Advertising UO

[Budikah]

How the hell do you really get people to come and play this game? To most people nowadays the 2d graphics look like a pile of shit. Can anyone come up with some good wordage to describe UO at the time this shard is "based"?

[Slayerik]

Skill based MMO PVP. A virtual sandbox.

You will never get a graphics person to play, I look more for older gamers that remember the times when we had 4 colors and a lot of text. You will at least have a shot with them :) In general, it is very tough to get someone to try UO and stick with it. We all know how great it can be, they don't have those rose colored glasses.

[Azvacar]

I like to sell the virtual world aspect of it. There are murderers, opportunists, thieves, merchants, crafters, dragonslayers... dragontamers! You have the opportunity to be a real hero. It's not like WoW where being a hero means killing the last boss of a raid dungeon. It means you can really be someone people look up to. Or an evil ne'er-do-well. It's just up to you.

People also dig the idea that you can have your own castle that isn't instanced. You can decorate it and people will see it.

[TheScoundrelRico]

Most of the people this shard will attract know what UO was, and miss it. It's more adverting what the shard isn't...neon colors and AoS...la

[Jack Straw]

It'd be great if new people would sign up for this forum and answer that sticky "How'd you get here?" thread so we can see what kind of new people we're attracting.

I think harking on the fact that it is FREE is a good step too. Non-instanced is a huge reason why UO feels so much better than any game I've played so far. Even Darkfall wouldn't let you run around as a ghost :)

[Budikah]

How would you describe the combat to somebody?

[Jack Straw]

Skill based, fast paced, and open combat

Even a less developed character can beat a more developed character if the player is better. (See: Anti-WoW)
Absolutely NOT item dependent PvP. You can fight naked and still win.

Don't mention vent sync dropping :)

[Az]

Yeah, try not to mention that. ;)