Dark Castle Weekly
Issue 4
January 4, 2001
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Happy New Year!

I partied too much and now I�m sick. Let�s hope I
didn�t catch something that I�ll regret for the rest
of my life.

I checked out the clan websites on the Dark Castle
Website and noticed the Clan Solaris website. Does
anyone know of any websites with a list of the best
equipment for every class on Dark Castle? Also, are
the ones on the Solaris website correct?

Solaris Website:

http://www.geocities.com/dcsolaris/guide.html

There were no submissions in this week. I hear so
much bragging on gossip all the time but nothing to
show for it? Oh, come on!

I need some help with the Newbie Section from some
veterans. Any help from answering questions I have to
creating questions for the newbie trivia will be
greatly appreciated.

I�m sick so I�ll just copy off the mortal board to
make it look like I did some work on this issue. I
would have not sent this issue out as there is not
much on it but rather than starting a bad habit, I
decided to say better this than nothing.

Thank you still for reading.

The Editor

Message 53 (Mon Jan 1): Pirahna - Donators
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Donators do not get any special treatment. You get plats from
us as a token of our appreciation for your support, which allows
us to keep from paying out of our own pockets to keep the game
up. If you are a donator or not, and you cheat, you get punished.
If you are a donator or not, and you have a valid problem, you get
the same level of help from the imm staff. Any decision we make in
the game will be decided without concern about donations, and are
done in a way that does not hurt those that choose not to donate.
Dark Castle is a free game. Anything a donator can do, can be done
by non donators. This will stay that way as long as I am an Imp on this mud.


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Motd Section

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NOTICE: The restring policy in the helpfile is the official one for
restrings. Make sure you are not in violation. There will be no
warnings. If you are unsure about your restring, ask a god. If there is
no god online, either email one, or post on the mortal board.
[ Return to continue, (q)uit, (r)efresh, (b)ack, or page number (1 3) ]

In addition, quest equipment may no longer be restrung. Contact Mace,
Natasha, or your favorite Imp to have it unstrung. Questions or comments
on the quest eq should be directed towards Mace.

We start confiscating on 12/21/00.
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12/14/00
The "You can't, you're bashed!" bug when you try to
stand should be gone.
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12/18/00
You might notice mobs getting a little smarter/more dangerous in the coming weeks.
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12/18/00
Newbie channel put in.
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12/26/00
Some bug fixes made to solar gate.
Equipment data was shortenend and colored. I'm thinking of
removing color from "Excellent" in order to make it less gaudy
and not so annoying to look at. Shrug, opinions are welcome, I
don't know if I like it yet or not. Email is best.
-pir

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12/30/00
DONATIONS: Donations are on hold for the moment. We are changing the
system. If you had planned on donating during the next few days, we
apologize for the inconvience.
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01/03/01
New socials! soup/multiplay (Sibiskis) kowtow (Naubol)
joboo (Vortimer) swipe (Tobi)
hoover (Trick) phatty (Brashen)

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Newbie Section

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trivia Q1: What skill allows you to see what creatures or people are in the rooms next to you? (up to 2 rooms away)
trivia Q1 Answer: scan

trivia Q2: In what area can the scrap of bear hide be found?
trivia Q2 Answer: Silverdale

trivia Q3: How many weapons can a mage wield?
trivia Q3 Answer: 1

trivia Q4: What spell would a cleric or mage cast to
remove the Sanctuary spell from their victim? (no abbreviations)
trivia Q4: dispel magic

trivia Q5: What are the only allowed places for multiplaying in order to transfer equipment? (no abbreviations)
trivia Q5 Answer: Meta Shop, Albatross Tavern, and any clan hall (help multi)

trivia Q6: What spell would a cleric or mage cast to remove the 'Fly' spell from their victim?(no abbreviations)
trivia Q6 Answer: dispel minor

trivia Q7: What does the ^ command do? (Pirahna's Question)
trivia Q7 Answer: Substitutions can be made to correct a typo or edit a previous command slightly. (help ^ for more info)

trivia Q8: What is the URL address of the DC Weekly website? (2 possible answers)
trivia Q8 Answer: www.geocities.com/dcweekly or go.to/dcweekly

trivia Q9: A sermon found at the monks of St. Colins is a what kind of item and does what?
trivia Q9 Answer: scroll of level 20 heroes feast

trivia Q10: What Issue # of the DC WEEKLY will be sent out today?
trivia Q10 Answer: 4th Issue
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Newbie HELPer Awards

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Antioch

Bibble

Berzerk

Bulky

Darkenblade

Darkan

Haldane

Justel

Lit

Mea

Muhammad

Nemeskal

Ninjaro

Nubis

Optimum

Rampage

Tribe

Tronks

Trusicrpr

Tylenol

Warui

Wexx

Zipp



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Jokes of the week
submitted by my friends
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A man walks into a pharmacy, buys a condom, then walks out of the store laughing hysterically.
The pharmacist thinks this is weird, but, hey, there's no law preventing weird people from buying condoms.
Maybe it's a good thing.

The next day, the man comes back to the store, purchases another condom, and once again he leaves the store laughing wildly.
This piques the interest of the pharmacist. What's so funny about buying a rubber, anyway?
So he tells his clerk "If this guy ever comes back, I want you to follow him to see where he goes."

Sure enough, the next day the laugher is back.
He buys the condom, starts cracking up, then leaves.
The pharmacist tells his clerk to go follow the guy.

About an hour later, the clerk comes back to the store.

"Did you follow him? Where did he go?" asks the pharmacist.

The clerk replies "Your house."

2) What did Bill Gates' wife say to him on their wedding night ?

"Now I know why you named your company Microsoft!"

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