February 14, 2010 Issue
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Note from the Editor
UPDATES FROM THE STAFF:
Imp Birthday Announcements
New Immortal Announcement!
Code and Area Updates
LegendMUD Calendar of Events
PLAYER NEWS:
XP Achievements
Expies Results
Player Submissions
Valentine's Day Poems
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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
It's only been a week, and so I'm skipping over PK information for this round,
but it'll certainly be in next issue! While area and code updates are included
in this issue, along with birthday updates, the main purpose is to send out
the Expies results as well as poems from players concerning Valentine's Day!
After all, what's Valentine's Day without mushy poems of love and affection?
That's what I thought. So, enjoy!
-Lamia
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BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hi all,
Can you believe another year has passed already? LegendMUD is now going on
it's 17th year! And what a great ride it has been. We love and appreciate that
you all have hung around in our little world for as long as you have. We know
that there's been good times and bad, but we hope that the good times always
win out, and that your enjoyment of Legend continues throughout this year and
beyond.
To celebrate this year's birthday, the PR department will be running a series
of games throughout the week. We hope that you'll be able to join in on one or
all of them!
The PR department, working with the coding department to bring some changes to
a few spells and skills for you all:
New Chant messages were added! There are now a total of 14 different chant
messages for you to choose from. Those are:
Seer
Voodoo
Shinto
Alchemy
Shaman
In addition to the already-added:
Nature
Christian
Witch
Demonic
Reality
Will and Word
Polytheistic
Also, tired of those boring orbs and balls of light? Well, no worries because
now mages can also have those changed to fit with the chant message that they
choose! How about a glowing rune instead of an orb? Or a flicker of flame
instead of a ball of light? Now you can have that option too!
Meditate will now also follow the chant messages. A witch may be seen clearing
their mind instead of breathing regularly and slowly.
Test them all out, see which ones you enjoy the most! Check for teachers in
Carnival, Greece, Tudor, Legends of the Past, Arabia, Japan, Pictland, FI War,
and Nazca.
The PR department also updated the list of Pretitles with the following
additions:
Dangerous
Herr
Frau
and Socials:
rummage
cartwheel
peck
wipe
and changes to:
goodbye
pounce
tease
slap
It has been a difficult year with our limited staff, and we all had oped that
we could have had more to celebrate this year, but that just wasn't possible.
We look forward to a new year with exciting new areas beginning and in
progress, as well as some new code changes in the works.
So be sure to stay tuned, and most of all, thank you for a great 16 years.
Here's to many more!
-Sandra and Lorenzo
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NEW IMMORTAL!
Please be sure to give some congrats to Retsu, our newest builder immortal!
Retsu will be working on a New Orleans area. Give her some time to get used to
things before bombarding her with requests! :)
-Sandra
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AREA AND CODE UPDATES
Area Updates
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Aside from the birthday additions in the main post, fixes went into: PD,
Larderello, Tortuga, Arabia, Silk Road, Ireland, Boston, Romania, Bengal
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LEGENDMUD CALENDAR OF EVENTS
[All times are system time unless otherwise specified]
February 2010
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
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Sunday, February 14th, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEGENDMUD!
Sunday, February 14th, 7:00 pm Expies Award Ceremony
Monday, February 15th, Through
Sunday, February 20th, Nightly Legend Trivia
Sunday, February 21st, 4:00 pm 1 v 1 Pk Tournament
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XP ACHIEVEMENTS
Athrun has reached 200 million experience!
SexyShark has reached 300 million experience!
SexyShark has reached 400 million experience!
Psylin has reached 700 million experience!
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THE EXPIES
PLAYER CATEGORIES!
Best Mud Citizen (Male)
Winner: Quimby
Runner-Up: Apocalypse
Best Mud Citizen (Female)
Winners: Krista and Caja
Runner-Up: Lilianna
Most Helpful to New Players
Winner: Krista
Runner-Up: Necrox
Most Helpful
Winner: Necrox
Runner-Up: Lilianna
Best Clan
Winner: 1337
Runner-Up: USL
Best GM
Winner: Munkie
Runner-Up: Kastina
Best Roleplaying Melodrama
Winner: Zillah's soul (Imri kidnaps Lime, Zillah hunts Imri down. In exchange
for Lime's freedom, Zillah gives Imri his soul.)
Runner-Up: Xyn & Briony (Xyn invites young Briony into his home, eventually
agreeing to care for and adopt her.)
Best PKiller
Winner: Sap
Runner-Up: Fawkes
Best Explorer
Winner: Wrym
Runner-Up: Necrox
Best Female RPer
Winner: Munkie
Runner-Up: Nadia
Best Male RPer
Winners: Zillah and Rowane
Best Run Leader
Winner: Wrym
Runner-Up: Nero
Best Hack & Slasher
Winner: Wrym
Runner-Up: Vito
Best Death
Winner: Lucifer dying to Lucifer
Slander Memorial
Winners: Linx and Gado
Runner-Up: AwesomeDude
Best Strung Item
Winner: Lethe's Torment and Despair
Runner-Up: Sheba's butterfly tote bag
Best Description
Winners: Longhorn and Xyn
Best EQ Theme
Winner: Lucifer
Runner-Up: Sheba
Best Warcry
Winner: Necrox
Best Illusion
Winner: Quimby's BORED illusions
Runner-Up: Necrox's cats
Most Likely to Succeed
Winner: Psylin
Runner-Up: Nero
Best Interior Decorating
Winner: Hendrix
Runner-Up: Lilianna
Best Healer
Winner: Munkie
Runner-Up: SexyShark
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IMMORTAL/GAME CATEGORIES
Immortal You're Most Likely to Ask for Help
Winner: Haley
Runner-Up: Autumn
Best PR Liaison
Winner: Haley
Runner-Up: Autumn
Best Builder
Winner: Nestor
Runner-Up: Ranmaru
The Sadist Award for Best Coder
Winner: Lorenzo
Runner-Up: Snapper
Best Poofs
Winners: Autumn and Lamia
Runner-Up: Ranmaru
Snazziest Dresser
Winner: Haley
Runner-Up: Autumn
Best GamesMaster
Winner: Autumn
Runner-Up: Carnegie
Coolest Head in a Crisis
Winner: Lorenzo
Runner-Up: Autumn
Best Mediator
Winner: Autumn
Runner-Up: Carnegie
Best Large Project
Winner: Geography
Best New Code Feature
Winner: Mood Customization
Runner-Up: Giftboxes
Best Code Improvement
Winner: Auction Queue
Runner-Up: Restring
Best Bug
Winner: Mail Seemingly going to a random person
Golden Squirrel Trophy (Most surprisingly deadly mob)
Winner: Saif
Runner-Up: Aswang
Best Maintained Area
Winner: Japan
Runner-Up: Klein
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JUST FOR FUN
Best AFK Message
Winner: Munkie
Best Use of a Game String
Winner: Lilianna (a blade of grass strung to her scalpel)
Best Line from a Mob
Winner: the Pardoner with "R U going 2 kill m3?"
Best RP Quote
Winner: Brin & Orchid
In preparation for Naeva's wedding to Ari and bachelorette party:
'I'll see if I can dig up my 'sexy policeman' outfit,' Brin says debonairly.
'Omg Brin,' Miss Orchid says.
Miss Orchid says, 'Even I don't want to see you strip.'
Most Likely to Drown
Winner: Zoroaster
Most Notable Couple
Winner: Lucifer and Heaven
Biggest Packrat
Winner: Wrym
Best Questmeister
Winner: Wrym
Most Dangerously Over-Confident
Winner: Urkle
Biggest Gossip
Winner: Aithne
Most Likely to Complain
Winner: Quimby
Spammiest
Winner: Psylin
Best Title
Winner: Munkie
Most Accident Prone
Winner: Munkie
Best Mortal Run Game
Winner: USL & Insanity's 'Werewolf'
Most Flirtatious
Winner: Lilianna
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Valentine's Day Poems
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Your almost as beautiful as Lamia
But I guess you'll do
-Bettice
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These roses aren't very red,
And I have no violets, not even blue.
I'm only left with the words you said
and what I know is true.
There are no messages left to convey,
no emotions remain to share.
Just memories of you to replay,
and the image of your skin so fair.
Still I smell your sweet perfume,
and it's enough to give me hope.
You've thrown me out of your room
and now my mouth is full of soap.
I didn't know what words to say
or which you would refuse to hear.
I longed for you to let me stay...
I love you, Ms. O'Leary, my dear.
-Carnegie
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To no one in particular, for I hate you all:
999999 999999
PLUMBERS ARE RED
HEDGEHOGS ARE BLUE
PUSH START TO
JOIN AND BE
MY PLAYER
TWO
Love (or HATE rather), Athrun
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i've loved you so long
years have past, miles away
yet still my heart yearns
for you my heart yearns
never are you far from my thoughts
this valentines i grieve
i grive not for lack of love
i grieve, for i spend it without you
the love of my life
the light to brighten the darkness
the sweetest voice, piercing the silence
you fill me with happiness
you stay my anger
you leave me breathless
be mine
-Decker
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If it weren't for you...
I give up...
I give in...
I am lost...
I can't win.
Everything I say
Everything I do
I screw it all up
Because all I think of is you.
You are the first thing I think of
when I awaken for the day,
The last thing on my mind
as sleep takes me away.
Maybe it's an obsession...
or maybe love that is true...
but I wouldn't be who I am
If it weren't for you.
-Merilwen
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I'm not as articulate as you say I am
nor am I the epitome of perfection
though you whisper that I am each
and every night
We feel so strongly now and we promise
that it will last
But if it doesn't, remember that I'll be here
always, forever, even though forever has an end
Whether by death or fading emotions
there'll be an end, but we'll live for the here
and we'll live for the now
We'll live for us
And for you, and you alone, I'll pen these words
for we both are aware that I don't say them
enough, because of fear
But I love you, St. Raz.
Here they are, more permanent
than a whisper or a kiss.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Listen.
A soft rain whispers.
Cascading waterfall shouts
A call across the wind.
Come back where you belong.
-Caja
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Dude!
You make me smile,
You make me grin.
I love you so
It makes me spin.
How can it be
that I found you?
Just fate I suppose.
Cuz we fight terrible as two.
Remember that time
At the mill,
You and I?
We couldn't kill squat.
But we sure did try.
Remember that other time
At the Opera house, too.
I thought, this sucks!
But I knew I liked you.
So DUDE. Remember this
Cuz I'll say it this just once.
I love ya, man!
More than alot, a big bunch!
-Kadija
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Winter winds whip around
as the memories all fade
I try to grasp onto the strands
but they all slip away.
I know you're somewhere
waiting and watching
knowing
that I'm alright.
It doesn't change
how I'm angry or how I still
still ...it doesn't matter, lion,
You know what I mean
-N. Trinstadt
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