WELCOME TO WORLDWIDE LORDNET by Della Moore, Editor "There've been some changes made. There've been some changes made." The transition from Butcher's BBS and Butcher as LNC was far from painless:(! However, the transition has been made and everything is working pretty doggone well. The software is still in BETA and an ugly old glitch raises its head from time to time. However, the Sysops that have hung in with WWLN are among some of the best around:)!!! Often the solution is found within hours of the problem being reported!! WorldWide LordNet has formed its own BETA test team to check out the IGMs around. ONLY those with minimal impact on the game, stable and not badly crippled in the shareware version are acceptable for WWLN InterBBS play. Some boards stay in competition quite nicely without running ANY of the IGMs. It is our goal not to force any BBS to run a particular IGM. Rather, we hope to approve enough to offer Sysops a wide choice:)!! Sysop-configurable IGMs and daily multiple-entry IGMs receive MUCH closer scrutiny. Applications for joining are being processed again. Sadly, I had to put a moratorium on additions until I figured out who I already had!! If YOU would like to join the proud and the many, just send the application enclosed in this newsletter to me. If you already know of a BBS playing WWLN the application may be sent to them instead. As Uncle Sam used to say, "I want YOU!" Della LNC or HB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Franz Scheurer is the International Hub for Australia. His contribution to WorldWide LordNet has been TREMENDOUS:)!! Here is a bit more about him in his own words. Born in Berne, the capital of Switzerland, on May 22nd 1949 Parents, grand parents, great grand parents, etc. as far back as we can trace our family history, were always Restauranteurs, Hoteliers, Inn-keepers or otherwise involved in the hospitality trade. Growing up in one of the leading hotel/restaurants in Switzerland gave me a great knowledge in food and wine (with a posture to match) taught me to cook and entertain and taught me just how little a personal life people in the hotel industry can ever hope to have.....This was also the main reason that I did not continue in the family tradition, but studied commerce at Uni in Berne. After finishing my degree, I decided that this was all far too rigid and controled an environment for me and I opted out for the arts, concluding a photographer's apprenticeship and taking on my first "real" job as a photojournalist with a Swiss newspaper. They promptly sent me to the Middle East and I loved it. I travelled extensively and covered wars, skirmishes, political meetings, etc. etc. It was a time to live by the day and enjoy it to its fullest. Danger was always near but somehow one learned to ignore it, or to live with it. (youth makes you invincible, anyway!) Returning to a staid, rock-solid, bourgeois Switzerland held no attraction for me at all and after long deliberations I emigrated to Australia. (they wouldn't have me in New Zealand, which is where I really wanted to go at this stage) I arrived in Sydney, broke but full of enthusiasm and it took mere days for me to establish myself. Sydney has never been the same.... These days I run and advertising agency, with national and international clients. It is a demanding job and I am good at it. Maybe too good at it, as it has become routine....Being creative should never be routine....so I needed a new challenge, at least in my spare time. (what spare time, I hear me asking myself.....) This is how I got started in computers. I love computers. They think in predictable ways. They don't talk back. (much) They do things logically. They can take over from the human mind for storage and retrieval of vast amounts of data and have a definite spot in our civilisation and they become the link in real human realtions and relationships if used as a communications tool. You can talk to the world via computers....and the world both listens and talks back! You can take it or leave it....You don't need to be offended by anyone, you can select whom you talk to, why, where, when....and you will be amazed at just how much power a simple piece of electronics can have over your mind. You can get addicted. Like any other form of fanatism, this is not a good thing, but if you can live your real life and enjoy your virtual life, then your being will be enriched by more than you could ever envisage. These days I run a BBS with a couple of nodes. I run Windows NT, advanced server, vers. 3.5 and Spitfire 3.5, Front Door vers. 2.12 and a myriad of other proggies. I run a UNIX box, (for fun!) a laptop (for work!) and am a E-Mail admirer. I bring CNFDNet into Australia and distribute it from here to New Zealand, Korea, Holland and the UK. I carry DarkNet, RipNet! and FIDO international echoes and am the main hub for LordNet Down Under. I adore to help people and hate commercialism of any kind. (yes, I know...Advertising Agency????? hmmmmm!) I genuinly like people and animals and am a perpetual optimist. There is nothing I can't do. I get on with almost anyone, but tend to always get a reaction from people: They either love me or hate me. It seems that no-one is indifferent to me..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AUGUST 1 UPDATED APPROVED IGM LIST: APPROVED LIST BARAK'S HOUSE - Let's face it folks! Seth Able's OWN IGM and the most stable of the IGM's available. No Big adjustments can be made in here and you only get to enter once a day. LORD TRIVIA - The second most stable IGM. No entry after level Six unless it is registered. Allows small increases of gold. Only one entry per day. BACKALLEY CHURCH - getting a bit like Usurper.. this IGM allows you to be blessed or burn incense for an extra point of this or that.. no biggie. Let's you raise your teammates or friends from the dead, good for teams! Really cool IGM. Allows bonuses only once per day. THE WISE ONE - New Version ONLY.. gold has to be limited to 30,000 gold pieces. Bonuses are limited to a few of this or that..Version WW1-120 or WW1-199 are the two versions acceptable at this time. If any Sysop is caught running the old Version or having a higher gold limit than specified above will be banned from the LordNet and this IGM will be dropped from the Approved List.. THE ARENA OF LORDS - Gives gold if you can beat Tyr (who is almost as powerful as the Red Dragon itself) But you must have a fairy to be able to fight him. POOL OF TRANSFORMATION - However unstable this IGM is, and I really do NOT suggest running it, it allows you to trade 3 charm for 1 Hitpoint or vice versa. THE LORD STABLES - a place to buy, sell, or keep a horse. LET'S HAVE FUN - Minimal impact on the game, but I think it's FUN to ask the users to do a simple arithmetic problem!! OUTHOUSE - Freeware and funny. Minimal impact on the game. JOURNEY TO SHERWOOD FOREST - Fun and I've only seen minimal impact on the game. LORD COUNTY FAIR - One of the most entertaining IGMs around. Be aware that the version you run and where you load it in the expander makes a HUGE difference to the stability of your game. I use Y loaded staight into my 3RDPARTY.DAT. THE OLD SKULL INN - Provides HUGE amounts of information on the players in your game. Minimal impact on WWLN. ALADDIN'S BAR - Fun for multi-node boards. NO impact on game as it is just a chat room. Freeware. HIGHWAYMAN - Hard on players, but shouldn't give an unfair ADVANTAGE to boards using it. THE GUILD - Hard to answer very many questions correctly, but stable and fun. Little impact on the game. ****************************************************************************** WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! These IGMs have been tested on a multitude of systems by WWLN, but there is NO way to guarantee that they will work correctly for everyone. There are MANY great IGMs in existence that are simply too powerful for InterBBS play. There are also a number of IGMs that will probably be added to the next list. They just need further testing. Any IGM that is so severely crippled in the shareware version to make testing impossible, will NOT be considered for use in WWLN. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************DA STEENKIN RULES************** 1. No spitting on the sidewalk!! It's the law!! 2. ALL nodes joining WWLN must agree to abide by these rules. 3. As LNC..or HB..my decisions are final. 4. ONLY the approved IGMs will be allowed for InterBBS play. 5. Communication with me is through the NC_SYSOP echo. 6. Nodes are asked to poll daily. Packets more than 3 days old are deleted. No contact for a week without notification is grounds for removal from WWLN. 7. The packets for each node are processed at 2:00 A.M. This takes approximately 30 minutes. The BBS is then toggled private to allow nodes to pick up their packets easily. This is CDT. If at all possible PLEASE make your transfers between 2:30 & 5 A.M. Obviously, Australia is exempt from this rule:)!! I won't pitch a cow over this, but it would be a courtesy to me and my users. 8. I am neither God nor babysitter!! Each hub is responsible for their end nodes. There are problems with the software both in LORD itself and LNET. I can't fix them although I sure can gripe a lot!! 9. If you feel that a particular node is "cheating" please notify me AND the node itself. 10. Netmail is rarely answered and ALL important announcements come through the NC_SYSOP echo. PLEASE read it on a regular basis. I have neither the time nor desire to carbon copy messages to everyone. See rule 8!! 11. Remember this is a GAME and supposed to be fun:)!! Play nice, play fair and we can keep it that way!!! 12. These rules are subject to modification as deemed necessary. 13. There is no need to kiss my feet or other parts of my anatomy!! E N J O Y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **WorldWide LordNet Application** Fill this out and send it via netmail to : Moore Fun BBS 1-(316)221-2408 Fido 1:291/71 Voice # 316 221 2397 Please allow 48 hours after sending in your application. Then give me a call voice & we'll get you up and running. I'm generally available on all weekends and weekdays between 6 and midnight CDT. Obviously, that will go back to CST come fall!! BBSNAME:_______________________________________________________ SYSOP NAME:____________________________________________________ NODE ID i.e 1:291/74:___________________________________________ BBS PHONE NUMBER:_______________________________________________ HOME PHONE:_____________________________________________________ CITY,STATE:_____________________________________________________ ALIAS USED IN ECHOMAIL:_________________________________________ HUB [ ] END NODE [ ] INDEPENDENT [ ] CHECK ONE PLEASE! If you are an end node, please include the name of your hub:)!! It's very possible that your hub can get you up and running and you will not need to contact me at all...save a little long distance! W E L C O M E T O W O R L D W I D E L O R D N E T ! ! ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ And that's all, folks!!!!!!!!!