Welcome back Jerry,
I hope to see you online a lot.
Packrat
p.s. YO Sybil, whats fer dinner cutie? hehehe! <Hidden Message for Sybil>
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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:24:52 -0700 (PDT) Crash
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jerrydea...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hey all...
>
> Just thought I'd catch up on a number of topics that have come up.
> I
> have been lurking for some time with only a few actual posts. To
> restate one of my earlier posts, it has been nearly euphoric
> revisiting Yserbius. I swear, even many years later, this game is
> quite an immersive experience! A heartfelt thanks again to all who
> made this possible. I do wish we could get the server bursting with
> activity...I'm one of the worst offenders with only time
> sporadically
> to get on, and then only for a short bit. I'd love to schedule
> visits
> to the dungeon regularly with a group, beginning with a new
> character.
>
> When I played originally, I knew the company as Sierra Online, and
> I
> think it would have been 1989-91ish. I really only ever played
> Yserbius and was a total addict. (I think Yserbius seeded a
> life-long
> gaming addiction to present-day with MMOs. I don't think Yserbius
> is
> credited ever with being the first successful GUI-based MMO.) There
> were several times when my parents caught me asleep at the keyboard
> in
> the morning as they were heading off to work! Thanks to whoever
> recommended Vitamnf...the installer was great and I finally hacked
> a
> character that allows me to explore the dungeon more fully, along
> with
> TWEdit. Great stuff. I don't think these were available back when I
> played in the hayday (my hayday, anyway), but there was an exploit.
> I
> can't remember all the details, but there was a room or area you
> would
> enter with a dragon. If you had the right ring on you for the quest
> and you equipped it in front of the dragon, you would get
> experience.
> If you simply continued to equip it, your experience points would
> continue to grow. Does this ring a bell with anyone? I never
> considered myself a cheater, but I hammered this exploit and ended
> up
> h a Knight and a Wizard at level 100...I think the people I played
> with at the time were disappointed..heh.
>
> Lots of stories about marriages through TSN. I can't imagine how
> this
> possibly happened. I've never met more adolescent boys in all my
> years
> online! I was Tarl Cabot in Yserbius mainly...I met a girl one time
> named kajira...the only girl I ever actually interacted with in the
> game, and even then for about two sentences. Guess I should have
> spent
> some time outside of the dungeon! I was only good for the
> occasional
> Red Baron game outside of Yserbius.
>
> Anyway, this project rocks. Is it silly to dream of a day when the
> server is bustling with peeps in the dungeon again?
>
> Best,
>
> Jerry
>
> >
>
>
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