The "Master" of WorldWide LordNet"
                        By Steve Newman

	I distinctly remember the name Joe Masters when I first started carry-
ing a small network called SFNet, a SPITFIRE only QWK mail network. The world 
of the IGM was just heating up and Joe visited the Door Games echo from time to
time talking about these little modules we've come to know asIGMs. No, it 
doesn't stand for International Good Music, an automated radio firm out of the 
Pacific Northwest but rather In Game Module.  
	Little did we know many new "wannabe" programmers were lurking in the 
background cranking out these little "gems".....and continue to do so Ad 
Nauseum! <G>  It was clear when I read many of the messages from Mr. Masters
that we had a L.O.R.D giant on our hands. I was right, and all of us in 
WorldWide LordNet should be honored to have Joe on OUR side. 
	Understand what I'm saying here. Many who are attempting to or are 
considering running their own LordNet should heed my message. Masters isn't 
upgrading the LordNet software that is currently on many boards for downloading
until our net has proven it to be worthy of distribution. If you were to leave 
WorldWide LordNet because you just can't stand to be told you can't run this 
IGM or that NPC and were to use the software elsewhere, you would be in breach 
of an agreement with Joe . If you don't think you're part of an exclusive club, 
then think again. Joe is well aware there are problems with some of his other 
LORD utilities currently out there for download, but he's putting all of his 
energy into perfecting the LordNet software before he puts the test probe
to his other utilities and takes a well deserved summer break. 
	I truly believe that Joseph Masters has given us one nice piece of
intelligent software that will do its intended job and keep the network honest.
The LordNet software has come quantum leaps, if you will, in the last couple of
weeks and we're close to a reset of the current test game.  Many of these
IGM'S pale in comparison to Joe's effort and LordNet has been well-orchestrated
by Masters. 
	If Billy "Butcher" Watford remains as the conductor of this orchestra, 
we're going to have sell-out concerts. Now, armed with these thoughts, ask
yourself if that IGM was really that important.  The answer, my friend, is 
blowing in the wind...the answer is blowing in the wind.