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Scott Jennings

“YOU’LL RUE THE DAY YOU LOOTED MY SMURFY HOUSE, GARGAMEL!” [Author: wirehead]

It’s not my policy to post bugs, so I withheld comment on the house-looting companions and how Dr. Twister was helpfully, um, pointing out that their powers might be abused by other bad people. I mean, he’d never actually facilitate a house looter, would he? Nah. That

WHEN WEIRDOS ATTACK [Author: wirehead]

Check thechosen.com for Jinx’s story (apparently confirmed by Sunsword) from someone in Origin’s office complex reporting that UO players had showed up threatening violence unless their accounts were restored. Now come on, people. This is just too much. Go play in traffic and help improve humanity’s

AND, FROM THE OTHER SIDE… [Author: wirehead]

…I just got this link from a monk who quit over the Feign Death nerf. Did Verant write the book on nerfing, or did they just read it? The Mud Wimping Guidebook

MAYBE THEY’RE NOT TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF, BUT THEY’RE POKING THE LEAF WITH A STICK TO SEE IF IT MOVES [Author: wirehead]

A few people have written me now wondering if I’m ever going to point out that Verant actually seems to be trying to get their act together. First off, during the unscheduled “some doofus in MAE East kicked the router” outage the other day, Verant used the time to

DANA PLATO DIED FOR YOUR SINS, BUDDY [Author: wirehead]

Our fine, fine, perfectly fine, and never having any network failures host UGO, which according to MSNBC is a “self-described underground entertainment site” (I guess this makes us the underground of the underground. Or maybe just the pink, fleshy underbelly.) is holding a web-athon for Gary Coleman. Apparently

SO WHAT DOES THAT $10 GO FOR? [Author: wirehead]

The UO scene has been eerily quiet lately, with only mild bitching about blacksmithing being torn to shreds, but two infobits popped up tonight. The first is an In Concept update which goes into more detail about characters being wiped after three months of activity. I’ve thought about this

ASHERON’S CALL - THIRD IMPRESSIONS [Author: wirehead]

Well, after much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I decided to plunk down the $50 or so for Asheron’s Call. Here’s my brief impressions so far. The Internet Gaming Zone is a joke. When running AC from the Start Menu, trying to simply launch Asheron’s Call results