!! !! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !! !! !! !! !!! !!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !! ! !! !!!! !!!! !! !! !! !!!! !! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!! !!!!!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!!! !! !! !!!!!!!! !! !! !!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!! !!!! !! !!!!!!!! !! !!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !! !! !! !! ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!!! !!!!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !! !! !! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !! !! !! !! !!!!!!! !!!!!! !! !!!! ====================================================================== Volume One, Issue Twenty-One January 2, 1996 ====================================================================== Published by and for the Avatar Citizens of the Island of Kymer in the City of Phantasus in the Dreamscape Kymer Clarion Editorial Board: Acolyte Brynne Marianne G Acolyte Milen Acolyte Rosaleah Acolyte VIQer BLD Stalker - Staff Photographer !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Index - FEATURES: The Editor Speaks..................................Acolyte Brynne Festival of Lights.............Acolyte Indigo, Acolyte Ravenwhyte Kymer Collectible Auction...........................Acolyte VIQer The Phantasus Acolytes.............................Acolyte Brynne The Phantasus Necrolytes...........................Necrolyte Xian Holiday Hunt Valuables.............................Acolyte Brynne GAMES AND GAMING: Bloodline: Coming in January...........................Marianne G CHAOS, Inc.............................................Marianne G Game Reports.......................................Acolyte Serena Ghost Racing Report................................Acolyte Serena Relay Ghost Races................Necrolyte Vadim, Acolyte Electra Trek Trivia.........................................Acolyte VIQer WARaffle Results.....................................Acolyte Lynx Where Am I?........................................Necrolyte Xian POETRY CORNER The Builder...........................Submitted by Acolyte Indigo WEDDINGS - INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Getting Married in Kymer......................Acolyte Sunray Data Announce Your Wedding Here........................Khai Joybringer Wedding Announcements....Asst. Arch Mage Arbus/Mage Advisor Ivory DEPARTMENTS: Schedule of Events, Jan 3-9...........Collected by Acolyte Brynne Advertisements...........................The Avatars of Phantasus Items Wanted Community Notices Help Wanted/Investment Opportunities Businesses and Services How to Publish Articles and Place Advertisements.........................Editorial Board !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - The Editor Speaks - By Acolyte Brynne You've been noticing some changes being made to the Kymer Clarion in the last couple weeks -- we've been hard at reorganizing its pages so as to make it much easier to find things. Each of the Rotating Editors has his/her own personal style, as we're sure you've noticed by now, and I'm no exception. In this issue, I've done some more departmentalizing to help make it easier for you to find just what you're looking for. We hope you like the changes we're making! While we have published 20 successive issues without skipping a beat, we have put undue pressure on ourselves to upload each issue of the Clarion by midnight WAT on Sundays for release to the library on Mondays. As many of you may know, our deadline for articles, ads, etc. has been noon Saturdays. Each editor then must prepare his/her material and have it to the Rotating Editor early Sunday morning, so the final issue can be put together. This has not given us much time to sort out any possible problems that might be found in submitted material. Therefore, the editorial board has decided to change the publication date. We will be uploading the Kymer Clarion on Monday evenings by midnight WAT for release early Tuesdays. As always, we welcome your submissions! The Kymer Clarion is published for all citizens of Kymer. The Clarion has an excellent circulation and its pages don't scroll. So if you have an announcement you'd like to make, a work of prose you'd like to share, an event you'd like publicized, an advertisement, or anything else you'd like to share with the Kymer citizens, remember the Kymer Clarion is here for YOU! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - The Festival of Lights - "When you wish upon a Star" by Acolyte Sunray Indigo and Acolyte Ravenwhyte Ideals are like stars, You will not succeed in touching them With your hands, But like the seafaring man On the desert of waters, You choose them as your guides, And, following them, You reach your Destiny. -- by Carl Shurz Stars, stars, stars, the precious stars of the Kymer night sky, seen from the StarWay Cafe Observation Deck (best view ). December 21 was a glorious night for the Festival of Lights; the "WISH UPON A STAR" night that we will all remember. This is the longest night of the year, being the Winter Solstice. The longest time of darkness when the stars will shine their fullest. From now on, we will look at some of the Kymerian stars with recognition, and with remembrance, and with a keener eye towards forming new shapes and constellations, naming stars and figures and loved ones in the dream. The stars can always represent our deepest feelings and longings. So often we try to reach them, to touch them, but find that they are outside our grasp. Yet, they sleep deep within us, to be touched by our feelings, and our hearts, and our longings. In the words of Oracle Uni, spoken shortly before the Festival event on the 21st of December, "Winter Solstice is the time to reach deeply within ourselves. It is the time to leave off externally-oriented motion and concerns (like new heads and new clothes and new turfs and new titles) and to search inside, to touch inner substance, to be inner-oriented. It is the time to develop the focusing of our deepest longings. Hopes and Dreams seem so external sometimes, so completely outside us and so far removed from our grasp, like the stars do." Oracle Uni continued to say, "I was thinking that tonight we will be reaching out for those stars and trying to realize them within our grasp. We are reaching for what is far away and giving it a name, to make it personal, in order to bring what is outside us, within us. In the same way, our child self tells Santa our wishes, our dreams, our hopes, and we wait for external realization of those hopes. But what we must do is to name them, and in so doing, make them real to ourselves." We felt that this goal was attained; and more than attained. Each of us held every individual's wish as our own, identifying with that wish, and in so doing, again in the words of Oracle Uni, "lay claim to the deepest part of ourselves." All the entries were wonderful, and you have named many Kymerian constellations and individual stars. We received numerous creative entries for the contest, and we again, in this article, want to acknowledge everyone for the beautiful work done, and for the magic they've added to the Dream through their participation. As the stars would say, smilingly, "You did us proud!" And the stars know that everyone was a winner! The following is a list of the new star names and constellations you have to look forward to identifying on the Observation Deck: Each contestant whose entry was accepted by the judges has or will receive a unique gold plaque engraved by Oracle Uni. The top three entries in each category have or will receive elf heads as an additional prize. Due to time constraints on the evening of December 21, we were not able to present all the plaques and heads. Please contact Ravenwhyte at 102733,2606 email or ESP Acolyte Ravenwhyte inworld if you have not yet received your prize. Please stay tuned for the uploaded files in for your viewing pleasure in the World's Away Life Forum. And on behalf of the Sunray Astronomy Guild, thanks for your participation! +++ STAR NAMES +++ NOTE: An asterisk (*) denotes the judges' three favorite star names. *Oracle Esmeralda - The Oracle of ancient Phantasian folklore (Sunray Illuminesca) *Icelos - Giver of dreams for birds and beasts who also takes the form of birds and beast in dreams - brother of Morpheus (Sunray Kibbi) *Newbie - Star named for beloved new Avatars, surrounded by welcomers in the night sky. (Sunray Illuminesca) BLD Draggy Star - This is said to be a very HOT Star which can breath fire, much like its namesake. (Marianne G) BLD Stalker - Some claim that this star cannot be seen, and indeed it is hard to see with the naked eye. However, astronomers equipped with high powered microscopes have confirmed that it is there, but strangely enough, this star seems to be covered with a black hood! (Marianne G) Cat Star - (None by some as "Bloodfang.") This star has been rumored to disappear from time to time. It has also been said to emit an unusual sound resembling a purr. Most believe that this is just a case of most stargazers not getting enough sleep. (Marianne G) Dream Star - Named for the Dream, which we all share. (Hera/Sunray Kibbi) Electra - Named with Electra in mind, when she was still a "wife to be ." (Acolyte Moria) Florista - The Garden Planet, Homeworld of Clover (LoneReb) Heart Star - A Peaceful and loving Planet, home to Passion (LoneReb) Indigo - Named with Indigo in mind. (Superman) Kari - Named with Kari Peace in mind. (Superman) Khai Joybringer's Black Hole - This is Khai Joybringer's Black Hole! This is the hole in space that she came through which deposited the Goddess of Joy in the sea to be brought to Kymer on the Argo. (Marianne G) Maclyte - Homeworld of Mac Users like Maclyte Fabulous (LoneReb) Morpheus - Maker of Dreams, and caretaker of Phantasus (Sunray Illuminesca) Mysty - Named with Sunray Mysty in mind. (Sunray Fawn) Nyx - The goddess of Night, the mother of Hypnos (god of sleep), and grandmother of Morpheus [NOTE: This star is the larger of the two in the cluster named "Twins" by Superman.] (Sunray Kibbi) Phantasos - Giver of dreams about inanimate objects, takes the form of inanimate objects in dreams. Brother of Morpheus (Sunray Kibbi) Psyche - Wife of Eros (cupid), god of Love (Kibbi) Sky Twins - Twin stars, each separate, but distinctly related; like alternate avatars. (Superman) Star of Argo - Named for the Vessel which brings all Avatars to Kymer. Rumored to be the main navigational star on the voyage to Phantasus. (Sunray Kibbi) Star of Oracles - Named for the Oracles, bright stars in our dream who serve our World so diligently. (Sunray Kibbi) Tulip - Named with Acolyte Tulip in mind. (Superman) Twins - Star cluster named with Janet in mind. (Superman) [NOTE: The larger star in the cluster was named "Nyx" by Sunray Kibbi. Please see the explanation below.] Zabeja - This stars' history is unknown at this point. (Huck) +++ CONSTELLATIONS +++ NOTE: An asterisk (*) denotes the judges' three favorite constellations. *Samantha - Depiction of the beautiful dolphin that guides the Argo on it's destination to Phantasus. Rumored to have a crooked jaw, incurred from a daring ocean rescue of a new comer who fell overboard. (Sunray Knight Dreamer/Dreamer SrK) *The Dreamer - A representation of each citizen of Kymer. The dreamer in each of is immortalized in the night skyscape. (Sunray Fawn) *[Tied as judges third favorite] Argo - A depiction of the trusty vessel which brings each of us to the dreamscape. (Sunray Illuvitar) *[Tied as judges third favorite] The Dipper of Phantasus - It seems that the night sky of Kymer has it's own dipper in this hemisphere. (Knight Aslan, KnK) *[Tied as judges third favorite] Eye of Morpheus - The ever watchful Eye of Morpheus... (Sunray Kethrey) *[Tied as judges third favorite] Uni - A depiction of a Unicorn, a being associated with beauty, wisdom and purity. Created with Oracle Uni in mind. (Sunray Kethrey) Ceyx and Alcyone - Ceyx and Alcyone were husband and wife, and very much in love. This constellation depicts the two lovers holding hands. Ceyx traveled by sea to a far off land to consult an Oracle. On the way, his ship sank and he perished. Alcyone knew not of his death, and kept praying for his return. The Gods, touched by Alcyone's prayers, sent Hypnos to put Alcyone to sleep and Morpheus took the form of a soaked Ceyx to tell her of his death. A few days later while standing on the beach, Ceyx's body washed up right in front of Alcyone. The Gods again, feeling pity for her, revived Ceyx and turned both into immortal birds. (Ravens perhaps? ) (Sunray Kibbi) Ghost - The ever present Ghost is also honored in our night sky. (Sunray Illuvitar) Hawkeye - This archer is always on target. (Necrolyte Xian) Hermes - Representation of Morpheus' helpful and somewhat obnoxious helper who lives in the Argo cabin, and has dedicated his existence to helping newcomers! (Sunray Illuminesca) Raven of Phantasus - Depiction of the Raven, which is so central to the Lore of the Isle of Phantasus. Is said to carry dreams from Morpheus on wing to hopeful dreamers... (Sunray Illuminesca) Sema - This constellation is a tribute to the much sought after Sema_head, and the unique and lively Avatars who wear them. (Ravenwhyte) Stag - This constellation spans the night sky with it's majestic rack of antlers. (Sunray Aquila) The Babe, or Babe Major - The almost mythical baseball great has found his way to the dreamscape as well, where he lives and breathes in the dreams of many. (Necrolyte Xian) Three Oracles - These stars have been known to take turns at shining brightly, but all three are always there in the night sky, watching and guiding the destiny of the world. (Marianne G) !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Kymer Collectibles Auction - By Acolyte VIQer Hosted by Scuttle and Clover The first collectible auction was a huge success!! There were a total of 15 items auctioned off this week. Among them was some wedding cake, Vampire paint and numerous heads! The biggest demand was for all the heads. I (Acolyte VIQer) was standing there with my one of a kind bald head and received an offer for 10,000 tokens!! Of course I'll never sell it. The item that brought in the fewest tokens was the Vampire paint, 610 tokens. A Fly head brought in the most at a whopping 8450 tokens! My my, all that for a fly head! Rare items indeed, had from teleporter mishaps. Only 6 known to be in existence... There were 55 ghosts at one time attending the auction. Scuttle informs me that he will have them more often, merchadise permitting. The most requested items were rare heads! Until next time, save your tokens!! You may find something you like! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - The Phantasus Acolytes - By Acolyte Brynne We've had a few new Acolytes join our team as well as a few name changes. Here is an updated roster for your reference: 1. BLD Stalker 13. Nicci 2. Brynne 14. Ravenwhyte 3. Chameleon 15. Rosa Peace 4. Electra 16. Rosaleah 5. Hindemith 17. Sabertooth 6. JWFriendly 18. Serena 7. Lankro 19. Sunray Data 8. Libra 20. Sunray Indigo 9. Lynx 21. Sunray VIQer 10. Magica Kari Peace 22. Tulip 11. Milen 23. Zippy 12. Moria What do all these Acolytes do? Our primary purpose is to be of help to newcomers to our Island, to answer their questions, to help them find their way around the highways and byways of Phantasus. We always try to have one Acolyte at the Help Desk and one Acolyte wandering around Phantasus to be of assistance whenever possible. Although there are some hours when no Acolyte is on duty, the Oracles have worked hard to provide Acolyte coverage as much as possible. One of our duties is answering pages, and often, this can result in an Acolyte being silent for long periods of time. If it happens that only one Acolyte is on duty at any given time, frequently three, four or even more pages can be received all at the same time. If that same Acolyte is covering the Help Desk at the Visitor's Center, and the Acolyte is also attempting to answer questions of the Avatars in the room, this can become *quite* a challenge for the Acolyte to keep up with everything. Thank Morpheus for the scrollback; I personally have had to use that nifty little feature quite often so as not to miss a page, an ESP or a question from someone in the room. We ask your patience. We try to do the very best we can but sometimes, our seeming silence just can't be helped. We also frequently find ourselves being asked to mediate between two people who wish to transact a sale. While this is not technically part of the Acolyte function, we try our best to assist when we can. There may be times, however, when we will have to ask you to please find a Necrolyte or a Sunray, or a member of some other trusted group, to help you conduct your business. Many times, we are paged and asked to come to a scene where an altercation of some kind may be occurring. While we do our best to respond, it is not always possible for us to leave our post and we will ask that the information be relayed to us in ESP. We ask your cooperation in providing us with the necessary information via ESP in order for us to determine where we are needed most. I think I speak on behalf of all Acolytes when I say that we are not a police force; we cannot be expected to come running when someone has placed an item on the ground and had it stolen. We ask that you all be responsible in protecting your valuables. We have no more powers than you have to seek the return of tokens or items that may be taken. If you wish to place a container or item on the ground, understand you have chosen to take the chance by doing so, and if the item is stolen, take responsibility for the fact that it was you who made yourself a potential victim. On the subject of tokens: The Acolytes earn tokens the same way Avatars do: 60T for every hour we're bodied inworld, and 30T if we are ghosted. If any of the Acolytes want turfs, we will be required to pay for them the same as anyone else. When the Acolytes host events, we pay for whatever we use as prizes and tokens used as prizes come from our own pockets. We have been asked on numerous occasions, even *expected*, to simply turn over tokens to someone who is brand new or to someone who has fallen prey to a thief or scam. Should an Acolyte decide to provide tokens to these people, s/he is doing so out of his/her own pocket and because s/he wants to be of help. However, just because one Acolyte will do this does not mean that it is a part of the function of an Acolyte and that *all* Acolytes must do the same. The Acolytes are here to be of help where it is needed; but even we can become impatient with those who seem to believe one of our purposes is to give out tokens to newcomers or to those who, perhaps out of carelessness, have had their possessions stolen. Last, and very far from least, is the subject of the Visitor's Help Desk. One of the first places a Newcomer heads to is the Visitor's Center. When this room is crowded, the Newcomer becomes a ghost on the cloud and cannot unghost to get his/her questions answered. The Acolytes ask for your assistance here: please help us keep this room clear so that Newcomers are able to enter the room as avatars, not as ghosts. And when we find ourselves having to ask that the room be cleared, please understand that we do so in order to be of help to those who really need it. Over the holidays, we have experienced an enormous influx of new citizens to our world and with the media blitz that is occurring, there will be more! As more citizens arrive, the demands on the Acolytes will increase. We are doing our very best to be of service to *all* the citizens of Kymer, new and established alike. !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - The Phantasus Necrolytes - By Necrolyte Xian As a precautionary measure, the Necrolyte Council has decided to publish the names of all existing Necrolytes, and these are: Necrolyte Master Dubbs Necrolyte Xian Necrolyte Benny Necrolyte Jackal Necrolyte Nebb Necrolyte SunRay Kibbi Necrolyte SunRay White Rose Necrolyte Vadim This list will be updated at a regular interval. Other avatars using the Necrolyte name are non-inductees and the Necrolyte council is not responsible for their actions. For people wanting to join in, see either Necrolyte Master Dubbs or me inworld. !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Holiday Hunt Valuables - By Acolyte Brynne As many of you are aware, during the Christmas weekend, I was quite busy hiding presents from the Oracles and Acolytes all over Phantasus. Some of the hunters have asked about the items they found in those gift boxes, about their rarity, their value, and other such information. I packed up many, many items and tokens in those 160 gift boxes. (Sure would like to know who found the BIG gift with the gingerbread house and 500 tokens!) Eighty boxes were in a special color (white with green dots and bow) and were engraved with "From the Oracles & Acolytes". This means that these 80 boxes are special items. Each of them cost me 2T; however, with their uniqueness, they could, at a time when many are out of circulation (by way of the pawnbroker machines or their owners leaving Phantasus), become more valuable. Many items included were from the Santa Land vendroid; but I tried to use as many "special" items as possible. Snowballs, cups of hot chocolate, ferns and vases of roses were stuffed into stockings. But there were a few items used which *are* unique. Item Token Value Quantity --------------------------- ------------ -------- Snowflake, Design #1 2T 8 Snowflake, Design #2 2T 8 Snowman Ornament (uniqueness is because it IDs as "Snowman") 20T 9 White Teardrop Ornament 20T 7 Torgerson Teddy (has a lighter shade of brown on chest) 165T 8 Dark Green Candle 10T 12 If you are the proud owner of one of the above items, hang on to it! You never know just how valuable it might become! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Bloodline: Coming in January - By Marianne G The Bloodline is working on a talent show of sorts, and you are the contestants! Stay tuned to the Kymer Clarion for registration information; but we'll start you off now with the contest descriptions. There will be five contests in all. All will have some grounding in the dreamscape, or the history of the dream. Contestants can compete in any number of the competitions. Contests are: 1) Singing - Songs must have a familiar melody, so all can recognize and sing along with the song, but the songwriter should change the lyrics to reflect life on the dreamscape. Songs can be about the city, Morpheus, dream of your choice, but something to do with Kymer and our life here. Example, to the tune of "New York, New York. Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today, to make a brand new start of it, Kymer, Kymer. These cramped Argo blues, are starting to fade, I want to be a part of it, Kymer, Kymer. I want to dream in a city that never wakes, To find I'm monthly race champ, top of the heap! These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray, right to the very heart of it, Kymer, Kymer. If I can dream it there, I'll dream it anywhere, It's up to you, Kymer, Kymer!!! {applause} Contestants will be judged on song, content (this is why you must make sure it's a recognizable melody so the audience can sing along and appreciate the song) and presentation. 2) Comedy acts - contestants must have a comedy routine that lasts no less then 2 minutes, and no longer then 5. Jokes must be fit to be shared in front of every member of the family! No profanity, off color, or discrimination allowed. A minimum of two of the jokes must center on the dreamscape! Anything from a "funny thing happened to me on the way to the Teleporter..." to whatever you come up with. Contestants will be judged not only on the quality of jokes, the amount of them that do concern our dream, but also presentation. 3) Story Telling - contestants must have a story to tell that lasts no less then 5 minutes, and no longer then 10 minutes. A two minute warning will be sent to the contestant as they near the 10 minute mark. Stories should be about (you guessed it) the dreamscape and our life here. Contestants will be judged on story content and presentation. 4) Pet Tricks - Your pet can be a canary, a fuzzie, a head, a fern, your new teddy bear or anything you wish. Imagination is the key to this contest, so don't leave it home. Contestants will be judged on presentation, pet care and handling, and imagination. 5) Wave Competition - This is a competition that is out of the pages of Kymer's History. This competition was regularly held on the Isle of Caribe. This is a team competition and teams should be 3-6 avatars to participate in the contest. As a side note, there can also be more then one in the groups competing in the other contests. You can sing a duet or quartet; you can present your story as a play; you can have more then one handler of your pet; or you can try to make your mark as the Abbott and Costello or whatever of the dreamscape. Just make sure you register all members of the group in advance. In this contest, however, you must have a minimum of three avatars to perform. Each wave team generally base their movements/story on a theme, which can be based on Kymer History, Caribe History, a dreamscape event, or anything having to do with the dream and the avatars' presence in it. Contestants normally stand in a line and narrate the story/theme using sychronized movements to illustrate it. Teams will be judged on the theme and ability to convey it, presentation, and the sychronization of movement among team members. Some teams may choose to have one speaker, off to the side, while the others perform the movements. !!IMPORTANT NOTICE!! REGISTER NOW! Send in your registration for any or all of the above contests to 72007,221 or 76571,1241. Expected dates for the events are January 14th and 21st at 5 PM WAT, if we need to change this we will inform entrants. Register early for additional information on your catagory! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! -- CHAOS, Inc -- By Marianne G CHAOS, Inc was on December 29 this week, but we will be returning to our regular Wednesday night, 5 PM WAT slot. Location will be the Bar-L Bar Storeroom. As a reminder, the games played in CHAOS are frequently new games being tried out and refined for Island wide play. Please help us by coming early and being there for the instructions! We can not continue to give game instructions 7 or 8 times before the first game is even played for late arriving players. Also, please be advised, that since these games are being done on a trial basis, the rules are subject to change as we see the need during play. !!IMPORTANT NOTICE!! All those who have a game plan and wish to try it out at CHAOS, Inc or those who have previously submitted game ideas, contact me at 72007,221 to schedule a date when you will be able to host it at CHAOS for all to help you try it out! !!IMPORTANT NOTICE!! We played Team Head Toss, and it was fun seeing those heads being tossed across the screen between team members. Top winners were Crusher, Passion and Supel - way to go all! Also playing and winning were Necrolyte Master Dubbs, Mage Shnee and Necrolyte Xian who had to leave early, Necrolyte Benny, lil'angel, SKY TOWER, Necrolyte Vadim, Catbert, Dutch, and was that Acolyte Chameleon we saw tossing a head??? OH NO! She crashed taking the head with her! That's ok, she made it back for the finish. You all have a future in head tossing, but now, for the singing, lets just say you better practice before showing your talent to Kymer at the Bloodline Event this month. !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! Game Reports By Acolyte Serena You don't have to be a writer for the paper to have your game results published! If you run a game or event, and want the winners to see their name in print, send us the event results! You know we love hearing from all of you! If you know you're going to host an event and wish to send an advance description, press release on that event, send it on in! Make sure you do it well enough in advance so we can help you publicize it. !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! --- Ghost Racing Report --- By Acolyte Serena Accompanying photograph: GHST1295.GIF The races were on the 28th due to the holidays, and these were the last races for the month. Winning one race each were Piemur who won a snowball, and Crusher won the 100T. Taking home two wins were Passion for 50T and a cup of hot choclate, Necrolyte Xian for a snowmans head and 50T, X Action X won 50T and some flowers, and Necrolyte Benny won 100T. That gave Necrolyte Xian 8 wins for the month, and no one tied with him for first place. Necrolyte Benny came closest with 7 wins. Also taking home smaller token prizes were SKY TOWER, Nudge, Wild Flower, Duckolyte Scutter, Princess Toadstool (Who donated it to her Newbie Head Fund) and Terminus. Thank you all for coming. Necrolyte Xian won a specially engraved snowman head with a removable pipe! (See GIF uploaded to library). The pipe not only goes with the snowman head, but any other head he wants to put it on. Congrats to Xian, and here's looking towards who will be the winner next month. COMING IN JANUARY FOR GHOST RACING will be Holger who will be hosting the games during the European Time Zones! Now they will have races and prizes to match ours, and their results will also be announced in the Kymer Clarion. Thanks Holger! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Relay Ghost Races - Hosted this week By Necrolyte Vadim and Acolyte Electra. Our host Acolyte VIQer has been suffering from a lack of sleep this week due to all the holidays and activities. Necrolyte Vadim stepped in and volunteered to host this week. We had the usual tokens but some special prizes this week! Elf heads are popping up everywhere! Everybody wants one too . There were three races this week. First place winners took away Elf heads of their choice!! Next week Acolyte VIQer will be back at the games and we'll see just how many races can be fit into our time slot. We will try to break the record of 6!! Until then, Happy New Year!! Best wishes for 1996! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Trek Trivia - Hosted by: Captain Picard... Aka Acolyte VIQer This week we gave out some very special gifts. Elf heads!! First second and third prizes were the elf head of your choice. The usual ten tokens per correct answer was also awarded. This week's bonus question was worth 50 tokens as it was a bit easy. Three avatars answered the question correctly: Sunray Iluvatar Crazee Demeandered and a new player, Inazuma This week's top winner was Sunray Iluvatar who walked away with 150 tokens and an Elf head, blue topped!! Second place was Crazee Demeandered who took home 130 tokens and another elf head. Third place was Inazuma, we've never had him play before but he did very well!! He took home 110 tokens and his choice of elf heads. Our Current Bridge Crew: Captain Picard Commander Data Commander Xian Lt. Commander Estri Commander Soreen, who we will have to locate as she has gone AWOL! Once again, we would all like to wish you and yours the best for new year!! %%%%%%%%%% HAPPY NEW YEAR %%%%%%%%%% From the Bridge Crew!!! See everyone next week, same time, same locale. Just don't get hypnotized by the orbitron and you may be able to get a few answers in . !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - WA Raffle Results - By Acolyte Lynx This week's winners of the WARaffle Drawing are: 4th place ... 716 tokens ... Feu Des Astres 3rd place ... 1075 tokens ... GermanGiant 2nd place ... 1792 tokens ... Karyn Katwijk and first place winning 3584 tokens *** Lag O Morph 1 *** Next week's raffle will be held at the StarWay Cafe Stage, Saturday, January 6. As usual, we'll have door prizes, too! Get your entries from any of the following authorized Raffle Representatives: BLD Quackers Acolyte Electra Acolyte Lynx Magica Lambchop Acolyte Moria Acolyte Nicci Acolyte VIQer Happy Waking World New Year : D !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Where am I? - By Necrolyte Xian Accompanying photograph: WHERE2.GIF Last week's winners were: 1st: Feu Des Astres 2nd: SunRay Fantasia! 3rd: SunRay Iluvatar Congratulations to the winners! They were awarded 100Ts, 50Ts, and 25Ts respectively. To play the game, all you have to do is download the picture file titled where2.gif from the same library section you got the Clarion from. Then you'll have to recognize where the picture was taken, and be the first three to catch me inworld and bring me to the same locale. The prizes are: 1st-100Ts, 2nd-50Ts, and 3rd-25Ts, I will try to get better prizes, hopefully the acolytes can get me something nice to give, hint hint . Sorry, you'll have to get it right to get the prizes . Don't worry if you didn't win this week as this game will be done in every issue of Clarion. See ya inworld! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Poetry Corner - - The Builders - Submitted by Acolyte Indigo from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Getting Married in Kymer - By Acolyte Sunray Data Just a reminder to everyone: There are certain requirements to register a wedding and schedule a reception. All reservations for these events must go through an Acolyte or Khai Joybringer and a small registration fee needs to be paid. If you are interested in marrying in the Dreamscape, please download or view a copy of the wedding guidelines in the WorldsAway Life Library, the keyword is: MARRY The filename is "How to Marry in Kymer". !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Announce your Wedding Here! - By Khai Joybringer Starting with this issue, we are happy to provide you with a section of the Kymer Clarion where you can announce either a wedding to come or a wedding that has already happened! If you would like your wedding announced in these pages, please send the following information to me at UID 71273,373: Name of Bride Name of Groom Oracle or Acolyte performing service Date of Wedding (to be held, or was held) Reception Location Here's to the all the happy couples in Kymer! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! - Wedding Announcements - Asst. Arch Mage Arbus and Mage Advisor Ivory tied the marital knot at 8:00pm WAT on Monday, January 1. Reception followed immediately at the StarWay Cafe. What a way to start off a new year! Congratulations to the happy couple! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! Events in Phantasus Week of January 3 through January 9 All Times in WAT (Pacific Standard) << --------------------->> Wednesday, January 3 << --------------------->> 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Harlequin Games Kymer Bingo/Gamble Version.................................GermanGiant If you are first to call KYMER! you get paidout depending on number playing! Need the software, kymer1.exe, from library #4. 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom Jackal3's Midday Trivia........................................Jackal3 Players must unscrambled the words to match with the host. 5:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom Chaos Incorporated........................Acolyte Serena or Marianne G New! Games and more! 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Visitor's Center, Left Worlds Of Fortune...................Acolytes Data, Indigo, and Milen << --------------------->> Thursday, January 4 << --------------------->> 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Harlequin Games Kymer Bingo/Gamble Version.................................GermanGiant If you are first to call KYMER! you get paidout depending on number playing! Need the software, kymer1.exe, from library #4. 6:00 - 8:00 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. 8:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe, Observation Deck PC Tech Trivia ..........................................Knight Alexis If have dabbled in the techinical world of the PC, this game will be a lot of fun for you! The game will consist of 20 PC technical questions. At the end of the 20 questions, the avatar who has answered the most questions correctly will win 300 Tokens!! << --------------------->> Friday, January 5 << --------------------->> 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Harlequin Games Kymer Bingo/Gamble Version.................................GermanGiant If you are first to call KYMER! you get paidout depending on number playing! Need the software, kymer1.exe, from library #4. 11:00 a.m. Ghost Races Isle Caribe.....................................................Holger Ghost races for the European Time Slots! Now they will have races and prizes to match the Ghost Races held by Acolyte Serena on Monday nights. Results will also be announced in the Kymer Clarion. 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, Acolyte Nicci Something DIFFERENT will be held during these times each week. << --------------------->> Saturday, January 6 << --------------------->> 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom Great Kymer Quiz........................Acolyte Moria, Acolyte Zippy Some easy, some hard, some just downright tricky. 5:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe Stage WARaffle Drawing........Acolyte Lynx, Acolyte Electra, Acolyte Moria Purchase tickets from authorized agents. Door prize raffle! 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Visitor's Center, Outside Ghost Relay Races......................................Acolyte VIQer Ghost races played baton style like Olympic Relay races. Variations will be coming in the future, allowing more winners in each race. << --------------------->> Sunday, January 7 << --------------------->> 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. StarWay Cafe Stage Bingo ...................................................Sky Tower 25T door entry; 5T per card 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. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom Kymer Bingo....................................Sky Tower, Xeno or Jedi 50T door entry; 10T per card 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom Kymer Blackjack................................Sky Tower, Xeno or Jedi 50T door entry; 10T per card 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom Kymer Bingo....................................Sky Tower, Xeno or Jedi 50T door entry; 10T per card 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Bar-L Bar Storeroom Kymer Blackjack................................Sky Tower, Xeno or Jedi 50T door entry; 10T per card 9:30 - 10:00 p.m. StarWay Cafe, Observation Deck Dead Poets Society Recital.....Prez, Sunshine, Brandy, Corey and AlexA Contact Prez [102726,1655] if you wish to be a presenter. Poems should be six verses or shorter. << --------------------->> Monday, January 8 << --------------------->> 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Harlequin Games Kymer Bingo/Gamble Version..................................GermanGiant If you are first to call KYMER! you get paidout depending on number playing! Need the software, kymer1.exe, from library #4. 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Isle Caribe Ghost Races.............................................Acolyte Serena Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship! << --------------------->> Tuesday, January 9 << --------------------->> 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Harlequin Games Kymer Bingo/Gamble Version..................................GermanGiant If you are first to call KYMER! you get paidout depending on number playing! Need the software, kymer1.exe, from library #4. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Apex Training (Golden Handcuffs) South Fountain Right.............................................MarvL Container handling skills and basic self-defense techniques. !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! ----- Advertisements ----- +++ Items wanted +++ WANTED: One Pony Tail Head. Must be reasonably priced for a poor avatar. Please send pictures of front, back and side view. Does not need to be blue. Send photos and price to Marianne G, at UID 72007,221 and Morpheus bless you. WANTED: Two Ferret Heads, one white, one sable (racoon markings and color). Price negotiable. Please send pictures of front and side view. Send photos and price to Roga Mae and Ali Quid c/o Andy Smith at UID 102027,660 and we wish you well. WANTED: Preacher Man is searching for an object that looks like a book to carry. If you have such an object please Email me at 73023,2504" +++ Community Notices +++ Religious services The Order of PropHatus regrets the inconvenience of not being able to give as much spiritual support to our fellow avatars as it wants to. (We just can't afford a temple right now..) Feel free to contact Brother Angus McSnarf inworld for guidance during the time of diaspora. "No Temple, no PropHats, no Mushroom Brandy - who cares?" [Book of the Poor, Works of PropHatus] Announcing the introduction of a new newsletter for all you Trek fans: The Star Trek Transporter! The Transporter is all about news and events happening in the Star Trek world today. Interviews, Trek bits, previews of upcoming episodes and more are being produced for the premiere issue. The newsletter will be distributed in Write format with pictures, color and fonts. The first issue was released on Jan 1, 1996. The Star Trek Transporter will also be available as a web page on http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Iluvatar Stop by and check it out, and if you want to be put on the mailing list for more issues, just tell me inworld or in E-mail. Ilúvatar - 75652,3024 - normally inworld everyday around 6-8 WAT. +++ Help Wanted/Investment Opportunities +++ Jackal's Tours, Fast and Fun: New business is now hiring guides to perform Kymer tours for newbies! Paying 80T per tour! If interested, send email to Necrolyte Jackal3 at 103126,2237. Also seeking investors! An investment of 200-400T with a 10% return profit! If interested, send email to Necrolyte Jackal3 at 103126,2237. The Star Trek Transporter! Seeks Staff: The Transporter is all about news and events happening in the Star Trek world today. Interviews, Trek bits, previews of upcoming episodes and more are being produced for the premiere issue. The newsletter will be distributed in Write format with pictures, color and fonts. If you are interested in becoming part of the staff please E-mail me or contact me inworld. The first issue was released on January 1, 1996. Iluvatar - 75652,3024 - normally inworld everyday around 6-8 WAT. +++ Businesses and Services +++ WA Photography Service Acolyte VIQer For all your photographic needs! Tell us how you want it done! We will help you with ideas all we can. Weddings, Personal portraits etc.. We do all occasions, you chose which photos to keep. Prices based on job sizes, standard and super size packages available. Quality results guaranteed at a resonable price! Special editing services and custom photos also available. Just let us know what you need! Reprints available, in case you should lose your photos! For service contact Acolyte VIQer at 70724,425 and we will make your arrangements with our staff. Feeling Sad, Depressed or Downright Mad? Come and talk to me at the PsyClinic, about any thing you want to talk about- From the weather to all other personal problems or about somebody. Eveything is private through "esp" so no one will there what you are talking to me about. So just catch me in-world or contact me at 100243.3402 Owner Rapture Preacher Man's counseling service. For as low as 5T get information on marraige, loneliness, depression, WA addiction..etc." Paper Boy, Kymer Clarion personal delivery service Contact me in Phantasus! For only 5T and your waking world email address, I will immediately return to the waking world to send you the latest edition of the Kymer Clarion via Email. Upon your return to the waking world, you can just grab your copy from your mail box! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! HOW TO PUBLISH ARTICLES AND PLACE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE KYMER CLARION Waking World CIS email address: 75664,663 Deadline: 12:00 noon WAT every Saturday Letters to the Editors: We'd like your feedback! Please send letters to the above email address with the subject LETTER TO EDITORS. Please mark all letters you do not wish published as NOT FOR PUBLICATION. All mail to the Editors not so marked will be considered for publication, subject to editing for clarity and space considerations. Articles, poetry, etc: Do you have a poem you'd like published? An Article? Submit them to the above email address with the subject of ARTICLE SUBMISSION. The Kymer Clarion is currently token-free to all members; thus, we are not presently paying for submissions. We are currently considering our position on this and will notify our readers and potential authors should we decide to begin paying tokens for articles. Advertisements: All ads should be submitted in email or private forum message to the email address noted above and should be marked ADVERTISEMENT. The Board of Editors has not decided yet if they should charge for your advertisements, so get them in fast before they do! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!