Category: Gaming

Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of Wurm Online and part of the celebrations included a get together on the SFI islands (Independence, in specific) while there is an NFI gathering today (that I expect will surpass the numbers we saw yesterday). The dev team was there to guide us through some events – including the first time we’ve ever seen a PURPLE dragon. We all got a bit of purple scale and drake from this unique, which we could then combine into a larger piece and make armour from – and yes, the armour is in game, and it is VERY purple and awesome looking.

Unfortunately I do not own enough scale or drake to have a set of this made, I do not even have enough of the basic colours to own a set, but it has always been a goal of mine “one day”.

The event was fun, it included the slaying, building some monuments, a game of musical chairs, and even a fashion show. I know putting on things like this can be difficult and time consuming, so a huge thank you to the team for organizing it.

Afterward, I took my priest characters to the Magranon fissure currently active on the Independence server, while Stargrace went off to Deliverance. Now, Deli is where I started my Wurm Online adventures, all those years ago. I moved to various servers after that, until in 2020, when I settled on the Independence server – and I’ve been there ever since. My Wurm bestie, Moumix, has a deed on Indy but also started one up on Deliverance and I thought it might be nice to see if I could find a casual place nearby too.

So yesterday after all of the events were done I sailed around, looking for the perfect spot for a deed (that wasn’t too far from my place on Independence) and I actually found it.

Over the years, I’ve written a LOT of blog posts about my number one MMORPG love – Wurm Online. When I first started playing, I had never seen a game quite like this one before. I think that still holds true. Before the days of Minecraft (Notch would later move from Wurm to – well, we all know this story) we were terraforming and building deeds in Wurm.

I have not been playing for those full 20 years but I have played for many of them. I’ve sunk a lot of hours into the game, proudly. It fits a niche that no other game that I’ve ever played has fit – and I’ve met some of my closest friends in this game. Some are even still my friends now.

It was the game where I first became interested in community – and I was in fact their first community manager. I boldly volunteered myself for the role after learning that there was so such person. There has been such a person ever since. My name is still on the credits, and while I was just a kid back then who knew absolutely nothing about the gaming industry, I moved on to then work for Carbine Studios and NCSoft, and while those games I worked on may no longer be around (I miss you, Wildstar!) Wurm is still here.

If you happen to be playing, give me a nudge! I’m Stargrace, on the Independence server.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.