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Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 03:27 PM |
*A s known by those who have witnessed the horrible tragedies that have befallen the fine
city of Midor, our city is forever changed against the recent undead attacks by Gukathul
and his foul minions. Steeled in our faith and in the guiding light of Midoran, however,
we are stronger than ever, and seek to rebuild ourselves as the true bastion of glory and
protectors in these lands. We will be looking into the strange attack on the once glorious
Headquarts of the Azure Lights, which is now nothing more than smoldering rubble and
smoking ruins. As well, the valiant Kruvious Seyon, second in command to the betrayer,
Marick Fetter, has stepped up within our holy ranks and taken upon him the crown of
responsiblity to become Fetter's replacement as the Head Priest of Midoran within the
temple. Midor extends its thanks once again to all those who helped to repel the undead,
and may Midoran's blessing be upon you all.
*Paws would like to welcome Fabius Bumbernob, a gnome from Brandibuck who has set up a
small encampment on the edge of town to sell and hawk not only his wares of the tinkering
spirit, but also allow those who toil in the craft to use his equipment he has lugged far
through the woods and into Paws. We welcome him, and he in turn welcomes all tinkerers to
come to Paws to make use of his tools.
*The old Paws Farm Refuge has been bought by the industrious Harner Loomtouch, half-elven
lad who has grown up within Paws for most of his life. Renovating it for the use of his
life-long trade as well as furnishing the back for the various injured farm animals in the
region, he now offers the trade of tailoring to those who dedicate their lives to the
skillful trade of clothing the lands.
*Recently, several adventurers who have taken various trips into the abandoned Port
Royale mines, despite the Queen's advice to stay away from the crumbling mine shafts,
have gone missing. As well, some of the townsfolk near the area have seen strange shadows
in the night, creatures hissing and snarling at the entrance. Just this morning a trail of
blood and torn clothing led into the mines, though what sinister beasts could be behind
this are as yet unknown...
*The fine folks of Brandibuck have reported a recent earthquake (which the bakers have
added wound up ruining a fine loaf of three grain bread) has unearthed a small cavern
off the beautiful path of Ladriel. Exploring the small cave, it has been found that a large,
gaping hole now sits in the center of the cavern, a fine mist coming up from the unknown
depths. Though there are some who have gone to explore the hole, more exploration is
needed before a larger area can be discovered far, far below.
*During the recent attack upon Midor, the small town of paws reported seeing a strange
gathering of clouds and stormy skies off the storm-wrecked coast. Something is amiss off
the coast, far to the east of Midor, where the once thriving island of Maldovia sits. Though
the people of Maldovia have not been heard from in many, many years, trouble seems to be
brewing near its troubled waters...perhaps Syn himself seeks to corrupt this land even
more-so now that Gukathul has been repelled back...
((OOC))
*All crafting tools are now simple weapons...any class can use them
*Small area/ambience changes to Midor Library (Outside & Cafe of Reflections)
*Several new NPC's added
*Ka'azim Outer Door Fixed
*Various Map Pins Added to Midor/Port Royale
*Various Map Pins Corrected (from older map versions)
*The Black Pearl now has designated "resting" areas
*Skybox added to Midor Docks
*Skybox added to Maldovia
*Area XP/Description fixed for 25 areas:
-Buckshire Store Room
-Buckshire Mayor's House
-Buckshire Scheppen's Home
-Buckshire Ruins Tower
-Mirghul Caverns
-Oxen R' Us
-Midor Prison
-Midor Exotics
-Midor Museum
-Paws Farm Refuge
-PR Cafe Del`Mar
-PR Gem Trader
-PR Broken Mask Tavern
-PR Bath House
-PR Black Pearl
-Faloman's Retreat
-Johanne's Music Shop
-Neek's Bowstore
-Maldovia - Town
-Maldovia - Deep Woods
-Maldovia - Valinor Tavern
-Maldovia - Ruined Church
-Maldovia - Sanitation
-Maldovia - Syn Tower
-Temple of Helris - Interior
~Fenarisk |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 03:40 PM |
((Due to the nature of the Event, will everyone who was part PLEASE post their name here so we may credit proper XP due for the event...we will check off names and give it out over the next few days or so. Thank you, and hope everyone had a great time!))
(ALSO! The event in IRC REPLACED any events prior to it IG, so please keep this in mind as to events, alliances, etc))
~Fenarisk |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:10 PM |
Solitaire & Sirac were both there
Sol. |
- Solitaire, Wizard
- Ilyana Fiirhaart, High Priestess of Naruth |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:12 PM |
| Fri'el Skygem |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:24 PM |
| Luther McIath in the outskirts |
Purpose in life: finding better ways of allowing players to kill themselves. Repeatedly.
--
"...Cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good."
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<@James42> Lawful good isn't in your vocabulary, it's on your menu.
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:35 PM |
| Evaramier Qu'Estreal there doing his meager bit |
Never argue with an idiot.
They drag you down to their level
and then beat you with experience.
Akril
Quinellieth. 20th Circle of the Order of the Ring |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:36 PM |
| GreenWhisker IronWeaver was there |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:36 PM |
| Xaranthir Ashfield battling naughty undead and finally being whisked away. Thank you Dens :P |
Luther McIath: I see, so [X is] the right person in the wrong place with the wrong people at the wrong time.
[Fictrix] ... And can speak French, like both! Wait, I mean Elven. |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:36 PM |
| Blanche La Belle in midor and the outskirts. (player: marillawen) |
Frodo : What are we holding on to, Sam?
Sam : That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.
-The Two Towers |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:38 PM |
| Doujan Paraden; gave Phibrizzo a nasty surprise on the plains after the slaughter and manned the Midor walls with his bow in irc. |
Eerel Swiftfoot
Self proclaimed fasterest little person in da land
Eerel's Story:
http://vives.dyndns.org/vives/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=49386 |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 04:38 PM |
Legolas Arwen was there =)
Dude great event, and its good to know that even when the machine fails our brians can think of a way of solving the problem. It was a fun event, maybe we have just started a new way of RP =) |
Why search around when the answer is within you...?
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 05:00 PM |
| Soapie Nimblefingers |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 05:26 PM |
Sinjin Kane and his ancestors. all present.
OOC: p.s. don't give the ancestors xp, they tell Sinjin enough of what to do already. |
Humbly Submitted,
Sinjin Kane |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 05:27 PM |
Great fun!! And to top it off it was PvP!!! Well done to the DMs and the Players you were all great!!
Fengus |
ONWARD AND UPWARD! |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 05:38 PM |
Lady Raven was there, using her account name of Cybella. I never got to change my IRC name from Cybell to Lady Raven during the activities. Sorry.
Thanks,
Cybella |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 06:10 PM |
Waaa! I can't hear a thing! What fireworks (gee, who did dat?). Great job guys! Pick, you da man for being my eyes and ears for the IRC stuff!
Regards;
Chip Smoothfinger |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 06:28 PM |
| Chandler |
My lamentable plight... I am calamity.
fire... burning....agony...
sultry shivers of a dark essence
why am i tortured with this nihilistic existence?
-Maddox |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 06:43 PM |
| Foli was there for the defense of Midor and the fall of Marick |
I wish I knew what I was supposed to do. |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 06:55 PM |
| Donna Reed Cleric of Midor |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 06:57 PM |
| Pickston was present ;) |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 29 Feb 2004 07:09 PM |
| Mykal Vecar was in the Midor Outskirts |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 01 Mar 2004 07:14 AM |
hope you folks had good time ;)
I was present - do I get ooc xps? =P
btw - it's a really fun way to play, tho when you got more than 6 players it becomes really hard to control.
also - for the next time, plz all remmember your chars arent super heroes - you cant both block an attack, stab, run and cast a spell =P
Dens |
You are more than welcome to ignore my spelling mistakes =p |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 01 Mar 2004 07:33 AM |
| ((Jone Eagle was there at the beginning IG when she and Luther first saw the zombies coming toward Midor. Then the experience became totally surreal as I had no control over her movement at all. I missed the IRC playout because I couldnt quite envision how the whole bunch of us could have input, I didnt want to log back in at a later time with a dead char and have to try to get a dm's attention, and I was afraid that I would simply become a spectator which I find frustrating.)) |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 01 Mar 2004 08:11 AM |
Firstly I would like to say that I was impressed how quickly the IRC alternative was sorted out and run and it worked very well and I was immersed as soon as it started - thank you and well done DMs in very tough circumstances.
But I also wanted to give a brief description of the event from my OOC perspective, so you could see what it was like from at least my POV.
And this is meant to be constructive criticism & not meant to offend, because I do realise how lucky I am to have found such a wonderful RP PW, where so many people put in so much effort for no monetary reward :)
Stating the obvious,IG the first (and second) time round the lag was awful.
I could barely move 5 mins from the start, didn't have a clue what was going on or where we were supposd to be. Then I crashed and re-loaded, to see messages that we were to start again in the Great Plains after the re-set. Saw a message saying that we should all disperse, but the server was taken down before I could get out of Midor.
So I loaded in again after the re-set & moved to the Great Plains.
As soon as the undead were summoned I was totally lagged again. When I wasn't frozen, I was bouncing all over the screen, actioning things I had been trying to do minutes earlier.
Then I reaslise that Fri'el, Phibrizzo & allies were killing people, who were lying dead on the floor. And it seemed it took people a while to decide that PVP was okay, and to start attacking them back. I was very confused about the PVP rules.
Then I crashed & rebooted and couldn't move again when I got back in, so I logged out and just watched Sirac's screen instead. He wasn't faring much better and had died due to lag and whether he should be PVPing. but we could at least see what else was heppening whilst he was dead on the ground !
So suggestions from me that would help (at least from my perspective) are :
- On the event announcement, tell people to gather in small groups, not all on one map. Or tell people a few specfic locations to gather, and max 6 (or 10?) people at each place perhaps. I am not sure this is do-able from a DM perspective, but if it is I am sure it would help.
Also maybe multi-objectives, so each group has a separate task, maybe even character level based ?
- Maybe shut down the web-site during the event ? People in IRC said that would help to lower the lag
- Clarify the PVP rules for an event like this on the announcement, or at least make an OOC comment like "this is a DM run event and there is a possibility of PVP". Then at least people will know that they are allowed to fight back !!
IMHO this seemed like an RP excuse for a big PVP battle, with only one side fully aware of this, and this surprised me since Vives seems so anti-PVP.
- It was also not clear that the IRC events replaced ALL of IG events, i.e. the IG stuff never happened. This has a major impact on people's RP and IC relations.
I really wasn't sure if I should post this, but I have spoken to a couple of people after the event who also had concerns about the events, for some of the reasons mentioned above, so I thought it would be worth posting.
Thanks for reading this post in the tone it is intended
And thanks to everyone who runs and DMs Vives, it is great !
Solitaire / Jane |
- Solitaire, Wizard
- Ilyana Fiirhaart, High Priestess of Naruth |
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Re: Huge Weekend Update!!!
Posted: 01 Mar 2004 08:29 AM |
The lag wasn't much better from my perspective. Some of the PvP trouble came, I think, from me setting people to hostile so my summoned Balors would actually fight them. The knock on of that was, in the lag, everyone ran past each other even though they didn't see them.
This led to AOOs, then a few people fighting, then everyone fighting. So sorry about that. =S
Another point is, NWN can -never- do army style combat. It just doesn't work. Too much lag, the rules don't make sense....
It was, however, a lot of fun to play out in IRC. Thanks to all who took part, the DMs especially. Made my evening a blast!
-Barnas |
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