Berris

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  3. Posted · Edited by Berris

    Only just heard about this; what sad news. 


    I only encountered him briefly, in the early days of Epic when I made a rare venture into PvP and KellyT's piracy was becoming *A THING*. But I remember his exploits very fondly and that memory will always be part of the tapestry of Wurm history for me. 

     

    R.I.P young pirate.

     

  8. Posted

    On 3/5/2021 at 11:53 PM, Aeris said:

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    I'm feeling polite so I haven't even added a weird joke to go with the picture; The most offensive thing here is my face (please don't erase my face, I need it for buying alcohol).


    Lies. Where are the muscles? This is a picture of someone who spent their time grinding exceptional cheekbones, not mining. I demand a real picture of your manly manliness immediately!

  13. Posted · Edited by Berris

    So there I am, off deed for one of the few times in the past 5 years. I'm tracking. Looking at scenery. Passing old familiar areas.
    Wait ... what's that in the distance? A new statue model I guess. Out comes the spyglass. 

    Oh.

    It's a venerable white drake hatchling.

    It's ... coming this way!!!

    A short and very undignified run later, I had lost it. Thankfully it returned to it's spot on the Grand Steppe.

    In short order a posse had gathered, summoned by me yelling in Global & Server chat that a dragon was trying to eat my head. 

    No drama, very friendly and polite we all chilled until everyone who was coming was there - and then we did battle.

    It was a nice smooth fight and many thanks to Shydow for a clean administration of a random loot roll and a smooth butchering. 

    Lovely surprise, great to see so many friendly folks, and many many thanks to those who were extremely generous to offer me their loot as finder.

    Truly this game can be cool and drama-free when doing this stuff and I love that. 

  14. Posted · Edited by Berris

    Many years ago, a friend of mine played a very amusing character called Berris Berris of Berris Hall in a TTRPG (I think it was Call of Cthulhu)

    When I needed a name with which to try out this random game that my gf of the time was very keen on that was the name that came to mind. I'm still like it, and yes my houses have always been named Berris Hall.

  17. Posted

    On 5/9/2021 at 2:19 AM, Sidereal said:

    Anyone that has ever attempted the climb to 100 will be quietly laughsobbing at this point.

     

     

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    Wurmian Monthly: "Auntie Sid, that's amazing - I want to get to 100 in a skill too.  What's the best way to do it?"

    Auntie Sid: "Don't do it."

    Wurmian Monthly: "But..."

    Auntie Sid: "I mean it.  Don't do it."

    Wurmian Monthly: "But I see several forum posts of people doing exactly this - certainly there must be reasons to get to 100 in a skill?

    Auntie Sid: "Fair.  As far as I can tell, there are a few reasons to do it.  One - you've never managed to wear out a mouse in your lifetime and want to know what that's like.  Two - you've never had arthritis or a repetitive stress injury and really want to get started on one or both.  Three..."

    Wurmian Monthly: "That doesn't sound like fun."

    Auntie Sid: "It's not.  Every calculation you will make about how much further it is to 100 will be wrong.  Every time you think you're halfway there, you'll notice that it's still just as far away as when you started.  You'll learn about that one subtle UI bug in the skill display window that's never been fixed.  You'll spend nights doing the same thing over and over and not see a single skill tick the entire time."

    Wurmian Monthly: "So wait - why would anyone ever do it?"

    Auntie Sid: "Because it's the Mt. Everest of Wurm Online - and there are only so many of those peaks left to climb."

    Wurmian Monthly: "After five months of spending every moment grinding Natural Substances, what will you do now?  You're probably pretty close to 100 in Alchemy and can take a crack at that, yeah?"

    Auntie Sid: *laughsobbing*

     


    That did indeed make me chuckle. Great effort though, NS for sure isn't a 100 that many folks will ever get!!!

  23. Posted

    The best thing they ever did - because it responded to a real need within a small minority of the community that no everyone took seriously - was to create "phobia mode" after they updated the spider models to be super-horrible. That was some serious customer service and an innovative solution to a problem.