Shard News

Details on the Petal From The Golden Lotus Of Heaven Contest (Lake Superior)

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A few days ago, it was revealed that that the special prize on the upcoming Lake Superior Rares Fest 2011 was a Petal from the Golden Lotus of Heaven, worth upwards of 300 million gp. Now we have the full contest details. You are to design a decoration inside of a bag, but there are specific rules that govern that:

Participants can use their creativity to design a decoration inside a bag, using items ONLY bought from NPC vendors such as gems, jewels, tools, cloth, etc.

Rules*
Allowed items are to be normal items bought on NPC vendors (that include the bag/pouch/backpack where you will build your design)
* You cannot use tokuno dyes or natural dyes. You can use NPC dye tubs or veteran dye tubs (public tubs available at Fest Vendor Houses)
* After the items are submitted to one of the LS Fest hosts, you cant ask for your items back.
* Deco Bags *needs* to be submitted before Saturday 9th April 8PM EST (7pm CST, 5pm PST)
* A book with your name, ICQ or any other way to contact you, title of the design must be present in the bag OR be sure to submit it along the deco bag.
* Participants can only submit 1 Deco Bag.
* Fest Hosts allowed to receive Deco Bags are:
– Mokey Fraggle [FALL]
– Lady Pandora [~~~]
– Lord MeneM [BEC]
* Bags will be for display on Rares Fest Stage House and everyone will be able to put a vote on each bag using a Ballot Box (Available after Saturday 9pril 8PM EST)

I will actually be a judge in this contest, and am looking forward to it.

How is the winner judged?

Each Judge person will choose his “Top 5” Deco Bags in importance order. So first bag design will get 5 points, 2nd bag = 4 points, 3rd bag = 3 points, 4th bag = 2 points and last, 5th bag will get 1 point. Players can vote designs using a Ballot Box we will provide. The top 3 voted bags will get 3 points, 2 points and 1 point respectively. After all Judges have chosen their bag we will count votes on each bags and choose 1st prize, 2nd and 3rd.

The deadline is Saturday, April 9th, at 7pm CST, 8pm EST, 5pm Pacific.

Full Details: Stratics

Keep an eye on the UO Rares Collector forum at Stratics.

Chesapeake Fishing Hall of Fame – Big Ten Tournament, April 2 – 13

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If you are planning on doing some fishing on Chesapeake, there is a great contest going on from today, April 2, 1011 through April 13. Prizes include gold, Fishing skill scrolls, and Fishing Alacrity scrolls and contest categories cover a wide range.

Contest Details
* Fish can be turned in at anytime during the tournament
* All entries must be turned in by Wednesday, April 13, at 2:00pm ET
* Open to everybody, and multiple categories can be entered/won

Entries
* Must be placed in the Fishing Hall of Fame mailbox
* Must be in a container with a book that has your name, the category, and whether you’d like your fish to be displayed in the Hall of Fame, and whether you’d like it back after the tournament is over.
* Ties will be handled using the chronological order, or in a “Face Off Challenge” if fish were caught on the same day.

Full details: UO Forums – Chesapeake Fishing Hall of Fame – Big Ten Tournament

Win a Petal From The Golden Lotus Of Heaven on Lake Superior

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Fraggles has posted a major update to the Laker Superior Rares Fest thread on Stratics:

Make sure you check back here on Saturday April 2nd to see how you can win a A Petal From The Golden Lotus Of Heaven! we will be announcing the details of this contest on Saturday to give everyone a fair chance at winning this amazing gift only at Lake Superior Rares Fest 2011!!!

Information about The Petal from the Golden Lotus of Heaven:
* Apparently there are only around 10-20 left across all shards (they can be accidentally used as a reagent if you’re not careful!)
* Picture of one can be found at the bottom of this Stratics thread
* Looks like a gold-hued nightshade
* Sells for between 100 million to 300 million gp
* Highly desirable decorative item

For more information and a full list of events, please see the Stratics thread

Oceania Has Migrated Back to Australia

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Yesterday, Oceania players were asked to test the hardware. The UO team liked what they saw, and so Ultima Online players in that part of the world will once again have a local shard, Oceania, to play on, as it has been migrated to a server located in Australia.

From UO Herald

Kai Schober

Update 3:25 pm EDT: The shard is now available again. Enjoy!

Greetings,

After the successful performance test, we will transition Oceania shard to a server space located in Australia today, Wednesday 03/30. This will require a server down.

We will take down Oceania at 1:45 pm EDT. We expect the shard to be back online no later than 4:45 pm EDT.

Thank you for your support.

Test the New Oceania Hardware in Australia

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If you play on Oceania, and especially if you are located in Australia or New Zealand, you can now test out the new hardware which is actually located in Australia.

The Test Oceania shard is running a backup copy of Oceania.

From UO Herald:

We’ve opened up a test shard named “Test Oceania” to test server performance on our new hardware located regionally in Australia. We invite you to join us in this test. The shard has a recent Oceania shard backup on it as well as test center rules. Any time played on this shard is only for testing purposes and will not affect your actual Oceania characters. Thank you for your time and we value your assistance.