Nilbog, you just kinda made yerself look dumb with that statement. UO was publically released in September of 97, which is when my mom started playing. I started a month after that. Even if you're one of those many people who claim that they were in Beta, that only started in early-mid 97. :P

And FS was useful after precasting came back in, during UO:R. Hally hit, then FS usually would redline a person if not kill them.