"I'm going to Vegas" is an anagram for "vote magi song 'g.'" That doesn't really make any sense, but then again, neither do I. Either way, I hope to be going. Just gotta get some things in order (and hope for a large Blackjack...er...Christmas bonus from work. Thankfully, I'm in charge of payroll now...).

'Til then,

~Mike/player of Gulphphunger

We are only playing in the penthouse until 12 AM?!


~player of Solstitia in Plat

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Dartenian exclaims, "Put down the bow or the chicken gets it!"
Dartenian squints at you.

<<Old people like me can't stay up much past midnight. That's where my scheduling ends!

We'll see about that....


-Nocturnal Nosaj

>>How can you go to bed early in Vegas?!

Familiarity. Same reason many New Yorkers have never seen a Broadway play, or Los Angelenos have never been to Disney World; other than with a visiting relative/friend.

When I lived in the Chicago area, I never went up in the Sears Tower, and the only reason I went up to the John Hancock Building Observatory (and that was like 3 decades ago, now) was because I actually lived in the same building at the time.

~Kyn (Kynevon)

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"We're not lost. We're just geographically confused." Brian, KoDT

They got rid of the star wars ride, I swear just rip my little 5 year old heart out when im 28 yeesh!

Valgar

>>Sadly, I don't think the Voices can make it.<<

Yeah. I bought myself a ticket to the con itself, but hotel and planes and just plain being in Vegas...I doubt it.

*still hopes he'll find a way*

~Fyrie

Epp when did the get rid of Star wars ride?

Does your band have a CD made? Send it to me and we can pretend. ::grin::

Kellie



There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

Dance barefoot at Vegascon March 3rd - 5th!! Want more information? Email me at BelediBelle@aol.com or Join our Yahoo discussion group: DR-VegasCon

>>How would you like it?

>>Jim

If you want, I'll send Mike (Gulphphunger) my mailing address and you can send to me. I think it would be great to have at Vegascon!

Kellie

There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

Dance barefoot at Vegascon March 3rd - 5th!! Want more information? Email me at BelediBelle@aol.com or Join our Yahoo discussion group: DR-VegasCon

>>Does your band have a CD made?<<

>Mostly yes. We stuck 5 mics around our set the last time we played in Frederick (outdoors on a coffee shop patio), and I stuck that on a CD.

I could try telepathy, but the last time I tried to send a CD that way, I fell off my chair. I didn't make a bit of progress, either.

I'm going to see if I can get our Yahoo group started up again. We can post files there, and pictures, and...like...puppies or something. Nothing like a puppy to distract people.

What were we talking about again?

~Mike/player of Gulphphunger

/got nothin'

>>Telepathic puppy-hide chairs.


I want one of those too please. for umm, Bubba's birthday.

Kellie/Miabelle


There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

Dance barefoot at Vegascon March 3rd - 5th!! Want more information? Email me at BelediBelle@aol.com or Join our Yahoo discussion group: DR-VegasCon

<<Had a great time. Was most excellent to see everyone and thanks to everyone who came!

Right back at ya.

Was a lot of fun and something I am looking forward to repeating.

Trebber

So?!?! Was there any dirt uncovered, plans revealed, secrets exposed, timelines given?

> I see dead people...<

Vote for Pedro

Awesome! Thanks.

Durt








</sarcasm>

aaannndd???? Anyone have any links to, or feel like posting, some of the aforementioned information?

> I see dead people...<

Vote for Pedro

<<sometimes when a GM leaves, he (or she) doesn't leave the completed portion of their projects behind>>

Yeesh, don't they have something in their contracts to address this issue? It's pretty standard in games like this.

Mysty


Dragons love you...

...Dipped in chocolate!

Yes. Was lots of fun. Thanks to (almost) everyone who was very kind and understanding and helpful to me while I was there. I was a little worried about going, but for the most part - all turned out great.

~Chris, player of Field Medic Nimmi - who couldn't quite heal her ankle enough to stay out of the wheelchair.

<<Bad Bubba though, I have a cold now... Do I get to blame Bubba and the bartender or is it the usual after-con get sick-ies?>> ~player of Solstitia in Plat

<Hugs Solstitia>

You said, and I remember this well, that you get sick every year. Still, could be in good measure to blame Bubba, just in case.

There is a name I left off previous list by the way. Doh! How could I do that? While I didn't take any pictures* I have a picture-perfect memory of you on Thursday night. So funny!

*p.s. did anyone not only take pictures but post them somewhere we all can see them?

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>Please pray for the Troops

Hey All,

Sorry for the delay on this. VegasCon takes a lot out of you, you know? Anyway, here are my notes from the Saturday morning session, which are the only notes I took. I apologize in advance--and invite any GMs to jump in and correct me--if I've misquoted anyone or presented quotes in any manner other than contextual. There's a lot of people talking about a lot of things, you guys. Anyway, I hope it addresses some recent concerns people have had.

3/5/05, 11:21 am - Coffee With Bubba

Solomon would like to thank Miabelle for scheduling this meeting at 11am.

Solomon indicated that he and his staff are rethinking when in the development process they announce upcoming releases. (At the Warrior Mage meeting, Bubba had talked about trying to strike the balance between announcing things early enough to provoke excitement about upcoming releases, but not so early as to elicit complaints when the release seems long in coming.) For example: P5, Necromancers, and bit-based experience.

Rigby has moved into a consulting position for Simutronics, where he is available primarily to answer questions and provide limited support. His RL business in figurines is really taking off.

Q & A (All answers from Solomon unless otherwise indicated.)

Q: Can we put ships on layaway instead of paying for them all at once?
A: Probably not. Solomon will mention the idea to someone.

Speaking of things Solomon wanted to be reminded to mention to various people, it was at about this point that Bubba designated me, Jolebin, his official scribe. But I can't take any liberties with what he says. And beef kabobs are right out.

Q: Can any new features that come out for boats be added to existing boats?
A: Yes, retrofitting will be possible.

Q: Careers?
A: Careers and creation systems are tied up together. We announced it too early.
Ssra: Careers might be scrapped in favor of guild specialties. It's up in the air. Fletching, forging, and tanning are at a higher priority than careers. Maybe certain skills will become available at different learning rates (than their normal skill sets) for certain guilds. Creation systems cap too early. There will be a skinning overhaul, and then fletching. The creation systems will use primarily lore skills, with possible benefits for lore primary guilds.

Q: Can there be some place to store your creation materials, rather than having to store all of that in your vault?
A: Probably. Like lockers or something.

Q: There are vaults at the Trader guild. Would Traders be able to rent those, in addition to Carousel vaults?
A: Multiple vaults for one character, as well as vaults for a group or family are on the list. Jeremael currently owns the vault system, but is looking for someone else to take it over. Premium housing is being overhauled in GemStone, and with the new game engine, it's easier to move systems between the two games. A lot of the stuff on the Cruise was from GS. And everyone really liked those bolts that were sold.

Q: Will there ever be non-premie housing, such as a long term benefit for prime membership?
A: Maybe.

Q: Multi-room housing for premies?
A: That's high on the list.

Q: Brewing?
A: A brewing system is on Paklin's wish list, but there's no ETA on that.

Q: Will there be improvements to shieldmaking?
A: Yeah.
Ssra: Yeah.

Q: Could intoxication be coded into the game?
A: GS has that. Solomon wants to do that in DR, but only if he can do it in the very specific way that he has in mind.

Q: What about functioning samatak?
A: Wouldn't be surprised.

Q: Will there be upgrades to tanning patterns?
Ssra: There will be some new patterns. Also, he does not want any guild to have a monopoly on any given creation system.

Q: With sufficient skill, will pattern quality be less limiting on ultimate quality?
Ssra: Maybe. With enough skill, you might not need a pattern.

Q: Can we make chains?
Ssra: Yes, maybe as a lower level in forging, which will have tiers of products.

Q: What about group dynamics, specifically in regard to spells and stalking?
A: We'll see. Changes would require a significant rewrite.

Q: Titles?
A: The list is being gone over. At least one title will become available in each guild at each division of a range of circles, and there will also be several titles in each range that require something more than just the bare skill requirements for that circle. There might also be titles tied to items.

Q: Can sect titles be made to stick?
A: That's being taken care of. Obseden is becoming a Ninja coder. He's like a Jeremael Junior!

Q: Could some flair be added to the humdrum? Like bandits on trade routes?
A: We used to have bandits. It's hard to target encounters to groups at different levels in the same area. But they're working on events where not every event has to be a six-month invasion. Solomon then went on to describe this really awesome RP he did involving sharks, and you really just kind of had to be there, I think. But it was a small-scale event, was the point.

Q: Would a non-GM-led event system be possible?
A: Yes.

Q: If you're in the ALAE, would you be able to bring other characters into your areas for your own quests?
A: They want to do this, but it requires many tools that have yet to be written.

Q: Can premie time for LTBs be counted cumulatively instead of consecutively?
A: Yes, that is intended. Hesitantly, Solomon says that this will hopefully be instituted before SimuCon.

Q: Can we get rid of death scars?
A: The Clerics and Empath teams are talking about it.

Q: Could auto-empaths take scars?
Reexa: She will entertain the idea if presented to her by the owner of an area. She's more likely to allow it in outlying areas. It would be great if this could be influenced by the presence of other (player) Empaths. Distance healing is on her wishlist, as with a voodoo doll or icon.

Q: Herbs for heavier wounds?
A: Maybe an alchemical substance.
Ssra: If there will be extremely strong potions, Empaths will make them.

Q: Will it be possible to check stance in RT?
A: Maybe check, not change.

Q: Official orders?
A: Needs to find a GM who can code that stuff, but also handle the existing orders from a customer service standpoint. Maybe we can steal the GS House system. Charters and bylaws are silly.

Q: Experienced commoners get advice messaging meant for newbies. Can that be stopped?
A: It can e changed to check experience instead of circle.

Q: Whispering in combat?
Ssra: Not actually a combat issue.

End Q & A

To cap things off Ssra spoke a bit about the feats he is working on. They will be related to evasion, parry, and shield. Some are active, some are passive, and some operate on toggles. Ssra is also looking at making the attack verb be in some way customizeable.

--David (Jolebin Swordstaff, Elemancer of Riverhaven)

{{Snowfair, such a crack-up with your "tune" idea. And thanks for helping with the registration table.}}

The "tune" idea was ALL Reexa!!! Who sugguested it and Solomon seemed to like!

I tune too many people in prime I can just see myself getting into trouble with it in Fallen!!!


Thanks for hosting the empath guild meeting, the wine and cheeses were great!


Snow

<<The "tune" idea was ALL Reexa!!! Who sugguested it and Solomon seemed to like!>>

As soon as I get well enough to work on some messaging, it's so going in.

GM Reexa


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