News Archive for 2002

November 23, 2002: BIG CONGRATS TO MAURI OUR NEWEST WITCH! Neither dragons nor skeletons nor blood-thirsty warlocks would stray her from her appointed destiny.

October 12, 2002: PLEASE READ A WARNING about the W32.BugBear virus in our bulletin board. (Type GO BB to go there, then type 2301 to read message number 2301.) In recent days, I began to receive an ever increasing number of infected e-mail messages addressed to my MUD1/MUD2 mail aliases, leading me to believe that there are several MUD players out there whose systems are infected by this critter.

July 12, 2002: TO PARAPHRASE ELTON JOHN - THE WITCH IS BACK.
After a prolonged absence Mistress the witch has re-joined the ranks of wizdom. Congratulations Mistress on a job well done (twice)!

June 1, 2002: CHARGING IS ON AGAIN for MUD players; I hope you were able to put the free month in May to good use.
During the free month, all subscriber accounts were reset to 'pay-as-you-go' status. Your time remaining was adjusted using the formula (2*n+300), where 'n' represents the number of minutes you had on your account. This means that if you had 600 minutes left on your account, you now have 1500 minutes, just like new subscribers do; but even if you had no time left on your account, you can now enjoy a 300-minute "grace period" which should give everybody enough time to begin payment. (Players with prepaid monthly or annual subscriptions were individually contacted by e-mail. If you believe you had a prepaid subscription and you did NOT receive an e-mail about it, please e-mail sysop@mud2.com.)
You may have noticed that it is no longer possible to buy additional time using the K command. Instead, you should please visit the following Web page: http://www.mud2.com/__form_1.html. Through this page, you can purchase additional game time, or you can start a monthly/annual subscription.
Please DO NOT SEND PAYMENT 'by hand' via PAYPAL. Those payments cannot be  processed by the new, automated system, and will not be properly credited to your account. To send payment, please use the Web page, which takes you to PAYPAL at the appropriate point, with the correct payment parameters.

May 29, 2002: PLEASE DO NOT SEND PAYMENT via PAYPAL directly. If your account is due, please visit http://www.mud2.com/__form_1.html. Through this Web page, you can purchase additional hours, or you can switch to a monthly or annual subscription. Thank you!

May 8, 2002: TABITHA just announced a new version of the Clio client software for MUD2 players. Please visit http://www.wabe.org.uk/clio/ for details.

May 2, 2002: THE ADMIRAL has reached a decision!
The deadline has passed and the results from the joint ABC and Muddled Times quiz have been examined. The results are as follows:

3rd place: Laura (from mud2.com)
2nd place: Art (from mudii.co.uk)
1st place: Oberon (from mud2.com)

This means that Oberon is the winner of Bombow's 7th Challenge!
Oberon wins the prize of free time on the system that he doesn't normally play on. So expect to see more of him on mudii.co.uk! Or will he be anonymous?

April 28, 2002: MUD2.COM - A RELAUNCH. Changes are afoot at MUD2.COM. First, it is my pleasure to announce that between now and May 31, 2002 the game will be >>>FREE<<< to all players. Play as much as you want, bring as many friends as you can!
Second, effective June 1, 2002, new, DRASTICALLY REDUCED RATES will be in effect. Monthly subscriptions will be available at USD 7.50. The new rates are made possible by a new, automated payment system.
For more information about these changes, please visit our Web site: http://www.mud2.com/relaunch.html.

April 22, 2002: ADMIRAL BOMBOW has generously extended the deadline for his seventh challenge until the 28th April! This challenge being a quiz that can be found at http://www.mud2.com/bombow/quiz.htm in the current edition of ABC. Even more generously, you don't have to answer all of the questions, just send in what you know and let the Admiral do all the hard work.
The prize for the winner: 1 FREE MONTH on the system that you don't normally play on!
Take a look at the challenge and send your answers to bombow@mud2.com
And while you're at it, if you haven't read it yet, do read the latest issue of the ABC. You won't be disappointed!

April 3, 2002: EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Well, sort of... maybe not an extra, but definitely a very special edition of Admiral Bombow's Chronicles is now available for your reading pleasure at http://www.mud2.com/bombow/.
This issue is well worth reading. First of all, what makes this issue special is the fact that it is a JOINT ISSUE of our Admiral Bombow's Chronicles and the Muddled Times. Second, you are welcome to participate in Bombow's Seventh Challenge and win a fabulous prize: a month of free playing time on the "other" system (i.e., if you regularly play at MUD2.COM, you'll be offered a free month at mudii.co.uk.)
Thanks to our editor, Hawumph, to all contributors, and last but definitely not least, to the kind folks from the Muddled Times who agreed to share their creative talent in this joint issue!

March 7, 2002: OUR ADMIRAL BOMBOW'S CHRONICLES and the MUDDLED TIMES of mudii.co.uk fame will be joining forces for their upcoming issue. This unique issue will contain stories written by authors from both sites. That is, I hope it will be both sites; but in order for this to happen, Hawumph, our volunteer ABC editor, is asking for your help! As he says, "we don't want the mudii lot hogging all the stories so even if its just a snippet of gossip or an amusing death", let him know, preferably before the planned March 25 copy deadline. Oh, and before I forget; the quiz in this issue will come with a fabulous prize. Something to look forward to!