Subject: Newsletter June 7, 1999 If you wish to get the HTML version, please reply with HTML in the subject line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | _______ (===|====================- -====================|===) \ __ \ | | | |__| | __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ ___ | ___ \ / __ \| | | |/ ___\ | |/ ___\ / ___ \ | |/ __ \ | | | | | | \ | | / | / | _____| | / | | | |___| | | |__ / | | | | | | |_____ | | | | /________/ \____/|_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| |_| _______ _ \ __ \ | | | |__| | ___ __ _ | | _ __________ ____ | ___ \ / ___ \ / __ \| | | | | |/ __ ____ \ / ____\ | | | | | _____| | | \ | | | | / | | | | | |__ | | | | | |_____ | |__ / | | | | | | | | | \___ \ /__| |__| \_____/ \____/|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| \ \ ___________________________________________________________ / / <____________________________________________________________/ -Govinda Faustus: code it so that mobs that load underwater are automatically able to move underwater... Kiri -- good idea. Waz: a command that forces aod to leave where he currently is Kiri - I don't know if I like that one as much as the one below. Igneous: We need a list command so that if there are 2 shopkeepers in 1 room we can get a list from either. Aod seems to cause a little trouble, maybe give him his own shop. Ilia: add a defensive spell for mages that is not castable by all the OTHER races in the realms.. something mage specific, that way there is more seperation between the races.. make it decent and make it a pretty high level Kiri -- or the dwarves could lose fireball ;P Memphis: we could have a quote column in the profile Kiri -- plan? Sandra: Thanks for the new spells for Ills. Ability to keep mercenaries you buy if/when you leave the game. Icehawk: A mana conversion spell that converts hp to mana. Ilia: how bout an spell for breathing under water hey and how bout only once race gets it.. (can be cast on others) Medivh: wimpydir ,u can set a direction, when you flee it will automatically attempt to flee to the set direction, if it fails, you flee to any other direction that's avail,you get a message: you flee to the , so you know where you have to go back Ilia: different max stats for the races ie - dwarves can enhance int to a max of 17 but elves can enhance to 21 or something.. shrug Flach: make mental barrier lvl dependant ie - lasts 2 rounds at lvl 20 3 rounds a 30 4 rounds at 50 something like that.. Divebomb: Since the number of skills/spells is drastically cut down for ills such that the number of practices isn't as necessary as it is for elves, shouldn't wis be the prime? Divebomb: Explain more clearly what "awe" does or at least add a message saying it does (or does not) do something when you use it. Gorion: duration for mental barrier is a bit low for the lower levels. If you time it wrong, you can cast it and have it disappear immediately after. Divebomb: Illithids need dual and they will be very playable - it will give them 3 attacks and a normal hit/dam. As is they will only have two. Kiri -- Illithids are not warriors, they are psis. They aren't getting dual back. Divebomb: When using a two-handed sword your autos should still kick in at a normal rate Kiri -- this is a bug, being fixed. Divebomb: make it so spell weapons can be used when in offhand (to cast spells) Kiri -- see above. Spruce: Why can 'scry' only be used within the area you are in? It wouldn't be too powerfulif it can be used anywhere. Even players should be scryable, not just mobs... ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** BIO: NAME: Leopoldo Biname BR NAME & NICKNAME: Gorion - Gor HOMETOWN: Manila, Philippines BORN: October 19, 1969 CURRENT RESIDENCE: Manila, Philippines CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: Croutons. FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: None DO YOU DRINK: Mostly Coca-Cola. SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: Shampoo HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: No DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: If I know them well enough. CONVICTED OF A CRIME: No BEST ON-LINE FRIENDS: All are friends, but particularly Lari, Healint, Slart, Java and Samil. ONE PILLOW OR TWO: 4 PETS: Kaiser (German Shepherd), Willow (Chocolate Lab) and Pasha (Persian cat) FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC: Rock, New Wave, Classical DREAM CAR:Any one that I can drive. TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: N/A WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: N/A TOOTHPASTE: Colgate FAVORITE FOOD: Lasagna DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Yes FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: New Orleans FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Rocky Road FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: Coca-Cola FAVORITE TYPE OF GAME TO PLAY: Adventure & Roleplaying WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: When I can't mud. ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK: Hmmm... none of these. FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE: Whatever my wife is wearing. FAVORITE WEBSITE: www.cnet.com. FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Physics, Calculus and anything Computer FAVORITE MOVIE OR TYPE OF MOVIE: Victory (Escape to Victory) LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: Anything not phsyics, math or computers. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: White Wine. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: Soccer MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: Losing the brakes on my wheelchair, and rolling into the girls locker room at the end of the ramp. :) CRAZIEST OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: Rabies WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: Intelligence, patience and ability to have a conversation. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Kiri is Honest and Frank. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: All of my co-workers. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Muddman's TechNews: Your Weekly Source for Technical News Issue: 2:2 Issue date: June 04/99 What are YOU looking for? The internet is a wonderful place. A little history for those of you whom don't know much about the internet, it started... oh... 10 or 15 years ago as a group of two computers, linked. We now know that as networking or intranet. As the internet became more popular, data started to flow through Telnet (text-only). To search, users used 'archie' searches. They typed in what they were looking for, and they got their information. Today, we get these searches from places as Altavista (www.altavista.com), Excite (www.excite.com), and Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com). When I am looking for information, I use Altavista. Fast, easy. However, it is almost impossible to get only what you want with a seach engine. How an engine works is actually quite simple. At the top of an HTML document (a web page), are META tags. These tags, hidden from the viewer, are used by a search engine, to decide what the site is about. Say you have a site about hockey. In your META tags, you would list KEYWORDS such as 'hockey, puck, NHL, stick' etc. Now, when you Add A Page (using AltaVista as the example), you put in your URL (your http://www.whatever.com address). The AltaVista site then looks at the META tags of your page, and lists your site under whatever keywords you listed under. So, if you searched for 'hockey stick' on AltaVista, you would see my page somewhere in the results. Somewhere, however, is the defining word. There has been controversy lately in regards to results being bought. Most, if not all search engines use advertisments. It's becoming a fact of life on the internet today. If a company can pay to have their advertisment shown, why not pay to have your site shown at the top of the ratings. Companies can gain maximum exposure that way And there are what I call META spammers. They put hundreds of words in their meta tags, not having anything to do with their site. While searching for 'school uniforms' for a recent project, I saw pornography sites listed in the first 20 results. Most of my content for that project, by the way, came after 50 or 60 results. The major corporations, of course, were at the start, with pornography sites after them and finally, private sites. Most companies CLAIM that any Joe Schmoe can get high in the ratings. I really doubt it I'm Muddman, and this is my TechNews /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) More space poems! Tom: Poem, from the Immortals, compiled by Tom Space the final frontier; these are the voyages of the Immortals of Barren realms What is space, and where is it found, how much space can be found in ones office space? Or how many space-rockets have you seen launch into space, using space-ly sprockets. By this point are you spaced out? Or wanting to play space invaders? Oh by the way have you seen the movie lost in space, I hear it's pretty good, though I have yet to see pigs in space, though there is a space station. Then there's inner-space, outer space, and space-balls. Did you use your parking space this morning, and use some drive-space when writing? Is there any black-space left, after you use the backspace key? Or did you use the space bar? Did anyone today invade your personal space? Is there space left in your chair when you get up? I'm sure by now your dreaming of wide-open spaces, or think this is just a waste of space. So with that I leave this space of writing in your hands, to fill out the blank spaces. BR Immortal Crew, Compiled by Tom Dagmar: another space piece She looked at the empty shelf in the bathroom and wondered what to put there. She tried spreading out her makeup in the space, but it somehow looked emptier. Next she tried some of the cute little carved guest soaps, but it still wasn't right. A vase of flowers, votive candles, elegant perfume bottles, statuettes and knick-knacks. She even cleared out the entire medicine chest and crammed everything on that shelf but still it mocked her with an empty feeling. Finally she went to the store and bought a man's razor, shaving cream, cologne, another hairbrush and toothbrush. Satisfied, she smiled and pretended it would be just as easy to fill the hollow space in her heart. Navy: Space... The space between us fluctuates growing and shrinking changing over time never the same, never what I want, never as close as I wish we could be. The space is unnerving, always present, always constant, never-ending... But suddenly the lights grow dim, two become one, and the space..... is gone..... Infinitely superior white dwarf... You fuse star matter... A black void consuming all illumination... Ripped ionic proton streamers... Accelerated to x-ray vision... Yes, this dwarf will house a black hole playroom... Collapsed space time warp... All the way down to a quantum singularity... Don't get too close to the gravity well event horizon... Or the infinite G will stretch your bowels... To the 5th dimension... This is the dominion of the dark matter absolute... The gravity crush space time warp collapse... The abode of white dwarf grows warmer and then it begins. --Jim (Soulstorm) Valic: Space poem A space to run, A space to hide. A space for fun, A space for fire. A space for wrong, A space for right. A space for day, A space for night. A space for power, A space to fight. A space to cower, A space for might. A space I go to every night, Its like paradise by modem lights. A space that was born outright, Inside our Empress Kiri's mind. BARREN REALMS. Slart: space Eyes skyward, sitting on the hood Immersed in silent darkling contemplation Everything seems smaller at night, except the sky And you yourself feel small Blanketed by the empty, silent infinity. The ancients found gods and heroes in the sky, Familiar patterns to add closeness and warmth And chase away the eerie insignificance it made them feel, But you don't see them. All you see are sparkling buoys, twinkling beacons Marking a fractal sea of possibility, And suddenly you don't feel so small, For you have perceived that the limitlessness Doesn't make you smaller; The feat of navigating through the possibilities Makes you great. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Kiri's WWW of URLs: Dumb laws of the world, UNITE! http://www.dumblaws.com/index2.htm A really neat flash webpage. http://www.e3direktiv.com/ X - file scripts, for those of you who missed a few episodes. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dreamworld/9669 Okay, this is really cute! http://www.mrznet.com/smile2.html /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > >>>Helpful Work Phrases > >>> > >>>1) Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point >of > >>>view. > >>> > >>>2) The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist. > >>> > >>>3) I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to >pronounce. > >>> > >>>4) Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental. > >>> > >>>5) I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn. > >>> > >>>6) I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid. > >>> > >>>7) What am I? Flypaper for freaks!? > >>> > >>>8) I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant. > >>> > >>>9) I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth. > >>> > >>>10) Ahhh, I see the f**k-up fairy has visited us again. > >>> > >>>11) I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you. > >>> > >>>12) It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off. > >>> > >>>13) Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial. > >>> > >>>14) No, my powers can only be used for good. > >>> > >>>15) How about never? Is never good for you? > >>> > >>>16) I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship >me. > >>> > >>>17) You sound reasonable...Time to up my medication. > >>> > >>>18) I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter. > >>> > >>>19) I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message. > >>> > >>>20) I don't work here. I'm a consultant. > >>> > >>>21) Who me? I just wander from room to room. > >>> > >>>22) My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys! > >>> > >>>23) It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm > >>>really quite busy. > >>> > >>>24) At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits. > >>> > >>>25) You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers. > >>> > >>>26) I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in > >>>public. > >>> > >>>27) Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the > >>>subject. > >>> >28) I'm busy. Your ugly. Have a nice day. _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | No such thing as a failure who keeps trying...coasting to the bottom| | Is the only disgrace...-Blues Traveller | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | Be sure to check out the Official Barren Realms Homepage | | http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | -> Barren Realms: barren.coredcs.com:8000 <- | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | You can contact me at Kiri@li.net for any of the following: | | | | Ideas for Barren Realms | | | | Questions/Complaints | | | | Your scrapbook memories of BR | | | | Your poetry, stories, questions, comments, and bios for the | | mort/hero/imm bio section of the newsletter and BR Magazine. | | | | Getting on the mail list for: | | | | Players file: How to play the game, helps, and the BR story. | | Great information for ALL players, no matter what | | level. | | | | Builders guide: An all new guide on how to build areas for BR. | | Full of new information on bits, liquids, and a | | step by step instruction on building areas. | | | | Builders forum: A place to ask email questions about the area you | | are building | | | | Area list: A list of areas and descriptions of each, in depth | | and helpful | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net Subject: Newsletter June 14, 1999 Are any of you heroes? Reply to this mail with the name of your hero and I'll put you on the hero newsletter list. Secondly, there is a *NEW* and *IMPROVED* Html newsletter. If you wishto get it, reply to this mail and just tell me so. I'm always looking for responses to ideas, bios, articles, and more. Please send me your thoughts! /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Divebomb: Allow illithids to use flaming equipment. Everything they do is magic afterall. Ajknight: Spell with healer to cure drunks. Kiri -- Drunk is a free hp/mana raiser. We don't want to make it that easy to get rid of it... It has to have drawbacks to make it balanced. KurtisII: We need a command to stop being carried. When you flee or something... you cannot move, because they are carrying you. It is very difficult, and can be dangerous too. Thank you ;) Ahkran: instead of kick for illithids, sling :) used with tentacles, same concept Kiri -- Illithids have *useless* tentacles. Ilia: maybe it is and i'm just not noticing it but shouldent parry also be effect by being blind.. unless yer some kinda blind-fighting master Ilia: protective spells outnumber combat based malidictions.. how bout slow or haste? adding an attack or slow removing an opponets Ilia: how bout a mermcenary camp where you can sell off charmed mobs for other chars to buy as pets?! AMystery: a way to cut through a series of spell. say you have typed in multiple aliases, but you realize the last one was wrong, there needs to be a way to abort all pending commands DeadlyMan: How about a buddie list to let you know if your friends are online on the MUD? Kiri -- who :) Tripp: how about a juggle object emote?? Kiri -- you can emote anything you want. But if you mean a social, read help writesocial and help socialex on the mud. Ilia: how about a recharge spell that extends the effects of the spells cast on you? It could be like lvl 50 and 100mana to cast .. [ Vermin: Avians should be able to track the closest mob of some kind... like "track closest.mage" to get to the mage that is the least steps away. Ilia: throw a flag on donated equip that makes its value 0 so people dont steal the donations and sell them Ilia: how about a 'globe of darkness' spell which cloakes all your 'flaming' 'glowing' 'humming' equip so you can sneak equiped? Bliss: cgi interface Kiri -- what do you mean by this? Fig: Portal: Opened a portal from one area to another, so others could walk through. Kiri -- this has been suggested before. I think it's too dangerous, first off, and secondly I think it might make this too easy. But that's just my thoughts on it. Shinobi Here's a nice spell, i've only seen once before on some mud that I was doing research on. It's a spell called Wall. Basically what it does is take damage for you. So instead of... eg.: a trainee's slash brushes you. It would be , a trainee's slash brushes something. It's pretty unique. The more levels you gain , the more punishment the wall can take. It's like it has hp. When the wall takes too much damage it shimmers away then you're getting your ass kicked. It costs a lot of mana, and doesn't last very long. Should only be for magic users since they're usually weaker then fighters in hp. It also takes away a certain number of hitroll too, because of it's vast advantage it gives you. This spell would really be a good illithid spell, since they seem to specialize in such things like this. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) NAME: Michael BR NAME & NICKNAME: Divebomb HOMETOWN: East Longmeadow, MA BORN: Sept. 24, 1980 CURRENT RESIDENCE: E.L., MA for summers and January CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: depends what I'm eating FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: ranch/creamy italian DO YOU DRINK: rarely SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: all-in-one (i'm not picky) HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: *blush* DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: Duh CONVICTED OF A CRIME: not yet ;) BEST ON-LINE FRIENDS: No favoritism (don't wanna get beat up) ONE PILLOW OR TWO: 1 big one and 1 little one :) Tiggy & Boo, both cats. FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC: all (except country) DREAM CAR: Firebird TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: Pontiac Grand Am WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: See above TOOTHPASTE: Crest, Colgate - whatever was in the flier FAVORITE FOOD: Chicken Cordon Bleu DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: They get along better with me then I do with them FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: Philly FAVORITE ICE CREAM: PBC or CCCD FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: Dr. Pepper FAVORITE TYPE OF GAME TO PLAY: Mud and First Person Shooter, although I'm addicted to S.W. Rogue Squadron right now WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: When I'm awake ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK: Nike FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE: To wear or smell on others ;) FAVORITE WEBSITE: www.bluesnews.com FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Abortion,Morality and the Law FAVORITE MOVIE OR TYPE OF MOVIE: The Matrix (*agree Kiri*) LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: Calc3 FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Vodka FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: NCAA basketball, NFL, NHL MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: i give up CRAZIEST OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: My roommate next year - i can't say what he wants to do to our room..... WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: attractive, intelligent, supportive, romantic SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: *sweats violently* Kiri is an all around sweetheart and Oakley best be taken good care of her PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: I'm not sending it to anyone for fear of bodily harm.... === "Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have." /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Replies by Fury: >>Waz: a command that forces aod to leave where he currently is >> >>Kiri - I don't know if I like that one as much as the one below. >> >>Igneous: We need a list command so that if there are 2 shopkeepers >>in 1 room we can get a list from either. Aod seems to cause a little >>trouble, maybe give him his own shop. If i were Kiri, Idea 1 would be out cuz i know ppl would go around hounding AOD and making him run from place to place. Also, if you are an illithid, you now have a similer ability to your idea. (no i wont tell you what it is, read the helps) The second idea is good and has been knocked around for a while... Any Coders intrested! :-p >>Ilia: add a defensive spell for mages that is not castable by all >>the OTHER races in the realms.. something mage specific, that way there is >>more seperation between the races.. make it decent and make it a pretty >>high level >>Kiri -- or the dwarves could lose fireball ;P Muhaha, yeah, they can lose fireball... However the DDOTNL might get upset. (20 points if you figure out what DDOTNL means.) >>Memphis: we could have a quote column in the profile >>Kiri -- plan? Need I say more? >>Sandra: Thanks for the new spells for Ills. >>Ability to keep mercenaries you buy if/when you leave the game. AMEN! Thx again for the new Ill stuff... Hmm, never tried mercenaries myself... Dunno why you couldn't keep them, probably a space/coding issue... >>Icehawk: A mana conversion spell that converts hp to mana. Umm, what do you call heal? >>Ilia: how bout an spell for breathing under water hey and how bout >>only once race gets it.. (can be cast on others) hmm, well ok im not agaist this. Which race though? >>Medivh: wimpydir ,u can set a direction, when you flee it will >> automatically attempt to flee to the set direction, if it fails, you flee >>to any other direction that's avail,you get a message: you flee to the >>, so you know where you have to go back I think that this is just a tad unrealistic... Somemob CRIPPLES Medivh.. Medivh looks around gets his bearings and calmly flees for his life.. Don't think so... >>Ilia: different max stats for the races ie - dwarves can enhance >>int to a max of 17 but elves can enhance to 21 or something.. shrug Do i detect elf bias? what out for the DDOTNL!! >>Flach: make mental barrier lvl dependant ie - lasts 2 rounds at lvl >>20 3 rounds a 30 4 rounds at 50 something like that.. umm, im lev 40 and it lasts quite a while... >>Divebomb: Since the number of skills/spells is drastically cut down >>for ills such that the number of practices isn't as necessary as it is for >>elves, shouldn't wis be the prime? hmm, this is a cabon copy race issue... it would be more handy to have Wis as primary... Also, I believe that the IMMs take suggestions for new hero skills, those pracs might be needed... >>Divebomb: Explain more clearly what "awe" does or at least add a >>message saying it does (or does not) do something when you use it. I have played an Ill for a while, and i STILL dont know what that exactly does, however! ive been told it gets a aggro mob to back off. (havent tried that yet) ussually too busy blowing the Mob up or ripping its mind apart, i see if i can fit it in... >>Gorion: duration for mental barrier is a bit low for the lower levels. >>If you time it wrong, you can cast it and have it disappear immediately >>after. its a bit low period! even at 40! but it goes away after each battle, so really, no need to have it going forever, also, if you have it going for a long time, you wouldn't have to deal with agro mobs, something no doubt thought about when it was set up to do what it does. Mental Barrier is REAL powerful... I first tried it in the arena with Marauder. He tried to BS me and it all went back to him, it took 12,000 odd Hp off him b4 he finally killed me, i think that is a damage record for a level 40 character vs a Avatar who is on his way to avatar2. So dont knock this skill! >>Divebomb: Illithids need dual and they will be very playable - it will >>give them 3 attacks and a normal hit/dam. As is they will only have two. >>Kiri -- Illithids are not warriors, they are psis. They aren't getting >>dual back. Race balance, the new stuff is goodies no one has at mortal level. >>Spruce: Why can 'scry' only be used within the area you are in? It >>wouldn't be too powerfulif it can be used anywhere. Even players should >>be scryable, not just mobs... I was told that scrying other players would cause problems in the mud... (slart told me, i noticed the lack of this when i tried to scry kiri :-) Who wants more crashes? Ahh!!! Im being rushed by the DDOTNL!!! Run away!!!! But only East!!!! FuRy IDEAS by Fury: Hmm, I have an idea/question... Question: What new races are in development?(if any) Idea: I think BR should have a "Dragon" or "Dragonmen" Race... I havent really thought this all the way though, but i think it would be good for this race to have new skills agmented by few old ones... So maybe ppl can start kicking around new skill suggestions, for a new RACE. Instead of trying to better their own race, ppl can come up ideas that would form a new race... Just an Idea... FuRy can't decide, is the world analog or digital? ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** Background: Name: Garrett; Race: druid; Occupation: originally created for healing support; Level: 43; (At the time of this story, this character was around level 37 I think.) One day while traveling the fair Kingdom of Barren Realms, I came across an odd land, it had a large sign across its main gate announcing "Candyland". Intrigued, I ventured forth. Most the inhabitants were far beneath me to even bother killing until I found my self on an Ice-cream sea. Many were the Ice-cream cones and rootbeer submarines that I managed to dispatch. But I was curious at to what type of ruler would be in such a co ld place. Soon I found myself between a rock and a hard place literally. The Queen was named Frostine and she was none to happy to see me. "You are the one melting my sea!!" she screamed as she attacked. Being the cocky character I can be at times I yelled back, "And the Ice-creams were great too!" Blows were traded. Spells were fired. And I was gaining the upper hand. Suddenly I saw my armor and shield spells collapse. Frantic I looked for a way out. Just as I found a spot to dive for, "You slowly float to the ground." Automatically I try to cast a fly spell on myself only to realize I couldn't concentrate enough. Things were starting to look bad and the only way out was killing my foe. So I turned all my attention to defeating my her. I cast flamestrike after flamestrike, watching as my opponent kept getting weaker and weaker. "I am going to actually pull this off," I thought. "You feel less righteous" flashed across my screen. I suddenly was not hitting Frostine as much as I had been. Making a quick scan of the screen, to my horror, I suddenly noticed my hits and mana. This fight was taking too long, I was out of mana. Taking a mental inventory, I tried to think of what would hit this witch. I was getting desperate, not only was I out of mana, but my hit points were fading fast as well. Already my body was screaming in pain and was involuntarily trying to escape this situation. "The seas are too rough for you to move." "I'm going to die. I'm going to die." I thought was the Queen continued to pelt me. In desperation, I began kicking and screaming, literally, hoping that i could get out of this perdicament. Looking at my screen I saw 3/815 hits. "One more hit, please just hit me and get it over with." I said to her. No comment. I suddenly realized that it was quiet and I was alone. Surely she wouldn't run when she had me on the ropes. Looking around the room, nothing. Suddenly, up out of the sea, popped her crown and scepter. Stunned, I just stood there. Then the reality hit me, I had won. Grabbing the spoils of war, and doing a quick fish in the water for the gold she was carrying, I recalled to the safety of the Calathar temple to heal and identify my new found wealth. ---------- Do you have a fictional BR story that you've created? Send it to me and I'll publish it for everyone to see! /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Kiri's WWW of URLs: Fun House Entertainment: http://www.zeldman.com/ The US Speedtrap registry, recommended by Marc: http://www.speedtrap.com/ A glossary of internet terms, very accurate and excellent for the beginner to the net: http://www1.simplenet.com/support/glossary.html?track=00101.00000.000.00000.001-99042619580715501 For all of you who loved Poltergeist when you were little: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/8476/ /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Jokes from Naddarow: > > TOP 12 THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A COP > ___________________________________ > >1. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer. > (OK in Texas) > >2. Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't > plugged in. > >3. Aren't you the guy from the Village People? > >4. Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with > me. Good job! > >5. Are You Andy or Barney? > >6. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical > condition to be a police officer. > >7. You're not gonna check the trunk, are you? > >8. I pay your salary! > >9. Gee, Officer! That's terrific. The last officer only > gave me a warning, too! > >10. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one > of us does. > >11. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there > are no other cars around. That's how far ahead of me > they are. > >12. When the Officer says "Gee Son....Your eyes look red, have > you been drinking?" You probably shouldn't respond with, > "Gee Officer your eyes look glazed, have you been eating > doughnuts?" > _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | No such thing as a failure who keeps trying...coasting to the bottom| | Is the only disgrace...-Blues Traveller | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | Be sure to check out the Official Barren Realms Homepage | | http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | -> Barren Realms: barren.coredcs.com:8000 <- | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | You can contact me at Kiri@li.net for any of the following: | | | | Ideas for Barren Realms | | | | Questions/Complaints | | | | Your scrapbook memories of BR | | | | Your poetry, stories, questions, comments, and bios for the | | mort/hero/imm bio section of the newsletter and BR Magazine. | | | | Getting on the mail list for: | | | | Players file: How to play the game, helps, and the BR story. | | Great information for ALL players, no matter what | | level. | | | | Builders guide: An all new guide on how to build areas for BR. | | Full of new information on bits, liquids, and a | | step by step instruction on building areas. | | | | Builders forum: A place to ask email questions about the area you | | are building | | | | Area list: A list of areas and descriptions of each, in depth | | and helpful | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net Subject: Newsletter June 22, 1999 If you wish to get the HTML version, please reply with HTML in the subject line. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Fig: *awareness all exits are displayed, not just the 'open' exits * subdue Make any mob your perminant pet (it looses all agro tendencies) * polymorph Change the description of any mob to one of your choice * imprison: Mob cannot attack, or be attacked. completely cutoff from everything in the room * inebriate Make any mob drunk. (Fun) * release allows you to remove a noremove item without going to hangman. *create fig: Create's fig newton bars. * absorb All damage done by recharges your mana instead of doing damage. Herkules: an own shop for Aod the dealer WaSAbE: How about a linkdead per level...this would make it easier to choose groupies so we know if we'll be left with a linkdead partned. Kiri - What does this mean? Igneous: an amount of damage above damp like UNSPEAKABLE, eg: Your pierce does UNSPEAKABLE damage to a Halfling Kiri - the whole point of Damp is that you can change it to read unspeakable. Macros: an alchemist race Kiri - we're not looking for any new races now Sorta: Since most people use ANSI, how about when it asks for ansi, a yes makes it on, a no make sit off, ? is help, and pressing return turns it on. Or you can config what te return would do. Kiri -- Try config +colors and config -colors Sorta: There should be a way to cancel vision. (Avians) Waz: when u type stand u auto look Tiver: BR needs more traps, so kenders can use there detect/disarm trap skill can be used:) Kiri -- thanks for volunteering for sending me a list of things to be trapped :) ViperGTSR: something to do while you sleep regenerating hp or mana besides read all the help files... =} . Maybe like a little game or something. ViperGTSR: I think that when you are regenerating ... and say one or two of your other stats are full... then you should gain more than usual... ex: 100 hp but max mana and mv ... instead of gaining say 70 I would gain 80(or more) hp Demonite: carrion for Avians. They eat corpses for hp back depending on what lvl they are. (lvl1 1-10 hp, lvl30 50-100 hp) [10283] ViperGTSR: why not a spell to sacrifice hp for mana...? since 20 ma = 30+ hp why not sacrifice 30 hp for 15+ ma? Stonehenge: You REALLY need to show all the armor slots when you type Equip, even if you're not currently wearing anything on them. Sorta: If you login, and your sleeping, could you put an info message, after the notes are displayed, "You can't see anything, you're sleeping! zzZZzz. From See: I think that the Profiles should contain AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) names along with ICQ Kiri -- You could always put it in your ICQ UIN slot, like I've seen some people do. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > NAME: Brendan > > BR NAME & NICKNAME: Bipu > > HOMETOWN: Portland, OR > > BORN: Feb 16, 1982 > > CURRENT RESIDENCE: Portland, OR > > CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: Croutons > > FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: Ranch > > DO YOU DRINK: no > > SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: Don't care > > HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: No > > DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: Too much sometimes > > CONVICTED OF A CRIME: Not convicted :) > > BEST ON-LINE FRIENDS: No best > > ONE PILLOW OR TWO: two, sometimes three > > PETS: Buster, cat > > FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC: Hardcore Rock, Industrial > > DREAM CAR: Amazingly enough don't have one > > TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: REALLY crashed up '75 toyota > > WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: See above answer > > TOOTHPASTE: Don't remember > > FAVORITE FOOD: Ribs > > DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Sometimes.. > > FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: Portland, not many other options > > FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Strawberry > > FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: Root beer > > FAVORITE TYPE OF GAME TO PLAY: Mudding, or programming them > > WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: Morning > > ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK: Vans > > FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE: Hate them both > > FAVORITE WEBSITE: Don't have one > > FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Drama > >FAVORITE MOVIE OR TYPE OF MOVIE: Action > > LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: Math > > FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Don't have one > > FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: Soccer > > MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: I have no memory > > CRAZIEST OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: Duncan > > WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: Good body, somewhat smart, >nice > > SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: GREAT job on >BR > > > PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: Who knows /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) REPLIES FROM TEMPER: > Faustus: code it so that mobs that load underwater are > automatically able to move underwater... > > Kiri -- good idea. Temper - Uhm, yeah, I agree. The ocean hasn't been too much fun when all 10 dolphins sit in one room, and the whales, and... > Waz: a command that forces aod to leave where he currently is > > Kiri - I don't know if I like that one as much as the one below. > > Igneous: We need a list command so that if there are 2 shopkeepers > in 1 room we can get a list from either. Aod seems to cause a little > trouble, maybe give him his own shop. Temper - *nod* can try list2, list3.. just in case for some reason a shopkeeper convention happens > Ilia: add a defensive spell for mages that is not castable by all > the OTHER races in the realms.. something mage specific, that way there is > more seperation between the races.. make it decent and make it a pretty > high level > > Kiri -- or the dwarves could lose fireball ;P Temper - yeah, adding another spell would have to do something somewhat different, otherwise its the same spell by a new name, the problem you have here is that some races you don't think should have your spells do. > Memphis: we could have a quote column in the profile > > Kiri -- plan? > > Sandra: Thanks for the new spells for Ills. > Ability to keep mercenaries you buy if/when you leave the game. Temper - a lot of people would like to be able to save their pets.. if this is going to be done, it may have to wait while some other things get taken care of first, Slart has his hands full right now. > Icehawk: A mana conversion spell that converts hp to mana. Temper - Hmm, uhm, I don't particularly agree with this idea.. "spirit" can be used to heal the body, but vice versa? ..doesn't make as much sense. > Ilia: how bout an spell for breathing under water hey and how bout > only once race gets it.. (can be cast on others) Temper - definitely sounds like a druid spell > Medivh: wimpydir ,u can set a direction, when you flee it will > automatically attempt to flee to the set direction, if it fails, you flee > to any other direction that's avail,you get a message: you flee to the > , so you know where you have to go back Temper - I'm glad you didn't suggest that it always work, and "You flee to the ." should probably only be seen if it DOES work, so that you know it did. > Ilia: different max stats for the races ie - dwarves can enhance > int to a max of 17 but elves can enhance to 21 or something.. shrug Temper - I felt it should have been this way too, only magic items really changes how high people can go right now, but says that all races are built the same physically. > Flach: make mental barrier lvl dependant ie - lasts 2 rounds at lvl > 20 3 rounds a 30 4 rounds at 50 something like that.. > > Divebomb: Since the number of skills/spells is drastically cut down > for ills such that the number of practices isn't as necessary as it is for > elves, shouldn't wis be the prime? Temper - I don't follow your logic here... because they have more practices left over, the attribute that best describes that race should change? dunno, they don't seem any less intelligent..... > Divebomb: Explain more clearly what "awe" does or at least add a > message saying it does (or does not) do something when you use it. Temper - from the sound of the HELP file, I believe it makes mobs stop hitting you, like a "peace" spell > Gorion: duration for mental barrier is a bit low for the lower levels. > If you time it wrong, you can cast it and have it disappear immediately > after. > > Divebomb: Illithids need dual and they will be very playable - it will > give them 3 attacks and a normal hit/dam. As is they will only have two. > > Kiri -- Illithids are not warriors, they are psis. They aren't getting > dual back. Temper - sounds like the new illithids are doing just fine without it right now, haven't heard any "they suck" complaints since they got upgraded > Divebomb: When using a two-handed sword your autos should still kick in > at a normal rate > > Kiri -- this is a bug, being fixed. > > Divebomb: make it so spell weapons can be used when in offhand (to cast > spells) > > Kiri -- see above. > > Spruce: Why can 'scry' only be used within the area you are in? It > wouldn't be too powerfulif it can be used anywhere. Even players should > be scryable, not just mobs... Temper - *shrug* being in the same area sounds fair, maybe your mind can't reach very far in the world? Maybe add static if you go too far. *grin* Making it work on players sounds fine but I would add if their INT is lower than the caster to make it failable (and only works on people same level or lower, perhaps). /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Kiri's WWW of URLs: Yes' it's the maker of the Austin Powers teeth! Check it out, it's a funny site! http://www.billybobteeth.com/ The Museum of Modern Art Site. It has full exhibits, it's neat! http://www.moma.org/docs/menu/index.htm The Geeksquad - where Scavenger would love to work. http://www.geeksquad.com/ Was the trip to the moon a fake? Decide for yourself. http://www.angelfire.com/ut/aylett/eth69.html ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** >Murphy's Computer Laws > > 1. No matter how many resources you have, it is never enough. > 2. Any cool program always requires more memory than you have. > 3. When you finally buy enough memory, you will not have enough > disk space. > 4. Disks are always full. It is futile to try to get more disk > space. Data expands to fill any void. > 5. If a program actually fits in memory and has enough disk space, > it is guaranteed to crash. > 6. If such a program has not crashed yet, it is waiting for a > critical moment before it crashes. > 7. No matter how good of a deal you get on computer components, > the price will always drop immediately after the purchase. > 8. All components become obsolete. > 9. The speed with which components become obsolete is directly > proportional to the price of the component. > 10. Software bugs are impossible to detect by anybody except the > end user. > >Murphy's Hardware Laws > > 1. The maintenance engineer will never have seen a model quite > like yours before. > 2. It is axiomatic that any spares required will have just been > discontinued and will be no longer in stock. > 3. Any VDU, from the cheapest to the most expensive, will protect > a twenty cent fuse by blowing first. > 4. Any manufacturer making his warranties dependent upon the > device being earthed will only supply power cabling with two > wires. > 5. If a circuit requires n components, then there will be only n - > 1 components in locally-held stocks. > 6. A failure in a device will never appear until it has passed > final inspection. > >Murphy's Laws on Technology > > 1. You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the > track. > 2. Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion > with confidence. > 3. Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not > understand. > 4. An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less > until he knows absolutely everything about nothing. > 5. Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and > he'll believe you; tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll > have to touch to be sure. > 6. All great discoveries are made by mistake. > 7. The first myth of management is that is exists. > 8. A failure will not appear until the unit has passed final > inspection. > 9. Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an > honest day's work. > 10. Some people manage by the book, even they don't know who wrote > the book, or even what book. > 11. To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will > take the longest and cost the most. > 12. After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than > done. > 13. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable. > 14. The only perfect science is hindsight. > 15. If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist. > 16. When all else fails, read the instructions. > 17. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the > one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. > 18. When any instrument is dropped, it will roll into the least > accessible corner. > 19. Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way. > 20. The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional > to the level of management. > 21. Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will > want to use it. > 22. After all is said and done, a lot more is said than done. > 23. Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is > obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable and three parts which > are still under development. > 24. If you can't understand it, it is intuitively obvious. > 25. If an experiment works, something has gone wrong. > 26. The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional > to the level of management. _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | No such thing as a failure who keeps trying...coasting to the bottom| | Is the only disgrace...-Blues Traveller | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | Be sure to check out the Official Barren Realms Homepage | | http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | -> Barren Realms: barren.coredcs.com:8000 <- | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | You can contact me at Kiri@li.net for any of the following: | | | | Ideas for Barren Realms | | | | Questions/Complaints | | | | Your scrapbook memories of BR | | | | Your poetry, stories, questions, comments, and bios for the | | mort/hero/imm bio section of the newsletter and BR Magazine. | | | | Getting on the mail list for: | | | | Players file: How to play the game, helps, and the BR story. | | Great information for ALL players, no matter what | | level. | | | | Builders guide: An all new guide on how to build areas for BR. | | Full of new information on bits, liquids, and a | | step by step instruction on building areas. | | | | Builders forum: A place to ask email questions about the area you | | are building | | | | Area list: A list of areas and descriptions of each, in depth | | and helpful | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net Subject: Newsletter June 29, 1999 If you wish to get the HTML version, please respond with HTML in the title. If you have a hero character, please reply with the name of your hero so I can change what list you're on :) | | _______ (===|====================- -====================|===) \ __ \ | | | |__| | __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ ___ | ___ \ / __ \| | | |/ ___\ | |/ ___\ / ___ \ | |/ __ \ | | | | | | \ | | / | / | _____| | / | | | |___| | | |__ / | | | | | | |_____ | | | | /________/ \____/|_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| |_| _______ _ \ __ \ | | | |__| | ___ __ _ | | _ __________ ____ | ___ \ / ___ \ / __ \| | | | | |/ __ ____ \ / ____\ | | | | | _____| | | \ | | | | / | | | | | |__ | | | | | |_____ | |__ / | | | | | | | | | \___ \ /__| |__| \_____/ \____/|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| \ \ ___________________________________________________________ / / <____________________________________________________________/ -Govinda Rett: how about that *some* drunks carry bottles of alcohol.. not necessarily full Kiri -- This is up to the area writer. Demonite: pets being able to lvl Kiri -- so you're willing to split exp with them? KingTut: I don't know if there is a spell like this, but it's called dimensional door. It allows you to mark 5 places and you have the ability to create a door from anywhere to one of the marked spots. I know teleport/astral is similar to this. Cadenza: in the newsletter, list the names of new heros, avatars, and imms Kiri -- not a bad idea. Might be hard to do, but not a bad idea. Wasabe: I have an idea... how about 'mget', 'mdrop'; where the commands would be similar to the 'mtell' command ... but mget would get multiple items and mdrop woult drop multiple items... :) WAsABE: A command to default your colors back to what they originally were...ex 'color SetAllDefault' Kiri -- I like this. Cadenza: i think slist argument should work if you type in the whole race name e.g. slist kender Delariand: make all channels support color KingTut: Put a java telnet applet on the offical webpage for web-surfers just cruising around You should put the actual Damage number beside each and every hit on a mob, or on a player in arena. So you can know how much damage exactly you're doing. e.g: Shinobi's pierce <*** CLOBBERS ***> Aod the Dealer! [172] Shinobi /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) [I'M OUT OF BIOS AFTER THIS ONE, FOLKS.. SO PLEASE SEND ME YOUR BIOS!] NAME: Tim BR NAME & NICKNAME: Tonyday HOMETOWN: Merrimack, NH BORN: June 12, 1978 CURRENT RESIDENCE: El Paso, Texas CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: Let's See, Bread or Meat... Meat for sure FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: Too personal DO YOU DRINK: If its Fruit Punch SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: I dont take showers... HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: I think my mom gave me a bath in the sink when i was 2 DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: Of course CONVICTED OF A CRIME: Nope BEST ON-LINE FRIENDS: Anyone who'll talk to me ONE PILLOW OR TWO: Two PETS: Owen and Hunter, god bless thier bunny souls FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC: David Bowie or Jerr Buckley Type, heh DREAM CAR: Black BMW TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW: Toyota Corolla WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: Chevy Celebrity TOOTHPASTE: The minty type FAVORITE FOOD: side of horse DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Yes FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN: Juarez (Temper and I both, heheh :P ) FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Chocolate FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: Mountain Dew FAVORITE TYPE OF GAME TO PLAY: Mind Games..muhahah. WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: After any meal ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK: Reebok, I guess FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE: Drakoir Noir (I spelled that quite bad) FAVORITE WEBSITE: www.ebay.com. FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: School? FAVORITE MOVIE OR TYPE OF MOVIE: I'm going to have to go with Kiri on this one, THE MATRIX!!! LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT: School? FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Whiskey Sour FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: Wrestling MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT: The time I cried wolf...and noone came CRAZIEST OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: My friends back in NH WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: Non-fakeness, good humour, tolerance, and good music interest. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Kiri: damn what a great MUD you have. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: Hmm, i sent it to one person..... ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** DIVEBOMB'S NEWS BRIEFS: DB's News Briefs - Where the reports are biased because you are: Volume I DB's News Briefs: where I get to pick apart the world's stupidity and make you aware of current events. Since this is the first edition. Let's pick a few quickies to catch up with the present..... A few weeks ago, a Michigan man was charged with breaking a 100+ year old law for swearing in front of children when he fell out of his canoe accidentally releasing one of those "naughty words". He was subsequently found GUILTY of this crime. He did not swear at anyone, he merely released his emotions in a common, normal, human way. Oh, and by the way, he received 90days in jail and a hefty fine. Jay Leno recently announced that man decided to shoot his cocaine into his happy little member, causing it to become gangrenous and fall off. Where to start on this one. Let's overlook the blatant stupidity of sticking a needle in your body in order to give yourself false short-lived pleasures and think about where this pea-brained imbecile chose to do his deed. On second thought, why make yourself queasy? Next week: The stupidity in next week's news as well as Clinton's war on violence in movies. === "Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have." /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Kiri's WWW of URLs: Careerpath Star Wars job personality quiz: http://www.careerpath.com/ows-bin/editorial.cgi/special/s5quiz.htm?style=cp Find your Star Wars Twin: http://www.outofservice.com/starwars/ College Grad Job Hunter: Entry level jobs, my friend! http://www.collegegrad.com/jobs/ Age of Empires Heaven from my friend Wasizu: http://age.gamestats.com/age/ /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) [Please send your replies, i'm all out!] RESPONSES BY BALTAR: > WaSAbE: How about a linkdead per level...this would make it easier > to choose groupies so we know if we'll be left with a linkdead partned. > > Kiri - What does this mean? I believe it means a statistic, available to all (perhaps in PROFILE), which keeps track of how many times the character has gone linkdead, and resets each time the character gains a level. I have a feeling this idea would be more trouble than it's worth... Baltar -- "She had often noticed that when people with large libraries fall into trouble, the fact that the books had not risen en masse to help them always seemed to give those without books comfort." -- A. Cross, _Death in a Tenured Position_ /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > These are actual excerpts from student science exam papers: > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > * Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the organ of the species. > * Benjamin Franklin produced electricity by rubbing cats backwards. > * The theory of evolution was greatly objected to because it made man > think. > * Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillers. > * The dodo is a bird that is almost decent by now. > * To remove air from a flask, fill it with water, tip the water out, >and > put the cork in quick before the air can get back in. > * The process of turning steam back into water again is called > conversation. > * A magnet is something you find crawling all over a dead cat. > * The Earth makes one resolution every 24 hours. > * The cuckoo bird does not lay his own eggs. > * To collect fumes of sulfur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test >tube. > * Parallel lines never meet, unless you bend one or both of them. > * Algebraical symbols are used when you do not know what you are >talking > about. > * Geometry teaches us to bisex angles. > * A circle is a line which meets its other end without ending. > * The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects. > * The moon is a planet just like the Earth, only it is even deader. > * An example of animal breeding is the farmer who mated a bull that >gave > a great deal of milk with a bull with good meat. > * We believe that the reptiles came from the amphibians by spontaneous > generation and study of rocks. > * English sparrows and starlings eat the farmers grain and soil his > corpse. > * By self-pollination, the farmer may get a flock of ong-haired sheep. > * If conditions are not favorable, bacteria go into a period of > adolescence. > * Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes >them > perspire. > * Vegetative propagation is the process by which one individual > manufactures another individual by accident. > * A super-saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold. > * A triangle which has an angle of 135 degrees is called an obscene > triangle. > * Blood flows down one leg and up the other. > * A person should take a bath once in the summer, and not quite so >often > in the winter. > * The hookworm larvae enters the human body through the soul. > * When you haven't got enough iodine in your blood you get a glacier. > * It is a well-known fact that a deceased body harms the mind. > * Humans are more intelligent than beasts because the human branes have > more convulsions. > * For fainting: rub the person's chest, or if a lady, rub her arm above > the hand instead. > * For fractures: to see if the limb is broken, wiggle it gently back >and > forth. > * For dog bite: put the dog away for several days. If he has not > recovered, then kill it. > * For nosebleed: put the nose much lower than the body. > * For drowning: climb on top of the person and move up and down to make > artificial perspiration. > * To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose. > * For head colds: use an agonizer to spray the nose until it drops in > your throat. > * For snakebites: bleed the wound and rape the victim in a blanket for > shock. > * For asphyxiation: apply artificial respiration until the patient is > dead. > * Before giving a blood transfusion, find out if the blood is >affirmative > or negative. > * Bar magnets have north and south poles, horseshoe magnets have east >and > west poles. > * When water freezes you can walk on it. That is what Christ did long >ago > in wintertime. > * When you smell an odorless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide. _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | No such thing as a failure who keeps trying...coasting to the bottom| | Is the only disgrace...-Blues Traveller | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | Be sure to check out the Official Barren Realms Homepage | | http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | -> Barren Realms: barren.coredcs.com:8000 <- | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | You can contact me at Kiri@li.net for any of the following: | | | | Ideas for Barren Realms | | | | Questions/Complaints | | | | Your scrapbook memories of BR | | | | Your poetry, stories, questions, comments, and bios for the | | mort/hero/imm bio section of the newsletter and BR Magazine. | | | | Getting on the mail list for: | | | | Players file: How to play the game, helps, and the BR story. | | Great information for ALL players, no matter what | | level. | | | | Builders guide: An all new guide on how to build areas for BR. | | Full of new information on bits, liquids, and a | | step by step instruction on building areas. | | | | Builders forum: A place to ask email questions about the area you | | are building | | | | Area list: A list of areas and descriptions of each, in depth | | and helpful | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net