General News:
We're currently #6 on the topmudsites list. You can vote for us on there once every twelve hours by clinking on the link at the top of the GDB or off the main page. Our banner ad, designed by Nessalin, is now in the rotation of ads as well.
Code News:
Who for players now shows total number including invisible, ethereal, and hidden players. (Morgenes)
Can no longer peek at yourself (Sanvean)
You can assess a booklet of rolling papers and get a rough idea of how many pages are in it. (Sanvean)
Sniff person no longer echoes to room, no matter who the target is (Sanvean)
Can count coins (Nessalin)
The change command, except when used to change weapons, no longer breaks concentration, so you can change languages and long desc while crafting. (Nessalin)
Documentation News:
Modified help files: LIST
World news:
Moved some things around, small fixes & building edits inside Scaien, up north. (Savak, Daigon)
Upcoming RPTs:
Monday, March 26th at 8pm EST in Allanak, Fale party
Bugs/typos/ideas fixed or implemented submitted by the following folks:
Couatl (3), Fergus (6), Fumar (1), Marko (1), Newbie (1), Phoenix (3), Sananda (2), Savak (1), Trigod (1), Xeria (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@ginka.armageddon.org
Blackmoon: contact keraptis@ginka.armageddon.org
House Borsail: contact daigon@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Conclave: contact tlaloc@ginka.armageddon.org
House Fale: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org
The Guild: ic recruitment only
Kadius: contact karianna@ginka.armageddon.org (southern branch) or naephet@ginka.armageddon.org (northern branch)
Kurac: contact arkon@ginka.armageddon.org
House Oash: contact kivan@ginka.armageddon.org
Rebellion: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Salarr: contact naephet@ginka.armageddon.org
Tan Muark: contact sanvean@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
House Tor: contact bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
T'zai Byn: ic recruitment only
Applications for gladiators should be sent to bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
Applications for sponsored chars should be sent to nessalin@ginka.armageddon.org
There are 22332 rooms, 13096 objects, and 4596 npcs in the game.
General News:
We're currently #5 on the topmudsites list. You can vote for us on there once every twelve hours by clinking on the link at the top of the GDB or off the main page. Look for Armageddon banner ads appearing there this week in our first attempt at advertising.
Code News:
No longer echoes to room when you sniff yourself. (Sanvean)
You can reference objects in looks now, as in look woman while pulling on ~gloves. (Morgenes)
You can deal more than five kruth cards at a time. (Sanvean)
Perfumes craftable via floristry skill: requires appropriate vial, flowers and musk gland. (Sanvean)
Documentation News:
Helpfiles updated: city, spell_fear
Additions to website at http://www.armageddon.org/original/folksongs.html#darkness
Nessalin split up the GDB archives by year, so they should be easier to consult.
Upcoming RPTs:
Sunday, March 18th (8-11pm CST) Oash RPT
Sunday, March 18 2001 in Allanak, gladiator games. Evening?
Monday, March 26th at 8pm EST in Allanak, Fale party
Bugs/typos/ideas fixed or implemented submitted by the following folks:
Ancient (1), Angelbob (1), Arkon (3), Chris (1), Couatl (1), Elzocone (2), Faeren (1), Fergus (1), Harcroft (1), Jared (1), Kimberly (1), Krrx (1), Leanne (1), Newbie (3), Phoenix (3), Priestess (2), Rikken (1), Sananda (4), Savak (2), Superfly (1), Travis (1), Trigod (1), Umric (2), Xanous (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@ginka.armageddon.org
Blackmoon: contact keraptis@ginka.armageddon.org
House Borsail: contact daigon@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Conclave: contact tlaloc@ginka.armageddon.org
House Fale: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org
The Guild: ic recruitment only
Kadius: contact karianna@ginka.armageddon.org (southern branch) or naephet@ginka.armageddon.org (northern branch)
Kurac: contact arkon@ginka.armageddon.org
House Oash: contact kivan@ginka.armageddon.org
Rebellion: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Salarr: contact naephet@ginka.armageddon.org
Tan Muark: contact sanvean@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
House Tor: contact bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
T'zai Byn: ic recruitment only
Applications for gladiators should be sent to bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
Applications for sponsored chars should be sent to nessalin@ginka.armageddon.org
There are 22329 rooms, 13080 objects, and 4596 npcs in the game.
General News:
We're currently #10 on the topmudsites list, trailing Feudal Realms with two votes. You can vote for us on there once every twelve hours by clinking on the link at the top of the GDB or off the main page.
Code News:
Sniffing people code tinkered with further, in preparation for perfume code. (Sanvean)
Perfume code added. Perfume will mask the scent of spice, and has a limited duration. Its affect will be lessened as it approaches the end of its duration. To apply perfume, have the perfume object in your inventory and type 'use (keyword)' (Nessalin)
(Note from San: the plan is to make perfumes craftable - this code is not in place right now. Right now the perfumes are available in the Allanak main bazaar).
When rolling dice at a table, people at the table see what you roll. (Morgenes)
Using the barter command with no coins in inventory no longer resets merchant's "mood (Morgenes)
When you go from sneaking to walking, message more appropriate (Sanvean)
Some crafting bugs fixed (Sanvean)
Documentation:
Help SNIFF file modified
Helpers page updated.
Staff News:
Aernis on vacation for a week; Sanvean will be watching over Fale in the interim.
Savak swears he's really, truly back now.
World News:
Various shop fiddles, including making the paper wrappings in Nak open/closeable, so they actually can be used to sorta wrap things.
Forage and cooking object added, from account KingdomCome.
Upcoming RPTs:
Oash RPT: Sunday, March 18th (8-11pm CST)
Sunday, March 18 2001 in Allanak, gladiator games, time not yet determined.
Bugs/typos/ideas fixed or implemented submitted by the following folks:
Angie (1), Boxman (1), Caladan (1), Couatl (2), Elzocone (2), Eternal (1), Fergus (1), Fumar (1), Jolanda (1), Julian (2), Priestess (3), Sananda (4), Savak (5), Sirilla (1), Superfly (1), Thomas (1), Umric (2), Vox (1)
(I should note that 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:
All Oashi (Nobles, guards, servants, etc) need to email kivan@ginka.armageddon.org) with an email address they would like to use for the Oash mailing list if they have not already done so.
Allanak Templars: contact nessalin@ginka.armageddon.org
Blackmoon: contact keraptis@ginka.armageddon.org
House Borsail: contact daigon@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Conclave: contact tlaloc@ginka.armageddon.org
House Fale: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org
The Guild: ic recruitment only
Kadius: contact karianna@ginka.armageddon.org (southern branch) or naephet@ginka.armageddon.org (northern branch)
Kurac: contact arkon@ginka.armageddon.org
House Oash: contact kivan@ginka.armageddon.org
Rebellion: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Salarr: contact naephet@ginka.armageddon.org
Tan Muark: contact sanvean@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
House Tor: contact bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
T'zai Byn: ic recruitment only
Applications for gladiators should be sent to bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
Applications for sponsored chars should be sent to nessalin@ginka.armageddon.org
There are 22328 rooms, 13057 objects, and 4596 npcs in the game.
General News:
We're currently #13 on the topmudsites list. You can vote for us on there once every twelve hours by clinking on the link at the top of the GDB or off the main page.
New review of the game at:
http://www.topmudsites.com/cgi-bin/reviews/robboard.cgi?action=display&num=780
We're looking into advertising on the Mud Connector and Top MUD Sites. Costs vary, but to do both would run us about $115 dollars per month.
Code News:
Bug fix: ldesc reverts to normal after missing with an arrow. (Morgenes)
Crash bug with decaying corpses fixed. (Morgenes)
Elemental Fog and Shield of Nilaz show up in stat (Sanvean)
Jozhals leave more distinctive tracks (Sanvean)
Weather has been tinkered with (Sanvean)
If you sniff someone who's been doing spice, you can smell it on them. (Sanvean)
Small brew bug fixed (Sanvean)
Pilot error message made slightly more informative (Sanvean)
You can now swallow terradin cures. (Sanvean)
Read command no longer makes concentration falter. (Sanvean)
Documentation News:
Help files added for TATTOO (cross referenced with TATTOOS, TATTOOING)
Folksong added at http://ginka.armageddon.org/general/updates/
Story added: http://ginka.armageddon.org/general/updates/
Machine News:
We bought more RAM for ginka, bringing us up to 512 MB.
Staff News:
None this week.
World News:
15 tattoos contributed by account Snarf
1 tattoo contributed by account Harcroft
Gaj seating expanded (never thought I'd see a necessity for that, whoo)
The usual clan related building
Recommended playing times:
Upcoming RPT: 10:00 PM CST, Friday, 9 March 2001, in the Southlands, centered around Allanak. Allanaki militia in particular are encouraged to be around.
Upcoming RPT: Sunday, March 11 2001 in Allanak, gladiator games, time not yet determined.
Bugs/typos/ideas fixed or implemented submitted by the following folks:
Ancient (1), Anoshiruvan (1), Armaddict (2), Boxman (2), Cartaxo (1), Elzocone (1), Harcroft (1), Petter (1), Priestess (2), Rakkis (1), Roleplayer (1), Trigod (1), Wakehip (1), Xanous (1), Zacharai (1)
(I should note that 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@ginka.armageddon.org
Blackmoon: contact keraptis@ginka.armageddon.org
House Borsail: contact daigon@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Conclave: contact tlaloc@ginka.armageddon.org
House Fale: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org
The Guild: ic recruitment only
Kadius: contact karianna@ginka.armageddon.org (southern branch) or naephet@ginka.armageddon.org (northern branch)
Kurac: contact arkon@ginka.armageddon.org
House Oash: contact sanvean@ginka.armageddon.org
Rebellion: contact aernis@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
Salarr: contact naephet@ginka.armageddon.org
Tan Muark: contact sanvean@ginka.armageddon.org or savak@ginka.armageddon.org
House Tor: contact bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
T'zai Byn: ic recruitment only
Applications for gladiators should be sent to bhagharva@ginka.armageddon.org
Applications for sponsored chars should be sent to nessalin@ginka.armageddon.org
There are 22327 rooms, 13031 objects, and 4587 npcs in the game.