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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 decided that the number of questions each week would be five in order to maintain consistency, and that they would be culled from various forum posts through the week and presented on Friday before most of the development team went home for the weekend.
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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 [[John "Wilki" Wilkinson|Wilki]], but was later taken over by [[E. Jeremy Dalberg|Jeremy]] when [[John "Wilki" Wilkinson|Wilki]] become a Designer.
  
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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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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 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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After repeated complaints about information from old Five on Fridays being out of date and/or incorrect, a disclaimer was retroactively added to every Five on Friday. It is as follows:
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Some time in January 2007, [[E. Jeremy Dalberg|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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'''<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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* [[Five on Friday - February 16, 2007]] - Fried and Fabulous
 
* [[Five on Friday - February 16, 2007]] - Fried and Fabulous
 
* [[Five on Friday - February 9, 2007]] - Forms and Formulae
 
* [[Five on Friday - February 9, 2007]] - Forms and Formulae
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* [[Five on Friday - February 2, 2007]]
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* [[Five on Friday - February 2, 2007]] - FAQs and Foulups
  
 
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* [[Five on Friday - January 26, 2007]]
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* [[Five on Friday - January 26, 2007]] - Fortune of Fighters
 
* [[Five on Friday - January 19, 2007]]
 
* [[Five on Friday - January 19, 2007]]
 
* [[Five on Friday - January 12, 2007]]
 
* [[Five on Friday - January 12, 2007]]

Revision as of 00:13, 9 July 2007

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, but was later taken over by Jeremy 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 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.

Some time in January 2007, 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:
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: More recently, 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.

2007

July

June

May

April

March

February

January

2006

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

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