----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kiri 
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 8:57 PM
Subject: Newsletter March 25, 2000


Sorry this is late, folks. I've been without a computer except at work for over a week.
 


Brodgar: Elf spell, water breathing
Mathis: when you get drunk, you really shouldn't
run into walls or go the wrong way that often. its very
rare to get THAT drunk...
Mathis: OOO!!OOO!!! THIS ideas a good one!!!:
create booze spell!! yea!! yea!!
Mathis: clean out the wizlist for the ppl who
havent been logged on in a while, like make a 'retired'
wizlist for em or something.
Kiri -- we do this. Please see help hiatus.
 
Kharn: Charakters should keep their light when
they die. Most time u carry our gold in a midgets purse or
have it on the bank and so it can sometimes be hard gettin
a light at low levels
Mathis: something like clan send, but like, only
to the players of your race... im not sure how it'd help,
just an idea tho...
Boxtop: Abilty to get tolerate to the alcoholic
drinks - need more to be able to raise mana.
Draelyn: Hangman, at least hero hangman, should
let you play for more than just 2500 gold. More people
might play..
RoadWarrior: Why don't we make a race of dragons?
They could start of small, like a hatchiling and grow up
so to say.
Kiri -- no new races until after remort.
 
Mathis: this may be way outta line, so you dont
hafta print this anywhere: druids need more or better
defensive spells...
Kharn: it should be possible to use "tell" while
sleeping. After all, u can use chat and grouptell, so why
not tell?
Aphera: I think you should be able to bs with
stabbing weapons
Solitude: Can we think up of a practical use for all excess practices?  Its such a waste when you think about it!
AMystery: peace should prevent memory mobs from
attacking again. wipe their memories?
 
[28413] Mathis: hey, you know that new cmd when you dont know a mob and you type con 2.? MAKE ONE FOR ITEMS!




Bios:
NAME: Asa
BR NAME & NICKNAME:Dio


HOMETOWN: Almond NY BORN:12/10/87
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Almond Ny
CRUOTONS OR BACON BITS: cruotons
FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: Ranch Dressing
DO YOU DRINK: i drink but doesnt everyone???
SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER:shampoo HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING:nope i 
haven't done that yet 
DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: only the people that are 
extremely dumb or the people that get me really mad
CONVICTED OF A CRIME: i've never done a crime in my life
BEST ONLINE FRIENDS: Draeyln,Rhiannon,Amystery, and Joysinger


ONE PILLOW OR TWO: i like 3 PETS: i have 1 cat and 1 dog


FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: shrug, mostly everything but country and hard rock
DREAM CAR: i don't really dream about cars :)
TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: i don't drive a car
WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: never had one
TOOTHPASTE: aqua fresh
FAVORITE FOOD:PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!
DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: yes i do
FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: i really don't chill in town
FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Chocolate peanut butter cup FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: 
probably coke
FAVORITE TYPE OF GAME TO PLAY: Rpg's like BR WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: 
night i can never get to sleep
ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK:adidas 
FAVORITE WEBSITE: probably hotmail since its where i get my mail 
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Math
FAVORITE MOVIE OR TYPE OF MOVIE: movies with lots of killing in them
LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: English
FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: i don't drink alcohol


FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: Hockey


MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: well i haven't had one quite yet because i don't 
humiliate myself


CRAZIEST OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: that would have to be Tom


SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Kiri is the best 
imm on the realm


PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO YOU IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: anyone and everyone i send this to




Article by DUNBARTH:
 
Enjoy,


So you think you have privacy on the internet, think again.


Do you really know what your computer is doing when you're on the internet? 
It was just recently discovered that a software company called Aureate (now 
known as Radiate) has been implanting software onto your computer to collect 
information on you to sell to advertisers! You may be thinking, "Ha, i don't 
have any software titles from that company.." but thats where you're wrong. 
Aureate has implanted their software in about 100 popular software titles, 
everything from CuteFTP, Go!zilla, MP3 utilities, chat programs and even 
some Delphi programs. All of these items are available on the internet for 
download and are downloaded by the thousands daily. This spyware will 
continue to hide in your system even if you uninstall that software title!


Another amazing thing is that this spyware is not mentioned in the license 
agreement - which is the only illegal part of this program. But you can be 
saved, Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation (http://grc.com)(the site 
that Fossil mentioned in a note a month ago) has developed a small program 
that will scan your system and your registry for these files and remove them 
from your harddrive. The program is called "Optout", very small, very fast 
utility that does the job in a few simple steps. I encourage you to visit 
http://grc.com and read more about this, because it concerns you as a 
internet user.
______________________________________________________
 
Characters who need to get in contact with me:
 
Abel, AlucardX, Ambercrom, Arsuroy, Artemis, Asmodean, Atarax, Avon, Baelzamon, Beeftree, Blackwing, Choc, Combat, Daggs, Elyas, Frogger, Gonff, Hektic, Jakal, Jkpn, Kaetina, Kaliver, Kristin, Kurse, Lei, Lindy, Lothaiis, Malis, Maln, Namek, Nikmis, Opium, Owain, Pershing, Quickhand, Raku, Raszagal, Rikkytikki, Samael, Samwise, Seperoth, Sephiroth, Shaggy, Skydeamon, Stuck, Sunflash, TheLimper, Toto, Vallian, Venjure, Wildfire, Willowupgood, Windswept, Xelstorm, Zing, Zorrack.


Responses by Baltar:
 
> Draelyn: It'd be nice if charmed/glared mobs also reported their
> level along with their stats when we forced them to report.


Doesn't GROUP show this?


> Drahzar: Clericus should be able to create lights


'Cuz it takes SOOOOOO long to walk ALLLLLL the way over to the Grocer to buy
one of those HORRRRRRIBLY expensive torches...
(err...that's 4s2w from Clericus, by the way...)


Replies by Fury:


Everybody: how about a command (like prac) showing you information
about a subgroup of all your spells... like <command> q would show you
the
info on all the skills you have starting with q


Fury: This would be nice perhaps (probably more of a perk for avatars)
but not an absolute need at lower levels...
*shrug* 


Milambur: how about a stun skill for the fighters?


Fury: What would this stun skill do?  Please clarify.


Sandra: A list or something to tell us what each potion / vial / liquid
spell does to us.


Fury: If I understand you right, you want to have this when you ID a
potion or liquid to find out what it does and you want
a specific thing instead of just a spell and level.   This again would be
nice, but not an absolute need.  (learn to guess what it does by the
level factor, or just plain experimenting.)


Milambur: how about when someone levels he gets a map to a new area that
is around his level.. this way they don't all crowd one area and then
newcomers can explore better
 
Fury: This might be a good idea but I doubt it.  People have ready tools
to explore with at lower levels 'help map' can show you all the areas you
need to level up to 10 at least.  After that, Group!  Ask a higher mort
where things are, most will gladly tell you.  Also, the dealers for maps
are well known and have been public knowledge (heck, even promoted) for a
while.  This game is pretty straight forward, I doubt this much needs to
be "given" to characters.


Sandra: Ill's should have charm - its a mental ability, isn't it?


Fury: (again im biased)  Yeah, they should have it, at least high levels
should, however it would probably un-balance the race.




Kiri's WWW of URLs:
 
Submitted by Divebomb:
 
http://www.twistedtunes.com/frames/main_frame.asp
 
Best of Asia and Pacific:
 
http://www.bestofasiapacific.com
 
Submitted by Sgetsuo:
 
http://web39.tcom.co.uk/pgw/pants.htm
 
Get paid to answer questions:
 
http://www.inforocket.com/
 
Webpages of our own BR players:
 
Flynn's Webpage: http://www.angelfire.com/mb/dudeman/
 
Kaetina's Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Club/2845/
 
And Darkmage's Page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6756/
 




If you thought that "PC" stood for Personal Computer,
you're wrong. It stands for Personal Cat.


SPECIFICATIONS
--------------
Standard input: 
  1) bilateral frontal whisker array 
  2) bilateral adjustable audio dishes (range 20-20,000Hz)
  3) stereoscopic scanning device, with night vision 
  4) Velcro(tm) flavor sampling device/energy collector 
  5) twin front-mounted odor sampling devices.


Standard output: 
  1) internally mounted purrbox 
  2) single speaker with separate growl mode 
  3) rear-mounted, fully-jointed semaphore device.


Processor: 
  1) parallel neuron array with Random Access Memory 
  2) autonomic control of system software.


Included Hardware: 
  1) calcium-based skeletal structure
  2) byte-to-bit conversion array 
  3) retractable document shredder/hole punch 
  4) pawpad printer 
  5) mouse (standard catnip). 
  Also included: natural fiber protective covering in various colors


SYSTEM SOFTWARE
---------------
Your PC will come preloaded with one of the following:


DOS (domestic shorthair)
OS (other shorthair)
MS (megasoft, installed in units with fuzzy covering)


Conversion to Eunuchs can be done by a simple
operation. This is recommended to prevent the
proliferation of cheap PC clones. Bundled Software may
include the following: Mortal Kombat, Acrobat,
Explorer, and Stuffit Expander. Your PC will
automatically convert from laptop to desktop as
needed. There are no user-serviceable parts inside.


OPERATING YOUR PC
-----------------
To start up your PC, push the power button (on any
electric can opener). Your PC has an energy-saving
mode known as Sleep. Your PC will Sleep automatically
if unused for a short period of time, or you may
invoke the Sleep mode by placing your PC in a soft,
warm area. To wake your PC from Sleep you may press
the power button as in Start, shake the mouse, or tap
any of the PC's input devices (see specs).


To perform a Warm Boot: 
  Remove your shoe, then tap the PC gently with your toes. 


To perform a Cold Boot:
  Same technique as for Warm Boot, but leave your shoe on. 


To Reboot: 
  Repeat the Warm Boot. 


Cleaning your PC:
  Use only mild soap and water, no solvents. Surface
wash only. Total immersion is not recommended. If
partial immersion is necessary, wear proper hand and
face protection and make sure your PC is fully dry
when finished.


Compatability and Networking: 
  Your PC is designed to independently assess compatibility 
with other PCs. Running Eunuchs will generally give your PC
greater compatibility with other PCs. It may be
necessary to install a firewall between incompatible
PCs as each may attempt to breach the other's security
systems. Compatible PCs may share thermal energy and
cleaning tasks and may network for gaming purposes.
Please note that your PC will be incompatible with
units of type BIRD and FISH, unless appropriate
security measures (such as a firewall) are installed.
Your PC may tolerate one or more DOG units provided
they occupy a subordinate position within the
hierarchial structure. 


Power Requirements: 

Alternating supply of canned cat food and dry cat food. 
Direct supply of water. Direct access to solar and thermal
energy sources.


TROUBLESHOOTING
---------------
PC has difficulty exiting ... perform a Warm Boot. 


PC shares files from dinner/table/plates without
permission: Boot your PC prior to running food-related
software. 


PC Hangs Up Phone During Connection to ISP:
Try invoking sleep mode prior to connecting to ISP.
Otherwise, perform a Warm Boot. 


PC Is Frozen: PC is probably scanning for small life forms. 
Reboot until it responds. 


Deleted Material Not Going to Trash or Recycling Bin:
reprogram preferences in PC sys/litterbox/deposit/target.aim