The following post is an advertisement written by the winner of the Ad Campaign Contest: Azariel. The idea is players will be able to copy this advertisement and paste it in other gaming forums to provide people with a clean and informative writeup on not only Angel Island, but Ultima Online in general.

To copy the advertisement simply click the quotation marks ("") at the top of the ad. Now, simply highlight all the text in the white box and press cntrl + C. You have now copied the text. To paste the text into another forum you simply opt to start a new topic and press cntrl V in the text box, hit the "post button" and you're done. You have now potentially brought several people to Angel Island, thanks.

This thread will be left unlocked, however, the only thing that is to be posted here are sites in which you have advertised the shard on so players can look through the list and make sure we arn't spamming anyone. I'll rephrase: Once you copy this post into another gaming forum I'd like you let us know by simply posting the name of the forums here in this thread, and you are NOT to repost the ad on any sites already listed.

With that said, Get out there and bring our name with you!

Congratulations to Azariel, the Contest Winner!

Come and try out a free version of Ultima Online known as Angel Island. Experience UO the way it was meant to be!

1. What is Ultima Online (UO)?
2. What is Angel Island (AI)?
3. Why Should I play AI?
4. Angel Island’s Features
5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


1. What is Ultima Online (UO)?

Ultima Online is a third-person perspective/isometric MMORPG set in Richard Garriott’s Ultima universe. It is a persistent world, which means that hundreds, if not thousands of people can play and interact simultaneously. When you log off the world keeps going and your actions such as gaining skills or items are saved to the server.

Although UO cannot compete with the graphics of modern games, it more than makes up for this with complex and diverse gameplay. UO doesn’t just offer a world to play in; it offers a persistent world to live in. Your character is highly customisable, from their statistics and skills to their clothing and appearance. You can build your own house and place it at any available land spot in the world, decorate it as you see fit and even partake in a complex plant growing system. Angel Island even has a Pet Breeding system under development where you can breed specific traits to have the dragon companion you have always wanted!


Decorate your own home

With a diverse range of skills, you can literally play whichever character you wish to; whether it be an axe-wielding maniac who chops wood for a little Zen meditation, a scholarly mage who weaves the ether to do thine bidding, a humble crafter who can make anything and everything to sell at your private shop, a tamer who can command great beasts such as dragons and basilisks to protect you at all costs, a swift-fingered thief who ‘helps’ lighten the purses of those around you or an assassin who slips into the shadows unseen and attacks when your mark is at his weakest! UO allows you to choose whichever skills you wish so your character can be unique, and you can change and retrain your skills at any time.


Hunting flesh golems with a daemon

2. What is Angel Island (AI)?

Angel Island is a free shard (server) designed by Adam Ant ( read about his adventures before he created the shard ) and a team of professional software developers with years of coding experience. The costs of maintaining this established high quality server have been paid upfront for 3 years, so unlike other free servers that vanish overnight we aren’t going anywhere! This means that AI is free to play, so if you enjoy yourself and are able to contribute, by all means show your appreciation by donating. AI has already been around for over 2 years. The shard uses UO server emulation software known as RunUO and has had the code heavily modified so that it is vastly different from the pay-to-play version of the game.
For those who have played UO before, AI uses a Felucca-only ruleset, meaning that you have to be wary outside of town guard zones as danger can often lurk just around the corner; whether it be from a roleplaying orc wanting ‘tribuut’, a pirate seeking plunder or a run-of-the-mill ‘peekay’ wanting to ‘pwn’ you! This sense of danger is sorely lacking in other MMORPGs on today’s market where everything is instanced or scripted to ‘protect’ a player. Such protection unfortunately removes the fun aspect of interacting with other players where you never know what will happen next. One of the only things that can beat the rush of managing to escape being killed by another player for the first time, is finding them at a later date and returning the favour by besting them in combat!


Preparing for war

Killing your fellow citizens is not without consequences however, and the adage “if you commit the crime you do the time” certainly rings true on AI, where murders have the option to be sent to prison rather than stat loss if they are killed with 5 or more short term murder counts. Prisoners can then team up and attempt to break out of the prison rather than wait out their sentence, but be warned it is no easy feat!


3. Why Should I play AI?

Angel Island has a dedicated, professional team of developers who are constantly working on new content to provide the best shard out there that caters to all playstyles; whether it be player vs player (PvP), player vs monster (PvM) or roleplaying (RP). The shard has a balanced PvP and PvM ruleset that continually strives to maintain that balance while still releasing new content.

For those who have played UO before, AI is not set around any one publish but it is probably closest to pre-publish 16. It seeks to use the best features from all eras of UO plus add many unique features. It does not have Age of Shadows (AoS) enabled, so there are no elemental resists, artifacts or powerscrolls. AI tries to avoid the item-based game that AoS turned UO into and instead keep it true to the balanced skill-based game it originally was. Unlike other MMORPGs you do not need to group with 39 other people to have a shot at an item just so you have a chance at PvPing.

In fact skill gain is faster on AI than it is on production shards, so you can train up a character fairly quickly and get straight into the action if you are an ex-UO veteran. Be sure to seek out the [New] guild to give you a helping hand with training and equipment! You can read about them here.

4. Angel Island’s Features

Angel Island has regularly scheduled events such as town invasions, player run events as well as a number of features that make it unique. The quickest way to read about these is to check out the AI playguide. .

Some of these features include:

• Townships! - Set boundries, and even LAWS to control your guilds land!
• Yarrrrr! - Need I say more, matey?
• Kin System – a factions system where players have their guilds join a faction such as the Undead, Pirates or Orcs and do battle against each other. Each Kin has strongholds where kin-aligned creatures will not attack them.
• The Mortal System – For those who wish to play UO with a refreshing new challenge. When someone becomes mortal, once they die they are dead for eternity.
• Enhanced Crafting – high-end magic items have been replaced with scrolls that drop, known as sDrops. These scrolls are applied to their wares by skilled crafters in order to create the best items in the land. Items such as jewellery, clothing, gravestones and furniture can also be engraved or embroidered.
• New Foes and Advanced AI – tactics and skill are required to best many of the tougher foes on Angel Island. Gone are the days of casting Energy Vortex to destroy everything in sight. Try battling a Golem Controller or the Lord and Lady Guardian (based on Adam and Jade), or some of our new Champions, if you seek a challenge.
• Fight Club! – join the war ring for maximum targets!
• Poisoned Arrows – ever wondered why only swordsmen and fencers got all the fun with poison? Well now archers can poison their arrows, and they certainly are deadly!

5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Here is a link to the FAQ on the AI forums, which includes information on how to get the game client needed to play and how to log on to the server.

The following is an HTML version of the ad.

Come and try out a free version of Ultima Online known as Angel Island. Experience UO the way it was meant to be!

1. What is Ultima Online (UO)?
2. What is Angel Island (AI)?
3. Why Should I play AI?
4. Angel Island’s Features
5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


1. What is Ultima Online (UO)?

Ultima Online is a third-person perspective/isometric MMORPG set in Richard Garriott’s Ultima universe. It is a persistent world, which means that hundreds, if not thousands of people can play and interact simultaneously. When you log off the world keeps going and your actions such as gaining skills or items are saved to the server.

Although UO cannot compete with the graphics of modern games, it more than makes up for this with complex and diverse gameplay. UO doesn’t just offer a world to play in; it offers a persistent world to live in. Your character is highly customisable, from their statistics and skills to their clothing and appearance. You can build your own house and place it at any available land spot in the world, decorate it as you see fit and even partake in a complex plant growing system. Angel Island even has a Pet Breeding system under development where you can breed specific traits to have the dragon companion you have always wanted!


Decorate your own home

With a diverse range of skills, you can literally play whichever character you wish to; whether it be an axe-wielding maniac who chops wood for a little Zen meditation, a scholarly mage who weaves the ether to do thine bidding, a humble crafter who can make anything and everything to sell at your private shop, a tamer who can command great beasts such as dragons and basilisks to protect you at all costs, a swift-fingered thief who ‘helps’ lighten the purses of those around you or an assassin who slips into the shadows unseen and attacks when your mark is at his weakest! UO allows you to choose whichever skills you wish so your character can be unique, and you can change and retrain your skills at any time.


Hunting flesh golems with a daemon

2. What is Angel Island (AI)?

Angel Island is a free shard (server) designed by Adam Ant ( read about his adventures before he created the shard ) and a team of professional software developers with years of coding experience. The costs of maintaining this established high quality server have been paid upfront for 3 years, so unlike other free servers that vanish overnight we aren’t going anywhere! This means that AI is free to play, so if you enjoy yourself and are able to contribute, by all means show your appreciation by donating. AI has already been around for over 2 years. The shard uses UO server emulation software known as RunUO and has had the code heavily modified so that it is vastly different from the pay-to-play version of the game.
For those who have played UO before, AI uses a Felucca-only ruleset, meaning that you have to be wary outside of town guard zones as danger can often lurk just around the corner; whether it be from a roleplaying orc wanting ‘tribuut’, a pirate seeking plunder or a run-of-the-mill ‘peekay’ wanting to ‘pwn’ you! This sense of danger is sorely lacking in other MMORPGs on today’s market where everything is instanced or scripted to ‘protect’ a player. Such protection unfortunately removes the fun aspect of interacting with other players where you never know what will happen next. One of the only things that can beat the rush of managing to escape being killed by another player for the first time, is finding them at a later date and returning the favour by besting them in combat!


Preparing for war

Killing your fellow citizens is not without consequences however, and the adage “if you commit the crime you do the time” certainly rings true on AI, where murders have the option to be sent to prison rather than stat loss if they are killed with 5 or more short term murder counts. Prisoners can then team up and attempt to break out of the prison rather than wait out their sentence, but be warned it is no easy feat!


3. Why Should I play AI?

Angel Island has a dedicated, professional team of developers who are constantly working on new content to provide the best shard out there that caters to all playstyles; whether it be player vs player (PvP), player vs monster (PvM) or roleplaying (RP). The shard has a balanced PvP and PvM ruleset that continually strives to maintain that balance while still releasing new content.

For those who have played UO before, AI is not set around any one publish but it is probably closest to pre-publish 16. It seeks to use the best features from all eras of UO plus add many unique features. It does not have Age of Shadows (AoS) enabled, so there are no elemental resists, artifacts or powerscrolls. AI tries to avoid the item-based game that AoS turned UO into and instead keep it true to the balanced skill-based game it originally was. Unlike other MMORPGs you do not need to group with 39 other people to have a shot at an item just so you have a chance at PvPing.

In fact skill gain is faster on AI than it is on production shards, so you can train up a character fairly quickly and get straight into the action if you are an ex-UO veteran. Be sure to seek out the [New] guild to give you a helping hand with training and equipment! You can read about them here.

4. Angel Island’s Features

Angel Island has regularly scheduled events such as town invasions, player run events as well as a number of features that make it unique. The quickest way to read about these is to check out the AI playguide. .

Some of these features include:

• Townships! - Set boundries, and even LAWS to control your guilds land!
• Yarrrrr! - Need I say more, matey?
• Kin System – a factions system where players have their guilds join a faction such as the Undead, Pirates or Orcs and do battle against each other. Each Kin has strongholds where kin-aligned creatures will not attack them.
• The Mortal System – For those who wish to play UO with a refreshing new challenge. When someone becomes mortal, once they die they are dead for eternity.
• Enhanced Crafting – high-end magic items have been replaced with scrolls that drop, known as sDrops. These scrolls are applied to their wares by skilled crafters in order to create the best items in the land. Items such as jewellery, clothing, gravestones and furniture can also be engraved or embroidered.
• New Foes and Advanced AI – tactics and skill are required to best many of the tougher foes on Angel Island. Gone are the days of casting Energy Vortex to destroy everything in sight. Try battling a Golem Controller or the Lord and Lady Guardian (based on Adam and Jade), or some of our new Champions, if you seek a challenge.
• Fight Club! – join the war ring for maximum targets!
• Poisoned Arrows – ever wondered why only swordsmen and fencers got all the fun with poison? Well now archers can poison their arrows, and they certainly are deadly!

5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Here is a link to the FAQ on the AI forums, which includes information on how to get the game client needed to play and how to log on to the server.

I cleared all the forums that have been advertised to. Feel free to add the advertisement to gaming forums to let everyone know about UO/AI, but be sure to post what forum you advertised in so that nobody gets spammed.

I already hit:
Penny Arcade

Wow your a good poster Atticus I could never do that!!!