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- From: conner@qucis.queensu.ca (Mike Conner)
- Subject: [ADMIN]:FAQ - Updated January 21, 1993
- Message-ID: <C189zn.n1E@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>
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- Organization: Computing & Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:45:23 GMT
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- FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
- A.P.C-S - Alt.Pub.Cloven-Shield
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- Compiled By Michael Conner
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- History: In the beginning someone created alt.dragons-inn ... and then they
- forgot about it, neglected it, discarded it like some trash,
- leaving it to rot in the polluted decay of all abandonded ALT groups.
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- But then some bright spark thought they would tack the name PUB
- before the Dragon's Inn in order to attract a crowd. Well somehow it
- worked and ALT.PUB.DRAGONS-INN has been up and running ever since.
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- Poor old ALT.DRAGONS-INN, nobody loves it, but wait [KNOCK, KNOCK
- KNOCK, SSSSQQQQQUEEEEKKKKKKK] someone has openned the Dragon's Inn's
- door and breathed a breath of fresh air inside. In the imortal words
- of someone I can't remember ... "It has begun ...".
-
- We will soon be moving our posts to alt.pub.cloven-shield. This
- group was created to put all dragons-inn groups under the PUB
- heading and to give us our own identity. Two Dragon's Inns is a
- bit much for such a small universe.
-
- Present: Well it's now official, alt.pub.cloven-shield is now open for
- business. We will still crosspost to alt.dragons-inn for the
- benefit of those that can not receive alt.pub.cloven-shield.
- Never forget your roots ...
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- Subject Format: Inorder to keep things running smoothly, use the following
- subject format for each of your posts to this group:
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- {RE:}{[ADMIN]}[Thread Name]:Brief Description
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- Meaning: {~~} - Optional components of the subject
- header.
- RE: - Refers to an old post.
- [ADMIN] - Administrative post outside of the
- game.
- [Thread Name] - A brief (2 word) thread name.
- Brief Desc. - A brief description of the contents
- of the post.
-
- An important thing to remember when using RE: is not to
- include the ENTIRE old post. Just include those lines that
- are relavent to your post. By keeping the bandwidth low
- we keep sys. admins. happy and don't draw too much attention.
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- (Some questions/answers may be offensive. Read at own risk.)
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- FAQ: Q: Where am I?
- A: You are in the ALT.PUB.CLOVEN-SHIELD adventure group. A fully automated
- gameing adventure that takes place in the Kingdom of Ull in a village
- called Trelham. We will assume a time period around the Dark Ages.
- See [ADMIN][LANDS] for a complete description.
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- Q: How do I start?
- A: You must do two things. One, introduce your character in the
- Dragon's Inn. No. No. complete handshakes all around are not called
- for but a brief description of yourself and your intentions is a
- must. Two, E-MAIL to (J.E. Mason) a COMPLETE description of you.
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- Include the following:
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- 1. Real Name: (Your real identity)
- 2. E-Mail: (Your e-mail address)
- 3. Character: (Your Character's Name)
- 4. Race: (What are you? human, elf, etc.)
- 5. Type: (What do you do? warrior/fighter, mage, Theif, etc.)
- 6. Physical Description: (What do you look like?)
- 7. Appearance: (What are you wearing, carrying, holding etc.? )
- 8. Other Comments: (Anything you wish to note about yourself.)
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- Q: Who is in charge?
- A: No one. Everyone is in charge of their own character. Anyone
- posting [ADMIN] information is doing it for your sake so NO FLAMES
- ALLOWED. Basically, if you don't like how things are run, GET THE
- HELL OUT.
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- Q: Is there really an ED-209 factory inside the stables of the
- Dragon's Inn?
- A: No. There are no beings with an almighty ability to destroy all
- that are around them. Just the same, you simply can't open the door
- to the Inn, toss in a nuclear warhead, and the run and hide in the
- nearest fallout shelter. There will be great battles fought and
- many will feel the touch of death but any interaction should be dealt
- with through E-MAIL to all those involed first.
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- Q: How do I know where to go and who everyone is?
- A: There are several special posts that you will see now and again.
- Here is a list of what to look for:
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- CLIST_FULL: Complete character descriptions.
- CLIST_QUICK: A quick reference of all PCs and NPCs.
- FAQ: This post. (Your reading it now.)
- CLOVEN: Floor plans of the Cloven-Shield Inn.
- TOWN: A map of the village of Trelham.
- LANDS: A map of all known towns and villages etc.
- ARCHIVES: A brief, weekly report of the happenings in a.p.c-s.
- (Not yet available)
- MINI_FAQ: A quick reference quide for the beginner.
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- Improtant: GOOD, EVIL, AND THE LAW (c) Phil Stracchino a.k.a Alaric
-
- The Cloven Shield is a real-world inn, in a real-world setting, and the
- barkeeper doesn't ask too many unnecessary questions of his customers.
- He's in business to sell ale and food and rent rooms, not pass moral
- judgements. You want moral judgements, go find a priest.
-
- However, as in any real-world setting, this doesn't mean that anyone
- can casually get away with murder - figuratively or literally. If you
- start breaking up the place, or killing off his customers for no reason,
- you're costing him money, and he doesn't like that.
- (Neither do the Guards, for that matter. The King of Ull is a benign and
- compassionate monarch, but he doesn't take kindly to his laws being
- flouted - and robbery and murder are still crimes in Ull, just as they
- are almost anywhere else.)
-
- In any real-world setting, anyone who behaves with total disregard for
- the law will soon find themselves attracting unwanted attention from
- those whose duty it is to enforce the law. The Kingdom of Ull is no
- different.
-
- What you do out in the wild is your own business, and self-defense is
- always permissible - not only permitted, but expected. However, if you
- come into the Cloven Shield and start openly behaving like a homicidal
- psychopath, expect to pay the consequences. It's a stupid thing to do
- in New York, Chicago, or Denver, and it's a stupid thing to do in Ull.
-
- (In plainer terms: Don't come in and start randomly butchering people,
- or build a bonfire in the middle of the floor with the furniture, to show
- off how bad-ass you are. You won't impress anyone.)
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- NOTE: E-mail all your comments about the game to me (Mike Conner) and I will
- deal with them appropriately.
-
- ***** If you FLAME me for whatever reason your character will suffer an
- unspeakable death never before witnessed in the history of this game.
- I'm not in charge, I'm just being helpful.
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- Keepers:
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- Andrew Williams .... awilliam@qucis.queensu.ca ...... MINI_FAQ, ARCHIVES (ftp)
- Michael Conner ..... conner@qucis.queensu.ca ........ FAQ, TOWN, LANDS, CLOVEN
- John Mason ......... jempci@ultb.isc.rit.edu ........ CLIST_FULL, CLIST_QUICK
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