June 4, 2003 Welcome to the Barren Realms MUD Newsletter! Visit us at telnet://barren.coredcs.com:8000/ NEWS FROM THE REALMS: Slart: fixes/changes Sun Jun 1 00:33:43 2003 To: all - Fixed some weirdness in the color command. The right colors should show up for all characters now. I didn't add any channels to the configurable list, though. - Fixed a bug that could happen if a demon used a tentacle on a different mob from the one it was already fighting. And last, but not least... - Fixed bug that allowed mobs to dodge/parry demon tentacle damage. That's a little bigger deal than it sounds like it might be. The bug there was a logic inversion bug...ALL demon limb attacks EXCEPT the tentacle prevented dodge and parry. I have fixed that...it should now do what it's supposed to, which means that manual attacks like crush and buck can't be dodged or parried, but autoattacks like the stone leg and disjointed knee can be. This may have a serious effect on how strong demons will be. Since this is a bug fix, we won't be entertaining any requests to change it back. Consider yourselves warned. If we discover that there is a serious game balance issue with demons, we'll address it, but it seems like there's probably a fair amount of wiggle room right now. Let's see how it goes. --Slart Sozz: BR Limerick Quest is CLOSED Sun Jun 1 09:37:41 2003 To: all Hey everyone, Thanks to everyone who participated in the BR Limerick Quest! I will be accepting no more new entries, from anyone. Unless you've got a fantastically good excuse, that is. ;) Judging may take a couple days, so everyone needs to just sit tight. But remember, Everybody is sponsoring, so the prizes will be worth the wait ;) I'll be posting a few of the limericks in the forums once I get the judging all cleared up. Thanks again to everyone who participated! Sozz Rorin: Grad Quest Sun Jun 1 18:45:57 2003 To: all QUEST QUEST QUEST!!!! It's been a while since I've made a quest. This June, we present you a "Happy Graduation" Quest! It's been planned by Ginzor, Enter, and I with the help of the Quest Team. Sponsored by one of the greatest, Everybody. Now here's how the quest works... Of course, before you get out of school, you'll have a final exam. This final exam will be held this Sunday June 8, 1:00PM System Time. After we have checked the results of this exam, we'll announce the results (and also give the rewards)as soon as Everybody comes back from his vacation. And then, we'll have a nice Graduation Ceremony. :) On behalf of the Quest Team, Annie Disaster: quest! Tue Jun 3 19:12:55 2003 To: all this is going ot be a mob dress up quest judging will be rorin and myself, and coma if he's available, saturday afternoon (no fixed time yet, we'll try to be flexible for you if you have scheduling conflicts the mob does not need to be able to wear the item (align/level restrictions, etc) but the item must exist in the realms preferably, you will obtain the items, but if you are unable to (due to level, etc) send rorin and myself an email with your desired items, they'll still count for partial points points will be awarded based on an obscure, complicated formula (that is, we don't have a bloody clue yet how we'll be judging them *grin*) but both the mob chosen and the items used will be considered multiple entries are welcome, mortals and heroes will be judged seperately, mortal items only for mortal character submissions any questions, ask rorin or myself, or any of our multiple alts -Dis IDEAS (go ahead and hit reply!) Disaster: a command option, birdseye here (instead of just birdseye direction) to see the room including oneself, as someone would see it using birdseye from the room next door Ghaleon: What's the point of having hazardous climate if someone will ask "Can you please fix the weather please?" I'm sure it's useful to have better weather for quests but it could be added to an imm spell. Contact: make it so that you have to be a certain age to buy liqours Ghaleon: We should be able to change emote colors like most other texts Eldaron: have a seperate color for other-character-in-combat's damage Eldaron: an anti-assisty spell: disencourages assisties from, well, assisting... Xorex: could we add something to count like the total number of levels or xp gained or mobs killed since last reboot? would be neat Suicide: allow the sacrificing of mob turds, but have a message saying that the gods punish you for your impudence, and have the player randomly teleported Beanis: find another command for the demon's arm - squid-like tentacles, cause then you can't do the crush social =) AMystery: a way to make the demon tentacle more useful. have the damage it does increase not with time, but with each crush command. cap it somewhere to keep avatars from abusing it though Ghaleon: linkdead should appear in "group" Rabies: Add %t to the prompt to display current system time, and %T for military time. Desire: could it please be done so that grouping doesn't require following each other after the first time needed to group? it's annoying i have to regroup when the leader changes to avoid this strange following bug. Squiddy: you should be able to tp from mortal cursed areas if you're a hero Beanis: show empty eq slots when type eq as demon avatar Ghaleon: It shouldn't show you who's giving you something while you're sleeping for obvious reasons Cord: in the "demon" help file, include "see also" for the remort, fetish, revenant consecration, and "deamon parts" help files Moldfinger: pets, at least bought ones, should autoassist their owners Rorin: When you try to enflame a non-weapon item. It should say something else instead of "The _weapon_ must be magical"--like "This is not a weapon" or something *shrugs* Suicide: for arena combat, determine who hits first each round randomly, instead of it being the character who logged in last Ack: How about making it so that all races get 3 styles a normal, a defensive,and a relaxed style. But Humans get the extended versions (once they get revamped). Def would not attack at all, but would have increased dodge/parry/etc ------------- RESPONSES BY KAMIKAZE: Utena: Coffee should counter being drunk Coffee doesn't counter drunk in the first place so why would it do it on br *pokes Birdy* DevilsAngel: that only Ken can use tainted weapons, like how only Elves and druids can handle flaming Amystery It makes some sense. I'd rather see it so taht when a non-ken got a tainted weapon it would damage them and poison them, but they could still get it. You drop something burning, but taint is a slow killer. You could use it for a bit until you complete died. Even better, have a non-kender with a tainted weapon be unable to heal. well I think it was shadowhawk that had got a sword and was tainted by a kender and was given to him an Imm or something had gave it a personality and i kept shouting "return me to my rightful owner" I kinda liked that it was funny :) and it was no drop *wiggle* -------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: From Oakley, Online etch-a-sketch http://www.etch-a-sketch.com/html/onlineetch.htm Escher Web Sketch http://www-sphys.unil.ch/escher/ Cowruns -- Diablo 2 fans will appreciate this (not in English) ftp://62.93.201.249/hosting/gamevision/blizzone/diablo2/cowruns-anime.swf From Amystery - How to Stab Kings and Injure people http://sunflower.singnet.com.sg/~yisheng/notes/jokes/macbeth.htm ------------------------ Appropriate Swearing Top Ten Times In History When Using The "F" Word Was Appropriate 10. "What the *&%# was that?" -- Mayor of Hiroshima 9. "Where did all these *&%#ing Indians come from?" -- Custer 8. "Any *&%#ing idiot could understand that." -- Einstein 7. "It does SO *&%#ing look like her!" -- Picasso 6. "How the *&%# did you work that out?" -- Pythagorus 5. "You want WHAT on the *&%#ing ceiling?" -- Michelangelo 4. "I don't suppose it's gonna *&%#ing rain." -- Joan of Ark 3. "Scattered *&%#ing showers... my ass!" -- Noah 2. "I need this parade like I need a *&%#ing hole in my head!" -- JFK 1. "Aw, c'mon, who the *&%# is going to find out?" -- Bill Clinton June 11, 2003 Welcome to the Barren Realms MUD Newsletter! Telnet to Barren by clicking this link: Telnet://barren.coredcs.com:8000/ --------------------- News from the realms: Ghaleon: Grad Quest: Part II Sun Jun 8 17:49:20 2003 To: all After the exam last June 8, 2003, I'm sure you all are exhausted. Well good news, I'm glad to announce that all of you are qualified for graduating. All you have to do now is to gather clothes for the upcoming graduation party! The participants may group if they want. It can be a male and female group or male and male since we don't have much female players. But anyway, the graduation party is more like a masquerade ball and the pairs will be judged by how they match eachother. The quest in two weeks (June 28) so you and your partner have some time to do their hair, nails, and whatever you feel like changing before the day of the party. Here are the results of the quest in order with their points: Desire (24), Disaster (20), Gauche (15.5), Melissa (14), Cord (11), Gwion (8), Aluminum (2) The scoring depended on how hard the question was and so forth... Everyone got a prezzy, just have to wait till they are done. :D I hope you enjoyed the quest, and next time, pay more attention to the help files. :D >>Annie Kharn: Scattergorys Quest over Sun Jun 8 19:45:34 2003 To: all Finally, I am done judging the Scattergorys Quest. Please excuse the delay, some evil real life prevented me from being as fast as I wanted ;) If anyone is intersted, I uploaded the quest results to http://deepthought.mine.nu/fal40k/scattergorys/questresults.html Khalad, Fia and Desire shall see me for their prices! -- Kharn Sozz: Limerick Quest - RESULTS! Mon Jun 9 01:53:08 2003 To: all Well, the time has FINALLY come! The entries are in, the decisions have been made...and the prizes are ready! Everyone who entered is receiving prizes, much thanks to Everybody for sponsoring! And now...the placings! In first place, in a three-way tie, is Erin, Disaster, and Stars! (In no particular order) In second place, in a two-way tie, is Cord and Xorex! (Again, no particular order) And in third came Victor and Solomnius! (No particular order, again! Sheesh! ;) ) Other participants were Doom and Nyteshade. *clears throat* I'd like to thank Everybody, for sponsoring. I'd like to thank everyone who participated, especially Erin, who went limerick-crazy! I'll be posting some of the limericks I received on the quest board in the forums, so make sure you check them out! Disaster: a new quest! Tue Jun 10 16:21:43 2003 To: all there will be a quest involving role playing wed june 18th, 6pm system time leiland will be sponsoring. additional notes will be posted at a later date, but make sure you can be thre on the 18th! mortals only will be able to play. i had originally posted this note saying all levels, but after further consideration, i changed my mind you wouldn't want a hero to play anyways, prizes can be so much niftier for mortals :) if you can, let me know if you're planning to participate. since this is a roleplaying quest, it'll work better if i know approx. how many people to expect -dis These characters must be logged on or will be lost: Apan, Blairo, Chance, Cracker, Darth, DrDeath, Dreadnaught, Elfman, Flint, Gossard, Grunt, Hack, Infinity, Jinx, Maze, Merc, Pez, Ranquadelis, Ravager, Saki, Silentbob, Smashin, Solid, Useless, Vegetaman, Wingnut, Yunix ---------- IDEAS AMystery: help files for each area. explaining the theme behind the area, the level range, any hints or surprises people want to add. so help alandra Leiland: allow illithid spells to work in no-magic rooms. they're psionicists, not mages, it's not -really- magic. trivial, though AMystery: birdseye should let you see into private rooms, since you aren't entering the room, just looking Wizzywig: we should have a social for poop. it should be "Wizzywig poops. OOPS!" Cataclysm: the level of items that are in shopkeepers inventories for sale should be chosen randomly each time that item is bought, not just when the mud is rebooted/crashes Ghaleon: Heroes should ALWAYS get their weapons back when they get disarmed Cord: modify one of the existing demon eyeballs to also grant the person the ability to scan thru the rain Ankou: the rings of the 36 chambers should re reset to level 51 like they used to be, and made personalized, to reward any mortal who is actually able to beet the 36 chamber mobs alone Cataclysm: the level of drunkeness should affect stat recovery, not just whether or not someone is drunk. maybe recovery as normal when under the influence but not "drunk" in affects, 1.25* for "drunk", 1.5* for "very drunk" Ankou: the costs for mortal heal mana should be a bit less extreme. 1 tick=100 mana, but 10000gold=40 mana...it seems a bit much NyteShade: not to make firm grasp a spell but an ability like vision Disaster: there should be some sort of notification when the dark tower obelisk appears in the room you're sitting in. that's just something you'd be bound to notice Azeroth: Kick should actually get good. RadicalEd: make it so you can change your afk back to nothing after setting it FEEL FREE TO HIT REPLY AND RESPOND! ----------------- Replies by Kamikaze: Suicide: allow the sacrificing of mob turds, but have a message saying that the gods punish you for your impudence, and have the player randomly teleported this wouldn't work because of our newbies if they sacrificed and was teleported to an aggro then there would be a cr needed. Sometimes we don't have avatars or high lvl morts to help this newbie (considering the newbie is 1-10) so this might need some thinking (might) -------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: From Amystery, Ask Dr. Wombat. Good advice for the net freak. http://www.grumblemagazine.com/articles/drwombat/advice0399.html Rate My Kitten, from Scavenger. http://www.ratemykitten.com/ratemy/kitten The 25 Lamest Superheroes Ever http://www.maximonline.com/stupid_fun/articles/article_5286.html From Scavenger, the Minimizer! http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini/index.html ------------ Humorous Sayings * I intend to live forever - so far, so good. * OK, so what's the speed of dark? * A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. * I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. * Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. * Half the people you know are below average. * 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. * A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. * All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. * Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. * I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met. * How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? * If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. * Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. * When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. * Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. * Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now. * Everyone has a photographic memory, some just do't have film. * If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? * Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. * 24 hours in a day... 24 beers in a case... coincidence? * What happens if you get scared half to death twice? * I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out. * Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? * If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. * A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. * Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. * The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. * The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach. * To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. * The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. June 18, 2003 News from the Realms: Solomnius: Quest 'Humble Abode' Your soul has been banished to the barren realms, your mortal body removed from earth, here you will reside until your un-doing. I alone have the only thing that could free you from your fate. To earn your freedom you must find me a room here in BR that i can call my own, i want you to deck it out comfortably, with at least 3 pieces of furniture, and anything else that you think would be pleasing to mine eye. I will consider your efforts and reward your attempt with an appropriate gift. I wish you Luck Solomnius. Details: email me the entire room decriptions containing the furniture and items at concious_evolution@yahoo.com before the 22nd of june. I await my humble abode. - Mortals only. ------------ Ghaleon: Drunken Quest Sun Jun 15 17:24:36 2003 To: all I held a drunken quest earlier, more like a "Entertain Ghaleon" quest... Participants are: Faye, Marek, Shadowhawk, Budlite (from first to last) Thanks to Coma for Sponsoring it! :D >>Annie --------------------- Disaster: quest reminder just a reminder, there will be a roleplaying quest this coming wednesday, at 6:00pm system time mortals only, no teleport/track/locate/summon, no "hack and slash"-it's a roleplaying quest, not a "kill everything as fast as you can" quest if you CAN'T be there for the whole thing, be there for as much as you can this is NOT a "hack and slash" type quest, so don't juts go around killing stuff as per usual, teleport, summon, astral, track, locate are not allowed if you can't be there for the entire quest, then by all means you are welcome to be there for as much as you can, but please understand that i won't be able to fill you in on everything you miss, you'll just have to do the best you can for those of you who haven't roleplayed much, it's really very simple. the key here is "consistency". i don't care if you're a mutant 3 foot tall transexual psychopathic elf with a baboon heart, 78% of your body covered with tattoos and green hair as long as you are consistant, that's what's important if you CAN'T find a way to ask a question while roleplaying, and you feel you NEED an answer to the question, you'll be able to use the quest channel "ooc" or "out of character"-just be prepared for me not to answer if i feel you need to put more work into trying ot get the answer via roleplaying mortals only will be able to participate, and level will make little to no difference in your ability to complete the quest. certain races and/or levelled characters may have certain advantages, as always, but i will do my best to make everything as fair and equitable as possible IF (and this is a big if) you somehow end up dying alot due to this quest because you're low level, i'll take it into account i'll be posting another note at 6:00pm system time, with quest details to get you started on the quest. ------------ Ghaleon: Grad Quest Reminder Mon Jun 16 16:02:41 2003 To: all Just a reminder that the quest ends in June 28. So get with your partner and get dressed! More details on: http://www.barrenrealmsmud.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=285 You don't have to WEAR the eq (due to level difference) but I'd much appreciate it if you put a description/explanation or something attached to an email with your items. ps: pleae put the description in the body of the email. cheers -------- These characters need to log on or will lose their characters: Anyone, Apan, Blairo, Chance, Charlotte, Corkscrew, Cracker, Darkmyst, Darth, Derek, Dreadnaught, Elfman, Fin, Flint, Gossard, Grunt, Hack, Haof, Ico, Infinity, Jinx, Khalim, Luminol, Marsipulami, Maze, Merc, Pez, Pippin, Randquadelis, Ravager, Redsand, Saki, Silentbob, Smashin, Solid, This, Thorin, Useless, Vegetaman, Wingnut, Yugi, Yunix --------------- IDEAS: TerMinal: if your grouped with an elf and he teleports somewhere you can go too Cataclysm: there should be a "help drunk" file, explaining the hp/mana/moves regeneration benefits, as well as the hazards such as stumbling, and the methods of dealing with it including emote and chath Suicide: a mob being crushed should have to escape the tentacle before being able to flee Ghaleon: Default "prof" as "prof self" Cinder: Since gold doesn't actually take up space in your inventory, you should be able to get gold out of packs/corpse/etc. even if your inventory is full. Shadowhawk: how about an alert that a note has been posted if you are logged in when its posted. Cinder: When it shows you the exits of the room, it should include doors, because a door is still an exit. Ghaleon: Instead of saying "You are already fighting that person" if you type in "kill" twice, replace "person" with the sex of the mob. Not every mob is a person... Ghaleon: A "help punishment" to tell people about violating rules (ie jailing, denial, etc) Disaster: clericus and the newbie academy instructor shouldn't cast spells on heroes, so that newbies don't go without spells while we're helping them Shadowhawk: a generic title for demons like we have for all the other races when they create. Cataclysm: either help avian or slist avi should say what spots they lose at which levels Disaster: commands, "bug list" "idea list" and "typo list" allowing us to see all such things we've sent since the last time they were gone through by the imms, and allow us to "typo clear (number)" to get rid of typos we make before you have to interpret the ---------------- RESPONSES BY POLGARA: Hi Kiri :) Polgara here, I've a couple responses to the ideas this time. heh. some interesting ones. > Wizzywig: we should have a social for poop. it > should be "Wizzywig poops. OOPS!" Personally, if anyone did the social "Wizzywig poops on Polgara." I'd think I'd have a problem with it. Most socials have several ways of seeing it. 1st, 2nd and 3rd person views. > Ghaleon: Heroes should ALWAYS get their weapons back > when they get disarmed How about instead, that they always get their weapons back (and alignment zapped dropped eq) when in mortal realms only. No special considerations in Hero Realms. While the item would melt anyways, no hero or avatar in their right mind, would want some mortal to come along and pick up their gear and get them in trouble. Even though it is our responsiblity (I have a trigger for when my weapons drop), battlespam has brought about accidents before. > Cord: modify one of the existing demon eyeballs to > also grant the person the ability to scan thru the > rain As long as it's NOT another eyeball. Ugh. Toooo many eyeballs! > Ankou: the costs for mortal heal mana should be a > bit less extreme. 1 tick=100 mana, but 10000gold=40 > mana...it seems a bit much You're talking about the bodies natural ability to restore it's own power vs the gods (aka priests like Sancta and Clericus) gift to you. I'd sure set a high price on it, besides, it would be ridiculously easier for mortals to level (like it isn't already) to get to 51 if the price was lowered. Most people have alts that have several million gold on them. The balance of playability would tip to far. > NyteShade: not to make firm grasp a spell but an > ability like vision Actually, this is a good idea, but two forms of it. One for spellcasters and one for meleeists. One spell the other ability. Spellcasters would be less likely to be able to learn the hand and strength disipline than say a warrior. > RadicalEd: make it so you can change your afk back > to nothing after setting it Um...I'd rather be able to type myafk or somesuch command and see what my afk is. Also have it show what you set your afk to when you redo it. I once accidently set my afk to a HIGHLY EMBARRASSING mistell once, which could have been prevented by a simple message saying "afk set to : Polgara is a silly bird that doesn't pay attention to what she says and embarasses herself when other people get her afk messages" ------------ Kiri's WWW of URLs: Um, this site scares me.. from Scavenger: http://www.petoffice.co.jp/catprin/english/ HIGHLY offensive T-shirts http://www.t-shirtsthatsuck.com/ns/index.html Offensive, yet funny t-shirts that reflect net-life http://www.ninjagear.net/ Scavenger thinks this is like our BR females... hmmm... http://elfonlyinn.keenspace.com/d/20030421.html ----------- Interesting Excuses From the Sunday, April 14, 1994 edition of the Washington Post. (A contest was held in which readers were asked to come up with excuses to miss a day of work.) If it is all the same to you I won't be coming in to work. The voices told me to clean all the guns today. When I got up this morning I took two Ex-Lax in addition to my Prozac. I can't get off the john, but I feel good about it. I set half the clocks in my house ahead an hour and the other half back an hour Saturday and I spent 18 hours in some kind of space-time continuum loop, reliving Sunday (right up until the explosion). I was able to exit the loop only by reversing the polarity of the power source exactly e*log(pi) clicks in the house while simultaneously rapping my dog on the snout with a rolled up Times. Accordingly, I will be in late, or early. My stigmata's acting up. I can't come in to work today because I'll be stalking my previous boss, who fired me for not showing up for work. OK? I have a rare case of 48-hour projectile leprosy, but I know that we have a deadline to meet... I am stuck in the blood pressure machine down at the Food Giant. Yes, I seem to have contracted some kind of attention-deficit disorder and, hey, how about them Skins, huh? So, I won't be able to ... yes, could I help you? No, no, I'll be sticking with Sprint, but thank you for calling. Constipation has made me a walking time bomb. I just found out that I was switched at birth. Legally, I shouldn't come to work knowing my employee records may now contain false information. The psychiatrist said it was an excellent session. He even gave me this jaw restraint so I won't bite things when I am startled. The dog ate my car keys. We're going to hitchhike to the vet. I prefer to remain an enigma. My mother-in-law has come back as one of the Undead and we must track her to her coffin to drive a stake through her heart and give her eternal peace. One day should do it. I can't come to work today because the EPA has determined that my house is completely surrounded by wetlands and I have to arrange for helicopter transportation. I am converting my calendar from Julian to Gregorian. I am extremely sensitive to a rise in the interest rates. I refuse to travel to my job in the District until there is a commuter tax. I insist on paying my fair share. June 26, 2003 News from the Realms: Sozz: End of Summer Solstice Light Gathering Mon Jun 23 00:04:38 2003 To: all Summer Solstice has come and gone. I will be accepting no more entries for the light-gathering quest. I hope the sun will make it another year, not too many people volunteered to gather light. A big Thank-You to Leiland for sponsoring. Participants were Howard, Cataclysm, Utena, and Terminal. Prizes will be forthcoming as soon as I talk to Leiland, which won't be until after Thursday. Thanks for participating! Sozz Ghaleon: Grad Quest Part 2 Tue Jun 24 23:55:16 2003 To: all Just an update that the quest ends in June 28th, that's 24:00 System time of the 28th EARLY morning More info here: http://www.barrenrealmsmud.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=285 >>Annie These characters must log in or will be lost at the end of the month: Adrian, Anyone, Apan, Arete, Blairo, Brinn, Cait, Chance, Cianan, Cloe, Cori, Corkscrew, Cracker, Darkmyst, Darth, Derek, Dreadnaught, Droz, Echo, Epicene, Fin, Flint, Gossard, Grunt, Haof, Ico, Infinity, Jinx, Khalim, Lincoln, Lorelei, Luminol, Mali, Marsipulami, Maya, Maze, Merc, Misfit, Nobody, Pez, Pippin, Ranquadelis, Ravager, Redsand, Saki, Silentbob, Smashin, Solid, This, THorin, Tinytim, Useless, Vegetaman, Wingnut, Yugi, Yunix --------------------------------------------------- IDEAS: Ack: Give Kenders a sap ability. It has the ability to knock the mob/pc unconciousususus(ie puts them to sleep). Ack: Also the heavier the object the better the success rate Ack: A fallback command, is like flee but isntead of going to another room you stay where you are. only works if YOU are the attacking person Ack: when you enter the arena and you are invis then it should say Someone enters the arena Ack: make the guardian killable and give the demons a different guild master across from the druids. I want his axe!! Suicide: the minimum level requirement for each RC should be included in help fetish Cord: you really should be prompted if you are sure when you type "remort" at level 151 Oversoul: Ballistic attack says you chuckle as a stone hits (MOB). It usually only taps. I think as you grow in level, the stone should be bigger and it should do more damage Peel: get xp in the arena for killing players Cord: this has probably been idea-ed before, but just in case... it would be nice if identify old you what wear slot a piece of equipment was for... Oversoul: If you're invisible and you can see yourself in "group" without see invis, you should be able to see what you typed in chath without see invis ------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: A really neat site with Japanese fun stuff http://www.jlist.com/R/WACKY/ A neat ghost town site http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/ A game forwarded by Oakley http://www.xgenstudios.com/castle/index.htm Also from Oakley, an arcade and nintendo emulator online http://web.utanet.at/nkehrer/jae.html -------- Professional Horoscopes Horoscopes for your job position... 1. Marketing: You are ambitious yet stupid. You chose a marketing degree to avoid having to study in college, conentrating instead on drinking and socializing which is pretty muchw hat your job responsibilities are now. Least compatible with Sales. 2. Sales: Laziest of all signs, often referred to as "marketing without a degree." You are also self centered and paranoid. Unless someone calls you and begs you to take their money, you like to avoid contact with customers so you can "concentrate on the big picture." You seek admiration for your golf game throughout your life. 3. Technology: Unable to control anything in your personal life, you are instead content to completely control everything that happens at your workplace. Often even YOU don't understand what you are saying but who the heck can tell. It is written that Geeks shall inherit the Earth. 4. Engineering: One of only two signs that actually studied in school. It is said that ninety percent of all Personal Ads are placed by engineers. You can be happy with yourself, your office is full of all the latest "ergodynamic" gadgets. However, we all know what is really causing your "carpal tunnel syndrome." 5. Accounting: The only other sign that studied in school. You are mostly immune from office politics. You are the most feared person in the organization; combined with your extreme organizational traits, the majority of rumors concerning you say that you are completely insane. Oh, and usually the first to be incarcerated. 6. Human Resources: Ironically, given your access to confidential information, you tend to be the biggest gossip within the organization. Possibly the only other person that does less work than marketing, you are unable to return any calls today because you have to get a haircut, have lunch, AND then mail a letter. 7. Management/Middle Management: Catty, cut-throat, yet completely spineless, you are destined to remain at your current job for the rest of your life. Unable to make a single decision you tend to measure your worth by the number of meetings you can schedule for yourself. Best suited to marry other Middle Managers as everyone in your social circle is a Middle Manager. 8. Senior Mangement: See above - Same design, different title. 9. Customer Service: Bright, cheery, positive, you are a fifty cent cab ride from taking your own life. As children very few of you asked your parents for a little cubicle for your room and a headset so you could pretend to play "Customer Service." Continually passed over for promotions, your best bet is to sleep with your manager. 10. Consultant: Lacking any specific knowledge, you use acronyms to avoid revealing your utter lack of experience. You have convinced yourself that your skills "are in demand and that you could get a higher paying job with any other organization in a heartbeat." You will spend an eternity contemplating these career opportunities without ever taking direct action. 11. Recruiter, "Headhunter": As a "person" that profits from the success of others, you are disdained by most people who actually work for a living. Paid on commission and susceptible to alcoholism, your ulcers and frequent heart attacks correspond directly with fluctuations in the stock market. 12. Partner, President, CEO: You are brilliant or lucky. Your inability to figure out complex systems such as the fax machine suggest the latter.