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Ilsensine: Sicking Goodness and Hate or Date; Deadly News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Cry of Despair                                   Issue 60, 06\/02\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n                                 | \n     .JNNNN` .JNNNNNL   NNNNNN.  |  In this month's issue:\n    JNNNNN) JNNNNNNNNL (NNNNNNN. |    * All the usual news from\n   JNN`    JNN`    NNN (NN.  (NN)|      around the realms,\n  (NN`    (NN`     NNF (NN`  (NN`|      including a new deadly\n  (NN.    (NN.    JNN` NNF  JNN) |      news section.\n  (NNNNNN (NNNNNNNNN' (NNNNNNNF  |    * More horoscopes, as\n   4NNNN`  \"NNNNNN`   NNNNNNF    |      Carlie helps you out with\n                                 |      your astrological problems.\n        The Cry of Despair!      |    * Ilsensine brings her\n        ===================      |      brand new Hate or Date\n   *       *                 *   |      feature, aswell as her\n                      *          |      Sickening Goodness Awards.\n        *        *         *     |    * PLUS much more! \n             *                   |    \n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Editor: Khaimran                      Immortal Sponsor: Elisabet\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Staff: Juliana, Kellandra, Carlie, Amante, Zishum, Ilsensine,\n  Myra, Vladith, Faceripper, Diblin.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Contents                                           CoD, Issue 60\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Desk of the Editor\n  \n  News from Guilds, Orders, TS, VC, and PKC\n\n  Are you too addicted to RoD?\n\n  Cassa + Blanca's Timely Tidbits\n\n  Carlie's RoD Horoscopes\n\n  Diblin resumes his Newbie's Guide series\n\n  Dear Myra + Ilsensine...\n\n  The Sickening Goodness Awards!\n\n  An Experiment in Lowbie PKill\n\n  Ilsensine's new Hate or Date show!\n\n  Results from May's CoD quests\n\n  The ever dreaded Funny Bones\n\n  An Introduction to Vampire: the Dark Ages\n\n  The Cry of Despair PK League\n\n  Advertisements\n\n  Elisabet's Corner\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Desk of the Editor - by Khaimran                          Editor\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  \n    Another month, another Cry... and yet more changes at the CoD\n  offices. We bid fond farewells to yet more of our members who\n  have moved on into various degrees of retirement and senility,\n  as Begaria, Shingo and Silverwind put their pens down.\n  However, its not all bad news. Diblin is back, after a brief\n  dissappearence, and we welcome him. Also joining the staff is\n  Faceripper, and I'm sure he'll be writing some quality articles\n  in the months to come.\n    Second point on the agenda, is that I'd like to apologise for\n  fact that the Cry came out a week late this month.. All I can\n  say is that sometimes you have to put RL ahead of the mud ;)\n    The last thing I'd like to draw your attention to is that\n  we're still looking for teams to participate in the upcoming\n  Cry of Despair PK League... So far, only the Guild of Clerics,\n  Order of MaidenStone, and a group of deadlies have submitted\n  teams. Help Cry 7-59 for a reminder of the information \n  concerning it.\n    Well, I'll leave you to get on with reading the Cry. Remember,\n  if you have any feedback concerning the Cry, you can get in\n  touch with me in a number of ways.. Tells or mudmails to\n  Khaimran work, as does emailing me at khaimran@myrealbox.com.\n  Alternatively, you can post a note at the CoD public board,\n  located 2s, w, 2s from DH [], and just north of the CoD offices\n  in the Town Hall.\n    - Khaimran\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Guild + Order News - by Kellandra                           News\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  This month's new from around the Realms! First up.. the Guilds\n  and Orders of the Realms.\n\n  The Guild of Rangers\n    During the month of May, Gideon and Kaeir became the newest \n  members of the guild. Welcome to the Guild, and we hope you find\n  your new home comfortable.\n    Aromiss passed his Pledge Review, we congratulate him on a job\n  well done. Elections were held to fill the void left in the \n  leaders ranks. After all the votes were counted Zargon became \n  the new 2nd (remember to break him in gently he is only a \n  pixie!). Many thanks to all who ran in the election.\n    In June the following members have a Birthday Valin, Linda, \n  and Hordiki. Just remember, you may be 1 year older and wiser,\n  but life is boring if you act like that all the time! Enjoy your day and act\n  as silly as possible.\n    Good Hunting, Racin Atal.\n\n  The Guild of Nephandi\n  As May draws to a close, the guild finds itself nursing a \n  serious hangover, following extended celebration of Destre's\n  ascension to Immortality...our hallways seem equally strewn \n  with party streamers and nephs who wince at loud noises. I have\n  stepped up to become GM, and Temokinon is our new First and \n  IGQC representative. The Guild has also welcomed several new \n  members this month...congrats on their membership to Sarilyn,\n  Kikoushou, Sandrew and Kilik :)\n    Shadrack.\n\n  The Guild of Mages\n  The GoM PK council is getting busy with starting up a new PK \n  ladder! Whoever sits atop the rankings will be able to wear the \n  PK trophy! So far, there are about 25 participants signed up to\n  beat on each other for a good bit of fun.\n    Meade LifeBringer\n\n  The Guild of Clerics\n  The GoC would like to welcome new members Talinth and Sovik!  \n  Chalamar, Quiche, Karsiq and Pondil all became full guild \n  members and can start to use their lifetime supply of juicy \n  kumquats. Aremilur still tops the GoC PK ladder but maybe not \n  for long- some tough PKs are coming soon! And speaking of PK, \n  GoC is putting together their own team for the CoD PK league\n  and we hope you are too!  We want to see you out there. Til \n  then,  don't leave home without your dirty carrots! :)\n    Kellandra LifeBringer :)\n\n  The Order of Arcanes\n    Arcanes has had a busy month with some new inductions. We \n  would in particular like to welcome to our ranks Prothall,\n  Zaradox,  Konichi and Muldoon. Although we all have different\n  backgrounds we have all felt your additions have done nothing \n  but add to us.  \n    As for regular activites our order was invaded by a group of\n  rabid squirrels bent on procreating like mad. Thanks to \n  Xenolyn, Feist, Eskinol and Muiren their prozac was taken away\n  by force. Thank you Pheayre.\n\n  (Order of Arcanes, cont.)\n  Special recognition towards the Council of Light which has been \n  so active that our free heals and spells policy has been forced\n  to hire part time help in afk brewing. Thanks towards Terri, \n  Mauro, Xenolyn, Qaulorn from the CoL. On the logistics side \n  thank you Eskinol, Jexia, Ganbazon, Mauro, Nesett, Muiren, and \n  Zaradox.\n    Exploration of new and redone areas such as Wyvern tower,\n  Desert of Despair has given us all many insights. Thanks to \n  Eskinol, Varin, Xenolyn, Terri, Sheryl. New mobs multi av mobs\n  such as Tlazolteotl help our hone our skills.  \n    Our Double elimination multi class pkill tournament is drawing\n  to a close. Originally with 3 distinctive Char classes and 23 \n  participants, the winners in Class A are Feanolem with, Kuando\n  comming in 2nd, Class B has yet to be decided with the finals\n  between Zalasta and Ganbazon, Class C winner was Luzopinz with\n  Bart in second place. Congratulations to all are in order.\n    Lyssiah has stepped down from her position as Lead Scout and \n  Feist has taken over. Congratulations Feist and good luck with \n  all your tasks Lyssiah.\n    Teralayah.\n\n  The Order of MaidenStone\n  This was a hectic month of changes for MS.  We would like to \n  congratulate Ilsensine for her promotion as Number Two of the \n  Order.  We'd like to thank Frances for the great services she \n  has done for the run department, and welcome Skaphia as the new\n  Head BM.  Keep the runs up!\n    Also receiving a promotion is our funky maiden, Shelaine, \n  achieving the rank of Covenant.  Thanks for your contributions!\n  More big news is we got our second Immortal, Aeriel. We hope \n  that you like it here!  Maidens, you rock! \n    Asuka\n\n\n\n  That's all from the Orders and Guilds this month.. remember, if\n  your organisation has news to submit to the Cry of Despair,\n  mudmail Kellandra with the information by the last Monday of the\n  month.\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Symposium Update - by Myra                              News\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  -= The Symposium =-\n\n   Passed:\n     * Ammendments to help 'guilds'\n     * 'Engage' command for tells\n     * Echo on lowbie death\n     * Town Hall 3rd floor stairwell (remove silent)\n     * No Auction in Archives\n     * Who group shows group + followers\n\n   Denied:\n     * Ignore who  \n     * Newbie Council drag command\n     * Guard Skill\n     * Fire Rain\n     * Redemption\n     * WildCard character for whois\n     * More TS office space\n\n   On Hold:\n     * New names\/stats system\n     * Ranger Scry\n     * Portal Degredation\n\n  -= Visionary Consortium=-\n\n   Denied:\n     * Changes to leader prefix \n     * 'Epoch' proposal\n     * Ability to repost mudsigned notes under original name.\n     * Tell variation ('engage' in conversation)\n\n   Passed to the CoE for consideration:\n     * Giving augurers climb \n     * 'Give all coins'\n     * Removal of 'dead' chars from roster\n     * Note vote retain\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Shadowy Path... - by Amante                             News\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Being the first month this is put out, I will provide an\n  explanation as to what exactly \"The Shadowy Path\" is.. In the \n  Pkill Conclave, we strive to make Pkill a better experience for\n  everyone who is involved.  Every idea that passes through us is\n  voted on. If it gets passed, the Immortal head of PKC passes the\n  requests up to the Council of Elders. If they approve the \n  change, it goes on the list of things to be implemented.\n\n  Please note, things which say \"Passed by PKC\" have yet to be\n  put up to the Council of Elders, or are waiting approval\/denial\n  by them. I have only gone back the last two months or so, so \n  there are some older changes which have not been included.\n\n   Passed by the PKill Conclave:\n     * Lowbie Clan Equipment(Level 15\/24) \n     * \"defeats\" command for clanned deadlies \n\n   Passed by the Council of Elders, to be implemented:\n     * Deadly Only Areas\/Equipment \n     * Change to Nominis Umbra Clan EQ\n     * Artifacts for current clans   \n\n   Denied by Council of Elders:\n     * Protection only works for Paladins\n\n   Implemented:\n     * Grapple moved from Thieves to Rangers \n     * \"Cleave\" Skill for Rangers   \n     * Player vs Player damage raised 10%  \n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Addicted to RoD? - by Kellandra                         Addicted\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Are You Too Addicted to RoD?\n\n  Last month, we asked you to tell us about dreams you had about\n  Realms of Despair.. Are you so addicted that the mud invades\n  your sleeping hours, aswell as your waking ones? Here are the\n  responses we got!\n\n\n  Alihan's Dream\n  A few years back I received a Dhide plate for free from a friend.\n  That night after I logged off, I was havin nightmares that I was\n  sleepwalking to my computer and logging on RoD. Only I kept \n  DTing. I was freaked, I actually woke up to see if the computer\n  was on and if I was on RoD and I unplugged the keyboard in case\n  I actually did sleepwalk my way to the computer.\n\n  Evaine's Dream\n  I was in this huge line to go to the bathroom at this fair and \n  it was like a half a mile long but I really had to go.  I was at\n  the fair with Conran so he went wisinvis and went up to the \n  front people of the line and yelled \"BOO!\".  All the people up\n  there got scared and ran away and so I got to be at the front of\n  the line. \n\n  Kaif's Dream\n  I dreamt this a long time ago so I forgot some of it, but all I\n  remember is that Thorpe got turned into the Little Mermaid and \n  he kept going around everywhere singing like she does in the \n  movie. Everyone in the game was getting really sick of it so \n  finally  someone pushed him down a hill and he fell into a wall\n  and was knocked out but everyone cheered because he finally \n  stopped singing.\n\n  Jennavieve's Dream\n  One night I had a dream that Meade and I were over at Blodkai's\n  house.  He had a really nice pool in his backyard, but somehow \n  a huge whale got into it.  He asked us to get the whale out for \n  him.  Meade and I picked up the whale and put it on our heads \n  and carried it into his house  but the whale kept getting away \n  from us and jumping back into the pool.\n\n  Isabel's Dream\n  I had the most weirdest dream about Harakiem being my papa. So \n  in my dream, I recalled to Thoth's Rune and instead of welcoming\n  me, Harakiem suddenly squealed like a woman and grabbed me like \n  a potato sack and hugged me so tightly my intestines felt like \n  bursting. He started yibbering I was his long lost daughter \n  during a brief affair with Sonoria. I tried to hammer at him \n  with me trusty elven quarterstaff and he ending up annhilating \n  me. So fine, I ended up my supposed mother's altar and crawled\n  like a bleeding bug back to Thoth's Rune for my corpse. And \n  there Harakiem was crying and this was what I remember -\n\n  Harry - Isabel, my daughter! I have searched you for so many a\n          moon!\n  Me - Uh huh and I am Duke Luther the 3rd (get all corpse, \n       wear all)\n  Harry - Isabel, speak to me! *advances*\n  Me - Dun ya dare come near me! *brandishes damaged weapon*\n  Harry - Isabel, don't make me smite you!\n\n  So I hit Harakiem, my pseudo papa and he whirls around on me and\n  slams my face to the ground. Down came the axe again and my poor\n  head plopped off my shoulders like a cockroach on the execution \n  board. Yeah, of course he wept big buckets of tears after he\n  killed me. Flooded the whole of Darkhaven and my head and body\n  floated away from each other. The last I saw before a \n  shadowshark gobbled down my head were the Guilds building a \n  huge Ark and going up in pairs. The Orders somehow managed to \n  make a blimp. How a blimp managed to appear in Realms, that I\n  don't know. I woke before my dream could figure it out.\n\n  Are you too addicted to the mud? Does RoD slang and habits slip\n  into your real life actions without thinking about it?\n \n  If you've had any type of Realms of Despair slip-up in real life\n  before, we'd love to hear about it! It has happened to all good\n  mud addicts, don't be shy ;)\n \n  Have you ever been sitting around with your friends and when one\n  of them told a joke, you replied with \"Grins\" instead of \n  actually grinning at your friend?  Or said \"Say\" out loud before\n  starting a sentence?  Or maybe something even worse... ? \n\n  Please mudmail Kellandra with your interesting Realms mistakes \n  made irl.  :)\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Cassa and Blanca's Timely Tidbits - Cassa + Blanca          CBTT\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n \n  Cassa & Blanca's Timely Tidbits\n \n  \n  Should you have some gossip you'd like to share, please mudmail\n  it to Blanca or e-mail it to cassa_blanca@hotmail.com\n  \n  All sources remain anonymous.\n  \n  Until then, heres to those caviar dreams and champagne wishes.\n  Tune in to the Cry of Despair each month for the Realms social\n  scene with poolside chats and social functions.\n\n  Turn the page, for May's Timely Tidbits!\n\n  Bigger and Better Things...\n  Oh My Demi-God! The Princess is movin' on up!\n  There's a one legged Auggie having no trouble hobbling on up the\n  list.\n  A certain smurf has been smurfing his way to the smurf!\n  From TS to the other side.  It's not easy being nephish.\n  Newbies and Auggies and Lesser-Gods, oh my!\n  Huckleberries and guilds, now there's a tastey treat.\n  Hugged a Ringbearer lately?  A certain Goddess has and now they\n  worship her!\n\n  Ethereal Oz\n  A certain handsome and eligible immortal has been spotted \n  around the Realms with a lovely mage on his arm.  It's rumored\n  that she has sticky fingers from devouring chocolate covered\n  cherries.\n \n  S'Mores Anyone?\n  Spotted last weekend while on a guild leader campout, a certain\n  vampiress was seen roasting a cleric marshmallow over an open \n  fire.\n\n  Bubbles & Beer\n  Mount Budweiser seems to be quiet since a new resident's moved\n  in.\n \n  Elder's Bells\n  One of the less visible and higher level immortals has been \n  MIA for a bit now. Our spies tell us that he's a little \n  occupied with a new bride offline.\n\n  Role Models\n  Diapers seem to have inundated a few Immortals lately.  A stork \n  was spotted dropping off a package at Ascendere Castle and the \n  Realms School of Pimping has a new student to teach.\n \n  Musical Chairs\n  If you haven't noticed, there are a number of orders with leader\n  spots open. Take one down and pass it around!  Who's next on the\n  lists?  Stay tuned...\n \n  Jerry Springer Style\n  Be on the look out for episodes of transcripts from deadly \n  relations and video captions of solo voyages. Be careful, \n  though. Appearances can be deceiving.\n\n\n  So heres to those caviar dreams and champagne wishes. Tune in \n  next month as we continue the social season with poolside chats\n  and social functions.  \n\n    - Cassa and Blanca\n\n  ------------------------------------------------------------------\n  RoD Horoscopes - by Carlie                               Zodiacs\n  ------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Well, another month, another Zodiac! This month is the month of\n  the Grand Mistress, or Gemini to you boring people who prefer\n  the real-life names. I hope you enjoy these, (more than I did\n  writing them, which was alot of fun) and let me know your \n  personal opinions or suggestions. :)\n     - Carlie Coolbeans\n\n                  Grand Mistress - May 21-June 20\n     ____   Curious, with a strong love of exploring, change is \n  ,-\/   \/)))something you are constantly craving in your life.\n  \\_\\  ( .( \"Out with the old and in with the new, newer, newest\"\n     \\\/' _\/ is your motto. Change isn't a bad thing, but keep in \n    _\/  (_ mind the people who play an important role in your life. \n         Those people should never be considered part of the old.\n\n                Froghemoth - June 21 to July 22\n  The stress everyone around you is under can often wreak havoc \n  on your emotional health. As a very sensitive person     (.)(.)\n  it's easy for you to be influenced by your environment. (\\ -- \/)\n  When others begin to affect you negatively, you should  * *  * *\n  take some time away from them. Relax and get your stability back.\n\n                 Bahamut - July 23 to August 22\n  Maybe you feel no sacrifice you can make is too great for someone \n   \/\\_\/\\  you love, but that person may not be of the same opinion. \n  < o o > To avoid undesired conflict, take a step back and think \n   )   (  about what you want to do. If the sacrifice may bring harm \n   (. .)  to you, chances are the person you're making the sacrifice \n  for won't appreciate it.\n\n               Sonoria - August 23 to September 22\n  Don't stress yourself over the many trivial troubles  ____ \n  real life. Doing so will mean you're spreading      ((\\   \\\n  yourself too thin. Wasting energy on the little      )o\\  \/\n  worries will render you incapable of dealing with    \\_ \\ \\_\n  the big problems.                                     _) \\_\/\n\n                  Justice - September 23 to October 22\n       o---o      You are inclined to be cold and indifferent to \n      \/  |  \\     those who show you affection, and it's a big \n  (__)   |   (__) problem. Being very loveable, most people around \n  you feel like sidling up to you in the hopes you'll welcome them \n  with warmth. You have very powerful emotions, so don't be afraid \n  to give what they're looking for.\n\n                Black Rose - October 23-November 21\n    ...  Heading straight for the extremes, the word \"moderation\" \n   { | } is not part of your vocabulary. In your life, there is \n  {--O--}little balance between what makes you happy and what makes \n   { | } you sad. There is also little balance between work and \n    `-'  play. However, balance is something you need before you \n  end up burning yourself out. Even with tons of energy, you have \n  your limits.\n\n                  Cernunnos - November 22 to December 21 \n  Your truthful nature makes it hard for you to believe anyone \n  else around you could be less than honest. But, like it or not,\n  the world can be a cold, cruel place. A raised eyebrow and \n  thoughtful consideration of another's words does not speak of \n  distrust, but of common sense.      \n                                     |\n                   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<|XX0\n                                     |\n\n                 Vortex - December 22 to January 19            \n  \/\/,,\/\/ You've likely been told before to always finish what you \n  \\\\,,\\\\ start. And because you are one of the more determined and \n  \/\/,,\/\/ more focused personalities, that shouldn't be a problem. \n  \\\\,\/\/ Shouldn't be, but can be if you get distracted. Stick to \n   \\v\/  your current goals, leave trying something new until after \n      you've reached them.\n\n                Thoth - January 20 to February 18\n    \\   |   \/   Seek out something - a person, an activity, a book \n      \/'''\\     - that will help keep you occupied with intelligent \n  __ \/     \\ __ thinking. If you do not exercise your mind, all \n     \\     \/    parts of it, you may very well lose some of that \n      \\...\/     dazzling intelligence you were gifted with.\n     \/  |  \\    \n\n  Zeus - February 19 to March 20               .. .. \n  You are a total pushover. From the days you    .'  '  ''.. \n  were a young child, you always let others have `..,       '.\n  their way. Very easy going and never the type to   '......'\n  fight any battle, even for your own rights, it's     \/\/\n  time you grew a backbone. Stick up for yourself      \\\\\n  or, at the very least, be different.                 \/\/\n                                                      |\/\n\n                 Blackmote - March 21 to April 19\n    ,, ,,,,      Every grey hair on your mother's head was your \n  ,'..'....'',,  fault. As a young child you were full of dynamic \n  `,,,.........',energy, and things haven't changed much. You still \n      `,,,'',,,' need to get out and exercise. If you're stuck \n  inside for six or more hours a day, getting outside is even more \n  important.\n\n                Guenevere - April 20 to May 20\n  You were never any good at expressing yourself with   \/\\   \n  words, speaking or writing. There's no reason why  __\/\/\\\\__\n  you have to try now! When you really need to       __\\\\\/\/__\n  express yourself, maybe there was a misunderstanding, \\\/\n  paint or draw something. Visual expressions of your feelings \n  can work just as well as sappy poetry.\n\n   -  Carlie Coolbeans\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  A Newbies Guide To... - by Diblin                 Newbie's Guide\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n \n  A Newbies Guide To... Councils: The Symposium\n\n  Hello, and welcome once again to the newbies guide series.  For\n  the next 8 issues, we'll be concentrating on the councils of the\n  realms.  If any of you were ever wondering what each of the\n  councils ever did, this guide should help to explain them.\n \n  We'll begin this month with an introduction to The Symposium.  \n  This council is currently headed up by both Cersei and Selina,\n  however The Symposium is primarily a mortal driven council, so\n  also has a mortal head, a position which is currently held by\n  Darshanin.\n\n  The Symposium is a council of mortals representing their \n  organisations (guilds & orders) combined with a number of 'at \n  large' members, working along side a small group of immortals.\n  They handle game-related suggestions from the mortal community,\n  vote on these suggestions, and make any changes that they deem\n  necessary before passing it on for immortal approval.\n \n  Anybody may submit ideas to The Symposium, and the process is\n  quite simple. On the fourth floor of the town hall, Minkai, the\n  Chamberlain to The Symposium will hand out submission guides to\n  those who ask for them.  Following these guidelines, you should\n  write your suggestion on a note and post it on the Tome of \n  Conception, located on the second floor of the Town Hall.\n\n  In some cases, ideas may need some major changes before they \n  could pass, forexample a suggested spell may be much too \n  powerful.  In these situations, the ideas are passed to \n  subcommittees, are talked over in greater detail, changes are \n  made and the idea is reproposed to the council as a whole at a \n  later date. There are currently two full time subcommittees in\n  The Symposium, being the Spells\/Skills Sub, and the building \n  Sub.\n\n  Membership to The Symposium can come from one of two ways. \n  Each organisation is entitled to one representative member, so \n  if that member should step down from their position, you may\n  apply to take over this position.  The other way is to apply \n  for an at large position when notice that applications are open\n  is given on the archives by the head of the council.\n \n  As an example of the work that The Symposium does, the note list\n   was suggested, and passed by the council, and is now \n  fully implemented and functional. Many changes like this pass\n  through The Symposium, and are brought into the game to improve\n  the atmosphere and gameplay of the Realms.  \n\n  Next month we'll have a look at Visionary Consortium, until \n  then, good luck and happy adventures.\n\n   - Diblin Treves\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Dear Myra and Ilsensine - by Myra + Ilsensine                M+I\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  This month's Dear Myra + Ilsensine... first up:\n\n  Pyromania...\n\n  Dear Myra + Ilsensine,\n    I love to set fire to things and people don't like me for \n  that. What should I do?\n    - Pyro\n \n  Dear Pyro,\n    There might be a good reason for this animosity.  Do you by \n  chance set fire to these people or to their property?  My \n  advice is to find a creative outlet for your love.  Perhaps The\n  Lounge is in need of a butler to light the candelabras?\n    - Myra\n \n  Dear Pyro,\n    I must say that I find your pyrotechnical talents most \n  amusing. People don't like it? Burn them! Burn them! People will\n  be far less hasty to comment if you haul a tougher line. I \n  suggest you start a public burning campaign, preferably using \n  the small, weak and largely defenseless. Remember, a person \n  frantically attempting to douse their own flaming body is much\n  less likely to offer any problems.\n    - Ilsensine\n\n\n  Mud Triangle?\n\n  Dear Myra + Ilsensine,\n    I'm currently involved with a wonderful guy that sits with me\n  and just talks for hours. However, sometimes when we're sitting,\n  this other guy comes and sits with us and just invites himself \n  into the conversation. My bf is starting to get a bit jealous.\n  This other guy is a friend at best, but I'm not sure of how to \n  deal with it.\n    - In the Middle\n \n  Dear In the Middle-\n    Have you talked to your boyfriend about the situation?  An\n  independent gal needs to have freedom, but his feelings play \n  into the equation heavily. Let him know that there's nothing\n  funny going on and that this other person is just a friend. \n  You might try either finding another spot to sit and talk or \n  drop some hints for this friend.  Give him things to go do and\n  keep him occupied.\n    - Myra\n\n  Dear In the Middle,\n    Mmm. Duplicity. Well, now... first thing you need to ask \n  yourself is this: do you harbour any feelings towards this extra\n  wheel? If the answer is yes, I suggest investing in a 3-person\n  bed, and living in duplicate luxury. If your bf doesn't like it,\n  too bad for him and at least you'll still have one left. If you\n  don't have feelings for this other guy, I suggest you just get\n  your guy to kill the other schmuck. I would suggest doing it \n  yourself, but men are so much more useful for one's menial \n  needs. I'm sure I've helped you immensely.\n    - Ilsensine\n\n\n  That's all from Myra and Ilsensine this month.. remember, if you\n  have a problem that you feel warrants the help of these two\n  agonising aunts, all you need do is drop them a mudmail about\n  the problem. Remember, you're also helping all the people who\n  read the Cry of Despair by sharing your woes. Go on.. be a good\n  Samaritan...\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Sickening Goodness Award - by Ilsensine                      SGA\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Greetings...\n \n  After the lavish, exquisite and generally world peace achieving \n  success of the first ever Realms of Despair Sickening Goodness\n  Awards, it's my personal and savoured delight to spew out a \n  cheap, two-bit forgery of a sham for this month.\n \n  Hurrah!\n \n  It is my distinct smug pleasure to annouce the esteemed winner \n  of the June 2002 Sickening Goodness Award!\n \n  ****************************************************************\n  *****                Cresis!                               *****\n  ****************************************************************\n \n  Yes, that's right people... her seamless displays of charity,\n  kindness, and lady-like grace left me with no choice... it was \n  unanimous! (No it wasn't) Yes it was! (No it wasn't) Yes! Yes!\n  Out of my heaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.\n \n  *crumple*\n\n  Do you know someone who's too good? Do you want to punish them?\n \n  Well... with my new 3 step retribution plan it's easy!\n \n  1) Think of the person you wish to punish\n  2) Think exactly why you want to punish them\n  3) Mudmail the details to Ilsensine!\n \n  Yes folks, it couldn't be easier! (obviously this is a lie)\n \n  So... who will be the most Sickeningly Good player for July...\n \n  Remember... if you don't mail and nominate someone... it could \n  be you!\n\n   - Ilsensine\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  An Experiment - submitted by Kitchious             An Experiment\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  An Experiment in Pkill...\n    by Kitchious\n\n  While hanging out on my peaceful character, the subject of PKill\n  came up.  Being a regular pkiller, I asked my friends why many \n  of them do not actively pkill.  The responses were things like \n  \"I was hit by four clanned people\" or \"They always loot my \n  satchel\" or the ever famous \"Equipment is expensive\". I have \n  been in pkill far too long to remember my newbie days, but my\n  observation is that clanned people no longer pick on newbies or\n  loot satchels.  Of course, I had no proof, so I decided to \n  obtain some.  This was how Trakk was created. A newbie ranger \n  who was trying pkill for the first time ever.  I chose a ranger\n  because I wanted to test out the new \"cleave\" skill, and \n  \"grapple\" on rangers.  I deliberately leveled slowly, so I \n  turned  18 when I was level 8(about the level most newbies are\n  when they turn 18).  I asked many questions regarding pkilling\n  and what to do, to  enhance the newbie image.  One of the first\n  things every newbie is told to do is to be sanced at all times,\n  which I did.  Once people saw that I was capable of understanding\n  what sanc was, and I did not ask the same question numerous \n  times, people started offering to help me get equipment, and help\n  me level.  Once I was around level 20, one of the leaders of \n  Ophanim sent me a tell, asking if I desired entry into the clan.\n  I agreed, he asked me who my peaceful was. \n\n  I gave him the name of my best friend's character, since many \n  know my peaceful alts.  This would help make sure my identity \n  remained a secret. It obviously worked, because up until the \n  point I aved Trakk, I was not attacked once.  I had attacked a \n  few people, but the \"good pkillers\" knew I was a newbie \n  attacking a fellow newbie, and stayed out of it. Anyway, as far\n  as _my_ experience went, making a new deadly was extremely\n  pleasing.  Only once was I called a newbie, and it was for \n  interrupting a clanned pkill.\n \n  Pkill has become much more kind to the new players than it used\n  to be.  People were always answering my questions about pkill,\n  and spelling me up simply by asking nicely.  I do not know\n  where people get the stories of being attacked by five clanned\n  people all who are 4-5 levels higher than them.  As far as I \n  could tell, that does not happen. Unless you are mouthy or \n  annoying, I'd say you will probably have a nice time leveling.\n  If you find that someone kills and loots you, ask on wartalk\n  if you can have the equipment back (ask nicely). If the person\n  who booted you refuses, quite often a clanned character will \n  log on and kill him for you. \n\n  There were, of course, a few downsides.  Without an av mage, it\n  is very difficult to get leveling spells at slow times of the \n  day. Well, I guess only one downside.\n \n  Now, do not get confused and assume that this information means \n  pkill is easy.  Pkill never has been, and never will be \"easy\" \n  to do.  You will only learn by dying, and you will die often. If\n  you stick with it though, you will probably find pkilling to be \n  one of the most entertaining things you can do in this text \n  based world.  \n \n  Please, do not judge Pkill on what others tell you.  Experience \n  it for yourself.  Right now, level 24 pkill is HUGE.  Even more\n  than Avatar pkill.  The damage is very high, meaning lots of \n  death.  And it is extremely CHEAP.  If you know how to level, \n  you can get to level 24 and get 65dr (standard level 24 deadly \n  warrior dr) before you turn 18.  You will hopefully have an \n  Avatar peaceful who can obtain the equipment you will need, or \n  you can ask on war if anyone has spare equipment.  It is very \n  rare to be looted on a 24, unless you are wearing out-of-game \n  equipment.  Not being looted helps a lot when you get \n  frustrated from dying.  You can respell, heal, relog, then \n  start all over again!\n\n  That is my story.  If you have any questions or comments, do not \n  hesitate to ask.  I am always willing to answer questions, and \n  if you are interested in level 24 pkill, I can help you equip.  \n  If you  decide to make a pkiller, please note that the clans \n  will all induct low-level characters.  So if you get to level \n  24, and want to join a clan, speak with a leader.\n \n    - Kitchious\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Hate or Date? - by Ilsensine                          HateOrDate\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Welcome, my delicious little poppets...\n \n  I'm glad you came! You're here to witness the first ever \n  screening of... 'Hate or Date?'! The all new, interactive Realms\n  of Despair show.\n \n  Each week, we'll have one hapless monkey on the program, hoping\n  to impress you, the Despair public. The question is... will you\n  hate them? or will you want to date them?!\n \n  Each of you has been given a live mudmail connection to the \n  studio here in the east side of Abattoir Asylum. Once you have \n  viewed the contestants details, you should rush to your consoles\n  (quills, paper and transport not provided) and mail the studio\n  saying whether you hate the contestant, or whether you wanna\n  date them! Remember folks, it's the name of the show - HATE or\n  DATE!\n\n  Audience members are reminded that they must supply reasons why \n  along with the vote! The best responses will be aired live on\n  next month's show, and the contestant may even pick one of the \n  lucky DATE voters to be taken out on a no-expenses paid, \n  uninsured holiday!\n\n  Hrm. Due to a contractual clause I wasn't previously aware of...\n  it appears that for security reasons, the host must also be the\n  contestant for the first show. Crap. Someone fix my damn \n  autocue already?!\n \n  VITAL STATISTICS: \n  Name: Ilsensine\n  Age: 1857\n  Race: Half-Elf\n  Class: Druid\n  Alignment: Evil\n  Affiliations: (Number Two, MaidenStone) [Newbie Council]\n\n  QUESTIONNAIRE:\n  Panties or Commando? : Commando!\n  Sex or Chocolate? : Both\n  Knives or Forks? : Sporks\n  Dogs or Cats? : Fur coats\n\n  QUOTE\/UNQUOTE:\n  \"I'd like to find a man who's really... ya know? Well endowed.\n  Spiritually of course. In particular I'm looking for paladins, \n  preferably mute, with minimal upkeep needs and a high pain \n  threshhold.\"\n\n\n  Thanks to our very first contestant, err... Ilsensine! Go me!\n  *puts on projectile-proof clothing*\n \n  Ok... now... time to cast your audience responses! Do you hate?\n  Or do you want to date?! Mudmail all responses to yours truly,\n   with reasons, as soon as you can!\n \n  Till next time...\n\n\n  ADVERTISMENT \n  Do you want to put yourself in front of the mud community and\n  survive? Maybe even score a date amongst the slew of letter \n  bombs, death threats and anthrax poisonings? Well... now is your\n  chance!!!\n   \n  Mudmail Ilsensine, and your application will be considered!\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Quest Central -  by Elisabet                       Quest Central\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------  \n\n  We had wonderful participation this month in the new immortal\n  image quest. We truly enjoyed reading all of the submissions!\n  The best one (truly my favorite) was submitted about one of the\n  (many) fabulous imms out there who really needed a \"make-over\"!\n\n  Sooooo, congratulations to Bullen with his new image for Kali!!\n\n  Bullen please contact Elisabet for your prize! :)\n\n  Bullen's submission:\n  I see Kali as someone who wanders around gathering flowers,\n  petting bunnies and helping the druids in holy grove tend their\n  flocks and plants. I see him wearing flowers in his hair, forgetting \n  the \"slay\" command, and having a perpetual smile on his face. The new \n  Kali will love to be snuggled, to be hugged and will be more than happy\n  to assist any newbie low level char or newbietar in need. The new Kali \n  would give a chocolate chip cookie to everyone who signs on and says \n  hello on chat or avtalk. I see him saying hello with a smile, joining \n  newbie council and just overall being a nice guy. That is my vision of \n  the new Kali. I hope it can come to pass!\n\n  I sense a Bullen slay.. don't you?\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Titles - collected by CoD                            Funny Bones\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  This month's titles...\n\n  Luniz LifeBringer has issues, but likes Miss May best!. \n  Ienna plots the death of Abelard, weak GoT BoT. \n  Ienna God created Adam + Eve, but Adam liked Steve..\n  Laine: All men are animals some just make better pets..\n  Bob: The Battery-Operated-Boyfriend.\n  Trembyl prioritizes; consciousness stays number one?\n  Sapetalus tried to daydream but his mind wandered.\n  Drune Divine, Bunny... sock puppet theater 8pm-6am.\n  Thibbledorf Crystalheart is the Intergalactic Space Cow..\n  Devyn Draen Dwells Despite Defying Death \n  Slyrpon your blood!  (CDS) {JLD}\n  Conran Treves has a carrot, and knows how to use it.\n  Ienna: Abelard-(BoT) Abe meaning tall, Lard meaning Fat.\n  Aertue Diitue (not the druid you're looking for).\n\n  Other stuff...\n\n  Conran says 'Will I have sex any time this year?'\n  The ball becomes translucent, as if a thick fog has lifted.\n  The words 'MY SOURCES SAY NO' appear upon its surface.\n\n\n  You tell Aylssa 'uh, hi. Are you scary?'\n  (silence.. then..)\n  Aylssa tells you 'yeah I bite and everything'\n  You tell Aylssa 'nods, thanks. just checking :)'\n  Aylssa tells you 'well at least you didnt wake up in a hotel \n     room with a bunch of women'\n  Aylssa tells you 'err extell'\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Vampire: The Dark Ages - submissions                        VtDA\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  A Glimpse of an Eternal Night from the Storyteller\n\n  WE are gathered from the dark depths of Ancient Despair to join \n  Kindred long forgotten in the millenium that traversed and \n  reshaped the Lands.\n \n  We will return their Glory to the Lands again but none will \n  know what we do or know what transpires. We will bring forth \n  what our knowledge to enrich and guide these mewlings that \n  cannot sense us.\n \n  Sands have covered what we once knew and now shall we hold power\n  to return it to the Dimensions as we know them to be.\n\n  None will know the Kindred as they rise again from their sleep.\n  None will discover the Masquerade that wanders through the \n  shadows. Despair will once more shudder as we take these Lands\n  into the Nights.\n \n  Constanza Irena - First Prince of the Blood\n\n  Vampires : for Despair\n \n  Vampires have always been around in roleplay in the Realms and \n  many players have created their own rich and varied versions of\n  what a vampire within the Realms should be. The flexibility of \n  the vampire character is ten thousandfolds and they can be the \n  brute murderers of the night or the melancholic philosphers or \n  even the innocent children praying at the Holy Altar.\n \n  Adapted from White Wolf's Vampire series to create again the\n  Clans in Realms, Vampire roleplayers will now have a choice to \n  join in and enjoy the beauty and torment of being the Beast \n  caught within the immortality of their mortal semblances, to\n  weave through thousands of years masquerading as nobles, \n  priests, songstresses, gyspyies while keeping the horror of the\n  Beast within them.\n\n  Joining this roleplay group is very simple. Please follow the \n  steps here: \n \n  1. Currently there are notes posted on this on the Unity of \n  the Nations Board which can be found 2 northeast 2 north from \n  DarkHaven Square. Please read all notes directed to Vampires: \n  The Masquerade (VtM) or Vampires: The Dark Ages (VtDA). \n \n  2. There are also several vote notes for you to place your name\n  in if you are interested. Please vote on the notes you are \n  required to vote on.\n \n  3. Once you are done reading, tag yourself with the tag {V:tDA}\n  to show others in the community you are part of the group. In\n  any case roleplay does happen either in Elysium or somewhere \n  else, other Vampires players will see the tag and invite you \n  along if they wish.\n\n  4. To know more and interact with other players of this \n  community and as well as read Vampires roleplay logs, please go\n  to the following URL: http:\/\/communities.msn.com\/RodVtM\/\n \n  5. The path to Elysium for now is listed by Menankh on his note\n  in the Unity of the Nations Board. Else it is just from the \n  Crossroads - Go 3ne, n, 2ne, n, nw, n, ne, n, 2w, n, nw, 3n, \n  2up, e, n, e, 2n.\n\n  That will be the five steps you will need to do for now. The \n  aim of starting up the V:tDA was to open up a new perspective\n  towards Roleplay in Realms and offer another outlet and point of\n  interest for those who already love Vampires and for those who \n  are willing to try and take on new challenges with their \n  vampire characters.\n \n  For now, the Night Bless and the Blood protect..\n    Player of Constanza Irena\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Cry of Despair, PK League! - by Khaimran                  Ad\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n  Bored of endless running? Want to pk, but have trouble finding\n  worthy opponents? Despair not.. help is at hand..\n\n  Introducing...\n\n                  The Cry of Despair PK League\n                  ============================\n\n  Currently, the idea is in its conceptual stages, but for it to\n  proceed any further we need your help. For the curious, here's\n  the information we have so far..\n   * All avatars may take part, deadly or peaceful.\n   * It will be team pk, with 5 people per team, though only\n     3 people from each team will be allowed to take part in a\n     given pk batle.\n   * There will be a DR cap, which will be higher for peacefuls\n     than deadlies, to compensate for inherent deadly traits.\n   * A point system will operate, bearing 2 points for a win,\n   * 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss. (Any team which does not turn up\n     would register a loss)\n   * A nominal entry fee would be taken from each team, to\n     supply prize money. This will most likely be in the range of\n     5 to 10 mil.\n   * All ties will be immortal overseen.\n   * A team captain for each team will sort out any internal\n     disputes.. i.e. which 3 of the 5 team members take part in\n     a match,\n   * The League will run for a set period of time, which will be\n     decided at some point.\n   * No player may have characters in more than one team.\n\n  If you wish to take part, mudmail Khaimran with information on\n  your team: Team name, team members, and team captain.\n  \n  For more information, contact Khaimran or Amante, and watch the\n  Archives for updates. Ideas, suggestions and constructive\n  criticism would also be welcomed.\n\n  With any luck, and interest from the Realms populace (that's\n  you) we can get this off the ground. Once we have an idea of how\n  many participants there will be, we can formulate some complete\n  rules.\n\n    - Khaimran\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  The Deadly World - submissions                               Ads\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n              Top 10 Reasons for you to make a DEADLY!\n\n        .;;;,;;;;;,;;;;;,.;;;,       .;;;.,;;;;;,;;;;;,;;;.\n       ;;;;xXXxXXxXXxXXxXXx;;;. .,. .;;;xXXxXXxXXxXXxXX;;;;;\n   .,,.`xXX'             `xXXx,;;;;;,xXXx'            `XXx;;,,.\n  ;;;;xXX'                  `xXXx;xXXx'                 `XXx;;;;\n  `;;XX'    Cheap HEALS!       `XXX'       Cool HQS!      `XX;;'\n ,;;,XX                         `X'                        XX,;;,\n ;;;;XX,   Faster QUAFFING!              Easier MKILL!    ,XX;;;;\n  ``.;XX,                                                ,XX;,''\n    ;;;;XX,    Looting SETH!         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They're\n  free of charge.\n \n  What I'll need is a descrip using the same format as the \n  equipment list. The sketches will be in pencil, gray scale, and \n  I'll put them in a bitmap format for you. Also, you will need to\n  describe the pose they'll be in.\n \n  If you are interested in receiving your free character sketch,\n  you can e-mail at cyberbreed@hotmail.com.\n \n  Depending on the number of requests, it will take 3 to 7 days\n  for completion.\n \n  Thank you all for your support, and I look forward to hearing\n  from you.\n \n    - Lharrunien, The Mist-Weaver\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------\n  Elisabet's Corner -  by Elisabet                      E's Corner\n  ---------------------------------------------------------------- \n\n  Another frolick filled month has gone by. We're so sorry about \n  the delay in posting this month's Cry, but there were some\n  unavoidable technical issues.\n  \n  I've been away for most of this month and I've really learned\n  what a great group of people play in this Realms. It's really\n  hard when you're gone to not miss the people you have communicated\n  with for many years, or even those you just met. The Cry of Despair\n  staff is just one of those fabulous groups of people! They really\n  do an outstanding job!\n\n  I would like to give special thanks to Tical this month! His helping\n  in posting this month's Cry of Despair is so appreciated! Everyone\n  please take a moment and thank him!  Tical you rock!\n\n  Yours faithfully,\n  Elisabet\n\n  ----------------------------------------------------------------<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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