Death of a Game: Ultima Online

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Ultima Online, when the West invented massive online rpgs. At 19:11, when I say "playstation came out in 2000" I meant the PS2 specifically. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiwFcYaaqDSkzaA0CipV2BA/join Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/nerdslayer-merch Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nerdslayer Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=nerdslayerg-20 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nerdslayerrr Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/nerdslayerg Discord: https://discord.gg/nerdslayer #DOAG . Death of a Game is a series dedicated to uncovering the mysteries surrounding the death of a game or company. nerdSlayer defines the term "death" in the context of the show as either... 1. Literally dead. 2. Had a mass exodus of players and never recovered (expectations etc). 3. The company ceased to exist. We follow a timeline of events, to uncover clues concerning why a game or company doesn't do well, and attempt to put it all together at the end for a deduction explaining how or why the game failed based on the evidence gathered. Rules: 1: No discrimination or hate speech. 2: No affiliation links that do not belong to nerdSlayer. 3: No political/religious talk or debate . 4: Any points you make have to be substantiated either in explaining your opinion or when stating facts you need to back these up with reliable sources. 5: Do not argue moderation decisions in public, if you have an issue PM the mods. 6: We don't allow self promotion, giveaways or anything of similar nature from community members on this discord without nerdSlayer's permission. 7: Wherever possible if you initiate a discussion try to do so in an appropriate channel for it. For example game news could go in ⁠game-table a story on the latest EVE heist however would belong in ⁠mmo-booth or the latest GPU shortage can go in ⁠tech-wizards 8: Spoilers have to be marked at all times as a spoiler by using /spoiler or || before and after the message. Beside this outside of the spoiler you should make clear ahead of it what the spoiler is about, like the latest chapter in a video game or something. 9: Please do not @ mention any of the staff or in general abuse @ mentions. People will respond on their own accord when needed and when they desire to do so. (Exception for moderators if their presence is needed for enforcement) Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online https://www.uoguide.com/Timeline https://www.reddit.com/r/ultimaonline/comments/15oamwk/broadsword_remains_silent_as_the_official_ultima/ https://www.ign.com/games/ultima-online-age-of-shadows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online_expansions https://uo.stratics.com/content/rp101/rping.shtml https://ultima.fandom.com/wiki/Ultima_Online_2 https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ultima-online-third-dawn-review/1900-2703752/ https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/09/ultima-online-renaissance https://dergigi.com/assets/files/UO-Economics.pdf https://www.uoguide.com/List_of_BNN_Articles_(1998) https://www.mmorpg.com/interviews/broadsword-online-what-it-means-for-uo-and-daoc-2000095326 https://ultima.fandom.com/wiki/Ultima_X:_Odyssey https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/technology/men-are-from-quake-women-are-from-ultima.html https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/11/the-game-archaeologist-the-legacy-of-ultima-online/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/06/14/magic-through-serendipity-raph-koster-on-the-glorious-mess-that-was-ultima-online/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Galaxies https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/11/the-game-archaeologist-the-legacy-of-ultima-online/ https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/electronicarts-acquires-origin-systems--00625a3d https://ultimacodex.com/2014/05/ea-closes-mythic-entertainment-ea-mythic/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0002HsUt-k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwU7v0-1xVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YkZUAO5MEo https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041219182811.htm https://www.delanoheraldjournal.com/articles/columns-dhj/mark-olligs-bits-bytes-1-26-98/ https://uo.com/endless-journey/ https://uooutlands.com/