{"id":1877,"date":"2024-03-19T16:59:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1877"},"modified":"2024-03-19T16:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T16:59:08","slug":"cry-of-despair-74","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/cry-of-despair-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry of Despair #74"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Opinion: New Deadly Clans; Players take their treasures to the beach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"cryofdespair\">\n========================================================================\n         ,-\/                                                 \\-,_\n     ,-\"\/ \/   ,                                           ,   \\ \\\"-,.,\n   \/'  \/ |   \/(_ .|'''',                            .|'; _)\\   | \\ '\\\n \/'\/  \/  \\,_\/  .\\||                                 ||  \/,  \\_,\/  \\ \\'\\\n\/ |  |    \/,  ,-'||      '||''| '||  ||`    .|''|, '||' `-,  ,\\    | | \\\n| |  | ,-, \\ \\_|]||       ||     `|..||     ||  ||  ||  [|,\/ \/ ,-, | | |\n| |,-|\/ \/ ,_\\,_\/_`|....' .||.        ||     `|..|' .||. _\\_,\/_  \\ \\|,| |\n|\/'    |   __,  _)                ,  |'                (_  ,__`  |   `\\|\n\/      `;--_.--- '||'''|.          ''                    ---._--;'     \\\n         \\ \\__    ||   ||                               ''  __\/ \/\n          `,-,``  ||   || .|''|, ('''' '||''|,  '''|.   ||  '||''|\n==================||   || ||..||  `'')  ||  || .|''||   ||   ||=========\n                 .||...|' `|...  `...'  ||..|' `|..||. .||. .||.\n  CoD Issue 74                          ||                      Aug 2003\n                                       .||\n========================================================================\nTable of Contents |\n                  |\n                  | Desk Of The Editor\n                  | CoD Feature: New Deadly Clans - General Views\n                  | News From Around The Realms - IGQC - July\n                  |                             - IOQC - July\n                  |                             - The Symposium: July\n                  |                             - Guild\/Order News\n                  | Rants From The Ethereal? - Channel Cops\n                  | Stories From a Beach Vacation\n                  | The CoD Quest\n                  | From the Quill of Alysira\n                  |\n=========================================================================\n  Editor: Juliana                             Immortal Sponsor: Alysira\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n  Staff: Angelea, Ganemanoimu, Khaimran, Qaulorn, Severin, Simone, Wiglaff\n                  ____ ___  _ ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _\n                  |___ |  \\ |  |  |  | |__\/ | |__| |\n==================|___ |__\/ |  |  |__| |  \\ | |  | |___=================\n\n  Desk of the Editor                                       by Juliana\n\n========================================================================\n\nThis month, we bring you a follow-up on the new deadly clans. Our intrepid\nreporter Angelea asks a number of deadly players their views on the changes.\n\nAlso, I'd like to welcome back a familiar face to our staff. I'm sure a\nnumber of our readers will be pleased to see Ganemanoimu and his opinions\nback in Cry once more. :)\n\nWe're in the process of shifting forward deadlines, so this issue is a tide\nshorter than usual. Don't worry, next month, we'll be back with more good\nstuff and hopefully, an earlier publishing date.\n\nAs usual, we welcome public submissions from anyone who feels they have\nsomething to share. Any feedback is also greatly appreciated.\n\n========================================================================\n                    ____ ____ ____ ___ _  _ ____ ____\n                    |___ |___ |__|  |  |  | |__\/ |___\n====================|    |___ |  |  |  |__| |  \\ |___===================\n\n  Canvassing the General Population - New Deadly Clans        by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nAngelea:    What do you think of the new clans?\n\nSoerceve:   I'm fairly pleased so far.\n\nQuefequami: I think they're all great. i enjoy the new clan that comes with\n             them.\n\nGamakai:    Well, I think the new clans are still very young... Leadership is\n             very unstable and constantly changing as people are adjusting....\n             They are definitely different from the Clans of old. I'm used to\n             having clans with a strong leadership base. A big difference is\n             the fact that there are no alliances anymore, it used to be all\n             vs Tremere.\n\nFaceripper: They are like the old clans that were just replaced.\n\nAngelea:    Do you like the new deadly only areas and equipment found in\n             them?\n\nSoerceve:   Indeed! The new deadly areas are fantastic. They are really\n             detailed, some great new equipment, lots of opportunities for\n             running. I'm quite pleased with that part a lot of work and\n             creativity was put into those. We owe a lot to Moonbeam and Kali.\n\n\nQuefequami: I can remember when deadlies would kill each other while running\n             stuff. None of the nasty possible things happen on runs like\n             burying corpses or anything now. But mostly people run with their\n             own clanmates. Chimera, Azazel, Laughing god, those mobs are\n             still a mystery.\n\nGamakai:    Yes, its a nice feature that RoD's needed for a long time. Pk in\n             RoD has always been lacking, and I think it's incentives like\n             that that make it much more enjoyable for deadlies. The mobs are\n             fairly easy to get to and offer good equipment to get new\n             deadlies into the fray, as well as buff up better deadlies. For\n             instance, we ran a mob today that gave me a piece of eq that is\n             comparable to a shroud\/cloak of death combo and the violent death\n             weapon is basically the same as a dfb.\n\nFaceripper: I was sort of hoping for like, areas I haven't seen before. I\n             have seen these 'new areas' before. I can't tell you where, it's\n             a secret!\n\nAngelea:    Do you feel that these changes have helped the deadly population\n             in general?\n\nSoerceve:   Oh yeah, if you saw the 'who deadly' list the day new clans came\n             in, you'd be shocked. Several peacefuls have developed an\n             interest in joining pk. I've seen a lot of trafficking for deadly\n             characters. So many have got involved in building the new \n             clans, areas and equipment. Excordis is fairly small still, but\n             Maleficae and Catarrh are nice sizes. I joined to recruit more\n             and build up this clan, I want to keep pk alive.\n\n             I think it's important that people pk fairly and maintain an\n             image of respect. People often have a negative image of pkers\n             which is perpetuated by things like trashtalk over the avatar\n             channel. Not all pkers are mean!\n\n             People seem to think of us as a different breed, like, not part\n             of the realms community. We aren't roleplayers, we generally\n             don't do runs, we don't join guilds or orders so in a lot of\n             ways, we do miss out on a big part of RoD. I personally devote\n             most of my energy to pk because I'd like to see it grow and\n             flourish as a community and gain more respect because we do have\n             some tremendously talented players here and I think through new\n             pk areas with mobs to run, we're being given an alternative to\n             orders and the way they organize runs.\n\nQuefequami: The new deadly areas have helped to foster a degree of\n             brotherhood.\n\nGamakai:    Yes i do, I think it adds a new twist and new flavor to the game.\n             For instance, one of my old friends (Odessyus, I assume you know\n             him), is making a deadly now just to check out the new areas and\n             eq, etc. I'd say the new areas and equipment is helping some, but\n             these areas are still fairly new and need more exploring. There's\n             not enough equipment that *I*  personally have seen to make a\n             good bridge between the high dr\/hp and low dr\/hp pkers. They're\n             still tweaking the mobs too. There's been talk about making some\n             of the mobs have a higher economy for deadly gold mining. I've\n             only really been to 2 of the 13 or so areas so far. Things are\n             still new, but it provides room for expansion and hope.\n\n             I would say that people are a lot nicer nowadays. I said I\n             needed eq, went to town, they called off fighting, and equipped\n             me up in seconds. Only reason I'm in Vodikem is because I'm still\n             getting my footing on pking again, and the noloot part of the\n             clan protects until I feel I'm ready to move on. But the 1600hp\n             and 110dr cap is annoying. If you go over either of those, you're\n             auto-outcasted. Its intent is to start newbies out, then they\n             move on when they reach a point.\n\nFaceripper: Yes! It is slowly moving towards a more interesting place.\n\n             Slowly... But moving...\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  IGQC Report - July                                      by Wiglaff\n\n========================================================================\n\nThe Guild of Rangers devised July's Interguild quest.\nEach guild recieved the following letter\n\nDear Guild,\nI must write in haste, even as you read this, demons are overrunning the\ntower. We are doing our best to contain them, but where ever these demons\ncome from there seems to be an endless supply! The only means to send them\nback to their plane has been scattered across the Realms. We desperately\nneed your help adventurers, the Book of Ten Shadows must be returned!\nYours in haste,\nKemal Rynjeerta, Tower Security\n\nThere were 5 mixed teams of 6 or 7, each team had to solve riddles and\nnaturally some bloodshed; Everyone said I spoke to said they had fun!\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  IOQC Report - July                                      by Wiglaff\n\n========================================================================\n\nJuly's quest was hosted by Ringbearers\n\nMany years ago, an novitiate member of Ringbearers Jahlenga was cast out from\nwithin the order having sought power instead of the harmony of Truth,\nKnowledge and Honour. Her life was spared but she was banished...\n\nOver long and bitter years she drew power to herself, and having returned in\nmight, she managed to take one of the rings of power before forces could\nrepel her.\n\nWith the ring she sought to overthrow not only Ringbearers, but all the\norders of Realms. So while Ringbearers guarded the remaining rings, they\ncharged the other orders to seek out agents who would lead them to Jahlenga,\nand do what was required to retrieve the Ring...\n\nSix orders fielded teams (the hosting order does not join in) and all teams\nsuccessfully completed the quest...\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  The Symposium: July                                     by Wiglaff\n\n========================================================================\n\nIn July the following proposals were placed before TS,\nand after consideration, voted on as follows -\n\nPassed by TS :\nFindnote\/item change to show container found in.\nEditor command \/q, add text onto a wrapped line.\nAdding cast messages to several druid spells.\nChardelete raised to level 10.\nInducted column for councils in score.\nMore arena potions, and cheaper costs.\nDefault auction start price 0 gold.\nMaking deity priests runnable.\nChat channel for friendlist.\nQuest box like Deck of Many Things for lowbies.\nChange deity for glory.\nGroup class bonuses.\nDeveloping pets to have more tricks\/abilities.\nLowering xp death penalty.\nChange to 'hl' command so only hlis works.\nChange to password command, to type in old pword before change.\nPrompt token for area.\nIP status display.\nSaving throw bonuses for higher con\/wis.\nUndevotion with glory\/Undevotion with lowest favour level.\nShield use increasing parry.\nChanges to config +cloak.\nCommand to lockout a char when afk.\n\n\nFailed by TS :\nAuction to start at item value if no amount given.\nDeadly and peaceful multiplay.\nClass experience amounts.\nConfig +brief to show player titles.\nWho title 'keyword'.\nEnchanting weapons with saves and\/or stats.\n\nIt was also decided to allow non-TS members to attend meetings in certain\ncircumstances to explain their ideas. This will apply to the ideas that\nrequire in depth discussion or clarification. Proposers will be mudmailed\nno sooner than 4 days before the meeting requesting their presence. Those\nwho chose to attend will be brought into the meeting when their topic is\ndue for discussion. If anyone cannot make the meeting because of time zone\ndifferences, then their proposal will have to be discussed as normal.\n\n\nDuring the month the following feedback was received\nconcerning proposals previously passed by TS -\n\nPassed :\nSupplicate Restore.\nMaking unlock show which key was used and which door.\nMaking traffic not work while incapacitated.\nFixing buffer guide lines.\nColour flags for houses.\nGlance to show shields on a single line.\nPet whistles.\nRespawn on arena death.\nHaggle command.\nMudmail to org leaders.\nOrganisations on where display.\nAuction at 0 gold again (implemented).\nDamplus (damroll specific to certain mobs\/damtypes).\nFinditem\/findnote to show container.\n\n\nDenied :\nFountain in National Visions.\nAegir to send treasures.\nPoison weapon change.\nExam container\/keyword.\nGuild first\/second ranks.\nWho genre addition.\nPeacefuls quaffing faster in arena.\n\/q editor command.\nMaking deity priests runnable.\nChanges to pets.\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoA                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nGuild of Augurers News Update- Because We Forcasted It A Week Early:\n\nHello Realms!\n\nWe here at the Guild of Augurers have recently change in leadership and are\ngoing through the process of elections. We have three candidates running, so\nnow it is down to see whom takes what position. By the time you read this, \nwe\nmay already have the election results in, so keep an eye out!\n\nIn other guild news, welcome to our newest members Ormus and Gaudan! We know\nthat they are great additions to a great guild!\n\nIn guild activies news, the guild has taken trips to Catoblepas, participated\nin the recent IGQ (excellent work GoR!), and has done a fair amount of Pkills\nin the past few days. Also, our interim Guild Master Kinux put on a quest for\nthe guild which resulted in fun for all.\n\nAll in all, the guild is having a great time, and it looks forward to seeing\nwhat the new leaders will bring to the table to continue to make the Guild of\nAugurers a great place.\n\nIn closing, remember, \"Auggies Rock, Alovea says so!\"\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoC                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nAlas, another month has passed within the Guild of Clerics and with that\npassing we have welcomed a few new people as well. The Guild of Clerics would\nlike to welcome a dirty carrot to the following... Balt and Redanz! The\nleaders and the rest of the guild knows that they will enjoy their stay.\n\nThe last month has held not much for the clerics of the realms, except their\nnormal hard work and exploring.. and of course the normal wackiness and fun!\n\nWe had a trivia music quest with a lot of winners! We are collecting EQ for\nthe guild doing a Monster Mash. That's it for this month!\n\nIf anyone is interested in joining the guild, please speak to either a CoC or\na leaders! Hope to hear from people soon.\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoD                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nThe Guild of Druids extends a warm welcome to the following worthy druids:\nKellian, Mikcerazi, and Taridrun\n\nOur Induction Crew welcomes a new member, Patroclus.\n\nDulcinea, our TS rep, has been doing a great job of posting those new\nsuggestions that were approved, keeping everyone in the loop as to where we\nstand.  Thanks Dulcinea!\n\nTiesto, in the same way, has been keeping the Mob of the Week program alive\nand with the druids' help, active.  Thanks, Tiesto, for keeping the ball\nrolling and helping us to provide the Guild Membership with fun activities!\n\nOxnyx and Destre hosted an awesome guild quest that easily could have stood\nas an IGQC quest or an IMM-run quest-channel quest.  At the request of a\ndruid ancient named Clondrohid we set off in two teams to find those items\nthat would help us find the next clue.  All across the realms we searched,\nhigh and low, in the muck and the hot sunshine.  After four hours of hard\nquesting, at last the teams completed the quest.  The teams consisted of\nBandalph, Rasukonza, Antony on one team and Lequin, Kaebri, Anakin, and\nZistrosk on the other team.  All had great fun, and getting glory was nice.\nA great big thank you to Oxnyx for hosting this awesome quest!  Thank you\nOxnyx!!\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoN                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nA gaze of unquenchable malice emanates unperturbed from the deep Umbra as\nanother month passes in the material realm.  With the corruption of another\nspirit Saul has joined the ranks of the Guild of Nephandi, and Melindora has\nbeen welcomed back into the Wyrm's embrace.\n\nNephandi were once again despatched to repeatedly humiliate that renegade\nservant of the Void, Khiurn'hai, and offer up his presumptous priesthood in\nsacrifice to our Lady. Soulless slaves of the guild were also unleashed to\ndestroy Danbala, McManus, the Grandmaster of Edo, Lord Xyranthas, and various\ndenizens of the Tower of Despair.\n\nWith the departure of Nelinde from the material world, Owyn has been selected\nto endure the torments of the Symposium.\n\nNephandi ready to abandon themselves to the madness of the Wyrm are directed\nto seek out the blackened clearing at the northeastern fringes of\nDarkhaven...\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoP                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nThings have been picking up this summer, and a few older members have\nreturned from inactiveness to add to the fun of the guild. Welcome back \nguys.\n\nRuns have been a plenty this month, some mobs that we have been running\ninclude Mordred, Justice, and the newly updated Corsterix with his sword \nNasr in order to test out the new two handed skill which so far looks very\npromising\n\nWe would like to welcome our newest member Uthar to the guild.\n\nAnd a Congratulations to Puriya who has just newly av'ed and also to Zrivo\nfor becoming a full-fledged member of the guild.\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoR                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nThe Guild of Rangers offers a warm welcome to our new pledges this month:\nCidolfas, Krim, and Xazic. We'd also like to welcome back Elendure from the\nLand of Auto-deletion.\n\nWe'd like to congratulate Kertack and Wintermute for passing their reviews\nand becoming full members and Threlith for making it into the RQC.\n\nThrelith also had his birthday this month. Hope you had a great time and \nyour lovely white jacket with the extra-long sleeves is in the mail.\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoT                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nThe last month at GoT saw a frenzy of run activity.  Some of the mobs to  feel\nthe sharp end of our blades were: Mandor, Shimmy, Jade, S\/O and quite a few\nothers.\n\nCongrats to Jamox for reaching ARC-L and to Galeneo for reaching ARC-DP.\n\nOur IT ranks have also swelled with Galeneo beginning her training to become\na full IT. Well done Galeneo and good luck.\n\nThis month has also seen a change in Leadership with Uimato stepping down and\nEin being elected in as our new Second, Congratulations to Ein and good luck\nin the future\n\nThat is it for this month. Any level 20 thief or higher who wishes to join a\ngreat family called the guild should contact an IT or a Leader. They can also\ncome and read our how to join notes posted in the recruiting office 3s, 2w,\n1n, w from DH []\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - GoV                                  by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\n  Greetings from the Guild of Vampires!\n\nJuly has been a very good month for GoV inductions.  We welcomed into our\nfold as Chylder: Evrae, Vladavostok, Reual, Maq, Vikki, Niklas, and Kjeldon.\nAdditionally the following have become full members this month: Codarra,\nKaccarrin, Hantu, Mordechai, Vrolton, Mikhulae, Yilican, Yelisa, Eiglim,\nZakdos, Draegon, and Tonitrus.  May Aalakab have mercy on their souls.\n\nWe have been running bigger and better mobs as of late as well.  Guilded\nvampires can join the Shadow Council for more information.\n\nIf you are a vampire level 20 or higher and are looking for a home, why not\nstop by our recruiting board (help map) and fill out an application today?\n\nVisit our web site at:\n                         www.guildofvampires.com\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - Arcanes                              by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nGreetings, Realms!  Arcanes has been pretty busy this past month:\n\nWe would like to extend a hearty welcome to our four newest members: Anthon,\nGeryon, Sarakin, and Tatyana!  Congratulations, guys! Now for the spankings!\n;)\n\nArcanes is proud to unveil our Most Extreme HouseLeagues Tournament Challenge\n(tm)!  For the next few months, the Order will be split up into three colored\nteams (black, red, and blue) that will compete for the HouseLeagues \"Teh\nWinnar!\" Cup!  Major kudos to Zio for submitting our favorite team names:\nRequiem, Rhapsody, and Overture.  =)  Good luck to the teams, because this\ncompetition promises to be very competitive (not to mention fun and rewarding\nfor all)!\n\nAnd finally, Arcanes has a VERY SPECIAL event to celebrate this month!\n\n*drumroll*\n\nAdonia is getting married! =) =) =)  Everyone be sure to congratulate Adonia\nas she enjoys the special day to which she's been looking forward for over a\nyear! =)\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - Baali                                by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nAhhh, the screaming of many a downed foe may be heard, as the children of the\nDark Lord relish in the challenges of the new Realms. It has been an exciting\ntime, with activity soaring and much blood being shed...\n\nWe welcome the Immortal Shadrack to Baali, thank you for the quest and the\nsand flicks you leave with us :) Our newest members this month are, Crizack,\nLouis, Odessyus and Corthayne.  Their already tainted souls bringing much\nknowledge, experience and laughter to the Kine.\n\nMbwana has been appointed the new order second.  Congratulations and may you\nwhip us continually until we scream with delight.\n\nWe were invaded by the Templers, but the invasion was thwarted by the valiant\nefforts of Corthayne, Odessyus, Mekir and Cathrine.  Our Cathedral remains\nsafe from purity.\n\nWe celebrated a family marriage, with the joining of souls between Corthayne\nand Brecconary.  May their love and devotion flourish and may we all pray to\nthe Dark Lord that no offspring develop from this unholiest of unions.\n\nInterested evils take note that applications open the second Friday of every\nmonth.  Please read help baali_applications prior to applying. Until next\nmonth...keep it evil....Ba'al\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - Ringbearers                          by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\nAfter considerable time as leaders Coelit and Tempus have decided to step\ndown and retire from the hurly burly world of leadership. Consequently we \nare having a full election for the 3 spots with Ghordan, Sumitra, Caldric,\nHelicus Bullen and Shervington running for the elected positions.\n\nWe wish well of all these candidates knowing them all worthy and able to\ncontinue to improve and enhance Ringbearers as a great place to be.\n\nA few runs have been entered upon, Danbala wedo is having a bad time of it\nwith RB atm, as so I'm led to believe is Cato(whateverhisnameis) with a mixed\ngroup of Baali and RB playing tag with him somewhat.\n\nWe'd like to welcome Erin to the fold as a full member and Tical the Newest\nImmortal to grace our order. Sadly we say goodbye to our illustrious\nImmortal Elisabet and her playpal Vaile. It is with great regret we see\nthem leave, but much happiness we hope for them in future endeavours.\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Guild\/Order News - Rol Na Feinne                        by Angelea\n\n========================================================================\n\n          @,--`-- O r d e r  o f  R o l  n a  F e i n n e --,--`@\n  __    __    __                                              __    __    __\n|__|  |__|  |__|                                            |__|  |__|  |__|\n|__|__|__|__|__|                                            |__|__|__|__|__|\n|_|___|___|___||                                            |_|___|___|___||\n|___|___|___|__|        -*- Notice to the Public -*-        |___|___|___|__|\n  \\_|__|__|___|\/                                              \\_|__|__|__|_\/\n   \\__|____|__\/    ________________________________________    \\__|__|__|_\/\n    |||_|_|_||                                                  |_|_|_|_||\n    ||_|_|||_|     Applications for  enterance to the Order     ||_|_|_|_|\n    |_|_|_|_||     of   Rol na Feinne  have   opened.   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Any further queries should     ||_|_|_|_|\n    |_|||_|_||     be  directed  to  a  leader or a  knight     |_|_|_|_||\n    ||_|_|_|_|     via tells or by mudmail.                     ||_|_|_|_|\n    ||_|_|_|||     ________________________________________     ||_|_|_|_|\n    |_|_|_|_||_    __    __    __    __    __    __    __    __ |_|_|_|_||\n   \/___|___|__\\|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__\/_|___|__|_\\\n  |_|_|_|_|_|_||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_|_|__|__|__|_|\n  ||_|_|_|_|_|_||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__||___|__|__|__|\n\n========================================================================\n                         ____ ___  _ _  _ _ ____ _  _\n                         |  | |__] | |\\ | | |  | |\\ |\n=========================|__| |    | | \\| | |__| | \\|===================\n\n  Rants From The Ethereal? - Channel Cops               by Ganemanoimu\n\n========================================================================\n\nSo, it appears that I\u2019m back. Needless to say, the old title of this column\ndoesn\u2019t really work as I no longer reside on the summit, so I\u2019ll try to think\nof a new name. Somehow, rants from the terrace enclosure doesn\u2019t seem to have\nthe same ring to it. But anyway, thanks to everyone for all their support and\ncomments. You of course may continue to contact me via tells, mudmails,\nwhatever, on topics that peeve you or comments, questions, etc. Anyway, let\u2019s\nforego the introductions and dive right back into it.\n\nThere have actually been a number of things that have ticked me off a lot in\nrecent times. Some more so than others, but it seems that every other time I\nlog on, I see these annoying putzes around. Namely, channel cops. Seriously,\nthese people need to form their own damn therapy group. Channel Cops\nAnonymous (CCA). Though I\u2019d like to point out that imms are generally\nexcluded from this group as it does reside somewhat in their job description.\nHowever, mortals have no excuse.\n\nHow a channel cop sees themselves? Basically, a helpful friendly avatar\ntrying to keep the channels free of extraneous spam and used appropriately.\n\nHow I see you? An annoying newbie who obviously has far too much time on\ntheir hands and who should mind their own damn business.\n\nBut that\u2019s just my personal opinion, there are actually other reasons for not\nbrandishing your night stick to compensate for a lack of length and thickness\nin other areas. Firstly, as a mortal, you have no real jurisdiction telling\nother people what to do. You can offer advice but no one has to follow it, or\neven care what you say. Also, when you start telling people to use the\ntraffic channel for only trafficing, you\u2019re really just exacerbating the\nproblem by increasing spam. Also, other people are more likely to just jump\nin and start making some noise just for the sake of encouraging you.\n\nSecondly, more often than not, little conversations on traffic tend to\ndwindle off fairly quickly. So if you just leave it be, in 5 minutes or so,\nit quickly disappears into nothing. The problem solves itself without any\ninterference or regulation. There are of course, times when the situation may\nescalate out of hand, but there are immortals for a reason. And worst comes\nto worst, look after yourself and ignore the spamming characters.\n\nThere will also be certain things that will brand people as a newbie. As you\nplay the game you learn that some stuff is alright to do, but annoying, while\nother things are just plain unacceptable. It also goes to say, that it isn\u2019t\njust about what you\u2019re saying, but also who is saying it. It\u2019s one thing if a\nperson is told by a friend or an respected authority that he is being a\njackass, it\u2019s another if some typically annoying putz is telling you that\nyou\u2019re the annoying one. And once you do your time here, you learn not to\nmess with other people\u2019s business anyway, so you wouldn\u2019t tell them\nregardless. Hence a newbie-branding action.\n\nContinue your actions if you must, we all know the first stage in your road\nto therapy is denial. So take the first step and accept that you\u2019re a channel\ncop. The next step is to stop. If you don\u2019t, I\u2019m sure there will be plenty of\npeople out there to make fun of you next time you start trying to police a\nchannel, I know I\u2019ll be there.\n\n========================================================================\n           ____ ____ ____ _    _  _ ____    _  _ ____ _ _ _ ____\n           |__\/ |___ |__| |    |\\\/| [__     |\\ | |___ | | | [__\n===========|  \\ |___ |  | |___ |  | ___]    | \\| |___ |_|_| ___|========\n\n  Beach Vacation Stories From Aeriel's Quest\n\n========================================================================\n\nA while back, the immortal Aeriel held a quest where participants collected\nany items related to a vacation at the beach. They also had to write a note\nexplaining each item's significance.\n\nMany people went above and beyond the call of duty by writing long elaborate\nnotes, and even complete stories. Aeriel was so impressed by this that she\nsubmitted the whole bunch to the Cry of Despair. In the interests of space,\nwe asked her to pick one or two of the best ones to represent them all.\n\nWithout further ado, here they are:\n\nA splendid day for the beach and you dont know what to bring?! Well fair\nmaiden, i have the solutions to all your problems! :(\n\nFirst, you cant leave your home without looking stylish, so put on that\nflashy shirt and black skirt, sport those hot shades and share that dazzling\nsmile! scope out the beach for a nice place to settle, (w\/the hot guys!), and\nget comfortable with your quilt on the sand.\n\nDont worry about having nothing to do, because you have this awesome\nbeachball! slip into that sizzling swimsuit and rub on that Oo'rantha oil\n(ooOoo!), and have a little fun playing with the people on the beach! and if\nyou want to go swimming and admire the beautiful coral reef, youve got\nflippers and a snorkle at hand.\n\nHungry after that workout? have a small bite of that sandwich and head out to\ncatch some fish with your fishing set! a tackle box with pole, line, hook,\nand net! catch those fish grrl!\n\nAnd finally, after a full day of fun on the beach, sip a little of that fine\nwine, nibble on a rice cake and layback to watch the mesmerizing horizon as\nthe sun sets!\n------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------\n\nSo one day this girl went to the beach.\n\nWhen she got there the sun was sooooo intensely hot that she just had to put\non her cool hip and trendy rose tinted eyeglasses. Everyone there surely\nthought she was the coolest kat there.\n\nShe spread out some dark green robes she had found lying around the house\nthat she never used, so she didn't really mind getting them sandy.\n\nShe lay back, but found the sand underneath her robes too lumpy and\nuncomfortable, so she pulled out her trusty rolling pin and quickly smoothed\nout the problem.\n\nThe afternoon was starting to die, so she decided to get some tanning in. But\nwe all know the gamma rays emitted by the sun can be quite dangerous so she\ndidn't want to over do it... but aha! Her hourglass would tell her the right\ntime. After tanning for a bit, she combed through her hair with her fishbone\nhair comb, specially designed to get any sa\/nd out.\n\nAfter tanning, a boy came up to her and said, \"Hey you, how about I make you\nthe luckiest woman in the world tonight?\" with a grin. Enraged at his\narrogance and besides he was ugly, kicked him and he fell on the ground. To\ntreat his ego she smeared the hideous face paint of a dragon on him and\npulled out a quill and drew scales all over his body.\n\nAfter this silly escapade she decided to cover up a bit and wrapped a thin\nblack veil around her waist. She decided to go explore, and feeling quite\nadventurous, pulled up a wooden staff and took it with her.\n\nShe soon came to a pirate ship, and climbed aboard. They had just found a\nhuge treasure and were loading it up. They were also a little drunk. The girl\ndecided to try and steal the treasure!\n\nSo she quickly dressed up as a pirate wearing a sharktooth necklace, a ring\nof the king's navy, a sailor's hat and put a Mask of Gemini she had as well.\nJust for safety's sake, she tucked a tablet of effervescence in at the back\nof her teeth.\n\nShe didn't really look like a pirate but figured they were all too drunk to\nnotice. Was she ever wrong. They took her and bound her up. As a last\nrequest, she demanded that she challenge the captain in a game of chess, if\nshe won then she should be set free. If she lost, then she would walk the\nplank. The captain agreed, so the girl brought out her chessboard and they\nwent at it. The captain proved to be a formidable opponent and she was soon\ncheckmated.\n\nAs she promised, she walked the plank. Her final step sent her diving into\nthe water below. Luckily her tablet was in her mouth and she quickly chewed\nit up, allowing her to breathe. Next in a James-Bond\/Houdini style escape she\nslipped out her sharp stick and cut her bonds! Then she swam for shore, The\npirates had actually sailed out quite a bit and she felt her tablet effects\nwearing off, but no matter, now unbound she reached for her trusty reed tube\nand was able to make it back to the shore.\n\nNow evening, a slight breeze had picked up and she was a little cold, she\nreturned to her spot and found her exquisite bottle of Shadowport cider.\nThose damn Shadowporters were known to close it really tight, so she always\nhad to carry her plaid cotton handkerchief around with it in order to open\nit. Then she used her ceramic bowl to make a few sand castles and went home.\n\nTHE END\n\n========================================================================\n                ____ ____ ___     ____ _  _ ____ ____ ___\n                |    |  | |  \\    |  | |  | |___ [__   |\n================|___ |__| |__\/    |_\\| |__| |___ ___]  |================\n\n  Brain Benders Answers                                       by Alysira\n\n========================================================================\n\n Well, I'm sure you're all just itching to hear what the answer was to\n my \"Brain Benders\" quest last month. Two winners were chosen at complete\n random, and the lucky two are....\n                           Gaxagao and Roo!\n Please see me for your prizes whenever it's possible. The answer to the\n code was indeed replacing each vowel with the letter in the alphabet\n that follows it. I.e, every vowel was replaced as such:\n                    A - B, E - F, I - J, O - P, U - V.\n The mob was Justice, and the room was the Chamber of Inequity.\n\n Chamber of Inequity\n You enter a large darkened chamber which houses a podium of intimidating\n proportions and a witness stand.  Once a place of fairness and propriety,\n the atmosphere has changed markedly over the centuries, growing more\n foul and poisonous as time progressed.  The smell of sorrow and despair\n permeates the room, as if Justice has handed down and carried out her\n sentence in one fell swoop.\n Exits: south\n Justice stands here, balancing the cosmos.\n\n========================================================================\n                ____ ____ ___     ____ _  _ ____ ____ ___\n                |    |  | |  \\    |  | |  | |___ [__   |\n================|___ |__| |__\/    |_\\| |__| |___ ___]  |================\n\n Word Games                                                  by Alysira\n\n========================================================================\n\n Ok, so last month's quest was very easy, at least a lot of people played!\n For something a little more tricky... This month I'm giving you a list\n of word puzzles. Two winners will be chosen at random again, but you must\n complete at least 5 of the puzzles CORRECTLY to be counted. You have until\n the 22nd of August to think about these and post a mudmail with all your\n answers to me. Good luck!\n\n     1. P EA        4. EEQ       5. BIG world\n     2. LEV EL         UAL       6. U | RIGHT\n     3. EGSG, GEGS,    MSC       7. Eggs and Ham\n        GGSE, ESGG\n\n========================================================================\n                    ____ ___  _ ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _\n                    |___ |  \\ |  |  |  | |__\/ | |__| |\n====================|___ |__\/ |  |  |__| |  \\ | |  | |___===============\n\n From the Quill of Alysira                                   by Alysira\n\n========================================================================\n\n Greetings, readers.\n\n It's been another belated Cry release, and my apologies again. Hopefully\n starting next month, as Juliana explained, the magazine will be out much\n earlier than ever. We'll keep you posted!\n\n Don't forget that we're always open to submissions from readers, letters\n to the Editor (or in fact, any particular staff member) to be published,\n and we're even open to applications. If you think you've got a creative\n flair, or you're just bored, then consider mudmailing a short application\n to myself and Juliana. Or even write a letter to your favorite staff\n member.\n\n That's all from me, hope you have fun with this month's quest. =)\n\n -Alysira\n\n========================================================================<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion: New Deadly Clans; Players take their treasures to the beach ======================================================================== ,-\/ \\-,_ ,-&#8220;\/ \/ , , \\ \\&#8221;-,., \/&#8217; \/ | \/(_ .|&#8221;&#8221;, .|&#8217;; _)\\ | \\ &#8216;\\ \/&#8217;\/ \/ \\,_\/ .\\|| || \/, \\_,\/ \\ \\&#8217;\\ \/ | | \/, ,-&#8216;|| &#8216;||&#8221;| &#8216;|| ||` .|&#8221;|, &#8216;||&#8217; `-, ,\\ | | \\ |&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-1877","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1884,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1877\/revisions\/1884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}