Ultima Online: The Second Age

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The Second Age

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Ultima Online: The Second Age, also known as T2A, is Ultima Online's first expansion. On Friday, October 23, 1998, the following message was posted on the official Update Center:

Today marks the end of The Second Age public beta and we have a special event planned for the closing day. We appreciate all the hard work our beta testers have put in over the last few weeks. Please come to the shard tonight and enjoy the final hours of the public beta.

We will be shipping The Second Age upgrade today. For those people who purchased The Second Age upgrade and selected Next Day as their shipping option (at a slightly higher cost), their copies should begin arriving on Monday. *Next Day shipping means the next business day, therefor copies sent on Friday will arrive on Monday. From today till Monday the 26th, the EA Store will be unable to answer phone calls regarding previously placed orders, as they are moving to a new location. However, the order line will remain open, and anyone interested in purchasing the upgrade during these dates will still be able to place those orders.

The Second Age lands will be live on the normal shards on the morning of Saturday, the 24th. This opening of the new lands should not affect any normal playtime, or players. We certainly hope you enjoy the new features and the new lands and we look forward to hearing your comments. Thank you for helping make The Second Age a success.

Expansion additions

• Added the Lost Lands facet.
• Expanded Chat features.
• The Big Window.
• On-the-fly language translation provided by SYSTRANS.
• Interactive Tutorial.

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System requirements

• Windows 95
• 32MB RAM
• 2MB PCI video card (Direct X supported, set to 16 bit color)
• 16 bit sound card (Direct X supported)
• ~ 600 MB of hard drive space
• 8x CD-ROM drive
• Microsoft compatible mouse
• Internet Connection: Slip/PPP or direct connect at 28.8K bps or better with 32 bit TCP/IP Stack
• DirectX 5.0 or higher (The Second Age will install this for you)

Credits

Product Development

• Vice President of Online:

Gordon Walton

• Executive Producer:

Jeff Anderson

• Executive Designer:

Richard Garriott

• Producer:

Rich Vogel

• Executive Assistants:

Genny Solomon

Fauna Randolph

• Lead Programmers:

Jason "Stormwind" Spangler

Chris "Faceless" Mayer

• Lead Designer:

Raph "Designer Dragon" Koster

• Programmers:

Kirk "Runesabre" Black

Jason "Stormwind" Spangler

Rick "Wyrd" Delashmit

Ragnar "BugKiller" Scheuermann

Hugh "Longshanks" David

Scott "Grimli" Phillips

Chris "Pandemonium" Coffin

Brian "Krelin" Crowder

Tim "Alai" Schubert

• Designers:

John "EvilJohn" Moreland

Todd "tOAD" Bailey

Anthony "SunSword" Castoro

Paul "Sage" Sage

Rob "Firedog" Irving

Bruce Adams

• Lead Artist:

• Artists:

Brendon Wilson

Joe Rabbit

Kich Ma

Ruben Garza

Chuck Crist

Micael Priest

• Additional Programming:

John "EvilJohn" Moreland

Raph "Designer Dragon" Koster

Todd Decker

Tim Schubert

• Additional Art:

Brandon Bloodworth

• Additional Design:

Ragnar "BugKiller" Scheuermann

Rick "Wyrd" Delashmit

Jason "Stormwind" Spangler

Tim "Alai" Schubert

Hal "Hellboy" Milton

Richard Garriott

• Sound Effects:

Joe Basquez

Bill Munyon

Hal Milton

• Networking and Operations:

Mark Rizzo

Ruben Cortez

David "Bob" Truong

Barton "Lonestar" Bowers

Kevin Kwast

• Database:

Steve "SQL-Dude" Sparks

Calan Thurow

• Translations:

Nina Vollmer, Translations Manager

Ryosuke Kutsuma, Japanese

Leland Madren, Japanese

Jean-Luc Chabrier, Localization Coordinator

Quality Assurance

• Quality Assurance Manager:

Marie Williams

• Quality Assurance Supervisor:

Paul "Darksaber" Vaden

• Production Lead Tester:

Russell "Stranger" Wilkins

• Quality Assurance Testers:

Brett "Beaker" Bonner

Stacy "Seablade" Davidson

Brian "BIGtiny" DuBose

Scott "Mongo" Loyd

Matt "DarkHorse" Lynch

Kenny "Hottman" Hott

Kent "Hand" Raffray

Todd "Balls" Raffray

Jon 'Killdozer' Savinelli

Lance "MudPuppy" Stites

Rand "Brotchen" Van Fossen

Todd "Lord Ares" Wachhaus

Player Relations

• Director of Player Relations:

Richard "Zippy" Zinser

• Player Relations Manager:

Scott "Bam-Bam" Mattson

• Player Relations Supervisor:

Marti Simmons

• Interest Coordinator:

David "Goatboy" Abelt

• Player Relation Leads:

Thomas Lieberman

John Erskine

Amy Collinsworth

• Player Relations:

Ed "Herr" Ball

Maren Barwis

Daniel Betsinger

Daniel Campbell

Greg Chapman

Michael Farone

Brian Ford

Luis Jimenez

Tim Johnson

Elizabeth Keen

William Leverett

Will Martin

Katherine Matthews

Jenice McKissick

Jim Prescott

Gretchen Russell

Joshua Stoke

Jason Westbrook

Charles Williams

John Wood

• Additional Testing:

Mitch Burton

Rick Holtrop

Timothy Johnson

Will Leverett

Will Martin

Jason Westbrook

Marketing

• Marketing Director:

Chris Plummer

• Product Managers:

Brain Allen

Matt Orlich

• Package Design:

Catherine Cantieri

Tonda Mueller

• Publicity:

Teresa Potts

• Web Programmer:

Christopher Graf

• Documentation:

Tonda Mueller

Incan Monkey God Productions

• Additional Development:

Wombat Games, Inc.

• Additional Software:

Translation software included under license from Systran

© Systran Software Inc., 1998, All rights reserved.

Special Thanks

• Jason Bell
• Faramir
• Spectre
• Bob "UO-Bob" "Reputation FAQ" Hanson
• UO Counselors
• UO Seers