Atlantis 3.0: Times 58 From: Geoff Dunbar <gdunbar@atlantis.prankster.com> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Atlantis 3.0: Times 58 Atlantis 3.0 Times October, 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email admin30@prankster.com with game issues. Visit http://www.prankster.com (or email atlantis@prankster.com) for information or to join. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ take those cities ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following factions are hereby banned from the Dunster continent: Black Sun - of the United Factions (18), peter@jpms.dk House Dreyani. Member of the United Factions (64), salvo@iafrica.com The Master of the Hunt (111), 102176.3441@compuserve.com Darklords (113), c928740@student.dtu.dk Church of Geoff (206), jl@x.dtu.dk These factions are guilty of trespassing and theft. Their punishment is exile. The continent of Dunster in its entirety has been claimed by the DDT. Any attempt to claim land without first contacting us may be considered an act of aggression. If you wish to settle here, you should first contact a DDT representative and obtain the proper clearance. General Tigh Grey Wolf Clan (78) weldon@sdd.hp.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ah, the Times, they are achangin'. Me and my children discussing Atlantis 6.0 -- "When I was your age, the Times used to take half an hour to read. I remember my first exposure to the word "spleeny." I remember when . . . You get _how much_ starting gold? " By the way, has anyone derived a formula to explain the tax base and market growth in cities where you max out all the possible production? I'm trying to decide whether farming and ranching are worthy intermediate pursuits, or should I continue throwing all my resources into expansion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Diastrophism and GALE Storm (83): To save internet bandwidth (at the expense of Geoff's CPU) I suggest the following new commands: OPTION COMPRESS PKZIP OPTION COMPRESS GZIP OPTION COMPRESS OFF This option will cause the turn report file to be compressed before mailing. A 600,000 byte turn report can compress to 70,000 bytes typically. For resends the syntax can be: ; #SEND REPORT <TURN> <FACTION> <PASSWORD> [<COMPRESSION>] Where <COMPRESSION> is optional and can be PKZIP or GZIP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm going to holiday - see you in a month ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The high priests of Deus ex Machina prayed for the victims of war. In the small Hanoi Tower a small crowd of Deus entertainers and workers watched with anxiety: until now, the only casualties for Deus alliance were some scout and a few soldiers, attacking cityguards in far away lands. Now the poor Wander Man has been assassinated near Planken by a vile hand. Now the outpost in Akbou has been massacred. The drums of war were nearing Helsicke. After a brief speech the Deus Mages announced the decision to train many workers to combat. The workers were amused. They watched these funny old mages speaking about war, the mages who never leaved the Capital, who studied for endless hours, who enchanted weapons for GALE armies. It cannot be! A voice from the small crowd yelled: "Hey leaders! Do we have a TACT1 at least?" The mages seemed embarassed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sven, why are we able to sail so fast? Beacuse someone on board can summon the winds to aid our progress. Oh. What's wrong Gilles? Its just that it seems rather rude to just summon the winds. Couldn't that persaon ask nicely instead? Ah, Gilles I think it has something to with magic. Oh, nevermind then. Da Fish [PLEASWIND does not work :)] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** 70'S ** * WEEKLY * * * * * * REPORT ** WAR : Dunmanus fell opening widely the way to the northern plains and the last defenders. THAT'S : all. I'm in vacation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Chosen of Cthulhu (40): Cthulhu is awakening! ________ / \ | \ | \ | \ \ __\/_\ \ \_/\_/\___ \/ / | / | \ \ _/ _/ _| | \ \ |_ / | / / / / | \ \_ | / / | | \ \ \ \ Oswald, high preist of Cthulhu would like to announce he is putting a price of 1,000,000 silver[1] on the head of following mage. * Pinpanikaye (1820), The Minstrels (70), leader [LEAD], 3916 silver [SILV], shieldstone [SHST], 100 mithril armor [MARM], 6 winged horses [WING], ring of invisibility [RING]. Skills: spirit [SPIR] 5 (450), pattern [PATT] 5 (450), gate lore [GATE] 5 (450), farsight [FARS] 3 (180), teleportation [TELE] 2 (150), stealth [STEA] 4 (420). Pinpanikaye is wanted for transporting and manufacturing of human assassin clones to Riggenthorpe. Actually, Cthulhu doesn't care about the transporting of assassins since the Choosen will get the rings of invisibility off the dead bodies of the assassins when observation 8 is reached and Cthulhu is only mildly annonyed at the unimaginative assassin names "Clone 1", "Clone 2", etc. What upset Cthulhu so much (It almost woke up) was placing mithril armor on double bow assassins. Assassins (and their victims) do not wear armor, such a waste of resources cannot be tolerated. [1] Optionally rare and/or magical items of approximately equal value can be substituted for the silver reward if bounty hunter so wishes. Kill must be confirmed indepentantly or by resend of report with password. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation Fulcrum begins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dunster News Report: ************************************************************ Another installment in my annoying News Letter: You were warned, now you will be picked up by immigration and be taken care of. Again I will say this, our Alliance the "DDT". If we can move to a place without sailing, then it is part of the Dunster Continent. We are Claiming the Whole continent. If you aren't sure about a plot of land that you are on, then contact me at kgrindst@inlink.com I will let you know. My allies and I will remove all factions without a VISA. Grayson, The Grand Marshall, The Dark Legion (7) P.S. I feel like I am just talking for my own benifit, because we have people running around, who ignore our emails. That has come to an end. If we contact you and you don't reply then that will be that. We make all of our contacts through the players list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In a lonely forest region two graves lie side by side. orc and elf are united at last... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, the last times was certainly a meager showing by the community. Only a few big alliances posted anything and there weren't even any antagonistic slurs - I am disappointed. What does it take for you to write something better than I am writing at this point? "Not much", you say... well, DO it then. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Methinks that the end is near for the SEP. After making colossal blunders the last 2 turns, they face major destruction this turn and next. Are they even aware of their tactical mistakes? Methinks not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~~~FLASH~~~~ A fan of disco? Be afraid! Be very afraid! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice to all factions. Please do not scout out areas under the watchful eye of The Black Hawk Society. All scouts are at risk of being expelled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chronicles of The Tribe Wow! More and more cities to take! The Tribe has never experienced such level of wealth...Should we really do this? How can we keep our moral values unblemished in this situation? Many members already converted to a lifestyle of loose manners and uncontrolled make-up use. Those were our best bowmen, now lost somewhere on genderland. Paulo, Parrot-Man of The Tribe (123) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRD Industries (155): --Atlantis Press (AP)-- BRD Industries to Build New Plant Near Komarken Citing increased demand for its products, Mr. Two Wheel Drive, CEO of BRD Industries announced Saturday that the company would soon begin construction of a brand new, state-of-the-art factory in the Komarken area, somewhere southeast of Durness. In an interview granted to AP just before a giant ticker tape parade welcoming the company's advance team at Gate XXX, Mr. Drive said, "We just want to be sure that we can serve our customers and friends to the best of our ability, and expansion into a new area of Atlantis seems to be the best way to achieve that goal. Plus, the Mages Union was killing us with the freight charges." Asked about the specifics of the expansion, Two Wheel would only say that furthering the security of BRD Industries and of the AIF is the company's greatest priority. Speculation about company's intentions are running rampant, but there is no question that BRD Industries is known for its integrity and fairness in all its dealings. Said Two Wheel, "At BRD Industries, our motto is Peace Through Strength. That about says it all." In a related story, AP has learned that a giant battle is brewing in the AIF/IPC conflict. Rumors are that thousands of troops will be involved. An unnamed source within the AIF sounded a confident tone, and predicted a victory for the AIF. AP has also learned that things have not been going well for the IPC, and they are being pushed back on two fronts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Glorious Organization of Divineship (GOD) --------------------------------------------------- GOD is a peaceful alliance with headquarters in Jotel. The members are Roses On White Lace (91) & Elves of Essedail (93). BATTLING UNDEAD! The GOD force continued to whack undead in the Salen mountains. UNPROVOCED ATTACK! GOD forces led by Dwight Fry attacked a couple of scouts from two factions not before encountered. Lord Smygelfh explained the action: "We have a sign big as a house who to contact, and this is the 3rd ship not to bother at all! I've had it!" As always, the Monster-Guide can be visited at http://www.student.tdb.uu.se/~m96thd/GOD ------------------------------------------------------------ GOD can be reached at m96thd@student.tdb.uu.se ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Up