Hi, I'm SL, a 28 year old professional developer from the UK.
I started playing UO in 1998. I remember the challenge of getting my folks to pay the subscription charges on credit card and then trying to play the game like a single player RPG - dying more times than I care to remember to silly things like farm animals
After much reading of the manual and some follow up reading on the web I was ready for my first true taste of MMORPG, from that moment I was hooked. A year down the line my younger brother started playing too which gave me someone to hunt with a lot of the time.
UO is unlike any other online RPG available, in my opinion no MMORPG has surpassed it. Back in 98 it was such an achievement to GM any skill, hitting level 60 or equivalent in todays MMORPG offerings doesn't feel the same to me. UO makes you work hard to get anything but man is it sweet when you finally get it!
Anyway, years after I first started playing I discovered EasyUO. It wasn't my first exposure to scripting or programming but it was the language that made me want to know and learn more - mainly because it gave me a use for coding (even now when I'm learning a new language its difficult figuring out what I can code that will be fun, hold my attention and be useful). Without a doubt, if I hadn't discovered EasyUO I wouldn't have pursued a career in programming, it really was the catalyst.
I came back to UO 2 months ago after a relatively long break away from the game as I'm hoping to churn out some EasyUO scripts. I found this forum and figured I should sign up so I could meet & chat with other scripters.
Cheers SL
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