- Event: Hunt for the lost cat!
24th January 2010
On Friday 22nd January a sign appeared in Semos:
"I hid my cat somewhere in Fauimoni. Find and bring her to semos tavern and totaling up to 48,500 HP and a few scrolls. You have until Sunday 11:59.59 server time. Good luck and thanks for your participation. Note, cats name has been changed. lol Have fun!"
Geomac had created this hide and seek game for the players! So the hunt started, from all those who were worried about the cat left alone, and those who wanted the generous prize. But where was the cat? By Saturday it was still not found and geomac added this message:
"Clue: An Item needed by Linzo is nearby."
Finally on Sunday morning snakevip found geomac's cat, deenie, on the 3rd floor of Ados Townhall, by Reg Denson. Snakevip brought deenie to Semos tavern and was rewarded with ingredients for 100 pizzas, 100 fish pies, 24 gold bars, 2 home scrolls, 1 empty scroll, and a marked scroll to Wofol bakery where he could make the pizzas! A wonderful reward and a really great event, many thanks to geomac for organising this.
- Stendhal 0.80: Harold's new job, Trade Manager!
8th January 2010
Budding salesmen, there is help at hand for make your trading smooth! Harold will be your middle-man, you tell him what price you want to sell your item for, and he will take it from you. Anyone who comes to ask him what offers he has recorded has the chance to buy your item. Once your item is sold, Harold will give you the price that you asked for it. He's new to the job, so he's only accepting 3 offers per person, so that he doesn't overload himself with work.If you prefer to deal direct with tradesmen, barmaids, and suppliers, then you'll find that easier now too. A kind artist has painted each shop blackboard (or book) with a picture, price, and description of each item for sale. Just look closely at the sign by each shop, and you will see something like the picture on the right here.
Do you remember Haizen, the wizard who sells scrolls? He's learnt some new tricks recently. If you ask him, he'll create a fiendishly difficult maze for you. Can you be the fastest maze runner? You can try a new maze once a day. If that isn't enough to keep you occupied, some of the female population of the island need your help; Carmen, Jenny and Mrs. Yeti would all be happy to hear from you.
We're really happy with the community here, and we hope you are too. But sometimes there's someone you really just want to ignore, and not hear anything at all from. Well, now /ignore name will mean you can't see private or public messages from that person, until you choose to /unignore name. To check who you are currently ignoring, you can type /ignore. Have fun!
- Marauroa 3.3 released
8th January 2010
Marauroa is Arianne's Multiplayer Online Engine Server, which you can use to build your own online games. Marauroa 3.3 introduces new features: RPEvents can have RPSlots. This means that events sent from the server to the client can contain more complex data. Games using Marauroa can now check the structure of the database using doesTableExist and doesColumnExist in order to update it.There are also some bug fixes, to make Marauroa more stable, for example in the case of database errors. Full details can be found in the change log.
- Raid: Harold was kidnapped!
6th January 2010
Xhiphin Zohos, from Fado, called for help, because somehow many caged creatures had been let loose. The bandits who did this were in disguise. Luckily, there was a lot of help to kill the creatures, which had gone wild after being captive for so long.
Once Fado was safe and the creatures were dead, Xhiphin Zohos begged for anyone to help look for Harold, who had been the keeper of the animals. He had been kidnapped by the bandits! Every building in Fado was thoroughly searched and Harold was eventually found, safe, in the shepherd house.
Harold explained to his saviours what had happened, how he had been kidnapped, and he thanked them for saving him. He also told them that the whole experience had made him realise that his job was much too dangerous, and now he is going to look for a different job. Lets wish him luck in this!
- Raid: New Year Revolt
1st January 2010
Semos was in danger this New Year, from creatures which threatened to invade. Legions of creatures started to appear in the Semos Mine Towns, and a cast of blackness fell over the island. Mayor Sakhs had been forewarned of the disaster, and he called warriors to help defend Semos. He also begged them to find a number of ancient relics which may help protect against the evil.
It was not easy for the brave warriors, they had to seek out the creatures, which were smart and tried to attack from many places. Although the revolt started in the Mine Town, it spread across the mountain ridges, through the plains, and then south west around Semos Jail. Many of the creatures had enhanced strength and health, and the warriors worked as teams to destroy each and every one. Once all the creatures were killed and all ankhs had been found, the warriors journeyed back to the townhall and presented the ankhs for the safety of Semos.
Those intrepid warriors who found ankhs were: shadon, jesco, giovanote (2), kezman, kiyosh, moritzger and madmetzger.
Thanks to all who help to defend Semos, whether from the New Year Revolt or the day by day threats. Happy New Year!
