Introduction of Bithmus (me)

[Bithmus]

Hello,

This is actually a re-post from the Stratics forum, https://stratics.com/threads/who-are-we-on-siege-old-new-and-returning-players.369794/page-2#post-2952028.

I started Ultima Online on the Lake Superior on opening day in 1997. I had the beta CD but I can't remember if I ever got the beta working before opening day. My first character, Bisthmus, was a tamer, mage, warrior. I wasn't very good but it was a ton of fun. I mostly stayed in the Vespers, Minoc, Cove, Covetous areas. I met a guy named Toadness in Covetous and I was amazed by his ability to cast level 4 spells without fizzling! He showed me Hyloth 4 and other tougher areas. I eventually met him in real life when I went to the University of Illinois where he was a student and worked for the Illinois Natural History Survey, the largest bug collection in the world! I started a guild near the Minoc T2A cave for a year or so. I also had a bard named Phil that I kept blue but every chance I got I would provoke wisps onto people to kill them.

At some point before or when Trammel arrived I moved to Siege Perilous and started Bithmus the tamer. I helped Luxor with Safe Haven, which was located near the Minoc T2A cave. You can see links to news stories I wrote on Stratics, UO Stratics - News - Archives and Luxor's safehaven.grishnet.com here, https://web.archive.org/web/20010724035707/http://safehaven.gishnet.com:80/, and here, https://web.archive.org/web/20010405195759/http://www.siege.gishnet.com:80/crows/crows02.html. I never met Luxor but my dad was in San Francisco for work and met him at gamers.net, where he worked. Side note: I think he once told me that he chose the name Luxor because he was at the Luxor massacre, Luxor massacre - Wikipedia. Disclaimer: I could have miss-heard or be miss-remembering this.

Now I've returned for Endless Journey as Bithmus on Siege.


I've been playing for a few weeks and I'm interested in joining a PvM guild with some possible forays into VvV.  Are pets allowed in VvV?  I realize that as an EJ player I won't have access to houses but I have no need for houses or items, just people to play with.

Thank you,
Bithmus

[Creeger]

Welcome to our forums, and back to UO. Pets work fine in VvV.

[ii & Sabin]

Welcome!

[Tjalle]

Hail and welcome to the forums.

[Reuggan]

Greetings

[Zardoz of Crete aka Kimi aka Victoria Secret]

Welcome Back.  I also started on LS.  But long after you as I did not have internet when Beta was first started for UO, it would be a few years after   I am not a member of GIL.  I have crafters in UWSP but these are good people that I would have watching my six anytime, just be careful of Blind Otto when he is behind you, that cane leaves a mark   If you see mine Tamer Kenzie Mori, fear not as she will not attack, unless you are a member of the Hi5, LB, and will help to defend any UWSP or GIL member.

[Sara Dale]

Welcome to Siege, you won't see me around for a couple weeks as we left home for a few weeks.