2000-04 Newsletter
Ultima Online Newsletter: April 2000
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Ultima Online Newsletter - April
Your source for Ultima Online News, Features, and Special Offers
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Contents:
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1. UO Renaissance Release
2. UO Message Boards Coming Soon
3. Town Cryer Revamped and Renamed
4. Test Center Enhancements
5. UO Renaissance Offer
6. April Spotlight Tales
7. Lord British Award
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Ultima Online: Renaissance Release
Join us for the release of the Ultima Online: Renaissance, a fully updated package of Ultima Online including:
- double the land space for housing
- PvP consent-only lands
- enhanced monster intelligence
- thousands of events and quests
- increased support for new players
Ultima Online: Renaissance will begin to open on select shards starting April 19th.
Read all about the new features of Renaissance
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Ultima Online Message Boards Coming Soon
We are pleased to announce the upcoming opening of the Ultima Online Message Boards on our official website at www.uo.com.
We've designed the message boards to provide a forum for communication with both new players and veterans alike, and hope you'll take the opportunity to stop by and visit.
Additionally, we are currently looking for interested players to help moderate these message boards.
For details on the opening of the official UO.com message boards and to apply as a moderator, please visit: http://www.uo.com/news.html.
You will find the information in the March 21st update titled, "Announcing UO.com Message Boards."
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Town Cryer Revamped and Renamed
It's all the news from Yew to you!
Visit the new Britannia News Network (formerly known as the Town Cryer), home to all the latest news and updates on life in Britannia. With shard-specific news and events, worldwide events, and both new and archived BNN audio reports, we think the Britannia News Network has something to offer the whole community.
Stop by and visit the new BNN
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Test Center Enhancements
If you haven't visited the Test Center shard lately, now is a great time to stop by and explore!
We've added all new enhancements to Test Center, in addition to the gold, spellbooks, reagents, and user-modified skills, including: raw materials, tools for every trade, moonstones, runes, and treasure maps. In fact, we think you'll find everything you need to test out all the features and updates coming soon to a shard near you!
For details on the latest changes to Test Center
You will find the information in the April 6th update titled "New Test Center Enhancements".
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Ultima Online Renaissance Offer
Sometimes plans don't work out the way we've hoped, and in the case of Ultima Online: Renaissance, last minute hardware and software issues kept us from releasing the final Renaissance publish until after the game was released to retail stores.
Because of this, we've put together a special offer for users who purchased the Ultima Online: Renaissance CD before we were able to publish in confidence.
If you purchased the UO: Renaissance CD between April 12th and the date of the final shard publish, you may be eligible for your choice of additional free game time or a full refund.
For details on this offer
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April Spotlight Tales
The world of Britannia is forever growing and changing. This month, we're spotlighting a few establishments and towns that have grown over the years - or are just starting out.
The schedule of April spotlights is:
April 7th: Gathered Spirits Tavern
April 14th: Cap and Dagger Casino
April 21st: City of Valendor
April 28th: To Be Announced
To read these tales, please visit the Spotlight section of the website
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Lord British Award Winners
We are pleased to announce the following winners of The Lord British Award for Excellence in the Community.
Fear - Achievement in Community Organization
Adrick - Achievement in Community Organization
Fear and Adrick host the Battle Vortex Audio Show, a RealAudio interview offering insight and interviews with Ultima Online designers, developers, and support.
For information on the Battle Vortex Audio Show
