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General => New member introductions => Topic started by: KaliOfLS on December 10, 2012, 04:47:15 PM

Title: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on December 10, 2012, 04:47:15 PM: Ich komme aus euo.
I've been playing UO for years, with a few breaks, since the release of UO:R. I've come here in efforts to broaden my knowledge and am curious now as to what scriptUO is. I come from easyUO and have written several scripts, a handful of public releases, but more importantly enjoy solving scripting problems for fun. I am a very active member of the community and hope that I find scriptUO just as much fun.

Thank you,

Kali

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EDIT: I feel that I've cheated the system with this introduction and only because of my time at easyUO did I squeak by 12xover :). Let me expand.

I started playing UO back in 1999. I bought the UO:R cd, installed ready to play... And patched on dial up over night :( haha. Next day I logged in and created my first character, Ravnos, named by my friend who introduced me to the game and we sat by each other making this thief. We first needed a moonstone to make it to felucca. My other friend in real life had been playing for a little bit already and had one of his friends leave us a moonstone in the gate to cove- My first journey was Vesper to Cove to get it.

After obtaining the the moonstone, we used it to get to Felucca. From this point on, we ran the distance to Britain and took turns stealing from NPCs. One steal attempt every two minutes until we reached 70 skill and checked town after town to find the thief guildmaster. This in itself was an adventure. However, my true adventure started when I created my first dexxer. Inappropriately named 'Demon Slayer' (give me a break, I was a kid) This was the character I created a little later when my friends stopped playing UO. At this time, I had no idea about the mechanics to UO, the idea of templates, etc.. I just ran around doing everything on this one character. Casting spells, swinging swords. It was awesome. A random adventurer gave me a large silver battle axe of power and showed me the graveyard between Cove and Vesper. Vesper was my home town for most of my characters- This was the time when players were EVERYWHERE. I fought at this grave yard killing liches and other undead for months inbetween doing various other things. I started frequenting Minoc, Cove and Vesper at this time, running around the country side of Britannia My need to explore grew and it was time to move beyond this hunting ground. I remember when I set out for Britain (fell side of course), I was nervous. You see, Ravnos made the journey with nothing to lose. Demon Slayer had his motley bunch of armor picked clean from Liches. Bone armor, chain sets, he was a mess but he wore that armor proud as each piece was ripped from the clutches of a beast he had slain. Right before setting off for this journey, I met a player, I will remember for the rest of my life. The Illustrious Lord Zal, Grandmaster Healer. A noble paladin indeed, holding a katana in one hand, an order shield in the other, wearing pure gold armor- He and 2 others more like Demon Slayer made the group of 4 and we set out along the road to Britain. We made the majority of the journey without event, but just north of our destination, we encounters a band of murderous thugs out for blood. The craziest of all of them was riding around this mess naked, with his junk floppin on the horses back. My young character was frightened by this fool launching energy bolts from his nipples but stayed his nerves in sight of Zal who fearlessly led the charge against them. We went running in right behind him! We took down one with group effort, but the experience or the madness of the naked man soon showed its worth. Two left to fell and our comrade dropped in seconds. The only words I remember hearing were Kal Vas... Dead. We were just not able to drop them, each time coming close, and each time failing to finish them off as they watched each others back. Even these low lifes understand camaraderie. Another from our team is taken down by the evil mages and I start to fear for my life. Then they turn to focus on Zal. He was more than a knight in appearance, this man took a beating- We took to the clothed mage, for he seemed less spunky. I charged at him and landed a crushing blow with my axe, Zal's bar is almost red lined I see one mage casting explosion, before the explosion goes off, Zal is able to heal himself with what appeared to be a potion and a bandaid at the most dire of times. The explode goes off, followed by poison, he whacks the mage with his katana and drinks a cure potion as my axe comes down hard once again for another crushing blow. They turn their attention towards me instead, I am sad to say my fight was much shorter lived, but despite that, we dropped the second mage seconds before I take a dirt nap. I was lost in an ethereal world, somewhere between this life and the next.. still able to watch as if a spirit over my body... who was color blind... was Zal chases off the mad man. Zal returns on horse still, takes note of our body and nurses us all back to health. We all reclaimed our bodies with the help of Zal and finished our journey to Britain at last.

And then I fell in love with UO.

Britain was a center for information, where I learned of Deceit- a place where I could fight more than one lich at a time, and frequently take those dirt naps.
I learned how to progress my skills beyond expert swordsman (something I loved was watching my title change: Journeyman, Adept, Expert, Master and finally Grand Master). I created my first smith and GMed both mining and smithing, the latter off of my personally mined ingots, before I learned of euox. Oh boy, did I spend a lot of time with that pick axe. I remember the glee when I was was first able to buy a house! 50k for a small stone work shop just north of fell yew gate. I created a bard who danced with the beasts until Pub 16 then had to relearn how to play her. I played UO daily until 2002 when I graduated High School and moved to college. Things got busy and I took a break, from 2002 until 2005. In 2005, I was nostalgic, not having found anything quite like the experiences I had with UO, I returned once more to the game. It was vastly different. Many things I enjoyed- Many things I did not. I played a very short while, leaving the game in the same year. Still had far too much work to do. In 2007, I graduated, I said good bye to my friends in under grad. I miss them dearly and moved to Iowa. Iowa my friends, is a boring boring place. During my year and a half of grad school, life was incredibly busy. And then I passed my pre-lim oral and had more time on my hands. I hadn't made many friends from the lack of time doing things. I then found myself missing UO again after giving WOW a try and not liking it. I came back in 2009 and played until mid 2010. This time though, I found scripting. Boy was that a difference in game play. No more repeating mundane tasks for hours on end and I could actually play the game and have fun with it. Again, I took another break, and then started playing again about 5 months ago now. When I returned, I took up learning lua and openEUO. I had my computer crash on me and I lost all of my euox scripts and decided if I had to write them again, I might as well learn oEUO.

This is where I am today- Writing my dissertation in grad school and finding escape from that stress in UO once again. Is UO the same I once remember? No way. I miss that game. I miss that new wonder and social atmosphere. I've not found anything like that since I started trying other games. Not in WoW and not in Rift, umm only mmorpgs I've played. I glided through those games and felt like I was playing a one player game. maybe it's the lay out of the game-- the fact that I can see 30 people in my game screen at any time, each with a relatively unique appearance, talking and being social. I didn't find that in the other games. I found I was moving along a rail to level up and not going on adventures to raise skill. I'd love another skill based as opposed to item/level based mmorpg if possible. I know pvp has its downsides, but boy I'd love to see world pvp (i know rift has it, but it's still consensual) where innocents would have to band together to fight the evil. A game where item insurance doesn't exist. Why would I say this:
1) Items have no more importance in pvp because the best items wouldn't be used in fear of losing them (i.e. no one brought a vanq to fight in early UO)
2) High item loss = Item turn over = need for crafters.
3) If also a crafter can make very close if not the same as the top of the line items in the game, then crafters have a genuine place in the community not some small add-on to a character for fluff. REAL profressions (Roles)- Hunter, Crafter, Merchant.. those are now possible and something that should be a part of 'Role Playing Games'
4) A place for money to go- When you die, you spend money to re-equip. Make it so a portion of that gold is tossed into buying goods/materials form vendors and now there is an actual gold sink in the game. Instead of monsters spawning all day every day with 2k gold and all this gold accumulating in the world, it is actually leaving the world as well. Keeps down inflation and generates a stable game economy.
5) Good versus Evil. I like this- I know so many people in real life are good and (I've watched interviews with Lord British, Richard Garriot) in which he talked about the surprise that there were so many more PKs then they ever anticpated, but if there was a real down side to being a pk, then maybe it would be cool. I don't know, it's hard to put sanctions on reds when accounts have more than one character and that character can act as a liaison between the red and the sanctions (i.e. not being able to bank- just give loot to blue) Stat loss was a pretty cool idea. Maybe something that only blues get instead of taking away from a red.

Anyway, I think this is a much better intro then my previous one. Now I feel validated for having access after seeing so many asked for more.
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: TrailMyx on December 10, 2012, 05:21:19 PM: Man, finally know what kaliofls means - Kali of LS. Lol. I always read your name as blahblahblah. lol. Anyhow, welcome to the site. I like your work at EUO!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: gimlet on December 10, 2012, 05:49:57 PM: Welcome!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on December 10, 2012, 06:37:38 PM: Quote from: TrailMyx on December 10, 2012, 05:21:19 PM
Man, finally know what kaliofls means - Kali of LS. Lol. I always read your name as blahblahblah. lol. Anyhow, welcome to the site. I like your work at EUO!

Lol! I've been called it all. Kalio, Kaliof, Kal, very few catch I am 'Kali' HAHA. I never correct anyone though, it doesn't matter to me :)

Well, I try to help as much as I can, glad you think I do a decent job at it. I've only got about 4-5 scripts on the boards over there. I don't like to 'release' a script until I'm like 100% sure it's flawless. It's a pride thing :)

Post Merge: December 10, 2012, 06:40:57 PM
Also, not to be too nosey... are you Miffy?
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: TrailMyx on December 10, 2012, 07:01:37 PM: Yes indeedy, I'm Miffy over at EasyUO. But I've been know as TrailMyx at the other scripting sites throughout the years, though.

We're all about community here. We love when people jump in and participate in whatever happens. We're a bit more free-form here; no real rules for scripts and their potential usage unless they are harmful (i.e. drop scripts). So you definitely get a gold star for your participation and help at EUO.

Being obsessive about script releasing is also helpful for the scripter. If you release a script that's marginal, you'll spend lots of time supporting it. But if you take time to make it perfect and not tailored to your own specific usage, then you'll spend less time supporting it and more time writing other masterpieces.

Anyhow, welcome to the site!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: _C2_ on December 10, 2012, 09:26:09 PM: welcome aboard. I will need to head over there and check out your work. see you on the boards!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Endless Night on December 11, 2012, 08:59:55 AM: Welcome .. welcome...I've seen your name around easyuo of a recent years... On those boards im Josephaj.... and have a few scripts released thier from many moons ago.... by far most of my works are here.

Take alook around.. explore .. ask question and get involved :)
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on December 11, 2012, 10:28:38 AM: Quote from: Endless Night on December 11, 2012, 08:59:55 AM
Welcome .. welcome...I've seen your name around easyuo of a recent years... On those boards im Josephaj.... and have a few scripts released thier from many moons ago.... by far most of my works are here.

Take alook around.. explore .. ask question and get involved :)

Well, I came here to learn some things, and I've already answered so many questions I once had.

Why does miffy post TrailMyx' scripts and who the hell is TM?
Why does Josephaj always post things as 'ENs blah' (also, nice modGUI for openEUO, except I'm too lazy to keep adding the files- Cheffe should take your help on a better GUI :p)
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Endless Night on December 11, 2012, 10:33:49 AM: Quote from: KaliOfLS on December 11, 2012, 10:28:38 AM
Why does Josephaj always post things as 'ENs blah' (also, nice modGUI for openEUO, except I'm too lazy to keep adding the files- Cheffe should take your help on a better GUI :p)

You dont have to keep adding the files. Just never overwrite them.... when cheffe releases a new openuo i only unzip the stuff in the root directory.. thus never replacing the GUI stuff.
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Cooms on December 12, 2012, 08:11:44 PM: Welcome!!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Crome969 on December 14, 2012, 05:30:27 AM: First sentence of introduction is German. You come from Germany?

As all said : Welcome to Scriptuo ;)
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: SolidSnake on December 16, 2012, 03:40:20 PM: Welcome in. All the cool folks are here.... :D
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on December 16, 2012, 04:30:50 PM: Quote from: Crome969 on December 14, 2012, 05:30:27 AM
First sentence of introduction is German. You come from Germany?

As all said : Welcome to Scriptuo ;)

Nein, ich habe eine Oma aus Deustchland. Ich komme aus USA, aber ich habe Deutsch gelernt. Ich spreche und verstehe ein bissen deutch aber ich... try to learn when I can. Forums, reading, and using it are what I have for material right now.
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Masscre on December 16, 2012, 06:08:10 PM: Well welcome mister Lake Superior man :)
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Crome969 on December 16, 2012, 09:50:52 PM
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on December 22, 2012, 04:19:28 PM: Updated intro for 12xover. He didn't ask me, but I've seen so many new posters being asked for more. I felt obligated :)
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Trixta on December 22, 2012, 04:32:48 PM: Awesome update ;) ;) As a former LS player for almost 10 years Welcome back and Welcome to Suo.

I still venture to Ls from time to time, But play full time on ATL now <:

If I can help in any way, let me know. :D
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: gimlet on December 22, 2012, 04:43:00 PM: I updated mine also but just in case you missed it!

_________WELCOME__________=
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on December 22, 2012, 05:40:25 PM: haha, thanks gimlet!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Endless Night on December 22, 2012, 07:46:33 PM: good read .. welcome once again KaliOfLS
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: TrailMyx on December 23, 2012, 10:28:50 AM: Holy arthritic fingers, Batman! Feel the tingling sensation of 117 reputation power!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on December 24, 2012, 10:41:48 AM: Quote from: TrailMyx on December 23, 2012, 10:28:50 AM
Holy arthritic fingers, Batman! Feel the tingling sensation of 117 reputation power!

lol +1 to rep!

I type well over 100 words per minute (clearly not with high fidelity) due to my education. I've typed so many damn lab reports/papers and have learned C++, C and some assembly language. Only if they were as good with guitar strings. :x
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: TrailMyx on December 24, 2012, 11:18:41 AM: Quote from: KaliOfLS on December 24, 2012, 10:41:48 AM
Only if they were as good with guitar strings. :x

Gawd no kidding. I've been trying to teach myself to play for years and years now. If only 12X lived closer so he could give me guitar lessons. lol
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: 12TimesOver on December 24, 2012, 01:51:41 PM: Quote from: TrailMyx on December 24, 2012, 11:18:41 AM
Quote from: KaliOfLS on December 24, 2012, 10:41:48 AM
Only if they were as good with guitar strings. :x

Gawd no kidding. I've been trying to teach myself to play for years and years now. If only 12X lived closer so he could give me guitar lessons. lol

:D
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Trixta on March 17, 2015, 01:50:38 PM: An corp!
Had to do this, I don't know why or how I stumbled upon this thread but it is amazing, after reading it 3 times, due to an overwhelming feeling or connection as it were.

At first I though hmm maybe it is because I spent most of my uo days on LS, or maybe it was my similar experiences in the early days of uo, then it hit me...my best friend, whom I played with for many many years Kali Mondaine just might have your old account.....

He has toons named dragon slayer and Kali and Kali Mondaine etc.... Now surely you are not one In the same, nope, my Kali couldn't script if his life depended on it, and relied on SumJosh aka Sativa and myself for his script in needs lol, however I am fairly sure is must be your account at some point in time.

But we spent many amazing years running a goofy guild called NBK on Lake Superior in the days of item and non item based pvp,such wonderful memories.

Anyways it was an awesome trip down memory lane, Thanks!

TrixtaII
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: TrailMyx on March 17, 2015, 02:49:32 PM: Kali may have forgotten how to speak English. :)
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Crome969 on March 18, 2015, 02:57:25 AM
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: 12TimesOver on March 18, 2015, 06:22:57 AM: Man, why can't I ever find cool ScriptUO people when I'm hanging on LS? :P Maybe I'd play more often!
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Trixta on March 18, 2015, 07:09:56 AM: When you hang on LS let me know, Last time I logged into LS it was the same ole Blippity blah. same two guilds screaming at each other in gen chat, I typically run though RD City and Rivendel and remember what was, and log out :P

But then again you did say cool people, so that leaves me out 8) 8)
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: Axia on June 01, 2015, 04:24:05 PM: Hai Kali, *winks. I'm browsing and touching base with folks I know.
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on June 02, 2015, 07:35:40 AM: Hallo?

How are ya?
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: The Ghost on June 02, 2015, 08:19:59 AM: We are great, awaiting for your return.
Title: Re: Hail!
Post by: KaliOfLS on August 17, 2015, 09:42:17 AM: Wow, I came here and re read my old intro. Then the replies.

So many replies that i never noticed. It never notified me that people replied to my thread here. Wonder if it's cookies based on laptop versus desktop. Not sure.

Anyway, I am glad that many of you enjoyed my intro. UO really did a lot for me.

Also, Crome speaks good english so he didn't make me speak german. I tried my best, but usually I just sound like 5 year old speaking german. :D :D

Anyway, I am between jobs right now, so I've been more active on the boards of late. I want to participate here in helping people with scripts when I get time. I hope to contribute some more scripts soon. I just don't want to step on any toes by posting scripts that have releases that are similar. Anyway, I just want to give what I can, so don't take offense if I post something similar (i.e. the auto scribe I added). I am playing on LS even now. I am wondering if GMs troll here looking for names. I am definitely not this kali as you mention Trixta. Never put a mondaine in my name, and on top of it, I was Demon Slayer! But that account got banned. I was called a "Cracka" once in the bk room. I responded with some other words that were unappreciated by the GMs.

I still do have a Kali, but you probbaly won't see me playing him much. He's sort of there out of nostalgia, as he's a hardcore bushido macer with healing/anatomy. Was my old pvp macer back in the day when the war hammers robbed stamina like no other. Now aday you'll most likely see me playing Kendric (Tamer), Katrina (Bard), Drake (Sampire), Cain (nox-inscription-mage), Uruhara Kisuke (necro-weaver-mage), Loki (Smith/Tailor, Don't you *bleep* page a gm for me mining), Locke (T-hunter), Esmar Tuek (imbuer crafter), and finally my new guy Grok (Mage Myst Fisher). I've got a few others that rarely get played like Potter my scribe who may get dumped since later I made Cain, and Cid, my stealthy thief who I made and found out nothing worthwhile is steal-able except power scrolls and even then, the likely hood of me ganking a good scroll and getting away from a guild is about ooOOOoo to none. Anyway, if you guys see me around, just shout out Kali! and I'll know it's someone from here.

Also, if you guys think it's a bad idea to post my char names, maybe I will delete them. Would be sad to get banned for something that stupid and lose my 8 year old vet accounts.