Finale wraps up a dynamic season of new Ages, puzzles and player-driven plotlines.


Myst Online: Uru Live's first season is winding down to its final days.



For new screenshots from the final episode: "Exodus," click here.




Uru explorers can find out more at the Myst Online website. For even more detailed information to help a new explorer get started, click here.

Even Gametap featured MOUL in its newsletter, and sounds like they are all working on Season 2:
Gametap news

The new homepage Becky pointed out has a great deal of news. Banners to dl for our siggies (if I can figure out how to do that) and a nice easy way for new players to try out the game.

Free Myst Online Trial

Come and join us-this is an exciting week for Myst Online!

Kate
(Katva in GameBoomers Neighborhood)

Whew! That talk of Season Two is encouraging. Take that, Cate Alexander!

Per ''incoming'' MOUL mail...new age to begin 5:30pm, Cavern time tonite.....i am EST....guesstimating somewhere around 9:30-ish pm..... never have been able to figure the exact time differences....maybe someone who is smarter than me could make us a chart!

Yay! Thanks, Gamenut! I think cavern time is Central time (it's 1 or 2 hours ahead of me and I'm on the West coast) - you can always check the clock which is set to "cavern time" in your KI on the top right, and do the math from there...see you online!

Katva now sings "Tomorrow, tomorroooowww" and sends her apologies to those waiting for an invite to Ahnonay. I stared at the black screen for a long time, then realized we have totally overloaded the servers! Tried to get back to Relto and ..
Now cant get back into the game. I think this is a wonderful thing, If this doesn't convince GameTap to give us more servers, I don't know what would! We have a success on our hands! Yay!

I will keep trying, but at least I know that Ahnonay is available and we can have a beach party soon!!

Kate

I got the black screen when I tried going through the Nexus too. I am back in the game, though.

Ahonnay Tomorrow!

No one seems able to get into Nexus right now. I've made it into my Relto twice and once into our Bevin but I get a black screen every time I try to link to Nexus. Too many people. Gonna try one more time and then I'll come back later tonight and try again. That's one advantage of being on the west coast - things die down after 10:00 p.m. my time and I can go cavorting around with no problems. Although that may not be true tonight. Guess we'll see!!

Edit: *sigh* Now I can't even get into the game at all. I'll try again in an hour. If anyone makes it in, post pics in the Bevin if you can!

I'm in the Watcher's Pub right now. I'm in a long line of avatar humanity. My elbow is in someone else's back and my nose is in someone else's pony tail.

It's kinda cool.

The lag is intense, and the screen freezes from time to time. There are dozens of people ahead of me. Many are running forward, ignoring the line. Oh, if only my mother hadn't beaten the wait-in-line manners thing into me at a young age!

Ooooohhh, it sounds so fun, Becky!! Okay, let me finish paying bills (I'm on a roll) and then I'll try again in a few minutes...

Hey Celtic Lark, sorry if I don't respond - I can barely move in the Watchers Pub!

I'm debating whether or not to cut in front of Becky...hmmm

Big time lag - I think there's 99 people in there!

Okay.... I'm goin' in... *cue Mission Impossible theme*

Ten minutes later.... I actually got to the pub. But lag was horrendous. Couldn't even move and then the server booted me. Going to try the invite that Bayo sent...

Well, the most interesting moment was when I ended up inside someone wearing glasses. I could see through her glasses at two round points on the wall. It was like looking through binoculars.

I'm in Ahonnay now. I'll send invites to anyone who wants one -- just PM me in Uru.

Well, that was fun, Becky! Just got booted again. I'm going to see if our theory was right and maybe there is a now a book in my Relto. Thanks for showing me around tonight!

Weird, Becky (about the glasses thing)...I'm glad you were able to get into Ahonnay - I'm going to try again tonight, and if I still can't get to the book, I'll PM you in MOUL. Thanks for offering the invite!

Celtic Lark, you were in front of me but I got "the boot" too...oh well - ok...one more try (and more caffine)...!!

I do indeed have my own book but when I tried to link through it, I got the black screen again. Think I'm going to give it a rest again and hopefully some more people in the eastern time zone will go to bed. Its only 8:15 pm for me.

Watchers Pub was a mass of people stepping on each other cutting in and I finally left. Went back to our Bevin for a while then decided to try again. I had to go all the way back out and start all over. I happened to be in my nexus when someone left the pub (there were 99 people) I got back in. What a difference, everyone was lined up and very orderly. People were trying to stay in line, but would cut in by mistake. You could see them trying to get back in place. There was someone speaking and telling everyone what was going on. Even when someone was stuck right at the book, this person was talking to the one that was trying to link. Being very helpful. I guess I was in the line for about 15 minutes. Very impressive.!!!

Whistler

Boy! am I glad I decided this am was a fine time for a view of Ahnonay! LOL....you are more dedicated than I am. Today, it was a breeze...no line.

Now to figure out the age....

Kate
Katva in awe of the scenery

Celtic -- it was great fun with you and Bayo. I now have a sentimental pic of one of my quabs. Did you manage to swim to the tower island yet?

Hi, I don't know if I should post here or somewhere else....I haven't played Uru since May or something and I just went bacck and hadn;t the faintest idea what to do. Can anyone give me a hint as where to start now that I'm back? Thanks

WW

Welcome back WW!!!

Hmm..trying to remember what ages you may have missed. I guess Minkata, Ercana and the newest one, yesterday, Ahnonay. Not sure it would matter where you start. I think your best bet is to visit the Watcher's Pub which will be in your nexus links, and join us now in Ahnonay. We are all slowly coming to grips with it and it is so beautiful. Fun to explore it with all of us. After that you can start picking up the other ages, etc, that that you missed.

Look forward to seeing you in there!

Kate
Katva

Whoooo boy! Drama in the Cavern today! For those who decided sleep was more important than watching Bahro fly in circles, you haven't missed anything yet. They are still flying around and screaming at each other. I think Cyan turned them "on" before leaving the office today (they appeared around 4:00 p.m. PST) and are now laughing at all us poor saps wasting our Saturday night watching them. But you know, that was a fun conversation we had. Twinkies, anyone?

Becky - I have figured out how to get to the tower! Katva gave me a tip and I've made it every time I've swum out to it today. Now if I could just figure out what to do next... I swear, I'm so clueless without a walkthrough to give me nudges.

I loved our cliff talk. Obviously it's been too long since I've eaten Twinkies.

I still haven't figured out who is exodusing -- us or them (or both).

Congrats on getting to the tower! There's more in the Age to see that will eventually be helpful. (Becky attempts to be mysterious.)

Hmmm. After the latest announcement, could it be that

Well, Cate exodused stage left so there's one...

Just a note here for anyone using the WT for the original offline game. As you may have guessed by now, it has changed. Just a little warning..heheh.

Kate
Katva (who cant remember her Ki number but now has a large supply of Twinkies on hand)

Hi Everyone!

I've been MIA for ages but hope to be here more often now. I downloaded URU again last night after not playing for ages also. lol. Wow! what a lot of new content! It looks great.

I'm moving so awkwardly after not being able to play for so long that its ridiculous so will practice my movement and try to refresh my memory about the game and get my Ki and hope to see you all in URU.

It's good to see you all again. I hope all my old friends are doing well.

Good point in your spoiler, Becky. I just heard a relay from Reletee (sp?) in Kirel. He basically said that we need to strengthen the guilds. That might support my theory that...



To all the new and returning players, welcome!! Be sure you put us all on your KIs so we can meet up if we see each other online.

Is exodusing a word??

I really enjoyed the "Bahro Watching Event" last night with fellow GameBoomer's by the library and yes, I'm still in one piece and obviously - alive.

Forget the Twinkies and bring on the real food!

I'm at work and I keep forgetting to write down my KI# so if you see me RhysLior - just say hi.

"Exodusing" is not a real word. No real word seemed to capture all the right nuances. So I'm inventing a word. Sort of.

LOL I didn't even realize you used it first, Becky. I was referring to my use of it. You must have invaded my subconscious. And who says we can't make up new words???

Nobody. Invading the subconscious is what I do best.

I just got my Ki. My number is 10963598, Calracci. If you see a dippy redhead bouncing off the walls trying to learn to walk, it's me. Say 'hi' please. lol.

We will look for you, Melanie! Wow, those KI numbers are getting big. Hard to believe we have over 10 million players (just kidding). :-)

Dadguy

Hi Dadguy! It's great to see you. I just visited a new world, but not sure what it's name is. lol. I got there from the pub. It was an island. What beautiful new stuff we have! I finally drowned after numerous swims.

What's your ki #?

Melanie -- you were in Ahnonay, which is a new Age just released a couple of days ago. I've just started there too.

Thanks for your Ki number -- I'll keep an eye out for you in Uru.

Yes, Ahnonay! That's the newest one... and it can be quite a challenge, so please make me a buddy and we will be happy to help you through!

I am KI # 165097. I am a Greeter in the GoG Hood, so look for me or any other Greeter there for help anytime.

See you in the Cavern!

Dadguy

I wrote your ki # down Dadguy and will add it later when I get back to UrU, thanks.

Becky, please send me an invitation to get back in the gameboomer neighborhood so I can meet up with you guys.

I did a little more wandering last night and was so impressed by all the beautiful new places.

I discovered that in Ahnonay it's impossible to swim against the tide to get to the tower so will work on another way. I did find one of the hand print spots. What are they called again?

Journey Cloths.

There is only one way to make it against the water currents to the Tower. Don't peak unless you want to know!



See you soon!

Dadguy

Hey Becky! Good to see you the other day and visit the City...didn't mean to just leave there but all of a sudden my avatar went nuts!...threw itself off side of bridge entry and when in Relto kept running at the wall....! by the time i got logged back on you had gone! Yesterday evening i spent mostly in Ahnonay and had great help from LightKeeper! I have not finished it yet...but would not have gotten as far as i have if not for him! Gosh...we have such good people in our Bevin!!!

I can't remember playing this part of Uru (Ahnonay) in the past for Path of the Shell! I was blown away by the beautiful scenery!

Ok, ummm so where's the "sparklie" - I've checked all the ages and I'm tempted to cheat (** out of breath **)

Melanie -- I sent the invite! Looking forward to seeing you there.

Gamenut -- I saw your avatar run straight off into nowhere, and I knew it had suddenly acquired a mind of its own. LOL!

Renee -- a spoiler hint for the November sparklie:

Oh wow!!! This is a must see!! The Bahro are flying right over our heads in the city...Bahro fights too...incredible noise!!!!

Kate
(Katva KI#969932)

Bahro fights? This I've gotta see.

Arrrrrrgh!!! Don't they know I'm at work??? Every time I'm not in the game, something exciting happens. I swear, I sat at my computer most of the weekend just waiting. I left it for a few hours yesterday afternoon and bam! The Bahro are in the City. I sign on and the City is so full I can't even get in. Although, it was awesome to see so many people playing again.

I hope somebody gets pics of the Bahro fights to share. I left early on Friday to catch the opening of the new age so I can't really leave early again today. My boss is wonderful but I don't want to push it. LOL I think I need to start saving my sick days for episode releases.

Gamenut - Somewhere around here is my story about my avvie suddenly acquiring a mind of her own while attending a speech being made by Cate Alexander. She just got up and rushed Cate and I wasn't even touching the keyboard or mouse!! It was embarrassing because people thought I was angling for a photo op. I discovered that you can regain control by clicking both mouse buttons at the same time. It is like they randomly get stuck in "run" mode for some reason.

Becky - clever sparklie hint

It would seem that the excitement is over now. Of course, I could be wrong about that.

Yup. Its over. And apparently

Thanks Dadguy! It seems that I missed all the excitement today too.

Becky, I didn't get your invitation. Please resend it. Gameboomers was not in the public list so I couldn't get there last night. It's going to be hard to meet up with you all if I'm not back in the neighborhood.

Thanks.

Melanie

Oh yeah, that happens Melanie. If I go back in tonight I will reset the Nexus book so that the GB hood shows, if someone hasn't done that already since you posted. Feel free to add me to your list of friends, too. My KI is at the bottom of my posts. We're in the same time zone so we'll probably see each other often.

Thanks, Celtic Lark. I hope you added me to your ki too.

Melanie

Celtic --

What you've said about the Episode Finale plot may be considered a spoiler to some -- I'm not sure -- but just to be safe I'm putting a spoiler tag in part of your post.



I've found a video of the final speech, as well as the text transcription (without explorers interjecting) of the final speech.

If anyone manages to find a video of the Bahro fighting, please let me know!

So far all I have seen is a 7 second video, but if you play it over and over maybe you will get the picture (so to speak :))
J'iim on GOG posted a link here:

Bahro short film GOG

I know there are others so I will keep asking.
Kate
Katva #969932

Thanks KateVa! Was that what the Bahro looked like when you saw them from the palace balcony?

Thanks for the spoiler tags, Becky. It didn't occur to me that that would be a spoiler because it isn't something people can go experience for themselves. Anyone who wasn't there when it happened (*pout*) is going to have to learn about it by word of mouth either in game or on a board somewhere. But I would never want to spoil someone else's fun so tag away!



Melanie, I didn't get back in the game last night (darn this need for sleep!) but I will be in for a bit tonight and will add you to my KI. I think I'm close to finishing Ahnonay but...

I'm worn out ~~~



I have tried so many times that I am starting to get worse, not better. Well, I did manage to click on a green journey cloth, for whatever that is worth.

Sierramindy - I can relate! I had the same problem until Katva gave me a hint. Click here if you want to see it:



Hope that helps!

Woe is me! The harder I try the worse I get. This has changed from adventure to action and I'm getting bored! I'll try again a few days from now and see if I can make it. For now I need a break, a nice long one.

Hi Celtic Lark and all,

No problem about not getting back. I met up with Dudemom and she got me back in the GB neighborhood so now I'm where I belong again and I finished the cleft last night so will be ready to visit the zero and then start working the cities.

I probably won't be back to the game until late tonight. My hubby is in the hospital and I'm going to visit today so by the time I play tonight pacific time, I hope I run into you all. Becky I just missed you. I was away when you came on and by the time I came back you must have quit for the night.

I have a dumb question, actually a few, I picked up some cloths (line drawings) that are not journey cloths in my journal and when I click them all they do is highlight. What are they?
Also, how do you get stuff to decorate your relto? How do I know the name of the city I'm going to? It's not written anywhere.

Thanks!!

SierraMindy,

Try this little video of one technique for getting to the tower against the currents. As Kate mentioned (and I as well earlier in this topic) the keys are:



Melanie,

Those items you have picked up are know as Relto Pages. There are 15 or so located all over URU. They add scenery, decorations, and other items to your Relto. They can be "turned on" or "turned off" by clicking on the symbol in your Relto Book, then re-linking back to Relto. Bright green is OK, dull green is OFF.

There is a resource at the Guildofgreeters.com website for the pages available and their locations.

Have fun!

Dadguy

Oh, Thanks, Dadguy! I was wondering how to decorate my relto! So I just click them on and then go to the relto? Thanks!!

That video is super too!

Melanie

Hi dadguy,
I clicked on the link in your post and got the message: This content requires Adobe Flash Player 9. Would you like to install it now? I clicked YES. Installation was successful and the version I got was 9,0,47,0. But when I try the link, instead of seeing a video, I get that same message again. So I installed it a second time, still got the message not the video, but didn't install it a third time. Still can't get the video though, so what am I doing wrong here?

Maybe your computer is not allowing it to install for security reasons. Does it have an option to save to your computer? If so, try saving it and installing yourself.

Okay, I'm giving up. I won't be able to get back in the game until Sunday. My siblings and I are throwing a surprise 60th birthday party for my mom this weekend (shhhhh.... don't tell her) and I've spent every night this week in preparations. By the time I'm done, all I want is bed.

So has anything happened in the game...



Melanie - I hope to see you Sunday.

Sierramindy - I would second Melanie's suggestion. Those installations can get a bit quirky and I'm not that great at trouble-shooting them. But I'm sure dadguy or one of the others will be more helpful.

Awwww, Celtic - hope to see you in the game soon - have a nice celebration with your family

Thanks for the "hint" Becky (without totally spoiling) - found the shiny bright sparklie!!

Ok, now off to figure out Ahnonay (I seem to be stuck in water and crystal ages)....

Celtic -- the only plot point that seems to have happened after that is

Hi Celtic Lark,
I guess "quirky" can be a good word for that installation, or maybe for me, I'm not sure which right now! See message to Melanie.
Hi Melanie,
I wasn't sure if I could follow your advice because I don't know where stuff is on my computer, but I was going to try. Then I thought I would go to dadguy's link one more time to read the Adobe Flash Player message again, just in case it made more sense to me this time after reading your post. You will never guess what happened! The video came on and played and I got to see him swimming and reaching the island, what a surprise! I watched it twice to make sure of what I was seeing!
Hi dadguy,
Many thanks for that video. I get too impatient I reckon and start thrashing around changing directions instead of just swimming. Also I noticed the pixel (well, sort of) where he jumped off the second rock and I have been jumping off closer to the left or middle than as far right as he did, so maybe that was another mistake. Anyway, I'm off to try again and now at least I know how it should work if I get it right. Thanks again.

Sierramindy,

AdobeFlash player is a good add-on to have on Internet Explorer. There are many many web pages that use it for displaying video. I was going to suggest that you might have to close IE, then open again to get the new flash player to work after installing. Glad you got it!



Cheers,

Dadguy

Hi Dadguy,
I'm trying, I'm trying, and getting nowhere. Once I was near the island at that sandy point but the game hung up or something and I couldn't get on it although I was standing right by it, so I tried jumping up on it and instead I jumped way past it back into the water and the current. Aargh! I do get close sometimes, other times I don't even make the jump to the second rock but land in the water instead and no way can one swim against that current. Still I guess I'm doing better than the very first time that I tried and jumped into the water by the waterfall when I was trying to jump across it to the next rock. I thought those must be the 2 rocks I was looking for back then. Anyway that turns out to be a total dead end as I learned after going around and around a few times!
BTW, is there anything else to do on Ahnonay besides the swimming thing?

Hi SierraMindy, I'm glad you got it downloaded. It's easy to tell it where to go when you dl something. In the bar where it says save to, just click on desktop and it will be easy to find. Then all you have to do is go to your desktop and click the program to install. (for the next time you need it). What I meant was that usually when you click on a program you get a dialog asking if you want to save or open. You can click save instead of open. I hope that's fairly clear. I know I didn't explain it in the right order. lol.

Celtic, I'm afraid I'm going to miss you on Sunday! My bro-in-law is flying in on Sat night so he'll be here thru Mon. I doubt I'll be online till monday night. Think we'll ever meet up??? lol.

Well, it looks like I'm going to need help in teledahn. I can't make it to the bucket in time so need someone to help me by throwing the switch so I can jump in. I'm just not coordinated or fast enough yet. I'm hoping I'll run into someone with time to visit with me.

See you all later.

PS: I visited Zero and started my markers too!

Melanie

Renee - Thanks for the fun party wishes. The planning has been a bit stressful (isn't it always?) but I know my mom is going to love it.

Becky - Thank you for your last spoiler. And you were right about the meaning of exodus so hopefully you'll be right about this too!

Sierramindy - Nothing wrong with being quirky. We all have a few quirks that make us unique. And as for the troubles you are having in Ahnonay (sp?), hopefully you can meet up with one of us soon and we can help you out. I know how frustrating it is not to get something in the game. I'm a little further in the age but I'm at a point where I'm going to need some help, too.

Melanie - sorry we can't meet up on Sunday but I'm sure we will meet at some point. I should play a few weeknights next week so I can finish the new age. Have fun with your brother-in-law!

And don't forget the Cavern Choir concert, everyone, on December 16th! We're ironing out more of the details this weekend at our final rehearsal so I'll keep you all posted. I believe it will be in one of the Bevins and we may have people go to our website to get "tickets" so we can control the amount of people in the audience and reduce lag. Hope everyone can make it!

sierramindy, please share your KI number (again, in case you have done it already) with us and we'll look for you to try to help. There is lots and lots to do in Ahnonay besides swimming!!

CelticLark, I just realized you are one of our sopranos! CelticLark and I are both singers in the Cavern Choir (I'm a baritone). For those who might like to hear last year's concert, check out the recordings here... 4 songs, not too long, but very haunting and beautiful renaissance music:

http://caverncommunicationsnetwork.com/uruculture/urulivingstudio/uruculture.htm

See you online!

Dadguy KI # 165097

Hey dadguy! I thought that you might be the same "dadguy" I've heard about from Dom but I wasn't sure. It's funny how we're all singing "together" but we're a bit segregated since we mainly interact with Dom and the other people in our sections. Nice to "meet" you. Thanks for posting that link. I can't wait to hear what our holiday concert sounds like, especially "O Magnum". I loved recording that piece.

"See" you in rehearsal on Saturday!

The cavern choir is beautiful! Thanks for posting the link, Dadguy! How talented you all are!

I tried setting up my old mike today. I hope it will work reasonably well. We'll check it out the next time I play. Untill I get a new one it will have to suffice if it works, that is. lol

I played with Becky and Mikeplay last night and we ran into a whole crowd who helped me complete my two ages to get my wedge and rings. My relto is sure getting pretty now! What fun! Thanks Becky, Mikeplay and all who were so patient with me teaching me how to open the doors.

Melanie glad you had fun, me too and glad to help always. Mikeplay