!}!}!}!}!} !} !} !}!}!}!}!} !}!}!}!} !} !} !} !} !}!}!}!}!} !}!}!}!}!}!} Volume 1 !}!}!}!}!} !} !} !} !} Issue 5 !} !} !} !} !}!}!}!}!} !}!}!}!}!}!} !} April 1, 1996 !} !} !} !} !} !} !} Publisher/Managing Editor: Acolyte Brynne (71273,373) !} 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 Cover Story TURFS Almost Here! ...........WorldsAway In-World and Forum Staff Feature Stories Dread's Spot................................................Dread Male Stripping: How To........................................Bog The Elves of Kymer...............................DarkWolf Fenrier Pet Peeves ................................................Miss T The Witching Hour .........................................Witchy And the Storm Came..............................Christopher Storm The Power of Justice.....................................Werewolf Hatemail: No. 1.................................Throbbing Gristle Wert's KYMER Hosts: Updated List....................Wert P. Gumby The Week In Review Duckolyte TriviaMaster.....................Chief Duckolyte Brains Pick-3 Lotto Winners...........................<> WARaffle Winners.....................................Acolyte Lynx Worlds of Fortune.............................Acolyte Sunray Data A Multilingual Phantasus The German Corner ..........................................Zooey Hispaniclytes...........................Hispaniclyte Ivan Boricua Poetry, Quips and Other Nice Thoughts The Lovesick Avatar............................................M. Moonquip..............................................Maggie Moon Poetic Commentary.........................................Vampire Phantasus Avatar Groups The Phantasus Avatar Groups Listing..................ESP! Editors Dead Poets Society Recital ...........................Prez, Supel Event Announcements Clover's Collectibles......................................Clover Duckolyte Collectible Benefits Auction ... Chief GK Raptor-Duckolyte SrK and Chief Duckolyte Brains Kymer Avatar or Ghost Racing and Betting............Mr Boombastic The Social Registry Ordination Begins!..................Council on Marriages in Kymer Engagement and Wedding Announcements..............Khai Joybringer Departments Event Schedule, Week of April 1 through April 7 .............................Collected by Acolyte Brynne 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 editors. Articles written by Acolytes are not to be viewed as having been written in an official capacity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of other Acolytes or of the Oracles. !}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!} {!} - From the Editor's Desk - {!} By Acolyte Brynne Turfs ... AH! ------------- The word that has been on everybody's lips lately has been "turf". We know turfs have been in testing for a while now and we are all anxiously awaiting their arrival in Kymer. At long last, this past week, the WorldsAway Development team posted a letter in the forum regarding the status of turfs! RSN is being changed to AH (almost here)! For those of our readers who may have missed the letter from the WATeam, it is featured as our cover story in this issue. Author Correction ------------------ In Issue 3 of ESP!, an article entitled "When is a Newbie not a Newbie" was published. The by-line was given to Oceanfront. This was incorrect. The article (which appeared first as a forum post) was actually written by Angel2. My apologies to both Angel2 and Oceanfront for this inadvertent error. An Original Story ----------------- He's done it again! Bog put those creative juices to work on an original story for the readers of ESP! LOL! I think I'll be sure to visit the next "Hen Party" just to take notes! Be sure to read Bog's "Male Stripper: How To" and remember, you read it in the pages of ESP! first! A Multilingual Phantasus ------------------------ In our continuing efforts to support the global nature of the Dreamscape, we once again present articles for our German and Spanish speaking Kymerians. I hear tell there's a group of French avatars as well; if any of you are reading ESP!, you are invited to submit articles from the French perspective, written in French of course, to either Dread (101646,2776) or me (71273,373) for publication. ESP! to focus on Waking World, Dream World -- or both? ------------------------------ While my original intention for ESP! was to focus primarily on our fantasy in the dreamscape, it has become clear to me (as I'm sure it has to everyone) that a very thin veil separates the Waking World from the Dream World. As each day passes, that veil is becoming sheerer, and sometimes even appears to be disappearing. Each avatar has behind it a living, breathing human being living somewhere in the world ... one who has one's own set of moral values and belief systems. Even though one may choose to role-play a particular character, that character will have basic characteristics which are rooted in the waking world beliefs of its creator. It is due to this understanding that ESP! is publishing articles from both sides of that rapidly disappearing veil. Phantasus Avatar Groups ----------------------- At current count, we have 17 ... count 'em ... SEVENTEEN avatar groups in Kymer that I *know* of (there could be more)! To date, we have seen the Normalas, Alienytes, Duckolytes and the Dead Poets Society publish in the pages of ESP, with the Duckolytes and Dead Poets Society being the most frequent submitters. We'd like to give each group a column of its own. But we can't do that if we don't hear from you! Since the leaders of these groups rarely post in the forum, we ESP! editors are not even able to send email inviting the groups' participation. Please let us hear from you! Additional Code to Events Schedule ------------------ With the event disruptions we have been experiencing lately ... with avatars being in a locale which is the scene of a soon-to-be held event ... with event hosts submitting event listings for our Schedule but not submitting them to the Scheduling Group and thus, not having the desired locale "officially" reserved while expecting to be able to use the locale for that event and running into problems with avatars who are already present in the locale, it has become necessary for me to add a new code to the event schedule. While most event listings are submitted to the Scheduling Group and I use their Schedule in the preparation of ESP!'s schedule, there are many events that are now being submitted directly to me for our schedule, but which do not appear on the Schedule posted in the forum by the Scheduling Group. ESP! makes no claims to being a locale reservation service. If an event host wishes a more official reservation of a locale, it would be wise for them to also send email to Sabertooth so the event may be added to the schedule posted in the forum. + Already indicates that the event is a recurring one. This event may or may not be reflected as such on the Scheduling Group's schedule; I add the notation because the event host has written to tell me plans are for the event to be on a regular basis. A new code, the number sign (#), is being added to our Event Schedule. A # next to an event listing means that this event does not appear on the schedule posted in the forum by the Scheduling Group, and therefore, no guarantees are made that the locale will be available on the scheduled date at the scheduled time. And on that note ... -------------------- ... I'll shut up so you can get to reading what you've downloaded ESP! to read! Thanks for your continued support of ESP! !}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!} {!} - TURFS Almost Here! {!} WorldsAway In-World and Forum Staff Dear WorldsAway members and citizens of Phantasus, Since early February, Turfs have undergone extensive testing and refinement to bring you turfs worthy of calling home. In our last post regarding Turfs testing (now saved in the "WA Official" library #6), we stated that we were planning for an additional month of external testing to ensure that turfs are suitable for release. Additionally we stated that at the end of that month we would update you on the status of the public release of turfs. Thanks to the dedication of our testers we have been able to determine necessary fixes and desired enhancements. Throughout the last month we have continued to test and receive feedback from the testers, Member Support, the Oracles and the World Design Team. With their input, it has been determined that turfs are very close to being complete. We are currently checking what we hope to be the final software release to ensure that no new problems have been introduced, all known problems have been resolved, and all approved requested enhancements have been included. We are allowing one month for this testing period. If we feel, however, that turfs are ready sooner we will release them. While we regret the delay in bringing turfs to you, we do not regret the decision to deliver the highest quality product we can. In our continuing effort to keep you informed of what has been accomplished, we present the following list as a sampling of what features have been tested and approved: - Ability to inquire about different apartments. - Ability to add additional owners to the lease agreement. - Paying rent (and paying in advance). - Turf owner can remove a specific guest. - Ability to read the lease before renting a turf. - Turf owner can set the number of avatars (max 6) allowed per turf room. - Turf owner can enter full turf room. - Turf owner can allow owners but not guests in a specific turf room. - Turf owner can prevent new guests from entering turf. Here is a sampling of some of the additional features which are holding upthe release. We feel these features to be integral to the function of turfsin the Dreamscape. When turfs are released we will provide a full list of features and functions. - Ability to allow up to 16 owners of one turf. - Ability to remove an owner from a multi owner lease. - Ability to color walls of your turf with spray cans. Watch the forum Newsflash for the announcement of the availability of turfs. We have grand plans in store! If you have any comments, feel free to post a message addressed to SYSOP in the Discussions and Issues section of the WorldsAway Community Forum. Thank you for your continued patience and interest. We are working hard - it will be well worth the wait. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Feature Stories :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {!} - Dread's Spot- {!} NewbieNews By Dread Hi to all! So ... what shall we talk about this week then ? Oh ... I know, of course I know. But surely no one's interested in what I've got to say - Of course, hemm I am right! No one wants to know what I think but when I'm rich they'll all want to know how I did it, right. Errm will they, what makes you think anyone cares whether I am rich or not heh? I've not gone schizo or mad, just demonstrated the madness that eddies through my mind like sand in a desert storm. Our lives can be confusing and to try and find answers to all our questions would be like trying to push a truck through cloying mud but at least we can achieve a peace of mind and a sense of purpose which comes with the company of others. For this issue and the next I'm going to look at communities and relationships in WorlsAway. Let's admit right now that even the most extensive and detailed analysis could not hope to understand it all, but we can attempt to skim the surface. To set the scene let us start by imagining we have set foot in Kymer for the first time. We see a land where the sun always shines; there's no rain, no seasons, no crop rotation. We don't feel cold we only feel emotions. We can't transmit diseases but we can hurt others deeply. The physical world is distant and a fresh start is offered us. We are armed only with our personality as we venture inworld. Here people have faces only a mother could love, behave to such extremes that in real life some would be either behind bars or in psychiatric care. So what draws us in? New communities and new relationships! Yes, I thought that, but someone told me *Dread, we are only pixels, little sprites dashing across the screen. Dashing - who was he kidding! I hope the meeting of our minds is much more than that, especially since my CIS bill now arrives in paperback form. I have said before that any community evolves of its own character and becomes whatever the reflection of its real self is. In the fabric of the community are many threads (groups) and closely knitted they determine its strength. All groups at present are positive minded and new groups are forming all the time. I added two this week to the list in the "Phantasus Groups" section: Hispaniclytes and Echolytes. The biggest of all is the Avatar xxxxx group and although a statistic for new arrivals in Kymer is almost impossible to get from anywhere, I can say that more than 1000 newbies arrive in Kymer every week (don't ask where I got this figure because I wont even tell Brynne!). Wait until WA goes on the www then we'll really have something to talk about. Anyway, this week I wanted to find out about individual and group thinking. Here are the results of a survey I carried out. I didn't record names for anonymity but I can tell you that a wide variety took part from acolytes to well known avatars and newbies. 100 avatars were asked nine questions. The figures in brackets below are percentages. By no means is this a reliable survey but at best is representative. 1) Which avatars do you use? (28) a. only one (68) b. both (04) z. pass 2) Do you belong to a group in Kymer? (67) a. no (16) b. yes, one group (04) c. yes, two groups (05) d. yes, more than two (08) z. pass 3) Do you enter WorldsAway from home or the office? (57) a. home (00) b. office (40) c. both (03) z. pass 4) Are both your avatars the same sex? (39) a. yes (14) b. no (47) z. pass 5) Are your avatars totally opposites like Dr Jeckyl & Hyde? (12) a. one is good the other is bad (43) b. they both share the same temperament (45) z. pass 6) Are both your avatars in groups? (00) a. yes (68) b. no (32) z. pass 7) Do you know other avatars in the Waking World? (04) a. no (17) b. one (43) c. several (16) d. I would like to (04) e. I would not like to (16) z. pass 8) Have you had or are you having a relationship with another avatar? (meaning romantic) (37) a. yes (35) b. no (28) z. pass 9) Have you heard of ESP! ? (32) a. no (28) b. yes, but not read it yet (32) c. yes, I like reading it (07) d. yes, plan to get it soon for the first time (01) z. pass I would like to thank everyone who took part in the survey for your help and honesty - Thank you. Keep smiling - Dread. {!} - Male Stripping - How To- {!} By Bog Have you noticed how many people are getting married inworld these days? There's a lot, and most of them are starting to have Hen/Stag nights. The guys can look after themselves (they only talk about football anyway), but the ladies need something more stimulating than a thump on the shoulder, and "Phooor ... you lucky old dog!" as conversation. Enter the male stripper ... a properly executed strip will have the ladies jumping up and down with excitement, but to perform in a professional manner, certain standards have to be met. Practice: It can't be emphasized enough how important practice is. Grab yourself a handful of flesh paint, and enter one of the changing rooms (or turfs when available). Try out the different combinations of colours, until you find that perfect match. Once that's done, practice sweeping across the floor wiggling your bottom (F7 is a good key for this). Have a macro ready, with lines such as, "" just to emphasize the point. Stripping: An obvious, but overlooked part of your act. You already have your spray paint in your hand ... use it wisely. Don't wait so long before spraying your upper half (accompanied by a suitable remark. "" is a good one), but don't spray top and bottom in the first 30 seconds either...these ladies want value for money! Teasing: A very important part of your act! The ladies will be happy enough for 2 minutes, watching you glide from one side of the screen to the other, but they will need something more to keep the temperature high. Every now and then, 'Walk to' one of the ladies, and fire off a few lines of your macro ... something along the lines of "Hey lady, I need this baby oil rubbed on", or "my G String is stuck" will have them shrieking the rafters off, and is incredibly funny, especially if everyone joins in the spirit of things. More risque lines can be used if the party is going with a swing. Remember though, you will have to face these ladies during your normal inworld wanderings, so 'naughty but nice' is the name of the game. Make sure everyone gets a taste of your personal attention, with special emphasis on the bride to be. Rules of behaviour: Performing in an atmosphere as hot as a hen party can make even the most level headed of guys lose their reason. It's imperative that you maintain respect for all those present. They will try to tempt you by throwing tokens on the floor; don't succumb to this blatant attempt to see you bend over! Keep to your script (though some improvisation is called for), and maintain that professional distance. You will find that near the end of your act, some of your audience will try to wrestle you to the ground ... resist ... and run! Once a roomful of ladies reaches a certain level of excitement, a sort of 'lynch mob, mentality takes over, and their target will be YOU, so be prepared to run for your life! Miscellaneous: There are some other things to bear in mind as you head towards your first booking, not least the fact you will need some clothes after the event! Unless you bring a spare set of paints with you, you will be forced to make a quick, and undignified, dash to the V Mart. Be prepared! In all the time I've been inworld, I've only ever seen two male strippers, and one of them was me! (Then again, I don't go to many hen parties!). It's obviously a niche market waiting to be exploited, and if you follow the advice I've given, you will be well poised to clean up! {!} - The Elves Of Kymer- {!} A Report on the many Elves of Kymer By DarkWolf Fenrier With Input from Earendil, Ethereal Elf Part III ... The Ethereal Elves. It seems that, as I walk the streets of Kymer these days, many an Elf I see. And all of differing species. As I am of the Elven Race myself, I have decided to ask these other Elven races to describe to you all, exactly who they are and why they differ so. My sources tell me that there are five realms of power among Elven- kind: Air: Ethereal or High Elves, the high reaches (Distance, Nobility) Earth: Forest Elves, Green, growing things, animals (Growth) Dark: Drow (dark elves), Powers of Darkness (Chaos, Magic) Water: Water Elves, Streams, lakes, seas (Change) Fire: Fire Elves, Heat, flame, passion (Warmth, Justice) This week ... The Ethereal Elves. I walked the streets until I saw, An elf of the Noblest stature, He carried himself with pride and grace, I Boldly asked his name, Earendil son of Tuor and Idril he replied, A smile upon his face, I am an Ethereal Elf my friend, And this is what I say . . . . Below the mountains, tall and bold, in Forests made from Oak so old, the Elves of Middle Earth do hold, their spirits of the purest gold. Elwing and I are originally from Middle Earth, in the First Age, but today we call Phantasus "home." Our names are from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Elwing's name means "Star Spray" while mine means "Lover of the Sea." The jewel on Elwing's forehead, incidentally, is the Silmaril. Elves are not descended from Adam and Eve. As a race, male and female Ethereal Elves are born equal in station. They are very much in tune with nature and the cosmic universe, and individuals with matched frequencies and a common purpose are drawn to each other and mate for life. There is no need for obedience and subservience between ElfMates, and they live out their lives in unconditional Love, Balance, and Harmony with each other. Earendil, Ethereal Elf The many Elves of Middle Earth are tall lithe and extremely beautiful and they hate killing, treasuring life in all things above all else, but the nature of the world in which they dwell forces them to do what they hate most. But the Elves being who they are have adopted ways to use weapons that are like sheer poetry when they move (indeed, to watch an Elven Swordsman in action is like watching a Ballet dancer!). However, don't be fooled by this show for his steel cuts twice as deep as any mortal's sword. Indeed the Elves of Middle Earth are truly immortal, never dying of old age, poisons or disease, (However they can be killed by violence.) The M.E. Elves are proficient in magic and are skilled craftsmen. Their wares, whilst not as practical as that of the dwarves, are always the most beautiful in design, looking almost too delicate to be useful and herein lies the secret of the elves! They, like their crafts, look far too frail and pretty to be of use or threat and with such assumptions have many a foe fell foul of an Elven warrior! What they lack in brawn they more than double in intelligence and skill! After all when you've been alive for six centuries or more you've had plenty of time to learn and practice! The Elves of Middle Earth are also very noble, kind and loyal. When an elf says "you can call on me for service anytime", this offer also extends to the family of the individual and also for many generations i.e. My great great great great grandfather said he could call upon you for aid anytime; I ask for this aid now. Many examples of these oath bonds can be found throughout the Tolkien books. However, the reverse is also true. Anger an elf and it may be many centuries and family generations later that he seeks his revenge! To an elf, time does not mean the same thing as it does to humans. He may dwell over a problem for two dozen years before he makes a decision which would be the equivalent of two days to us! But this does not mean that when it comes to the crunch, they will not act immediately as they will with a vigour and fanaticism never seen in any other race (except maybe the dwarves). Thank you Earendil for those words. Many of us have visited the Realms of Middle Earth, and many have stayed awhile, lived with the peoples there ... dancing, laughing, singing, and even crying with the characters of that special place. In fact, if not for Tolkien many other writers would not have been inspired to allow us to visit their worlds. Tolkien was not the first fantasy writer but he was certainly the one who inspired us all the most! Where would your Saturday night Dungeon crawl be without your Elven bowman, Dwarven axemen and Halfling thieves! Or without those most common of all dungeon foes the Orc? I'll tell you -- still playing Saturday night poker! What about Live Role-Playing or Fantasy Wargames? Well, we would still have medieval re-enactments and historical Wargames but would they have been as popular if people had not been inspired to take up these hobbies after reading Tolkien? I don't think so. I was inspired to play role-playing games which led to fantasy wargames then to live role-playing and historical wargames and then a medieval re-enactment group; all because I discovered and enjoyed J.R.R. Tolkiens books! So, we have visited Middle Earth on many occasions. Therefore it is about time we let some of the characters from that familiar place visit us in our world ... the world we are helping to shape, the world that is already buried deep within our hearts, a place where like Middle Earth we laugh, dance, sing and even cry with its characters, a place that also has its Orcs and Witch Kings to keep us on our toes and bring us closer. And so I dedicate this, my love of Kymer and its inhabitants and places to the love of the visitors from Middle Earth my other favourite place and hope that Earendil and Elwing will remain visitors in this world for as long as I've been a visitor in theirs. --DarkWolf Fenrier-Golden Knight (on his fond memories of walking the realms of Middle Earth as a Sindar Elf). {!} - Pet Peeves- {!} By Miss T Although I have only been in Kymer for a relatively short time, I have discovered there are a few things that are really beginning to bug me; my pet peeves as you will. I am aware that many newbies may not know that they are doing some- thing wrong, but those who have been around a while should know better. So for those newbies, I am not directing this complaint to you; I am merely letting you know what's what. For those old souls, please take heed that when you do this it is very annoying. My Pet Peeve ------------ It is generally understood that when an avatar is facing away from the screen that s/he is usually engaged in an ESP conversation with someone. However, some pesky avatars still insist on speaking with you. If you don't answer, they get upset and storm off (as far as avatar storming goes). Turning your back helps to politely take you out of the action so you can concentrate on your ESPing. I don't know about you, but I've had some pretty embarrassing situations arise when I've been trying to both ESP and carry on a conversation with a fellow avatar on the street. I've sent my ESP companion the message meant for the avatar beside me, and the avatar or avatars on the street have witnessed what was meant to be a private message for my ESP companion. To avoid future embarrassments, I now turn my back in order to remove myself from or avoid conversations on the street. I do not mean to be rude. So for those avatars who don't know, if someone has his/her back to you, they're not snubbing you or intentionally being rude; in most cases, they're ESPing with someone. For those who know this, please don't be rude and interrupt a person who is ESPing. You may be very surprised by the response! You may receive a message intended for someone else! If you have any pet peeves or problems you'd just like to get off your chest, I'd love to hear them. You can send them to me at 102714,2340. {!} - The Witching Hour- {!} By Witchy Incense Spells --------------- The magical influences of incense has its greatest effect on the mental-intellectual nature. When you burn incense, you are activating the mental plane and manifesting the force of the air elements. The activation of the mental-intellectual nature by the use of incense also has an effect on the astral-emotional nature as well. When you stimulate the mental-intellectual nature by burning an incense, you stimulate the flow of communication with the forces of the universe. Burning incense also enhances the flow of communication between people. In the more advanced magical techniques used to summon a spirit to visible appearance, incense not only promotes communication with the spirit, but through the medium of the smoke flux, it makes it possible for the spirit to manifest to visible appearance with the least possible expenditure of energy. In many of the lesser techniques of magic, this dual function of incense plays a large part in gaining the effects desired. When you burn incense in your home you will find that the effects last from four to twelve hours afterward. If you frequently burn similar incenses you will find that the place where they are burned has a tendency to maintain the vibration of the incense blend permanently. If you burn only incenses which are requests to the universe for help, protection, or money, you will find that their results drop off quickly. The forces of the universe have a tendency to look on this as a case of over-kill, so they will respond to the burning of these incenses less and less and eventually not at all. This is why many of the incenses I will mention are marked with a request for infrequent burning. The number of times a year you can safely burn them and still have them work for you is noted. If you wish to use a number of incenses in your work, or if you wish to burn incense frequently, you should select those which are calming and of a spiritual nature. The area where you will be working will then take on this calming and spiritual vibration. When you have set up the spiritual vibration, other more specific incenses will have the desired effect because the forces of the universe will always respond to a spiritual call. Calls based on human greed are ignored. Specific incenses should only be used for specific tasks, and only when you really need them. Some people like to burn incense simply to maintain a mystic aura to their living quarters. When this is the only reason for burning incense you should question your motive. I have never met a real magician or occultist who burned incense simply because he or she liked the smell. On the other hand, incense is burned by people who would like you to think they are "into" the occult. You must remember that incenses are a powerful tool in magic. Those who misuse powerful tools lose the right to use them constructively. Incense From The Kitchen ------------------------ Kitchen spices and blends are useful as incenses. The effects they have are indicated on the following list. These simple incenses may become your favorites. Allspice: Good for social gatherings; increases the flow of conversation and the rapport between people. Cinnamon: Calming; has a protective vibration. It stimulates the mind to some extent, and it can also bring money into the home. It is good to burn in the nursery, as it has a calming and quieting effect on young children. Cloves: Psychically protective, it keeps negative thoughtforms out of the place it is burned. Coffee: Good for protection from negativity; it can put an end to nightmares when it is burned in the bedroom. Better for teenage children than cinnamon. Mace: Good for self-discipline; aids concentration and strengthens the mental body. It is a spice ruled by Mars and affects the mental plane. Nutmeg: Makes people feel expansive or jovial. It adds to self-confidence, opens people to being joyous. It is not a sexual incense, but it does promote congeniality. The following spice blends are used as incenses, about a quarter teaspoon at a time. Their names are indicative of their use. BLESSING OF CONCORD: Cinnamon and allspice combined in equal parts. This places a smooth and witty feeling into the place where it is burned. It encourages social affairs and discourages jealousy between people. A bit of frankincense can be added to raise the vibration. MENTAL EASE and PEACE: This resulted from a friend's making up an incense from the recipe in the folk song called "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme." Taken in equal parts, it yields an incense which seems to smooth out the vibrations in the place where it is burned. It makes meditation a bit calmer and easier, and calms the home at bedtime. It also seems to relieve mental tension and help those who worry a lot. MENTAL STIMULATION and WIT: This incense is an example of the positive use of mace - incense of Mars. It has a mentally stimulating effect and is good for increasing the alertness of those who do mental work. It is not a bad incense for the office or the store, in that it seems to perk things up a bit. It is bad to burn where tempers flare, however. Take two teaspoons of mace and mix with a teaspoon of ground cloves and a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Burn a quarter teaspoon at a time on a hot charcoal for best results. The remainder can be placed in a small bottle and stored for future use. It improves a bit with a week of aging. BLESSING INCENSE: This incense is used to effect a blessing on a person, place, or thing. It is particularly good for blessing a new possession or article of clothing. Pray for what is desired as the incense is burning. Make the incense by mixing a teaspoon of ground bay leaf with a teaspoon of ground cumin. Add a pinch of salt and mix well. Burn a quarter teaspoon at a time on a hot charcoal and let the fumes of the incense reach the person or item being blessed. Watch for upcoming issues of ESP for more specific incense spells. Blessed * Be {!} - And the Storm Came- {!} By Christopher Storm The community forum's week began like all others usually did, with no small amount of debate, mud-slinging, flaming, jokes, and general chaos. The intellectual greats of the forum were debating among themselves as was usual when a series of one word messages began to appear throughout the forum. Now none of the regulars had seen the likes of this spammer's name or UID before, so it was decided that the one word he kept repeating was an attempt at introducing himself. And so POOP was born. During the course of the week, his messages began to pop up in just about every thread, all of them with his one word introduction "POOP", or on occassion a series of poorly phrased sentences going on about some sort of mindless thing. Crude jokes and E-Mail harrassment flew out from POOP, even after a SYSOP warning. It was with great amusement that I realized POOP was digging his own grave, so I sat back and waited for the pros like MarvL, Mufasa, or perhaps Werewolf to tear into him. Boy was *I* in for a surprise. After making a brief comment about good old POOP, I found a message filled with insulting words about who else, but me of all people! Now immediately the regulars began to scramble for cover, some to Sparhawk's bomb shelter, and others like Haplo grabbing up his armor. They knew well that only a fool would insult the storm. Following is a brief account of just how dangerous it is to take a shot at the storm. Hope you like reading it. I sure had a *BLAST* writing it! * * * Dead silence permeated the air. POOP looked first right, and then left. No one in sight. Everyone had vanished all at once, leaving him standing alone in the open forum plain. Wait. Over there! A glimmer. Odd - it was Haplo crouching close to the ground in shining gold armor. What on earth was he doing? And over there, Tonya and Jaeger sprinting towards the bomb shelter where Sparhawk was anxiously watching with binoculars. Why was everyone clearing out? Even the ferrets had torn off in search of a hidey hole (or some raisins, no one's really sure!). It was then that POOP felt the shiver. A cold breeze had risen, sending a chill down his spine. The perpetual silence was broken with a low, almost inaudible rumble from afar. As POOP strained to hear more of the distant noise growing louder, a dark shadow fell over him. With a worried glance up, he saw that the sun had been blotted out by enormous swirling clouds that were black as night. A storm was coming. The cold breeze abruptly picked up into a fierce wind, whipping across the plain and knocking POOP down onto his knees. The distant sound had grown in intensity, increasing exponentially until it arrived at a mind numbing rumble. CRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! The lightning ripped the clouds asunder sending a furious boom reverberating through the very ground itself. POOP's expression had gone from one of utter arrogant imbellacy to a visage ripe with terror. What had he done to deserve this? What thing had he offended. And then he remembered. He had insulted the storm. A fatal error to be sure. The storm closed about him with a vicious rage, the clouds themselves churning and swirling about him, the deafening thunder coming from all corners. And when a dark visage began to appear within the depths of those black clouds wearing an expression of pure fury, even brave Haplo dropped the BFG9000 and made a mad dash for the shelter. Haplo barely made it through the door when the very air around POOP was ignited with brilliant lightning. The blinding bolts of electrical force danced around POOP, arcing in brilliant displays of pure power. They formed on a single point in front of POOP, and with a resounding boom the likes of which have never been felt, the lightning coalesced into a single individual, a magnificent unicorn of legend. POOP, still on his knee's, raised his hands and began to beg for mercy. "Silence!" the unicorn growled. His eyes flared with an arcane energy. "You have erred in your choice of targets," the unicorn spoke in a voice that rumbled like the very storm still raging in the skies, "and now you pay the price!" In the bomb shelter, Haplo, Tonya, Sparhawk, and Jaeger all turned away in horror (although the ferrets took a peek in case there were some raisin's involved) as the storm meted out its punishment. * * * POOP slowly opened his eyes. Blinking rapidly, he found he still could not see. He was in a dark place, and as he tried to stand up he found that he was chained to the floor. What had happened? The last thing he remembered was the unicorn raising it's hand and then all had vanished in a blinding flash. Where was he? POOP looked up abruptly as the sound of metal scraping against metal came from the far wall. An enormous door opened letting pale light filter into the dungeon past an imposing individual who had stepped into the doorway. POOP immediately felt himself grow cold with fear as his captor spoke, "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Welcome to Komytee Island stranger! DARLING MUFASA," the captor called back up the stairs behind him, "Set an extra plate at the APEX dinner table. We have guests!" With that he turned and looked back at POOP with a gleam in his eye. "So tell me stranger ... you ever think much about politics?" POOP's face went ashen, and he expressed it all in a weak voice, "Ohhhh POOP!" {!} - The Power of Justice- {!} By Werewolf "Sorry to put my piece of sugar here ... But who is entitled with the Power of Justice here ? Would like to hear his name, in fact ... if we can't know even the name of this man. At least an official text. Where was the Jury for this trial ? And where the decision was taken?" -- Mr Laughjoy, in a forum post, to which the following reply was rendered by An Elliptical and Overparenthesised Werewolf The following is purely an intellectual exercise. 1. Telephone Fujitsu and ask for Chairman or Managing Director. OR 2. The *Oracles* effect direct intervention in WA and have the ultimate authority to deal with 'troublesome' avatars ... these judgements have, presumably, been filtered through a bed of corporate lawyers at Fijitsu (who provide this service we all enjoy so much) before WA came into existence (or BETA). There are three Oracles in WA (altogether now: they are..........). We the people are the jury (faint cries from the ivory tower) as we avatars are all peers and intend to remain so (sound of door opening at top of ivory tower). There is also a set (ever expanding) of Acolytes who are *nice* people with the ability to monitor goings on in WA itself and in the forum and they refer problems up the line to Oracles. To my uncertain (and no doubt soon to be corrected) knowledge, particular perpetrators have been *repeatedly* warned about behavior which the *Oracles* determined is (chooses words carefully as figure can be seen waving at top of ivory tower) unduly detrimental to the wellbeing of WA as a whole (sound of footsteps on stairs to ivory tower). Effectively, particular avatars overstepped the line with their continued antisocial behaviour (judged in Waking World and Dream terms) and elicited a very negative response from the majority of avatars who raised the matter calmly and reasonably. This probably coincided with a similar sentiment amongst (some) Acolytes which was passed onto the Oracles (who are mysterious beings without emotion ... no, not lawyers). Then the Oracles stepped in and slapped the naughty peoples' wrists. One who shall remain brainless ... sorry, nameless ... was sent to clean out the WA latrines (16000 POOPS) and others have been set various chores under supervision. Sorry this is full of in-jokes which you may not get yet but no post in the Forum is private and I have to consider the audience's tastes. I have to go now ... I can feel the hot breath of The Man In The Ivory tower on my furry neck. Others will be along soon to add their twopennorthworth ... avatars are like buses ... or men ... or some- thing. Me, I'm lonely for another werewolf, but Oberon tells me the fairies need room to expand, so he's phased out all the werewolves but me and I have to sail to Golden Byzantium soon. Gonna stop off and visit Prospero on the way; I hear Christoper Tempest is already there. {!} - Hatemail No. 1- {!} By Throbbing Gristle Welcome you readers of this. It seems tolerance in Kymer goes exactly as far as the thoughts of people who fancy that they have a right to force their own morals on others. This is a problem in WW and this seems to be a raising problem in WA too ... who makes the rules for using the dreamscape??? Isn't there anyone who would be pretty bored if he could not spend his time running around Kymer complaining about all these things that are parts of RW too? Why doesn't tolerance go so far to let everybody play his OWN game inworlds? All the talking and complaining about HHC has made him the probably most wellknown and popular citizen of Phantasus ... doesn't that make you think? And what does he do at least? He is wearing his name loud and proud and definitely does not raise any doubts about his own kind of business. So ... who is fooled here? Somebody who hands his head to an avatar calling himself Headhunter can surely be regarded as responsible for his actions himself. Would you hand your kitchen-knife to Jack the Ripper in RW? Maybe you get fooled once, then you should have had your lesson for the future ... what does it cost you? A few tokens that will soon be forgotten. The next time you may be more careful about your belongings; a better lesson than all the words. Yes Zooey, you're right: This does not include any destructive actions with other avatars' public performances, this is another theme ... I'm getting so tired of this discussion. And don't get me wrong: I neither steal nor beg nor harass (except in some special cases where it's the only thing that possibly will help me get rid of troublesome avatars). There are more disturbing persons in WA than the ones on your lists. There are people running around the streets with a sweetish grin and a nice colourful outfit, who seem to see only one sense in their existence, which could be: harassing those who think differently from their own sweet talking. They cause trouble where they appear but they will not appear on any list or will not be sent to the void. BUT I have the power to accept some things just as they are ... and I wish some of the self-nominated judges had this power too. This makes me wonder what the "community" is. We surely have a halfway functioning community in Phantasus. With our avatars, we have no need to judge people on their age, looks, sex, etc. This makes it easier to be unbiased. Thus nobody can expect a community that only exists on love peace and happiness. Not everybody can communicate and/or share his place with everybody else; this is impossible in the waking world as well as in WA. If you ever find yourself among people who have no relation to you and have not the slightest thing in common with you and who are also not interested in you, why not simply walk to the locale to the left or right and find others who may have a different opinion of you. This would be the easiest for all concerned. But no. You keep standing there, talk and talk when nobody is listening and steal the place for others who are probably more accepted or welcome. But no, you won't see that. You keep it on until the flames are rising. And then you run around and complain. Why does a person stand around at the Magic Shop and think that all people there are weird and ugly? (This as a recent example of this manner, I won't mention names at this time). It would be easy if you could accept that even in a community there are lots of small sub-communities that maybe share a common interest. Enough for this time. You can meet me inworld nearly each day if you excuse my outfit. You can even discuss this with me. But if you ask if I will sell my skullhead, I won't. {!} - Wert's KYMER HOSTS: Updated List - {!} By Wert P Gumby Acolyte Lynx Artema SunRay-Kymer Guardian Berch Berch II Big Kahoona Camile Storm Charity Case Chief Duckolyte Mark Chief Duckolyte Brains Chief Duckolyte Davy Joe Chief Duckolyte Renegade Christopher Storm Cr. Necrolyte Little Princess Crusader Actionizer Duckolyte Alien Duckolyte John Whiz Duckolyte Larry Lamb Duckolyte LumMoose Duckolyte Melissa T Duckolyte Melissa T (2) Guardian Sleuthmeister Highlander Izabella Joker 69 JpzV Knight Darkrose Krazy Kat LeadMan Little Princess Meaf Mivo Necrolyte SKY TOWER Necrolyte SunRay White Rose Necrolyte Xian Rehan Alvi Rotfuchs Simon S Simon Spellmoon Special Agent Mulder Sunray Ann Sunray Elminster Sunray Knight Necrolyte Jackal Sunray Knight Oliver Sunray Lightweaver Sunray LumMoose-Kymer Guardian Sunray Ole Dogg SunRay Kibbi SunRay Mage CyberMage SunRay Mage CyberMage II William T. Ryker :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: The Week in Review :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {!} - Duckolyte TriviaMaster- {!} By Chief Duckolyte Brains The results of last Sunday's game are as follows: 1st Place: Babette - received a Heart Chest with Rare Pink Flower_Head* and matching rare body spray. 2nd Place: Cut-Me-Own-Throat-Dibbler - received a Heart Chest with Rare Pink Lacey_Head* and matching rare body paint 3rd Place: Jayvee (tie) received a Heart Chest and Fern 3rd Place: TexxWilly Wonka (tie) received a Heart Chest and Fern The following are the standings going into the final week of TriviaMaster. These people qualify for the monthly Prize to be given out on Sunday, March 31st at the Starway Stage. In the event that a tie exists, we will have a special monthly set of questions to break the tie, and select one winner. The standings are as follows: Chris Brown: 5 points Babbette: 5 points Unga-Bunga: 3 points TexWilly Wonka: 3 points Cut-Me-Own-Throat-Dibbler: 3 points Leadman: 2 points Jayvee: 2 points Good luck everyone! It is still wide open on who the monthly winner will be. A first time player of the game can still qualify. This week's attendence was well over 40 avatars again. Door prizes including many rare items were given out at the start. Technical difficulties caused the number of questions to be reduced on Sunday. The error was found, modifications to the program have been made, and we are thoroughly testing. I am afraid to say that user error was the cause of the problem. Apparently, a space was in my text file where one should not be. Additional code was written to insure this will never happen again. Thank-you everyone for your support and patience at the game. I have a deeper empathy to those who score these trivia games manually. I don't think I could do it without Wert's TriviaMaster program. Duckolyte TriviaMaster is intended to be a very fast paced game. This week's topic is "Media", this includes all types of media such as TV, Movies, Radio, Newspapers, etc. This topic will not ask questions like, who starred in this movie or TV show, or what was the Beaver's real name. They are high level questions only. TriviaMaster is played every Sunday at 7:00pm WAT at the Starway Stage. Please join us for the fun. Door Prizes every week. {!} - Pick-3 Lotto Winners- {!} By <> The drawing on March 25 for the Pick-3 Lotto was great, tons of fun games and door prizes! The numbers that were drawn were 6-2-8 No one won the jackpot this time, so it will be added to the next drawing's jackpot. The following people all won 125T for getting two of the numbers right Those chosing ?-2-8: Dot Warner 528 Unicorn 128 and 128 Darkwolf 428 Those chosing 6-?-8: MEAF 608 Brimble 678 Chuck1 618 Those chosing 6-2-?: SunRay Gwenhwyfar 626 Sir Pervical 629 Llamas 627 Lockjaw 626 Golden Knight-Lord Will 624 Frogolyte Wilbur 627 Dark Sunolyte SunGod 623 and 623 If your name is listed above, please e-mail me and tell me when you are inworld, CIS(73357.1576) The next lotto will be at -->>>8000T<<<-- on April 8 in the Bar-L Bar Storeroom. Come to WIN BIG! Purchase tickets for the next lotto from any of the following ticket sellers: <> Mr. Boombastic Sherry Charlie Chicken Mage Dumpling Knight Sir Lancelot {!} - WA Raffle Winners- {!} By Acolyte Lynx The winner's of this past week's WARaffle Drawing were: 4th place ... 1100 tokens ... Wert P Gumby 3rd place ... 1650 tokens ... Anke 2nd place ... 2750 tokens ... Earendil and first place winning 5500 tokens {} Tom Turbo {} Anke, Mivo has your winnings. Please contact him for your winnings. The next raffle will be held on Saturday, April 6, 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! {!} - Worlds of Fortune - March 26 - {!} By Acolyte Sunray Data We had 19 ghosts at one point in our game. I thank all of you for your participation. Worlds of Fortune is like the Waking World TV show Wheel of Fortune. A note I might make about Worlds of Fortune is that NO DOWNLOADS are required and there are NO ENTRY FEES. The rare painted Rose heads have been very popular. So next week, I will also give the champs a choice of 300 Tokens or a Rose head. If you win, please be sure to stay around for the chapmionship rounds. This weeks winners are as follows: #Tokens or Name Item Won Round one Avienda 25 Melancholy* 100 Mufasa 25 Damia 50 (Ghost Winner) Round Two LumMoose 25 Passion 25 Girlie* 100 Mufasa 50 (Ghost Winner) Round Three Holger 25 Betha 25 Cosmocat* 100 Holger 50 (Ghost Winner) Championship Melancholy 25 Girlie* Rose head painted rare white Cosmocat 50 LaJolla 50 (Ghost Winner) Ghost Champ Damia 25 LaJolla* Rose head painted rare green Holger 25 Askani 50 (Ghost Winner) * - Designates Round Winner Thanks again to our contestants and hosts who made this game a success! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: A Multilingual Phantasus :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {!} - The German Corner- {!} By Zooey 1¾lon der letzten Woche gelesen und gleich ein wenig missverstanden hatten. Um es noch einmal in aller Deutlichkeit zu betonen: Ich will mich hier nicht zum Sittenwaechter oder Moralapostel aufschwingen, jeder soll die Rolle ausleben, in der er sich am wohlsten fuehlt. Wobei wir natuerlich direkt zu der Frage kommen: "Warum sind wir eigentlich hier?" Keinesfalls zu verwechseln mit der philosophischen Grundsatzdiskussion ueber das Thema "Wer ist der Mensch?" oder gar "Wo kommt ihr her?" (auf die letzte Frage hat uebrigens Throbbing Gristle eine interessante Antwort parat ) Anscheinend gibt es in Phantasus drei Typen von Charakteren: Da ist zunaechst einmal der Durchschnitts-Avatar (durchaus nicht abwertend gemeint - schliesslich zaehle ich mich selbst auch zu dieser Gruppe). Er bzw. sie ist sozusagen das binaere Spiegelbild eines Menschen in der Waking World - mal abgesehen von so unbedeutenden Aeusserlichkeiten wie einem Fernseh-Kopf oder pinkfarbener Haut. Dann gibt es die "Masken". Sie nutzen eine Chance aus, die nur im Cyberspace geboten wird: in eine voellig neue Rolle zu schluepfen und dabei auch mal richtig auf den Putz zu hauen. Die "Besucher" bilden die dritte Gruppe - Leute, die einfach nur mal kurz reinschauen und plaudern wollen, sich ansonsten aber keinerlei Gedanken ueber Kymer, Phantasus und ihre Stellung in dieser Gesellschaft machen. Und gerade die Mischung all dieser Typen ist es auch, die dieses "Dreamscape" so interessant macht. Ein Paradies mit lauter schrecklich netten, einfoermigen Leuten stelle ich mir auf Dauer einigermassen langweilig vor. Mit anderen Worten: Ich mag Zyniker, bin fuer Streitgespraeche und kann auch mit Kritik sehr gut umgehen - so lange bei alledem ein Mindestmass an Intelligenz durchschimmert. Und gegen Diebe kann man/frau sich schuetzen, inzwischen werden ja auch alle Newbies sofort gewarnt und kaum eine/r duerfte noch auf Sprueche wie: "Zeig' mir doch mal kurz deinen Kopf" hereinfallen (der eine oder andere der inzwischen auf der "schwarzen Liste" aufgefuehrten Langfinger ist sogar ein interessanter Gespraechspartner). Was mir nur wirklich auf die Nerven geht und mich in der letzten Woche dazu veranlasst hat, ein paar Worte ueber Toleranz und Zusammenleben zu verlieren, ist echte Ruecksichtslosigkeit und sinnlose Provokation. Die letzten Tage in Phantasus habe ich intensiv dazu genutzt, einfach nur zuzuhoeren - und dabei ist mir aufgefallen, dass hier einige wirklich miese Dinge ablaufen: Da gibt es Typen, die Hetzkampagnen gegen einzelne Avatars starten, andere legen es bewusst darauf an, Spass zu zerstoeren und Leute zu frustrieren, die sich viel Muehe mit der Vorbereitung und Organisation von Spielen und Aktionen gegeben haben. Und schliesslich gibt es noch ein Phaenomen, das ich (unbedarft wie ich bin ) gerade hier kaum vermutet haette: Belaestigung und dummdreiste Anmache von Frauen. Und solche Aktionen sind nicht nur ein Problem fuer diejenien, die direkt davon betroffen sind - sie sind vielmehr ein Problem fuer uns alle. Nicht nur unter dem Gesichtspunkt, dass jede/r von uns irgendwann mal davon betroffen sein koennte. Es geht auch darum, dass hier eine schleichende Zerstoerung einsetzt: Es wird ganz allmaehlich ein Teil dessen verlorengehen, was diese Cyberspace-Gesellschaft so aufregend macht: die Freiheit. Wie ich wohl beim letzten Mal schon erwaehnte, hat jede/r von uns hier die Chance, an der Gestaltung einer neuen Welt mitzuwirken. Wir alle sind die Baumeister, die Regulatoren, wir koennen und sollen Verantwortung uebernehmen und unsere Regeln selbst bestimmen. Es scheint aber, als kaemen einige von uns mit dieser Verantwortung nicht klar. Und je mehr Aerger es gibt, desto lauter wird schliesslich wieder der Ruf nach einer Aufsichtsbehoerde, einer Cyber-Polizei. Dann sollen erst die Acolytes eingreifen, danach die Oracles. Die Horrorvision waere schliesslich, dass zukuenftig an jedem Ort in Phantasus ein Geist schwebt, der die Einhaltung der Regeln ueberwacht - das ist eine Entwicklung, die wohl niemand von uns begruessen duerfte. Darum noch einmal mein dringender Appell an alle: Beherzigt die einzige wirklich wichtige Grundregel menschlichens Zusammenlebens, die sich ableitet aus Immanuel Kants kategorischem Imperativ. Dieser gute Mann hat vor rund 200 Jahren einen Anspruch aufgestellt, der durchaus als zeitlos und allgemeingueltig bezeichnet werden kann: "Handle nur nach derjenigen Maxime, durch die du zugleich wollen kannst, dass sie ein allgemeines Gesetz werde." Und wer kann schliesslich schon wollen, dass es Gesetz wird, anderen Leuten auf die Nerven zu gehen, sie zu belaestigen oder sogar zu verletzen? Und schon ist es wieder passiert: Ich habe den Zeigefinger erhoben! Sorry, war nicht meine Absicht, eigentlich ging es mir nur um einen kleinen Denkanstoss. Und ich gelobe hiermit feierlich, dass sich mein naechster ESP!-Artikel AUF GAR KEINEN FALL mit den Aspekten von Sitten und Moral befassen wird. So das war's mal wieder. Bis bald in Phantasus - und bleibt immer weg von offenen Fenstern :-). {!} - Hispaniclytes- {!} By Hispaniclyte Ivan Boricua Hola! La comunidad de Hispaniclytes (hispanos/latinos) en WA sigue creciendo para mas informacion sobre el club favor enviarme un E-mail a 103201,2414. Pronto les estare informando sobre futuros eventos. Por el momento les tengo algunos chistes para todos aquellos que hablan y/o entienden el espanol: 1) Una anciana entrego una carta al oficial de correos y le pidio que la pesase. El oficial le explico que le habia puesto demasiados sellos. La anciana exclamo: "Espero que no vaya a parar demasiado lejos!" 2) "Ahora que estamos casados, mi amor," dijo el nuevo esposo, "espero no te importe el que yo mencione unos pequenos defectos que he notado en ti." "No importa querido," contesto la nueva esposa, "fueron ellos los que evitaron que consiguiese un mejor marido." 3) Estudiante: "Sí el decano no se retracta de lo que me dijo esta manana, me voy a tener que ir e la universidad." Amigo: "Que te dijo?" Estudiante: "Que estaba expulsado." 4) Soldado Raso: Tengo deseos de decirle a ese sargento dos o tres cosas, de nuevo. Amigo: De nuevo? Soldado Raso: Si, ayer me dieron deseos tambien. Bueno eso es todo amigos nos vemos en proximo ESP! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Poetry, Quips and Other Nice Thoughts :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {!} - The Lovesick Avatar- {!} By M. My arms just long to hold him, But I know this cannot be. For he is but a fantasy Locked deep in the heart of me. I see us on my monitor, So near and yet so far. This is the cruel torment For a lovesick Avatar. We wander through the garden Where the roses never die. We gaze into each others eyes, But I just want to cry. For I know that we can never Catch that falling star. This is the bitter heartache Of a lovesick Avatar. He's given me a teddy-bear, A symbol of our love. He buys me flowers, I give him gifts, He's my own sweet turtle-dove. But on my heart I know There will forever be a scar, When the dream at last has shattered Around this lovesick Avatar. {!} - Moonquip- {!} By Maggie Moon An attitude is like an Apple; a good one is savored and enjoyed, whereas a bad one can spoil the whole bunch. {!} - Poetic Commentary- {!} By Vampire When I listen to many avatars, I know not when to speak, because their lack of punctuation makes it so much more difficult for me. Are you done? Are you finished? I don't wish to interrupt you. Please use a period or a question mark; I never know when you're through. "This poem will never reach its destination!" Voltaire (1694-1778) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Phantasus Avatar Groups :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {!} - The Phantasus Avatar Group listing - {!} Alienytes Dead Poets Society Duckolytes Echolytes Frogolytes Golden Knights Golden Sorceresses Helpolytes Hispaniclytes Inconsistent Anarchists Knights of Kymer Kymer Guardians Mages Magicas Necrolytes Normalas Sharkolytes And each day, the list of groups grows! If you have a new group you'd like added to this list, please let us know! {!} - Dead Poets Society Recital - {!} Join the Cyber-Poets Every Sunday in Phantasus! The Dead Poets Society is an ongoing poetry recital open to all citizens. Recitals are held at 8.30-9.00pm WAT every Sunday on the observation deck of the StarWay Cafe. Avatars Prez and Supel alternate as hosts (with generous assistance from Pops, Dang and others), and *all* are welcome to attend. Choice of poems is up to the reciters but we do ask that individual poems be no longer than eight verses and that reciters avoid inappropriate language or subject matter. Participation is easy: if you want to recite, just show up a few minutes early and ESP the host. To showcase your special group, you must make your arrangements in advance; contact Prez at 102726,1655. The next scheduled special poetry night will be on April 7, hosted by Supel and featuring Easter bunny poems. Upcoming poetry recitals ------------------------ Sunday, April 14, 8:30-9:00 p.m. Tournament of Love Poetry. The suitors of Astarte, the enigmatic Queen of Kymer, are hereby challenged to compete formally for her favor in a courtly contest of words on April 14. Come armed with your finest love poems and dress dashingly. Based on the evening's supplications, Queen Astarte will select several candidates and assign them to heroic quests. Her ultimate choice, based on the quests, will receive the title "Consort of Queen Astarte." Sunday, April 21, 8:30-9:00 p.m. All outlaws and would-be outlaws (inlaws OK) cordially invited to present your favorite dastardly rhymes on Dark Poetry night, WAT, Starway Cafe observation deck. Come and express the dark longings of your heart, and your lighter side as well. To arrange a presentation in advance, contact Prez. (It's OK to just show up without pre-arrangement). Please keep your selections under 10 verses. Poems may be written by you or anyone else. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Event Announcements :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {!} - Clover's Collectibles- {!} The Dreamscape's premier dealer of rare heads and items no longer available in vendos. AUCTION Monday, April 1 at 8:00 PM WAT Starway Cafe Stage Door Prize drawings for rare items! We are here to serve you. We are accepting consignment of rare items for future sales. Consignment fee is 20% of selling price. All items will be auctioned to the highest bidder. If you have rare or hard to obtain items you wish to place on consignment, please contact one of our staff inworld or via Email (All CIS UIDs and information supplied will be handled in a professional and confidential manner): Clover.....73071,1252 Remus......74627,1701 Passion....102443,1111 Please supply the following information: -Consignor Avatar Name -Consignor UID (if different from UID on Email) -Item Names -Minimum starting bids for each item -Locale for collecting consignment item -Proposed time for collection of consignment item You will receive return Email either confirming the meeting or proposing an alternate meeting time. Please allow 1-2 days for a response. ****************WARNING**************** * Protect yourself from scam artists! * ******************************************* Do not meet with anyone claiming to represent Clover's Collectibles unless you receive return Email with an appropriate staffer UID from the above list. {!} - Duckolyte Collectibles Benefit Auction- {!} By Chief GK Raptor-Duckolyte SrK and Chief Duckolyte Brains The Duckolytes are very excited and proud to be bringing to you a new and wild auction starting April 19, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. WAT in the Starway Stage and will be held on a monthly basis thereafter. We are happy to be announcing that this is a Duckolyte benefit auction and all proceeds will be going into the Duckolyte benefit fund to help sponsor future prizes for events held in the Dreamscape. To put on events that contain prizes it takes many tokens, most of which come from the sponsor's own pockets. This will offset the high cost of holding special events and will bring to you a larger number of prizes. All avatars of Kymer will benefit from this and the Duckolytes are elated about bringing it to you. During the event there will be door prizes which will be announced soon, as well as the items up for bid. The auction will be handled a little bit differently then auctions of the past, we will add our own flavor of bidding to make it more enthusiastic for the bidders, and for those who like to watch. One of the ways of bidding (traditional) is that the item up for bid will go to the highest bidder. The other variation called "Duckolyte Rules" will go like this: the item up for bid will be deliberately started high, then gradually go down in price. The first bidder to bid gets the item. Here is an example, lets say the item is a rare Cute Elf head (rep), the floor is opened by the auctioneer at say 10,000 tokens. The price gradually decreases until a bidder bids on it. The first one to bid gets the item. This type of bidding adds a new excitement and tension to the auction. The Duckolyte sponsors will be charging a fee of 10% for items placed on consignment, and once again the profits will go to help fund future events in Kymer. Items up for bid at the auction are guaranteed not to be sold in vendos. We are looking forward to seeing you Friday, April 19, at 7:00 p.m. in the Starway Stage Cafe. The Duckolyte Collectibles Benefit Auction will have many rare items up for bid. Everyone who comes is eligible for door prizes. We hope to see you all there !! Please contact the following authorized individuals for items to be placed on consignment, Chief Duckolyte Brains Chief GK Raptor-Duckolyte SrK Do not accept offers from imitators claiming to represent the auction, contact us in world if you have a rare item that you would like to place on consignment. {!} - Kymer Avatar or Ghost Racing And Betting - {!} (Kaograb) By Mr Boombastic How does this work? Racers will start at one locale and when I say go, they get to the destination without using the teleports. Helpers will be at the teleport to make sure the racers don't use them. Racers will get 100 tokens if they win a race. What does a helper do: Helpers find racers and also would host a couple races if I cannot get there on time. A helper would also advertise and collect bets from people and then give me who bet on who. A helper will be paid 50 tokens for their hosting in any race and 10 for any other job they do in a race. Helpers will be alternated per race. If they do any other task, it will be a 25 token payment. What is a racers job: The racer is paid for winning and nothing else except a 100 token salary per month. I will alternate racers each week and I can have as many racers as people who want to race. The number of racers depends on how many racers there are. A racer cannot miss more than 2 races or else he will be thrown out of racing. If a racer cheats or tries to win more than one time he will be thrown out. If I dont have enough racers for that race, it will be postponed and those racers will race next race along with the racers I have assigned to race this week. If a racer cannot race for an understandable reason he will not be penalized for that. How does betting work: Helpers and I will be inworld at a certain time which will be announced in the forum to accept bets and also will accept bets anytime I am inworld. An avatar can bet on only one racer per race for for 100T or more. If there is more than one person who chose a racer who won, the pot will be split. If the racer does not show up for the race, the money will be refunded to anyone who bet on the racer; otherwise no refunds. If you win, you will be e-mailed and you will be given a time inworld to meet me so that I can give you your money. If you have any further questions on anything about this or would like to be a helper or racer please contact me at 103603,3321. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: The Social Registry :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: {!} - Ordination Begins! - {!} The Council on Marriages in Kymer Application Period has begun to become an Ordained Avatar Applications are now being taken to become an Ordained Avatar. The application period began Friday, March 22, and will go through Midnight WAT, Thursday, April 4, 1996. The application needs to be in the specified format in the file: HOW TO BECOME AN ORDAINED AVATAR available in the Forum Library. A search keyword for this file is ORDAIN. What is an Ordained Avatar? An ordained avatar is allowed to marry or witness weddings and send a request for an official certificate to be issued. This avatar receives 150 Tokens for their service. They may also take and forward requests for a reservation for a reception and retain the 100 T fee. We know there are some creative avatars who could write some really neat wedding rituals (ceremony). So, get your applications in and perhaps you will be one of the 7 that Oracle Uni will ordain on April 20th! All the details you need to know and how to submit an application are in the file. A special note, the E-Mail address and the Application period are not in the file, but in the FILE DESCRIPTION. However, the E-Mail address for the application is: Data, 75112,3243. Again, you may find this information by clicking on DESCRIPTION before accessing the file. {!} - Engagement and Wedding Announcements - {!} By Khai Joybringer -- Engagements -- Salisarr and Precious Brat Are planning a June wedding, after he proposed on March 20. -- Weddings to Come -- Thursday, April 4 SunRay Love and SunRay Render 6:00 p.m. in Meditation Park at the Rose Garden. Ceremony to be conducted by Oracle Uni. Reception will be held at the StarWay Cafe Observation Deck following the services. Saturday, June 22 Mivo and Acolyte Nicci 1:00 p.m. at the Tabernacle. Ceremony to be conducted by Oracle Uni. Reception details to follow. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Phantasus Event Schedule :: :: Week of Monday, April 1, through Sunday, April 7 :: :: All times in WAT (Pacific) :: :: Collected by Acolyte Brynne :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: + Indicates Recurring Event # Indicates an event not appearing on the Scheduling Group's schedule posted in the forum and therefore, no guarantees are made that the locale will be available on the scheduled date at the scheduled time. {} --------------------- {} Monday, April 1 {} --------------------- {} 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Harlequin Games +LeadMan's Bingo ..............................................LeadMan Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-210T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ESP host for Location +#Oceanfront's POT Bingo....................................Oceanfront Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 60/110T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 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! 6:00-8:00 p.m. Outside Magic Shop +Magic Blackjack.................................. Sunray Knight Haplo All proceeds will go towards helping newbies. Please stop by to watch or play. 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. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Jadelin's Jackpot Bingo .....................................Jadelin Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-100T + 20T for Jackpot. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe Stage +Clover Collectibles Auction ................................... 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. {} --------------------- {} Tuesday, April 2 {} --------------------- {} 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Harlequin Games +LeadMan's Bingo ..............................................LeadMan Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-210T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 12:00 noon Harlequin Games +Kymer Pot BINGO.......................................Simon Spellmoon The rules can be found in AWAYFORUM in the file SIMON.TXT 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. 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Oceanfront's POT Bingo ...................................Oceanfront Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 60/110T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 3:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom #+What's In The Box?...................................Princess Lovely You must guess what's in the box and then you get the item in it. Many prizes to be won. The first box will be small and then the higher the price goes until the last box will be either very rare or very expensive or both. Please come join the fun. 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, April 3 {} --------------------- {} 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Harlequin Games +LeadMan's Bingo ..............................................LeadMan Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-210T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 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. 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Oceanfront's POT Bingo ..................................Oceanfront Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 60/110T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 3:00 p.m. Starway Stage #+The Knights of Kymer Kategories ...............SunRay Fawn, Soltron2 Knights of Kymer version of Wert's Kategories. 5:00 - 7:00 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. 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Library +Pop Culture Trivia......................................PEZ Collector Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Exact prizes will be announced before the event begins. {} --------------------- {} Thursday, April 4 {} --------------------- {} 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 90,000T won so far! 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Oceanfront's POT Bingo ...................................Oceanfront Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 60/110T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 6:00 p.m. #Wedding of SunRay Love and SunRay Render Meditation Park at the Rose Garden. Ceremony to be conducted by Oracle Uni. Reception will be held in Starway Cafe's Observation Deck following the services. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom +Chaos Incorporated.......................Acolyte Serena or Marianne G New games and more! 7:00 - 9:00 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. 10 token playing fee to help defray the costs. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Jadelin's Jackpot Bingo .....................................Jadelin Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-100T + 20T for Jackpot. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). {} --------------------- {} Friday, April 5 {} --------------------- {} 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Harlequin Games +LeadMan's Bingo................................................LeadMan Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-210T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 11:00 - 12:00 a.m. Isle Caribe +Ghost Races...................................................Holger Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship! 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Oceanfront's POT Bingo....................................Oceanfront Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 60/110T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 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 into 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, April 6 {} --------------------- {} 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. 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. 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Harlequin Games +LeadMan's Bingo ..............................................LeadMan Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-210T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 12:00 Noon Harlequin Games +Kymer Pot BINGO.......................................Simon Spellmoon The rules can be found in AWAYFORUM in the file SIMON.TXT 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 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Oceanfront's POT Bingo....................................Oceanfront Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 60/110T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 3:00 p.m. ESP for Location #LeadMan's 3 of 15 Lotto .....................................LeadMan Select 3 of 15 numbers from 1 to 15 and win with 2 or 3 matches. 50 percent of pot are paid for tickets with 2 matches, 50 percent of pot are paid for tickets with 3 matches.If no win for 2 or 3 matches, pot is added to jackpot. Tickets 20T each, unlimited tickets allowed. First drawing Saturday, April 6th, 3pm WAT. You don't have to be present to win. Download LOTTO315.EXE from the forum library, not required but makes it easier to select tickets. Contact me inworld to buy tickets. For further questions or to buy tickets with PAC, E-Mail me at 100413,1430. Purchase tickets from authorized agents. Door prize raffle! 4:00 p.m. Meditation Park, Rose Arbor DKS (Dating, Kymer Style!)..............Codemaster John D. and Astarte So the 'Month of Romance' didn't work out the way you wanted? The FIRST ever 'Date Auction' will now solve *all* your problems! Clover's Collectibles will be helping with Door prizes! 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. StarWay Cafe Stage +WARaffle Drawing........Acolyte Lynx, Acolyte Electra, Acolyte Moria 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. (ESP! Note: This event does not appear on the Scheduling Group's Schedule posted on March 30, but to the best of our knowledge is a every Friday night event.) {} --------------------- {} Sunday, April 7 {} --------------------- {} 7:00 a.m. Starway Cafe Stage +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. 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Harlequin Games +LeadMan's Bingo ..............................................LeadMan Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 25-210T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 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. 12:00 noon Harlequin Games +Kymer Pot BINGO.......................................Simon Spellmoon The rules can be found in AWAYFORUM in the file SIMON.TXT 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ESP host for Location #+Oceanfront's POT Bingo....................................Oceanfront Call BINGO first, and get payouts depending on the number of players! Call JACKPOT first to win the additional jackpot. Bets are 60/110T. Download BINGO1.EXE or BINGO2.EXE from GO CITYLIFE/Library 6 (Lifestyle Worldwide). 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 TriviaMaster Game +StarWay Cafe Stage .........................Chief Duckolyte Mage Brains Due to the tremendous response of this event, we have modified the program to shorten the time it takes to display all individuals who have scored correctly on a question. This event is fun and fast paced. Scoring is administered by a new program developed by Wert P Gumby. Both PCs and MACs can play. Prizes are awarded to the top three finishers every week. Monthly Prize is awarded as well. Door Prizes can include rare items each week. 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe, Observation Deck +Dead Poets Society Recital..............................Prez, Supel Poems should be six verses or shorter. If you want to get involved, contact us inworld, or contact Prez [102726,1655] if you wish to be a presenter. {} --------------------- {} Upcoming Events {} --------------------- {} Sunday, April 14 4:00 p.m. Temple of Morpheus, Outside Fire Room Take A Chance.......................... Necrolyte Benny, Xian, Jackal Bi-Weekly. 25T entry fee. Answer questions on Kymer to win points. Top 3 scores enter Fireroom and have choice of tokens or contents of chest. Friday, April 19 7:00 p.m. ..............................................Starway Stage Duckolyte Collectibles Benefit Auction Saturday, April 20 #Time to be advised Temple of Morpheus, Tabernacle Avatar Ordination conducted by Oracle Uni. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Letters to the Editors :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: No letters this week! We'd like to hear from you! Write to either Acolyte Brynne at 71273,373 or Dread at 101646,2776 and let us know what you think of ESP! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Advertisements :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: CyberServices Announcing the opening of 'CyberServices', an adult orientated service. One to One ESP conversations on any subject. Strictly over 18's only. Participants will never meet any member of 'CyberServices'. All conversations will be carried out via ESP at the specified times arranged. Discretion is guaranteed, though before any conversaton starts, you will be required to state that you are over 18 years old, and that you understand the adult nature of the service. These statements will be saved in a text file, and a copy sent to you if you required. The cost of the service is 150T per sesson, with discounts available for bookings of two or more sessions. Sessions will run no less then 20 minutes, and no more than half an hour. You may change your mind, about participating, during the first five minutes, but a charge of 75 Tokens will be made (your original fee will be waived). For more details of the services on offer, please leave a PRIVATE message in the forum (click the 'private' checkbox), adressed to 'CyberServices' UID 101533,3636. Subse- quent correspondance will be via EMail. Please note, this service is ONLY available inworld, and cannot be conducted via EMail. 'CyberServices' is looking to add one more woman to it's team (currently one male, and one female). If you are interested in applying for this position, please post a PRIVATE message in the forum. You need not use your real name, and details will be sent to you upon receipt of your request. Please note: It is not the intention of 'CyberServices' to offend. Please do not reply to this ad, if you find talk of an adult nature offensive. Hera's Advertising Services I had a need for doing some advertising and found a gap in our business community. I created my own service which proved very successful in telling Kymerians about upcoming events. If you need to "get the word out" about your upcoming event or you just want to increase attendance, please contact SunRay Hera at 71762,3210. I will send you rates and coverage. Hera's Advertising Services (HAS) is not affiliated with the Knights of Kymer. Knights of Kymer 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. LeadMan's 3 of 15 Lotto Select 3 of 15 numbers from 1 to 15 and win with 2 or 3 matches. 50 percent of pot are paid for tickets with 2 matches, 50 percent of pot are paid for tickets with 3 matches. If no win for 2 or 3 matches, pot is added to jackpot. Tickets 20T each, unlimited tickets allowed. First drawing Saturday, April 6th, 3pm WAT. (ESP me for location) You don't have to be present to win. Download LOTTO315.EXE from the forum library, not required but makes it easier to select tickets. Contact LeadMan inworld to buy tickets. For further questions or to buy tickets with PAC, E-Mail me at 100413,1430 Leadman's Sport & Event Bets Bet on all major Waking World sports events (and more) and earn big money! We cover Boxing, Formula 1 Car Racing, IndyCar Racing, ATP Tennis, NHL, NBA, etc. We are working on bets for inworld events too. Bets ranging from 20-1000T We are accepting Phantasus Credit (PAC) Official agents: Cr. 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This ad was focused towards people who want ACCEPT credit. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: How to Send Submissions to ESP! :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Currently there are two 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 Event Listings for the Event Schedule Engagement and Wedding Announcements Letters to the Editors Advertisements Articles regarding new groups Articles regarding existing groups Anything you wish to submit but are not sure who should receive 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. Locales can only be officially reserved by emailing the Scheduling Group. 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 Newsstand 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/advertisement rates will be established accordingly. !}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}!}