DDOU went Live for all players, DDO site went down after few hours since launch :)
Well I hope this is due to number of people who want to play. THE GAME :)

PnP Background story :)

Tails of the Seven Worlds.

Chapter 1

Magic - does it really exists or not ?

No one can tell, sometimes we feel things we not suppose to feel.

For some people, sometimes the usual world around us freezes and stops existing, but this is only for a moment, then everything goes back to the way it was.

But one time the world stopped for me, and when lights lit up again the "world was not the same".

South. Desert of Madness.

A merchant caravan slowly moved towards the Capital City of the Great Southern Kingdom. Nazul was looking forward to the arrival, lots of good trade, money and maybe bit of Royal Favor -

He was able to catch a mage, the Kingdom needed magic and so if the mage can be used in royal army it would truly be a feather in his cap, if not, well people liked entertainment and blood.

For many centuries now, once in a while strange people have appeared in a place called "Desert of Madness" - they usually did not remember who they were, or where they came from.

However they did know magic (rough magic), they could not control themselves at first - that is where the Royal School comes in- you see there are plenty wizards everywhere, but Wars ( which were plenty ) did not required scholars, but raw power, so School ( more like prison ) tried to teach "mages" to control their power. In case of success they were free citizens which had to serve for 25 years in Army. For those who couldn't learn, well, the King liked gladiators. Show and Entertainment. Cruel yes, but the world is cruel.

That was on the mind of Nazul. This time he caught a human-looking creature, around 35 years old with black hair. While his servants attempted to catch him he blew up one cart, oh well someone knock him off with a sword ( kick on the back of his head ).

Kudesnik.

"Head, hearts, where I am ?" All he remembered was lots of sand, some people tried to catch him, something heavy hit him on the head. He opened his eyes.

Some lights where coming threw small holes in the cart. He was tied up with dirty ropes.

-- awake ? ( said man in strange head-ware )

-- why I am tied up ? Have I done something wrong ?

-- Don't worry mage - it's for your own safety - you almost killed my man and yourself.

-- I, I did not know I had it in me.

-- No one know, that is why we are going to the school, Nazul smiled.

-- Untie me !

-- Promise to behave ?

-- I promise.

-- I will untie you, but not your hands, don't get mad, mage, you don't know your own abilities, and I don't want to be fried. Nazul laughed hysterically.

-- Where are we going ?

-- To the Royal School of Untapped Magic :). Very special place. :) and don't ask me anything else, in few hours you will get a chance to experience everything yourself.

The rest of the story is blurry 3 month of training, royal army, and escape - Kudesnik can stand killing monsters or criminals or the "other side" during War, but murdering it's own citizens only because they disagree with with the King ?

That was more than he can handle and so the only option was to run away. After half a year of travel Kudesnik ends up in the City of Tark, but this is completely different story.

Dungeons and Dragons Online.

DDOU is a massively multiplayer online game based on DnD Ruleset 3.5 .
Campain settings based on Ebberon. Game started in march 2006 as DDO Stormreach, subscription based 10-15$ per month.
On september 9 2009 ( 9/9/9 ) DDO Stormreach will be upgraded to be "free to play" and name of the game will be DDO Unlimited. I play this game since Beta :) i.e. October 2005.

What I like about game -
1. DnD whatever ppl saying it's DnD I love settings, character progression etc.
2. Active combat - unlike other games, you actively involved in combat - you can block, tumble,
hide, sneak, it matters where are you standing, behind enemy, or in front. When you in combat you moving all the time, not just standing in front of mob and smacking him till you or him die. You can hide behind pillar and archers will not be able to hit you ( unlike lotro ). Cast on run :)
3. Multiclass you can have up to 3 different classes in same character - allow you to make truly unique character with unique set of skills.
4. Dungeons - I love dungeons, :) design if awesome. DX10 graphics really kicking in.
5. Quests is actual story, not mindless kill 10 rats.
6. Group based experience - you can play solo, but DDO players mostly very welcoming for Pugs and Noob friendly.
7. Traps and Puzzles.
8. As you go into dungeon in key places you hear DM voice.
9. This is the only game where people play permadeath style ( in some guilds ) - i.e. if you character die you delete char and create new one. This is very different experience than usual play.

What is game missing-
1. Guild housing - common Turibe you did it for LOTRO , please do it for DDO.
2. Dynamic character face, same thing LOTRO have it , why we don't ? :)
3. Custom bard music.
4. More emotions, please, DnD is RPG, so more emotions is better.


My main server is Ghallanda : main is Sorc. Kudesnik, however I do have capped monk Swirl.
My pd server is Sarlona and I am in PD guild Extreme Explores ( I have link to there web site, in links ).

Feel free to contact me here or in game if you new to DDO or have questions.

Introduction

I am starting this Blog in attempt to promote DDO :) as the best game and improve my english writing skills. I am not sure how long I can keep this going, but I will certainly try my best.