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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), was later taken over by [[Jeremy]] (Ms. E. Jeremy Dalberg) when [[Wilki]] become a Designer (??/??/????), and then [[Joanne]] (Joanne Laroche) when [[Jeremy]] left the company (31-10-2008).
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'''Five on Friday''' was an effort to take important questions asked by the playerbase at various disparate venues and display them in one prominent place 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), was later entrusted to [[Jeremy]] (Ms. E. Jeremy Dalberg) when [[Wilki]] become a Designer in November, 2006; was then taken over by [[Joanne]] (Joanne Laroche) when [[Jeremy]] left the company on October 31, 2008; and was delegated to Chrissay (Chrissay Zeeman) after becoming Community Coordinator on January 22, 2009.
  
 
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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After Chrissay left EA in early November, 2009, the Five on Friday was replaced by an [http://vboards.stratics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=480 "Ask the Devs" forum] on Stratics[http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=175354] and occasional '''FAQ Friday'''s. In September, 2012, Five on Friday was replaced by '''Ask & Answer'''.
  
 
==Alliteration==
 
==Alliteration==
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Beginning on [[Five on Friday - January 26, 2007|January 26, 2007]], [[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. This plan was only followed for a short time, however, and now the Five on Fridays possess names of all configurations.
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Beginning on [[Five on Friday - January 26, 2007|January 26, 2007]], [[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. This plan was only followed for a short time, however, and the Five on Fridays went on to possess names of all configurations.
  
 
==Disclaimer==
 
==Disclaimer==
 
After repeated complaints concerning the reliability of the information from old Five on Fridays, [[Jeremy]] retroactively added a disclaimer to every Five on Friday. It is as follows:
 
After repeated complaints concerning the reliability of the information from old Five on Fridays, [[Jeremy]] retroactively added a disclaimer to every Five on Friday. It is as follows:
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: '''<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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: '''{{Colored Text|color=FF0000|text=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.'''
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
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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 items.
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It was common for controversy over the Five on Friday questions to break out on the forums. Arguments frequently arose if less than five questions had been answered, if some of the questions were never actually asked by anyone, or if some or all of the questions were in fact not questions at all, but were actually in-character conversations in support of recent in-game events, general announcements, or other, non-question items.
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==List of Ask & Answers==
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These are all of the Ask & Answers, listed in reverse chronological order.
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===2013===
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====May====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 20]] - May 6, 2013
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====April====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 19]] - April 29, 2013
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====March====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 18]] - March 25, 2013
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 17]] - March 19, 2013
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 16]] - March 5, 2013
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====February====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 15]] - February 11, 2013
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 14]] - February 04, 2013
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====January====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 13]] - January 25, 2013
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===2012===
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====December====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 12]] - December 03, 2012
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====November====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 11]] - November 19, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 10]] - November 12, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 9]] - November 5, 2012
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====October====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 8]] - October 31, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 7]] - October 23, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 6]] - October 15, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 5]] - October 9, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 4]] - October 1, 2012
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====September====
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 3]] - September 24, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 2]] - September 17, 2012
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* [[Ask & Answer No. 1]] - September 10, 2012
  
 
==List of Five on Fridays==
 
==List of Five on Fridays==
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These are all of the Five on Fridays to date, in reverse chronological order.
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These are all of the Five on Fridays, listed in reverse chronological order.
  
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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. Some other Five on Fridays have been posted on Thursday due to the development team needing to leave on Friday to reach a Town Hall or other event. Their associated dates reflect this. Also note that some weeks are missing due to them coinciding with various holidays or other events, meaning that no Five on Friday was posted for those weeks.
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'''Note:''' Some Five on Fridays were posted either on Saturday morning, or so late on Friday night as to be Saturday morning for most time zones. Some other Five on Fridays were posted on Thursday due to the development team needing to leave on Friday to reach a Town Hall or other event. Their associated dates reflect this. Also note that some weeks are missing due to them coinciding with various holidays or other events, meaning that no Five on Friday was posted for those weeks.
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===2011===
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====January====
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* [[FAQ Friday 7 - January 28, 2011]] - Extra Fishy Edition
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===2010===
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====November====
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* [[FAQ Friday 6 - November 12, 2010‎]]
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* [[FAQ Friday 5 - November 5, 2010‎]]
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====October====
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* [[FAQ Friday 4 - October 8, 2010‎]]
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* [[FAQ Friday 3 - October 1, 2010‎]]
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====September====
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* [[FAQ Friday 2 - September 24, 2010‎]]
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* [[FAQ Friday 1 - September 17, 2010‎]]
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===2009===
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====November====
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* [[Five on Friday - November 6, 2009]] - We're Jammin'
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====October====
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* [[Five on Friday - October 30, 2009]] - Happy Halloween!
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* [[Five on Friday - October 23, 2009]] - ooOOOooooOOOoo
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* [[Five on Friday - October 16, 2009]] - C:/DOS, C:/DOS/RUN, RUN/DOS/RUN
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* [[Five on Friday - October 9, 2009]] - Pub 61 is Out the Door
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* [[Five on Friday - October 3, 2009]] - No Wammy No Wammy Big Bux Big Bux
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====September====
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* [[Five on Friday - September 25, 2009]] - Extra Extra Read All About It
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* [[Five on Friday - September 18, 2009]] - I'll Take Stygian Abyss for $200 Alex
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* [[Five on Friday - September 11, 2009]] - Woo Hoo Stygian Abyss is Here
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* [[Five on Friday - September 4, 2009]] - Only a Few More Days!
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====August====
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* [[Five on Friday - August 28, 2009]] - TGIF
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* [[Five on Friday - August 21, 2009]] - Imbuing Imbuing Imbuing
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* [[Five on Friday - August 14, 2009]] - Open Beta FAQ
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* [[Five on Friday - August 7, 2009]] - 01010011 01000001
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====July====
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* [[Five on Friday - July 31, 2009]] - Gargoyles Can Fly
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* [[Five on Friday - July 24, 2009]] - 01010101 01001111
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* [[Five on Friday - July 17, 2009]] - Blackrock Rocks Your Socks!
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* [[Five on Friday - July 10, 2009]] - Jack of All Trades
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* [[Five on Friday - July 3, 2009]] - Happy 4th of July
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====June====
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* [[Five on Friday - June 26, 2009]] - Summer Summer Summer Time
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* [[Five on Friday - June 19, 2009]] - Three Times the Charm
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* [[Five on Friday - June 12, 2009]] - Have a great weekend!
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* [[Five on Friday - June 5, 2009]] - Beta Launch
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====May====
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* [[Five on Friday - May 29, 2009]] - Fantastic Friday
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* [[Five on Friday - May 22, 2009]] - I'll Be Back
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* [[Five on Friday - May 15, 2009]] - Summer is Around the Corner
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* [[Five on Friday - May 8, 2009]] - Factions, Factions Factions
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* [[Five on Friday - May 1, 2009]] - Uno De Mayo!
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====April====
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* [[Five on Friday - April 24, 2009]] - Summer is around the Corner
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* [[Five on Friday - April 17, 2009]] - Tweet Tweet Tweet
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* [[Five on Friday - April 10, 2009]] - It's Friday, Go Frolick
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* [[Five on Friday - April 3, 2009]] - Spring Showers
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====March====
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* [[Five on Friday - March 27, 2009]] - Happy Friday!!
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* [[Five on Friday - March 20, 2009]] - More Live Questions
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* [[Five on Friday - March 13, 2009]] - It's Friday!
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* [[Five on Friday - March 6, 2009]] - Friday Friday Friday
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====February====
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* [[Five on Friday - February 27, 2009]] - Fun Friday Facts
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* [[Five on Friday - February 20, 2009]] - Faction Questions This Friday
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* [[Five on Friday - February 13, 2009]] - Valentine Cupids
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* [[Five on Friday - February 6, 2009]] - More Than Five This Friday
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====January====
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* [[Five on Friday - January 30, 2009]] - Horde Minions and Pink Bunnies
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* [[Five on Friday - January 23, 2009]] - Chrissay's First FoF!
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* [[Five on Friday - January 16, 2009]] - Virtue and Weddings
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* [[Five on Friday - January 9, 2009]] - Exactly Five on Friday
  
 
===2008===
 
===2008===
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====December====
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* [[Five on Friday - December 19, 2008]] - Event Moderators and Icy Patches
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* [[Five on Friday - December 5, 2008]] - Bandaids and Thieves
  
 
====November====
 
====November====
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* [[Five on Friday - November 21, 2008]] - Skill Caps and Braziers
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* [[Five on Friday - November 14, 2008]] - OSI and Holiday Gifts
 
* [[Five on Friday - November 7, 2008]] - Blessed Spellbooks & More
 
* [[Five on Friday - November 7, 2008]] - Blessed Spellbooks & More
  

Latest revision as of 10:50, 20 May 2013

Five on Friday was an effort to take important questions asked by the playerbase at various disparate venues and display them in one prominent place 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), was later entrusted to Jeremy (Ms. E. Jeremy Dalberg) when Wilki become a Designer in November, 2006; was then taken over by Joanne (Joanne Laroche) when Jeremy left the company on October 31, 2008; and was delegated to Chrissay (Chrissay Zeeman) after becoming Community Coordinator on January 22, 2009.

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.

After Chrissay left EA in early November, 2009, the Five on Friday was replaced by an "Ask the Devs" forum on Stratics[1] and occasional FAQ Fridays. In September, 2012, Five on Friday was replaced by Ask & Answer.

Alliteration

Beginning on January 26, 2007, 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. This plan was only followed for a short time, however, and the Five on Fridays went on to possess names of all configurations.

Disclaimer

After repeated complaints concerning the reliability of the information from old Five on Fridays, Jeremy 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.

Controversy

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

List of Ask & Answers

These are all of the Ask & Answers, listed in reverse chronological order.

2013

May

April

March

February

January

2012

December

November

October

September

List of Five on Fridays

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

Note: Some Five on Fridays were posted either on Saturday morning, or so late on Friday night as to be Saturday morning for most time zones. Some other Five on Fridays were posted on Thursday due to the development team needing to leave on Friday to reach a Town Hall or other event. Their associated dates reflect this. Also note that some weeks are missing due to them coinciding with various holidays or other events, meaning that no Five on Friday was posted for those weeks.

2011

January

2010

November

October

September

2009

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

February

January

2008

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

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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