*cough*

TheOutkastDev · 05-02-2005, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by FLuXx()

*cough*everquest*cough*

Everquest came after Ultima Online. Meridian 59 created the MMO genre, Ultima Online just made it popular.

Trivial · 05-02-2005, 06:42 PM

OSI was fun, but they needa be like freeshards and make it free damnit !

FLuXx() · 05-02-2005, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TheOutkastDev

Everquest came after Ultima Online. Meridian 59 created the MMO genre, Ultima Online just made it popular.

My post was too general for you to think I was saying everquest was first. For that matter I could have said everquest is the only MMORPG. But it's not what I said. We are talking about the MMO popularity and how WoW would have never been made if it weren't for games like UO and EQ. (And many more I know!)

Now seriously, what was a MUD?

sirens song · 05-02-2005, 10:03 PM

its like a text based mmorpg of sorts. A RPG based off chatrooms you could say.

FLuXx() · 05-02-2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sirens song

its like a text based mmorpg of sorts. A RPG based off chatrooms you could say.

Heh no sorry, I know what a MUD is, I mean though, these things have been around far before any UO and even "Meridian 59"

So I would have to say that it was MUD's that started it all, from MUD's it just grew into what we now call "MMO" and it has many more branches of genres ....

TheOutkastDev · 05-02-2005, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FLuXx()

My post was too general for you to think I was saying everquest was first. For that matter I could have said everquest is the only MMORPG. But it's not what I said. We are talking about the MMO popularity and how WoW would have never been made if it weren't for games like UO and EQ. (And many more I know!)

Now seriously, what was a MUD?

I'm so glad people like you are around to explain your own posts.

sirens song · 05-02-2005, 10:53 PM

Actually im pretty sure Zombo had the first mmo/mmorpg, you can do it all at zombocom

FLuXx() · 05-02-2005, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sirens song

Actually im pretty sure Zombo had the first mmo/mmorpg, you can do it all at zombocom

lol yea, you got a point there.

TheOutkastDev · 05-02-2005, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sirens song

Actually im pretty sure Zombo had the first mmo/mmorpg, you can do it all at zombocom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG

FLuXx() · 05-03-2005, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by TheOutkastDev

I'm so glad people like you are around to explain your own posts.

I'm so glad people like you are here to not understand them from the beginning.

Then maybe I wouldn't have to explain. It was easy enough to understand had you just read it clearly.

**psz** · 05-03-2005, 08:46 AM

MUD != MMORPG

The MM == MULTI MEDIA

Thus MOOs/MUCKs/MUDs != MMORPG

(Just clarifying)

Irian · 05-03-2005, 09:26 AM

MM = Massivly Multiplayer, not MultiMedia. And you could ask, if Meridian59 is so massivly multiplayer (aprox. 100 players on a server at the same time), so UO was the first game with really many players on the same world.

FLuXx() · 05-03-2005, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by psz

MUD != MMORPG

The MM == MULTI MEDIA

Thus MOOs/MUCKs/MUDs != MMORPG

(Just clarifying)

We are talking about what lead to the creation of WoW right? A Massively Multiplayer Online Role Play Game. MMORPG.

psz do you know what a MUD is? They were Multiplayer games, even role playing games. As I said before, these I think gave birth to something bigger, massively multiplayer games.... No one said anything about MUD == MMORPG....

**psz** · 05-04-2005, 08:46 AM

Yes, I know what a MUD is. I was running MUDs when most people were on 28.8 modems. Note: I said I *RAN* them. Not played them. As in, admin kinda stuff. So please, stop saying I don't know what they are.

I've also run MUCKs, MOOs, GraphicalMUDs, Telnet-IRC RPGs, Text-Based (infocom style) multiplayer games, etc. BBS RPGs on the C64 existed as far back as 1985 (Probably sooner than that, given the C64's 300 baud modem was out in 1982)

As for MM, you are correct. My brain had a miagrain induced brain-fart when I wrote that :-P Thought about it when I got to work yesterday, forgot about it when I got home :->

However, I'd still not quantify 99% of MUD/MUCK/MOOs as MMORPGs. Most lacked the MM (Multi Media *OR* Massively Multiplayer), most lacked the depth. The 2 or 3 that had both were quite rare.

It would be like saying GEOS for the C64 gave birth to Windows, because both are GUIs, and GEOS was more widely used first. However, that's were the similarities stop. GEOS, though popular on the C64, NEVER came CLOSE to the user base or functionality of Windows. Same with 99% of all MUD/MUCK/MOOs vs. EQ/UO/WoW

(And yes, MMORPG has been used as MultiMediaOnlineRPG in the past, mostly to refer to GraphicalMUDs in the mid 1990s)

REDiR2 · 05-04-2005, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by sirens song

Actually im pretty sure Zombo had the first mmo/mmorpg, you can do it all at zombocom

Dude I don't know what is funnier. The fact that this site rox0rs the way it does, or the fact that you actually know about it

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psz UO Gamers: Demise Administrator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Swamp Age: 29 Posts: 10,800	MUD != MMORPG The MM == MULTI MEDIA Thus MOOs/MUCKs/MUDs != MMORPG (Just clarifying) __________________ psz Demise' Creator (Retired) The RunUO.com Forum Moderator Team Former Official RunUO Scripter (Retired) Websites: My 360 Blog My Gaming Site(Old Link) My Gaming Site(New Link)

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psz UO Gamers: Demise Administrator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Swamp Age: 29 Posts: 10,800	Yes, I know what a MUD is. I was running MUDs when most people were on 28.8 modems. Note: I said I RAN them. Not played them. As in, admin kinda stuff. So please, stop saying I don't know what they are. I've also run MUCKs, MOOs, GraphicalMUDs, Telnet-IRC RPGs, Text-Based (infocom style) multiplayer games, etc. BBS RPGs on the C64 existed as far back as 1985 (Probably sooner than that, given the C64's 300 baud modem was out in 1982) As for MM, you are correct. My brain had a miagrain induced brain-fart when I wrote that :-P Thought about it when I got to work yesterday, forgot about it when I got home :-> However, I'd still not quantify 99% of MUD/MUCK/MOOs as MMORPGs. Most lacked the MM (Multi Media OR Massively Multiplayer), most lacked the depth. The 2 or 3 that had both were quite rare. It would be like saying GEOS for the C64 gave birth to Windows, because both are GUIs, and GEOS was more widely used first. However, that's were the similarities stop. GEOS, though popular on the C64, NEVER came CLOSE to the user base or functionality of Windows. Same with 99% of all MUD/MUCK/MOOs vs. EQ/UO/WoW (And yes, MMORPG has been used as MultiMediaOnlineRPG in the past, mostly to refer to GraphicalMUDs in the mid 1990s) __________________ psz Demise' Creator (Retired) The RunUO.com Forum Moderator Team Former Official RunUO Scripter (Retired) Websites: My 360 Blog My Gaming Site(Old Link) My Gaming Site(New Link)

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Nochte Forum Expert Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 24 Posts: 985	WoW wouldn't be around if it weren't for OSI...they created the MMO genre, as far as I'm concerned.

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sirens song P3'c Orion Aviator Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 30 Posts: 1,272	its like a text based mmorpg of sorts. A RPG based off chatrooms you could say.

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sirens song P3'c Orion Aviator Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 30 Posts: 1,272	Actually im pretty sure Zombo had the first mmo/mmorpg, you can do it all at zombocom

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Irian Forum Expert Join Date: May 2005 Age: 29 Posts: 949	MM = Massivly Multiplayer, not MultiMedia. And you could ask, if Meridian59 is so massivly multiplayer (aprox. 100 players on a server at the same time), so UO was the first game with really many players on the same world.

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