ATLANTISv2 atl-players-digest #110

From: csd@microplex.com (Christian Daudt)

Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

This is kept by me (csd@microplex.com)
If there are any problems, please tell me 'cause I normally
don't have enough time to read them.
If you want previous versions, they are available via WWW at
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 13:46:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: James A Edwards <jamis@physics.utexas.edu>
Subject: Leader

Would the owner of unit 3402 please get in touch with me. 3402 is a
leader on a horse near Stackforth.

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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 23:36:51 +0100
From: eoinmag@internet-eireann.ie (Eoin Maguire)
Subject: Leaving permits!

I am very new to Atlantis.I am Lord Demonburp and am just exploring now.I
was going to stop playing but since it has been shut off to new users i
decided to give it a go.Now i like it  but i have a problem.I am going on
holiday for one month next week.I need to know will i be removed from the
game for not sending orders even though i cant send orders!!.What can i do
to stay in the game?
Thanks to anyone who helps!

I may see you on my wanderings...

PS. Dont kill me if you see me just cause my name is Demonburp :).

THanks
Bye

Lord Demonburp...( Eoin Maguire)

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Eoinmag@internet-eireann.ie

"Some kill their love when they are young"
    "And some when they are old"
  "Some strangle with the hands of lust"
    "Some with the hands of gold"
  "The kindest use a knife, because"
    "The dead soon grow cold"

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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 17:09:06 +1000 (EST)
From: Voytek <vlap@ecr.mu.OZ.AU>
Subject: Re: atl: abbreviations

On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, Lewis Haddow wrote:

> I thought I would say one other thing about spelling in orders.  The
> rules, as seen on the web page, give the abbreviations of longbow as
> LBO and crossbow as XBO, which is wrong, isn't it?  Are they not LON
> and CRO?  I think this might be confusing to new players.

I don't know about crossbow but I've been using LBO in my orders without
any trouble. Maybe both work?

Voytek.
The Many who are One.
(631)
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From: Jon Harvey <u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: ATLANTIS: Hear Ye!
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 09:03:10 +0100 (BST)

James A Edwards (jamis@physics.utexas.edu) wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am the master of Araila but she currently isn't in hex (80,60). Please
> contact me at your convienence.

This list is not for inter-personal mail. Once you have made contact, please
keep conversations to the parties involved. Thanks,

Jon.

aka Lord Viper and Lady Venom.

House Banshee (217) of the DOMINION.

Email Address  : u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk
World Wide Web : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/index.html
Atlantis WWW   : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/Atlantis/index.html

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From: Jon Harvey <u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: atl: abbreviations
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 09:53:46 +0100 (BST)

Voytek (vlap@ecr.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
>
> On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, Lewis Haddow wrote:
>
>> I thought I would say one other thing about spelling in orders.  The
>> rules, as seen on the web page, give the abbreviations of longbow as
>> LBO and crossbow as XBO, which is wrong, isn't it?  Are they not LON
>> and CRO?  I think this might be confusing to new players.
>
> I don't know about crossbow but I've been using LBO in my orders without
> any trouble. Maybe both work?

I just ftp'd the rules to make sure mine were up to date - and confirmed that
the abbreviations for bows were changed many game months ago! Here I quote :

Silver             SIL              Iron              IRO
Wood               WOO              Stone             STO
Furs               FUR              Fish              FIS
Herbs              HER              Horses            HOR
Swords             SWO              Crossbows         XBO
Longbows           LBO              Chain armor       CHA
Plate Armor        PLT              Wagons            WAG

Looks like it's LBO and XBO folks :)

Check that your rules aren't out of date! You can ftp them from :

ftp.rahul.net/pub/atlantis/

hope this helps!

Jon.

aka Lord Viper and Lady Venom.

House Banshee (217) of the DOMINION.

Email Address  : u3jph@csc.liv.ac.uk
World Wide Web : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/index.html
Atlantis WWW   : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u3jph/Atlantis/index.html

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From: "D.J. McGaw" <u3djm@csc.liv.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: atl: abbreviations
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 13:09:28 +0100 (BST)

Good point, Lewis.

This did come up a while ago and then died a death.

I think the idea is to make the distinction between the item and the skill
(although Fish {item} is FIS and Fishing {skill} is also FIS. The same with a fewothers, herb lore ...??)

However, having said this, I have seen FOUR differing versions of the rules,
(OK so they were from different places and at different times) which have the
bows mixed up in the abbreviation section. First they are XBO then CRO then
CBOthen ?????

What next? Can we have a definate "yey" from someone please?

Regards as ever

Dave
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From: Lewis Haddow <9235367@arran.sms.ed.ac.uk>
Date:          Fri, 21 Jul 1995 13:25:46 +0000
Subject:       Re: atl: abbreviations

> > I thought I would say one other thing about spelling in orders.  The
> > rules, as seen on the web page, give the abbreviations of longbow as
> > LBO and crossbow as XBO, which is wrong, isn't it?  Are they not LON
> > and CRO?  I think this might be confusing to new players.
> >
> > LH
> >
>
> Good point, Lewis.
>
> This did come up a while ago and then died a death.
>
> I think the idea is to make the distinction between the item and the skill
> (although Fish {item} is FIS and Fishing {skill} is also FIS. The same with a fewothers, herb lore ...??)
>
> However, having said this, I have seen FOUR differing versions of the rules,
> (OK so they were from different places and at different times) which have the
> bows mixed up in the abbreviation section. First they are XBO then CRO then
> CBOthen ?????
>
> What next? Can we have a definate "yey" from someone please?
>

Yes, I thought the original formats for the abbreviations were
LBO and XBO, but then they got changed to LON and CRO.  Apparently it
is the other way around.  I always type the full name.  Sorry if
anyone thinks I'm wasting space, but I'd like to hear the official
word on this.  Geoff, could you mail a list of all the abbreviations
to avoid future concern, and so that all web pages can be updated?
Thanks
LH.
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 12:45:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: James A Edwards <jamis@physics.utexas.edu>
Subject: Unit 4030

Would the owner of unit 4030 in the hex NE of Stackforth please contact
me. The unit contains 4 dwarves and two horses.

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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 15:46:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: GFT_JON@gsbvxb.uchicago.edu
Subject: Atlantis movement question

What happens if a unit is ordered to move into a area it cannot? Does it stop
all movement for turn or will it try to continue with its other movement
orders?

For example -

I order a scout to move NE N NE into unexplored territory.  It moves
      NE fine but then tries to move N into an ocean hex.  Will it end the
      turn or now try to carry out the last NE order- in affect moving NE NE?

What about with guarded hexes?

I order a unit to move SE S but the first hex I try to move into is
     guarded by and unfriendly faction.  Again does the unit end all movement
     or try to move S now

thanks,
John(faction 820)
gft_jon@gsbvxb.uchicago.edu
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 16:52:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: GFT_JON@gsbvxb.uchicago.edu
Subject: COM training wanted in Jaca

Anyone teaching COM in Jaca? let me know.  I'm also selling wagons
in Jaca for 250 sil if anyone is interested.

John
faction 820
gft_jon@gsbvxb.uchicago.edu
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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 16:08:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stumble <KDK2963@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
Subject: Atlantis: Jaca-region

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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 12:41:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: ThorC@UH.EDU (Thor Christensen)
Subject: Sledmere area inhabitants.

I am new to the game and beginning to explore the maps and other sources of
information available on the world of Atlantis.

I recently found the maps available through Anthony Chow's homepage but I do
not recognize the type of terrain found in the hex north of Sledmere.  Is it
plains?

Thanks for your reply.

Thor Christensen
Houston, TX. USA

ThorC@UH.EDU

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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 20:53:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>
Subject: ATLANTIS: Gloves of Strength/Potions of Healing in AC

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I have the following avialable for sale in Atlantis City:
	Gloves of Strength (1 pair)
	Postion of Healing (6 bottles)

The gloves are available for $1000 or best offer.  Potions are $80 each or
best offer.

I can also take orders now for April delivery on both gloves and potions
of healing.  50% down.  Potions must be pre-ordered in lots of 5.

I also have a strapping young leader named Argyll MacGuire for sale.
Argyll is trained in tactics (60) and comes with a free potion of
healing.  Price:  $500

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 95 11:59:53 +0200
From: eedrsl@aachen.eed.ericsson.se (Robert Schnell)
Subject: Atlantis: Magic training in AC wanted

Hi, all people in AC,

anybody running courses in magic (any foundation welcome) in AC
in the coming turn and having an empty slot available ?

Please contact

The Pizza Shop
eedrsl@eed.ericsson.se

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 95 11:16:11 BST
From: Matthew Bassett (Ext. 6571) <matthew@te.rl.ac.uk>
Subject: ATLANTIS: Q: Research Areas

For all you Atlantis experts, I have a query regarding research.

For arguements sake, lets say I have a magus who qualifies to research the
Gadget area, both for "Create Wand of Fireflash" and for "Create Potion of
Healing". If I order this magus to study the Gadget area, but another gives
him the spell "Create Wand of Fireflash", can I be sure that he will
actually research the "Create Potion of Healing" (as opposed to researching
for the Wand, whilst being given it)?

From looking at the rules I believe that this would be the case, but would
appreciate if someone could confirm this.

Thanks.

_______________________________________________________________________

Matthew Bassett                      internet mail: matthew@te.rl.ac.uk
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory          janet mail: matthew@uk.ac.rl.te