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This is Winfield's "user page".  Also see [[Winfield|Winfield's in-game character page]].
This is Winfield's "user page".  Also see [[Winfield|Winfield's in-game character page]].


Winfield (real life name Jerry Thompson) is a player community leader in [[http://www.uoguide.com|Ultima Online (UO)]] (Chesapeake Shard) and in [[Shroud of the Avatar|Shroud of the Avatar (SotA)]].  He is also a webmaster, an electrical engineer, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force.  His primary community effort is building and operating the role-playing, immersive statehood and town of PaxLair in both games.  He is also an in-game news reporter, event creator, and diplomat among the different player communities.
Winfield (real life name Jerry Thompson) is a player community leader in [http://www.uoguide.com|Ultima Online (UO)] (Chesapeake Shard) and in [[Shroud of the Avatar|Shroud of the Avatar (SotA)]].  He is also a webmaster, an electrical engineer, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force.  His primary community effort is building and operating the role-playing, immersive statehood and town of PaxLair in both games.  He is also an in-game news reporter, event creator, and diplomat among the different player communities.


== Interests and Activities ==
== Interests and Activities ==

Revision as of 00:27, 3 February 2015

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This is Winfield's "user page". Also see Winfield's in-game character page.

Winfield (real life name Jerry Thompson) is a player community leader in Online (UO) (Chesapeake Shard) and in Shroud of the Avatar (SotA). He is also a webmaster, an electrical engineer, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. His primary community effort is building and operating the role-playing, immersive statehood and town of PaxLair in both games. He is also an in-game news reporter, event creator, and diplomat among the different player communities.

Interests and Activities

Ultima and Ultima Online

Winfield first became interested in the Ultima series of games in 1985 with Ultima IV. He leads the PaxLair Statehood in Ultima Online (since 1998) and the PaxLair player town in Shroud of the Avatar (since 2014). In 1985, he purchased and played Ultima IV for his Apple II+ computer and became interested in the Ultima type games. Ultima IV, Ultima VII The Black Gate, and Ultima VII Part 2: Serpent Isle are his favorites. In 1997, he purchased and subscribed to Ultima Online (UO), starting in a guild called "The Band" on the Atlantic Shard. When the Chesapeake Shard launched on October 16, 1997[1], The Band moved to Chesapeake. On January 19, 1998, the player town of PaxLair was formed and Winfield became its first Mayor. He continued to lead PaxLair as Mayor, Caretaker, or Governor to the present day (2015) with PaxLair being continuously operated since 1998. He is currently the Governor of PaxLair in UO.

Shroud of the Avatar

In 2014, Winfield pledged at the Lord of the Manor (Founder) level in Shroud of the Avatar (SotA) during the Kickstarter Campaign. He was recognized and appointed as a Knight of the Order of the New Britannia Empire (ONBE) by Lord British for his contributions to player towns and communities.

Winfield currently leads the development of the PaxLair player town. Essential elements of PaxLair are being designed and tested in the pre-Alpha releases. Such elements are those that will make PaxLair a completely immersive and role-played town with unique story and history. He is also an in-game roving news reporter for the New Britannia Press (NBP). The NBP is being developed to report and document events and news for current reader interest and historians. Winfield also co-leads the Scholars of Novia, a player group devoted to promoting player-written stories and lore for SotA.

Member of Groups

Quotes

  • "[For our fully functional PaxLair player town,] I de-emphasize house ownership and over-emphasize teamwork. There will be some people who have house lots as owners to allow PaxLair to use, then there will be team leaders of ideas and establishments who don't have a house lot of their own. The idea for city management is to connect the two groups." - Governor Winfield statement in PaxLair Working Hours session on September 13, 2014

Accomplishments and News

Positions held

  • Governor of PaxLair in New Britannia (March 9, 2013 to present)
  • Grand Master of Council of Scribes (Lore Council) (August 1 to September 5, 2014)
  • Grand Master of Scholars of Novia (September 5, 2014 to present)

Accolades

In the news

Social Presence

SotA forum threads and posts of interest

Social media

Contact Information

Wiki Writing Aids

Wiki subpages

These are my personal test pages and templates to make my wiki writing faster.

Wiki Help Pages and Tools

These are pages that help me write Wiki Pages.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ UOGuide: Chesapeake, accessed February 1, 2015
  2. ↑ Hangout of the Avatar ~ Nature to Nutrition, September 4, 2014, by Portalarium
  3. ↑ Knighting Ceremony, July 26, 2014 in PaxLair
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