Broken Toys

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Scott Jennings

OK, MACROING IS BAD. I WILL STOP NOW. [Author: lum]

I got email from a cartoon character today. Now, I blow off people at work, people at home, hell I even blow off Mayor McCheese if he’s standing at McDonald’s even though he’s kind of vaguely a cartoon character. But this one I can’t blow off.

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS WELCOME, EVEN IF THEY’RE WRONG [Author: lum]

Now, just in case you thought the userbase of UO marched in lockstep behind my clarion call of macroing freedom, here’s an email I’ve recieved from Kurtis Something (no, I didn’t forget his last name, that’s what it said in the email), unedited. Guess what? I

MORE NUMBERS ROLLING IN, LUM EXPOSES HIMSELF AS COMPLETE IDIOT [Author: lum]

People have responded with warm and loving kindness with my request for information on why exactly the removal of macroing will cause all serious UO players to develop repetitive stress disorder. I’ll post more in a bit but I just have two words for those who have doubted the

BE A MASTER BARD IN ONLY A YEAR! [Author: lum]

Wombat of Wakoku (I just love that shard. The name rolls off the tongue. WaaaKOkoooo.) writes: I macroed peacemaking on a rather uninhabited shard last nite (well everynite heeee) and I gained 1.1 in 18 hours. 12000 ms delay = 5 repeats a minute. 18 hours = 1080 minutes. Therefore I

BAD BOYS BAD BOYS, WHATCHA GONNA DO [Author: lum]

Read the pissy rant I posted below this first, if you haven’t already. Got a few emails already on this bit, and it set me to thinking. UO is a virtual world. That’s one of it’s strengths. And OSI is the DEA. Bear with me here. Macroing

MACROING IS NOW AN EXPLOIT, AND WE ARE ALL EXPLOITERS [Author: lum]

If you haven’t already, go here. Now. Check the first paragraph. Right now – this very second – I am doing something that could get me banned. I’m macroing while writing this web page. Starting a new character on Sonoma and macroing at Brit guard tower. Hey, come get me

HOW TO SURVIVE ULTIMA ONLINE [Author: lum]

It’s a good question. Ultima Online is maddening, frustrating, and overrun with hordes of juveniles who think the coolest thing is to prance a female character naked except for thigh-high boots around Brit bank. And that’s not even mentioning when the guards get slaphappy… (props to Kira