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'''Five on Friday''' was started in an effort to take the best questions from the forums and display them on the [[Ultima Online]] homepage so that a greater number of players could view the answers. It was originally written by [[Wilki]] (Mr. John Wilkinson), but was later taken over by [[Jeremy]] (Ms. E. Jeremy Dalberg) when [[Wilki]] become a Designer.
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'''Five on Friday''' was started in an effort to take the best questions asked by the playerbase and display them on the [[Ultima Online]] homepage so that a greater number of players could view the answers. It was originally written by [[Wilki]] (Mr. John Wilkinson), but was later taken over by [[Jeremy]] (Ms. E. Jeremy Dalberg) when [[Wilki]] become a Designer.
  
 
It was decided that the number of questions each week would be five in order to maintain consistency, although this number has not always been strictly adhered to, and that they would be culled from various forum posts and other sources throughout the week and presented on Friday before most of the development team went home for the weekend. Some of the questions were originally answered on the forums and copied and/or modified to fit in the Five on Friday, and some were only answered in the Five on Friday.
 
It was decided that the number of questions each week would be five in order to maintain consistency, although this number has not always been strictly adhered to, and that they would be culled from various forum posts and other sources throughout the week and presented on Friday before most of the development team went home for the weekend. Some of the questions were originally answered on the forums and copied and/or modified to fit in the Five on Friday, and some were only answered in the Five on Friday.
  
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==Controversy==
 
It is common for controversy over the Five on Friday questions to break out on the forums. Arguments frequently arise if less than five questions have been answered, if some of the questions were never actually asked by anyone, or if some or all of the questions are in fact not questions at all, but are actually in-character conversations in support of recent in-game events, general announcements, or other, non-question entries.
 
It is common for controversy over the Five on Friday questions to break out on the forums. Arguments frequently arise if less than five questions have been answered, if some of the questions were never actually asked by anyone, or if some or all of the questions are in fact not questions at all, but are actually in-character conversations in support of recent in-game events, general announcements, or other, non-question entries.
  
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Beginning on [[Five on Friday - January 26, 2007|January 26, 2006]], [[Jeremy]] began naming the Five on Fridays with oddly alliterated titles. Also, after repeated complaints concerning the reliability of the information from old Five on Fridays, she retroactively added a disclaimer to every Five on Friday. It is as follows:
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==Alliteration==
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Beginning on [[Five on Friday - January 26, 2007|January 26, 2006]], [[Jeremy]] began naming the Five on Fridays with oddly alliterated titles. Then on February 8, 2008, she made a forum post on Stratics asking for input on whether or not she could break from this theme as she was running out of words beginning with the letter F. After much discussion, it was decided that the alliteration would continue, but that the choice of letters would be expanded to include the entire alphabet.
  
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==Disclaimer==
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After repeated complaints concerning the reliability of the information from old Five on Fridays, she retroactively added a disclaimer to every Five on Friday. It is as follows:
 
: '''<span style="color:red;">PLEASE NOTE:</span> The Five on Friday archives are not updated with each patch. Please take older documents with a grain of salt, as they may be inaccurate.'''
 
: '''<span style="color:red;">PLEASE NOTE:</span> The Five on Friday archives are not updated with each patch. Please take older documents with a grain of salt, as they may be inaccurate.'''
  
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These are all of the Five on Fridays to date, in reverse chronological order.
 
These are all of the Five on Fridays to date, in reverse chronological order.
  
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'''Note:''' More recently, some Five on Fridays have been posted either on Saturday morning, or so late on Friday night as to be Saturday morning for most time zones. Their associated dates reflect this. Also note that some weeks are missing due to them coinciding with various holidays, meaning that no Five on Friday was posted for those weeks.
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'''Note:''' Some Five on Fridays have been posted either on Saturday morning, or so late on Friday night as to be Saturday morning for most time zones. Their associated dates reflect this. Also note that some weeks are missing due to them coinciding with various holidays, meaning that no Five on Friday was posted for those weeks.
  
 
===2008===
 
===2008===
  
 
====February====
 
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* [[Five on Friday - February 8, 2008]] - Spring Has Sprung!
 
* [[Five on Friday - February 1, 2008]] - Finally Friday
 
* [[Five on Friday - February 1, 2008]] - Finally Friday
  

Revision as of 20:21, 9 February 2008

Five on Friday was started in an effort to take the best questions asked by the playerbase and display them on the Ultima Online homepage so that a greater number of players could view the answers. It was originally written by Wilki (Mr. John Wilkinson), but was later taken over by Jeremy (Ms. E. Jeremy Dalberg) when Wilki become a Designer.

It was decided that the number of questions each week would be five in order to maintain consistency, although this number has not always been strictly adhered to, and that they would be culled from various forum posts and other sources throughout the week and presented on Friday before most of the development team went home for the weekend. Some of the questions were originally answered on the forums and copied and/or modified to fit in the Five on Friday, and some were only answered in the Five on Friday.

Controversy

It is common for controversy over the Five on Friday questions to break out on the forums. Arguments frequently arise if less than five questions have been answered, if some of the questions were never actually asked by anyone, or if some or all of the questions are in fact not questions at all, but are actually in-character conversations in support of recent in-game events, general announcements, or other, non-question entries.

Alliteration

Beginning on January 26, 2006, Jeremy began naming the Five on Fridays with oddly alliterated titles. Then on February 8, 2008, she made a forum post on Stratics asking for input on whether or not she could break from this theme as she was running out of words beginning with the letter F. After much discussion, it was decided that the alliteration would continue, but that the choice of letters would be expanded to include the entire alphabet.

Disclaimer

After repeated complaints concerning the reliability of the information from old Five on Fridays, she retroactively added a disclaimer to every Five on Friday. It is as follows:

PLEASE NOTE: The Five on Friday archives are not updated with each patch. Please take older documents with a grain of salt, as they may be inaccurate.

List of Five on Fridays

These are all of the Five on Fridays to date, in reverse chronological order.

Note: Some Five on Fridays have been posted either on Saturday morning, or so late on Friday night as to be Saturday morning for most time zones. Their associated dates reflect this. Also note that some weeks are missing due to them coinciding with various holidays, meaning that no Five on Friday was posted for those weeks.

2008

February

January

2007

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

February

January

2006

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

See Also

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