Weekly Update for Sunday, November 4th, 2001

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General News:

• This is a catch-up update, and I apologize for last week's absence. Many, many thanks to Savak and Halaster for keeping things running smoothly while I struggled to regain net access. -San
• We've implemented a new method for handling player requests that (we hope) should remove some of the delay. If you email a request to mud, please include your character name and account name in the subject line or at the top of the message.
• We're currently #11 on topmudsites. Remember to vote!

Code News:

• None this week.

Documentation News:

• Helpfiles added: INN (Sirilla), JIHAE (Chris), KUMISS (Chris), LIRATHU (Chris), NOBLE (Sirilla)
• (Note: my mail has been somewhat scattered -- if you contributed a helpfile and didn't get credited for it, please email me with your account name and the name of the helpfile)

Webpages Updated:

• http://www.armageddon.org/intro/helpers.html
• http://www.armageddon.org/intro (reduced clutter)

World News:

• Ness kindly added a roomflag which allows an outside room to be lit at night. Allanak has been updated in the appropriate places (Sanvean and Brixius) and all the places where PCs initially start should be lit as well (Brixius).
• More Allanak NPCs given a southern accent. (Sanvean)

Staff News:

• Keraptis has stepped down to Legend and will no longer be handling Blackmoon.
• Aernis is back, but will be focusing on building/writing.
• Arkon is fully back online.

Upcoming RPTs:

Bugs/typos/ideas fixed or implemented submitted by the following folks:

Asinha (1), Elzocone (2), Mansa (w), Mog (1), Newbie (1), Sananda (2), Solar (1), Tab (1), Tetonoketh (1), Whitemor (1), Xanous (1), Zagren (1) (In the case of duplicates, I have credited the first person to report them and not subsequent folks, in the interest of not spending too much time on tracking these. Thanks. -San)

Clan and Special Character News:

• Allanak Templars: contact Nessalin
  
• Anyali: Sanvean
• Blackmoon: contact mud@ginka.armageddon.org
• House Borsail: contact Savak or Narlac
• Conclave: contact Tlaloc
• House Fale: contact Karianna
• The Guild: ic recruitment only
  
• Kadius: contact Naephet
• Kurac: contact Arkon
• Nenyuk: contact Sanvean. Not currently taking applications.
• House Oash: contact Kivan
• Rebellion: contact Halaster
• Salarr: contact Naephet
• Tan Muark: contact Sanvean or Savak
• House Tor: contact Bhagarva
• T'zai Byn: ic recruitment only. OOC matters should be mailed to Tlaloc
  
• Applications for gladiators should be sent to Bhagarva
• Applications for sponsored chars should be sent to Nessalin

There are 23505 rooms, 13748 objects, and 4832 npcs in the game.
88 applications approved, 40 edited, 57 rejected week ending 10/28/2001
88 applications approved; 41 edited; 43 rejected last week.