Hey Guys thanks for the welcome.  Was actually amazed at the number of comments!
As for my History of UO... I shall tell you the story of the first time in the dungeon of despise.
I started out on my new character!! WARRIOR of course.  My Best friend of the time Kendar had already been playing about a week or so. He handed me a sword that didn't say "Practice Weapon", so I thought I was armed to the gills!  Off I went on my quest to conquer the unknown.  Digging through my backpack I found a faithful torch and entered into the dungeon a little unsure of what would be there!  It was truly a dark and scary place. My torch threw light out only in a small circle around me!  And only if I held it in my hand.  How was I to kill the monsters with a torch.  So I would throw the torch on the ground, grab my sword and as the monsters approached I could see them and hit them!  The entire time my friend and his buddy Laughed uncontrollably!!!  I didn't understand why they seemed to find it so funny that I had to fight by torch light!  Finally after making a fool of myself for about 10 minutes and making only about 15 steps into the dungeon. I saw the words "In Lor" above my friends head and suddenly I saw the dungeon as if someone had turned on the lights!!!  I felt like an idiot.  I was elated until my friend and his buddy killed me.  They wanted to show me what it was like to run as a ghost...  Great Friends...

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Post Merge: May 16, 2011, 11:12:13 PM

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Here's some info about myself
Played great lakes early on went red with my main character VonCross.  Had a thief named Ziggy hung around the brit bank with my friend Iggy.  worked as a team, one would steal and get guard wacked and the other would loot the grey body real quick. I was sick when they changed the thief template up. I hung with  Kendar, Cola, Aphreal, Redbeard, scooby (who got banned alot) and a few others. I played  with Old Dirty Bast.. well won't finish that name.  Guilds I was in during the 1997 to 2000ish was Dead presidents, Bane, The Black rose, and joined BC (black company) in their early years.  On Atlantic I took a different approach to UO . I started the Crafting trades LiquidMetal was my blacksmith there and I mostly tried to make gold and socialize. 
As UO developed I tried my best to adapt to the changes.  I was one of the ones who didn't like the Tram/Fel split.  So I quit for a bit, but was lured back by my friends. Had characters on most shards but focused on Great lakes until it became so laggy and full of BC which I had long left.  When shard transfer tokens came about I packed my bags and moved to Legends.  Where I have spent the last several years.  Guilds were BOSS, AE, L|D, and a couple I can't even remember.