August 4, 2004 Welcome to the Barren Realms MUD Newsletter! Announcements: Faustus: zen garden Tue Aug 3 16:14:58 2004 As you all may or may not have noticed, we have a new area today, the "Zen Garden." I'm not going to tell you are where it is, but given the name of the area, it connects to an area where you would logically expect to find it. The area is for mid-level morts, but be aware before you go all out, the area has a few new tricks that haven't been seen elsewhere in the mud. Hope you all enjoy... Lari: Siberfels is now open to heroes! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDEAS: Lehua: kenders can't hide if they're flying? i mean a flying kender does attract attention.. Avio: corpses should come up on scan. if you can see mobs around you, you should be able to see a dead body on the floor. Criterion: a special skill for demons... we can walk the shadow paths... these are special hallways with doors that let out at various points. only way to access these hallways is from special rooms. doors aren't labeled. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: From Dove -- story on Abrupt Climate Change a'la Day After Tomorrow http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_warming/page.cfm?pageID=1405 Who Owns the Zebra Puzzle - From Mystique http://www.themathlab.com/gym/brainbuilders/logic/whozebra.htm From Mystique - Make your own Avatar! http://www.dookyweb.com/index.php?seccion=avatars Also from Mystique (Wow) http://www.njagyouth.org/liberty.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm out of Replies. Please send some! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From DOve: Once again, The Washington Post published its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. And the winners are... 1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you. 13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions. 14. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist. 15. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. August 12, 2004 Welcome to BR's Weekly Newsletter. THis week we're a little light so feel free to send me any articles you might write - poetry or short stories too. Come visit at telnet://barren.coredcs.com:8000/ and the website at http://www.barrenrealmsmud.com/ -------------------------------------- IDEAS: Score: if you can't remove your weapon to change it out for another, then Tarzan (or anyone else for that matter) shouldn't disarm you in a fight. Thanks. Rhyme: the quiet room filters out all the public channels like chat, shout, auction, etc Rhyme: if you bamf a mob, all of their gold and equipment falls to the ground ---------------------------------------------- Replies to last Newsletter: From Anakin: Avio: corpses should come up on scan. if you can see mobs around you, you should be able to see a dead body on the floor. >>I believe that's one of the very few uses of birdseye. If they let you see corpses with scan, birdseye would be one more less meaningful. Criterion: a special skill for demons... we can walk the shadow paths... these are special hallways with doors that let out at various points. only way to access these hallways is from special rooms. doors aren't labeled. >>I believe it's called revenant consecration. ----------------------------------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: Schlock Mercenary, Military Humor http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ Blame Bluestar for this site http://forum.flooble.com/ Beautiful Photographs http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?include=all&photo_id=2516774 From Mystique - when you don't have Bubble wrap http://www.nata2.info/humor/flash/bubblewrap.swf --------------------------------------------- From Dove, some humor: How Many Dogs Does It Take to Change A Light Bulb? 1. Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out bulb? 2. Border Collie: Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring that's not up to code. 3. Dachshund: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp! 4. Rottweiler: Make me. 5. Boxer: Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark. 6. Lab: Oh, me, me!!!!! Pleeeeeeeeeze let me change the light bulb! Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I? Pleeeeeeeeeze, please, please, please! 7. German Shepherd: I'll change it as soon as I've led these people from the dark, check to make sure I haven't missed any, and make just one more perimeter patrol to see that no one has tried to take advantage of the situation. 8. Jack Russell Terrier: I'll just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the walls and furniture. 9. Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? I'm sorry, but I don't see a light bulb? 10. Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark. 11. Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb. 12. Pointer: I see it, there it is, there it is, right there ... 13. Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares? 14. Australian Cattle Dog: First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little circle ... 15. Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry. The Cat's Answer: "Dogs do not change light bulbs. People change light bulbs. So, the real question is: How long will it be before I can expect some light, some dinner, and a massage?" August 19, 2004 Welcome to the Barren Realms MUD Newsletter: VIsit us at telnet://barren.coredcs.com:8000/ or our web site at http://www.barrenrealmsmud.com/ News from the Realms: Brodgar: The Ruins of Dun Candrae (Level 1-10) Somehow I managed to miss posting that the area Joysinger and I wrote went in during this last boot. *Blinks* The area is just south of Malacandra and is for levels 1 through 10. It's a relatively small area, but introduces a brand new type of puzzle and also if you read carefully, the secret to a piece of low level flaming equipment. IDEAS -- THis is our ONE idea. Have you all lost your ability to idea? Send them now now now! ----------------------------------------------------- Rabies: How about adding a %t macro to add system time to your prompt? I hear timestamps with messages are pretty big on that newfangled IRC thing, for instance These characters need to log in or risk losing their characters: Asherikai, Astraea, Dar, Exior, Fragment, Hocoino, Holly, Ijneb, Insommniac, Isandra, Krail, Kyire, Laflyn, Marachu, Masakari, Methos, Mylo, Peaches, Phractal, Phred, Pythea, Slikk, Sozzy, Spifficus, Spot, Stormlord, Strator, Stuka, Thalia, Vantere, Viregord, Xero, Zurn ---------------------------------------------------- Kiri's WwW of URLs: Some very moving and some amusing letters to the draft board in the olden days http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/letters.htm The bubble game!! http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?Game=Bubbles Best...Shirt...Ever... http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?affid=-1&productID=213 I don't know why I'm including this comic. http://www.atomictoy.org/ -------------------------------------------------------- Replies by Baltar: > Score: if you can't remove your weapon to change it out for another, = > then Tarzan (or anyone else for that matter) > shouldn't disarm you in a fight. Thanks. NO!! Disarming is one of the best ways to get rid of a cursed weapon! (For those of us who are too cheap -- or too nervous -- to visit the Hangman.) > Rhyme: if you bamf a mob, all of their gold and equipment falls to the = > ground Oh, sure. And when you astral or teleport or portal or whatever, you leave all of your gold and equipment behind, too. Umm, no, thank you. Baltar (whose spell-checker does not recognize the word 'teleport') -------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Answers from Tests Given Sixth Graders You can listen to thunder and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind. There are 26 vitamins in all, but some of the letters are yet to be discovered. Vacuums are nothings. We only mention them to let people know they're there. The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things, like when people forget to put the top on. Water vapor gets together in a cloud. When it is big enough to be called a drop, it does. Mushrooms always grow in damp places, which is why they look like umbrellas. Momentum is something you give a person when they go away. Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I have never been able to make out the numbers. When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy. One of the main causes of dust is janitors. A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing the population.