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The Kymer Clarion is not to be redistributed in whole or in part without prior permission of the Editorial Board and the inclusion of our copyright notice. !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! >*<>*< INDEX >*<>*< >**|**<<>>**|**< FEATURES & DEPARTMENTS >**|**<<>>**|**< GIFs in this Issue The Editor Speaks ............................................Marianne G Letters to the Editor IMHO: Ava Speaks Her Mind .......................................AvaTara From The House of Magic ....................................The Magician //-//-/ ARTICLES \-\\-\\ Events & Announcements * Chess Club Meeting * Complete Map of Phantasus * Clover's Collectible Auction * Dreams in The Park * Attention Bingo Addicts Food Museum Opens ...........................................Marianne G --_^+^_-- GAMES AND GAMING --_^+^_-- CHAOS, Inc ...................................................Marianne G Dreams In The Park Winners ....................................Alexa, GK Duckolyte Benefit Auction ...........................502, Duckolyte Wing Duckolyte Ghost Racing ...................Unga-Bunga, Duckolyte Sr. Wing Hide & Seek Winners ............................................JeanJean MAD Results ..............................................Acolyte Brynne Monday Ghost Racing ......................................Acolyte Serena Relay Race Winners ..........................................LeadMan III Thursday Ghost Racing ...........................Necrolyte SKY TOWER SrK WARaffle Winners ...................................................Lynx Worlds of Fortune - Tut Standings ..........................Acolyte Data *** SCHEDULE *** Schedule............................................Compiled by Glynicus $ $ $ ADVERTISEMENTS $ $ $ Compiled by Pearl Girl Businesses And Services Community Notices Help Wanted Lost/Found/Buy/Sell/Trade Turf Notes =====/ HOUSEKEEPING /===== Colophon.................................................Editorial Board <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >**|**<<>>**|**<<>>**|**<<>>**|**<<>>**|**<<>>**|**<<>>**|**<<>>**|**< >>**|**<< >**|**<<>>**|**< FEATURES & DEPARTMENTS >**|**<<>>**|**< ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GIFs In This Issue ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MUSEUM.JPG Brimble and Passion open a Food Museum on WorldsAway and it's definatly the place to be! See the displays and some of the winners who attended the opening. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Editor Speaks By Marianne G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Once again the computers hate us, and as VIQer's computer eats one issue, I get to cram what I can salvage and send you a double issue to make up for it :D I'm not going to keep you long, but I would like to extend an invite to anyone who is interested in maintaining a poetry, prose and joke section for the CLARION. Someone who can solicit or provide for each issue the missing piece. If interested, send EMail to 104706,712 and we'd love to have you! We have letters to the Editor in this issue, and we also have a great combined picture of the Museum opening that is large, but worth it! Without further ado, here it is, and enjoy! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Letters To The Editors ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hmmm.... You asked for letters, and when looking through your issue it seems to me that there are hardly some to find. And this is just what went through my head when taking a look at your last issue... Since The ESP had started last year, I had given up reading the Clarion for various reasons. I took my first look in again with the last issues, as I was searching for some specific information, that luckily I found. But still, I find it very frustrating. Months have passed since my last peep inside these pages, and nothing has changed. It is still crammed with the same names nearly, reporting from and about the same people (where are those that I see in the streets of Kymer every day?). It is is still all acolytes and oracles and GKs and Duckolytes, from the officials for their own sake (?). Its all still completely about baby-blue skies and very very cute. Not a word of critic anywhere. Nothing that could cause a controversy. And where there is no controversy, there cannot be a reaction from the readers... Just happy happy cookie. Geez, how I wish Brynne had not given up once. In that short period, while I did my work there, all this what I miss here, was taking place, and people crammed my mailbox with actions, reactions, complaints and lovesongs....I always had the impression that there is more about Kymer than what is reported in here. Lots of nice things, also lots of bad things...but who knows...maybe one day... All the best tho, Throbbing Gristle® Dear Throbbing; If you looked, you will also see that we encourage you to get involved in the CLARION and the dreamscape, to make both better and more reflective of the community. The number of times we have pleaded for those who want a forum to submit an article or that we were looking for staff, are numerous. And yet, I have never seen your articles arrive, nor even a request to join us. You state "Nothing that could cause a controversy." and yet there were times when we published forum discussions to show different sides of hot issues. No, we don't believe in controversy JUST for the sake of controversy, but, we have never edited anyone who has submitted an article because we don't want to make waves. In fact, I can state that the only major editing I ever did was when I had to combine two articles because one contributor was suppose to be told it was being covered by another, did not get the message, and submitted their own. To be fair to both who had worked on the article in question, I put all the important information together, and put both names on the article. Despite my right as Editor to do this, I got hell from one of the writers who wanted full credit :D The point is, we are a reflection of those who care enough to submit their work. A reflection of our readers who continue to support us. A reflection of issues that are there not just to make waves, but because people wish to discuss them, and receive input on them. If you see issues not being covered, insights not being shared, problems not being productivly presented to be solved, we invite you to join our staff or just submit articles, and let your voice be heard. - Marianne G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello. I don't know if you guys remember me but back in May-ish of 1996 I was in Worlds Away all the time..having 5 accounts. Karynda, Karynda2, Karynda3, Karynda4 and Karynda5. I am Modemmama's real world daughter. I set up a couple of great inworld businesses.... NUbie YUniversity and Wheels On Fire Limo Service and then due to financial difficulties, I had to let cserve and wa go for a while. Now I am back...finally. Well, I was looking in the paper today and saw that both of my businesses are still listed. I felt so bad wondering how many people had showed up for class at the school and found noone there. I should like to continue NUbie YUniversity but I feel I should take some time familiarizing myself with all the inworld changes first. As for the Limo Services....wheres the wishing well? lol. Feel free to remove either or both of these services from your newspaper. Once I have had time to familiarize myself with the new changes...I will write to you asking for a new school add (or you can keep the current one and I will let you know the day and time changes ...also...Sejanus is no longer a partner and I would like to have his name removed if possible). To be honest, I felt a little honored to see my ads still there :) I am just concerned about the newbies who will try to attend school or esp me for a limo ride to no avail. What would you advise? My new inworld name by the way is: Karynda - Joe's Peace. Joe is my rw husband whom I met in worlds away!! Soon we hope to be able to share that story as well. His name (as soon as we get him up...puter problems) is Joe - Karynda's Peace. Namaste to everyone at the paper. I AM SO HAPPY TO BE BACK!! Looking forward to hearing from you. Dear Karynda; Congratulations on your marriage, and I hope you share the story with our readers also :D As for the ads, thanks for the update. We do ask avatars to keep us updated, but if you're not on the system, it's hard to do. Obviously, none of those looking for you ever conntacted us to inform us that they never seemed to be able to find you. We look forward to you submitting new ads when you get everything under control. Also, may I direct you to the announcement in the Event & Announcement section that informs everyone of updated maps available for download. They should assist you in finding that Wishing well in no time :D Finally, I would like to take this chance to remind hosts and every avatar out there, if you find an ad, event, or announcement we post regularly in here, that is no longer active or correct, let us know! Just send the information to 104706,712 and we'll send it on to the appropriate department. You don't have to be the host of the event to let us know bout it. - Marianne G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IMHO: Ava Speaks Her Mind By AvaTara ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ***The Host Is Busy!*** Hosting events isn’t easy. Hosts of any number of different games have lots of things to contend with simultaneously. Things such as: 1) A scroll rate that can take messages out of the buffer in 12 seconds, easily 2) Common ESP’s from people just saying "Hello", unaware that the person is hosting an event 3) ESP’s from people wanting instructions or details when a helper is distinctly available for inquiries 4) Any bad apples causing trouble (this is especially difficult at Harlequin, where force-removal is not possible without an Acolyte) And, last and most important: 5) The host’s already hectic job description to fulfill. These are a few of the growing number of problems that event hosts have to deal with. I get really cheesed when I see a host having to beg for cooperation from the players. If the host asks you to please ghost well, they probably mean "GHOST!!!". If they have to ask you to ghost a second time, they probably mean "GHOST NOW!" If they have to ask a third time well, my editors won’t publish this, (EDITORS NOTE: Oh, we probably would have - short of profanity we're pretty leniant editors :D ) but suffice it to say, they will not be pleased. The same principal works for any other event and any other problem. If you’re asked to ESP a helper, ESP them with what you need to say. That’s what they’re there for. If you are coming to an event late, or are new to an event, or just Kymer in general, then please, please, please enter as a ghost where possible. This is the least likely way to get a host mad, and the best way to make a quick exit if you’re in the wrong place. I encourage everyone to watch an event before they try it. Or, jump right in and have fun, but read the rules through thoroughly. Events are a fun way for everyone to enjoy Kymer to its fullest extent. If you have an issue you want discussed or a story you want told, please send it to AvaTara 76026,476. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From The House of Magic By The Magician ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I have heard from several people who consider the O T T F F sequence too easy. Yhe correct answer is the letter S, as in One Two Three Four Five Six. Therefore, I am enclosing a much more difficult puzzle based on a cipher system I have developed for my personal use. It is not classified, and I have published a computer program that allows the persons who have the program to type a plaintext message, and the program will convert it to the ciphertext. In order to keep things simple, I have applied the cipher to aa well-known movie and book title. WARNING: attempting to break this cipher without the key will cause you a lot of sleepless nights. The answer will be published in April. 00002 29559 95789 31186 59952 95593 32597 55795 57957 82955 87930 45995 87290 17895 55576 24125 29022 59310 86956 78588 29387 79759 86953 92693 13978 87695 93386 59797 57390 //-//-/\-\\-\\//-//-/\-\\-\\//-//-/\-\\-\\//-//-/\-\\-\\//-//-/\-\\-\\ //-//-/\-\\-\\ //-//-/ ARTICLES \-\\-\\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Events & Announcements ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Chess Club Meeting By Young Prince ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I want to start a little chess-group in the dreamscape. It is just to have a little bit fun. I hope many of you are interested in chess and will join this (so far) little group of chess players. If you have any questions about the group or our events feel free to ESP me InWorld (Young Prince) or write me E-mail to 101577,2373. Seemed, that the first try for the chess meeting didn't work. OK, we will try it a second time. The next meeting will be next Friday, March 21st at 3pm WAT (11pm GMT). Hope this time there will be at least one or two of you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Complete Map of Phantasus By Acolyte Sabertooth ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Now available in the WorldsAway Life library: Title: The Compleat Map of Phantasus Filenames: WAMAP1A.GIF, WAMAP1B.GIF, WAMAP1C.GIF, WAMAP1D.GIF The Compleat Map of the City of Phantasus on the Island of Kymer in the Dreamscape is completely updated and revised (03/17/97). This is a 256 color map of the current locales in the V1.2 software. Print Portrait and scaled to fit the page, okay in color or greyscale. Need map sections A, B, C and D. Major revisions to 09/21/95 version. ©1995-7 Sabertooth 76645,3012 Also available: Title: Meditation Park Revealed Filename: MEDPARK.GIF A single page map of Meditation Park printable in Color or Greyscale. Includes vendo contents and location of major features of the park. Great for touring the park. Contains minor revisions. Rev. 03/15/97. ©1996-7 Sabertooth 76645,3012 Coming soon: Title: V-Mart Revealed Filename: VMART.GIF A single page map of V-Mart printable in Color or Greyscale. Includes vendo contents. Supplements the Compleat Map of Phantasus. Rev.03/17/97 ©1997 Sabertooth 76645,3012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Clover's Collectible Auction By Clover ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Clover's Collectible Auction Monday, March 24th 7:00 PM WAT Turf: CC www.ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/clover Auction List (in order of sale) Fern Tribal Fuzzie Jumping Jack Spider Spirit Purple Heart Bag '95 Torgersen Teddy Punkin Bear Ram Skull head Flowers Romance Chest Karnival '96 Souviner Mask (3) Tree with 10 rare items (min. 1200) Drum Ornament '95 Heart Chest Disclaimer: Clover's Collectibles is a privately-owned business. As such, the proprietor reserves the right to refuse bids or consignments, or to eject anyone from the premises, for any reason or for no reason. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Dreams In The Park By lili and Alexa ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dreams In The Park - with lili and Alexa!!!!! Come share your original poetry with us! Rare prizes to top 3 poems, voted on by you - the participants. Everyone will receive a prize!!! Where: Med Park, Summer Grove Orchard When: Every Sunday at 3pm WAT Rare prizes generously donated by Acolyte Data And the turf shop Kotto Hope to see you there! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * ATTENTION BINGO ADDICTS By Astrid and StarRae ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION BINGO ADDICTS: ASTRID & STARRAEare back this week to bring you more fun then you could ever imagine! ASTAR Productions PRESENTS: A RARE PRIZE WEEKLY BINGO EVENT Where: Med Park Locale: Winter Forest Park - (one locale left of the entrance) Time: 8AM WAT When: Sunday, March 23, 1997 6 Games of Rare Prizes and then the SURPRIZE POT GAME. (Where the POT can be 5K - 20000K) The more avatars attending the bigger the POT!! There is a 1st place, 2nd place and Jackpot. BRING A FRIEND AND RECIEVE A GAME FREE!! Prepay 1000 T for all games or 150T each game. Prizes this week will include: 1. Rare colored Rose Head 2. Romance Chest 3. Surprize Easter Item 4 Ice Cream Head (pistaschio colored) 5 Surprize Rare Item (sure to be liked) 6 Box full of ................You know what ! $$$ Door Prizes will be given out after each game! Astar Productions is a non profit organization, where all is given back to the avatars of Kymer! See you all there! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Food Museum Opens By Marianne G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On March 14th, Brimble and Passion with the help of their friends, opened the Food Museum. A Museum dedicated to Brimble's favorite subject, Food! Attending were numerous avatars to see the displays, and even Oracle Uni checked the food out. During the evening, Brimble was seen to receive a Pizza Delivery, probably the strain of the opening, but it was enough to keep him from eating any of the displays. Or was it? Were there more candy in the last room the first time I saw it??? Probably just need to check my eyes. Games were hosted, and Doorprizes were given away, and hey! I won one! I received a great two item valentine box with a star in it. I always knew I was a star :D The Museum will be open whenever Brimble is available to do so, and as long as the displays do not get eaten :D So, if you want a chance to see it, contact him inworld, or take a look at the GIF that goes with this issue. Good going Brimble and Passion! Great Museum! -_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_--_^+^_- -_^+^_--_^+^_- --_^+^_-- GAMES AND GAMING --_^+^_-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAOS,Inc - Mar 6 By Marianne G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boxball came to the dreamscape this week and it seemed to be fun for the two teams. The teams will be competing at the start of CHAOS, Inc each week for a month. At the end of the month, members of the winning team will receive chests as prizes. The team captains, L2 and Twilight are due to give their teams name next week. We're also working on getting these two teams some friendly competition. Word is that an Acolyte Team is considering entering the court. They are waiting on a ruling of if it's allowable to freeze opposing players. What is boxball? Since CHAOS, Inc is the only place to have it at the moment, you'll have to join us there every Thursday at 5 PM WAT, in the turf Dreamland, to see it. Bring your sneakers. So far, L2's team has 2 points to Twilight's team 1 point. After boxball, some trivia was played. Final results are Jal with 4 points, Twilight and Necrolyte SKY TOWER SrK had 5 points, Jass Baby had 7 points. In third was Musette with 8 points. Second belonged to JaeVee with 9 points, and holding on to the lead was L2 with 10 points. All players were awarded tokens based on their point totals, out of a 500T pot. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dreams In The Park Winners By Alexa, GK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dreams In The Park winners!!!! 1st Place - Circe - Prize Romance Chest 2nd Place - Lan Ranger - Prize Rosehead 3rd Place - Princess Di - Prize Purple Heart ************* Thank You All For Participating! lili and I will be running this event every Sunday, 3pm WAT, Med Park-Summer Grove Orchard. I wish we could give rare prizes to all!!! ************* Circe, If you are reading this, giggle, I somehow did not save your poem correctly! Blonde, ya know (giggle). Could you email please, so I can put your poem in the forum? Blush!