Origin
| Origin Shard | |
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| Launched: | December 17, 2004 |
| Time Zone: | Western US |
| Maintenance Time: | 5:00AM PST/PDT |
| IP Address: | 54.241.143.221 |
| EM Website: | emfainemorgan.com/blog |
Origin is a North American shard and is named after the original game studio that developed and launched Ultima Online, Origin Systems Incorporated. Origin was launched a day late on December 17, 2004 to roughly coincide with the launch of Ultima Online: Samurai Empire expansion. As such, only accounts upgraded or bought with the expansion were allowed to create characters on the shard for the first month.
Origin traditionally receives all Publishes and updates before other production shards.
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As posted to FYI at UO.com http://web.archive.org/web/20041211093818/http://update.uo.com/fyi.html:
On Thursday, December 16, between 5:00 – 8:00 PM PST, a new shard will be born -- Origin. This shard will be a place where you can get a fresh start, claim that prime piece of real estate you’ve always had your eye on, or just rediscover the lands of Britannia.
Because we have many demo and free trial programs available, this shard will only be available to Ultima Online: Samurai Empire account holders for the first month. By limiting access in this way, we can ensure that our loyal customers have the first opportunity to claim the real estate and goods provided by the launch of the Origin shard. This restriction will be lifted in mid-January.
A few things you should know about the Origin Shard:
Origin will be located on the West Coast of North America
This Shard will be the first to receive most publishes and updates
Character Transfer will be disabled to and from Origin for the first 30-days
Advanced Characters will not be available for the first 30-days
We’re looking forward to seeing you on Origin!
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