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One Year Ago - A New Beginning, Sept. 21, 2011

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On Sept. 21st the testers (Alpha and Beta) were given early entry into the Game after the reset that had taken place a week earlier.  We were given a head start before the Game went Live on the 27th.  This gave us a chance to learn some skills and gather some currants so that, hopefully, we could purchase our old homes again or perhaps go for something different.  The World was New again and we started as Newbs without Bags or property.  It was a unique experience.  We had the advantage of having done most things before so we knew what to do and how to do it.

Before the Reset, I lived in a 35K house in Alakol.  After the Reset, I was able to make enough to move into a comfy Bog house in Kalavana.  I did that much faster than when I first started playing the Game during Alpha.  At that time it took me about a week, I think, to purchase a Groddle Forest treehouse.  I had a great time starting from the Beginning but I don't think I would like to do it again yet, you never know...

Posted 82 days ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • That day was both frightening and exciting for those of us lucky enough to be there. Thank you for jogging our memory of past times.
    Posted 82 days ago by Breezy Meadow Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Has it been a whole year?  Zowee! Time sure does fly by. I remember being so nervous about the reset and losing all the stuff I had hoarded. But all my angst was for naught. In fact, it was kinda nice having a do-over. I just slept in a tree until I saved enough for a little cave house in Groddle Forest.
    Posted 82 days ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That was the day I chained myself to my balcony in protest...but they knocked my beautiful house down anyway..with me still chained none the less... I'm still there.. :-O.. lol
    Posted 82 days ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow, I didn't realize the reset happened so close to the time I joined.  My anniversary will be October 4th :D
    Posted 82 days ago by burdger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • After owning one of the largest house in Alakol, I made a beeline for one of the lovely Groddle cottages with 5 tree patches. It was hard starting from scratch, but as Brib Anne said we had the advantage of having been there before. What a wonderful time we had decorating UR before the reset, with all our now redundant possessions. I have had such fun here, I have just renewed my moly sub.
    Posted 82 days ago by Miss Melody Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I remember re-opening happened while I was at work, and all week I had warned my boss that when it happened, I was taking the next day off.  I got home, missed the first hour or so of the mad rush to get into game, and promptly started my marathon night of game playing. A few of us were expecting a mad dash for the high end housing, and we didn't want to take a chance on missing out on getting our old homes back. 15-16 hours later I had re-purchased my exact 30K home in Alakol after LOTS of mining and sammich making.  I finally went to sleep, exhausted but happy.  A few hours later, my bff in game purchased her old house next to me.  Oddly, the mad high end housing rush that we expected didn't happen, and so we were in the neighborhood for quite a few days before we had many other neighbors...lol...all that work up front when we should have taken our time to enjoy the journey...
    Posted 82 days ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yep, I remember it well beachy. It was frantic fun though, and I swore I wouldn't ever use a pick again. Good ole days... 
    Posted 81 days ago by tweetypie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was scared about losing everything too. But the reset was actually fun! We got to do all that stuff again and level up. And the EofTW party before the reset was THE VERY BEST EVER!!

    Thanks for bringing back these memories!
    Posted 81 days ago by Marla Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The EOTW party was really the best ever!  I loved seeing people put their belongings all over UR.
    Posted 81 days ago by Feylin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Real Estate was a fun part of the game that is lost.
    Posted 81 days ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'll always remember that crazy-long forum thread we made while waiting for it to go live again, then all of us streaming into the game, yelling out our starting streets in global, greeting one another as we ran by. It was a fantastic little homecoming.
    Posted 81 days ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • September 21st last year was the day I started, and it's exciting to realize what a monumental anniversary it was for so many other Glitchen.
    Posted 81 days ago by Persephone Pear Subscriber! | Permalink
  • reading this reminded me of how much i miss having suburbs or streets!
    Posted 81 days ago by Arietty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I remember working soooooo hard to hit level 20 before the shutdown so that I could get the second Ascended badge.  Of course, I'd totally forgotten that all the badges are prime-based, and I needed to be 23 to be a Seraph, so I had to settle for Cherub instead.  "Man," I remember thinking to myself, "I'll *never* make it to 23."
    Posted 81 days ago by Pale Queen Subscriber! | Permalink