August 2003

The High Court would like to announce the appointment of two new councilors to the High Council this past Monday. Both new councilors were voted upon by the current councilors in attendance, and sworn in by the Justicars office in accordance to the charter during the High Council meeting this past Monday. Blair shall be sitting as the new councilor for Minoc representing the virtue of Sacrifice. Alain shall be representing the virtue of Honor and the city of Trinsic. Unfortunately, due to the current occupation of Trinsic Alain shall be forced to represent Trinsic as a councilor in exile. Decisions on the other open council positions have been delayed due to the other applicants being unable to attend last weeks council meeting. Please join me in welcoming the newest High Council members.



As a reminder the High Council meets every Monday in a public session in the north dining room of Lord British’s Castle at 8 P.M. CST. Orderly public attendance is welcome.





Lifestar

Justicar of Virtue, High Council of Britannia

This ones from Heather:

The next Texas UO Player's Luncheon will be held on Saturday October 11, 2003 (Columbus Day Weekend) at 1:30pm at the Texas Rennaissance Festival in Plantersville, Texas (half way between Austin and Houston). Players are encouraged to bring their families. Don't forget to wear your best Renaissance garb or UO character look-alike outfit and enter the costume competition for cool prizes, or brush up on your Ultima Trivia for a chance to win!

Luminoso of the The Light (Baja) has graciously provided the logo for the TRF Luncheon this year. You can purchase t-shirts, mugs and mouse pads bearing the design at the UO Lunch Custom Shoppe.

Tickets will be $45 for adults this year. This includes Faire Admission and a catered 'all-you-can-eat" meal. You can pay by bank draft or credit card by using Paypal. Electronically send $45 per person to heather@playerslunch.com. Please be sure to include your real name, your character name, and the shard that you play on in the email. If you prefer to pay by check or money order, please see http://www.playerslunch.com for further instructions. Deadline for purchasing discounted tickets is Friday, September 26th. Don't delay! Don't miss out on the discount!

Heather

heather@playerslunch.com icq: 6079693

Coordinator, Texas UO Players Luncheons

http://www.playerslunch.com

Statement from the High Court



Justice…. So often it is viewed as punishment for wrong doing. Of course you may say, justice is righting a wrong that has been done, and punishing the wrongdoer. When a murder is committed, the guilty must be punished. When a theft takes place, once again the Justice system steps in and applies the appropriate penalties to the person who committed the act. Justice is called upon at the darkest of times often to justify another wrong in an attempt to make a right. Lynch mobs, Hangings, Imprisonment are often used under the name of Justice. Of all the virtues, Justice is most often thought of last and then only mainly only in terms of retribution.



As Acting High Justicar for the High Council I would like to give you my one word definition of Justice…. Fairness. Treating those around you with the same level of respect and compassion that you would want them to give you is justice to me. From an official definition: The upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law. The root of the word comes from the word just which has the following definition: Honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions.



Of course there our other ways to define Justice, but these words most closely fit my feelings as a former Monk dedicated to the virtue of Compassion. Of course we do not live in an utopist world where everyone is good and kind to one another. There is a place for a retributive Justice in our society. However, many of the actions that build up to the point where we need to assign punishment and blame can be avoided. That is why I would like to expand the services of the High Court to offer mediation services to help to avoid the need to assign so much punishment.



The idea is simple, time permitting with current case load; I offer my services to parties in dispute to sit down to non-binding arbitration to try to resolve their differences. The court would act as a mediator to listen to both sides, and try to ferret out compromises that both sides can accept. In doing this perhaps a middle ground can be found where both sides can feel satisfied that Justice is being done. Of course if mediation does not work the traditional court system is always available to bring formal charges.





Please feel free to contact me.



In service to Britannia,

Lifestar

Acting High Justicar

Hail Citizens of Britannia!

It is my duty to announce the coming election of all open seats of the High Council of Britannia (the Seats of Britain, Minoc, Moonglow, and Trinsic). To this end, I ask that all citizens with interest in the elected candidates please send to me questions that they would have asked of the applicants [use the links below to send questions in]. I will be accepting questions for applicants until 11:59 PM CST on Monday, August 11, 2003, after which time, those questions will be provided to each applicant to respond to. They will be given until 11:59 PM CST on Friday, August 15, 2003 to respond to the questions, at which time all received answers will be both provided to the High Council and posted for the public to see. The High Council will deliberate and elections will begin; the seats will be voted on and announced at the Monday, August 18, 2003 meeting.

Ask a question of the Britain Applicant.
Ask a question of the Minoc Applicant.
Ask a question of the Moonglow Applicant.
Ask a question of the Trinsic Applicant.
(If the link above does not work for you, please send your question to radian@alterythem.com and include the Seat you are asking questions of and the phrase "[UO]" -- UO in brackets -- in your subject line. IE: [UO] Britain Questions.)

Also, I would like to announce that the High Council is deliberating the positions of Grand Marshall of Virtue, and the two additional High Justicars of Virtue that will complete the Triumverate of the High Court. If you believe you are qualified for either position, please send me a letter explaining why you believe you are qualified, and it will be delivered to the High Council*.

The 57th Meeting of the High Council is scheduled for Monday, August 11, 2003 at 8:00 PM CST. If you wish to add an item to the agenda for the meeting, please visit our public chambers. Currently on the agenda is the deliberation of the open positions of Grand Marshall and the additional High Justicars.

The 58th Meeting of the High Council is scheduled for Monday, August 18, 2003 at 8:00 PM CST. If you will not be attending the August 11 meeting, and wish to add an item to the agenda, please visit our public chambers and be sure to let us know the item you are submitting is for the 58th Meeting. Currently on the agenda for this meeting is the announcement and presentation of the newly elected Councilors of Britain, Minoc, Moonglow, and Trinsic.

Thank you,


Ra'Dian Fl'Gith
Chancellor of Virtue
High Council of Britannia

* Please send message to radian@alterythem.com with the phrase "[UO]" (UO in brackets) in the subject line otherwise the message will not be delivered.

I used the "exclusive" Icon because it's cool, and I never get to use it anymore. I hope you enjoy it.

As you can tell from the lack of news posts here, the recent Age of Shadows expansion, coupled with the release of Star Wars Galaxies, Knights of the Old Republic, and the buzz for Warcraft (among other things) has conspired to turn the once golden RP community on GL into a post-apocalyptic survivors-only version of itself.

I am one of those stricken, I did not survive the armageddon.. but I don't have any hard feelings about it. my 6 years playing UO were some of the best gaming I have ever done. Sure, UO is dated.. has crummy graphics, incessant lag problems, and next to no customer support.. but none of that mattered, it was great playing with the community. I made some great friends, slayed some dragons.. had a lot of fun.

I think that the domino affect played a role in my own personal decision to play UO.. Age of Shadows was released.. some people liked it, others didn't, but most of the people I know didn't like it, and so they played UO less and less, and eventually quit and moved to better things. Since it can be said that without people, UO is a pretty drab game, the life left UO, and so I went with those people, my friends, who moved on to better things.

But this post is not so much for me to wail and carry on about the good-ol days, I'd like to hear what you guys have to say.. you know, you old-timers. Maybe you quit UO long ago, maybe youre still playing. Come on back one last time and let us know about your times in UO, both good and bad.

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Yep, we're still here, just sitting around waiting for all you intrepid adventurers to send in your latest and greatest news! You may have noticed the news posts are really slow.. that's because we aren't getting any!