Great idea except this house is in a VERY high traffic area which means anyone walking by at that very moment had the opportunity of a lifetime over anyone else. Even leaving the house completely alone was better than pure deletion because at least then players would have the house sign as a general warning that the house would be falling.
Sadly, as stated by marcus, a lot of assumptions were made about the house sign that said 12/25/07. Unlike the other house which had a clear posting, this one was left more so to the fact that a chain of events would start on the 25th, not necessarily the house falling and all the items getting swooped up in a matter of seconds.
The only statement that I do not think is correct is:
In actuality, Cronus has been working on this for a while so as far as staff side is concerned, there is no lack of organization. In fact, like always, the organization and plan are in place
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Of course, players cannot know this nor should you - it all can ruin the element of the game that UO is known for.
In all fairness, even with the other IDOC a few months ago - the exact time of the drop was posted wlel in advance and people still chose to stand around. I would show myself and let them know they had hours and hours to go before it would drop, but those people refused to budge. So - if a person chose to waste their time staring at their computer screen, its not like anyone posting would have gotten them to leave. History repeats itself.
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