The festival of the stars was in full swing as Pratt tried unsuccessfully to bring his vision back into focus. After some effort, he decided nothing less then sleep would help with this problem. Soul laughed as he watched his old friend trying to stop the world from spinning and he wondered if Pratt even knew the girl who now sat in his lap.

Grigory was obviously thinking the same as he eyed her ruefully and the females present from the MOA staff were clearly displeased at the bosses behavior. Pratt did not care as he and Kryptonite shared a hearty laugh over some of last week's Star Wars escapades during the auction.

"The Emperor has Spoken" Pratt yelled as the barmaid fell from his lap onto the ground. At this point DJ Scorp was up and the two managers were faux fighting with light sabers sounds effects and all. Kryptonite and some of the patrons that had decided to sit with the MOA crew a bit took their leave seeing the chaos building. Smart move that turned out to be as the fake fight overturned two tables and a keg of the finest ale in all the lands. At this wasted beverage, Blessed Industry was actually in tears.

Ethereal tired of this childishness, grabbed the sleeve of Flagg, and the two went off towards Vesper and the MOA house. Someone had to do some work the Head Cashier/Event Manager thought to herself as they left the noise of the festival behind. Since the others were busy merrymaking, this auction would be as she liked and she might just teach Pratt a fine lesson and sell off some of his most prize treasures reserved for special auctions only. At this suggestion, Flagg blanched, wondering again what he had gotten himself into yet again, cursing under his breath for not drinking more whilst he had the chance. "Well heck let's see what kind of trouble we can get into" he stated as he allowed Ethereal to lead him into the private chambers that she most certainly should not have a key to. Tons of sparkling items assaulted his vision as the door swung open.

Ethereal spoke ...

"Let's take the Marble Table, The Bin Laden V'Day card, The Rare Purple Bottle - that will make the crowd cry. Grab that Blessed Engraved Ring. Let's see.... the Open Book, Some Barbed Kits, Blood Tiles, Thin Hay, Ring of the Elements, Eye Of Newt, Full Set of Tree Ornament Jewelry. Let's take that Bushel, and some of those Rare Statues Pratt likes so much".

Crystal Balls, Potted Trees, Some Armor Pieces that Glow with Power, Necro Regs, Blessed Sandals and a bag full of surprises that made Ethy smirk as she lifted it. Presuming this would be enough, she asked Flagg to drag it all behind the counter and scatter it about.

"Let Soul sort it out when the party is over I am done for today."

The next morning was very loud and a little blurry as Pratt awoke slumped against a marble table portion that had been brought into the pit somehow. Soul coughed himself into the new day as visions of rolled tobacco brought back the wheezing and a bit of dizziness. Blessed refused to rise at all, pulling his cloak tighter about and trying to ignore the world coming to life around him. DJ Scorp was unconscious and snoring loudly. It was clear he would not be alert for some time so they didn't even bother to whisper for his benefit.

Grigory had already left, or maybe he never made it back to the house at all. None of them could recall. It did seem however that they put some thought into this week's auction at some point since so many great items were locked down all around. A bit surprised they were that they had chosen so many True Rares. The men took stock of just what had been admitted to this week's list - secretly wishing they could be in the audience themselves.

A glance at Soul's Journal revealed the following items to be sold this week.

• Marble Table Section
• A Felucca Keep (rune is locked down at MOA on cashiers table)
• Blood Tiles
• An Open Book
• GM Inscribed Ring reading "Amor Vincit Omnia Et Nos Cedamus Amori" (can be Locked Down!)
• A Valentines Card from Bin Laden Himself
• Barbed Runic Pieces and Kits
• Necro Reagents
• Rare Named Christmas Statues
• A Full Set of Tree Ornament Jewelry
• A Bushel
• A Server Birth Pink Bottle (maybe not until next week BUT VERY RARE)

...and more surprises being added as of this writing.

So don't miss Majestic Oaks Auctions, every Wednesday and Thursday, starting at 9pm by the Eastern sky and the Majestic Madness event every Monday at 9pm Eastern from the castle.

For more information, the current goings on, or just to get an up to date auction list you can visit us at www.uo-moa.net.

Cya There !!

The Majestic Oaks Auction Team
www.uo-moa.net

From the antlered desk of Kelwyn

I went to the Chicken Fight Club last week just to see what all the buzz was about and I got hooked on chicken fights! I am not good at guessing the winners though. At CFC you must choose the top three chickens in order (known as trifecta betting). Determined to find my own chicken to participate, I went forth and tamed a chicken and began training him. I named him The Colonel in hopes of making him famous someday. I turned to the CFC website for guidance and was greatly helped by Whipple, Henry Zoate, and Linchpin.

The Colonel participated in his first fight tonight and lost spectacularly to Big Red. I learned that The Colonel's 6% Physical Resist was not enough. "To have a top fighting chicken you need to get one with 10% resist!" explained Henry Zoate.

So The Colonel was permanently retired and I went in search of the Uber Chicken. I certainly helped clean out the chicken gene pool by quickly eliminating all that had less than 10% physical resist. There were a lot a dead chickens! At last I found him: Cluckzilla! Now to the training!

Tonight's fights were awesome with MotherClucker, owned by Bowen coming first, Rooster Cogbern, owned by CFC's own Rachel at second and Big Red owned by Bowman coming in third.

Defeated birds included Cannibal Chicken, CattleKiller and Memorex. At halftime there was a nightmare fight with the returning champ, EtherealMare beating Eddie. In between fights Quistis Zoate gave cash prizes for winners of King of the Hill trivia. In the audience Kuan Ti, Linchpin, Lady Alexandra, Pratt and several newcomers all enjoyed the show. Heart's Inc, Michael's General Store and CFC donated the prizes. Next week, High Drama will be the sponsor!

When you enter CFC you are given a goodie bag with runes to the sponsors, CFC and some yummy food and drink. Not surprisingly, the food is usually delicious fried chicken! Possibly from the losers? The chicken fights are not to be missed. They happen every Saturday at 8PM EST. Be sure to come and enjoy the show! If you have a chicken, bring it and enter! The CFC website is http://uo-cfc.siteburg.com.

A Majestic Oaks Chicken Lover
www.uo-moa.net

This just in from an anonymous tipster...

DJ Scorp Meets the REAL Darth Vadar!!!

Hey... don't look at me! I don't verify our news stories...
I post 'em!!! :-)

Oh yeah, speaking of news stories... The "Dark Side" of the Force was present at the auction house in the guise of the Wednesday staff! Star Wars Trivia abounded as did prizes for everyone who showed up in costume.

My sources tell me that more of the same is expected at tonight's auction with over 1 Million Gold being given away to those best dressed.

Oh... and my anonymous tipster said to expect a special surpise!

May the Force be With You
www.uo-moa.net

It appears MOA has been bitten by the Star Wars bug! Instead of our usual tuxedo clad dealers, patrons were met at the castle by the Dark Side of the force.

The Emperor (Keeper) waved his hands over the dice at the Hi/Low table while Darth Vadar (Jo Jo) played Jedi Mind games with our dart throwing patrons. However, the power of the Dark Side wasn't enough to overtake Matrix as he had tricks of his own. Summoning all the metaclorines in the universe, Matrix tossed a double bullseye and took home a One Million Gold Piece Check!

Pictured from left to right: Asajj Ventress, The Emperor, Mara Jade, Zam Wessell, Darth Vadar, and Aurra Sing

Darth Maul (Walter), Boba Fett (Kelwyn), and Asajj Ventress (Grendlyn) gated patrons to the castle while Mara Jade (Dosa) poured deadly Russian drinks, Zam Wessell (Natasha) played Roulette, and the incredibly hot Aura Sing tossed the Dice. Storm Troopers, pretending to be bank check vendors, guarded each exit.

The oddest costume of the evening was found on Monty Hall himself who showed up as Jar Jar Binks. He must not have understood the Dark Side theme??? No harm done. Jar Jar's presence provided much needed target practice for his Evil Empire cohorts!

It seems like Jar Jar did get a message to his lily livered Rebel Alliance. They will be in action on Thursday at the auction house with Yoda auctioneering. Both Wednesday and Thursday auctions are sure to have lots of Star Wars Trivia, and cash rewards for most creative Star Wars costumes. Rumor has it that MOA will be dropping at least 1 Million gold in prizes so grab a light saber and join in the fun!

The Majestic Empire
www.uo-moa.net

From the Desk of Emerald Ice

The spirits were as cold as the rain outside and they were not getting any better from the few figures that did come in from the storm. It was clear that this auction was going to be a small one, but Piper and I couldn't let this happen. So we grabbed up our sacks of gate scrolls and headed into the wilds of the cities. I decided Luna was closer to my heart than Britain, or it could have been that Piper was faster at calling it than I was. Whatever the case, the spirits of the MOA staff seemed to rise everytime one of our loyal customers went through our swirling gates of magic. My gate duty was cut short by DJ tho he should've called Piper back in and not me as by the end of the night she had more corns on her feet than there are Fan Dancers in the Dojo!

I returned to the auction house to find many lovely faces such as, Lady Sadie of Green Frog, Ms Whipple of T of Chicken Fight Club, Lord Stallion, Magnus, Matrix, Erricson, Bracklin, and Drako Maximillian, to name a few. Now with our seats nearly filled and money being discussed, we decided it was best to start the auction. The auctioneer for that night was Muntz, brokering was DJ, and cashier was Blessed Industry. An anonymous female voice sprang forth a different request for the night: That our male staff should work topless! Wanting to appease our customers DJ was the first to complete the request, and the other's followed after.

The first real bidding war of the night was between Nordrada and Carpathian over a potted plant that's minimum was 500k. Nordrada took it home for a mere 580k! The next striking event was when an Ethereal Horse was placed on the table, and the minimum bid of 5k was spoken, Deadpool, who incidently donated 1 Million Gold for Trivia, showed how determined he was by placing a crushing bid of One Million Gold. Next it was time for Simpsons Trivia, which was a suprise seeing as it is the only show Muntz watches. Kroplok was the first 25k winner of the evening. Several rare bottles of hair dye hit the table and I guess Jhelom's Mayor Lord Rastus must be fearing old age and grey hair for he bought every single bottle!

DJ had an extra smelly prize to go with his notoriously stinky feet... he gave away fish caught by his very own hook! The first "lucky" winner was Fifi LaForge who chose the smaller of the two fish. Way to go, girl! If you can't eat it all, there's not much to waste. The bigger fish went to Lady Lava with the bigger appetite or more friends, I suppose.

The closer for the evening was a server-birth Skull Candle - minimum bid of 5 Million Gold. There was a bidding war between Deadpool and Erricson, but only one of them walked away with a server-birth rare for 15.5 Million gold. I bet Erricson's head is gonna be high for a while, being glad he didn't break the 16 Million marker.

At next Thursday's auction, MOA is hosting a Star War's theme. Everyone who dresses up as a person in Star Wars will be awarded a prize, but the best dressed wins a million gold!

May the Force be with you.

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

The mysteries of the seas are ever-lasting, and this Friday, May 13th, the folks at MOA have decided to find out how many able-bodied sea-folk we have swarming our shard!

Join us for an exciting race that will test your sailing skills throughly.
The event will start at 9pm Eastern time and Sign-up will begin half an hour prior to launch at the MOA auction house within the Luna city walls. Gates will be provided from major banks. Single sailors or teams of two are welcome to compete for prizes totaling at over 10 million gold!

Mend your sails and oil your gangplanks, and chart a course for MOA's Boat Race this Friday!

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

A Lone figure stood on the deck of the Large Dragon ship, which bore the name MOA's Day Off, the title was more pipe dream than reality but it suited her just fine. DJ Scorp cast his line into the sea again and again in search of deep-sea treasures or maybe even some minnows to place in Pratt's pay bag. Scorp's thoughts were as always on the upcoming auctions, but at least the view was better and the air more clear then behind that auction pit and in the same room as Muntz's feet. Visions of the items pile Soul had just sorted through were coming into place in his mind, and as he redrew his pole, the hook caught his leg on the back swing. Pulling it free allowed blood to trickle onto the deck. So much for fishing with a clear head! Scorp turned the boat back towards Vesper and the slip that would take him within walking distance from the house that had claimed his life so long ago.

When Scorp came hobbling in he was more than happy to see Ophelia and N Muntz already hard at work getting ready for this week's show. He was greeted and told to go away, because they most certainly had things under control. Unsure but tired, he acquiesced and retired to a cot upstairs. The blood-stained leg gave Muntz the idea that it was time to unload the blood tiles lying around in the chests, more than one had gathered waiting their turn to sell. Ophelia, however, was in a more colorful mood as she admired a pile of skulls in the corner while at the same time lifting bottles of colored hair dye out of secured containers. The two acted as automatons for an hour and when it was done sat back and saw that they had created, and it was good...

The items chosen do not reflect a full list; items are always being added and there will be more than a few great things added before the auction each week, thanks to our generous submitters. We have a Skull Pile (an old tile that used to spawn), Blood tiles in varying Directions, Half a dozen old school Colored Hair dye bottles, Many Plants, Buckets, A set of 17 Double Slayer Bows, 2 Colored Big Fish caught by DJ Scorp himself and titled so, The Ship Model rare, Many Statues of all years, Soul stone Fragment Tokens, Khaldun Light, Speckled Eggs and soo much more!

Majestic Oaks Auction runs every Wednesday and Thursday at 9 Eastern as well as coordinated weekly events every Monday at the MOA castle. For a full list visit us at www.uo-moa.net Thanks from the MOA auction family !

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

From the Desk of Malikae

Vanna definitely went BOOM at the castle tonight, not only from the boom boom boxes but also, from Grendlyn's magical fingers. Grendlyn didn't mean to kill Vanna but when the crowd chants, "Boom", "Boom" over and over... well... what are we to do?

It was a fun night indeed with people being randomly selected from the crowd and in response to MOA Trivia questions such as: "Which MOA Member's name rhymes with "Rat"? and Who always dies when we play Chests of Doom & Delight?

The big prize of the night was without a doubt the Ethereal Ki-Rin Statuette. This little horsie saw more riders than the Pony Express as it passed through 9 sets of hands before being stolen by Morlock.

Some of the nicer items up for grabs were:
- The New "Church at Night" vet award, taken by Maxximus,
- A Lamppost, stolen by John,
- A Tower Lantern, nabbed by Jocktoo.
- Matrix, will be on the high seas with 10 MIBs, accompanied by
- Sadie with her Fabled Fishing Net.
- A 7 piece meddable 100% LRC Suit will be worn by Darkhand,
and Ori, Twiztid, Sum Ting Wong, Black & Decker, A Helping Hand, and Ramza will be crafting and casting with their 1k of Horned Leather, 1k of Wood, 1k of Shadow Ingots, 1k of Bones, 1k of each Necro Reagent and 1k of each Magery Reagent WITH a 15% LRC Spellbook!

Total prize package tonight included 24 very nice gifts. So remember to stop by the castle next Monday, and every Monday night for your chance to great prizes and UO Gold!

The Wild Majestic Castle Crew
www.uo-moa.net

Holy Smokes Batman!!! It's Vanna Boom Boom time!

That's right! Tonight at the Majestic Madness Castle on Ice Island, (8pm CST/9pm EST) the "Wild Ones" bring you Chests of Doom and Delight!

A peek into the Boom Boxes this week reveals cool stuff like:
- Church at Night Veteran Award
- An Ethereal Ki-Rin Statuette
- A 100% LRC Suit
- A Doomsville Set including a Lamppost!
- A Fabled Fishing Net (Holy Mackerel Batman!)
- An SE Home Decor Set (SE Stealables)
- Commodity Deeds with Leather, Ingots, Wood, Bones, and Reagents
- And soooooo much more!!!

Remember, there is no entry fee to play. Playing is always FREE!

Contestant selection is based on random picks from the audience and correctly answered trivia questions.

Gates will be provided from W. Brit and Luna Banks throughout most of the evening. Remember... you can't win if you don't play!

Finally, we still have tons of scrolls so if you have any Tomes that need fillin, bring them on by. We will fill them for free!

The Majestic Madness Lunatics
www.uo-moa.net

From the Pen of Ophelia

Twas a Thurdsay night,
a mid-Spring eve,
a notice of an outstanding event,
I received!

There were prizes and gold,
Fun for all kinds!
Where patrons and warriors,
Could go to unwind.

It was an MOA auction
With me in the lead,
Listing items and bidders,
And winners, indeed!

There was DEADPOOL and FiFi,
Kuan Ti and Scorp,
And of course who could live,
Without my witty retorts!

I saw armor and weapons,
And colored nets too;
There was free gold and cash,
It could have been you!

Two million we gave,
To some knowledgeable guests,
Who answered our queries
When put to the test.

Carpatheian won an anvil,
And Nord nabbed a cow,
Nervous Capt. America grabbed a shield,
After wiping his brow.

So come see us again,
We are quite the delight,
Come join in the fun,
On next Thursday night!

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

From the Desk of Ethereal

MOA's second Web Contest is now over, and I am pleased to say we had more than enough correct entries this time around!

Winners this week are: Odin, Heart of Fire, Tia, Lady Juniper, Fifi LaForge and Eddie Bauer! Congratulations to all six, who take home 375k each for their efforts! Anderus also had the correct entry only minutes behind Eddie Bauer.

The correct answer was "Delucia".

Thanks to all who took the time to chase down those clues this week and enter your guesses! We hope you had fun with it. Web Contest is taking a one-week break and will be back on the 17th of May with a brand new contest!

From the Desk of Natasha

Tuseday night, I joined the Lake Superior cast of MOA and had a great time.

The Lake Superior patrons are a great bunch of people and know how to have fun! Among them were Cap McRoy, Raver Devua, Artemis, Woodsong, Paro Parada, Lord Pembroke, Shara and many, many others.

Blue Haze listened closely to the rules and in turn she won the first 25k gold give away. Chaotic and Sir Will battled over 60k ingots, however Sir Will did manage to outbid Chaotic and was the lucky winner. Blue Haze took home 10 very nice unenhanced luck items. So here's hoping his sewing kits and hammers are strong and kind!

20k Iron Ingots and 10k of each other color ingot were available, a bidding war ensued with the likes of Chaotic, Raver Devau, Mace Bell Jr., Andaril, Edgar and Raistlin. However, they were outdone by YouKnowImHot, who took them all. Raver Devua is the proud new owner of a 14x14 Skara Brae Trammel House for the cool price of 1.4 million!

Everyone had a great time tonight, and I had a lot of fun watching things unfold at Lake Superior!

From the Desk of Soul Blighter

The afternoon started as many have before with me sifting thru the pile of ruble DJ had fished up from a ship wreck while he was looking for that trophy fish more amazing than any others had ever caught before. I do this often looking for scrap iron to feed my pet golems that guard the storage house. All of a sudden I remembered that I needed to get to the auction house a little early to meet out beautiful new assistant Crystal to make sure she had everything she needed for her first night. Much to my surprise when I arrived there was Sin Blackshadow and Draco Maxmilla sitting lambasting Matrix for starting the fight the night before in the tavern. I must admit I also joined in on the teasing. We had many a laughs long before the first item hit the table. Amazingly Matrix still denies he started the fight even though many patrons saw him flirting with other men's dates.

At a little past the hour the first item hit the auction table. A nicely crafted gold metal box that Paige needed to keep her vast treasures in. After a nice little bidding war she walked away with her prize. The next item to hit the table was a VERY RARE bust of Jou'nar. I really think the crowd must have still been in a daze from going thru the magical gates because Deacon Frost was able to absolutely steal this nice little item. It didn't take long before everyone had regain their senses when a battle began between Kuan Ti, Deadpool, the infamous Matrix and Cabowa for a very ugly statue of a Lizardman

We had many nice items go up last night such as: Guantlets of Nobility won by Deacon Frost for 4 mil!
A rare Bushel that was battled for by Guyra, Deadpool, Erricson and Phlanex, with Phlanex getting it for 1.5 mil!
A 120 Provocation Scroll, It was obvious Victoria's Secret really wants to "provoke" someone she walked away with this little item for 1.5 mil!
A rare Green Beard Dye that Carpatheian nabbed for a mere 2.9 mil!
And the last big item that went up was an Open Book facing east that Deadpool Stole for a mere 6 mil!

I would like to thank the many people that attended and hope to see all of you back next week!

From the Desk of Ethereal

MOA's second web contest concludes today with this final clue:

You still have time to enter for your chance to win 375k! For full details, check the original story here. The first three winners will be announced during the auction tonight, the final three during Thursday's auction.

Good luck to all!

One late Tuesday in a tavern located so far from reality that it is only spoken of in legend, five people sat in the rear of a tavern bustling with tons of patrons enjoying the evening. These five were not so happy although they drank; it was work which had brought them together, Pratt, Ethereal, Soul, Nemo and Scorp each with a pile of papers to accompany their beverage of choice. The Majestic Oaks team was gearing up for another week of auctions as Wednesday threatened to rear its ugly head in just one more day. The staff could not agree on what needed to sell this week as they discussed submissions. Soul wanted structure, Nemo wanted to leave it up to fate and Pratt really did not care he just wanted the night off. Ethereal yawned knowing she would accomplish nothing with these men and sipped her wine trying to act interested in the discussion.

A bar fight broke out across the room and havoc ensued, Soul grabbed up the papers as brawlers threatened to overrun the barroom in seconds. Just in time two patrons crashed into their once nice table spilling food and drink about as they tried to scatter. Pratt recognized one of the struggling fighters to be Matrix a familiar face and no doubt the start of it all. Nemo slammed his upturned mug into Matrix's attackers skull as the man dropped lifelessly to the ground. "Guys" Matrix said sloppily "I don't know what happened really he just jumped on me for no reason!" "Bah" Pratt stated, "you either slept with his girl or tried to for sure". Matrix began to protest but thought better of it and decided to be gracious instead "thanks for the help, if I can do anything to repay you all just ask". Four knowing looks and three of them were gone in an instant, Soul was last and he handed the stack of papers to Matrix and instructed him to pick 150 items for this week and report back to him. Before he could object Soul too was gone leaving Matrix staring open mouthed, ok he said to himself if you want me to do this then beware the results. A few hours later a list appeared on Soul's desk including the following features of the week and listed in total at www.uo-moa.net/

Matrix's picks of the week were A Bushel, A pair of Church at Night House deeds (very cool and new), Four of the rarest Color Hair Dyes he could recall, An Open Book, Neon Beard Dye, A Staff of the Magi, Some Large Potted Trees, A gaggle of Statues and soo much more.

So don't miss Majestic Oaks Auctions this and every Wednesday and Thursday starting at 9 Eastern, also great events every Monday night same time at the castle. For more information, a contact list or just a place to discuss what's on your mind visit us at www.uo-moa.net

Thanks!
The Majestic Oaks Family
www.uo-moa.net

Majestic Madness was true to form with Twisted Trivia with a Pursuit. Contestants for the first round of Jeopardy Style Trivia were John, Cabowa (D*M) and Lady Slave (Doh). While Lady Slave won this round, taking home 75k, John, of the Yew Militia, camped the Sup DeWd question set. In a super mana dump, John ganked the entire category by spamming correct answers such as rez-kill.

The second round of Jeopardy brought out many great players starting with Familiar, Ori and Rori (AOA) and concluding with James, Eagle (Kof) and Magic (pvp).

You know how it always seems so easy on TV? Well Familiar was all to familiar with this as he ran away with the questions that had been missed by the contestants in the first round and tossed out to the crowd. However, when it was his turn to step up and take the stool... nothing.

Ori was the big winner of round 2 taking home 85k. It was fairly obvious Ori's spent quite a lot of time in the hen house and the Majestic Madness Castle as he nearly swept both the "Chicken and the Egg" and the "Majestic Madness Monday Night Mayhem" categories. Perhaps Ori was sent to the hen house for spending too much time at the castle? We'll never know.

After Jeopardy, we handed our patrons the following clues and sent them on a scavenger hunt.

1) Bang away! The neighbor's aren't home! (Drum)
2) What every coward needs. (Spine)
3) Nekkid chicken! (Raw Bird)
4) Battle strength pepper spray. (War Mace)
5) A little glass container of Complaints. (Bottle of Whine)
6) Two are better than one. (Head)
7) Disguise yourself in Clannish Camouflage. (Tribal Mask)
8) Yeah but can you use them on a dart board? (ninja darts - fugi?)
9) Do it, eat it, try to get it indirectly. (Fish)
10) Sting hopes that someone gets this. (Message in a Bottle)

Sir Blackie & Destiny were the big winners bringing in 9 of the clues, for a win of 250k. Victor came in second and took home 150k and Cabowa took home 75k with a third place win. Nykki, Ramza and Familiar each claimed 50k. It is always fun to see how people will interpret the clues. The oddest item of the night was a Gazer statue. Sir Blackie and Destiny claimed it was a really big head (Clue #6).

Speaking of clues... and we were...

Quite a few other great people also came to the castle to take home our gold to the tune of 1.125 Million! Next week should be more of the same as the Majestic Madness Crew brings you Chests of Doom and Delight. Same time same place.

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

Tonight, Monday, May 2nd, 8pm CST (9pm EST), the "Remnant" will be dumping gold from the castle vault to the tune of Twisted Trivia with a Pursuit.

Twisted Trivia with a Pursit (TTwaP) is an ever changing game. Tonight, it will take on the form of Jeopardy with categories such as "Sup DeWd" (UO Slang) and questions like, "To remain in one spot, waiting for certain spawn" (Camp). Easy enough - yes?

There will be six different categories, each with 5 questions worth 5k, 10k, 15k, 20k, and 25k. Contestants will be selected randomly and based on trivia questions. If you answer a question correctly, you get the gold. If no one answers correctly, the question and gold go to the crowd.

Trivia will last one hour and then be followed by a Scavenger Hunt where we will look for 10 different items alluded to with clues such as "Two are better than one." (in which case you would bring us a head). You will have one hour to decode the clues and return to the castle with as many of the ten items that you can come up with. Prizes for Scavenger Hunt are: 250k for 1st place, 150k for 2nd, and 75k for 3rd.

Gates will be provided from Luna and West Brit Bank prior to the start of the event.

*** Bird Flys in Window Dropping Message ***

Don't forget about our Majestic Website Contest (details of which can be found here).

L3 R1 S2 B3 12

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

From the Desk of Ethereal

The patrons began filling the house at Chicken Fight Club on Saturday evening, their voices mingling with the soft clucking of chickens. Early speculation on who to back in the fights was starting, with patrons looking over the birds gathered in the holding area. A couple of new chickens were piquing curiosity, but it soon became apparent that there was one question on most people's minds: where was Cannibal Chicken, the reigning champ?

It seems Cannibal came down with a mild case of bird flu, and was unable to attend that evening. The guarantee of a new champ had most of the experienced fight goers giving WhippyChicII the nod. While the betting took place prior to the first round, Sweet Melody stepped up to do some early-bird trivia sponsored by Rhen and Co. Sam and Cross Centaur were the first trivia winners of the night.

The two new birds, Chickenator and Chucky, were the first pair in the ring. Chucky emerged the victor in a brief flurry of feathers. Cattle Killer and Popeye's were the next two to fight. Popeye's has been a promising up-and-comer for several weeks now, and the crowd cheered him on as he trounced Cattle Killer. The final fight in round one was between the heavy-weights Rooster Cogbern and WhippyChicII. The fight was close, but Rooster seemed to stumble near the end and tried to run. Whippy blocked his path and finished him off for the win.

Now it was time for the half-time mare fights. Sadie won the draw, and brought her nightmare Comfortably Numb to face the champion UNO. The crowd was shocked to see the long-running champion UNO go down quickly to the challenger. Comfortably Numb is the new mare fight champ! There was more trivia during the break between chicken fights, too. Cross Centaur, Fision and Grigory were winners there.

Back to the chicken fights, it was time for the semi-finals. Chucky took a brave peck at Popeye's, but Popeye's was the clear winner of that round and went on to face the formidable WhippyChicII for the final. Popeye's is definitely a bird to watch in the future, but WhippyChicII, son of a former champion himself, proved to be the best chicken in the ring that night. Final results for the night were:

Next week should be an interesting one if Cannibal Chicken is back in fighting form, as both he and Whippy will be hungry to retain the champion title. New trainers are always welcomed at CFC. If you wish to learn more about the fights and how to enter, head on over to the CFC site, http://uo-cfc.siteburg.com

Finally, here is a reminder about the MOA web contest #2, details of which can be found here. Your next clue is:

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

From the Desk of Ethereal

The first MOA web contest has wrapped up. Odin, Tia, and Anderus all e-mailed the correct answer, "Mephitis". Unfortunately, there were only three correct entries, which means that 750k went unclaimed last week. So, we will roll that prize money into this week's contest, bringing each of six prizes to 375k!

Now, on to the details of this week's MOA web contest! Since the Order of the Ebony Knights so kindly donated the trivia prizes for our first contest kick-off, we are returning the favor and featuring the new OEK Rune Library in the contest this week. The library, called OEK Needful Things, is very easy to find, being a short distance from the MOA auction house and just outside Vesper at 54 N, 97 E.

As in our first contest, you will need to collect letters and use them to spell out a common UO word. There are seven letters in all, one clue given out in each story this week, starting with the Wednesday wrap-up story. Here is your second clue:

That may look rather cryptic, so let me explain. There are 3 levels (floors) of runes in the library, so the first number refers to the level. In our picture here, we are on the second level, or L2. There are 4 rows of shelves; with the cursor pointing to the first Row, and the first Shelf in that row, or R1 S1. From top to bottom in each shelf, there are seven books. If you guessed that the cursor is pointing to B5 (book 5 from the top) you are right! The last number refers to the runes in the book itself. If the last number in the clue was 4, you would look at the 4th rune, which says "Nightmares" in our example. The first letter of the rune name is the letter you are looking for, so if "L2 R1 S1 B5 4" was a clue, you would have the letter N as one of the seven letters. (this is NOT a clue, by the way!)
Note that in some runebooks, a "spacer rune" is used to divide the book into sections. This spacer rune is counted!

Once you have all seven letters, e-mail your guess to contest@uo-moa.net . The first six correct answers will win 375k each! Once again this week, we will announce three winners during each auction Wednesday and Thursday night. Good luck, everyone!

The Majestic Oaks Team
www.uo-moa.net

From the Desk of Ethereal

Here is a quick recap of the action on Wednesday night.

The auction opened with a bang as four patrons battled it out over a full white 6th anniversary bag. Deadpool won it at 1.5 million. Other hot items for the night included a cow statue, won by Ithido Zoate for 1.6, a bucket of water won by Mira at 1.3, a 71 resists, 5LMC, 14 LRC gorget won by Featherforge for 2.2, and the mystery chest which was won by Odin.

Of course there were plenty of gold giveaways, too! Trivia winners for the night were: Henry Zoate (twice!), Anderus, FiFi LaForge, Matrix and vivi. Many patrons were anxious for the first three website contest winners to be announced. Grigory eventually took pity on them and awarded prizes of 250k each to Odin, Tia and Anderus. Don't forget that there will be three more winners announced during Thursday night's auction, and there is still a chance for you to be one of them if you get your entry in quickly enough! Check here for details on that.

A few people have asked what happens now that this contest is over. Well, of course we start another one! I will give more details on that tomorrow, but as a teaser, here is your first clue:

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www.uo-moa.net

Well it's happened again! This page has grown far too long and it is time to archive.

For the forseeable future, this page will only carry the current month's news. If you are interested in earlier stories, take a look at the archives.

March 01, 2005 - April 27, 2005
November 01, 2004 - February 28, 2005
March 03, 2004 - October 31, 2004
October 28, 2003 - February 19, 2004

The Majestic Oaks Team
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