Stonehenge: I know this sounds stupid, but why don't you make it so you can enhance moves too? UncleArthur: when you puke after eating while drunk.... you should be able to drink from it like a fountain... just to see whop would! UncleArthur: two skills : detect hidden and detect poison are both in guild for druids and oog for kenders....... WHY?? Flip: fix the damage verb on claw: "Your deadly talons **** OBLIBERATE **** a small woodland creature", instead of "Your deadly talons **** OBLIBERATES **** a small woodland creature". make it singular. Bluewing: new spell, switch health, you and target mob switch hp perhaps for ills :P Wolfpack: how about being able to name bags, to go with what they're carrying? Homicidal: Give heroes there own arena, it's quite annoying when you're trying to match someone your own level and some inconsiderate hero comes in and knocks out both of you and in the process damaging your eq Jythar: Put a "current %" line in the help files that shows what % you have at that skill, would be "--" for things you dont have yet. It would be helpfull because of all the spells you have to sort through in "practice". Alphabetizing the list would solve NeoBahamut: in the help chat file, put something in about chath I have a suggestion that can make the Ill's more powerful and maybe more played. An Illithid grouped with a Kender or an Avian isn't very useful since both Avians and Kenders have very powerful opening attacks. So, why don't give the Ill's some kind of rescue skill perhaps called "draw attention". When cast the mob decides to attack the Illithid instead. This way the Kenders and Avians can group with an Illithid with great succes. kind regards Galadriel. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Subject: Bluewing's Review of Boddy Manor Tales of mystery and terror can be found on BR. South and west of the city are crim . . . . people that live in a manor. Walking there I met Wadsworth the butler, asking if I had an appointment with Mr. Boddy I bluffed and said yes. Looking around I found Mr. Boddy himself on the croquet field, DEAD! Who dunnit? Taking the mystery upon myself I tried to look for clues. I found a fountain. but nothing there. I questioned guests like Mr. Green, Colonel Custard and Madame Scarlet but none knew who dunnit. In the library I stumbled on a secret hallway, using it I found some interesting clues. I won't tell you more or Sgt. Grey might think I'm a suspect! /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > MALLOC: this may not be the best way to go about it... it could be > annoying for 2nd or 3rd time players because there is not direct way to > get to recall from the newbie area... Sure there is. Try going down twice from the instructor. Baltar BLUEWING's RESPONSES: Josta's idea: I love it! I think it would be neat! But here are some more ideas, You can only marry people from your class, Example: Heroes can only marry heroes and mortals marry other mortals. One problem is that you might want to file for a divorce =) Then we would have lawyers and a court, or just have the high standing immortals be able to do it all. Jaken: I don't think thats such a great idea....It would make leveling too easy. Unless you don't get any ex points from it. Bearcat: I like that idea, I always get confused on things like that =) And I've been playing for a year! Caller: I like that idea, I am always half starving myself when all I want to do is talk to people =) KnightWing: HERE HERE, only we do have one spell that takes mana, thats track. Just my two cents worth =) -The nutty avian, BlueStar > Jaken: How bout a who avatar command? WHO 151, perhaps? :) Baltar /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > The Top 16 Signs Your Kids Have Been > Watching Too Much "Jerry Springer" > [ This list copyright 1998 by Chris White and Ziff Davis, Inc. ] > [ The Top Five List top5@walrus.com http://www.topfive.com ] > > 16> During Sunday sermon, they hold a palm up to the pastor > and say, "Talk to the hand!" > > 15> Every night at the dinner table, it's the same routine: > "Eat your vegetables," and the chairs go flying. > > 14> You've had to replace the babysitter with three burly > stagehands. > > 13> Dinner topic: "Teenage boys who hide Playboys under > their mattresses." > > 12> Junior's new mastery of the headlock has made him the star > of his high school debate team. > > 11> Have evolved from playing "Doctor" to "Plastic Surgeon > specializing in Male Enlargement." > > 10> They want to know why they only live in a house instead of > a double-wide trailer. > > 9> At the dinner table, little Billy announces a surprise guest: > your secretary/mistress. > > 8> Your Elvis shrine ain't been Endusted in two weeks. > > 7> Her tendency to hop up on tables, tear her shirt open and > dance suggestively has gotten you banned from more than one > Chuck E. Cheese. > > 6> Your youngest has stopped calling you "Mommy" in favor of > "Crack-ho." > > 5> Math: C-- > History: D+- > English: F > Interviewing Transvestite Hookers: A+ > > 4> Last year, when you told him to clean his room, you merely > got a sullen look. This year you get a dining room chair > over your head. > > 3> Your son asks if anyone makes a DNA paternity test kit for > Cabbage Patch Kids. > > 2> During that "little talk" with Junior, you're forced to admit > that you don't know if hermaphrodites are "birds" or "bees." > > and Top5's Number 1 Sign Your Kids Have Been > Watching Too Much Jerry Springer... > > 1> Poor Ken just found out he hasn't been dating Barbie, > but GI Joe in drag. > _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 18:10:30 -0400 (EDT) Dear Folks, I'd just like to thank you for your support throughout the last few days. Far as I know, everything is back in working order and all the corrupted pfiles I fixed today. Again, I'd like to extend a welcome invitation to you to send in your ideas, responses, articles, and anything else you might want to submit to the newsletter. :) tonehenge: When you cast know alignment, make the sentences for the particular alignments less cryptic.=20 Brew: an automatically used low-level detect hidden skill for kenders. I mean, we can hide, so why can't we see other hidden things until later on with an OOG spell? Sci: There should be a place where you could either sell or buy practice points. =3D> Just my two cents. (Who wrote these?) Kender: Investigate - Skill similar to identify but only tells you the item type, eq weapon , and average dam/armor class. Would have to be relativly low level or ppl would have already practiced identify. Druid: Soberity spell - Spell that allows caster to recover from alcohol at 4 times normal rate. Elf: Enflame armor - Spell that puts flame flag on magic eq. Illithid: Grapple - User flings its tentacles around the arms of the mod preventing it from hitting/parrying for two rounds. Could maybe leave the mob with the ability to dodge. Human: Flying kick - A first strike skill like bs/dive but weaker. Dwarf: Sharpen sword - Skill that increases the average damage on weapons. Avian: Retract wings - skill that allows the character to wear body eq, but loses ability to hover, carry, dive etc. =09If you go out of the North Gate of Calathar and turn east, you will find a dangerous path that passes both steep hills and a dark, dank swamp. Along this path there is a weeping willow which marks the turn to the White Tower. This secluded tower is a place of learning and training of both physical and magical skills. Some come to be trained as warders, the body guard of the Aes Sedai, while others train to be Aes Sedai, spell casters who fight against the Dark One. Each Aes SEdai belongs to an Ajah. Each Ajah is classified by color. There are blue, white, red, gray, yellow, green, black, and brown. Each color of the Ajahs has a specialty such as healing for yellow. The tower has five levels with each level having higher ranked Aes Sedai. While the tower appears normal upon entering, a player with detect hidden and detect invisible will notice that something in the tower is wrong. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Responses by BALTAR: > Thorkill: We need a 'help breath spells' file so we know which spells > destroy packs, and which are illegal in the arena Perhaps an updated list of forbidden skills/spells in HELP ARENA? > HeartsBlood: have players who become level 51 get a spell called create > spell. it would allow you to create a spell to your specifications. but > it would take a certain amount of time depending on the things the spell > does. Poor Kiri's been trying to get the heroes to suggest new skills and spells for levels 51 and up for *months* now. :-) Baltar /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) You know you're an Email Junkie if: 1. You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop to check your e-mail on the way back to bed. 2. You get a tatoo that reads "This body best viewed with Netscape Navigator 1.1 or higher." 3. You name your children Eudora, Mozillia and Dotcom. 4. You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one. 5. You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap...and your child in the overhead compartment. 6. You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free Internet access. 7. You laugh at people with 9600-baud modems. 8. You start using smileys in your snail mail. 9. Your hard drive crashes. You haven't logged in for two hours. You start to twitch. You pick up the phone and manually dial your ISP's access number. You try to hum to communicate with the modem. ...And you succeed. 10. You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.com 11. You refer to going to the bathroom as downloading. 12. You start introducing yourself as "JohnDoe at AOL dot com." 13. All of your friends have an @ in their names. 14. Your cat has its own home page. 15. You can't call your mother...she doesn't have a modem. 16. You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again. 17. Your phone bill comes to your doorstep in a box. 18. You don't know what sex three of your closest friends are, because they have neutral nicknames and you never bothered to ask. 19. You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape. 20. You tell the cab driver you live at "http://1000.edison.garden/house/brick.shtml." You start tilting your head sideways to smile. _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 18:27:02 -0400 (EDT) Kiri: have room descs change depending on day or night Johan: =09I have a few ideas for the races to improve them a bit for your quest. I will put them in list format for speed: Avians:=09=09Preen=09=09Level 20 - 25=099pts=09Restores hp like medicine wh= en beak grows to full size, also peck improves slightly at this level. Druids:=09=09Mass Sanc=09Level 40 - 45=09150pts=09Already available, but wo= uld be cool to have the spell :) Dwarves:=09Harden Skull=09Level 15 - 20=0925pts=09Allows dwarves to reduce = damage taken by them, but also the concentration lowers their hitroll. Elves:=09=09Send Object=09Level 45 - 50=0950pts=09Like teleport, only you c= an send objects to specific players (NOT summon objects). Humans:=09Crane Kick=09Level 30 - 35=09Combat Start=09Basically like backst= ab, only if you miss the mob gets a hit on you as if you were asleep (you would be prostrate on the floor) Illithids:=09=09Confuse=09=09Level 15 - 20=09Basically the opposite to comb= at mind to cast on mobs, but will wear off if the fight is broken up. Kenders:=09Kidnap=09=09Level 35 - 40=09Kidnap works like glare, only when i= t wears off the mob attacks the kidnapper, and also any guards attack the kidnapper when the kidnapped mob is still under the kidnapper's control. That's about it, just my 14 cents... :P Johan Homicidal: I don't think that there needs to be many changes made to the races to make leveling more fair. Here are some of my suggestions: 1) Either enhanced damage or third attack should be given OOG exp loss for practicing, not both of them. 2) Only Elves, Druids, and perhaps kender should get fireball. 3) Spell lag should be reduced for Druids and Elves or maybe the ability to cast two spells per round could become a skill for higher levels. Another possibility could be 'enhanced spell damage' or similar for elves. 4) Kick should become more powerful as a Human progresses, not for every race that gets kick, just Humans. This would also prevent Human's from needing to practice OOGs so much. Homicidal ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** By CALLER/MUDDMAN >Technical Guru's Newsletter > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Thief of the 90s; the Hacker > >When commerce was done in the olden days, the worst that could happen=20 >was that your store get robbed. When that happened, you might grumble=20 a=20 >bit, and then just replace your stock. That is all you lost, what you=20 >had on hand. As time went by, police started catching more of these=20 >thieves, evolving such techniques as fingerprinting and DNA. Now, we=20 >have regressed, to a point where, we are worse off than we were before. > >Many people have different conceptions about what a hacker is. Ira=20 >Winkler (a ZDNET columnest) says "hacking is about learning, not=20 >breaking into computers". Still, laypeople think of a hacker as some=20 >person who maliciously breaks into computers, for the sole purpose of=20 >stealing information. > >But, what is their threat? "Vulnerability is just a myth", says=20 >Microsoft, in comments made before security flaws in Hotmail and=20 >Internet Explorer came to light. Flaws in the first allowed javascript=20 >programmers to gain passwords, flaws in the latter included a total=20 lack=20 >of encryption material. > >Michael Surkan, columnest for ZDNet, comments in an August 31 article=20 >that "Hackers are like terrorists, operating on fear". He mentions=20 Back=20 >Orface, a program which reportedly renders all windows PCs vulnerable=20 to=20 >data stealing by hackers. He makes jokes at DefCon (a group of=20 >hackers), saying that they neglected to mention that the program needs=20 >to be installed before it will do damage. > >Reactions to this article were less than favorable. In fact, to avoid=20 >ridicule, he edited a response from the L0pht (www.l0pht.com). Sorry,=20 >but in my books (and in my article, they count), that is a... how do=20 you=20 >say.. c-o-v-e-r__u-p. > >My name is Muddman, >and this is my TechNews > >[ Late note: l0pht has given us an interview, but it was not available=20 >at the time of this writing. Next week should take it, as well as talk=20 >about hackers' role in the economy ] > >Contributions: http://www.zdnet.com (ZDNet) http://www.pcweek.com (PC Week Online ) http://www.l0pht.com (the L0pht) /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Jasserande Near the bartender, there lies an entrance to a mysterious place. Going down, you realize there are no exits back to the city. Sentinels guard the entrance to a tower and as you enter, you notice a bubbling noise. Entering a watery haven where little puddles swirl around your feet and waterdrops bounce off your nose, but beware the angry stones, they will catch you unaware. Finding a spiral staircase, you walk up to find a musty library where the books are alive and roam around the place. Hidden economics of the level will rob you blind. Secret rooms therein where pseudo-treasures await you, forewarn that books on death do not look kindly on travellers. Walking around in a daze, I spy another staircase and proceed up. What a sight that beholds me, a garden of paradise, a garden of time where trees sway and prickly bushes taunt me. Stumbling through the garden, I came upon a maze conjured by the ancients. Befuddled, I attempt to find my way back only to see another staircase leading upwards. Do I dare to go up? Gingerly I moved my way up to find myself in the hall of immortals where spectres wander aimlessly around and the demons of the past guard the entrance to the keeper of the hourglass, when you have conquered your past, only then can you face your future. At the pinnacle of the tower lies a window that oversees the very sands of time and there, you would have reach your destin= y. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Subject: newsletter submission from Malloc Top ten ways you know you're addicted to Barren Realms 10. You figure you're above level ten because your doctor doesn't cast=20 "Giant Strength" on you. 9. When someone cuts you off you say, "backstab idiot!" 8. When trying to get out of an unpleasant situation you say, "emot=20 goes south," and try to hide behind a potted plant. 7. You wonder why you shold go to school knowing you are out of=20 practice sessions. 6. The highlight of your week is when you get the BR newsletter 5. You try to send a tell to a friend 50 miles away (p.s... a "friend"=20 is a close companion with similar intrest to yours) 4. Where in the world is that darned ring of holding? 3. It must be a bug, but my IGNORE doesn't work right. 2. You wish you could BONK someone over the head. and the number 1 way to tell if your addicted to BR... You keep calling your girlfriend Kiri Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:39:21 -0400 (EDT) Kiri: have room descs change depending on day or night Stonehenge: Kender should get POISON and PASS DOOR in guild. Seems more thief-like to me Kristin: A 'Poison Food' skill for Kender (and Druids?) that allows you to magically taint a piece of food. I can't think of any practical applications for this, just sounds like a good idea :) Rabies: Glad you liked the summon familiar spell. :) I think it would be cool to have a pet you could keep when you log off. It would also add a lot to the RP environment, for those who like that kind of thing. So, what levels would you recommend it for? Elf at 51, Druid at 70, Ill at 75? Hmm. I had another couple of ideas for most of the races, but I seem to have misplaced them. There are a few for illithids that I remember, though= : Skill: Sense Life In Guild: Illithid - lvl 22 Effect: Used as a skill, and allows the caster to detect hidden and invisible *mobs only* (not invis eq) for a number of hours equal to the caster's level. Skill: Hypnotize In Guild: Illithid - lvl 32 Effect: Similar in effect and usage to "glare"; charms the target mob. I'm not sure if you'd agree, but I think glare makes avians too powerful. Illithids, however, could really use this skill/spell, and it seems reasonable that a psionic would be able to dominate the thoughts of others.= =2E. And, perhaps, a "Fist of the North Star" spell for humans? Or maybe, just maybe... Human utters the words 'Hai-do-ken'. Human's fireball ***THRASHES*** the mob! /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) A player who wishes to only be identified as "ZeRoll" has emailed me.. He has just learned that his grandfather has cancer and asks that you pray for his grandfather.. Our prayers and hopes are with both you and your grandfather, ZeRoll, during this hard time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Review of: Dark Tower By: Tom Level: 30-50 Approaching the Tower, finally free of the perils behind you, looking up only shows a dark ominous stone tower, haze dulls the view upwards, and blocks you from seeing how tall it truly is. Feeling you will fair better inside then to turn back, you put your hand on the doorknob, slowly opening the door, you hear some shuffling from the other side, as you get the door partway open, it flies open, and a storm of bats screeches out into the night! Slowly edging into the Tower, revels only a Dark hallway lit only by small torches along the wall, Continuing thru the hallway, doesn't make you feel much more at home then did the travel here, deep scratches into the stone wall, send chills down your back, as you wonder what fearsome beast has ravaged this Tower. Weapons, among weapons, line the walls of this large room, and windows glimmer dimly from floors above you. Walking endlessly thru the halls, you come to find many well crafted weapons, many you wouldn't want to be on the opposite end of. As well as weapons, many strange symbols line the floor and walls, look around you'll be very surprised on what you find. Deep within the tower, lies the source of the evil, and great tales, that go farther back then even I remain here, as well as struggles and death, that have been shown by the gruesome scenery around the tower, and the empty, Floors void of all life, fate deals you life or death as you walk thru the tower, however killing the source of all evil, and conquering the tower, would be something to be very proud of, and a great way to explore, many things in the tower, are hidden in one way or another, and show the true skills of the people who write areas, Even tho the tower is void of life, It is truly something fun to explore, and quite a daring experience! Has some nice Equipment thru-out it as well, Yours truly, Tom The Janitor ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** >Technical Guru's Newsletter > >Muddman's TechNews >The hacker War - Part 2 > >Money Money Money. Money is what makes the world go around. We humans=20 >are so materialist that we are willing to Die for a few million=20 dollars.=20 >Of course, bloodshed is not wanted by most sane people. Because of=20 >that, money is being stolen electronically > >Imagine, again, the old time bank robber. He walks into the bank with=20 >his trusty revolver, points it at the clerk, and demands money. If=20 >anyone in the bank resists, he shoots them. Messy, Dirty . In fact,=20 >there is real danger to him; he is playing with deadly toys. For him=20 to=20 >be shot would not be un-realistic. Money is part of his game. > >Now, let us take the the thief of the nineties. Picture a short,=20 stubby=20 >group of geeks, wire rimmed glasses a must. Now, picture them huddled=20 >around a terminal, typing away. Steriotypically, this is the hacker. =20 >Of course, thanks to the personless attitude of computing, he can me=20 the=20 >steryotipe; a 6'2" muscle bound man, a 10 year old child, or perhaps a=20 >woman. In any case, this personage is as dangerous with a keyboard and=20 >modem as an angry judge is with a gavel. > >A recent 20/20 segment dealt with hackers. In this episode, a group=20 of=20 >four hackers were able to gain access into a national bank. Stunning=20 >was their ease, shocking was seeing the account numbers, respective=20 >PIN's, and balances flashing up on the screen, and knowing that a few=20 >clicks could erase all these savings, with little or no trace. > >In the USA, two teenagers are now going up on trial for hacking into=20 the=20 >Department of Defense Mainframe. There are no real statistics on=20 >hacking, no loss figures, no incidence reports. What we do know,=20 >however, is how susceptible we are to these electronic menaces. > >Hackers are a dangerous creature. Once into your computer, they can=20 run=20 >your applications, view your files. They can gain passwords to your=20 >internet and Email, they can even get your credit card number and=20 >calling card number. They can easily put a computer virus on your=20 >computer (we will discuss this next week). They can delete crucial=20 >files, they can overwrite your config with pure nonsense. Rumor has it=20 >that they can even cause your Computer's cooling fan to stop, causing=20 >chips to become damaged in the intense heat. Whatever they can do,=20 >BEWARE THE HACKERS. > >I'm Muddman, and this is my TechNews >source: 20/20 (abc) > >latebreaking: Sunday, MSNBC reported that wall street computers were=20 >hacked into, causing loss of working time. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Kiri's fun and useful links.. (feel free to send me some as well!) The CoffeeHouse Nook - a national coffeehouse directory. http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/8777/ The Stephen Dorff Fan Page --=20 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/6955/ Make Ben and Jerry Hairy -- http://www.benjerry.com/fun/bj-hairy.html /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > > The following quotes were taken from actual medical records dictated by > > physicians. They appeared in a column written by Richard Lederer, Ph.D= =2E, for > > the Journal of Court Reporting. > >=20 > > * By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was = feeling > > better. > >=20 > > *Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. > >=20 > > *The patient states there is a burning pain in his penis which goes to = his > > feet. > >=20 > > *On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had comp= letely > > disappeared. > >=20 > > *She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she wa= s very > > hot in bed last night. > >=20 > > *The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983. > >=20 > > *I will be happy to go into her GI system; she seems ready and anxious. > >=20 > > *Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing. I hav= e > > suggested that he loosen his pants before standing, and then, when he s= tands > > with the help of his wife, they should fall to the floor. > >=20 > > *The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be > > depressed. > >=20 > > *Discharge status: Alive but without permission. The patient will nee= d > > disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him. > >=20 > > *Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forget= ful. > >=20 > > *The patient refused an autopsy. > >=20 > > *The patient has no past history of suicides. > >=20 > > *The patient expired on the floor uneventfully. > >=20 > > *Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital. > >=20 > > *Patient was becoming more demented with urinary frequency. > >=20 > > *The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant w= ith > > only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days. > >=20 > > *She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate direct= ions in > > early December. > >=20 > > *The patient experienced sudden onset of severe shortness of breath wit= h a > > picture of acute pulmonary edema at home while having sex which gradual= ly > > deteriorated in the emergency room. > >=20 > > *The patient left the hospital feeling much better except for her origi= nal > > complaints. _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 17:59:34 -0400 (EDT) If you receive this and you have a hero character, please MAKE SURE you reply with your name and let me know you're a hero. You're on the wrong list then :) Hi folks, sorry to disturb you with anything other than the newsletter, but I have a short questionaire for you. Of course, you can just delete it if you don't want to answer. Also I've included a little fill-in-the-blanks bio section so everyone can learn about who you are :) BIO SECTION: Your BR Name: Your rl first name: Your race on BR: Where you live: What you do: Hobbies: Favorite thing about BR: Thing that annoys you most rl/br: Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!) Your strangest experience ever: ----------------------------------------- OK, now.. SURVEY: What is your favorite part of the newsletter? Bios Ideas Response Area Descriptions Articles Technical Guru URL's Silly [Please put an X next to the one you like best] Which part of the newsletter do you like least? Bios Ideas Response Area Descriptions Articles Technical Guru URL's Silly [Please put an X next to the one you like least] What do you suggest for a new section of the newsletter? Thank you for answering my survey! -Kiri Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 18:33:32 -0400 (EDT) Dear players, I have to apologize for the downtime. For those of you who haven't been on yet, here's Scavenger's explanation for what happened (and NO he is not at fault. ) " [ 28] Scavenger: Downtime Tue Sep 29 01:38:52 1998 To: all 'lo all, Well, we're back up. We've been up for over six hours without any corruptions or crashes, so things are looking pretty good. Maybe we can go a little while without problems now. All player file corruptions have been fixed and we have cleaned up a few other things here and there. If you notice anything odd, then please let us know. The problems seemed to be caused by a faulty SCSI disk controller. The sysadmin installed a new one and things seem to be OK now. (Yeah, I know we've heard that before but keep your fingers crossed. This might be our lucky day.) As always, we're sorry about the downtime. Not much we can do, but the worst should be over with now. Thanks to Kiri for making nightly backups in case the worst should happen. She has also been dealing with the people that host BR. If you knew what's it's been like keeping this thing running lately, you would realize that she's a saint. :) Scavenger " Thank you Scav for the explantion.. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) As for your suggestions, I am still tallying the responses. However, I will start to do some of the suggestions over time. AMystery: need a spell/skill/some other way to remove a specific nodrop/noremove item from our inventory. could be expensive, they are annoying things Kiri -- I doubt this will be going in any time soon. This is a feature that has been around since the first Merc MUD pretty much, and I think MUDs that ake it out are kinda lame.. in that respect anyway. Kristin: Kender have WAY to many things to learn in-guild after they reach level 2. You should spread them out a bit Kiri -- All races will be rebalanced in time. Spudman: you need to put a restore on clericus Kiri -- Um, WHAT? Malloc: "cloak" spell for glowing/humming weapons... it can run out like regular spells like giant strength Kiri -- No, we have glowing/humming items there for a a reason. To present a challenge, much like the nodrop/cursed items. That's the point. Why would we create a spell to effectively remove a feature of the game? I reckon that it would be a good idea for those Illithids to get the rip skill mentioned in the newsletter. I mean, they have tentacles, right? Why not, at level 25 or something, say 'Your front 2 tentacles thicken and strengthen, allowing you to wrest items from people's grasp', then allow this rip skill? Also, avians should have a sort of heal skill, like medicine, something like 'preen' (You rearrange your rumpled feathers for more comfort). Also, there should be a gain mana potion, but with a really tough mob, and you only get about 20pts per potion, and it can't be created with failed spells or create potion. That's about it for now, Johan, Solkanar (and others). Kiri -- The Illithid skill is interesting. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Review: Dylan's Area - Also called Scubdu's Just what you've always wanted to do, fly among the clouds. If you can't cast the fly spell, make sure you have some purple potions of fly. This is a good size area, with plenty of mobs for levels 15-30. It's also off the beaten track, (just a little west and slightly south of recall) so you aren't tripping over 10 other players and competing for the same mobs. There's no equipment up here to gain or treasures that I could find. But this is a great place for strictly gaining experience. Go carefully, while exploring, while the clouds are safe to walk on, there are some valleys and mountains to explore and some very slippery cliffs and ledges. You could end up in a no- exit room. All in all, a great area with something for everyone, be sure to check it out. Sarah /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Evilempire's Article -- in response to TECHNICAL GURU: Perhaps this can go into the next newsletter, but I just have to make this point: To begin with, I'm writing this on my sister's computer, and the opinions expressed throughout this text are mine, and do not neccessarily reflect those of my sister... That being said, All hackers aren't malicious... There are a few, yes a few, that are basically just hunting for information. Also, there are many, not unlike myself, that actually hack to improve security. I'm sure you're thinking "How the heck can a hacker actually improve security"? That's simple. By replicating the processes of another "hacker", I can find out what gaping loopholes are left in the system, and report them to the admin(s). Unfortunately, even this robin hood-like quest falls short. Seeing how the government of the US fits the few good hackers and the root stealing hackers in the same category, our time is being cut drastically short. I'm sure you may skip over this completely, but I'm just making a point. We're not all trying to fit along with the capitalistic qualities of this country, but just trying to inform the public about the truth. Aeroplane/EvilEmpire's brother.... "Character yet to be named"... /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > BIO SECTION: > > Your BR Name: Spruce and Vermin > Your rl first name: Ola > Your race on BR: Spruce is Illithid, Vermin is Avian > Where you live: Gothenburg, Sweden > What you do: Studying mechanical engineering > Hobbies: Music, snowboarding, MUDing and hang out with my friends. > Favorite thing about BR: The fantastic friendly funny people you meet. > Thing that annoys you most rl/br: In RL: I'm annoyed that I tend to MUD instead of studying... (guess I'm not alone with this 8^) In BR: The text "You have no unread notes"...:P > > Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!) Heart of myself!!! (got plenty due to numerous arena fights *grin*) > Your strangest experience ever: Um, strange thins never happen to me... *sob* > ----------------------------------------- ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** Kiri's URLs of the week: http://www.cardcentral.net/ A great site of e-mail postcards, 100's of them :) http://www.sheridanc.on.ca/~robbinss/southp.html A decent site to get South Park episodes from. Make sure you have realaudio. http://www.easttexas.com/pdlg/theball.htm Blame this one on Rabies. Yes, it's the amazing rubber band ball site. http://www.expa.hvu.nl/ajvdhek/ This one is my fault. It's the First Virtual Mousepad Museum. You know you want to go there ;P /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Backwoods Computer Glossary Backup--What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods Bar Code--Them's the fight'n rules down at the local tavern Bug--The reason you give for calling in sick Byte--What your pitbull dun to cusin Jethro Cache--Needed when you run out of food stamps Chip--Pasture muffins that you try not to step in Computer Terminal--Time to call the undertaker Crash--When you go to Junior's party uninvited Digital--The art of counting on your fingers Diskette--Female disco dancer Fax--What you lie about to the IRS Hacker--Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smoking Hardcopy--Picture looked at when selecting tattoos Internet--Where cafeteria workers put their hair Keyboard--Where you hang the keys to the John Deere Mac--Big Bubba's favorite fast food Megahertz--How your head feels after 17 beers Modem--What ya do when the grass gets too high Mouse Pad--Where Mickey and Minnie live Network--Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line Online--Where to stay when taking the sobriety test ROM--Where the pope lives Screen--Helps keep the skeeters off the porch Serial Port--A red wine you drink with breakfast Superconductor--Amtrak's Employee of the year SCSI--What you call your week-old underwear _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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