Weekly Update for Sunday, March 16th, 2002

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General News:

• We're currently #9 on topmudsites, thanks for voting!
• The APM this year will coincide with Westercon, July 3-6, Seattle. It looks as though there'll be various subgatherings too, including Toronto and DragonCon in Atlanta - if people want to put together pages for those gatherings, I'll be glad to link them in on the community page. -Sanvean

Code News:

• 4 scripts added to UnderTuluk (Bakha)
• Archery bug fixed (Morgenes)
• New race for plotline (Nessalin)
• Tweaks to existing race (Nessalin)
• Changes to elementalist gems (Nessalin)
• Changes to ethereal state (Nessalin)
• Several major bugs with shield combat addressed (Nessalin)
• Crafting: leatherworking (1) (Sanvean)
• If you have a high climb skill but want to fall, you can toggle on NOSAVE in order to do so. This means if you have NOSAVE on, you will not be able to climb things. You will not gain skill points in climb from attempts made while NOSAVE is on. (request from Tahiki) (Sanvean)
• Mounts (except kanks atm) emote slightly differently when very weary. (idea from Crowder) (Sanvean)
• Changes to immortal version of command (idea from Brixius)(Sanvean)
• Minor change to sniff command, including special "sniff the drunk" code. Based on idea submitted by multiple people. (Sanvean)
• New scripting function added (Tenebrius)
• Memory bug fixed (Tenebrius)
• Crash bug fixed (Tiernan)

World Changes:

• Kadian shop updates (Ashyom)
• 1 NPC from Blaze (Bakha)
• Continued expansion of UnderTuluk (Bakha)
• Shop added to Merchants' Quarter in Tuluk (Laeris)
• Prison system and fighting pit in Luirs reworked (Mekeda)
• Luirs updates (Mekeda)
• Tembo's Tooth updates (Mekeda)
• Adjustments to Tuluki militia (Myrdryn)
• Ongoing work to Tor Academy (Myrdryn)
• Poets' Circle tweaks (Sanvean)
• 2 NPCs from Dargonzhell, 1 NPC from Petros (Vendyra)

Documentation News:

• Webpages Added:
  Posting Guidelines were added to the GDB (Brixius)
• Webpages Updated:
  Staff Responsibilities
• Helpfiles Updated:
  EMOTE, ENCUMBERANCE, MOONS, REVIEW, SNIFF, TABLE

Staff changes:

• Ogun has arrived, he'll be handling Tenneshi.

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

Agony (3), AngelaChristine (2), Angelwrath (1), Anoshiruvan (1), Arkala (2),
Ashyom (3), Asinha (1), Brixius (1), Callisto (1), Carduus (2), Chris (1), Corinne (4), Crowder (6), Desertwanderer (1), Djamel (1), DragonzHell (5), Elzocone (1), EvilRoeSlade (1), Godkarma (1), Ibrahim (1), Jorm (3), Kai (3), Khorm (2),
Marc (2), Myrdryn (3), Naephet (1), Narlac (2), Neroli (1), Nineveh (1),
Phoenix (3), Priestess (2), Reiloth (2), Sakra (1), ShaLeah (1), Shinigami (1),
Sleazye (1), SLink (1), Tahiki (1), Tenus (1), Vendyra (1), Xeria (5)
Fixers were Brixius, Mekeda, Sanvean and Vendyra

Clan and Special Character News:

• Akei Ta Var: Bakha
• Allanak Militia: Zagren and Shinigami
• Allanak Templars: Zagren and Shinigami
• Anyali: Myrdryn
• Bards of Poets' Circle: Sanvean
• House Borsail: Kivan
• The Guild: ic recruitment only - send issues to Zagren
• Haruch Kemad: Zagren
• Jihaen Templars: Bakha
• Kadius: Naephet and Ashyom
• Kurac: Mekeda
• Lirathan Templars: Bakha
• Nenyuk: Kurano
• House Oash: Nechomacus
• Salarr: Cerebus
• Tan Muark: Savak
• House Tenneshi: Laeris and Ogun
• House Tor: Myrdryn
• T'zai Byn: ic recruitment only - send issues to Tlaloc
• House Winrothol: Vendyra
  
  
• Applications for sponsored characters should be sent to Naephet
• Applications for gladiators should be sent to Bhagarva

62 applications approved, 9 edited, 56 denied.
There are 26536 rooms, 16464 objects, and 5929 npcs in the game.