Legends
| Legends Shard | |
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| Launched: | May 12, 2000 |
| Time Zone: | US EST/EDT (UTC-5/UTC-4) |
| Maintenance Time: | 5:00AM |
| IP Address: | 107.23.140.135 |
| EM Website: | legends.uoem.net |
Legends is a North American East shard and is named after an early online game called Legends of Kesmai.
Originally named AOL Sosaria, the shard was initially intended to be a shard exclusively for America Online(AOL) subscribers and was the 22nd Ultima Online production shard. OSI changed plans and renamed the shard AOL Legends just one day before the shard was scheduled to open on May 10, 2000. This was done in honor of Legends of Kesmai which was an early online, RPG-style game which first appeared in 1984. After some delays, the shard opened two days late on May 12, 2000.
The restriction limiting the AOL Legends shard exclusively to AOL customers was lifted on September 25, 2003 and the shard was then made available to all Ultima Online players. This change also included renaming the shard once again by shortening the name to just Legends. There was no wipe or reset done as part of this change so all characters and housing remained as before.
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Ultima Online on America Online
Posted: May 5 2000 10:16AM CST (GMT -06:00)
Origin is pleased to announce the opening of AOL Sosaria, our first shard available through the America Online service, on May 10th. AOL Sosaria will be the 22nd Ultima Online shard to open worldwide.
Located in the eastern United States, AOL Sosaria will be available exclusively to customers logged on from America Online.
Named after the planet that is home to all of Britannia, the shard will be staffed and supported by members of the Origin team. The AOL Sosaria shard will be open to all AOL Games Channel customers from day one, but as an exclusive AOL shard, will not conform to our localization policy and thus will not be open to non-AOL subscribers at any time. AOL Sosaria will be appearing as a test shard effective today, and will be wiped before its official opening day.
AOL Sosaria Renamed
Posted: May 9 2000 5:48PM CST (GMT -06:00)
Legends of Kesmai, a multi-player online role-playing game appearing on America Online, recently announced that it will be shutting down on May 29th. Island of Kesmai opened in 1984 and later became Legends of Kesmai. The game was one of the forerunners in the online role-playing game industry, paving the way for a multitude of games to come, including Ultima Online. In honor of Legends of Kesmai, we have decided to rename our new America Online shard to AOL: Legends.
While online games in their present form have been around for a relatively short while, Legends of Kesmai has had great impact and with AOL: Legends we hope to continue the tradition of quality gameplay. http://web.archive.org/web/20000510121012/http://update.uo.com/fyi.html
AOL Legends Launches
Posted: May 12 2000 4:49PM CST (GMT -06:00)
We are pleased to announce the opening of AOL Legends, our 22nd shard. AOL Legends is located in the Eastern United States and is available exclusively to customers logged on to the America Online Service.
AOL Legends is named in honor of the multi-player roleplaying game, "Legends of Kesmai" and is staffed and supported by members of the Origin team. The AOL Legends shard is open to all AOL Games Channel customers, but as an exclusively AOL shard, will not conform to our localization policy and thus will not be open to non-AOL subscribers at any time.
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