Ultima Dragons

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The Ultima Dragons are a virtual club for the fans of the Ultima series of computer games. Nowadays, they're usually known as Ultima Dragons Internet Chapter, or UDIC.

Contents

1 Prodigy Roots
2 Reformation
3 Membership
4 Customs
5 Reference
6 External links

Prodigy Roots

The club was originally created on the 27th of February, 1992, on Prodigy, then, after some time they disbanded and disperesed due to the expense related to maintaining the group on the Prodigy service.

Reformation

The club was then reformed due to the efforts of an ex-Prodigy member of the Ultima Dragons, Ethereal Dragon. Nowadays, the club is based on the Internet (hence it's called the Internet Chapter). There is a website dedicated to the club, including a roster of members. The club members gather in Usenet (particularly in [news:rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons] newsgroup), but large part of the members also gather in various Ultima-related web message boards.

Membership

Membership requirements are quite simple - you must have played at least one Ultima game. This includes all "canonical" Ultima games - and after much debate, players of Ultima Online were also accepted to the club. The requirement is not particularly difficult to fulfill anyway, since Ultima IV has been released as freeware. There is a large list of all active members available, as well as a much larger grand roster, the latter of which is available only to logged in members, due in part mostly to its large size. Many active members maintain Ultima websites of their own linked to through the [Ring of Dragons].

Customs

All members are usually known by their "dragon name", which ends in "Dragon" (for example, "For Example Dragon"). Some also add "UDIC" (or some ASCII art-esque variant, such as "-==(UDIC)==-") to the name for clarity. They sign Ultima newsgroup/message board posts with this name. Frequently, they also use this name on the Ultima-related websites they maintain.

Reference

[Ultima Dragons Internet Chapter website]

External links

[Ultima Dragons Internet Chapter website]
[news:rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons]
[The Weyrmount], a MOO created by and for UDIC members

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