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by Zouve
Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:03 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Remembering 1994-1996.
Replies: 7
Views: 2292

Re: Remembering 1994-1996.

I have actually been doing a goofy, nostalgic series of posts on my blog about Sojourn/TorilMUD if you are interested. They tend to be rather newts eye views of things that went on over the years. They all fall under the same Wordpress.com tag: http://en.wordpress.com/tag/torilmud/ Zouve Telcontar 1...
by Zouve
Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:11 am
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

A new corpse was laid out this evening. It was late, I was lazy, it is some place hot. Go figure.

Z
by Zouve
Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:11 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Another corpse has been laid out, but this time it is NOT on prime. Go go Gadget Gate!

Z
by Zouve
Sat Sep 24, 2005 1:11 am
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Okay, that's just hilarious. This is officially the point at which Toril has jumped the shark. for us non-americans, what does jumping the shark mean? It is a term in Hollywood that comes from the sitcom Happy Days. After a show gets settled in, it eventually runs out of ideas and has to do somethi...
by Zouve
Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:59 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

moritheil wrote:Okay, that's just hilarious. This is officially the point at which Toril has jumped the shark.


Mori! Now see, there is a way to spice things up. I'll grab cash and let Mori get me killed!

Z
by Zouve
Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:18 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Re: Found

Adriorn Darkcloak wrote:Found one today with 4500 silver in it. Thought the silver/copper era was over? :P


I just said I wouldn't do it with copper... that is just abuse. 4500 silver pieces... well... there was a time when that had value.

Z
by Zouve
Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:43 am
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

the player who's been pressing the CRAP out of that corpse claims people are waiting on the corpse with loot triggers. First off, who cares? Second off, first person to normally walk thru the room would find it in the first place. Either way, it won't be me - I can't have luck. I was born without i...
by Zouve
Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:07 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Anyone know?
Replies: 2
Views: 925

Do you mean his name? Wasn't it "Obibble" or some such?

Z

PS I didn't remember, you posted your alts list to the Shades BBS.
by Zouve
Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:28 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

I tossed out corpses #9, #10, and #11 with a combined total of over 20K in plat on them.

Basically, I got lazy.

Z
by Zouve
Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:30 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Corpse #7 is sitting where corpse #4 was, just to amuse me. It doesn't have any plat on it, but neither does it have any copper. It does have over 20K coins on it however. Corpse #8, a regular platinum laden corpse, is out and about now (died within the last five miutes) and is in a town. But what t...
by Zouve
Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:25 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Kelenar tells you 'There were: 1 platinum coin, 8 gold coins, 97 silver coins, 18154 copper coins.' So Kelenar found corpse #6 in Split Shield. I know, it was mean to put 18K copper there, but I welled him to the bank. Corpse #5 is still "lurking" out there and it had plat on it. I blame Rarik for s...
by Zouve
Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:38 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

I was impatient and put corpse #6 into play. It has an extra surprise. It is in a zone where the MOBs took quite a while to kill me.

Z
by Zouve
Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:26 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

jesus 180k plat? my necro could sooo desk herself out with that hehe. course no way I get to the planes to find piles of loot heh. All my corpses have been on the prime material plane... which is the plane where you start out, so even a necro can find my corpses. My current corpse is sitting at a f...
by Zouve
Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:08 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

jesus 180k plat? my necro could sooo desk herself out with that hehe. course no way I get to the planes to find piles of loot heh. All my corpses have been on the prime material plane... which is the plane where you start out, so even a necro can find my corpses. My current corpse is sitting at a f...
by Zouve
Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:50 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Another corpse is in play. If you cannot find it... well... believe me, you can find it.

Maybe not if you're evil....

Z
by Zouve
Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:30 am
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Okay, corpse #3 is now in play. I have decided that corpses should be on prime. It is more amusing for me that way. (And then I don't have to keep chaning between planes, just smoke and prime.) Taking some of what has been said here to heart, I seeded some of the plat on my landings in prime. There ...
by Zouve
Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:19 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Should there be more after hitting 50th?
Replies: 21
Views: 4157

Mitharx wrote:
Dalar wrote:WoW


And when those 15 minutes are up?


When 15 minutes are up you probably still have another four hours of patches left to download.

Z
by Zouve
Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:37 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Well yes, getting plat to somebody who actual needs it is the trick. After thought on the subject, I decided it couldn't be done without a lot of work on my part (which just isn't going to happen), and even then I couldn't be certain that a given "needy" person wasn't just some greedy weasel of a le...
by Zouve
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:58 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

We have a winner... but only because I got bored and shouted out that I would give a hint if anybody was interested. One person was: Pilibible tells you 'There were: 6270 platinum coins.' He found it, or the pile of cash after it rotted, in Doodajipple's Tower in Lurkwood where I was killed by a mec...
by Zouve
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:48 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Should there be more after hitting 50th?
Replies: 21
Views: 4157

Dalar wrote:WoW


Shouldn't that have been "DARTAN?"

Z
by Zouve
Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:51 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Days of Rage
Replies: 22
Views: 3599

Sorry, but my second Tuesday of every month is taken up with a protest against imperfectly shaped sugar cubes. Can we find another day?

Z
by Zouve
Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:44 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Get sequestered first so no one gets a cheap clair before you perish! Not a bad idea, though my own thought was just to idle for hours on end next to Corth so people casting clair would get bored. The second corpse is now in play, on prime, and in a location I did not recognize. It took quite a whi...
by Zouve
Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:27 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

Half Elf! And no consent for you!

If you do find my corpse and you have a chance, mmail me the room or the amount of plat you found, then I can tell what corpses have been recovered and how much plat was swallowed up by reboots!

Z
by Zouve
Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:15 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!
Replies: 40
Views: 8202

The Zouve Corpse Game Begins!

The Zouve Corpse Game Over the next few weeks I will be logging in to the MUD, withdrawing some cash from the bank (a minimum of 5K plat) and then plane shifting until I die. It is then up to you to find my corpse and be there when it rots to collect the cash! Or you can mess with people and preserv...
by Zouve
Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:44 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: When's your birthday?
Replies: 66
Views: 20957

Mikayla wrote:march 3 1965, i quit trying to have them but them damn bdays keep comming up


March 7, 1965. Very close!

Zouve
by Zouve
Fri Feb 07, 2003 12:23 am
Forum: MUD Client Help
Topic: Handy Little Triggers and Such
Replies: 3
Views: 1911

Group Health Coloring

This is a trigger set that Wobb posted to another thread and which I modified ever so slightly. Essentially what it does is color the lines of people when you type "group" based on their health. Uncolored is over 80% of hit points, light blue is 61-80%, yellow is 36-60%, and red is 35% and under. Th...
by Zouve
Fri Jan 24, 2003 2:43 am
Forum: MUD Client Help
Topic: Handy Little Triggers and Such
Replies: 3
Views: 1911

Handy Little Triggers and Such

I just wanted to start a thread for simple little triggers that make life better. For example, I love this trigger: #TRIGGER {You sense a lifeform nearby.} {#COLOR %eval( %color( 4)+%color( blink))} All it does is make hidden/invis lifeforms flash in red when you see them rather than that subdued gr...
by Zouve
Wed Jan 15, 2003 2:22 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Can anyone translate this???
Replies: 11
Views: 2148

As glad as I am to find that even a guy with a fish shaped head can get laid, I do want to know why the kitty hung himself? Or did Kikkoman string him up? Old K seemed pretty pissed there. Of course, some of those things being soy'd up looked like deep fried kitties, so maybe big K was just prepping...
by Zouve
Sat Jan 04, 2003 2:08 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: difference in treatment Iraq - N. Korea
Replies: 63
Views: 16420

This thread is a good example of why I stopped reading Usenet years ago. There is always some troll (hey, Cherzra is a trolling troll!) looking to make a point with facts just vague enough to start a fight. Then the "Sez You!" side chimes in, the personal insults start to fly, and nothing results bu...
by Zouve
Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:19 pm
Forum: MUD Client Help
Topic: Group Triggers
Replies: 20
Views: 3807

I tried out both Wobb's and Wargar's sets successfully with ZMud 6.16. I ended up using Wobb's with some slight modifications. Wargar's actually provides more information, but I found that in the field, the simplicity of Wobb's was better suited to my own needs. Thanks to both of you for posting you...
by Zouve
Fri Dec 20, 2002 6:31 pm
Forum: MUD Client Help
Topic: Rescue trigger set with autosetup.
Replies: 4
Views: 1235

I would like to add my "Whoo hooo!" in thanks to posting such a great rescue trigger set Gavry!

Thanks!

Zouve
by Zouve
Wed Dec 11, 2002 8:35 pm
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: USA Air Superiority
Replies: 37
Views: 8910

Marforp, In some ways, we are saying the same thing. You say sexy technology and I say that to the AF, air-to-air is what is sexy. Let me restate my opinion. I didn't say the AF didn't drop bombs, I said they always view dropping bombs as secondary to shooting down enemy aircraft. The AF has tried t...
by Zouve
Tue Dec 10, 2002 6:49 pm
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: USA Air Superiority
Replies: 37
Views: 8910

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Marforp: <B>And the question of the day.... Why doesn't the US build more AC-130s and A-10 type planes? Reminds me of when they figured that dogfighting was dead and they remov...
by Zouve
Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:50 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Gay-O_Meter
Replies: 64
Views: 11667

Zouve is 36% Gay!

Loosen up my straight mate!

Cripes, I'm 38 years old, with wife, a mortgage, two cars, a kid... this is as loose as I'm going to get!

Zouve
by Zouve
Mon Dec 09, 2002 8:05 pm
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: !ANON!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 32
Views: 5333

Oddly enough, being in a zone group is the only time I really want to go anon. (Y tells you 'In WD?') It is the one time when I'd like to hide from the rather stready stream of moonwell requests (X tells you 'busy?') and focus on the group and the mission at hand. (L tells you 'Can you well me to my...
by Zouve
Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:23 am
Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: +h3 ph4+ l3w+z
Replies: 27
Views: 3974

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Croban/Owom: <B>I agree with the fact that no one knows what things are worth in plat. </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I miss the old and spammy days of shouted auctions in Soj1/T...
by Zouve
Sun Dec 08, 2002 5:14 am
Forum: MUD Client Help
Topic: combat statistics
Replies: 19
Views: 2940

[Sartorix] just wanted to resurrect this thread and let you all know I'm a freak. --- My kind of freak! I'd like to see the trigger set you have for collecting all the hits on yourself. Here is what my own output from my modified version of Belleshel's stat set looks like: OFFENSE-------------------...
by Zouve
Wed Oct 09, 2002 12:38 am
Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Recent Bard Mods
Replies: 19
Views: 2351

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Snurgt: <B> holy crap how you get that, i been rolling like an hour, not even close. </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> An hour! Bwahahaha! Call us for pity when you get to a few day...
by Zouve
Sun Sep 15, 2002 7:36 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Toril pics
Replies: 242
Views: 56209

I sent my pic and info off this eve. With an eye to the usual mania for equipment I chose a picture that might be either a statement or a plea. You decide. Image

Zouve
by Zouve
Thu Sep 05, 2002 10:58 pm
Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Top 5 Features You'd Like To See
Replies: 161
Views: 26791

Hrmm... 1- Modification to the character rolling code that will bias the rolls a little more closely to what should be acceptable for the class you are rolling. I just hate rolling up a paladin and getting rolls that have bad agility, mundane con, and heroic int. 2- Revive the economy so plat coins ...
by Zouve
Fri Aug 16, 2002 12:10 am
Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Silly Treant Quirk
Replies: 0
Views: 408

Silly Treant Quirk

< > order treant gsay Treants can talk! Ok. A treant tries to communicate something but can't! a treant group-says 'Treants can talk!' < 1012h/1012H 126v/126V > < > Deltin group-says 'lol' It seems treants are really just shy about talking in public, but are okay with private conversations. Zouve
by Zouve
Wed Aug 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Grabby Elf Guards
Replies: 1
Views: 410

Grabby Elf Guards

Can the elite guards that watch over Leuthilspar City Center be set to not pick up everything that drops to the ground? City Center is the natural gathering point in Leuthilspar, especially for younger players. I couldn't begin to guess at how many times some new player has sent me a tell asking how...
by Zouve
Wed Aug 07, 2002 5:59 pm
Forum: MUD Client Help
Topic: Problem with Zmud mapper in version 6.31
Replies: 3
Views: 1071

I had a similar problem at one point a month back. I had been able to map well enough, then hadn't done it for a while, upgraded, and found I could no longer get the room name. In my case, it turned out that I had adapted to the room size being shown in my settings, and when the toggle show roomsize...
by Zouve
Thu May 23, 2002 6:14 pm
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: RL Pets
Replies: 50
Views: 13804

We have two cats, Felix and Oscar. Felix is your typical lap sitting, food scarfing, nap king. Oscar is a trouble maker. They have their own page here:

http://www.macwilliamson.com/FelixOscar.htm

The 'Oscar in Trouble' link on the side bar will lead you to the most amusing picture.

Zouve
by Zouve
Tue May 21, 2002 9:34 pm
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: What spells dont you use?
Replies: 29
Views: 4253

I'll leave aside cause/cure/vigorize light and serious and cure/cause critical. 1st circle shillelagh - I'd rather keep detect magic and goodberry handy 2nd circle detect evil, detect good - I don't have a need for them very often 3rd circle summon insects - good way to get MOBs to switch to you. 5t...
by Zouve
Tue May 21, 2002 8:46 pm
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Isux
Replies: 5
Views: 915

I love that name generator. Ever since I got a character named Sinutab it has been a favorite of mine!

And I see online:

[11 War] Rised (Human)

Shouldn't that be risen or arose or something?

Zouve


[This message has been edited by Zouve (edited 05-21-2002).]
by Zouve
Sun May 19, 2002 2:31 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Tyranny of the Twit?
Replies: 10
Views: 1123

One of my favorite stories on a similar theme, but with a Tolkien twist: http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/theories/lotrrabt.htm This site also has my favorite bit of Tolkien humor, Saruman's Diary. (It only got 4 and one half stars though.) http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/saruman.htm Zouve, who used ...
by Zouve
Sun May 12, 2002 5:41 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: How do you pronounce your char's name?
Replies: 99
Views: 17216

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yayaril: <B>Yayaril is pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove' </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Shouldn't it be spelled "Luxury Yacht" then? Zouve
by Zouve
Sun May 12, 2002 3:12 am
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Why does flaming occur?
Replies: 21
Views: 2431

There is something about the impersonal nature of electronic communication that seems to release us from the self control we would otherwise show in person. There is also the lack of nuances present in face to face communication to set the tone of a message. Flames frequently occur when people read ...
by Zouve
Sat May 11, 2002 7:15 pm
Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
Topic: How do you pronounce your char's name?
Replies: 99
Views: 17216

From day one I thought the name Nokie was so cool because I said it "No Key," which is how many keys Nokie needs to get past a locked door.

And now I find out it rhymes with cookie?

All this time I've been missing out on nookie? Bwahahaha!

-Stove

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