06-25-2012, 11:28 AM
I don't think this is very likely, for the simple reason that events take hours of time in preparing, running and then clearing up afterwards and dealing with things like complaints or problems that arose during the event. This means for a GM to pre-schedule a specific time for an event they need to commit a specific block of 2-3 hours to UO, I don't see that as particularly feasible on a regular basis.
I log on UO when I have time that I'm not with friends/family/working/doing chores/at the gym/etc. if I were to organise an event for some evening and then later be asked if I want to go out irl I would find it pretty annoying to have to say no because of UO. I'd also suggest that that sort of thing isn't a healthy way to behave and reminds me of raiding schedules in WoW, which were retarded.
At the moment I log in, I stay invis if I'm short on time but if I have time (e.g. such as yesterday) then I make myself visible so people can see I'm around, I help as many people with their pages/problems as I can, and if there's time I try to do something entertaining for whatever players seem to be around.
I still feel really strongly that people need to be able to find their own fun, the server is full of dungeons, quests (a few are glitchy but most work) and most importantly other players. If you expect the staff to spoon feed the fun to you then it isn't going to work long term because we don't have the time.
For me the fun has always been from other players, so it does kinda suck the player base is so low, but playerbase attracts playerbase, when I joined (or rejoined) IN it was because there were lots of other players, it wasn't because I expected the staff to entertain me like my personal cyber nanny/jester/prostitute.
edit: I should say that if I was online and saw enough people I would do an event, I'm not against doing events, but I am against staff-organised scheduled fun times, because that's making it way too much like a real job for the staff.
I log on UO when I have time that I'm not with friends/family/working/doing chores/at the gym/etc. if I were to organise an event for some evening and then later be asked if I want to go out irl I would find it pretty annoying to have to say no because of UO. I'd also suggest that that sort of thing isn't a healthy way to behave and reminds me of raiding schedules in WoW, which were retarded.
At the moment I log in, I stay invis if I'm short on time but if I have time (e.g. such as yesterday) then I make myself visible so people can see I'm around, I help as many people with their pages/problems as I can, and if there's time I try to do something entertaining for whatever players seem to be around.
I still feel really strongly that people need to be able to find their own fun, the server is full of dungeons, quests (a few are glitchy but most work) and most importantly other players. If you expect the staff to spoon feed the fun to you then it isn't going to work long term because we don't have the time.
For me the fun has always been from other players, so it does kinda suck the player base is so low, but playerbase attracts playerbase, when I joined (or rejoined) IN it was because there were lots of other players, it wasn't because I expected the staff to entertain me like my personal cyber nanny/jester/prostitute.
edit: I should say that if I was online and saw enough people I would do an event, I'm not against doing events, but I am against staff-organised scheduled fun times, because that's making it way too much like a real job for the staff.