July 4, 2004 NEWS FROM THE REALMS: MAKE SURE TO VISIT US AT telnet://barren.coredcs.com:8000/ Disaster: Happy Canada Day!!! Well, it's July 1st, so once again happy Canada Day to all of you! Make sure to have a beer, pet a beaver, and kiss your friendly local Canadians. To celebrate, we're also going to have a nice little quest. Your job will be to collect items that remind you of Canada (or Canadians) and put them in a bag to be collected and judged. Bags will be available from me if you see me on, or you can use your own bag. Please make sure that you place some manner of identifying item into the bag, such as a body part. There is no upper nor lower limit for the number of items you include, since judging will be entirely subjective anyways. Your bags must be handed in to me by 11:59PM on monday at the latest (mud time) unless you make specific arrangements with me before that and have a good reason for having to hand them in late. Lari has been kind enough to sponsor this quest, so please don't forget to thank her. Right now this is a mortal only quest. Heroes are free to turn in entries, but I'm not guaranteeing that heroes will be getting prizes. If you have any questions, ask them and I'll post clarifications right away. -Dis Sunflower: care package Many people in my area are getting together a care package for US soldiers in Iraq and was going to let you all know that if there was a msg you wanted to say to them that i would gladly include it in the box of stuff we are sending. msg's can be sent to aottmaya@yahoo.com DevilsAngel: Care packages I think that is wonderful Sunflower. The club that I hang out at (a gay bar in central texas) is having a benifit show tonight to raise money to send packages to U.S. Soldiers that are in Iraq. If anyone has a loved one and has an address for them over there, you can email me... at Failyn3333@hot.rr.com give me their information and I will put them on the list to recieve a package. I think everyone should try to do something patriotic this weekend. We may not all like our administration but we should all support our troops. =) Oh I'm singing in the show to help raise money, so yes, I am contributing too. I hope everyone has a great weekend and a safe one. Xorex: quest prizes hi everyone, i worked on those quest prizes i owed people... i have prizes for: Entity, Christmas, Solaran, Reku, and Skoobert (but Reku's prize isn't quite finished). if you see me on, ask for your prize ==================================================== THESE CHARACTERS NEED TO LOG IN OR THEY RISK LOSING THEIR CHARACTER AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF: Bloodlord, Dhamonii, Dor, Everlong, Fiend, Flarn, Galadriel, Gromdal, Huh, Icebeam, Jovar, Khorne, Knut, Kvark, Lepain, Malek, Meridian, Minin, Myrmecia, Neogen, Nide, Nightbringer, Nimue, Nox, Perrin, Pingo, Rathanas, Ravenous, Ravn, Realwampus, Replay, Reptyle, Rithic, Slanter, Spuck, Twetty, Willy, Yamcha, Ziyat, Zoorp ==================================================== IDEAS: Extreemist: ive idead this as exo, but id still like to see, on the stat screen, your base hp/mana/mv beside your affected hp/mana/mv Ginsu: ills need some form of rescue, since they are natural tanks and want to stand there and get beaten Extreemist: so i was thinking, humans are martial artists, one style some use is to basically go crazy and start swinging without regard, why not give humans frenzy at level 25 or so instead of 32, and having it guild would also make ALOT of sense Extreemist: something else, alot about martial arts is blocking the opponents hits, not absorbing them, which is what we have humans do now, so why do humans get parry OOG AND so late? i think it should be in guild and one of the first skills learned Kiri -- Just a note to let you know humans are going to be redone at some point to reflect this. Extreemist: why again does it take 6 turns for a human to regain thier balance? that seems... outrageous. when an avian uses peck and knocks themselves out, it doesnt seem to phase them one bit, but when a human misses a roundhouse, its like the end of the world Skaven: since there is the create potion spell why not have a create pill spell DwarfMan: Everywhere should repop as fast as the Barren Realms Academy! =-) =================================================== REPLIES BY SOULSTORM: Putting in my two cents. Been a while since I've been back to BR and have really gotten back into it. Missed you guys and gals. Hope things are going well with you! --Soulstorm IDEAS: Dispair: a new skill, enhance shield, possibly for dwarves or for humans? --Soulstorm: Well being that humans already get "sanctuary", I don't think they should get another layer of defence. As for dwarves, they are power houses for damage, double and triple attack with enchanced damage, etc., A spell to enchance a shield would be neat though since shields are rarely used in the game and possibly give incentive to use them more. Exo: why not make it so when you add a ? or a ! mark, your say comes out as Exo exlaims ... or Exo wonders ...it may add a little more to the game, and a joke channel would be neat as well --Soulstorm: you can always do an emote and add a ? or ! to whatever you want, if you want a specific social, then write one and submit it. Shiloh: when ur drunk and you run into a wall or into the ceiling, maybe you should lose some hp. --Soulstorm: That'd be very interesting... I also thought about that or getting knocked out. Like if you use peck too much as an avian you can black out, why not black out if you run into a wall? Isabelle: I know it's been said many times by many people, but yellh would be fantastic :) --Soulstorm: I would like a sayh too, but that would be out of the question. Yellh seems like it could be do-able... Tasenrad: I have an idea to help people find the help files they may be looking for. For example, if you know the funciton you want to do starts with an 'a', you could type 'help a' and it would list all the available functions beginning with 'a'. --Soulstorm: Sounds like a good idea, but I'd like like a "help list a" or the like so the help file doesn't think you want help on say inventory if you did "help i" Zecan: illithids should be able to use flaming eq --Soulstorm: I don't agree... I think of Ill's as humans. Druids and Elves are special magicially enchancted races, where as Ill's 'magic' come more from the mind rather than innate magic running through their veins. Maybe I'll full of it... I just don't agree. Mondor: Inorganic system for pardoning --Soulstorm: To elaborate, mondor got a killer flag and there were no imms to help him out. Just like the thief flag. If there was a way to get rid of the flag without the aid of an imm or let heros be able to remove it. Perhaps if you die the flag could be removed or have a vendor set up to pay a fee to remove it. Ginsu: guards should be hostile towards demons and others of very low alignment, such as pushing them away, possibly towards the nearest gate out of town --Soulstorm: If I were a guard getting paid minimun wage and this ugly demon with 4 arms, 5 eyes, 3 legs, and 2 other unnammed body parts came walking by, the last thing I'd want to do is touch you, let alone try to remove you from town. Though for those elite guards it would be an interesting idea to check alignment on chars at and above the mobs level to attack. ============================================= Kiri's WWW of URLs: Happy Fourth from Barbara (she always forgets to put her username on BR!). You need java installed for this. http://www.njagyouth.org/liberty.htm A fascinating (and I think accurate) quiz on what kind of thinker you are. I was inter/intrapersonal. Post your results in the newsletter section of the forums! http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/thinker_quiz/results_and_answers.shtml The 25 weirdest things you can purchase on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2WE01ST4Z4YY0/ref%3Dcm%5Flm%5Fdp%5Fl%5F1/104-0704221-9518321 A great source for streaming free radio http://www.shoutcast.com/ ============================================= From Melissa - who also forgot her username in her email. The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to > take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or > changing one letter, and supply a new definition. > > Here are the 2003 winners: > > 1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until > you realize it was your money to start with. > > 2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. > > 3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops > bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows > little sign of breaking down in the near future. > > 4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of > getting laid . > > 5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the > subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. > > 6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high . > > 7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic w it and the > person who doesn't get it. > > 8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running > late. > > 9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. > > 10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra > credit.) > > 11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these > really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's > like, a serious bummer. > > 12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day > consuming only things that are good for you. > > 13. Glibido: All talk and no action. > > 14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when > they come at you rapidly. > > 15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after > you've accidentally walked through a spider web. > > 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into > your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. > > 17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in > the fruit you're eating. > > > And the pick of the literature: > > 18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a*******. July 24, 2004 Welcome to the Barren Realms MUD Newsletter. Come visit us at telnet://barren.coredcs.com:8000/ We've been kinda slow lately. Where've you been? *peers at you intently* ----------------------------------------- IDEAS: Mylymok: Could you grant Illithids an 'intuition' spell that's equivalent to identify? Jello: how about an edit to the remort code to only allow remorting once per day... incessant remorting is getting old Christmas: i think that avians should get a healing spell so they can cure themselves something small would be just as great or maybe a gs spell Azalea: Is there a way to break the practice screen up into two sections, one being ig skills the other oog? Disaster: we should have a "help weights" that lists total carry weights and max weapon weights for all strengths Bud: could alignment be switched TO karma ----------------------------------------- Characters that need to log in: Aurimas, Coren, Deathstalker, Desu, Dolphine, Eddy, Edguy, Eihwaz, Elgen, Everlong, Fiend, Flarn, Frodiac, Fuzz, Garrett, Greva, Gromdal, Hagar, Hamez, Joecamel, Kavoe, Kazin, Locke, Loke, Maethor, Malariush, Marasmus, Memnoc, Mylo, Nide, Nordika, Omsis, Penta, Pip, Predator, Pumba, Qwang, Rotas, Slanter, slimmer, Sniffer, Sox, Twoleet, Xantor, Yarvek ----------------------------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: Ever wonder what Fo Shizzle Ma Nizzle really means? Warning: some foul language. http://www.urbandictionary.com/ The Dullest Blog in the World http://www.wibsite.com/wiblog/dull/ The Spoof News http://www.thespoof.com/index.htm Origami Records - the biggest crane in the world! http://www.users.waitrose.com/~pureland/records.htm ---------------------------------------- Replies by DIsaster to last week's newsletter; about pardoning: i disagree with any plan to change how pardoning currently works. with the code set up as it is, it should be all but impossible to get either a killer or a thief flag. if you somehow find a new way to get one, i'm of the opinion that it should be reported to imms right away, and that requiring an imm to remove it is a good way to ensure that happens. besides, it's not like imms are rarely on, and giving such flags can be used as a low level punishment or torment. allowing non-imms to remove it would sort of defeat that purpose. and anyways, it's not as if having a killer flag makes it impossible to play, it just makes it a little bit harder is all. --------------------------------------- From Dove: 1. Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger." 2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says, "Dam!" 3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they started a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too. 4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive." 5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication. 6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer." 7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan" Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal" 8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars. 9. Mahatma Ghandi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of callouses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath This made him...(Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good)... a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. 10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to his friends with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.