I have been playing the game off and on since 3 weeks after it came out (more on then off). I got ST to start playing UO about 3 years ago. Up until last June I did EVERYTHING by hand. Hell, I had a 120 tamer, 2-120 smiths...almost all of my chars had 120 skills all done by hand. With the help of EasyUO and SUO I was able to develope even more 120 chars, plus add 120 chars on other shards. Not being able to script right now is a pain, but I still remember how to do everything by hand...there is no way I would stop playing just because I hafta do it by hand.
Even if we have to wait a couple of weeks or a month to get our scripts back, is it a big deal? Most of us that have been scripting prolly have HUGE stockpiles of all the consumables anyway. I know myself I have over 2M ingots, 1000's of mineable gems, White pearls, and LJ by-products out the wazoo. Settle in and do some clicks...our scripts will be back soon enough
