----- Original Message ----- From: Kiri Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 4:11 PM Subject: Newsletter December 4, 1999 Sorry I didn't get to it earlier this week. I was rebuilding my address book. Just a word of warning - someone on my ICQ list sent me something called prettypark.exe - that just happens to be a worm virus. If someone sent you something like this, please use your virus detection program and get rid of it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ideas: Durwin: a place where for a price you can place or remove flags on items or increase or decrease the wight of an item or even change the type of item say from a sword to a dagger Kiri -- I think I would rather people try different kinds of eq instead of manipulating the kinds they use now. Rabies: shopkeepers should refuse to sell alchoholic drinks to characters under 21... ;) Durwin: the addition of a con all command so you can con everything in the room at the same time Durwin: a sac all command so you can clean out your inventory it would also create less spam when saccing everything Kiri -- this makes me nervous because of malicious players. Fate: How about a skill for Elves or Druids called meditation. It has a duration like a spell, and while in affect, spells will cost less mana. The higher lv you are, the more it cuts the spell cost.. up to half. Metalhed: how about progamming in an alcohol tolerance to heavy drinkers in the game...after a while you'll need 2-3 beers to get you drunk. :D Eol: inv item to show # of that particular item in inv Kai: give word of recall a purpose or remove it (purpose = allows player to get out of cursed rooms) Please send all ideas and responses to ideas to me so I can include them in future newsletters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm out of bios, so I'm including a sample bio form (containing my bio) so you folks will reply and give me your bios :) NAME: Karen BR NAME & NICKNAME: Kiri HOMETOWN: Melville, New York BORN: February 11 CURRENT RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, California CRUOTONS OR BACON BITS: Bacon bits FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: Salad dressing sucks DO YOU DRINK: Yup. SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: Both HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: Nope. :) DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: Ha-ha, hee-hee, ha!! Are you kidding? that's my passtime on BR ;P CONVICTED OF A CRIME: Nope BEST ONLINE FRIENDS: I have to say probably Slart and Scavenger, who have been there for me for years and been very close to me. ONE PILLOW OR TWO: One, and the skinny one, because Oakley stole the puffy one. PETS: One scrappy little kitty here named Meadow FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: Nine inch nails DREAM CAR: I could do with a ferrari. Hey, it's LA. TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: A huuuuuuuuge friggin ugly tan grandpa car WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: Mercedes-Benz E-class. It died last year, RIP. TOOTHPASTE: Cool Mint Listerine toothpaste FAVORITE FOOD: Tough one. Probably my mom's lasagna. DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Absolutely. Didn't always, but now I do. FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: Probably Washington, DC because the coffee bars rule. FAVORITE ICE CREAM: I hate ice cream. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: I hate soft drinks. I drink iced tea. FAVORITE TYPE OF GAME TO PLAY: Barren Realms. WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: about 3 pm when I get a massive coffee craving and start falling asleep in the back file room. ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK: Simples FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE: Vanilla Lace by Victoria's Secret FAVORITE WEBSITE: heheheh FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Literature or Law FAVORITE MOVIE OR TYPE OF MOVIE: The Matrix, GI Jane LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: Math FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Anything with ice and fruit FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: WCW Wrestling MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: When I told my cousin's wife's parents (lost yet?) that the absolute monster of a brat at the party should be taken out and shot.. hey, no one told me it was their son... CRAZIEST OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: Scavenger. Maybe it's just everything he's repressing though. No, I don't think so. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: Someone intelligent and interesting, someone large (no scrawny guys here!), protective and opinionated. I like people who say what they think and are willing to go to bat for it. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: I sent this to me. And I think I'm pretty neat. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO YOU IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: The people who don't read the newsletter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLS: Echelon DOES exist folks, and they're listening to your phone calls. Since the 1950s. Another community for women on the web. Diterlizzi Illustrations: EDay guide to stupid things you can buy on Ebay: (warning, offensive content) --------------------------------------------------------------- Top 25 Signs You've Lived in the '90s Too Long: 1. You tried to enter your password on the microwave. 2. You now think of three espressos as "getting wasted." 3. You haven't played solitaire with a real deck of cards in years. 4. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 5. You email your son in his room to tell him that dinner is ready and he emails you back asking, "What are we eating?" 6. Your daughter sells Girl Scout Cookies via her web site. 7. You chat several times a day with a stranger from South Africa, but you haven't spoken to your next door neighbor yet this year. 8. Your daughter just bought a CD of all the records your college roommate used to play. 9. You check the ingredients on a can of chicken noodle soup to see if it contains Echinacea. 10. You check your blow dryer to see if it's Y2K compliant. 11. Your grandmother clogs up your email inbox, asking you to send her JPEG files of your newborn so she can create a screen saver. 12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home. 13. Your reason for not staying in touch with family is that they do not have email addresses. 14. If you can't order it by midnight and have it delivered by noon the next day it is just too slow. 15. Your stockbroker's name ends in .com. 16. A blind date means chatting online with someone you haven't met before. 17. Most of your books are bought online. "Real world" bookstores are now prized as your favorite cafe to hang out, work, and meet people of the opposite sex. 18. You get all excited when it's Saturday and you can wear sweats to work. 19. You find you really need PowerPoint to explain what kind of work you do. 20. You eat meals out of vending machines and at the most expensive restaurant in town within the same week. 21. You think a "half-day" means leaving at five o'clock. 22. Cleaning up the dining area means getting the fast food bags out of the backseat of your car. 23. You faxed your Christmas list to your parents. 24. Your idea of being organized is multiple colored post-it notes. 25. You get most of your jokes via email instead of in person. ---------------------------------------------------------------- At 07:18 PM 12/20/99 -0800, you wrote: > > Hi folks, and welcome to the Newsletter. I'm always looking for ideas & bios, > so keep sending it my way! > > ---------- > > Winner: i think the states of hunger and thirst should be shown > with numbers... > Kiri -- Nah, if you make the mud too number-oriented it's not only confusing > and non-intuitive, but it's less detailed and lush. > > Surma: make it so that you can do social's globaly so everyone can > see them so you can wave bye to people and stuff when they leave > Garot: i had an idea for elves why not give them the ability to > cast a fire shield which would hurt their opponent (kinda like talons five > style fist) but only when cast also could be learned oog for druid? just > an idea > Maethor: add tank status to the prompt features > Maethor: there should be multiple points of recall.. like maybe you can > recall to thalos or perelandra.. and be able to set your recall point by > traveling to that town and doing something..looking at the point (i.e the > mouth in RHPS) > Kiri --we thought about this, but we would prefer everyone recalling to > Calathar to sort of bring the community in close quarters. It's one thing you > all have in common. > > SkaCore: I think there should be 3 areas to the battle arena, a low, medium > and high levels area so that high level characters cannt come in a squash low > characters when we are trying to arena, what ya think? > Kiri -- we're eventually putting in a watch mode, where you can only watch > but not fight or be attacked. > > SkaCore: Just another thing, i saw a piece of code for merc based muds, thats > basically a turing program for mobs, so we can talk to them, and they talk > back :> what ya think, if ur interested, i'll have to find it again, dunno > where it was, but i'll find it > Kiri -- not really. That's usually a mob program, and it eats mem and is a > crash machine. Besides, I'd probably be the one who has to enter in all the > programs and I'm not into it - I already have enough to do without a huge > seemingly pointless (relatively) project. > > Sylvester: Ever thought of having a News feature, where you could list > special things that happen, like Heroing, Imming, special events, and the > like? And perhaps making it archivable, so that people like me that show up > after a long time can see what's happe > Kiri -- help news > > Dalton: why not have king kandy reset every 5 minutes > Kiri - because we want people to kill other mobs than just kandy. > > KurtisII: An IAW command so that you aren't forced to use AFK or BUSY or a > message to put on BUSY like AFK works > > > ---------- > Here's my bio. > > NAME: Joel > > BR NAME & NICKNAME: Carnun > > HOMETOWN: Minneapolis, MN > > BORN: 7.19.73 > > CURRENT RESIDENCE: Minnesota > > CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: Lots of both + shredded cheese. > > FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: Tons of French dressing to cover the taste of the > vegetables. > > DO YOU DRINK: Among other things, yes. > > SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: Both. Gotta be Pantene conditioner though. > > HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: Not that I remember but it's always > possible. > > DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: Nah, too easy. > > CONVICTED OF A CRIME: A few but those records are sealed now. > > BEST ONLINE FRIENDS: None > > ONE PILLOW OR TWO: One > > PETS: 2 cats: Pugsly and Allister and 5 ferrets: Madori, Korbel, Juventud, > Brandy, and Bandit > > FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: Most anything with loud, fast, heavy, crunchy guitar > that was made by actual musicians. > > DREAM CAR: ' 72 Chevelle SS > > TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: HYUNDAI ! > > WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: '75 Nova SS > > TOOTHPASTE: Multi-Care Crest > > FAVORITE FOOD: Anything fried and greasy that isn't vegetable. > > DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Yes, now that I'm an adult and don't live > > with them anymore. > > FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: Calathar > > FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. > > FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: Diet Coke > > FAVORITE TYPE OF GAME TO PLAY: Adventure (natch) but anything fantasy or > military or sports or sci-fi or digital or electronic or.... > > WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: Before noon. > > ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK: *snif* I miss my high-tops. > > FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE: None. They all reek. > > FAVORITE WEBSITE: Too many to pick one. > > FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Science and unauthorized field trips. > > FAVORITE MOVIE OR TYPE OF MOVIE: Braveheart, Starship Troopers, The Matrix. > Comedies are pretty cool too. > > LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: School > > FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Beer > > FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: WCW Wrestling, and football when the Vikings are > playing. > > MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: Forgetting my lines in my own wedding. > > SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: Tie- my wife or myself > > WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: Intelligence, wisdom, patience, and > > a nice pair of ...uh, hands. > > SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Uhm...Kiri has good > > taste in sports. > > PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO YOU IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: huh? > > > ---------- > Kiri's WWW of URLs: > > Fametracker, or Hey, it's THAT GUY! > > > <>. > com/index.html?/home.asp&0 > > Michael Whelen Fantasy Painting Archive: > > > <> > ery/archive/ > > Spot the Facist Dictator: > > > <> > ~bernarde/dictators/dictator.htm > > Unclaimed Baggage Center - this is for real. Everything ever lost and > unclaimed in luggage on airplanes, they have it for sale online for REAL > BARGAINS! > > <> > > > ---------- > Holiday Article by Daliah & Sunflower: > > Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was > stirring not even a rous. > The backpacks were hung at recall with care in hopes that St. Comatose soon > would be there. > The mortals were nestled all snug in their tents. While visions of Pot Pies > danced in their heads. > With Kiri in her kerchief and Oakley in his cap they had just settled down > for a long winters nap. > When out on the school there arose such a clatter the hero's had sprung up > to see what was the matter. > Away to Clericus they flew like a flash. Tore open the window and threw up > that dirty ole sash. > The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow gave the luster of mid-day to > the mobs down below. > When what to our wondering eyes should appear but Comatose and 8 other tiny > imm reindeer. > The little old driver so happy and quick I new in a tick it must be > Comatose. > More rapid then avians his imms they came quick he whistled and shouted and > called them by name. > Now Aura, now Uthar, now Temper and Kytar. On Rabies, on Scavenger, on Slart > and Roshi > To the top of the roof now poof away, poof away, poof away all. > Up to the house top the imms down they came with the sleigh full of renames > and old Comatose came. > Then with a twinkle we heard on the roof the prancing and dancing of each > little hoof. > As I drew in my hand and spun around down came Comatose tumbling down. > He was dressed all in Scrubs from head to foot his clothes were all > tarnished with blood and soot. > With a bundle of renames he had flung on his back He looked like a doc > holding his sack. > His eyes were bloodshot his dimples dented in his cheeks were white his nose > like a cherry. His mouth was drawn like a happy little drunk. > The beard of his chin was as white as snow. > The stump of a leg he held tight in his teeth, the blood encircled his mouth > like a wreath. > He had a messy face and a round little belly that shook when he laughed like > a shot full of jello. > He was chubby and plump like a right jolly old doc. We laughed when we saw > him inspite of ourselves. > A wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave us to know we had > everything to dread. > He spoke not a word but went straight to his work. He filled all the > backpacks then turned with a jerk. > laying his finger on side of his nose he gave a little wiggle of his butt > and up the chimney he done rose. > He sprang to his flying sleigh on the roof. And to his team gave a shout. > Away they all flew like the down of a thistle as he drove out of sight I > heard him shout Merry Christmas to all and to All a goodnight..... > AFK for a sec... > > ---------- > > > Alabama: > Yes, We Have Electricity > > Alaska: > 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong! > > Arizona: > But It's a Dry Heat > > Arkansas: > Litterasy Ain't Everthing > > California: > By 30 Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda. > > Colorado: > If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother > > Connecticut: > Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedys Don't Own It Yet. > > Delaware: > We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water > > Florida: > Ask Us About Our Grandkids > > Georgia: > We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism > > Hawaii: > Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But > Leave Your Money) > > Idaho: > More Than Just Potatoes ... Well OK, We're Not, But The Potatoes > Sure Are Real Good > > Illinois: > Please Don't Pronounce the "S" > > Indiana: > 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free > > Iowa: > We Do Amazing Things With Corn > > Kansas: > First Of The Rectangle States > > Kentucky: > Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names > > Louisiana: > We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign > > Maine: > We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster > > Maryland: > If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It > > Massachusetts: > Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets) > > Michigan: > First Line Of Defense From The Canadians > > Minnesota: > 10,000 Lakes And 10,000,000 Mosquitoes > > Mississippi: > Come Feel Better About Your Own State > > Missouri: > Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work > > Montana: > Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, & Very > Little Else > > Nebraska: > Ask About Our State Motto Contest > > Nevada: > Whores and Poker! > > New Hampshire: > Go Away And Leave Us Alone > > New Jersey: > You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here! > > New Mexico: > Lizards Make Excellent Pets > > New York: > You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An > Attorney... > > North Carolina: > Tobacco Is A Vegetable > > North Dakota: > We Really Are One Of The 50 States! > > Ohio: > At Least We're Not Michigan > > Oklahoma: > Like The Play, Only No Singing > > Oregon: > Spotted Owl ... It's What's For Dinner > > Pennsylvania: > Cook With Coal > > Rhode Island: > We're Not REALLY An Island > > South Carolina: > Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender > > South Dakota: > Closer Than North Dakota > > Tennessee: > The Educashun State > > Texas: > Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English) > > Utah: > Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus > > Vermont: > Yep > > Virginia: > Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix? > > Washington: > Help! We're Overrun By Nerds And Slackers! > > Washington, D.C: > Wanna Be Mayor? > > West Virginia: > One Big Happy Family ... Really! > > Wisconsin: > Come Cut The Cheese > > Wyoming: > Where Men Are Men ... And The Sheep Are Scared! > > > >