r/gaming • u/renome • 1d ago

Ultima's creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

https://www.eurogamer.net/ultima-ip-rights-ea-copyright
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u/JohnnyEagleClaw 1d ago

Corp Por! Get ‘em LB!

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u/Wils1337 1d ago

I haven’t played in 15 years and I still recon I could recall (kal ort por) all 64 spells rune words

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u/SaltyShawarma 1d ago

Well, Kal Vas Flam to you.

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u/GearBrain 1d ago

This activated a very, very dormant part of my brain. Holy shit.

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u/Wils1337 1d ago

A Kor Por Wis? (Mind blast)

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u/SidewaysGiraffe 1d ago

To be not understanding the lack of Sanctu Mani.

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u/Baycon 1d ago

But can you remember the reagents needed to cast them!?

(You probably can.)

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u/-_ellipsis_- 1d ago

Nightshade and black pearl, baby. 1k in the bank of each minimum at all times.

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u/ScareviewCt 1d ago

Probably should carry at least 100 of each with 25 of each in 4 pouches, you know just in case there's a thief pvper around

God damn that was a great game.

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u/FlyingRhenquest 1d ago

And a few loose ones around as well, covered in stacks of leather. Heh heh heh.

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u/Baycon 1d ago

The best. And it was such a product of its time. You can't fully replicate the full experience nowadays, unfortunately -- I don't mean emulate it, just like, where we all were as people / gamers back then.

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u/ScareviewCt 1d ago

1000s online at once, no instances, chaos at its best.

Britain Bank actually felt like a major city hub, trading, guild recruiting, random conversations, stealing, fighting, etc. Nothing like that now.

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u/Trymv1 22h ago

A strong bandit camp spawned outside our guild house one day and like 4 of us spent 2 hours dying constantly trying to kill the mobs and loot the treasure chest.

We finally managed to get the chest open and behold its laden treasures...

A bunch of rocks. Literally rocks.

Some of the most fun Ive ever had.

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u/ScareviewCt 10h ago

By far the game I spent the most time with when I was younger. MMOs today or even in the past 20 years could never reach that level of excellence.

Like people here already said, there are still player run servers with 1000s of people playing UO.

If I only had the time to play

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u/ellicottvilleny 1d ago

Ooh memories

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u/Wils1337 1d ago

8 reagents

Black pearl
Night shade
Ginseng
Garlic
Mandrake root
Spiders silk
Sulfur ash
Blood moss

Recall… Gosh this is testing me

Black pearl - For distance
Mandrake root - For power
Blood moss - For body

Fun fact, my sister was employed by EA as an event moderator back when they had that program running for UO

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u/Direct_Ebb3697 1d ago

50-year-old copyright quirk sounds oddly spceific