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Lead Designer was killed by a Wall of Fire scroll that was taken off him by the thief just a moment before.

Lord British? When you make a character name in the seventh grade and never update the thing.

Origins was a terrible game that made money and inspired better.

The most infamous thing in MMO is not the killing of a blowhard -- it was when the Beta servers in Asheron's Call slowly exploded in flame, the persistent world coming to an end as player testers scrambled to solve the puzzle while finding the last safe spot in Dereth.

I thought there was a free copy of Turbine's software somewhere being used to teach students coding after Microsoft closed the servers?

I had fun; just needed XP * 1000 for less grind, so players could see the world. Otherwise, Sticky Mobs you be dead moving to next spot without fifty hours of mindless grind, rinse, repeat.

https://asheron.fandom.com/wiki/Continuity/Beta_and_Early_Development

This event occurred in October 1999. This was a cataclysmic event for the end of the beta. In this event, a red comet appeared in the sky. Shoushi was destroyed, with only a smouldering crater remaining. Glenden Wood was also destroyed when one of the hills around the town erupted into a volcano. Elsewhere, Fire Elementals appeared. Adventurers collected scraps parchment containing an ancient apocalyptic prophecy. Despite their best efforts, the people of Dereth were unable to avert disaster, and the world came to an end.

Yours,