{}{}{}{}{} {} {} {}{}{}{}{} {}{}{}{} {} {} {} {} {}{}{}{}{} {}{}{}{}{}{} Volume 1 {}{}{}{}{} {} {} {} {} Issue 2 {} {} {} {} {}{}{}{}{} {}{}{}{}{}{} {} March 11, 1996 {} {} {} {} {} {} {} Publisher/Managing Editor: Acolyte Brynne (71273,373) {} Group Liaison Editor: Astarte (70003,7617) {} Features Editor: Dread (101646,2776) {} {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} {} {} Copyright 1996. Articles in ESP! belong to the individual {} {} authors. ESP! is not to be redistributed in whole or in part {} {} without prior permission and the inclusion of its copyright {} {} notice. {} {} {} {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Table of Contents - {} From the Editor's Desk..................................Acolyte Brynne Feature Articles Quest for MarvL's Apples (Subtitle: Rescue from RRIPP.TXT) ...............Bog, Huckleberry, Evergreen, Roga Mae, Ali Quid My First Day in Phantasus ...................................JGee Dread's Spot: Newbie News...................................Dread The Phantasus Yellow Pages............................Big Kahoona On Awakening in the Dreamscape...................DarkWolf Fenrier Phantasus Avatar Groups A New Avatar Group?.......................................Astarte Duckolytes: Joke of the Week..................................Bog Frogolytes: Joke of the Week..........................Huckleberry Knights of Kymer: Group Information.................SunRay Render Knights of Kymer: Newest SunRay...........................Astarte Normala Manifesto: 1995.............................Normala Kelly Event Announcements Dating, Kymer Style............. Codemaster John and Rosa Fuschin Duckolyte Trivia......................Chief Duckolyte Mage Brains Duckolyte Ghost Racing................Chief Duckolyte Mage Brains St. Patrick's Day MAD!.............................Acolyte Brynne The Week In Review Oracle Teresias Accepts Award.........................SunRay Fawn Kari Peace: In Memory.......................Sappholyte Orlando II Knights Of Kymer TechTrivia...........................SunRay Hera WARaffle Winners.....................................Acolyte Lynx The Social Registry Avatars to be Ordained!.............Council on Marriages in Kymer Wedding Announcements.............................Khai Joybringer Departments Event Schedule, Week of March 11 through March 17 Letters to the Editors Advertisements How to Send Submissions to ESP! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} The views and opinions published in ESP! are the sole responsibility of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect those of ESP! and its publisher. Articles written by Acolytes are not to be viewed as having been written in an official capacity, and do not necessarily reflect he opinions of other Acolytes or of the Oracles. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - From the Editor's Desk - {} By Acolyte Brynne All of Kymer is abuzz with the news of the newest publication on the scene! Thanks to all who have let us know how much you enjoyed the premiere issue! Two new editors were added to our staff this week: Astarte has accepted the position of "Group Liaison Editor" and will be talking with the Avatar groups in Phantasus about submitting articles to ESP! But don't wait for her to approach you if you've got something you'd like to share with the citizens of Kymer! Send your articles to Astarte at 70003,7617! Dread has accepted the position of "Features Editor". Dread is new to Kymer, but he didn't waste any time finding out where the action was! I met up with him in Meditation Park on Friday, March 8, soon after he'd arrived; we got to chatting about Kymer generally and his interest in writing. Took me quite by surprise when he submitted his first "NewbieNews" column the very next day for the premiere issue! Dread will be talking to everyone he can meet in Kymer and posting in the forum about how YOU can share your stories with all Kymerians. Have something you want to submit but he hasn't gotten to you yet? Don't wait! Send it on to Dread at 101646,2776! Remember: ESP! is YOUR soapbox! With the help of Astarte and Dread, we'll be sure to keep that as our standard! This week's issue jam-packed for you! Enjoy! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Quest for MarvL's Apples - {} Subtitle: Rescue from RRIPP.TXT By Bog, Evergreen Huckleberry, Roga Mae and Ali Quid Narrated by Lockpicker Louie Welp, dere I wuz, fresh outa da hospital, tryin' ta git ma bearin's in da woild agin when dat Morpheus guy done did his magik on me agin. Only DIS time, he did a real numba on me head! Ah means dis wuz just too too much! He done sent me all ova da place, whiskin' me here, dere an' everywhere! Ah done wuz places ah didn' even KNOW about! Ya tink it's cuz he found ma curiosity ta his likin'? Well, ah don't know 'bout dat, but here's da story. I wouldn'ta believed it meself, but I saw all dis wid ma own eyes! Dis story starts out wid Morpheus turnin' me into a crawlin' spida an' landin' me smack dab in da middle of avatar Evergreen's writin' desk. Ya know who ah means! Evergreen, dat li'l 7-year-old person who goes aroun' da city wearin' dose pigtails! Ah crawled ova to da letta dat she was writin' to Master Bog and dis is what ah read. I dunno what got dis started, but mebbe you do! Oh Master, I *love* it! However, being but a poor thrall of few brain cells, I require further instruction on how to get *into* MarvL's back yard. My spy-instructor of earlier days, Jake/Aule, helped me devise plots against that arch-villain Loki, but I seem unable to scheme on my own. Please advise. Your thrall, Evergreen Welp, I dunno what a thrall is, but ah didn't have a chance to find out cuz dat Morpheus done whisked me away from Evergreen's writin' desk an' dis time, he turned me into a fly, lockin' me up in Master Bog's office, whereupon he tried ta kill me! Ah wuz lucky enough ta keep duckin' his swats an' did manage ta read dis letta dat he sent back ta Evergreen: Hmmmmn....It seems a good spy thrall is hard to come by these days. Nevertheless, I have outlined below the steps required for successful completion of this mission. Target: MarvL 's Apples Location: Komytee Island This a remote, private, island off the northern coast of Kymer. Access, without an invitation, is difficult (but not impossible). A team of highly trained security personnel protect this reclusive newspaper magnate's abode. All are special forces trained (don't worry, your training is better). Preparation: For an operation of this size, and complexity, a certain amount of equipment is vital. You will need; a ladder, a basket, a pocketknife (swiss), a waterproof carrier bag, a roll of sticky tape (brown), a walkie talkie, and a suicide pill ( I think J C Penny do a good one). Being a seven year old, you should have most of this stuff in your pocket already. All claims for expenses must be accompanied by a receipt (no photocopies). Approach: You will be taken, under the cover of darkness to within 2 miles of the island by the Ethereal speedboat (kindly donated by Ethereal Foods, purveyors of fine Middle Earth cuisine...dial 1-900-DWAGON). This spot has been carefully chosen, mainly because of the strong riptide and the sharks. Our reasoning is...nobody in their right mind would swim in from there (you don't have a mind, you are my thrall). You will lower yourself over the side, and swim towards the North shore. I have allowed you 15 minutes for this. If you are attacked by sharks, it is imperative that you remain quiet. We do not want to alert the island staff. Please note that any damage to personal items (including bodily parts), is not covered by your employer's liability insurance. Be sure to arrange your own beforehand. If you follow my instructions EXACTLY, you should arrive on the North shore at midnight. A quick scrabble up a piffling 200ft cliff face, and you will be in position. Attack: As I mentioned previously, the island security force is a highly trained unit. I don't expect you to engage in hand to hand combat with them (I'm all heart). Therefore I have arranged for a diversion. Security of this calibre requires an equally high standard of diversion. At 12:05 Max Raven will be dropped, by slow descent parachute, over on the South side of the Island. The noise generated by this agent will draw in the most professional of bodyguards. You will have approx 10 minutes before Max reaches the ground. Do not attempt to rescue him, alternative arrangements have been made (they haven't really, I just told him that). You will have 500 yards of open ground to cover before reaching the orchard walls. Note: you may encounter attack dogs here, but do not be unduly alarmed, I'm sure you can run faster than them. The capture of the apples is now just a matter of using your ladder and basket, child's play (if you'll pardon the pun). Once retrieved, the apples can now be transported back to the waiting speedboat. Just follow the approach plan in reverse order...... Congratulations! Your mission is complete. In the event of capture: Whilst every effort has been made to ensure your safety on this mission. It is possible that you may make a mistake, and, through your own carelessness, be captured. I must warn you, you cannot expect the treatment that a girl of your tender years (may think she) is entitled to. These brutes are unfeeling and remorseless. Your terms of contract state that you must endure a minimum of 6 hours torture (Au Fait Today editorial recitals). After this period of time you may give them the name "Atillo". They should be satisfied with that (who wouldn't), but if they persist, you must immediately swallow your suicide pill. Your Master's identity (me) MUST be protected at all costs. Good hunting, and good Luck Thrall Evergreen! Master Bog So now we all know where dose Sharkolytes came from! Jes afta he wuz done wid his letta, Master Bog's intercom flashed and dis is da convasation ah hoid: "Sir, I have a Max Raven on line two." "Put him through miss Pennyhoney"... "MAX..baby, Yes..Yes...A whole squad of rescuers....... just waiting to whisk you to safety ... yes ... Absolutely ... yes .. sure ... NO risk at all Max... it's a piece of cake ... yes ... really? ... sure ... no problem ... goodbye Max ... we must have lunch sometime." "Miss Pennyhoney, have you cancelled Mr. Raven's luncheon vouchers? ... You have!..excellent" Oi! Was mista Max Raven in trouble an' ah knew it too! Ah wanted ta go tell him all about this conversation ah'd overhoid, but before ah could even think ma thought, dat Morpheus guy done did somethin' to ma brain ta make me forget da next bunch of hours ... cause da next thing ah knew, ah was some unmentionable critter in a dark dungeon wid, of all people, Evergreen! Ah shook ma head, tryin ta rememba how ah got dere, but de only ding ah could can rememba is dat Morpheus snuck me inta Evergreen's sack somehow. Dat Morpheus guy sure has it in fer me 'cuz ah do rememba dat pile-up o' sharks and wuz quiverin' in dat dere sack. Welp, gettin' back to da dungeon, ah crawled over eva so quietly to da paper dat Evergreen wuz writin' on. She was so engrossed in da tale of woe she wuz writin', she neva even noticed me. Good ding too. Ah'da been a dead unmentionable critter. Dear Master Bog, I already had most of the stuff like you said, and I saved you some money by gettin a cut-rate suicide pill at Denny's under the trade name of Bargain Breakfast. Earendil and Elwing did come in the dark of night and took me out in their blowtorch-propelled speedboat, but they dint give me no food. Elwing did give me a magic charm guaranteed to bring MarvL to his knees if necessary, but they said their guests usually *were* the food, and I was a guest, sort of. When we got to about 200 miles or so off Komytee Island, Earendil said that was close as he wanted to get, an we could see big sharks circling all around bearing a real clear imprint, 'Property of Wert P. Gemby.' Earendil was real nice, though, and shouted the encouragement as he pushed me overboard, "Don't worry about a thing; none of this is real; it's all a dream"... just as a mean shark bit a huge gob (no offense intended) outa my leg. Fortunately, there was a rubber tire floating nearby, so I grabbed it and pushed it into the shark's mouth, an he banged into the shark behind him, and he banged into the next.. until there was about a 89-shark pile-up all up the east coast. Bein a super spy, I swum easy to the island even with just one workin leg, and clumb the piffling 200ft cliff, no sweat fer a kid. What stumped me cold, though, was a long white picket fence all across MarvL's property at the top and about eleventy guys all working furiously to get it painted in the dark and grumbling about having to work overtime to get it done before Passion got back from her winter home. I dint know how to get around this obstacle, but just then I heard a huge roar and looked up to see Max Raven hurtling out of the sky (no parachute) hollering, "Five hundred demerit points! I'll have your heads for this!" While the fence-painters scrambled to see what was left of Max, I scurried into the orchard and one-leggedly shinnied up the biggest tree I could find an started pickin apples fast as ever you please. Nearly had my sack full when I noticed I could see from this tall tree into the windows of MarvL's mansion. MarvL had his nose into a big book called California Tortes, which I guess is his cookbook, and I could see what appeared to be his Majorette Domo, Mufasa, bustling around dusting things and singing a cheery little tune to the words of "eudaemonicly, eudaemonicly, eudaemonicly, eudaemonicly, existence is but a diaphaneity!" I leaned out to get a better look an... crack!.. the limb broke and I fell tumblin to the ground. "Eeeek!" screamed Mufasa, "That egreiously irascible, cybervirginic virago is purloining the apples!" MarvL, who knew right away what she was tryin to say, rushed out an grabbed me. I flung the magic charm Elwing gave me in his face, but it dint do nothin. Maybe her ingredients were a little off the day she made it or somethin. (Master, you really need to check into the quality of your suppliers.) So he just drug me on down into his dungeon. Oh Master Gob, uh, Bog! The torture was so terrible I hate to speak of it, but I know you're gonna want every gory detail before I kin git my reimbursement for the suicide pill, so here goes: First he made me read every single forum message for the whole month of February (No! Oh please, No!) even the ^^**MEAF**^^ ones (arkghhhhh!), but I dint crack for almost the whole six hours! But then -- oh that man really is a monster! -- he made me sing 'You Are My Sunshine' to each an every one of his Ashmount VA holographic images of everyone who opposed the auction (IEeeeeee!). A broken thrall, I sank to the dungeon floor, barely managing to gasp, "ATILLO MADE ME DO IT!" before losing consciousness. Next thing I knew was hearing the throb of MarvL's Learjet engines revving up for takeoff as the ground crew grumbled something about Australia. Oh, don't worry none about sending Earendil and Elwing back in for the evacuation cuz I'm still here in MarvL's dungeon.. along with what's left of the apples. I am sending you this message by carrier-ferret (please find receipt attached), one of some furry little creatures down here who promise to help me escape if I'll just believe in the Tooth Fairy. Sounds like a fair deal to me. Hope I did okay by you, Master Gob. Your faithful thrall, Agent Oh-Oh Evergreen Ah scurried away afta readin' dat letta, knowin' dat ah betta stay outa her way if ah wanted ta continue livin' in dis here world. Ah don' know how Master Bog managed to sneak her dis note, but somehow, mebbe Morpheus done some more of his magik (bad stuff, if ya ask me!). Thrall Evergreen, you have performed above and beyond the call of duty! When funds allow, your rescue will be undertaken. Until then, use your natural cunning and training to survive, and possibly escape. Oh..bye the way, your receipt for the suicide pill was damp, quite unreadable. Sorry, but the cashiers refuse to pay out. Good luck Agent Oh-Oh Master Bog Somehow, Huckleberry heard 'bout da whole situation an' someone wrote a note to him dat read: "But I'm greatly hoping that *SOMEBODY* will chronicle MarvL's raid on that Mad Hungarian, Atillo the Hun, down under in Australia!" Ah dunno who dat wuz an' ah certenly dunno how ah got to da froggie's house from dat dungeon ah wuz sharin' wid Evergreen. Morpheus wuz kind dis time; he didn't make me no fly or any otha critter dat froggies eat. He turned me into da quill dat Huckleberry used to write dis entry inta his journal: But first we must find a way to rescue our heroine from the iron grip of MarvL Manor. What follows is a brief chronicle of my unfortunate failed attempt last night. ;-( Operation Snag The Brat seemed like a winner at first. Suprisingly, the folks at Ethereal Travel seemed more than eager to take me on as lone passenger back to Komytee Island. Deciding that another amphibious assault would be futile, I booked passage on E'r Force 1, the flagship of the company's night flyers. It wasn't long into the flight however, that I became suspicious of my two hosts' hospitality. At first they seemed overly concerned with my safety (...I overheard them agree to avoid all turbulence so their passenger not be 'bruised' before the in flight meal.) And why would there only two place settings on the candle lit table in the dining cabin? Yet it wasn't until I noticed the china pattern with golden crossed frog legs that I began to see that for me, this was a one way flight. I don't recall if was over turf furniture selection or "Original Recipe" vs. "Extra Crispy" but I seized a moment during one of their bickerings, grabbed one of the two parachutes and flung myself flung myself down to the cold icy waters surrounding Komytee Island. Fortunately the 89 shark pile-up you created was still being unravelled, so a quick swim to shore and a few hops up the 200 ft. cliff brought me to an excellent vantage point outside the fortress. I must say, I was not prepared for what I saw. As a result of your courageous efforts, security at MarvL Manor had been increased. There before me walking at arms length, circling the island, were scores of hypnotized Town Criers, chanting in unison "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Protect the Master!" MarvL's secret plot to rule all of Kymer was now marching ominously before me. I checked my watch THRICE! to verify the time. If the new diversion I planned did not succeed I envisioned spending the rest of my days tied spinning to a Lorenz water wheel! ( Non obsessed forum packrats can ignore that one ) Soon however I heard the choppers approach and once again parachutes began to float down to the South Side of the island. I watched anxiously as the Criers began to approach the large golden boxes that had begun to land. It was only moments later they began to shout "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Alert the Master at Once! Document Vendo's have arrived!!" (They were only cardboard cut outs of course, purchased from GermanGiant Advertising and Marketing, but since the ad said they were guaranteed to get the BIG RESPONSE, I was hoping for the best.) Upon hearing his lantern bearing minions, MarvL rushed out quicker than a newbie pages an Acolyte, yet I'm assuming Mufasa elected to remain indoors proofreading thesauri. But the diversion seemed to be working! Faster than a ghost racing Necrolyte, I made my break for the open door. Sadly, with half the distance still before me, my plan began to unravel. The shrewd eyes of MarvL had not been fooled long by the phony cardboard cut-outs; he'd seen the large smiling face of GermanGiant emblazoned on the phony vendos (Arrgh!), had spotted me racing towards the door, and began to send furious attack macros to his Criers. As fast as my legs would carry me, I broke for the door, MarvL and the Crier's only a few steps behind. Despite the curious din of odd sounds coming from all directions, I could hear from behind me my foiled attempt at rescue decried as being "Exiduous" ... I was of course unequipped to respond ... yet managed somehow to keep running. They were now only a few steps behind when I finally found you down in the lower dungeons, Evergreen. I burst into the room shouting, but you were completely distracted by some odd clumps of fur twisting around in an empty two litre Pepsi bottle! You were mumbling something about 'escape through the dryer hoses!' These last seconds lost spelled the end of my plan. Every time I reached to pick you up and rush you to safer surroundings, large golden discs were thrust into my hands. The strange sounds now began to make perfect sense. I was being Golden Handcuffed, and thereby powerless to complete my rescue mission. It was only because my foe was consumed with derisive laughter and Apex techniques that I escaped the dungeon, and the island alive, but with pockets empty. This weekend I will also hold a blue candle aloft to recognize your MIA status, 'Green. Hopefully someone with more resources than one frog acting alone can come to your aid soon. :-( Huck Da next ding ah knew, ah wuz in a pepsi bottle wid a coupla ferrets. Geez, dat Morpheus sure knows how ta make a guy's head spin! Dese ferrets are SMART an' dey done conducted a rescue mission da beat all rescue missions! Dey tol' me all about it when dey woke up. 'Course ah had to hurry ta 'splain dat ah was NOT ferret food! We had no choice. As you well know, during magic moments we are able to switch between our WA avatar forms and our WW forms, but only with powerful magic. We knew that if the job was going to get done, ... [Roga Mae: This looks like a job FOR!!!...] [Ali Quid: Somebeast else. Let's go find some pant-cuf(CHOMP!) OUCH! I'm coming, I'm coming!] First we needed a way to get there. Ferrets have a way to weasel their way behind the scenes. We would travel undetected by magic. Everybeast knows that no barrier can stop a determined ferret. The only problem was that we needed a way to get there. Hm... Oh yes! The dreaded CHOKE MACHINE! Marianne G.'s most precious instrument, held at the docs. It was easy to sneak past Customs, ferrets are not supposed to be able to carry anything out, and we didn't have anything going in. Once we got to the choke machine, we took some water from the Hydra fountain (most powerful magic water, IOHO), and we each took a drink. As the magic began to take effect, we squoozed into a 3-liter bottle we knew was in there for safe-keeping. Then we settled down for a nap... Ferret dreams are interesting. Sometimes we dream things, and it comes true. So we dreamed our way to appear just as Huck was storming down into the dungeon. Evergreen tried to wake us without calling attention that we were there. MarvL was coming by to gloat over Evergreen. "I believe it would really be useful if you would simply read the RRIPP.TXT I've brought for you. It will help you understand more of what I'm trying to do here, and what's going on. I'm sure you'll find it interesting reading." Oh Evergreen, the choked sob you gave broke our tiny little hearts. We spring into action, creeping up like a pair of hairy snails. The Newbies went back out to protect the island. "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! MarvL for Council of Twelve, he's best able to fill all twelve open positions..." As MarvL began to recite the dreaded RRIPP.TXT to the screams of Evergreen, we sprang into action. Ali body slammed MarvL's ankle. MarvL continued to read as Evergreen howled. Ali body slammed MarvL again. Nothing. So naturally Ali did the next best thing and peeked up the pant-cuff. "MAE! MarvL has a metal leg with the stamp "MADE IN JAPAN - OSSI" Wussat mean?" "Oh no! Start trying to take him apart, he'll notice then!" So Ali began to pry with his teeth and claws to take MarvL's leg apart. "Say! What's going on here!?" MarvL said looking down. That's when we began the "Weasel War Dance". We duk'ed, we flipped, we jumped. MarvL and evergreen both were mesmerized, wondering if we had taken ill or had a condition or something. I hopped backwards and bumped into Evergreen... I had a tiny vial in my mouth that I dropped on her foot and opened, pawing at it frantically... "Evergreen! Hang on!" And as the magic took hold, Evergreen became one of us... A baby kit with soft markings. She was stunned to begin with at what had happened so it was easy to scruff her and head for the waiting choke bottle... "What's going on? What's wrong with you?" MarvL said as he watched Ali. Then MarvL saw Evergreen was missing. "Wait! Where did you go!? You need to look through some white-papers I just picked up from www.communities.com! We dove into the 3-liter bottle and passed around the last vial of Magic Hydra Water. MarvL tried to figure out what we were doing, but all he could see was a fur-lined bottle of Choke. "This needs to be looked into. When I become the council of twelve, I'll ..." We didn't know what he'd do, as we had fallen asleep. Somehow we stirred back awake at the docks. Evergreen was the first to squoozed herself back out, and we followed after. She almost got away, but I scruffed her again, and took her to the Hydra fountain. There we dropped her in, where she became her natural self. "What happened? What's going on? Is this a dream? Do you have any shiny things?" We figured that she would be fine, and slunk off to our temporary headquarters awaiting turfs, and the arrival of New Redwall Village. Or so we thought. We woke up this afternoon snuggled together in this un-marked 3-liter soda bottle, and we wonder... Did we get Evergreen out, or was this all a dream? Roga Mae - dreaming of ferret heads in WorldsAway Welp, dat's da story of de adventures of Agent Oh Oh Evergreen. Da ferrets ain't sure whether it wuz a dream or what. But we all know dat Evergreen is safe and sound from dat dirty ol' dungeon on Komytee Island, don't we? {} - My First Day In Phantasus - {} By JGee On a weekend, about a month ago I went AWAY. To the Island of Kymer. I was told it was a cosmopolitan place, a place I could unwind, get the R&R I needed and just have fun. I wasn't disappointed. It surpassed all expectations! Leaving behind 16 inches of snow, I arrived at Kymer by boat and checked into the city of Phantasus. The day was bright and warm. I strolled down a boulevard lined with endless fountains and got lost in a Temple with many strange rooms. When I FINALLY got outside again I asked someone where the shops were and ran down the street to spend the cash I had in my pockets. Feeling reckless and free from inhibition, I colored my hair chicky-poo blonde, changed my outfit to neon green, drank two cups of tea and bought a box of candy. LIFE WAS GOOD! It wasn't long before I realized this Island of Kymer was different from any place I had ever been. Unusual looking people, with unusal names, doing unusal things. While talking to a handsome Frenchman, someone pressed a bouquet of flowers into my hands then dissapeared like a shot! All of a sudden a girl next to me, with arms outstretched, began hovering in mid air. Why couldn't I do that? Some poor souls were walking about without heads. Strange, I couldn't figure that out. But I got used to it. There were games in progress all over town, but I was a novice so I just hung out in front of the VMart. Oh, the people I met! Sharkolytes, Sunrays, Duckolytes, John Whiz, Ropes, Max, SusyQ, Oceanfront, Jazz, Chris Storm, Sky Tower, JayVee, the three Cheshires, Tom Tim and Ted, and many more. I could not believe how friendly and helpful everyone was to me! This place, this Island of Kymer, is very enchanting, but without the kind of people I met on my first day it would have been just "ANOTHER PLACE".... I have the feeling.... it is much much more! Before I knew it, hours had passed! I was out of control BIG TIME! I HAD to go! I waved goodby and said a special thank you to the handsome Frenchman. I thought to myself (I hope we meet again) was it ESP or what? I sweard I HEARD him say "Me Too" (sigh) Back in the waking world I was asked if I would ever return to Phantasus again. "Are you SERIOUS? If I had the money I'd MOVE there!" {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - DREAD'S SPOT - {} Newbie News by Dread Hi everyone, natty dreads to you all. I'm back this week with more useful info to tickle your newbie ears and the latest inworld news and advice and boy, did I get up to mischief as well. I've been inworld so many times this week that last night I dreamt I was driving the car with my head under my arm. Last week we touched upon the essence of Dreamscape and with this in mind we'll expand a little in to the techi details as a base from which to found your ever increasing knowledge of WorldsAway. You may be wondering if WorldsAway is virtual reality or in cyberspace and you would be neither completely right nor fundamentally wrong with any assumption. Virtual Reality was originally conceived to describe the method by which a computer could interact with us by means of using sensors on our bodies so that we could see, feel and do things in a virtual sense. It has arrived but is still out of reach for most of us and the technology required to incorporate it into something like WA is probably about ten years away (that's my estimate). Okay what about cyberspace. I might have been a little misleading just now, but yes WorldsAway, although not virtual reality, is in cyberspace. Contemporary confusion between these two stems from the misuse of the term *interactive*. The interactive ingredients for VR are digital hardware, neurological input from the user, and software support, the mince that it produces is a virtual interface. *Interactive* applied to cyberspace is quite different and more relevant, presently, to WorldsAway, so let's sum it up with a brief example. Last week I mentioned The Very Big Cave Adventure. This was a spoof of the original Colossal Cave, what is nowadays widely recognized as the very first adventure game. Graphics, scope of play, and challenging -- were the criterion that adventurers soon demanded and from which fermented, if I may be allowed to generalize, a whole new concept of entertainment and the classification thereafter of role playing games (RPG's). A restraint was that these games were a one to one adventure between the software authors and the adventurer. Likewise, the concept of virtual reality became assimilated in our minds (well mine anyway), as an interaction between us and the computer. The internet distinguishes interaction in it's old sense from virtual interaction which is possible due to the real time environment in which the internet operates and this interactivity is the vehicle by which all technologies will fuse and become available to all. Club Caribe was the first to build a bridge between single user adventure games and the multi user environment known as cyberspace. The original version in 1988 was called *Habitat* -- a place to live eh! and was designed to work on what were then known as home computers. As the first adventurers crossed the bridge, the first *virtual* community began to form. The on-line experience then must have been very slow compared to what we take for granted today, and I dare say it couldn't have been a tenth as interesting. WorldsAway is based on Club Caribe. You control an avatar today much as you did in Club Caribe and you * interact* in similar ways. WorldsAway is an improvement as you would expect, using an animated environment and not being restricted to a certain number of avatars at any given time. Still, a newbie could be forgiven for arriving and finding it to be an anticlimax. The evil glitch still lurks, moving between locales is slower than we would expect, the scope of play is limited to Phantasus, several doors are locked, and locales like the theatre and Blasted Heath have yet to be accessed. But bear in mind that Restriction to programmers means *time* and *baud rate* -- *Potential* is the keyword here in WorldsAway. It is exciting to see new developments like for example hair sprays and to know that WA is constantly undergoing improvement in that inaccessible areas will eventually become available -- with time. There are also plans to enable gateways out of the city to other worlds, thus keeping in line with the original concepts of scope and playability and to ensure that we continue to perceive our new world as ever-evolving. There will always be limitations until Virtual Cyberspace arrives, but perhaps we should begin to examine the deeper meaning of WA at this point and resolve that it is not about hardware and software and technology -- it is about us, real human beings enriching our lives by sharing each others dreams, helping, understanding, loving, and deeply respecting everyone around us.. "YUCK!!! DREAD, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CARED" ( <-------- Yes I do, and please don't ESP me again in the middle of an article) I hope you now have a clearer understanding of adventuring in cyberspace and I would like to think that most of us newbies are sufficiently compos mentis to acknowledge that cybersex is not yet possible in the dreamscape, and just as well it isn't, I would imagine that sex with a unicorn for instance could be tricky, eeeerr not that I've been thinking about such things . . . errr or hanging around anywhere of ill repute lately, eerr oh never mind . . . I mean . . . "YES YES -- GET ON WITH IT !!" Okay! a beta period is used to analyze the software and for diagnosing any problems that may only become apparent when things are in real time operation. The end of beta party was held on August 29 1995 at the Bar-L-Bar and marked the birth of a true interactive adventure experience. *My Goodness* you say, *was it that recent?* Yes, and this brings us neatly on to the worthless tokens I was enquiring about last week. No one I asked on the Street seemed to have the foggiest of what I was talking about, until that was, I stumbled across Acolyte Electra outside the V-Mart. She explained that the worthless tokens were paid out at the ATM's during the beta period, what she cryptically referred to as the old world. In the old world tokens had a value of zero (excuse my grammar), and these are the worthless tokens that we newbies first hear about when we arrive in Kymer. However, due to the keep Phantasus clean sensation that recently hit the populous, there should be no more worthless tokens about. Feeling that I had taken up enough of her time talking and showing off my new boombox, I didn't ask her about the happy tokens that Khai Joybringer litters around Phantasus. Another time perhaps. Okay, so we've come a long way since Colossal Cave, but there's still a long way to go and plenty of fun along the way. You will need a map to get your bearings. Don't download one hoping to print it as this will not work, instead simply use the pull down map from the help menu while you are inworld, maximize it, and use Alt+Tab to toggle between the map and the game. There's also a clock available that fits neatly into one of those oblong spaces on each side of your game window, (so that's what they're for!) If you can't find it in the libraries contact Prime Alienyte Wyld Karde 101467,470. Inworld then! This week was a great one for spotting men with breasts (they were everywhere), teleporting repeatedly for the hell of it (until I realized I had to pay 1 Token a go), meeting obscenely rude people, getting freaked out at every locale with the words: : Check the glossary in your user manual for information about this, and being attacked by duckolyte macros designed for newbies - stay clear of those for now, they just wanna help help help. I bought myself some red spray and colored my shirt, and I'm the proud owner of a boombox, I am now a happy hippy. Not only this but I also learnt how to fly, just face the front and double click on my avatar. I did note however, during my experiments on unfortunate avatars, that well built avatars can't fly, they flex their muscles instead, and females fly too, but in a, well, female sort of way. Pawning and dealing with Tokens is easy too, you'll figure it out. Hey ! and guess what, true to my words to Bach and Dexter I helped out a couple of newbies with red spray and gave away 60 Tokens, am I the coolest newbie on the Street or what ! I also used ESP for the first time to contact Acolyte Electra for some lottery tickets and bought 5. These were not the lotto tickets I'd heard about but WARaffle tickets, I haven't quite figured out the difference yet other than the former is a number without a ticket and the latter a ticket without a number. Anyway, The WARaffle is a weekly thing and I think the lotto is monthly, the next lotto draw will be held at the Bar-L-Bar Storeroom at 6pm WAT (WorldsAway Time) on March 11th. I also heard of a game called pass the newbie head - yikes! LeadMan was looking for people to play KYMER which I think is like bingo, and I would have attended my first event but then realized when I got there that I needed some additional software to play - never mind. Probably the most interesting bit for me was meeting my double, they say everyone's got one somewhere, and I found mine. There he stood, multicoloured, hippy head, and boombox in hand, that was Big Buzzer. And I was there when Oracle Teresias spoke, I saw my first oracle, arms folded into claret robes, and clutching a blue book. I was going to ask what was in the book - shopping list, filofax maybe, but I didn't want to seem cheeky, besides I was already hogging the limelight showing all 28 ghosts my new boombox. A peculiar thing happened to me at the fountain. There I was minding my own business, trying to figure out how lucky I should have felt standing there with five female avatars when suddenly they started to taunt me. Yeah, on my life, I couldn't believe it. I'd already been ESP'd to call them "dumb babes" but somehow that just isn't me, and besides I hear that's quite offensive. So, what did I do, told them how lucky they were to be in the company of the hottest news in Phantasus that's what, ME. You should have been there, the five of them started to puke into the fountain - and me, I almost ran out to purchase one of those screen capture card thingies to prove it. Let's just end it by saying that when I asked them to budge up so as I could take a leak they scampered. And then, as is the story of my life, I was left on my own again. I think it's my hippy image, people seem to think that means I'm scruffy and smoke pot all day. It's at times like these that you wish you had a Teddy. Several of you a I met inworld expressed a interest to write something for ESP! but were a little nervous. Anything you have in mind will be warmly received by ESP! If the Editor likes it, it's in - and that's it ! Remember her message, "It's your soapbox" ---- Still saving for a carrothead - Dread {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - The Phantasus Yellow Pages - {} By Big Kahoona For the most complete listing of inworld businesses, and the ONLY single listing of resident avatars, check out the WorldsAway Yellow & White Pages! Whether to find a service, check to see which businesses are already operating inworld, or to verify the correct spelling or User ID of an avatar, the WA Yellow & White Pages is the BEST source available! You can download a copy of the WA Yellow & White Pages in the WA Community Forum Library, Newsstand Section, filename YELLOW.TXT. Thanks to all the WAYP customers for making it a success! If you have any questions or would like to place an ad, contact GermanGiant, Big Kahoona, Necrolyte Xian, Hotspot, or Sunray Dream Keeper. See you inworld!! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - On Awakening in the Dreamscape - {} By DarkWolf Fenrier The mists cleared, his sight became accustomed to the bright light. He had been asleep far to long, and the taste of long forgotten food still dwelt in the back of his throat. He arose from his cramped sleeping position to find he no longer walked on all fours! He heard the gurgling sound of running water coming from a nearby fountain. He quickly approached to take a drink, and as he did so saw that his reflection resembled that of a dark skinned Elf!? "What had happened here? I am, or was a great wolf! In fact I was THE wolf! I was the Darkwolf Fenrier! Known also as The Fenris Wolf! I am a God!" He drank deeply of the water submerging himself in an attempt to awaken himself from some dream! But to no avail. As he drunk deeper he remembered more of the happenings that befell his being here ... He was once a wolf of huge proportions, called the cosmic wolf by some for he could cross between the planes in a single bound. Oh how he loved his freedom! But the other Gods feared his freedom and his power for they knew he could destroy them all if he wished! But that was the last thing on Fenrier's mind. He was in love ... in love with Fenroe, his mate. They were happy together; they would go for long runs in the great forest together and lay down under the moonlit sky every night. But things never lasted, And jealousy and fear where abundant and Fenroe and her Cubs where slain by Mortals whilst Fenrier was out hunting. When he returned to find what awaited him, he discovered that the mantle of hatred took over his soul and he set forth to kill his mate's slayers, And anyone else who stood in his way ... For many years he destroyed, until finally the gods caught him and chained him so he could not wreak any more havoc on the world! But this did not stop his hatred Instead it burned ever more deeply into his soul until it consumed him totally!!! He swore a curse that if he ever broke his bonds he would swallow the sun and belch its flames upon the Earth and destroy all! And with the help of a God known as Loki he did slip his bonds, and Loki was the first to die! And Fenrier did indeed swallow the sun and use its heat to burn and twist the land. He had brought to the world.... RAGNOROK! or Armageddon and he fought and destroyed for many years. Until one day he came across a tall blonde warrior named Tyr. This warrior had only one arm (Fenrier remembered biting the other off when the gods chained him) and wielded an Axe of immense size that he could not possibly raise it, to use it. But Tyr was a god blessed with the strength of purity and he raised this mighty axe and brought it crashing down on Fenriers head ... All went black, all went cold ... Fenrier raised his head from the fountain ... and he looked around ... He felt something here something he had not felt since Fenroe was alive ... he felt Joy and Happiness and as he took in the sights, people appeared around him ... smiley happy people. "Hello DarkWolf" they said as they waved. "Do they not know who I am?" he thought "We know who you are and we welcome you to Kymer. And we hope you will like it here, have fun!" As Fenrier looked upon the people and the settlement, he saw a shape appear, the familiar shape of a female wolf. She smiled at him and filled his heart with joy and belonging. "Thank you" said Fenrier "I know I will ..." :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Phantasus Avatar Groups :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {} - A New Avatar Group? - {} By Astarte We hear tell that DarkSunolyte Sun God wishes to start a new avatar group called the DarkSunolytes! He says that the purpose of this group is to help all avatars, to discuss AD&D, Warhammer, all home gaming, and keeping peace and order in Worlds Away. All you need is to be honest and have a Sun head from Star Way Cafe. DarkSunolyte SunGod will help you buy a Sun head if you can't afford it. You will be required to take an oath, but that's all. Send him ESP for more information about the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday meetings at the Temple Registry. But then we heard that the real @Dark Sun@ objected to the use of the name "DarkSun", asking that DarkSunolyte Sun God change the group name to the Sunolytes! What will be the fate of this new group? Only time will tell! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Duckolytes: Joke of the Week - {} By Bog So group jokes are in huh? ... okay, here goes! A duck wanders into a pub, waddles up to the counter and says, "A pint of old peculier please". The landlord does a doubletake, and asks, "What was that?" The duck sighs, and repeats, "A pint of old peculier please." The landlord bites his lip and proceeds to pour a pint of the aforementioned brew. "That's three pounds please" he says. The duck raises his eyebrows, lets out a little quack, and passes over the three pounds. After a period of uncomfortable silence, the landlord, stuck for something to say, comments, "We don't get many ducks in this place." Replies the duck "At three pounds a pint, I'm not surprised!" {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Frogolytes: Joke of the Week - {} By Huckleberry So this frog walks into the First National Bank of Kymer looking for a loan to save up some tokens for his new turf. After a brief chat with the loan officer, Miss Paddywack, he fills out the required forms. When asked what he could offer as collateral, the frog put his trunk on the floor, opens it, takes out three small ornaments purchased from the V-Mart and places them on the desk before him. Miss Paddywack casts a suspicious eye over the trinkets and informs the frog she'll have to ask her supervisor about their value. A short time later, the Supervisor arrives on the scene, examines the ornaments carefully, looks up smiling and says: "Those are knick-knacks, Pattywack ... give the frog a loan." {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Knights of Kymer: Group Information - {} By SunRay Render Greetings fellow Kymerians! If you are interested in becoming a Knight or Sunray in the Knights of Kymer, please contact me, SunRay Render at 103135,2612. I handle the public relations for our group and can answer your questions. I will help you become acquainted with the necessary steps to becoming a member. Upon your request, I will email you preliminary information that may help you to decide if you do indeed want to become a member of our organization. Feel free to email me with any inquiries you may have. Thank you. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Knights of Kymer: Newest SunRay - {} By Astarte Congratulations to Magica @thena who was inducted into the Knights of Kymer on Wednesday, March 6. All you Knights of Kymer! SunRays! We're looking forward to hearing from you with information about your guilds, your plans for the future and anything else you'd like to share with all Kymerians! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - The Normala Manifesto: 1995 - {} By Normala Kelly Founder & HHBC of the Order of the Normala We, the Normala, are an Order dedicated to the magic of things normal. We devote ourselves to spreading normality throughout Kymer; we strive to induct only those avatars who live up to the Normala name. We do not hunt heads; we purchase them. We do not invite chaos; we fight it with normality. We do not practice resistance or non-resistance for the sake of it; we practice what is appropriate to the situation. We are not predictable; nor are we unpredictable ... we simply are. We do what is appropriate to the situation at hand; we speak our minds; we stand up for normality and behave accordingly. We believe in humor when appropriate; sensitivity when appropriate. We are not perfect; we believe in the right of an avatar to make a mistake. And we make plenty. We like practical jokes, and we like impractical jokes, depending on how you look at it. We believe in non-title-titles and the name of Normala. We will fight to make Kymer normal. We will be normal. We stand for normality. We are the Normala. We don't have a special story about how we got here. We just did. If you would like more information, please feel free to ask me, or any Normala. We hope to count you as one of our fellow Normala. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Event Announcements :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {} - Dating, Kymer Style - {} By Codemaster John and Rosa Fuschin So ... maybe the 'Month of Romance' didn't work out the way you wanted? Are you having a tough time finding a date? No idea of fun things to do inworld? Got a great love life in the RW, but not sure WHO you're going to share a turf with? "Dating, Kymer Style" will now solve *all* your problems! Announcing the FIRST ever 'Date Auction' for Kymer! 4:00 p.m. WAT on Saturday, 16 March. We plan on holding these periodically after the first event. The time is chosen so everyone all over the world can attend. The first auction will be held in Meditation park, behind the statue of Cupid (i.e. at the rose Trellis). However, this may change to the Starway stage, if the rose garden becomes a dream. Come and bid on a variety of special settings, fun things to do, and fun people to be with. We'll basically be auctioning of 'dates' with volunteers. During the Auction, you'll see a prospective Avatar step up under the Roses in the Meditation and describe the delightful evening that they have planned. You will then have an opportunity to compete to auction a date with this Avatar. Dates will begin immediately following the successful auctioning, or at a mutually agreed on time thereafter. (see Mundane notes, below). The Phantasus House Auctions (Scuttle and Clover) will be helping with Door prizes! (details TBD). Remember, we are auctioning off a date (time), not people. Everyone is a volunteer for this, and if things get too strange, anyone can 'call for a cab'. Please respect the rights of your fellow avatars in this .... remember, we may look like colored pixels, but we are all human beings inside! Here are some ideas for potential dates that we will be auctioning: Fun in the Snow! Spring is coming, and you can help by generating some HEAT in Meditation park (Santa land). Get in a snowball fight, and then your date will turn you into a snowman! How long will it take before you melt? Guys, don't know how to dress? Always forget Polka Dots and Stripes? (well, OK, there's no striped paint .. yet). Let your date turn you into a gorgeous hunk! Makeovers by DKS! Who says avatars can't have fashion sense, even if we shop at the same stores? Coffee under the stars ... Gaze into your lovely dates eye's under the Stars while sipping coffee. Ahh ... the gentle aroma ... smells so nice .. even the coffee smells good! Jeans and a picnic basket ... what will it contain? If we could only SIT DOWN, this picnic would be complete! Find out the mystery item in the picnic basket .... too bad this has to be inside in a temple room! (i.e. don't worry about people running off with the picnic basket) Tech Talk .. let's face it, we have to get inworld with a computer. So .. need some help with anything? Although this looks like a date for Geeks, think of it as someone opening a door for you .... after all, if you can't GET to Kymer, you can't be at the auction! Two Step! Ever wondered if you can dance in WA? Go to the Bar L Bar and find out! And the very LAST event .. I will even be auctioning off a date with my lovely assistant, Rosa Fuschin (who will cast your fortune for you, via Tarot readings! Fun and mystery ... ). If you don't bid on anything else, come bid on my assistants, or I'll start auctioning off the air! MUNDANE NOTES: o - This is NOT an auction of people. We are auctioning off romantic settings. o - All dates are subject to volunteers with the proper items; i.e. the actual events being auctioned may be different than listed here. o - The 'dates' will start EITHER immediately following the auction, OR at an MUTUALLY agreed upon time later on. In the latter case, and in the event of a 'no show', all moneys will be returned, when all special 'items' used in the date will be returned. However, if the acquirer of the date does not show, all moneys are forfeit. (DON'T stand up our lovely dates, please! You'll hurt their feelings ... remember, there's a human behind that keyboard) o - Although DKS can attempt to make your evening as fun as possible, we cannot guarantee success. Human beings are complex creatures ... that's what makes us so interesting! o - It is HIGHLY recommended that this event stay 'in character' ... remember, the person you are with could be married, dating, etc. in the real word. This is a date between your two Avatars, not between (strictly speaking) the people behind the keyboard. Don't wake from the dream! o - This is NOT to be a 'CyberSex' event. As there is no way to _know_ the ages of the people involved, there will be NO 'dirty talking', please. Let's try and keep Kymer safe for ALL avatars. (No, I'm not a prude, nor is this censorship). HELP WANTED: Obviously, we'll need dates. We'll also, depending on who wants to help volunteer, need some items to make these dates special. Some things to consider: o - Phantasus House Auctions are generally held two days before the Dating Kymer Style event .. so this gives you plenty of time to obtain those special items that will make a date with you extra special! If you have a particular item in mind, let me (CodeMaster John D) or Rosa Fuschin know about it, so we can attempt to see that this item will be auctioned. Note that we CANNOT guarantee this, but please ask .. we're here to make things as interesting as possible! o - Often, it's not 'what stuff' but 'who' that makes a date special. Even if you don't have a lot of rare items, or don't want to give away any items, you can be involved! o - All proceeds will be split with the dates ... it's up to you to make your date interesting enough to be lucrative! (or not, depending on your wish). Exact percentages will be determined later. o - It must be made clear if any items being used to make a date special are to be kept by which Avatar at the conclusion of the date. There must be NO misunderstandings about this! Hope to see you all under the Hearts soon! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Duckolyte Trivia - {} By Chief Duckolyte Mage Brains Next Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day. To celebrate this, "Duckolyte Trivia" will be kicked off at 7:00 p.m. WAT on the Starway Stage. Topics will be changed from week to week with a Grand Prize awarded monthly. Prizes are awarded to the top three finishers each week. All questions have multiple choice answers, which means that if you are terrible at Trivia Games normally, you have a chance here simply by making a guess . There will be Special prizes in honor of St. Paddy's Day. First prize is a Leprechaun Head (rare Cute_ Elf_Head painted with rare green), second prize is a Flower_Head (rare head painted rare green), third prize is a Duck_Head (Duckolyte head painted rare green). Normal prizes are always nice, but these are very special in honor of a special day. A brand new game program developed by Wert P Gumby called "Trivia Master" will be used. This program tracks answers being ESP'd to the host, and keeps track of all scores automatically. The game play is lots of fun and fast paced. The inaugural game will be "World Facts" so that no one is left out. Game options for scoring can vary on each game, so we will be using the first answer option on the inaugural game. We will also score points based on quickly you answer correctly. Points will be awarded as follows: First=4 points, Second=3 points, Third=2 points,and all other correct answers equal 1 point each. Door prizes will be awarded to kick off the official start of "Duckolyte Trivia". Please join us for the fun. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Announcing Duckolyte Ghost Racing - {} By Chief Mage Duckolyte Brains A favorite pastime enjoyed by all!! Races will be held weekly. During the month of March, the ghost racing times will vary. Watch for upcoming announcements on a fixed schedule. The first races will be held on Sunday, March 10 at 7:00 a.m. WAT and Wednesday, March 13 at 6:00 p.m. WAT at Isle Caribe. There will be ten races. Valuable prizes and tokens! Rare prizes every week. Please plan on attending. There will be fun to be had by all! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - St. Patrick's Day Make a Deal - {} by Acolyte Brynne DATE: Sunday, March 17, 1996 TIME: 11:00 a.m. WAT MAD LOCALE: StarWay Cafe Stage MAD is a two-part event. 20 dark green chests will be hidden all over Phantasus. You'll know when you spot a MAD chest because it identifies as ... but of course ... MAD_chest! If you try to open it, however, you're in for a surprise! You won't be able to because the MAD chests are locked! Don't even think about pawning it; but if you must try, just get it appraised first. You'll discover it will be *far* more worth your while to come to the StarWay Stage and make a deal with us. The first part of this combo event is for you to hunt all over Phantasus looking for ONE MAD chest. Yes, one! Once you find one, head over to the StarWay Stage where we will be waiting to make you a deal on that chest. If you bring two or more MAD chests to us, you'll be asked to choose which one you want and then re-hide the other(s) for some other avatar-hunter to find. We will keep track of who arrives when. We'll let you know you are on our list and then we'll ask you to ghost. If more than one avatar is in body form, the dealing will be halted until we only have *one* avatar on the ground with us. We will call each avatar-hunter to unghost when his/her time to deal arrives. Once you unghost, we'll begin the deal. We'll offer you tokens for your MAD chest. You have two options: you can take the tokens we offer or you can decide to take your chances on the contents of the chest -- which could be one of a number of things: it could be a rose head colored with special paint tucked away inside a heart chest, or a special-colored vendo head with matching body paint; it could be more tokens than we've offered during the deal; it could be a chest containing one of the many Halloween or Christmas items that are no longer available; it could be filled with an item from the vendroids -- or it could be home to a spider or a piece of candy left over from Halloween! You can try to get us to offer you more tokens for the MAD chest -- or you can just tell us you'll take your chances on the contents of the chest. But be warned: I stocked up on many of the Halloween and Christmas items that are now considered "collectibles" and will be using some of these items as MAD chest stuffins; so think *very* carefully before taking tokens instead of the contents of the MAD chest! If you decide to take the tokens we offer, we'll unlock the chest and show you what you've missed out on -- but you don't get to keep it! We'll put it back in our prize stock for our next MAD event. If you decide to take the contents of the trunk, we'll unlock it for you and then you can reach in and get your prize -- leaving the MAD chest there of course! We only have 20 chests and will need to have all of them returned to us for our next MAD. If you find a MAD chest but are unable to come deal with us, feel free to send email to me (71273,373) or leave a message in the Community forum so we can set a time to get together so you can get your prize and I can get the chest. We look forward to seeing you at MAD next Sunday! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: The Week in Review :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {} - Oracle Teresias Accepts Award - {} By SunRay Fawn This past Thursday, March 7, Oracle Teresias appeared to accept his First Place award as Most Mysterious Male of Kymer. This award was presented to him on behalf of the members of the Frontiers of Consciousness Guild and the Knights of Kymer. Teresius was not able to attend the ceremony the previous week when winners of the Many Faces of Kymer Contest were presented with their awards. After accepting the award, Oracle Teresias told us a story about the one of the mysteries of Kymer: why the spiders don't speak. This story, at his request, will not be published anywhere until Morpheus' construction crew has completed the Library. In the meantime, try to catch someone who was there if you'd like to know why the Kymer spiders don't speak! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Kari Peace: In Memory - {} By Sappholyte Orlando II Late Saturday evening, the Visitor's Center was the scene of a brief gathering in honor of the memory of the "electronic image" of Acolyte Magica Kari Peace. Kari was a dear friend to many of us. Our gathering served two purposes: to bring closure to the physical absence of *Kari* and to celebrate that the human spirit we came to know and love as Kari is still with us in the form of Acolyte Cerchen. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Knights Of Kymer TechTrivia - {} By SunRay Hera This week's TechTrivia game was hosted by SunRay Hera, SunRay Mariah and Knight Alexis. The big news this week is: Chris Brown set a new record for the most correct answers, 19 out 20 correct!!! Way To Go, Chris. Of course if you hadn't left the room to get your popcorn, you could have scored a perfect 20 and received the infamous "Golden Pocket Protector." Our 1st place winner, Chris Brown, received 400 tokens and a Lacy_Heart_head*. Winning 2nd place was Duckolyte Larry Lamb with 12 correct answers. He received 200 tokens a Cat head. For third place we had Sunray Ann with 10 right answers. She received 100 tokens and a Snowball. Congratulations to all of the winners! Winning Honorable Mention were Marvelous Melinda and Seagull. Thanks to all of the players for attending and making this a real fun event. This game is sponsored by the Knights of Kymer's Games & Role Playing Guild. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {{ - WA Raffle Winners - {} By: Acolyte Lynx The winner's of this past week's WARaffle Drawing were: 4th place ... 1200 tokens ... Vagabond 3rd place ... 1800 tokens ... Sunray LumMoose-Kymer Guardian 2nd place ... 3000 tokens ... Rider and first place winning 6000 tokens {} Sternenstaub {} The next raffle will be held on Saturday, March 16, at the StarWay Cafe Stage. Door prizes will be awarded for those who show up! Presence is not required to win one of the four main prizes! Each entry is 10T, up to 25 entries per avatar. First place is awarded 50% of the tokens paid in; second place 25%, third place 15% and fourth place 10%. Purchase your entries from any of the following authorized Raffle Representatives: Acolyte Electra Acolyte Lynx Acolyte Moria Acolyte Nicci BLD Quackers Chief Duckolyte Renegade Magica Lambchop/Magica Lambchop2 Mivo See you there! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: The Social Registry :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {} - Avatars to be Ordained! - {} By the Council on Marriages in Kymer The Council on Marriages in Kymer, consisting of Oracle Uni, Acolyte Brynne, Acolyte Ravenwhyte, Acolyte Sunray Data and Acolyte Sunray Indigo, is pleased to announce that we will begin to take applications to become ordained avatars VERY SOON! An ordained avatar can marry and officially register weddings in the dreamscape, just like the Acolytes and Oracles do. There are some basic requirements to qualify for this position as it is one of trust. (1) The avatar must have been in WorldsAway 30 days or more. (2) The avatar must write and submit their own wedding ritual (text script). (3) Be trustworthy and of good character. (4) Upon being notified that you have become a candidate for ordination, a bonding fee of 1,000 Tokens is required. The complete guidelines will be uploaded within the next few weeks along with the CIS address to E-Mail your application to. PLEASE do not send any applications to any council member. Any early aplication will be deleted. The sole intent of this announcement is to give those interested time to start writing their proposed wedding rituals for submitting an application. The complete guidelines will state what information you will need to submit with your application and who/where to E-Mail it to. The tentative release date for the full ordination guidelines to be released and applications to begin to be taken will be March 22, 1996. The Application period will last two weeks. Oracle Uni will be ordaining seven selected avatars in a ceremony on Saturday, April 20. Khai Joybringer, who has been ordained since the initial guidelines came out will be reordained in the public ceremony. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} - Wedding Announcements - {} By Khai Joybringer Just what I love to see! Happy couples everywhere! Thursday, March 7 Roga Mae and Ali Quid were married at the Rose Arbor at Meditation Park. Silver Pilgrim performed the ceremony. Becca the Horse and Floppy Joe Ferret served as Beast of Honor and Best Beast, with Rosa Fuschin and at least 44 ghosgts in attendance! Friday, March 8 Rumor has it that Badger and Badgerette were joined in the bonds of Kymer matrimony by Acolyte Milen! Sunday, March 17 9:00 p.m. Tabernacle Bionic Woman and Steve Austin Sky Mike and Willow Acolyte Nicci will officiate at this double ceremony. The reception will be held on the Observation Deck at the Starway Cafe. Saturday, March 30 Time to be announced, Tabernacle SunRay Love and SunRay Render are happy to announce their engagement and devotion for each other. They met one special Saturday night, February 27, during a recent well known event introduced by their favorite Oracle, Uni. The night was a culmination of the Romantic month in our fair community of Phantasus. Please join us for our wedding for a truly magical evening. Oracle Uni will be performing the services in the Tabernacle. The reception will be held in Meditation Park's Rose Garden, immediately after the services. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Phantasus Event Schedule :: :: Week of Monday, March 11, through Sunday, March 17 :: :: All times in WAT (Pacific) :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: + Indicates Recurring Event {} --------------------- {} Monday, March 11 {} --------------------- {} 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. For location ESP host +After School Bingo................................Knight Jed Clampet Come in and join the fun. When you're bored after school, when the Acolytes aren't there, when NOTHING is going on, come join me, Knight Jed Clampet. I hope to see you there. My motto is to have FUN (and make a few thousand tokens while you're at it). I'll see you there. 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Isle Caribe +Ghost Races ...........................................Acolyte Serena Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship! 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. StarWay Cafe Stage +Knights of Kymer TechTrivia ....SunRays Hera, Mariah, Knight Alexis Computer Technical Trivia questions. Everyone wins. We award tokens, items (many are rare) and door prizes. This game is sponsored by the Games & Role Playing Guild. 6:00 p.m. Starway Cafe Stage Pick 3 Lotto Drawing ...........................Joe Blowsem UP, Sherry You choose three numbers from 0 to 9 and three numbers will be drawn on the appointed date. If your numbers match ours then YOU WIN! Tickets cost 10T each with NO LIMIT! Pick your numbers inworld after paying for tickets. You don't have to be present at the drawing to win. But be there for the many door prizes! 6:00 p.m. Isle Caribe Kung Fu Fighting.........................................Alienyte Bibo The rules are simple, two avatars pay me, and then you and the other avatar start to fight. Points will be awarded for the types of hits (using the "F" keys) and the one who recives 20 points first wins the money. For a demonstration ESP me inworld. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Outside Magic Shop +BlackKat Entertainment (Blackjack)............... Sunray Knight Haplo Players will need BLACKJK1.EXE found in "Worlds Away Life" Library (4) as well as CARDS.DLL and VBRUN300.DLL. Rules and betting policy will be explained by the dealer just before the game. {} --------------------- {} Tuesday, March 12 {} --------------------- {} 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Harlequin Games +Duckolyte Bingo.............................Chief Duckolyte Renegade You need the software Kymer1.exe from the forum (GO:TRA-39) to join the game with your card. If you are the winner you get many Tokens, depending on the number of players. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom +Kymer/Bingo......................................Sunray Knight Oliver Everyone who plays in every game of the evening is eligible to win a bonus prize which will be awarded after the last game! Don't be late! 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Visitor's Center, Left +Worlds Of Fortune.................................Acolyte Sunray Data {} --------------------- {} Wednesday, March 13 {} --------------------- {} 10:00 a.m. Bar-L Bar Rotisierre Baseball League Meeting...............................Berch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Isle Caribe The Poetry Pantry, Knights of Kymer, Poetry & Storytelling Guild ............Dream Keeper Open reading: all avatars are invited to read originals or poems by other authors. For this particular event, it is requested that all poems be 20 lines or less. Special gifts will be presented to those who read. 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Harlequin Games +Duckolyte Bingo..............................Chief Duckolyte Renegade Call KYMER! first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Download KYMER1.EXE, from AWAYFORUM/Library 4 WorldsAway Life. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. For location ESP host +After School Bingo.................................Knight Jed Clampet Come in and join the fun. When you're bored after school, when the Acolytes aren't there, when NOTHING is going on, come join me, Knight Jed Clampet. I hope to see you there. My motto is to have FUN (and make a few thousand tokens while you're at it). I'll see you there. 3:00 p.m. Starway Stage +The Knights of Kymer Kategories.................SunRay Fawn, Soltron2 Knights of Kymer version of Wert's Kategories. 6:00 p.m. Isle Caribe Duckolyte Ghost Racing........Chief Duckolyte Mage Brains and Renegade We follow all of the standard rules for ghost racing documented in the GHOSTG.TXT file found in the forum. See article this issue for Rules for Box Racing and Screen Racing. Prizes include a wide assortment of rare and current items, tokens, and heads. There will be a special prize awarded to the Monthly Champion. Monthly Champions from the prior two months are not eligible for these prizes to try to make it fair for everyone. This includes Acolyte Serena's and Holger's races. 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Library +Pop Culture Trivia......................................PEZ Collector Beginning weekly as of today. This week's theme will be television shows and commercials. Prizes will be awaded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Exact prizes will be announced before the event begins. {} --------------------- {} Thursday, March 14 {} --------------------- {} 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Harlequin Games +Storm Games, Kymer Bingo............................Christopher Storm Bets between 25T-150T, play frequently and join the Storm VIP club and remember: Storm Games - YOU could be the next Kymerian Tycoon! KYMER1.EXE needed to play. Over 70,000T won so far! 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom +Chaos Incorporated....................Acolyte Serena or Marianne G New games and more! 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Isle Caribe The Poetry Pantry, Knights of Kymer, Poetry & Storytelling Guild.............Dream Keeper Open reading: all avatars are invited to read originals or poems by other authors. For this particular event, it is requested that all poems be 20 lines or less. Special gifts will be presented to those who read. 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe Stage Kymer Collectibles Auction ..... ....................Scuttle & Clover Rare items and heads no longer available in vendos will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Be sure to download the newest auction catalog from the WorldsAway Life Library (4) after it is uploaded Sunday. Consignments accepted up until Sunday afternoon before the sale. {} --------------------- {} Friday, March 15 {} --------------------- {} 11:00 - 12:00 a.m. Ghost Races +Isle Caribe ...................................................Holger Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship! 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. For location ESP host +After School Bingo.................................Knight Jed Clampet Come in and join the fun. When you're bored after school, when the Acolytes aren't there, when NOTHING is going on, come join me! Hope to see you there. My motto is to have FUN (and make a few thousand tokens while you're at it). I'll see you there. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Harlequin Games +Kategories................................................Ann Ominous 40T per round. 20T of each fee is put in the round and 20T into the final. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe Lounge +Trek Trivia............................................Acolyte VIQer Visit the bridge crew of the WA Enterprise. Win prizes and tokens for your Trek knowledge. Get back at the bridge crew with some tough questions of your own! We have to answer correctly or we pay! 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. Visitor's Center, Left +Dreaming Insomniacs Society.................................Acolyte Milen Something DIFFERENT will be held during these times each week. {} --------------------- {} Saturday, March 16 {} --------------------- {} 9:00 - 11:00 am. South Fountain Central +Stammtisch ...................... Brucilla, Perry Rhodan, Sundance Meeting of German-speaking avatars. If you want to spread rumors and news or just want to chat, if you want to learn some German or just love the "sound" of it, you're invited to join us. 10:00 a.m. Bar-L Bar Rotisierre Baseball League Meeting...............................Berch 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Library +MultiTrivia...............................................Mivo, Nicci General knowledge trivia questions will be asked in German and English. Each point for a correct answer is worth 5 Tokens. Frage&Antwort-Spiel zu allgemeinen Themen. Fuer jede richtige Antwort gibt es 5 Tokens 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom +Great Kymer Quiz.......................Acolyte Moria, Acolyte Zippy Some easy, some hard, some just downright tricky. 4:00 p.m. Meditation Park, Rose Garden Dating, Kymer Style Date Auction.............................Codemaster John, Rosa Fuschin See article this issue for more information. 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. StarWay Cafe Stage +WARaffle Drawing........Acolyte Lynx, Acolyte Electra, Acolyte Moria Purchase tickets from authorized agents. Door prize raffle! 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Visitor's Center, Outside +Ghost Relay Races......................................Acolyte VIQer Ghost races played baton style like Olympic Relay races. Variations will be coming in the future, allowing more winners in each race. 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. Visitor's Center, Left +Dreaming Insomniacs Society.............................Acolyte Milen Something DIFFERENT will be held during these times each week. {} --------------------- {} Sunday, March 17 {} --------------------- {} 7:00 a.m. Isle Caribe Duckolyte Ghost Racing........Chief Duckolyte Mage Brains and Renegade We follow all of the standard rules for ghost racing documented in the GHOSTG.TXT file found in the forum. See article this issue for Rules for Box Racing and Screen Racing. Prizes include a wide assortment of rare and current items, tokens, and heads. There will be a special prize awarded to the Monthly Champion. Monthly Champions from the prior two months are not eligible for these prizes to try to make it fair for everyone. This includes Acolyte Serena's and Holger's races. 11:00 a.m. StarWay Stage Make A Deal (MAD).........................Acolyte Brynne and co-host SunRay Fawn will assist. Find *one* of twenty green locked chests hidden around Phantasus; bring it to the StarWay stage and make YOUR best deal! (For further information, see anouncement this issue.) 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom +Jackal3's Trivia.......................................Mr & Mrs Nutty Questions covering general info, three winners per game. Grand prize for the person who has the most points in a month. 10T playing fee to help defray the costs. 3:00 p.m. Harlequin Games +Kymer Gambling Bingo..............................Necrolyte Sky Tower You will need KYMER1.EXE to play (downloadable from the WA Community Library, GO TRA-39). 7:00 p.m. Duckolyte Trivia Master Game, Special St. Patrick's Day Edition ESP Host for Location......................Chief Duckolyte Mage Brains Fast paced trivia using multiple choice answers. Topics vary week to week, Monthly Grand Prize awarded. Starway Stage. This game uses the Trivia engine just developed by Wert P Gumby to administer all scoring. This week is World Wide Facts. 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe, Observation Deck +Dead Poets Society Recital..............................Prez, Supel This will be a very special evening featuring recitals by that dashing in-world group, the Duckolytes! Rumor has it they will appear in various shades of green to mark the RW holiday. See the green ducks and hear them speak verse! Poems should be six verses or shorter. If you want to get involved, contact us inworld. 9:00 p.m. Temple of Morpheus, Tabernacle Double Wedding of Bionic Woman and Steve Austin, Sky Mike and Willow Acolyte Nicci will officiate at this double ceremony. The reception will be held on the Observation Deck at the Starway Cafe. {} --------------------- {} Upcoming Events {} --------------------- {} Saturday, March 23 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Starway Stage........................................Arch Mage Darpeth The announcing of the winners of the Mage: Avatar History contest for best story of an avatar. Sunday, March 24 4:00 p.m. Outside Fire Room +Take A Chance...........................Necrolyte Benny, Xian, Jackal 25T entry fee. Answer questions on Kymer to win points. Top 3 scores enter Fireroom and have choice of tokens or contents of chest. Saturday, March 30 Time to be announced, Tabernacle Wedding of SunRay Love and SunRay Render Oracle Uni will be performing the services. The reception will be held in Meditation Park's Rose Garden, immediately after the services. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Letters to the Editors :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hi Brynne! As a fairly new Avatar citizen of this community and someone who printed out and read every issue of the Kymer Clarion, I was glad to see someone brave enough/strike that/smart enough to start another newspaper. Don't get me wrong, the Clarion is okay, but slants more toward a feminine point of view. At least that is what I think. ESP! is reader friendly. Newbie News is a good feature and printing important posts from the forum a great idea! Intelligent points of view have been written there, touching ones as well. I hope ESP! will become a real "eye on our world." Congratulations and good luck! JGee From the Editor: Thank you, JGee, for your very kind words! We on the staff of ESP! are working very hard to be sure that our publication is indeed an "eye on our world"! If we ever fail to meet that goal, please be sure to write us and let us know so we can get back on track! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Hi to all of you with ESP! I must say I was quite please finding your number 1 issue in the Newsstand, which really gave me a time of interesting reading, while another newspaper normally just made me scroll through it. I think this one reaches (I hope it will reach) the avatars of Kymer, not just the different -lytes and officials as the Clarion does. My special wishes to Mistweave and her refreshing and openminded article about the Headhunter ... if more people would take more time to think before they start judging others, some things would turn out even better. LOL, Bog! You could be a real anarchist in Kymer! Some friendly BITES also to Dread, who had a not very pleasant encounter with (probably coming) group named Flatulytes. The less he was accepted by us that evening, the more I liked his style of writing! Kepp on being offended :-)) As I belong to those who do not use English at home, style is certainly not my strength, and so I will stop this for now. I just wanted to let you know that I guess you are on the right way, keep it up! And keep writing about the people that I really meet on the streets of Kymer! Sincerely, Dolores From the Editor: Thank you, Dolores, for taking the time to let us know what you think of ESP! Hope you continue to enjoy each issue! {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Hi Dread! A message from me... You know your Brother, Big Buzzer, Hihi! I read your column in ESP! Nice ... I hope you write much more to tell us about your newbie life in Worlds Away. So, me and the other Newbies here waiting for your next colomn... Greetings and see you in the CITY Big Buzzer, me, and many more I think From the Features Editor, Dread: Thanks for your letter! Oh you can be sure you'll hear more from me! I'm really excited about being part of the editorial staff of ESP! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Advertisements :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Keno is coming to Phantasus! It's a mix between Lotto and Bingo. Just pick a couple numbers, place your bet, and wait for the numbers to be announced. If your numbers match the ones announced, you won. It would be a pain to have to keep unghosting to pay your bets. With Phantasus credit, you won't have to. Just esp your number and payment and you're set. It's that simple. With Phantasus Credit you also can buy Pick-3, Pick-4 lotto tickets, get your picture taken by Honor, and place an ad in the WA Yellow and White pages without ever taking out a token. Best of all, it's free. For February and March, you pay no interest. After that it's 12% which is lower than the 18% that most real world credit cards charge you. So whether you're inworld or out, you'll benefit from Phantasus Credit. For more information, see Imagination inworld or contact me at 76724,3017. Phantasus Credit Do what you want to do without ever taking out a token. How? Get Phantasus Credit and find out. It's free for March. Contact Imagination at 76724,3017 for more information. Leadman's Sport & Event Bets Bet on all major WakingWorld sports events (and more) and earn big money! We cover Boxing, Formula 1 Car Racing, IndyCar Racing (soon), ATP Tennis, NHL, NBA, etc. We are working on bets for WA-events too. Bets ranging from 20-500T Official agents: Necrolyte Little Princess-LMW, Tin-Tin ESP us or E-Mail LeadMan at 100413,1430 if interested. A list of the latest is available for download as SPORTBET.TXT Meaf and Jed Inc. If you are interested in buying or selling rare items. Talk to Helpolyte MEAF or Knight Mage Jed and we might be able to make a deal!! IF WE CANT FIND IT NOT MANY CAN!! Meaf's Auction is Coming I will be holding an auction; no time or date is set yet. All are invited to come and buy and sell rare items. Send Helployte Meaf mail at 103263,1575 with items you will sell and how much. Send soon or you will be too late. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: How to Send Submissions to ESP! :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Currently there are three editors who will receive specific types of submissions: Publisher/Managing Editor.......Acolyte Brynne (71273,373) Deadline: Saturdays, 3:00 p.m. WAT Types of submissions: Gaming Reports General Articles Event Listings for the Event Schedule Engagement and Wedding Announcements Letters to the Editors Advertisements Anything you wish to submit but are not sure who should receive Group Liaison Editor............Astarte (70003,7617) Deadline: Fridays, 7:00 p.m. WAT Articles regarding new groups Articles regarding existing groups Anything other than events regarding group Features Editor.................Dread (101646,2776) Deadline: Fridays, 7:00 p.m. WAT Feature and General Articles Opinion Pieces Poetry {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Engagement and Wedding Announcements should include: Names of Bride and Groom Oracle or Acolyte performing service Wedding Date (or "will be announced" for engagement notices) Reception Location (if known) Event Listings for the Event Schedule cover the ESP! publication period of Monday through Sunday. Submitting these listings to ESP! is in addition to submitting event information to the Scheduling Group. Scheduling conflicts, if any, are resolved by the Scheduling Group. Changes to recurring events should be submitted to both the Scheduling Group and ESP! ESP! is available in the Newstand Library of the WA Community Forum and thus earns no tokens to pay authors. Likewise, advertisements are no charge to the advertisers. Upon the availability of inworld documents and the sale of ESP! inworld, this policy will be reviewed and payments/advertisment rates will be adjusted accordingly. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}