UOGuide vs UOStuff

Introduction

Some people have been requesting a more detailed account of what happened. So I am creating this page to try and answer all the questions.

Short Version

A couple months ago I decided to do something about the lack of UO information out there. Most answers to UO questions are out there, but it is a pain in the neck to find it. So I set about creating the site www.uoguide.com. Shortly after creation, I contacted a couple sites asking if we could use their content. One site was UOStuff.com.

The administrator replied saying no. That he was upgrading UOStuff "soon", even though it was inactive for the past 6 months. About a week later there was an unfortunate accident with the database and all information was lost. It took 2 weeks to move to a new host. The very day UOGuide comes back online, UOStuff announces it's upgrade.

I decided there was no point in trying to compete with UOStuff, so I created a goodbye topic on Stratics U Hall explaining what happened. In that topic, the UOStuff administrator admitted that he saw UOGuide as a threat and was motivated to work on his site.