Hope you all had a happy fourth of July (those of you who celebrate it). We've been pretty busy on Barren Realms this summer - lots of you are playing through those summer months. That's unusual compared to our past, when the summer tended to be dead months. Please make sure you try to get your friends to come check us out, and keep Barren the thriving community we like it to be. *grin*. We've had plenty of quests going on, too, and in this newsletter I will include the results of some of them and the rules for some others that are ongoing currently. Ideas: Stonehenge: Umm, how about getting rid of 0 hours left on a spell and having the spell disappear after 1 hour? Kharn: i dont think things like aff, inf or eq should be affected by spell lag in combat. They are not actions like a kick. Roshi: just thought that i might bring up the idea of banning heroes from the current arena and making a new arena that only heroes could get to..also making the current arena no-tp/astral etc Kiri - we are going to do this, eventually, and also having a view command so you can watch a fight without being able to get attacked. Kharn: there should be a hack, an auction ect. History Command. Zylo: add a direction to flee, Syntax: flee direction. So if your fighting an aggro mob that's garding the only way out and you can't kill him, you can make sure you flee in the right direction, and if you dont' put a direction, it just picks a random Everybody: a spell allowing you to recharge staffs/wands could be nifty. give more use to staves and wands in general. maybe set it so you had to cast the "new" spell at it, then the spell (like sanc, or whatever) to add one charge to it Kiri -- I really like that. AMystery: mental barrier is too powerful. there should be a chance an attack will get through Bloodmaul: since it's so hard to find a mob you are looking for... how about a way to track inside the area? So, if you are in the area, you can track mobs in that area... Sucks when you have to guess which mob is the one you want Smaug: can we make it so that mobs can't flee while tripped? or at least tripped via tailsweep? See: It should keep your scores in games, like Connect Four and stuff like that then have a command to reset your score or something like that. Anni: no misteleport to an area more than 20lvls higher Kai: variable in prompt code that lets you see the group's tank's hitpoints Packor: you know you can sleep and rest, and after that stand while being carried. maybe carry should be tosses you onto his back(can still be when they get claws) Loom: it should be possible to make tell messages while sleeping because the regeneration phase is a good time to have a little chat. Kiri -- this is why I wanted a dream channel at one time. Icecold: can't we make dirtkick hit the mob we are fighting anyhow? yes, i know, it'll hit the mob whose name i typed in, but i am used to abbreviating. and it doesn't work this way for spells, either... Tanis: A way to speed up spells from the instructor so newbies don't get sick of sitting there waiting for a spell up Bio: (by the way, I'm out of these, so send them my way!) Bio: 1 Name? Uhm, i am having troubles making this kind of info accessible to everyone ;) 2 BR Name? Most of you prolly know me best as Joysinger. 3 Sex? Last time i looked it was female. Honest!!! 4 Home Town? Tends to be Hamburg, i guess, altho - i don't live there anymore. 5 Born? Jeah, i obviously was. ;) HE! Don't ask me for my birthdate, i already feel old :) 6 Living arrangement? Live alone in my apparetment. Now i see several jealous faces... ;) 7 Favorite TV show? I tend to watch anything as long as it's senseless and not meaningful. Usually contains nudity and brutality. Just need something to prevent me from thinking... Oh - cartoons are pretty good. :) 8 What's on you mouse pad? Duuuuuuh... Lara Croft diving with the sharks - and some airbubbles since it's filled with water. I think it was called 'effect pad'. He! Stop laughing :) it was in the package the game came in :) (Suuuuuuure - as if any of you are going to believe me ;) ) 9 Favorite board game? Hm... depends. Will i get some alcohol to go with it? cuz if not i am not going to start it ;) Cards maybe, tho... Magic the gathering is neat. 10 Favorite smell ? Not wet dogs for sure :) Dunno. Maybe the way it smells right after a thunderstorm... 11 Best feeling in the world ? Feeling nothing at all and being in peace with myself - i guess. 12 Worst feeling in the world ? I don't think i got so unlucky to experience that yet. This far i'd go for regret and embarrassment... 13 What do you do to express your creativity? Unfortunately i rarely feel like it anymore. But if i have the urge i do painting/drawing :) 14 Roller coaster- Scary or Exciting? WOOHOO, you got me here. No, thats a lame one... The faster it is, the longer it takes, the less i think, the better it gets. Usually none matches that, tho. LIMIT was the last one i enjoyed :) 15 Pen or Pencil? For writing most definitely pens. But when it comes to drawing i take anything - now i just have to fins a scrap of paper! 16 Favorite foods? Can't tell. Probably the food my mom prepares - since i know she does it with love :) I really miss that at my home... 17 Do you get along with your parents? Since i moved out from home i do. Usually at least. 18 Chocolate or Vanilla? CHOCOLATE!!! ooOOooOOooOOooOOoo... 19 Favorite ice cream? CHOCOLATE! WITH CHUNKS!! GIMME GIMME!!! ;) 20 Croutions or Bacon Bits? I have to choose? Croutons. (yuck, bacon... Fat's gross) 21 Storms cool or scary? Just unpleasant but i gotta live with it. Thunderstorms scare the hell outta me, tho - no, i don't even like em when i am inside. 22 Do like to drive? Oh YEAH BABY! Now if only i could afford it... 23 What was your first car? Uhm... The one i get to drive every once in a while is a VW Polo. But i like my dads big one more ;) *wink* 24 If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be? Never thought about it. Luckily noone i ever really cared for died yet. 25 Who is your favorite poet? I have to admit not to care for poetry that much :) If i like it, ok. 26 Do you eat the stems of Broccoli? Sure. I actually like most veggies :) 27 Girls- If a guy asked you for the shirt off your back would you give it? No. First: it probably wouldn't fit anyhow. Second: who does he think he is??? Earn money buy your own clothes! ;) 28 If you could have any job you wanted what would it be? Hey - get my dr.vet licensed and move to the states having my own clinic :) 29 Have you ever been in love? Have i? I'll tell you when i find out. I thought i was several times, tho. 30 What on the walls of your bedroom? It's a one room appartement ;) Plain white wallpaper (boring, i know, but i haven't gotten around to make the pics i would like to have there yet, don't think i ever will, either) and Van Gogh's 'Cafe de nuit'. 31 Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Depends on how much is left and if i like it ;) 32 Are you a lefty, righty, or ambidextrous? Uhm... I prefer using my right had, is that what is meant? 33 Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? Mostly. I did take a class for it, but i know i am not doing it all correctly :) 34 If you could be one gardening tool what would it be? Is there any that doesn't have a job and just lazily lies around? If not - none ;) 35 What's under your bed? Scared to go look. I might find some of these creepy 8-legged creatures i so much am afraid of ;) (yeah yeah, i know, wanna become a vet and don't get along with spiders... i hate bugs, too. :p ) 36 What is your dream car? Oh baby... PORSCHE CARRERA - all extras and the top can get taken off... *drool* black, of course ;) 37 Favorite sport to watch? I don't watch sports. Don't really care for any of it. I usually don't even cheer for the german participant :) 38 How many rings before you answer the phone? Depends. None. I try not to answer it. you have to be REALLY obnoxious caller to get me to :) or catch me in a good mood, then it's as little rings as i can manage. 39 Future son's name? Bah - kids. As long as i can give it back to their parents, fine - but my own? Now that would be difficult to deal with. But if it's only for the name - i like Demian. 40 Future daughter's name? Look above. Kinda like Lara. But who knows? I tend to be changing my mind fast about such unimportant things :) 41 If you dyed you hair a different color what would it be? I already die it. BLACK with a blue touch. NOOOOOOOO COLORS!!! You wanna kill me? ;) 42 Shampoo or Conditioner? Shampoo. Conditioner just makes it so slippery i can't even tie it together anymore ;) 43 Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Can't answer - i have no clue what it is. 44 One pillow or two? Just two? I take any i can... 45 Ever been convicted of a crime? Not convicted, no ;) can't remember commiting one either, tho. 46 What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? Damn - it CAN'T already be time to get up. Do i really have to? What excuse could i use so i don't have to... Oh well, five more minutes... Next is: Damn again! it can't possibly be THAT late again! I am NEVER going to catch my train in time now... 47 Favorite music group? Hmmm... lessee... Deine Lakeien (yes i know, you never heard that before. it's Dark Wave. ;) ) ok, so what about Blind Guardian, Type O Negative? I really like those, too :) 48 Favorite movie? Hard to say. The last unicorn prolly. :) the fifth element was really good, too. (or MIB) Just don't try to give me too serious stuff :) 49 Say one nice thing about the person who sent this to you? You know, i've been playing BR long ago - if you hadn't made it the way it is i guess i wouldn't be coming back this much - even though i really -should- do other stuff. Thanks Kiri. 50 Person you sent this to who is least likely to respond? I am not sending it to anyone besides Kiri. Lets see if i get comments from you guys reading this, tho ;) Responses by Cathy Killingbeck (?): IDEAS: Lyndon: i think there should be a spell that makes you *appear* to be higher level than you are for aggressive mobs. ie molasses pools wouldn't attack you because they think you're level 49 etc Dhmn: be able to type in an area name.. that you're *NOT* in and find out what level it is, (besides using area minlvel maxlevel) Everybody: ok... well... if we can't use word of recall for "personal" recall points... how about making it so it'll let you recall from cursed rooms, or while cursed? Dekar: Put in a Role Playing Channel ---I think this would be bad since someone could walk around all of the mud and pick up and powerful item or treasure which is guarded by an aggro mob. Would make the game too easy. Conesus: After 10 minutes of idleing, users should automatically go into AFK mode. ---What if you are just regening and listening to chat. I think you should have the choice of being afk or not. Anubis: Have an improved invis spell that stays even when you attack something. Make it higher level than norm invis. Also, an improved mass invis would also be nice. It Anubis: Have different bonuses for different alignments, ie: if you are angelic, you get bounsus from good gods. If you are really neutral (exactly 0 or about that?) you get bounuses from the neutral gods, and if you are really evil, you get bounses from te ---I haven't seen any god that favors alignment, besides, you would have to create gods in the code, and tell the mud which god is what align. Just a pain for the coders, and unneeded. Thepower: bank balance be put in status/stat info? ---I wouldn't mind this, but I don't know how hard it would be to code. Anyways, it's not necessisary, and there is such thing as a pen and notepad. Responses by Baltar: Lyndon: i think there should be a spell that makes you *appear* to be higher level than you are for aggressive mobs. ie molasses pools wouldn't attack you because they think you're level 49 etc What a terrific -- and original -- idea! Call it "hero aura" or something like that, maybe. Obviously there should be a limit on it, perhaps +5 over your actual level... Everybody: ok... well... if we can't use word of recall for "personal" recall points... how about making it so it'll let you recall from cursed rooms, or while cursed? I know this has been suggested -- and rejected -- before, but it *would* give the spell a use... Anubis: Have an improved invis spell that stays even when you attack = something. Make it higher level than norm invis. Also, an improved mass = invis would also be nice. It Err...I think not. Rather cruel to folks who can't see invis, for one thing. Thepower: bank balance be put in status/stat info? If you're going to add it anywhere, I'd add it to the WORTH command. Baltar Kiri's WWW of URLs: From Scavenger, the Itari: http://www.aalgar.com/aalcorp/062900/ Another one from Scavenger, the most horrible MS error ever: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ARTICLES/Q172/6/53.asp Tellthemnow.com will get you in touch with celebrities, politicians, and everyone else through the correct sources. Check it out. http://www.tellthemnow.com/ Sushi Astrology- pull down the menu on the left hand and select "sushi" -- also, you need flash for this. http://www.astprince.com/englishnew/index.html Dog property laws: 1. If I like it, it's mine. 2. If it's in my mouth, it's mine. 3. If I can take it from you, it's mine. 4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine. 5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. 6. If I'm chewing something up, all the pieces are mine. 7. If it just looks like mine, it's mine. 8. If I saw it first, it's mine. 9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine. 10. If it's broken, it's yours. Life lessons learned from a dog: 1. If you stare at someone long enough, eventually you'll get what you want. 2. Don't go out without ID. 3. If it's not wet and sloppy, it's not a kiss. 4. Be aware of when to hold your tongue, and when to use it. 5. Leave room in your schedule for a good nap. 6. Always give people a friendly greeting. 7. When you do something wrong, always take responsibility (as soon as you're dragged out from under the bed). Things dogs have to remember: --I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet. --The garbage collector is NOT stealing our stuff. --I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table. --I will not roll my toys behind the fridge. --I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house. --I will not eat the cats' food, before or after they eat it. --I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in the house when I am about to throw up. --I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc. --"Kitty box crunchies" are not food. --I will not eat any more socks and then redeposit them in the backyard after processing. --The diaper pail is not a cookie jar. --I will not chew my human's toothbrush and not tell them. --We do not have a doorbell. I will not bark each time I hear one on TV. --I will not steal my mom's underwear and dance all over the backyard with it. --My head does not belong in the refrigerator. --I will not bite the officer's hand when he reaches in for Mom's driver's license and car registration. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get paid to read email - 5 cents per email! http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/669307 Or ten cents an email: http://www.yoyomail.com/cgi-bin/a?referral=kiri and make money! And after all that, I forgot our quest results and quest info: Joysinger's Quest results: we decided to have 2 groups - heroes and morts, therefor we got 3 first places :) thanks for the high participance. ok, winners for first place are: heroes: tanis morts: packor winners for second place: heroes: kazin morts: gryn theme-winner is andasa. all of you mentioned above, plz contact eb as soon as you see her for prizes :) thanks again to all who have played and to eb for sponsoring :) hope you had all fun, i think i'm gonna make one again :) *hugs* joy congratulations to the winners, of course ;) to all of you who didn't get mentioned in the winners note, i'm sorry. we had a really tough time to decide who won. i had a lot of entries and they were really cool. :) so for those of you who are interested who did what: heroes: tanis: punk rock, kazin: sexy modern man, brodgar: little bo peep, gladstik: the crow koji: drag queen, kinson: glowing/holy/starlike, andasa: clark kent/superman (not completely changed - yet) morts: packor: royal prince, gryn: witch/wraith, paragon: pimp, conner: dark enchantress thrugg: lag monster, corrine: constellation, tigress: tiger warrior, blackhawk: dwarven guard honorable mention ;) (due to not enough items/ no turning in): aviac, bluestar alright, to all of you who are interested in the winning costumes, i'm going to post them :) (just the ones that won for representation) Tanis' costume: theme was: punk rock the ring of dignity a spiked collar silver nose ring a pair of studded leather pants converse all stars a hate tattoo a black leather jacket a belt of burdens an i'm tough tattoo a spiked armband some huge spiked brass knuckles a bottle of jim beam Packor's Costume: theme was: royal prince the rainbow staff a sapphire ring a glittering diamond ring a diamond necklace an expensive pearl necklace a gilded gold breastplate a solid gold crown golden dragonscale leggings lamoraks spurs comfortable leather gloves a set of crystal sleeves a brightly glowing shield a jewelled hooded cloak a black silk belt platinum bracelet a white gold bracelet an emerald sword an ivory staff And Bluestar's Quest -- ongoing: I have to extend the quest until further notice do to MANY complications 1. As I said in my last note, my email provider temp. deleted all my old emails and I lost 1 entry My email provider has promised to return all my emails within the next two weeks, so until then the quest is extended 2. My monitor is completely fried and ready to go to monitor heaven. It's very difficult to reread your entries while the screen is all waavy :P I can barely see what i'm typing here as it keeps getting smaller and smaller as I type it :) So, you all lucked out and have until further notice to get your entries into me Remember, you can write a poem, and essay, a story, anything, just make it relate to BR Email your entries to: bbluestar@gurlmail.com Just a reminder, the prizes are gonna be really cool (I mean, Amy's doin them, they gotta be good!) And the more entries I get the better the prizes get, exciting isn't it! So if you don't feel creative, give it a try anyway, trust me, nobody's going to criticize you on spelling or grammar, so write away! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get paid to read email - 5 cents per email! http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/669307 Or ten cents an email: http://www.yoyomail.com/cgi-bin/a?referral=kiri and make money! If any of you would like the html newsletter, please let me know. Sorry for the delay on this one. I've been working quite a bit and have had very little time for anything else. Hope this newsletter makes up for some of that. I will be starting a new section called Kiri's Corner.. hopefully this'll catch you up on some things and maybe make this newsletter seem a little less thrown together. Kiri's Corner: Recently, Dove - one of our old-timer immortals, has returned and is now married. I have put photos of her and her new husband on the nightfall site - she looks beautiful! Here they are: http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri/immortals/Dove/Dove1.jpg and: http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri/immortals/Dove/Dove2.jpg As most of you know, Everybody has now become an immortal. Congratulate the newbie imm if you see her or drop her a line at: mddosch@students.wisc.edu I've updated the official webpage to show pictures of Duane, Bluestar, and more! Go to http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri and go to the pics section to see what these folks look like. Haven't been to the realms in a while? Just remember that if you do drop back in and don't recognize the new faces, they are just as friendly as the ones when you left. It just takes time to readjust. You're always welcome and we miss you! Quest Section - Updates and Announcements: Brodgar: Jumble Quest Answers and Bonus Submissions Sunday, July 23, 2000 flend or mere lag Realm of Grendel huff mirnur orsab cebes a bunch of smurfberries king hanclamp Chin Kang Palm ok winrema tane acner A maintenance worker uma de ghim orts potnu n The Gumdrop Mountains Perhaps the most fun part about this quest were the answers I got that were most definately NOT the right ones. From submissions for the bonus round, for your your enjoyment... uma de ghim orts potnu n? No, its "Munsu, the top rain god!" slab eseli mers? No, its "Mia sells beers" methel aroe hing? No, its "I'm the hero angel" or "Healthier gnome" ok winrema tane acner? Try "Kan, erotic weaner man" huff mirnur orsab cebes? Nope. Its "Hubnum's bracers of fire!" the cothicks? Obviously its "To the chicks" Sometimes people were sooo close. Aod the Dealer? I prefer "Oh, date dealer" The Gumdrop Mountains? What about "Them proud mountains" Hall of Gods? HA. "Hall of Dogs" AND: Brodgar: Drunk and Disorderly Take II (Mort Quest) Monday, July 24, 2000 The quest is starting at 12 noon EST this Sat. Meet in Quest Headquarters 1n1w of recall for instructions. Plan on having a lot of fun ;-) Oh and prizes too! Everyone thank Divebomb and Slart for helping make it all possible Ideas - feel free to hit the reply button and respond to these: AMystery: we need a who hero list. be very helpful for telling newbies how to get help Griffen: A regeneration room...someplace where anyone could sleep and their regeneration would increase shouldn't be too hard to code Ander: i think avians should have some sort of healing spell or skill at around level 25 it could be called migration(or however you spell it) Griffen: since word of recall doesn't recall have a use at the moment i think it would be a great idea to code it so you can cast it on other people also to make it so when cast during a battle it doesn't count as fleeing..thought it would be a good idea Ander: heres a good idea when you type scan doors and gate and and anything else that might be closed should show when you scan it would make it alot easier Kiri: Be more specific when a character starts a new character - instead of illegal name, try "A player or npc already has that name. Please choose another." Tanis: Lv1's don't get hungry/thirsty, would help when you're taking your time with them through the academy Snickertiff: Can we make the spells command so it only shows spells? Soulstorm: I guess this is an idea... more like question... do the rumors just end at 50? Am I the only one who ever looks at them? Anyways, I leveled to 55 and there are no more rumors :-( Can you put some more in? Kiri -- we have rumors all the way to avatar level, just not every single level. You'll see the next set at 60. Griffen: ok druids should have a full heal spell that restores all hp and removes posion it could be for level 42 Bloodmaul: you know enchant armor was removed? Everyone has been using 2 enchanted weapons instead of a shield, so if we can use enchant armor as only for shield it could give people a choice and promote the use of a shield as well. Paragon: "Improved Scan" : in-guild for kender & avians. Allows scanning out to two rooms, instead of the standard one. Maybe three rooms at lv40+? Joysinger: a help killer file. just to make clear killer flags aren't for others to abuse it and go kill the person who got it over and over... Kiri - closest to it now is help murder. Melkor: have a court in calathar where you can go to get your name legally changed. It would cost a really high price too. The price should be based on lvl of course, but still it should be high so that people could not change character names like everyday. Alicia: Mass Heal is useless as is, its not practical at all and your whole group is never tanking at once. Make it heal all players in room instead Wolfman: Wouldn't it be nice if you had to type the whole word for idea?, so it wouldn't be used instead of identify by accident Alicia: A spell like throw. Like Firethrow or something like that. Like a weak fireball that you can toss into neighbooring rooms. Hiddukel: an underwater breathing spell for elves Taz: the spells command should only have spells in it... and maybe make a parameter to see the percentage of the spells Taz: make a skills command with only skills in it.. no spells... quicker for looking up stuff Taz: a skills all and spells all for all the skills and spells you can learn Nekocat: How about make it so when you're drunk, you can't get exactly what you needed from the ground? since you can't see/think too clearly while drunk Bio: I'm out of these so please send more! Bio: 1 Name? Kristen 2 BR Name? Sammantha, Kaelin 3 Sex? Yes. 4 Home Town? Lowell, MA 5 Born? 12-25-81 6 Living arrangement? about to dorm at college in boston 7 Favorite TV show? whose line is it anyway, newsradio reruns 8 What's on you mouse pad? at work i don't have one. 9 Favorite board game? clue. and d&d 10 Favorite smell? matches, my bf's couch 11 Best feeling in the world ? the way my bf cuddles up to me 12 Worst feeling in the world ? i have a number of worst feelings. 13 What do you do to express your creativity? i quilt and sew, paint, draw, write poetry, play my piano 14 Roller coaster- Scary or Exciting? yea! i love them 15 Pen or Pencil? i hate pencils with a passion 16 Favorite foods? pasta salad (no mayo), wheat thins w/cream cheese, and ellio's pizza 17 Do you get along with your parents? my dad's a moron, but my mom's cool 18 Chocolate or Vanilla? vanilla... mmm... 19 Favorite ice cream? mint chocolate chip 20 Croutions or Bacon Bits? all of the above 21 Storms cool or scary? cool i guess 22 Do like to drive? yes. and i just figured out how to drive a standard too! :) 23 What was your first car? my mom's then my ford ranger xlt. :) 24 If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be? benny goodman. 25 Who is your favorite poet? poe, maya angelou 26 Do you eat the stems of Broccoli? when they're raw 27 Girls- If a guy asked you for the shirt off your back would you give it? if we weren't in public, sure 28 If you could have any job you wanted what would it be? musician's psychologist 29 Have you ever been in love? yes i am right now 30 What on the walls of your bedroom? oy... lots. glow in the dark stars, pics of my friends and my little sister, shelves full of little things, blue paint. 31 Is the glass half-full or half-empty? half full but i'm a realist 32 Are you a lefty, righty, or ambidextrous? righty 33 Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? yup 34 If you could be one gardening tool what would it be? not a hoe 35 What's under your bed? my trundle bed and my carpet 36 What is your dream car? don't really have one. :) 37 Favorite sport to watch? baseball (loyal red sox fan) and hockey 38 How many rings before you answer the phone? however many it takes to get my butt off the couch 39 Future son's name? Thomas Robert, Connor Ryan, Jeremy Matthew 40 Future daughter's name? Sammantha Morgan, Kaelin Marie, Madeline Anne, Madison Rose 41 If you dyed you hair a different color what would it be? fluorescent blue. no, really, if i could find my natural color, that'd be nice 42 Shampoo or Conditioner? both 43 Have you ever gone skinny dipping? yep! :) 44 One pillow or two? 6 45 Ever been convicted of a crime? not that i'm aware of :) 46 What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? F***ing alarm clock, F***ing morning, F***ing work (etc etc) :) 47 Favorite music group? Dave Matthews, Sarah McLachlan, BNL 48 Favorite movie? American Beauty, the perfect storm, rocky horror 49 Say one nice thing about the person who sent this to you? kiri's great. she does a really awesome job with the realms and she puts up with a lot of stuff. she deserves a lot of credit. :) 50 Person you sent this to who is least likely to respond? i'm not really sending it to anyone but kiri Replies by Fury: >>Nugad: Dwarves should also get berzerk.. since they are basically >>the main fighters.. so they should get berzerk as an OOG skill.. Perhaps... Dwarves already have quite alot. >>Conesus: How do you know spells wear off when sleeping? Should you >>know? [Actually, a message pops up saying... "Your white aura fades...", >>but should it? You ARE sleeping] True, but major spells like that leaving you would wake you up for a second wouldn't they? If you really want this, I guess it's reasonable, how about having the msg's wake you up instead? >>Tanis: I think it'd be nice to see what peoples mana/hp when you look at >>them, it'd be really nice while grouping and also while helping to heal >>someone. I don't think so (looking at people to get hp and mana) unless it was a special skill for a char class skilled in mental perception (Illithid of course). The Illithid already has a way to get someone's health status, its just not exact. Also, when you are grouped, you can get such things by typing "group" I believe. (haven't grouped in a while, scary). Also, when healing, just ask them to report! Its what I used to do back when I grouped alot. >>Anubis: Blast actually knocks things out of the air onto the ground. >>Enemies hit with it lose flying until they flee, etc. Maybe... I think it would have to greatly depend on the strength of the said flying mob and would have to have a high failure rate, for balance. >>Anubis: Make it so that it is impossible to disarm (invis) weapons that >>you can't see them. I mean, if you can't even see them, how do you know >>how big they are and even knock them away? Reasonable, be nice if it was applied to mob's too (that couldn't see invis of course). >>Slanter: we shuld be able to trade practice sessions for enhanses This has been suggested (and turned down) so many times, I almost didn't dignify it with a reply, Kiri can confirm this if she likes, but im 99% sure this WILL NOT happen. Enhancing is NOT a way of life, it is supposed to be hard and rare, they are not going to make it easier. >>WarpDrive: Dispel good for druids. We have dispel evil, why not dispel >>good? Hmm, maybe, but people should only be able to use dispel good when they are evil. >>Lyndon: i may be missing some kind of higher logic here, but i don't see >>why disarm lags us as much as a trip... i'm suggesting doing something >>else besides lag, like make your AC go up for a few rounds or >>something... don't you think NOT having a weapon is Most likely a game balance issue, yes, not having a weapon is a serious thing, but you can get it back. >>Drogar: i think recall should be a magic free zone. it really sux when >>someone starts spaming recall with heal or medicine. Tough call there man, sure, it would be nice, but alot of people come to recall to heal. Just ask them *very* nicely if they will go 1e or something and heal there. Basically, don't spam (that goes out to everyone) its just common mud mannors. >>Anubis: Make it so that if you submit ideas in-MUD, you can append lines >>and send. I hate getting cut off. Getting Cut Off Bad! Money Good! I dunno about the technical implimentation, but getting cut off is bad. (20pts and a cookie to whoever gets the reference from the "cut off bad and money good" line.) If you need a URL, well then I got one! I happen to staff at a particular site that might strike someone's interest if they happen to play the Rainbow Six Line(Rainbow Six, Eagle Watch, Rogue Spear, Urban Operations) over the internet. The site is named "Pie's Tactics" and we are pretty much the source for online Strategies and Tacitcs, updated almost every day, with fresh content as well as having almost 100 advanced articles about the R6 game line, this is the place to get better at the game! The Url is of course http://www.piestactics.com/ . Anyways, this game and this site has been sucking away my BR time, so you can reguard it as an enemy if you want. =) *shrug* you said you were short of stuff. (for clarification, my handle on that site is "Maestro" which is my main online handle.) Also, not related to me.... Some Comic Sites (im sure you've been to these, but people who read the news letter might not have been): http://www.penny-arcade.com/ <--- Priceless Taps right into the gamers heart. http://www.sluggy.com/ <--- The great sluggy freelance! A Good comic, but you may have to start from the beginning to understand stuff. http://www.crosswinds.net/~ghostz/ <---- A little known site, kinda rude, but funny, esp if you played pacman "back in the day". Technical Sites: http://www.tomshardware.com/ <--- Kinda anti-Intel, but good reviews about the latest toys. http://www.tweak3d.net/ <--- Excellent. Tweaks and hardware reviews in one place. http://www.2cooltek.com/ <-- For our Overclockers, great site for reading about, and buying, cooling hardware, cases, etc. There ya go, if you appreciate it, just mail me back... I'll be lost in the vortex! -Fury Kiri's WWW of URLs: hee hee. http://www.fool.com/Server/FoolPrint.asp?File=/folly/2000/folly000509.htm Cooltext.com, for those of you without a graphics program or talent. :) http://www.cooltext.com Bare butts in front of monuments. Now THIS is quality entertainment, folks. http://buttsacrossamerica.com/ Our own player, Patrick, has put out a beta mud client. Check it out. http://members.theglobe.com/mudglobe Rodney Dangerfield lines: I was so poor growing up, that if I hadn't been a boy, I'd have had nothing to play with! A girl phoned me the other day and said, "Come on over, there's nobody home." I went right over... and nobody was home! If it weren't for pickpockets I'd have no sex life at all! During sex, my girlfriend always wants to talk to me. Just the other night she called me from a hotel! One day as I came home early from work, I saw a guy jogging naked. I asked him, "Hey buddy, why are you doing that?" He said, "because you came home early." It's been a rough day. I got up this morning, put on a shirt and a button fell off. I picked up my briefcase and the handle came off. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom. I was such an ugly kid that when I played in the sandbox the cat kept covering me up. I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a radio and a toaster! I was such an ugly baby, my mother never breast-fed me. She told me that she only liked me as a friend. I'm so ugly, my dad carries around the picture of the kid that came with his wallet. I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof. I went to see my doctor. "Doctor, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror and I feel like throwing up. What's wrong with me?" He said, "I don't know but your eyesight is perfect!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get paid to read email - 5 cents per email! http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/669307 Or ten cents an email: http://www.yoyomail.com/cgi-bin/a?referral=kiri and make money!