Legendary Times vol.9 no.7
Previous Issue Main Index Next Issue =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= .............._______ ............./ / THE LEGENDARY TIMES ............/ / .........../ /.....______.._____.....______.._____.......____ ........../ /...../ /./ \.../ /./ \...../ \ ........./ /...../ ___/./ ____/../ ___/./ __. \.../ /\ \ ......../ /...../ /_.../ /....../ /_.../ /..\>./ /./ / ......./ /...../ __/../ /____../ __/../ /.../ /./ /./ / ....../ /_____/__/__../ \_\ /./ /__../ /.../ /./ /_/ / ...../ / /./ /./ /./ /.../ /./ / ..../ /_/..\______/./_____/./__/.../__/./_______/ MUD .../________________/ running on mud.legendmud.org 9999 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.legendmud.org/ ftp://ftp.legendmud.org/pub =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOLUME NINE, NUMBER SEVEN February 14, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Happy Valentine's Day! Happy 8th LegendMUD Anniversary! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TABLE OF CONTENTS The Editor's Note NEWS, REPORTS, UPDATES Calendar of Events Immortal Applications Due March 1st Historical Archives Project Website Character Pages Wanted Recent Updates DID YOU KNOW: A Brief Legend Timeline LEGENDITES **Special Valentine Section!** Clan News Nice Girls Always Fall For Bad Guys A Valentine for Elana Obsession ___ ___ \ |-----------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| The Editor's Note |__\ '-----------------------------------------------------------------' Wow! Eight years. Time sure does fly when you're having a good time. It seems like it wasn't that long ago that we were scrambling to get all the fight messages written late into the night on February 13th, 1994. This year it was weather messages and some dreams, so I guess some things never change. =) We've also got some spells that have been planned for ages finally implemented which will hopefully bring some interesting new tactics with them. Rusalka and the PR department are also kicking off an ambitious project of collecting stories revolving around Legend's rich past history. So even if you haven't been playing actively, we're asking for EVERYONE'S help and memories to tell all sides of the stories. Be sure to see the article on this below for more information. Chocorua's also been busy spiffing up the web pages and cleaning out some cobwebs. He's currently focusing on the character pages and is soliciting suggestions and problems to fix and is even prepared to bribe people with the promise of a web lotto drawings. See the welcome board for info. Also, this issue is the first to run through our new mailing list. There should be little difference in how you receive your newsletters, except that it'll now come from legendarytimes@legendmud.org and will have a real subject line! YAY! Replies to the newsletter will not be sent out to everyone, but only back to lt@legendmud.org, which is where all correspondence should still be sent. However, you will also now be able to handle your own subscription info and address changes. We'll be changing the option from the game menus shortly but until then any additions or changes put there will be handled. I also want to thank everyone who got into the spirit and sent in Valentine's greetings. I think it's the fullest one yet! And the RP stories this week also seem to fit the theme as well. If you sent one in and it didn't get published, I sincerely apologize and am holding stories for the next issue on the 23rd. Cupid has been making his rounds for the annual Truffle Hunt and the elves have been scurrying about today as well. There may also be other random events and prizes throughout the day, but the biggest ones will be this evening! Hope to see you all tonight at the Expies Ceremony at 7:00 pm system time. There will be a party in the OOC Auditorium tonight for sure! If you can't make it, the winners will be announced on the web pages too! Thanks to everyone for helping make this such the great place that it is for as long as you have! -Kaige ___ ___ \ |-----------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| LegendMUD Calendar of Events |__\ '-----------------------------------------------------------------' [All times are system time unless otherwise specified] */* *\* */* *\* February */* *\* */* *\* Thursday, February 14th Valentine's Day and LegendMUD's 8th Birthday 7:00 pm Expies Ceremony Saturday, February 16th 2:00 pm Special Q & A on Immorting Wednesday, February 20th 9:00 pm Recalltag! Thursday, February 21st 6:00 pm Q & A in the OOC Auditorium Saturday, February 23rd 2:00 pm RP Workshop in the OOC (TBA) Wednesday, February 27th 9:00 pm Recalltag! Thursday, February 28th 6:00 pm Q & A in the OOC Auditorium */* *\* */* *\* March */* *\* */* *\* Friday, March 1st midnight Immortal Apps Due ___ ___ \ |-----------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| Immortal Applications Due March 1st |__\ '-----------------------------------------------------------------' It's that time of year again. The deadline for Immortal Applications is March 1st, 2002. If you are interested in applying to become an immortal, be sure to speak to the appropriate department head about your proposed project before you submit your application. And try to come to the special Q&A session being held on Feb 16th at 2pm system time in the OOC. Additional information on Becoming an Immortal at LegendMUD can be found by reading HELP APPLICATION online as well as pointing your browser to: http://www.legendmud.org/Reference/documents.html The individual links to take you directly to the important pages are: THE IMMORT CODE OF CONDUCT www.legendmud.org/Reference/imm_conduct.html IMMORT PROPOSAL REVIEW PROCESS www.legendmud.org/Reference/proposals/app_vote.html THE GENERAL APPLICATION FOR IMMORTING www.legendmud.org/Reference/proposals/gen_app.html THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL www.legendmud.org/Reference/proposals/admin_prop.html THE BUILDER PROPOSAL www.legendmud.org/Reference/proposals/builder_prop.html THE CODING PROPOSAL www.legendmud.org/Reference/proposals/code_prop.html THE PUBLIC RELATIONS PROPOSAL www.legendmud.org/Reference/proposals/pr_prop.html ___ ___ \ |-----------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| LegendMUD Historical Archives Project |__\ '-----------------------------------------------------------------' Hello! As I look back at the last 8 years of LegendMUD, I'm amazed by all the things that have happened here. I'm even more amazed by all the things that I had no idea were going on at the time. As LegendMUD contiues, more and more things happen. Unfortunately, fewer and fewer people remember them. In order to remember and immortalize all the wonderful and fabulous things that have happened (and will happen) on LegendMUD, we are starting a LegendMUD story archive. Stories will be made available through LegendMUD's web page. The aim of this archive is to record stories about various events in LegendMUD's history, such as the Kiera stories, or the foundation of the Original Big Four Clans. We want as many different points of view as possible (you can bet that Kiera would have a VERY different take on the Kiera Wars than, say, Eretz, the then GM of the Order of the Scroll). We invite players and immortals to submit their stories to the archive. You can email them rusalka@legendmud.org. Following are submission guidelines: - Submissions are subject to editing and revision. We reserve the right to reject a story for publication in the Archive. - Submissions should be about events that actually happened ON THE MUD. Thus, your character's participation in the Great Battle of Mulberries would be valid if it actually happened online (rather than only on paper or in the LT). - No logs will be accepted. Submissions should be written in narrative form. (the exception being logs that are written out as play scripts, such as some of the early ones in the LT) - Submissions may be ic or ooc. - Submissions should be about large and/or significant events on the mud that involved more than one person if possible. These events should have happened at least 6 months ago RL time. Why? Because we want these narratives to have a larger perspective than just last week's clan raid. - Submissions should include no words or concepts that would be illegal on public channels. - Submissions should not contain material that is deliberately hurtful and/or slanderous to other players - Submitters retain copyright, but must give LegendMUD the right to perpetual publication of their submissions - There will be a limit of 2 submissions per player per month after the initial call for submissions - Material previously submitted to the LT may also be submitted the Archive but will be subject to same guidelines, as well as editing and/or refusal. - Alternative viewpoints of the same online events are encouraged. If you have any questions, feel free to nab Rusalka online (you can also mudmail her, or email her at rusalka@legendmud.org. We look forward to your stories! - Rusalka ___ ___ \ |-----------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| LegendMud Website Character Pages Wanted |__\ '-----------------------------------------------------------------' As part of the overhaul of LegendMUD's web site, the character pages (http://www.legendmud.org/Community/charpage.html) have been trimmed down to only those with active links. The list is fairly short now. If you have a web page devoted to your character or clan let us know about it. Email chocorua@legendmud.org with the link and a short (1 or 2 sentences) bio or summary and I will get them added. --Chocorua ___ ___ \ |-----------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| Recent Updates |__\ '-----------------------------------------------------------------' /\ CODE UPDATES / \ / \ MISC CHANGES /_ _\ o social <person> <object> now works to do a social using | | an object on/against/with a person | | o amount of hours of sunlight is based on the latitude of | | the room |__| o tips command to get "Did you know?" information /\ o wall of fire, fog, and stone all have different weaknesses / \ (as opposed to detect/dispel illusion allowing you through / \ all of them) /_ _\ o length command to tell you how long a string is (ignoring | | color codes) | | o months now have the proper number of days in them | | o zips are now dumped outside of DTs like strings |__| o eyepoke social /\ / \ NEW SPELLS / \ o Chain Lightning /_ _\ o Control Weather | | o Wall of Winds | | o Evaporate | | |__| BUG & TYPO FIXES /\ o Etheric Archers now hold their bows again / \ o flamestrike from objects grammer fix / \ /_ _\ HELP FILE UPDATES | | | | The following helpfile was recently updated: | | |__| CATALOG, CHAIN LIGHTNING, CONTROL WEATHER, EVAPORATE, FAQ, /\ LANGUAGE, MUNDANE, SLOT, SOUTH SEAS, STRING, STRINGRULES, / \ TIPS, UPDATES, and WEDDINGS / \ /_ _\ Thank you to all the players & imms who assisted in this update! | | | | AREA UPDATES | | |__| If you want to suggest specific improvements or new additions /\ to existing areas please don't hesitate to submit them with / \ the idea/bug/typo commands or drop mudmail to the builder / \ responsible for the area (check AREAINFO to find out!) /_ _\ | | Installed Area Updates | | | | We've updated the weather system in LegendMUD! You may see |__| different weather messages in different areas as well as /\ experience different weather conditions as you move around the / \ world. / \ /_ _\ We've also added dreams to several areas. While you are | | sleeping you may experience dreams. Some may be pleasant, some | | may not be. Some may be based on things you have or haven't | | done yet. |__| /\ There are also four new spellbooks out there for the new / \ spells that have gone in. Of course, we won't tell you where / \ they are, but I'll give you a few hints: /_ _\ | | 1) That which requires the daring and brave to complete may or | | may not give you the reward you seek. | | 2) Repent! For those that follow the right path shall soon |__| find the light. /\ 3) Where oxen roam, water is crucial. / \ 4) He that once roamed the clouds but now walks the earth will / \ tell you a tale of a dream gone by. /_ _\ 5) Where danger is high and brawn only as important as wisdom, | | only those that have both will survive. | | | | As always please report any typos or other incosistencies. |__| /\ -Sandra / \ / \ AFRICAN SAVANNA /_ _\ The laibon is a bit smarter when fighting against charmies | | and generally a bit tougher. Also adds in a bunch of new | | animals in the midrange levels. | | ARABIAN NIGHTS |__| Fixes the loincloth and balloon pants not being cloth. /\ Attempts to fix guards fussing at you for putting things / \ in bags. / \ THE CRUSADES /_ _\ Some cleanup in GMA quest and engraver to hopefully make | | them more reliable. AT should be a bit tougher.... in | | general the assassins are a bit beefier, the traps a bit | | nastier and harder to just avoid. |__| FRENCH & INDIAN WAR /\ Grooms are more protective of the horses. Various bugs and / \ typos fixed. / \ HOSPITALLER MALTA /_ _\ Turkish nobles no longer cross themselves. Various bugs | | and typos fixed. | | LEGENDS OF THE PAST | | Mercenary will remember who killed him and randomly hunt |__| them down again later. /\ MELBOURNE / \ Major rework of bushranger quest. Minor bugs and typos / \ fixed. /_ _\ PARIS OPERA HOUSE | | Various updates to rooms, mobs (Phantom and Mephistopheles | | in particular should be approached with care) and a few | | items. Some logical skill teachers added. |__| SHERWOOD /\ Richard and Thomas have changed again. Be cautious when / \ attacking them. Thomas knows which inn he's talking about / \ now. /_ _\ VICEROYAL PERU | | You can milk the cows here and in Sherwood. Various bugs | | and typos fixed. | | 1802 ALASKA, ABORIGINAL DREAMTIME, THE ALHAMBRA, ANASAZI |__| AMERICA, ANCIENT GREECE, AZTECS, BEOWULF, BLACK FOREST, /\ BOSTON, MASS., CELTIC IRELAND, GYPSY CARNIVAL, KLEINSTADT, / \ LAND OF SHADOWS, PICTISH COUNTRY, 1930s PITTSBURGH, / \ PORT OF LONDON, ROMAN BRITAIN, ROMANIA, SALEM, MASS., /_ _\ SOUTHSEAS, ST. DENIS ABBEY, TORTUGA, and VIKING SKANDINAVIA | | Various bugs and typos fixed and/or weather converted. | | | | THE OOC LOUNGE |__| Various bugs and typos fixed as relating to the Coffee /\ Shop. The restaurant has undergone new management and / \ they're going all out! Be sure to visit often to get a / \ chance to see everthing! /_ _\ | | In Progress Area Updates | | | | This section is intended to let everyone know what builders |__| are working on behind the scenes. It is not a perfect record /\ of progress as all builders will not make updates every week. / \ Players badgering builders about progress or a perceived lack / \ thereof will be flogged. Remember, the longer spent answering /_ _\ questions, the longer the project takes to complete. | | | | Kaige & Ptah 1950's Americana | | LadyAce Kleinstadt (Update) |__| Straussy R. M. S. Titanic =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____ / _ \ DID YOU KNOW: Legend history -- A quick traipse through time. /__/ \ \ / / You may have seen HELP UPDATES before and you may have heard / / people talking about the good ol' days when one system or /__/ another worked differently. Can't imagine a time before your __ favorite area existed? Chances are it's quite possible! We've / \ updated this helpfile again and have included as many of the \__/ major changes here as possible trying to retain our history. 1994 Feb 14th : LegendMUD opened to the public with the following areas: Arabian Nights, Celtic Ireland, Viceroyal Peru, Port of London, Klein, Tea Route, Bengal, South Seas/Macao, Roman Britain, Pictish Country, Casablanca and WWI North Africa, and Sherwood Forest Summer : LT first published and Seoni Jungle, African Savanna, Aztecs, Tortuga, The Alhambra areas installed October : Ptah & Kaige made imps, Darklord first called 'guppy', guns & bows added, and San Francisco installed December : Viking Scandinavia installed 1995 January : Player registered descriptions added February : First Expies Ceremony held and French & Indian War installed March : New fight system adopted May : Dual menu system, ranged yells, vehicles added, and Beowulf installed July : Moods & Speech System First Added September: Mud opened on own net connection, moon phases added, and Ancient Egypt installed December : Ancient India installed 1996 January : Conferences added, local weather first introduced and WWI Somme, France installed February : Paris Opera House installed and St Denis Abbey revised and expanded. April : Tudor England and Salem, Mass. installed May : Current Department immort structure introduced September: Guest option on menu functional October : Discussion Board added and Melbourne, Australia installed November : Player Code of Conduct and Immortal Code of Conduct introduced December : New Player Helpers Clan established, SANCTUARY affect removed, Gyspy Carnival and Land of Shadows installed 1997 February : Configurable prompts added and Romania installed March : Configurable fight message types, warnings first saved September: Say alternatives added, and another round of alterations to fight system 1998 February : New Clans System Installed, but not freeforming yet. March : Dreamtime Australia installed July : Update to Roman Britain & Pictish Country and Peloponnesian Isles (new area) installed August : Boston, Mass. installed 1999 January : New experience scale installed February : Player housing, gravity, Medieval Seas and Pirates' Den installed, open formation of clans now allowed September: The Crusades installed October : Gradual stats code and 1930s Pittsburgh installed November : Ancient Greece and Anasazi installed 2000 January : New mud machine installed with the new hostname February : Hospitaller Malta installed April : 1802 Alaska installed May : PKOK installed August : Mud machine moved from Austin, Texas to Chicago, Illinois. November : Mud Client Compression Protocol integrated December : Legends of the Past installed 2001 January : HP/MA/MV formula revised February : Socials on Channels April : Eloquence no longer necessary for moods, Discuss command added June : Hometown Specific Newbie Equipment July : Dynamic Helpfiles on the Web October : Change from Healing Roots to Healing Balm 2002 January : Catalog command added for housing February : Further localization of weather, control weather, tips command social <person> <object>, variable day length based on room location, and tips command added, and all months have proper number of days ___ ___ \ |----------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| LEGENDITES: Information Regarding the People of Our World |__\ '----------------------------------------------------------------' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- @>----->----->----- VALENTINE'S GREETINGS ------->--->-- Pflanzen Botanique ------------------------------------+------------+------------------------ You turn my world upside-down, helter skelter, | To my love Lacey, the You twist my spirit this way and that, | Mercenary life is not You teach me new things every day | always the easiest, and And keep me awake every night, | by far not the least I wish for only two things in this world, | peaceful. Thank you for Your sweet love, and that you'll learn to play | putting up with me with fire outside. | through the good and | bad, and keeping me For my kids, | from losing the bigger Marcel Alexander, Esquire. | picture. -Krynn ------------------------------------+------------+------------------------ To: The Institute of Healing Arts, | Devi - You are the joy of my life, Staff and Students. | the light of my world. To be in the | same room with you gives me joy You are what makes the Institute | beyond measure. For this day, of what it is. The best clan to be a | giving hearts, I give mine to you. part of. It is your friendlyness | If I could sing well, I would sing and willingness to stick together | to you a song of love that is sung through thick and thin that has | to brides by their husbands on the made it the success that it is. | night they wed. Thank you for For this I'd like to thank you, | letting me know love and hope and and tell you how much I appreciate | joy and everything that I did not you all. You are truly the best! | know from the colony in Siberia. *clanhug* | -scrawled in big letters Love, Emrysia | not matching the rest - VIDAR ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- This Valentine is dedicated to my | To My Bestest Sprout, love, Herbert, whom means the | I am soooo grateful for having world to me. To be your friend | you in my life. I couldnt ask for stimulates my mind. To be your | a better friend (or at least one wife, stimulates the love I hold | that evens me out as much with for you to grow stronger by the | their differences, eh?). You mean day. Thank your for being you, for | the world to me, just wanted you you are always in my heart. I'll | to know that... I know you bring the chocolate and the | sometimes fidgety when I get all strawberries tonight. You just | mushy but hey, it's the truth bring yourself. | *cuddle* Here's to another year Forever in Adoration, Lachie | of friendship, may it continue to ------------------------------------+ blossom and grow :) You're always To: Fiery | the best, never forget your worth Even though you're a salamander and | to me! I'm a naiad, our love has a chance! | Love Always, If only from a distance. - Misty | Your Jewels ---------------------------------+--+------------------------------------- My dearest Dechtire, | To the brightest celestial body of my Though we have only just met, I | life, the very reason of my being, my believe that my heart is yours. | dearest me. With you, I look forward to I do hope you have a grand | every day with lightness in my heart Valentine's Day. I shall not be | and a spring in my step. Your love attendending it with you as my | nourishes me by reaching out for food courage has not reached me yet. | when I'm feeling peckish, so I would We come from two different | exist for another day to love you more. worlds, both nobles, but you | You never abandoned me, because you're are good, I am not. Be in good | stuck with me, and for that I thank health, and perhaps one day.... | you. Lelldorin, I love you. Love, Anonymous | Love, Lelldorin. ---------------------------------+--+------------------------------------- A rolled scroll made of pressed | To My Old Friend Johan, flower petals reads... | {{ RDM }} | It's great to have you back with King Rowane de'Dannan | us again! *huge hug* You were Bri Leith Sidhe | gone far too long and those who The Kingdom of Carian Trag | knew you, surely missed you. You | are a wonderful addition to the My Dearest Rowane, | mud as well as our lives. We are Loving husband, on this day of | glad you are back :) days I find even more reason to | *hug* confess my eternal, undying love | -Julie for you. Not a day goes by such +------------------------------------- words are not uttered from my | Moya prekrasnaya djena Miesha, lips, but not often enough the | chance for others to hear such as | Ya lublu vas nedjno e hochu shtoby well. My infinite gratitude to | mir zhal eto v dien Valentina. Ya Hermes and fate itself for | nadyeuce shto vremya pribivaet blessing me with the gift of you | skoro kgda nash sin Savas rozhdien in my life. Not one moment passes | e znayet eto tak zhe! Vash mudj, that I am not so very aware of | Vimka how incredibly lucky I am.... You |------------------------------------- are truly the greatest gift I | My Dearest Angst, have ever received. | You have returned to me! Just | when I thought all was lost... With Eternal Love and Adoration. | That all I had known was now Yours Always, | gone. The one person to always MoiraGwyn | leap to my side has done such | once again. This alone would have Queen MoiraGwyn de'Dannan | been enough for me to rise from (the imprint of lips mar | the dead to return to your side. Bri Leith | You are a blessing to me. the sheet here) | Yours Truly, The Kingdom of Carian Trag | Northstar ------------------------------------+---------+--------------------------- To me closest frien' an' life companion. | Dear Monsieur Chambertin, | Ye give me joy | We in England are simply Ye give me laugh | aghast, please stop I met ye first when me heart be dark | chopping off all those | heads. Here's hoping Yer touch be calm | that you reach your Yer body be smooth | first wedding Yer tongue be ready fer speak I like | anniversary before you | try and chop off your Ye don' ask why | wife's head again. Happy Ye know me mind | Villaintine's Day! Ye be always there when I be wantin' te slice | | -- That demmed elusive Swinebiter, me heart an' soul be yers. | Pimpernel, and the equally | meddlesome love of his Sigrid Icelander. | life -------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------- Ma chere Mertjai, | To Ahrianrhod, Je t'aime, mon | petit chou! | Your melancholy sadness touches me, -smooches- | it afflicts me with its endless dark waves. Nadya LaRue | Oh Lady, would that I could make that darkness light, P.S.-- Fancy a | I should be the most fortunate man alive. little romantic | ride on the Seine? | - Orlando -------------------+----+-------------------------+----------------------- *galoosh* *splooge* | Happy Valentines day to | To Aemilia, (VALENTINE'S DAY IS ONE | my fiance Geist, I miss | I'll never understand OF MY BEST AGENTS.) | you! Also, Happy | why your father keeps ------------------------+ Valentines day to all | trying to kill me, or Dear Clothilde, | my friends, and special | what Lord Marcel wants I can only ask your | wishes to those who | me to do. forgiveness for the | recently got married! I | All I know is your recent events. Share in | hope you enjoy your | beautiful, exquisite my fire, bring your | first Valentines Day | soul, leaves me so lost heart home again to | together! | in love, when I look at me... And stop trying | | you... to change my wardrobe. | Lots of Love to | Happy Valentine's Day, Happy Valentine's Day, | everyone, from Maloth | dear heart. Armand | and her player. | Your silly fop, Percy ------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------- @>----->----->----- HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ----- Previous Issue Main Index Next Issue
