Stratic’s 16th Anniversary: What’s Old is New Again

Last Sunday, Stratics celebrated 16 years of providing information and building the MMO community. The theme, appropriately, was “What’s Old is New Again”. Throughout the day some of the most influential people in the MMO industry joined their video chats to discuss the changing online environment over the last decade and a half. Of special interest to Ultima fans, this includes Richard Garriott, Starr Long, and Gina “FireLotus” Dionne talking about Shroud of the Avatar, and Bonnie “Mesanna” Armstrong discussing Ultima Online.

The schedule of events was as follows:

2:00 PM EST – Welcome & Introductions

2:30 PM EST – John “Loktofeit” Albano, “EVE Online”

3:00 PM EST – Paul Sage & Jessica Folsom, “The Elder Scrolls Online”

3:30 PM EST – Contests & Giveaways

3:45 PM EST – Gina Dionne & Jessica Folsom, “Importance of Gaming Communities”

4:00 PM EST – Jen Gordy, “WildStar Online”

4:30 PM EST – Stratics Alumni Hangout

4:45 PM EST – Contests & Giveaways

5:00 PM EST – Richard Garriott & Starr Long, “Anthropology of Gaming; Shroud of the Avatar”

6:00 PM EST – Bonnie Armstrong, “Ultima Online”

6:30 PM EST – Stratics Staff, Past and Present

7:00 PM EST – Final Giveaway

During the event, a number of prizes were given away including:

  • Selective Steam Games
  • Selective Origin Games
  • Amazon Gift Certificate
  • 2 Adventurer Pledges and 1 Virtual Collector pledge from Shroud of the Avatar
  • The Elder Scrolls Online T-shirts
  • Stratics Pro membership
  • 30 day game time for Ultima Online
  • 16 Ultima Online 15th Anniversary Robes delivered in game!
  • Cog style earrings and necklace specially made from one of our own staff, El of LA!

The Grand Prize Event, “Unshroud Your Avatar”, provided the winner their choice of some cool tech gear from Razer: a Naga mouse, a Krakken headset, or a Deathstalker keyboard!

You can catch up on the event on the Stratics blog.

Videos

All of the videos of the events can be found on Stratics’ YouTube channel, and are shown below in order: