No more "and then's"
And then
And then
And then........
Seriously though. I will cease to play UO if osi shuts down the servers and there is no longer the EA ultima any more. I need to focus on my fam more as it is. =)
Glad to hear..
Back to topic:
Well there were a dozen of shards online in the last years. Many of them only running it for some extra income from Donation and after some time they getting disapointed that they wont get rich and stop. Or they cant fix bugs anymore (because they only knowed how to c\p ).
Other shards are really empty. The owner getting fired if more than 5-20 Player logging in. Depending on what you prefer.
Lexia\ABCUO \ RWUO were always a good choice in my eyes
I've ran my own shard before (Helms Deep). The first time I ran a shard I had about 80-100 active players. It was A LOT of work, but was really fun. Then my computer crashed and everything was lost. About 2 years ago I tried again to start my own server (helms deep again), and I maybe had 10 players.
Its not so much that they cant fix bugs or whatever, but there are so many cookie cutter servers out there, and nothing setting them apart from each other. And the ones who do, have gone to the point that you don't know where to begin because so much stuff is different...among other things.