Weekly Update for Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

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General News:

• We're currently #5 on topmudsites, thanks for voting!
• New review at TopMUDsites that can be seen here
• 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:

• Truncated says end with last complete word and ... (idea from Xeria) (Morgenes)
• Gimpka rats given their own tracking message (Sanvean)
• Some changes to cooking; several Plainsfolk craftable items (Myrdryn and Sanvean)

World Changes:

• 6 npcs, 13 objects, 8 tattoos from Nineveh (Laeris)
• Updates to Tor Academy (Myrdryn)
• 2 npcs (Ogun)
• 4 items from account Kelryn (Sanvean)
• New shop in Poets' Circle, room, npcs, and items written by Nineveh and Xeria. (Sanvean)
• New Tablelands linked in (almost all writing previously done by Krrx). Mapping does not change significantly, but beware other landscape dangers, the terrain will get you in more trouble. Please email major problems to Savak, other issues can be added as typos. Travel to & from surrounding areas or villages will automatically cross you into the new version. Thanks. (Savak)
• Updates to Allanak merchants (Vendyra)
• Changes to Labyrinth muggers (Zagren)

Documentation News:

• Helpfiles Updated:
  ARMOR, PSIONICS and TALK

Staff changes:

• Laeris is taking a hiatus for awhile. Bakha will be handling the Northlands government, including the Templarate and the Sun Legions. Naephet will be handling the Highlord aspect of the Northlands. Future questions should be directed to the two of them.

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

Carduus (1), Corinne (1), Crowder (2), Crymerci (1), DudeMar (1), Erdlu (1), EvilRoeSlade (2), Godkarma (1), Kungfulkoder (1), Naephet (1), Neroli (1)
Nobody (1), Phoenix (2), Priestess (1), Roleplayer (1), Savak (1), Shinigami (1), Spawnloser (1), Tehanu (1), Tiernan (1), Vox (3), Xeria (1)
Fixers were Mekeda, Myrdryn and Sanvean

Clan and Special Character News:

• House Tenneshi is closed to players until further notice.
  
  
• 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 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

48 applications approved, 19 edited, 32 denied
There are 26531 rooms, 16514 objects, and 5938 npcs in the game.