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\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Cry of Despair                                   Issue 61, 07\/02\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n                                    \n                     .JNNNN` .JNNNNNL   NNNNNN.    \n                    JNNNNN) JNNNNNNNNL (NNNNNNN. \n                   JNN`    JNN`    NNN (NN.  (NN)   \n                  (NN`    (NN`     NNF (NN`  (NN`                   \n                  (NN.    (NN.    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We bid fond\n  farewells to Zishum and Carlie, who have left the Cry to pursue\n  other interests off the mud. They've both been excellent writers\n  in their short time here.\n    But, there's another goodbye. Unless something extremely\n  drastic happens in the future, this will be my last issue in\n  charge of the Cry. A mix of issues means that, unfortunately,\n  I just don't have time to edit the Cry these days. However, I'll\n  be passing on the mantle of Editor to the more-than-capable Myra.\n  No doubt she'll be taking the Cry to places I couldn't quite\n  manage ;)  Oh, and for those interested.. the CoD PK League that\n  I tried to set up has been abandoned, after only three teams\n  were entered. Thanks to those that did enter, and I'd applaud\n  any future efforts to get a similar idea going.\n    Well, that's all I guess. Seems like a bit of an anti-climax.\n  Its been a fun few months. Congratulations Myra, and I hope\n  that everyone has a fantastic summer. \n    - K\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Guild + Order News - by Kellandra                           News\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  The Guild of Rangers:\n  Greetings from the Guild of Rangers\n    Alysida, Angharad, Ashimeir, Daerlin, Lynfendyra, Shareed, \n  Zasperlyn, became the newest members of the guild. Welcome to \n  the Guild, and we hope you find your new home comfortable.\n    Rixie passed her Pledge Review, we congratulate her on a job \n  well done. After many years of service the guild's monkey boy, \n  has decided to leave us for a while and will no longer be the \n  Head of our Emm program, we wish you all the best Merf. Mineas\n  has joined the Council of Rangers.\n   Good Hunting,\n     - Racin Atal\n\n  The Guild of Mages:\n  The Guild of Mages would like to congratulate Zyphodia on being \n  named Induction Team leader, and Alysira and Treva on being named \n  co-leaders of Quest Council!\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Guild + Order News - by Kellandra                           News\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  The Guild of Clerics:\n  A big welcome to Illessa, Quibbeon, Piranhis, Keatrix, Cilas, \n  Tarawil, Muir and Lisara  who survived the beatings with dirty\n  carrots to join the GoC.  And also gratz to Chalamar and \n  Talinth who made their way into full GoC status! (Including \n  all rights to the full service kumquat bar). To the GoCers...\n  I've just hit my 3rd year calling the guild my home and all I \n  can say is.. thanks for putting up with me so long! You guys \n  are the greatest!\n     - Kellandra LifeBringer :)\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Symposium Update - by Myra                              News\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  -= The Symposium =-\n\n   Passed:\n     * Roster \n     * Remove silent flag from Town Hall 3rd floor\n     * Make Archives completely silent\n     * No Auction in Archives              \n     * Portal degradation                  \n     * Ranger Scry                                      \n     * Change shout helpfile                            \n     * Poison arrow skill for Rangers                   \n     * Make Academy note room completely silent         \n     * Nephandi Orb                                     \n     * Outcast safety                                   \n     * Update spells with multiple effects              \n     * New auction token for prompt                     \n     * Update help auction                              \n\n   On Hold: \n     * Nation Leaders on 'who leader' list              \n     * Team channel                                     \n \n   No Action: \n     * Help Numbers update\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Visionary Consortium Update - by Myra                   News\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n   Denied:\n     * Roster                               \n     * Illegal pkills impossible                        \n     * Weapon Kill Count                                \n     * Changes to Styles                                \n     * Rename weapons with gold                         \n     * HR\/DR increase vs. wield weapon duration         \n     * Autodeletion warning mudmail                     \n     * Mail redirection                                 \n     * Estimate skill for Thieves                       \n     * Organization tags on separate line               \n     * Riposte skill                                    \n     * Group teleport                                   \n     * Peacefuls with Deadly skills                     \n     * Deflect skill                                    \n     * Ambush [pkill] skill                             \n     * Practice all command  \n     * Renewable spells (general)\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Addicted to RoD? - by Kellandra                         Addicted\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Last month, we asked for episodes where your RoD slang and \n  habits slip into your real life actions.  You aren't a true \n  addict until some of these\n  things have happened to you!\n\n  Jaapony:\n  So we're at this crazy party with lots of people, and I'm \n  hitting it up with this chick pretty well.  I'm an experienced \n  mudsexer and all so I'm feeling pretty confident.  So I'm coming\n  onto her strong and I whisper into her ear. 'Yo girl, there be\n  some mad seth pops after we're done tonight if you do me right!'.\n  Then she gives me the weirdest look ever and runs off to talk to\n  her friends.  So I'm waiting for her to come back to her senses,\n  but she doesn't.  So I keep drinking the night away and wake up\n  on one of those pony rides at the carnival that go round and \n  round in the morning with vomit on my clothes.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Addicted to RoD? - by Kellandra                         Addicted\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Jure:\n  A couple of summers ago I was playing Realms a lot, probably far\n  too much really.  And let's just say my social interaction \n  outside of work was a little lacking as well.  So a few times on\n  the phone in the middle of my conversations, I would start a \n  sentence by saying 'say ...'. Of course I would suddenly then\n  realize that I actually wasn't playing Realms, so I'd have to\n  quickly cover it up and make it appear that I actually meant to\n  say that.  Like, say, how about that basketball game last night?\n  Fortunately I've moved a little beyond that time.  Say ... how \n  about we go catch a movie tonight?\n \n  Xandrina:\n  I was sitting in class one day and someone asked me if I had \n  any gum.  I started looking through my backpack to realize tho I\n  usually did have gum, I had left my pack in my other backpack \n  that day.  But when I went to tell the friend that I had left \n  my gum in my other backpack, instead I informed them, \"I left \n  it on my other char.\"  I don't think that friend asked me for \n  anything for a while after that. :P\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Cassa and Blanca's Timely Tidbits - Cassa + Blanca          CBTT\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Cassa and I just wanted to check in with everyone while we enjoy\n  our cruise of the Sea of Tranquility.  We've found the cabana\n  boys on our ship to be quite nice, but we did not want you, our\n  treasured pretties, to think we'd forgotten you. Our Timely \n  Tidbits will return next month along with our beautifully tanned\n  bodies. Until then, caviar dreams and champagne wishes for \n  everyone.\n    - Blanca\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------         \n  Dear Myra and Ilsensine - by Myra + Ilsensine                M+I\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Family Business\n\n  Dear Myra & Ilsensine,\n  I recently got mudmarried and my beautiful wife decided to \n  hyphenate her name so that she could keep her family name while\n  taking my own. My problem is that someone recently suggested to\n  me that by my own intention of not taking her name as well, I\n  was insulting both her and her family. What do you think?\n    - Confused Newlywed\n\n  Dear Confused Newlywed,\n  My first response is to tell this person that it is non of his\n  or her business what you and your new bride decide to do with\n  family names. Secondly, have you spoken with your wife or her\n  family about their expectations? Often times, small things can\n  be resolved with a simple question. Otherwise, a mountain can\n  be made out of a molehill.\n    - Myra\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Dear Myra and Ilsensine - by Myra + Ilsensine                M+I\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  ..*sigh* Well...if I really must answer another damn letter, but\n  I'm warning you now, you lousy agent, this is the last time! I\n  want a new show and my own dressing room with a full length\n  mirror! Else it will fall on your head! What? He's sending\n  this?! Rotten secretary. Oh pfftthhh.\n \n  Anyway...about that name problem. Your wife is perfectly\n  entitled to choose to retain her family name as well as taking\n  on your name. Whether it's a good idea or not remains to be\n  seen...is her new name nice? Or vulgarly verbose? Think\n  vanity...think it again and again! In terms of your taking her\n  family name...if it's such a big offence to the family and to\n  her, I imagine you'd have heard about it directly by now. If\n  they really are angry and feel slighted but have not told you...\n  well you've probably got more to worry about. Talk to your wife\n  and find out how she really feels.\n  Bottom line - Don't worry...There's always divorce.\n    - Ilsensine\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Dear Myra and Ilsensine - by Myra + Ilsensine                M+I\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Stalking Sally\n\n  Dear Myra & Ilsensine,\n  I have a crush on this guy, but he doesn't even know that I\n  exist.  I've given thought to stalking him, what should I do?\n    - Lurking Lass\n \n  Dear Lurking Lass,\n  Unless you are completely psychotic, I would be careful on how\n  you use the term \"stalking.\" Now then, if you are really serious\n  about getting this guy's attention, just pay attention. You can\n  find out what he likes and things he does without necessarily\n  stalking him. Use that to find a way to put yourself in his line\n  of sight. Let cupid take over from there.\n    - Myra\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Dear Myra and Ilsensine - by Myra + Ilsensine                M+I\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Dear Lurking Lass,\n  Well lady, I like your style... so I'm going to be like your\n  fairy godmother on crack. Forget pumpkins and lame old slippers,\n  here's my top 10 bits of advice.\n  10)Wash regularly. This helps.\n  9) Wear something eyecatching (requires taste).\n  8) Hassle his friends.\n  7) If he has no friends, cease proceedure.\n  6) Hire a good spy. At this stage you want vital stats...\n  5) If his vitals are virtually invisible...abandon ship.\n  4) Follow him, enter his world, and establish yourself in it.\n  3) Use any and all methods to appear better than you really are.\n  2) Gradually fake pregnancy. Use progressively bigger cussions.\n     Keep stalking.\n  1) When the time is right, confront him in public, slapping him\n     and blaming him for your 'pregancy'. If you have prepared\n     correctly, things should fall delightfully in to place.\n\n    - Ilsensine\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------      \n  Poems - by Zishum                                          Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Only You, My Love\n\n  The starlit background reminds me of the time\n  That the world seemed frozen and your body next to mine\n  Worldly matters seemed to be of no concern\n  Nothing else remained, but only you, my love.\n\n  The trees which sway in the softly blowing wind\n  Is nothing compared to the beauty of your long flowing hair\n  The leaves which blew by as time rolled on\n  Nothing else remained, but only you, my love.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Poems - by Zishum                                          Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  The rolling waters of the bright blue sea\n  Shows the sorrows which overflow the world.\n  The tears which I see from the joy of your life\n  Nothing else remained, but only you, my love\n\n  The sun which sets in the blazing violet sky\n  Represents the world in the life of my eyes\n  The love which I seek and have sought in ages past\n  Nothing else remained, but only me and my tears.\n\n   - Zishum\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Poems - by Zishum                                          Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  All Has Been Overcome\n\n  Search for your love\n  Believe in the hopes and dreams\n  Never give up on anything you see\n  Obstacles may deter you\n  But climb over them to reach your goal\n  But if you stop and turn\n  The light ahead will slowly douse out\n  Like the hope and dreams\n  Of everyone else before you\n  Because you couldn't find that path\n  The path of desire\n  Which overcomes all\n  Life\n  Hope\n  Love\n\n   - Zishum\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------      \n  \"Being Offensive\" - by Kortir                              Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  I think that this is a subject that comes up more often than we\n  would prefer, immortals and mortals alike. Many of us come from\n  different areas of the world. This means different countries,\n  different cultures, different religions, and much more. It is an\n  unfortunate, but true, fact that many do not know and do not\n  understand how someone else could be different and how they may\n  react to something you have said. I, myself, have encountered\n  this more than once in my seven months in the Realms as well as\n  my years online before that.\n\n  Many people do not have trouble with \"joking around,\" \"bashing,\"\n  or any other creative word that someone can devise to replace\n  the word \"teasing.\" There really is no excuse for insulting\n  another person or making them feel bad for no other reason than\n  our own enjoyment of their despair. This is not the way to treat\n  people. The pain of an insult is something that no one deserves.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  \"Being Offensive\" - by Kortir                              Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n \n  Now what defines \"teasing?\"  There are many forms of it.  It can\n  be something as simple as laughing at another's misfortune, a\n  newbie falling into a deathtrap or similar situation.  Even\n  ridiculing someone over a simple question may be considered\n  teasing. However \"stupid\" it may seem, that player asks in hope\n  for a serious answer.\n \n  It could also be anything purposefully done or said that someone\n  could be insulted by. I have found many ways that I have been\n  insulted in the past. Because of my Jewish heritage, anything\n  pro-Nazi, negative about \"Jews,\" or the like hurts me terribly.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  \"Being Offensive\" - by Kortir                              Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Likewise, I have trouble with anyone making fun of people with\n  learning disabilities or similar circumstances that they have\n  no control over. Even if I am not the target of the ridicule or\n  a member of the \"group\" being teased, other things pain me. I\n  have friends among those groups. Anyone who discriminates or\n  teases because of race, looks, social\/financial status,\n  disabilities, and anything similarly not under a person's\n  direct control is just wrong.\n\n  I have seen people badly hurt from this sort of activity, myself\n  among them. Howver, I fight back, too. I know two people who\n  will never say anything against me again, as they know better\n  now.  Many others know how I feel, and they are very aware that\n  I will not hesitate to hurt a person physically so that another\n  will not be hurt mentally.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  \"Being Offensive\" - by Kortir                              Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Why the violence? No, I am not anyone who would carry around a\n  weapon and start whacking anyone that makes the slightest\n  Wremark. However, I feel that people who continue to commit such\n  acts, even after I have warned them or let them know I do not\n  appreciate their words actions actions, deserve more than my\n  continued warnings. Violence is my last resort. I use it only\n  out of pain and reason only if it is completely necessary. Some\n  people have to understand when enough is enough.\n\n  We are all different. Because of our differences, we should try\n  to be more understanding of each other and what may or may not\n  be defined as an insult. Even if your country, state, city,\n  family, or any other reasoning does not consider it an insult,\n  does not mean that another person of a different background will\n  consider the same words or phrase to be inoffensive.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  \"Being Offensive\" - by Kortir                              Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  I recognize that the definition of an insult varies from person\n  to person. I cannot say that I have never insulted another person\n  before, but I can say this:\n  I apologized sincerely and told them why I said what I had said.\n  It really does make a difference, and one of the people that I\n  had done this to in the past is currently a good friend of mine.\n \n  In summary... please do not take for granted that something will\n  not be overly offensive or insulting to someone else.  In the\n  diverse community that we play in, it is just not an assumption\n  that is likely to be true.\n \n  Thanks for reading...\n    - Kortir Silverleaf\n\n  (Please feel free to mudmail comments, questions, or concerns\n  to me. I will do my best to answer anything. Please no flames)\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Tale of Creation + Perception - by Lina                Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  The Tale of Creation + Perception\n  \n  I walked once, down the Path of Thinkers, and saw two holding \n  hands:  -- one was the Genius Creator, the other was the Genius\n  Perciever.\n  \n  Both they saw the Devil at their side, and Messiah in \n  themselves. Perception had named Creation 'Sin', for he had \n  rewritten the words of God, Creation had named Perception \n  'Blind', for he trusted them more than himself.\n   \n  I said to them then: Is it not so, that the Genius Creators's \n  Creation, is child to the Genius Perciever's Perception: Is it\n  not so, Genius Perciever, that your marvel at the words of God,\n  is marvel at Genius Creator's sweetest Creation?\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Tale of Creation + Perception - by Lina                Words\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  \n  Is not so, that Genius Creator percieves as he creates,\n    eventually naming himself the Genius for having percieved so \n    well.\n  Is it not so, that Genius Perciever creates as he percieves,\n    eventually naming himself the Genius for having created so \n    well?\n   \n  They looked at each other and giggled, understanding nothing of \n  all this.\n   \n  Thinking about what I had just said, I realized soon that nor \n  did I, so I took their hands and strolled happily onward, as \n  yet another Genius.\n    - Lina\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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