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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online?

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This is discussed here in detail (the entire series is highly recommended) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFNxJVTJleE

That was great! Ultima creator Richard Garriott talking about how they tried to include a "virtual ecology" system in the game with prey animals and predator animals... but the players just wiped out every living creature. It mentions "sharding" as a term they invented too.

Re: Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online?

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post #7
post #4

This is discussed here in detail (the entire series is highly recommended) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFNxJVTJleE

That was great! Ultima creator Richard Garriott talking about how they tried to include a "virtual ecology" system in the game with prey animals and predator animals... but the players just wiped out every living creature. It mentions "sharding" as a term they invented too.

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