Shard revamp / shard future (April Fools!!!)

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:40 pm

Lately I have been asking myself if all this work is worth it, and came to the realization I have not even played UO in over a year other then maybe logging on once and a while only to be bombarded and having to log on my admin char to do something, so actual serious playing has been to a real minimum.

Due to the economy I realized it is in my best interest to fast track my project management and start working on my web hosting setup, which leads to the sad conclusion that the revamp will have to wait, if it even will happen. I do not plan to shut down the shard but I will not be paying as much attention to it as I will be busy with my web hosting control panel, serverweave. (serverweave.com). With this may come an app called clientweave, as I want this program to basically be an all in one server/client management solution not only for web hosting, but LAN environment management such as software deployment, email, colaboration and so on. I will be competing with Microsoft in a way, and try to mimic all the colaboration tools they have, and make it cost efficient for companies to actually run everything on Linux and base it on SW.

So I will be very busy with this, and I may even be downgrading the shard to a lower end server to save money. Right now the cost to run AoV is nearly $200/month. I might try to find a cheap celeron server that is under $100/mo though if I get a good deal I might step up to a P4. Anything above is more then 100 per month.

I don't like the idea of just shutting down the shard, but this will be my version of "shutting down" as I will be paying little to no attention. This does not mean I might not come back later on though and restart on the revamp, but I have no plans to at this point in time.

Opening of registration is under review by staff and we may decide to leave it open, but we will not be around to babysit, so it may turn into chaos, which we will not be dealing with. I will make another announcement once this is decided.

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dprantl · Post by **dprantl** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:49 pm

April FOOLS!

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d. · Post by d. » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:56 pm

*Uppercuts RS*

April fools.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:13 pm

Actually I wanted to post this yesterday but never got around to it. It's not an April fools joke. I've just been swamped lately and with the new job I think I'll end up doing more overtime.

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Trill · Post by **Trill** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:43 am

This really does ruin my day i had high hopes for this shard as did all of IBH wich are all my family and friends i brought here and there was more to come really depress's me......

P.s= we are going to continue playing here in hopes u change your mind

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Dollpartz · Post by **Dollpartz** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:51 am

Wow this sucks, oh well. Anyone wanna play online scrabble?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:17 am

April fools.

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Dollpartz · Post by **Dollpartz** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:35 am

Nice one red

I want the hour back that I spent winning online scrabble against imbeciles.

Just kidding, I loved every moment of it.

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shakyj · Post by **shakyj** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:45 am

I though it was yesterday as your second post gave a different reason than your first one which seemed strange. But I didin't post as I didn't want to make a fool of myself if I was wrong lol

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Death · Post by **Death** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:09 am

Ya. Red always does something devious on April Fool's day (We even tricked Onykage lol). Think Red added some April Fool's joke in game as well.

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Dollpartz · Post by **Dollpartz** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:03 pm

Ahh... How I love april fools. The only time of the year when you can completely ruin somebodys life and then when they are laying on the floor frigid and broken you can scream "April Fools" with utter joy in your voice.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:09 pm

There's a year I turned everything pink, people were freaking out thinking I actually globally set all the values, but it was just a packet trick. :p Fun times.

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Dollpartz · Post by **Dollpartz** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:23 pm

Now was the april fools when you turned everything back to it's original color?

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jrhather · Post by **jrhather** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:51 am

Red Squirrel wrote:Blah blah blah

Remember guys... in every myth, there is a shred of truth.

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ggkthx · Post by **ggkthx** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:34 am

jrhather wrote:
Red Squirrel wrote:Blah blah blah
Remember guys... in every myth, there is a shred of truth.

Mr. Doom & Gloom over here.

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