Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[dark]

Ah yes, access is great in Sryth,k though I was rather putoff by the fact 
that the gm kept selling those bloody weapons thaat took adventurer tocans 
to buy, and then sticking in areas that were impossible without them making 
the game a pay to complete which I didn't like, albeit that was a while 
back.
Still, it was a change from when the game used to be free back in 2004 or 
even in 2006 when subscriptions first came in and the game played far more 
like a twenty thousand page gamebook.


Beware the grue!

DArk.
- Original Message - 
From: "Grace" 

To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon




Hi Dar,
It's Sryth which although it isn't a Mud has some fantastic tools for 
navigating which were created as far as I have been lead to believe from 
dialogues between the Game Master and players.

Grace


On 2/12/2015 8:01 PM, dark wrote:

Hi Grace.

What is this other game you speak of? I'm interested to know, sinse I 
thought I knew most muds with access fixes, aardwolf, materiamagica, 
discworld etc, but I don't recognize that one. or is it a web based game 
like Sryth?


Beware the grue!

Dark.
- Original Message - From: "Grace" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon


I used to really like being able to get a lot of experience carving on 
equipment or just random things I found around the game. It was good to 
be able to go down to the troll caves and pick up heaps of human heads, 
drag them back to a location, and carve on them while having 
conversations with my clan mates or just other Alter players in general. 
I find that myself and others are a lot less social now that carving 
items isn't really worth doing experience wise. I cannot participate in 
conversations while navigating around the world or keeping track of what 
is going on in battles.


The other issue I have mentioned previously is being completely lost 
once transitioning to the mainland. I have recently gone back to playing 
another role playing game with a big world and lots of quests that does 
a few things to make navigation easier. The first tool that is available 
is a list of all unfinished quests and their location. Alter does have a 
list of quests but figuring out where they are on the mainland can be 
quite difficult. The next tool that we have access to is a reference to 
how to get to any important realm, town, or large city. This has a 
further benefit of assisting me to understand how the world is laid out 
as well as the obvious one of knowing where locations are on a day to 
day basis. The final thing that has been done is to make all dungeons on 
a grid using only the four cardinal directions. This is really useful 
because it allows people to make maps using Excel spreadsheets. As far 
as I know, maps can be made in MushZ however, there is no way to 
actually explore these maps like you can in Excel.
I think having a list of quests and where to access them, a list of fame 
mobs and where you access them, and directions to places in the Alter 
Aeon world would be incredibly useful! After all, just because you know 
where a quest or mob is doesn't mean you have the strategies to complete 
or beat it.Maybe these resources exist and I just don't know about them 
and if this is the case I apologize. As for asking other players for 
help, I find most people hoard information and only really want to help 
out those in their clan.


I think that Alter is a lot of fun and there is a lot to do and 
discover. Unfortunately due to the player/clan culture as well as not 
having the resources available to find quests, important mobs, and 
locations people who have trouble understanding and retaining spacial 
information are missing out.


Kind regards,

Grace
On 2/12/2015 9:48 AM, Dennis Towne wrote:
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones  
wrote:

Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?

Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be. One of
the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
class so it's on par with the others.

One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
surprised if it's happened to you yet.

-dentin

Alter Aeon MUD

Re: [Audyssey] Muds was Re: Alter Aeon was Re: Alter Aeon December Bash

[englishrider91]

Travis, what client are you using? Also, I didn't know that Alter had built in 
sounds. How would you go about getting those into your client of choice?


Thanks,
Ari

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Travis Siegel  wrote:
> 
> Oh, man, I love the sounds on alteraeon.  It adds so much to the game. When I 
> have my client using the mud provided sounds, I don't even need to watch my 
> text scroll, I just listen to the sounds, and that tells me what's going on.  
> Of course, at the moment, my client's sound capabilities are broken, because 
> I attempted to streamline my sound processing, and broke it, and several 
> attempts to rewrite it from scratch have met with no success.  Backups 
> are wonderful (when you remember to make them before making major code 
> changes) :)
> So, until I manage to debug my sound parcing code, I'm playing with a plain 
> text client (again) and I'll tell you, alteraeon with the sounds, an d 
> without the sounds is like two entirely different muds.
> I'm not talking about any of the various sound packs others have released for 
> the mud, I'm talking about those provided by the mud itself when you use the 
> mud sound protocol (msp), the sounds get downloaded directly from the mud as 
> needed, so you never have to worry about not having an event sound.
> It startled me when I heard the sound for the clanwars the first time. I was 
> like, what the heck was that? But I was in another  window, so didn't see the 
> text for the event sound, and when I'd switched back, it'd scrolled off, so 
> it took me a while before I heard it again.  heh, that was amusing.
> 
> 
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Re: [Audyssey] Wireless, not Bluetooth, headset that works with Windows 10.

[englishrider91]

Tim, I was a little bit confused by your message. Are you saying that with this 
headset, there were problems using it with a computer over Bluetooth, but not 
the Wi-Fi dongle? I actually plan to use the headset on the computer as a wife 
I hadsaid, not a Bluetooth one.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Tim  wrote:
> 
> I saw some having problems with it working by bluetooth and that was mostly 
> fixed with software upgrades to system files, but not wireless. As long as 
> your USB ports support bluetooth 2 it should work, because it doesn't install 
> software to work. I have 2 of them working on several systems and devices 
> with no problem.
> 
> At 03:46 PM 12/1/2015, you wrote:
>> I was going to get the Logitech H800, until I found out that it doesn't work 
>> with Windows 10 yet. Can anyone recommend a wireless headset that does?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ari
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Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud

[william lomas]

if it does and i use vipmud can i get it?

> On Nov 18, 2015, at 3:24 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> I did the same really need to get back in to it. I wonder if it has a
> sound pack and if so where could I find it.
> 
> On 11/17/15, dark  wrote:
>> Hi Ian.
>> 
>> It's actually one I've known about for a while, but have been hesitant about
>> 
>> trying both because of my general inexperience with muds, the fact that
>> Avalon is a rather different game to most, and indeed if I'm honest the fact
>> 
>> that it's at least partially a paid game too.
>> 
>> Now I'm going though I'm sorry it took me so long, but stilll there's
>> nothing to do but make up for it now.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Dark.
>> - Original Message -
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>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud
>> 
>> 
>>> I played this a long time a go and really liked it. Had to give up due to
>>> not really having the time. However may get back in to this game again.
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[Audyssey] Mobius mountain?

[Jes]

Anyone have an idea where I can acquire this math game from pcs games?


Jes

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Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for PCand Mac!

[Appleman]

Hi Dark,
  I think they are doing a terrific job and they are to be commended for making 
their games available for those of us who use Macs. However, I think over 200 
euros for the gold edition is a bit rich, in my opinion. I’ll certainly be 
downloading this one too, but I’ll go for the 19.90 euro version.
David


Sent from my iMac



> On 20 Nov 2015, at 4:56 PM, dark  wrote:
> 
> Hi Appleman.
> 
> From what I gather from their site, the rewards are sort of kick starter 
> style priviliges, which give you a little something for donating.
> 
> While some people have mentioned problems with the company or their games, 
> Iv'e always really admired audio it, especially how many games they've 
> created in a variety of genres very quickly,  sometimes possibly a bit 
> too quickly, and the fact that they're all cross platform (it's great to have 
> games like Noire and inquisitor on my Iphone).
> 
> However, for those who just want the game, 19 euroes isn't bad at all for a 
> coplex game, it's somewhere about 25 usd I think though I could be entirely 
> wrong, and from the teaser it sounds like this one has a hge! amount of 
> sound work and extra enemies etc.
> 
> I'll certainly be getting this, though whether i'll be waiting for the Ios 
> version or buying the pc version with one or other medal I don't know.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> dark.
> - Original Message - From: "Appleman" 
> To: "goshawk on horseback" ; "Gamers 
> Discussion list" 
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for 
> PCand Mac!
> 
> 
>> Hi Simon,
>> I will be downloading this one as well. However, I'm very reluctant to spend 
>> over €200 on an audio game. I don't know what this comes to in Australian 
>> dollars but if it means getting your name the credits for purchasing the 
>> gold edition, it's something to think about. This is one of my favourite 
>> game genres.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On 20 Nov 2015, at 4:18 AM, goshawk on horseback 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> just received the below, will definitely be getting this one.
>>> 
>>> Simon
>>> 
>>> - Original Message - From: IV Productions
>>> To: goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:45 PM
>>> Subject: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for PC and Mac!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> here we are with some news we hope you'll find juicy...
>>> 
>>> We are introducing a new audiogame, it's called "Space Encounter", a 
>>> space-based shoot'em up.
>>> 
>>> It is available in its First Open Edition, first edition ever being 
>>> published for PC and Mac. There are different purchasing options, each one 
>>> has different a different price, starting at 19,90€.
>>> 
>>> Full speed ahead then and, if you can, support us choosing the Bronze 
>>> Medal, the Silver Medal or the Gold Medal. We are a small, private company, 
>>> no subsidies, and we need you and your purchases to be able to continue 
>>> produce more and better audiogames.
>>> 
>>> Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - 19,90€: 
>>> http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_final_eng.html?lang=eng
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - Bronze Medal - 49,90€: 
>>> http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_bronze_eng.html?lang=eng
>>> 
>>> Includes: one ship named as you like.
>>> Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - Silver Medal - 99,90€: 
>>> http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_silver_eng.html?lang=eng
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Includes: one ship plus one campaign named as you like.
>>> Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - Gold Medal - 249,90€: 
>>> http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_gold_eng.html?lang=eng
>>> 
>>> Includes:
>>> a.. two ships named as you like
>>> 
>>> b.. two campaigns named as you like
>>> 
>>> c.. special mention in the 'Credits' section of the game as Associate 
>>> Producer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Join the Space Encounter! Shoot your missiles and exterminate the alien 
>>> scum! Win the Total War and become the Supreme Intergalactic Commander!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Game Description
>>> Pilot, are you ready to fight the alien oppression with Space Encounter?
>>> During an immersive gaming experience, you'll face many enemy fleets, 
>>> coming from all the universe!
>>> Choose your ship and your equipment and dash yourself into the battle! 
>>> Shoot first and destroy everithing that's moving.
>>> Test yourself with the Total War fighting all the alien races one by one, 
>>> or select  a single campaign to fight in a specific part of the universe, 
>>> or  train facing single alien waves.
>>> Start as simple pilot; fight; accumulate points and victory after victory 
>>> you'll climb the high intergalactic command's  hierarchy, till you'll 
>>> 

Re: [Audyssey] Few: New audiogame: Space Encounter available forPCand Mac!

[Paul Lemm]

Hi Dark,

Also if you've got an I device  like an iPhone  or iPad  with serie  if you 
just ask serie  something like 'convert 40 American dollars to pounds'  serie 
will let you know what it converts  to.  I've only used it to convert dollars 
and euros to pounds but I'm sure it works for lots of other currencies too.  
It’s a little off subject  but  I've just found out if you ask serie to roll a 
dice   it will do a dice roll for you to.  This should prove helpful next time 
I play monopoly  with my little boy , since he tells me he's not cheating  with 
 his dice rolls, but well let's just say he seems to get a lot of lucky rolls 
and me not so , maybe I'll actually win a game against him now hahaha 


Regards


Paul 

-Original Message-
From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 9:46 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available forPCand 
Mac!

Hi Danielle.

Sinse I often buy things in dollars, (and occasionaly euroes), I can do 
rough convertions from British pounds in my head, but I've just been looking 
around for a currency converter and found something very interesting.
if you type the basic amounts into google, you will be given an instant 
convertion, eg, if you wanted to know what ten us dollars was in pounds 
you'd type 10 usd to gbp.

For example,

19.49 euros = 20.7504 US dollars.

So, there you have it, the basic game costs 20 dollars an70 cents :D.

Hth.

Dark.

- Original Message - 
From: "Danielle Ledet" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available 
forPCand Mac!


> See I'm always hesitant to buy games in foreign currency cuz I don't
> know what that translates to in US dollars. Sounds good though and def
> something I would play.
>
>
> On 11/20/15, dark  wrote:
>> Hi Simon.
>>
>> As I said, I think the extra rewards aren't so much a sale as a 
>> kickstarter
>> style "donate to us for a bit of random rewards" rather than an attempt 
>> to
>> actually sell specific upgrades to the game, indeed I suspect they're as
>> expensive as they are sinse I imagine once you've created a ship or 
>> campaign
>> name or whatever it'll go into the game for a future version for everyone 
>> to
>> try, and thus will need recording by their voice artist.
>>
>> If you don't want to donate and just want to buy the game, that is fine.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Dark.
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "goshawk on horseback" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for
>> PCand Mac!
>>
>>
>>>I definitely won't be spending that much on it. for the comparatively 
>>>small
>>> extras of being able to customize a name or 2, I personally don't think
>>> that
>>> the extra outlay is worth it. now if one could for example customize 
>>> your
>>> ship's features, get access to more and/or better weapons, better 
>>> sensors,
>>> faster engines and such, and/or unlock more or different missions, those
>>> would be the sorts of things that I for one would seriously think about
>>> forking out extra for.
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Appleman" 
>>> To: "goshawk on horseback" ; 
>>> "Gamers
>>> Discussion list" 
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:56 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for
>>> PC
>>> and Mac!
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Simon,
>>> I will be downloading this one as well. However, I'm very reluctant to
>>> spend
>>> over €200 on an audio game. I don't know what this comes to in 
>>> Australian
>>> dollars but if it means getting your name the credits for purchasing the
>>> gold edition, it's something to think about. This is one of my favourite
>>> game genres.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
 On 20 Nov 2015, at 4:18 AM, goshawk on horseback
  wrote:

 just received the below, will definitely be getting this one.

 Simon

 - Original Message -
 From: IV Productions
 To: goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk
 Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:45 PM
 Subject: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for PC and Mac!


 Hi all,

 here we are with some news we hope you'll find juicy...

 We are introducing a new audiogame, it's called "Space Encounter", a
 space-based shoot'em up.

 It is available in its First Open Edition, first edition ever being
 published for PC and Mac. There are different purchasing options, each
 one
 has different a different price, starting at 19,90€.

 Full 

[Audyssey] Attention : Dart

[Dottie]

Dear Dart :
I was just wanted to know if anyone has heard how Thomas was doing after his 
surgery ? I wish him the best.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on the list.

Dorothy Martin

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Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Josh,

I am well aware of Android and its games. In fact, was considering one
for a very long time. Thing is while Android has a fair selection it
isn't the same selection so user preference would have a lot to do
with the purchasing process here. So while I haven't forgotten about
Android I'm uncertain myself if that is the way I personally want to
go for my phone purchase.


On 11/15/15, Josh K  wrote:
> don't forget about android. they have lots of games also.
>
> follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
>
> On 11/15/2015 8:03 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
>> Hi Dark,
>>
>> Oh, I know. An iPhone is becoming quite the handy little device. I'd
>> really like to get one, but my funds being what they are it is still
>> something off in the future for me. Although, it is definitely on my
>> list of things to do when time and money permits.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/14/15, dark  wrote:
>>> Hi Tom.
>>>
>>> Well, I won't deny the expense, indeed this is why I have not upgraded
>>> from
>>>
>>> an Iphone 5 sinse I looked at the 6 series and there just wasn't enough
>>> by
>>> way of advantage to justify the expense (whether the 7 series will be is
>>> something I'll wait and see).
>>>
>>> However, on the positive side we are now getting to the point in game
>>> development terms where Ios has a really good selection of stuff
>>> available,
>>>
>>> everything from traditional games to trivia, interactive fiction or
>>> arcade
>>> and action titles.
>>>
>>> There was a time when the choice was more limited, but that's not the
>>> case
>>> anymore, and of course that's not counting arious other useful little
>>> programs, functions and applications that just happen to come in handy.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Dark.
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Thomas Ward" 
>>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
>>> device/unit
>>>
>>>
 Hi Dark,

 Oh, I don't doubt that. Unfortunately, I am extremely cash strapped
 right now so haven't had the funds or means available to purchase a
 new iPhone so have had to do without that advantage myself. Still, I
 do have it on the things to do once those funds become available to
 me. I just looked at phone plans the other day and it might be
 feasible in the next few months or so once I see my way through my
 medical issues.



 On 11/14/15, dark  wrote:
> Hi Tom.
>
> This is one thing I like my Iphone for it is true, particularly
> because
> these days there are a number of games available on it from the
> Choiceofgames titles and other complex rpgs like King of Dragon pass
> and
> Silver sword, to very simple arcade affairs like catch 52 not to
> mention
>
> all
>
> the blindfold card, board and puzzle games, actually I find it really
> handy
>
> for long train journies when I am tired of reading and want something
> else
> to do.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Thomas Ward" 
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
> device/unit
>
>
>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The
>> only
>> thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
>> want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
>> only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
>> device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
>> investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
>> like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
>> with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really
>> an
>> option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
>> something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
>> those extremes.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger  wrote:
>>> Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which
>>> is
>>> effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC
>>> implemented
>>>
>>> on
>>> a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.
>>>
>>> It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating,
>>> and
>>> don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of
>>> a
>>> GUI,
>>> which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console screen
>>> reader,
>>>
>>> you
>>> can switch between the multiple console 

[Audyssey] possible idea for new game.

[goshawk on horseback]

hello all, 
this is a very much half formed idea at the moment, but thought I would throe 
it out there to see what people think. 
the idea I had, was for a horse riding game, where the back story is, that 
whilst on holiday, you decide to hire a horse and check out the countryside, 
unfortunately however, the only horse hire business in the area, is run by a 
rather grumpy and sadistic individual, (possibly called sadistic Stacy) who 
only really likes 3 things in life, her horses, sitting around watching tv, and 
having a nice full cash till. 5 things she really hates, are customers, 
receiving complaints, having horses come back in poor condition, riders coming 
back late, and having to get off of her behind to go collect a horse and rider. 
as you are on holiday, you only have a certain budget to spend, which would 
normally get you a number of rides, but received complaints, injuries to the 
horse, coming back late, and having to be collected, will all cost extra. even 
more unfortunately for you, (as in real life sometimes), the countryside is 
full of mean spirited individuals, such as farmers who will complain to St
 acy if you damage too much of there crops, or scare there sheep. you can avoid 
them by sticking to the roads, but then you will have delivery van, and truck 
drivers, who will have to slow down for you if you don't, or can't pull over in 
time, and they will also complain to Stacy about this. there are also idiot 
motorbikers on the roads, some of who will also complain about you slowing them 
down, but some of whom will just belt past you, scaring your horse, which could 
cause it to go haring off in to a field of crops or sheep, either damaging, or 
scaring the hell out of them. some other fields have bulls in them, who will 
not be happy to see you, and may come after you if you spend too long in there 
fields, if they catch you and collide with your horse, this  will cause the 
horse an injury. there are also sometimes loose dogs that will think it is fun 
to chase your horse, and bite it if they catch it. 
there are some decent horse tracks, which one can canter or gallop on, useful 
for out pacing the dogs, or making up time. there are also very muddy tracks, 
which may cause your horse to slip and fall if you go up them too fast. 
there could be some streams that need to be jumped, either as short cuts, or 
again, good for shaking off the dogs. 
the bull fields could have electric fences, which an idea could be that you 
need to lure the bull in to it, which will discourage it from chancing you any 
more, with out your horse hitting the fence. another possibility is that some 
better horses may be able to jump the fences, where as the bull would slam 
headlong in to the fence. 
some of the roads have good verges which you can pull the horse over on when 
required, but some of them have ditches, so that you can't pull over with out 
causing your horse to slip and fall in to them, causing an injury. some of the 
ditches, which could be along side roads, tracks, or fields, also may have fly 
tipped loose plastic sheeting in, which will flap around in the wind, and scare 
your horse, causing it to run off somewhere else, as mentioned earlier. you can 
only go at a walk or trot on the roads, as going any faster on them will cause 
the horse an injury owing to the harder surface. 
there could also be pig pens, on the corners of some roads or tracks, which 
need to be avoided by going to the other side of the road or track, as passing 
too close to these will also scare the horse, (strange but true fact, horses 
really don't like pigs). 
you can only go at walk if you need to cut through a sheep field, as going any 
faster will scare the sheep, leading to a complaint, possibly unless you can 
exit that field in time, before the farmer notices you. the same could be the 
case if you end up in a field of crops, if you can get out of it in time, the 
farmer may not notice you, so won't complain. 
there could be a few sorts of game, one could be a timed one, 
another could be where you just have to get round the rout with as fewer 
complaints and horse injuries as possible, 
and a third could be a see how long you can keep riding for before you rack up 
too many complaints and/or injuries. 
some other possibilities for variables could include: 
spending more of your budget for a better horse, which could be less prone to 
scares, better able to jump the fences, keep it's footing better on the muddy 
tracks (meaning that you can go a bit faster on them), and/or could just go 
faster in general. 
doing this however, will mean that you won't get so many rides for your budget, 
and will have less of it available for the fines for complaints and/or 
injuries. 
spending a bit of your budget on dog biscuits, which you can drop behind you 
and make the loose dogs lose interest in chancing you. 
traveler horses, which will follow you, these won't cause you any injury, but 
you will need to shake 

Re: [Audyssey] several messages

[Tobias Vinteus]

Hi,
I can't say I'm too thrilled over yet another Space Invaders Clone in the 
Audio Games community. Why not try to do something original like bilateral 
movement in a space shooter. It has been done with Tank Commander and 
Shades of Doom after all, and that was over ten years ago. I think the 
Audio Games business suffers from a quite severe case of idea recycling 
and lack of innovative development.


On the positive side though, I much prefer other titles by this developer 
such as the Inquisitor series or the Rally game.


/Tobias


On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, IV Productions wrote:


Hi all,

here we are with some news we hope you'll find juicy...

We are introducing a new audiogame, it's called "Space Encounter", 
a???space-based???shoot'em up.

It is available in its First Open Edition, first edition ever being published 
for PC and Mac. There are different purchasing options, each one has different 
a different price, starting at 19,90€.

Full speed ahead then and, if you can, support us choosing the Bronze Medal, 
the Silver Medal or the Gold Medal. We are a small, private company, no 
subsidies, and we need you and your purchases to be able to continue produce 
more and better audiogames.

Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - 
19,90€:???http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_final_eng.html?lang=eng???

Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition???- Bronze Medal - 
49,90€:???http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_bronze_eng.html?lang=eng


Includes: one ship named as you like.
Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition???- Silver???Medal???- 
99,90€:???http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_silver_eng.html?lang=eng



Includes: one ship plus one campaign named as you like.

Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition???- Gold???Medal???- 
249,90€:???http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_gold_eng.html?lang=eng
Includes:


two ships named as you like

two campaigns named as you like

special mention in the 'Credits' section of the game as Associate 
Producer




Join the Space Encounter! Shoot your missiles and exterminate the alien scum! 
Win the Total War and become the Supreme Intergalactic Commander!


Game Description

Pilot, are you ready to fight the alien oppression with Space Encounter?
During an immersive gaming experience, you'll face many enemy fleets, coming 
from all the universe!
Choose your ship and your equipment and dash yourself into the battle! Shoot 
first and destroy everithing that's moving.
Test yourself with the Total War fighting all the alien races one by one, or 
select ???a single campaign to fight in a specific part of the universe, or 
???train facing single alien waves.
Start as simple pilot; fight; accumulate points and victory after victory 
you'll climb the high intergalactic command's ???hierarchy, till you'll become 
its supreme ???leader!
Welcome to Space Encounter!!

And last but not least...
Click to access the dedicate page on audiogame.it, with the teaser and the test 
run:???http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/spaceencounter.html?lang=eng
LONG LIVE THE AUDIOGAMES!




On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, goshawk on horseback wrote:

just received the below, will definitely be getting this one. 

Simon 

- Original Message - 
From: IV Productions 
To: goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk 
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:45 PM

Subject: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for PC and Mac!


Hi all,

here we are with some news we hope you'll find juicy...

We are introducing a new audiogame, it's called "Space Encounter", a 
space-based shoot'em up.

It is available in its First Open Edition, first edition ever being published 
for PC and Mac. There are different purchasing options, each one has different 
a different price, starting at 19,90€.

Full speed ahead then and, if you can, support us choosing the Bronze Medal, 
the Silver Medal or the Gold Medal. We are a small, private company, no 
subsidies, and we need you and your purchases to be able to continue produce 
more and better audiogames.

Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - 19,90€: http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_final_eng.html?lang=eng 



Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - Bronze Medal - 49,90€: 
http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_bronze_eng.html?lang=eng

Includes: one ship named as you like.
Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - Silver Medal - 99,90€: 
http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_silver_eng.html?lang=eng


Includes: one ship plus one campaign named as you like.
Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - Gold Medal - 249,90€: 
http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_gold_eng.html?lang=eng

Includes:
 a.. two ships named as you like

 b.. two campaigns named as you like

 c.. special mention in the 'Credits' section of the game as Associate Producer



Join the Space Encounter! Shoot your 

[Audyssey] Looking for mobius mountain and pz98 games

[Jes]

Hi list,
Subject says all. Can someone give me a zip or download link if anyone has 
these games lying around?
Thanks.


Jes

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Re: [Audyssey] Muds was Re: Alter Aeon was Re: Alter Aeon December Bash

[wayne coles]

Hi have you tried materiamagic is what you described and there are a lot of
very useful players that will give you all the help you need

-Original Message-
From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark
Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 9:41 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Muds was Re: Alter Aeon was Re: Alter Aeon December
Bash

I'm quite happy to play without sounds, though if your looking for sounds in
a mud Lindsay you should try the mushZ alter pack.
much as I'm usually a big fan of Vipmud, the mushZ cliant is the one
exception, sinse it turns alteraeon into virtually an audiogam.

Go to http://www.mush-z.org/ to find out about it. You don't need anything
else, the client will install and run from there, just install it run the
update to check you've got all the latest sounds etc, read the readme and
have fun.

In terms of muds I personally go for exploring and activities and stuff to
do, one reason I've been looking at other less usual muds. Rp really doesn't
bother me in a mud, sinse if I'm going to rp with human players I'd prefer a
gm and a table todo it in sinse no  program however complex can equal the
creativity of a real human gm, and I'd much rather play with 2-5 other
people and be the heroes and have our own game than be one character in a
world of millions anyway.

Personally i like muds with good activities and quests to do and places to
explore and wander around, indeed in one post on the Alteraeon blog a few
years back where Dentin described the various player types, the solo
explorer is pretty much me.

I suspect that  were the games available I probably wouldn't play mmorpgs or
muds at all, just restrict myself to story driven single player rpgs, but as
those aren't going I'll go for exploration based muds with good and
interesting activities and quests and environments.

All the best,

Dark.
- Original Message -
From: "Lindsay Cowell" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 2:25 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Muds was Re: Alter Aeon was Re: Alter Aeon December Bash


>I love muds, but not that many of them have sound packs for VipMud. That 
>adds to the game for me.
>
> On 01/12/2015 14:17, Mike Wassel wrote:
>> It's not muds in general, I think it has more to do with the bigger muds 
>> really.  Well, I can't say that, because the Iron Realms ones were 
>> alright, but then again, they're RP enforced.
>> Mike.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/1/2015 9:15 AM, Justin Jones wrote:
>>> I have been playing Alter Aeon for two and a half years and I am also
>>> losing interest in the game. It mostly has to do with the highly toxic
>>> gamer culture (though this might be indemic to muds in general) and
>>> the lack of balanced classes/sensible game mechanics.
>>>
>>> On 12/1/15, Lindsay Cowell  wrote:
 I use VipMud.

 On 01/12/2015 13:24, Mike Wassel wrote:
> Same here.  I've got several characters, but just don't care about the
> game anymore.  That could also be because I want games with RP
> enforcement now, I don't know.  Maybe I'll come back one day.
> To answer your question, you need a client like mushclient or vipmud
> with the vipmud nvda addon to play muds or mudrammer for IOS.  I don't
> know what Android has.
> Mike.
>
>
>
> On 12/1/2015 8:15 AM, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
>> I've lost interest in the game, sadly, I feel that my charactre,
>> deborah, is getting nowhere, i reset her, and now feel totally lost.
>>
>> Lindsay Cowell
>>
>> On 01/12/2015 12:43, Danielle Ledet wrote:
>>> I look forward to joining you all when I have a more stable
>>> un-predictable computer hopefully a new desktop. It'll be the first
>>> mud I ever join as I am usually not interested. What do Ineed to 
>>> play
>>> a MUD? That's the part I don't understand!
>>>
>>> On 12/1/15, john  wrote:
 Advent gifts! Yea!
 Fortunately, I'm writing this message with the mud open in another
 window.
 Level37 aught to be interesting, you've really done an amazing job 
 of
 releasing major expansions on a schedule like this.

 --
 From: "Dennis Towne" 
 Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 21:46
 To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
 Subject: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon December Bash

 This December is going to be a big one for us!  We've got a lot of
 things planned, starting with the Advent gift calendar that begins
 tomorrow.  There will be events toward the end of the month, near
 solstice and new years eve.

 Most importantly, we'll be releasing new spells and skills every 
 few
 days, including new crafting 

Re: [Audyssey] Mobius mountain?

[Josh K]

if you do get it its best to play it in talking dosbox. also anyone know 
where i can get lotus123 for dos already installed so i can just throw 
it into talking dosbox and play with it using the asap screen reader?


follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

On 11/19/2015 5:38 PM, Jes wrote:

Anyone have an idea where I can acquire this math game from pcs games?


Jes

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Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Cara Quinn]

Hi Dark,

I am not sure of the differences between the Apple program vs the usual carrier 
based programs but apparently people do like it so I am assuming there is 
something worth checking into there.

As a matter of fact, I was actually not planning on upgrading from my current 
6+ to the 6S+ but the upgrade program has got me considering it just to have 
the latest iPhone for development.

Aside from the 3D Touch and better camera on the new phone, I am fairly content 
with my current phone but when it comes to development, it is always best to 
work on the most current platform as well as having a choice of former 
platforms as well with which to test software.

Anyway, I am not sure how cost-effective the monthly programs are here in the 
states in the long run, but it is nice to know that the tech is available for a 
less ridiculous up-front price both here and in the rest of the world. Very 
glad you saw cost benefits in the end from the monthly plan. That’s good to 
know. For gaming (among other things) it is always nice to have access to the 
latest tech.

I am always super impressed with all of the new games constantly coming out for 
mobile devices and the iPhone in particular. Each new generation of hardware 
just takes the gaming experience another leap forward and the new development 
libraries both from device manufacturers and third-parties just make the ease 
of coding new and incredible features that much better both for developers and 
customers alike.

Between iOS and Android, it is totally doable to really have all one’s 
computing needs taken care of in the mobile space. Personally, aside from my 
development work, I would be quite happy to take my computing completely mobile 
at this point.

I do %99 of my current gaming on a mobile device and prefer it that way.

-And, with a BT keyboard, I can do anything else I would like to do on a 
regular basis, in the mobile space.

As far as gaming goes, I am actually much more intrigued with the mobile space 
vs the full-on PC space since the mobile platform is a much more interactive 
platform in my opinion.

Both as a developer and as a customer, I love the idea of touch input, as well 
as kinesthetic interaction with the device. Couple all this with the compass 
and location awareness and the whole way one can interact with games can be 
much more immersive and can also foster entirely new gaming experiences from 
what has been common on the PC platforms.

So to get back to the original point of the post, it is nice to know that the 
distributed payment plans can actually be beneficial and allow more folks to 
get awesome and helpful devices!

Anyway, enough of my ramblings. :) thanks for your post and have a great 
evening!…

Cheers!

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On Nov 15, 2015, at 7:36 AM, dark  wrote:

Hi Cara.

I'm not sure how it is where you are, but I also did that with my phone here 
when I bought it in 2012 with the mobile provider three.

One of the nice things was that when I deducted the price of the actual Iphone 
itself from my yearly bill, the unlimited internet and phone calls were half 
what I was paying on my previous plan, so I actually made on the deal over all 
even though my phone bil itself was larger.

If I wanted to upgrade the phone, I could just do the same again, though as I 
said I'm waiting until a model turns up with sufficiently more advanced 
features relative to my Iphone five to make buying the thing actively worth 
while.

All the best,

Dark.
- Original Message - From: "Cara Quinn" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit


> Also, on the Apple side, there is now a program where you can purchase an 
> iPhone on a monthly plan.
> 
> This way you would not need to spend a larger amount up front to get your 
> phone.
> 
> I believe this needs to be done at an Apple Store and then goes through your 
> carrier.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Cara
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> On Nov 14, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Josh K  wrote:
> 
> hey thomas, you can also get an unlocked accessible blu android phone running 
> 5.0 lollypop for $99 from amazon with talkback on it. I plan on getting the 
> blu super camera phone and it has gps on it and pretty much everything you'd 
> expect from a modern android phone.
> 
> follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
> 
> On 11/14/2015 9:44 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
>> Hi Dark,
>> 
>> Oh, I don't doubt that. Unfortunately, I am extremely cash strapped
>> 

Re: [Audyssey] Choice of Games: accessibility?

[Lanie Molinar]

Hi. I've played a few of the games on Android and they're very accessible.

On 11/21/2015 12:18 AM, Tobias Vinteus wrote:

Hi,
I've successfully been playing games from Choice of Games online on 
their website. Since they offer their titles on Android, Chrome 
Webstore and Steam, I wonder, are any of those platforms even more 
accessible than the web version or might I as well stick tothe web 
version?


Thanks,
Tobias


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Re: [Audyssey] Turf wars map question

[Dallas O'Brien]

hi guys. no, you can in fact move the map. obviously, the area in which you
can buy stuff is limited to a certain range, but that extends a little past
your main current location. you move the maps focus the same way you move
map focus in a maps app. scrolling.

also, dark, be careful of upgrading too heavily, as this can lead to you
being capped. better off having more smaller turfs, then a couple hugely
upgraded ones. plus, keep your levels down. anything up to 15 or 20, is
protected by the don, and levels also effect who can attack you.
so better off having more turfs at lower inf levels, and keeping your level
to under 20 if you can. i'm currently sitting on level 19, and i have over
43 turfs. this is possible, as i paid to have extra points as a donation to
the devs for the totally awesome work at accessibility they are doing.
also, check this page out, it has some info about what you should and
should not do, and weapons / armor combos for best effect at various levels
/ configurations.
http://twguide.weebly.com/new-players-guide.html

good luck all.
Dallas


On 27 November 2015 at 01:20, dark  wrote:

> Hi Darren.
>
> I think that's the point. You don't move the map other than by actually
> travelling somewhere else yourself, you only get the grid around you
> otherwise.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
> - Original Message - From: "Darren Harris" <
> darren_g_har...@btinternet.com>
> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" 
> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 11:59 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Turf wars map question
>
>
> Right yeah I've figured that one out but what about when you want to move
>> the map to a more empty spot? If I fill up 1 load of the grid with terf
>> then
>> I need to find more space how do I do that? That doesn't really seem to be
>> explained in the accessibility section. Also what I do not understand is
>> why
>> some places are more expensive to claim than others?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark
>> Sent: 25 November 2015 17:58
>> To: Gamers Discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Turf wars map question
>>
>> Hi Darren.
>>
>> As far as I can gather, the map centers on your current rl location by
>> default, and the grid you get is the available turf around you, or at
>> least
>> so I gather, there is actually a great explanation in the help tab under
>> acceeess.
>>
>> I'll admit though at the moment I'm trying to claim less turf and buy more
>> upgrades, particularly sinse I'll have various cities to claim turf in, so
>> haven't used my turf allowance yet.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Dark.
>> - Original Message - From: "Darren Harris" <
>> darren_g_har...@btinternet.com>
>> To: 
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 4:53 PM
>> Subject: [Audyssey] Turf wars map question
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am having a slight problem with the map. How can I Centre it on my
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Re: [Audyssey] turf wars code

[Kenneth Downey]

Those are nice. Mine is pothead420. Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 26, 2015, at 11:57 AM, dark  wrote:
> 
> Through free respect points I now have an easier to remember mob code. 
> darkcode.
> 
> Feel free to invite me if you wish. 
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Re: [Audyssey] Mobius mountain?

[john]

Its slated for inclusion in the audiogames archive, once we get that up and 
running. I'm not sure if our version is a demo or the full one, however.

--
From: "Jes" 
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To: 
Subject: [Audyssey] Mobius mountain?

Anyone have an idea where I can acquire this math game from pcs games?


Jes

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Re: [Audyssey] Attention : Dart

[Charles Rivard]

Who is Dart?

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Subject: [Audyssey] Attention : Dart



   Dear Dart :
I was just wanted to know if anyone has heard how Thomas was doing after 
his surgery ? I wish him the best.


Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on the list.

Dorothy Martin

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Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud

[william Lomas]

still wish good mac client to play with. don't see why have to keep using 
windows 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 17 Nov 2015, at 13:11, Ian McNamara  wrote:
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> I played this a long time a go and really liked it. Had to give up due to not 
> really having the time. However may get back in to this game again.
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Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter availableforPCand Mac!

[dark]

Hi Danielle.

It was odd, I  typed "currency converter" into google and got links to some 
really complicated sites, but at the top of the search results was the 
exchange rate of pounds to dollars, so I started typing other currency 
amounts into google to see what I got.


Actually this find will be very useful for me too.

All the best,

Dark.
- Original Message - 
From: "Danielle Ledet" 

To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter availableforPCand 
Mac!




Geez I have fallen in love with Jesus not Google! Thanks for the
conversion! Hope it should work for me in the future. That is an
interesting find and something I'd not thought to do. Google doesn't
work here for me antyway!



On 11/20/15, dark  wrote:

Hi Danielle.

Sinse I often buy things in dollars, (and occasionaly euroes), I can do
rough convertions from British pounds in my head, but I've just been 
looking

around for a currency converter and found something very interesting.
if you type the basic amounts into google, you will be given an instant
convertion, eg, if you wanted to know what ten us dollars was in pounds
you'd type 10 usd to gbp.

For example,

19.49 euros = 20.7504 US dollars.

So, there you have it, the basic game costs 20 dollars an70 cents :D.

Hth.

Dark.

- Original Message -
From: "Danielle Ledet" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available
forPCand Mac!



See I'm always hesitant to buy games in foreign currency cuz I don't
know what that translates to in US dollars. Sounds good though and def
something I would play.


On 11/20/15, dark  wrote:

Hi Simon.

As I said, I think the extra rewards aren't so much a sale as a
kickstarter
style "donate to us for a bit of random rewards" rather than an attempt
to
actually sell specific upgrades to the game, indeed I suspect they're 
as

expensive as they are sinse I imagine once you've created a ship or
campaign
name or whatever it'll go into the game for a future version for 
everyone


to
try, and thus will need recording by their voice artist.

If you don't want to donate and just want to buy the game, that is 
fine.


All the best,

Dark.
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From: "goshawk on horseback" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available 
for

PCand Mac!



I definitely won't be spending that much on it. for the comparatively
small
extras of being able to customize a name or 2, I personally don't 
think

that
the extra outlay is worth it. now if one could for example customize
your
ship's features, get access to more and/or better weapons, better
sensors,
faster engines and such, and/or unlock more or different missions, 
those
would be the sorts of things that I for one would seriously think 
about

forking out extra for.

Simon


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From: "Appleman" 
To: "goshawk on horseback" ;
"Gamers
Discussion list" 
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New audiogame: Space Encounter available 
for

PC
and Mac!


Hi Simon,
I will be downloading this one as well. However, I'm very reluctant to
spend
over €200 on an audio game. I don't know what this comes to in
Australian
dollars but if it means getting your name the credits for purchasing 
the
gold edition, it's something to think about. This is one of my 
favourite

game genres.


Sent from my iPad


On 20 Nov 2015, at 4:18 AM, goshawk on horseback
 wrote:

just received the below, will definitely be getting this one.

Simon

- Original Message -
From: IV Productions
To: goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:45 PM
Subject: New audiogame: Space Encounter available for PC and Mac!


Hi all,

here we are with some news we hope you'll find juicy...

We are introducing a new audiogame, it's called "Space Encounter", a
space-based shoot'em up.

It is available in its First Open Edition, first edition ever being
published for PC and Mac. There are different purchasing options, 
each

one
has different a different price, starting at 19,90€.

Full speed ahead then and, if you can, support us choosing the Bronze
Medal, the Silver Medal or the Gold Medal. We are a small, private
company, no subsidies, and we need you and your purchases to be able 
to

continue produce more and better audiogames.

Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - 19,90€:
http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/shop/shop_spaceencounter_final_eng.html?lang=eng


Buy Space Encounter - First Open Edition - Bronze 

Re: [Audyssey] blindfold tile puzzle is out for IOS

[william Lomas]

i cannot find tile puzzle in app store? also, how will the colour game work?

Sent from my iPhone

> On 20 Nov 2015, at 20:26, joseph weakland  wrote:
> 
> Greetings all IOS users out there. I am letting you know that the game
> blindfold tile puzzle has been released from kidfriendly software. Below is
> description of app.
> 
> 
> 
> Description of App: 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Description 
> 
> 
> 
> Blindfold Tile Puzzle is a fully accessible tile game that includes the
> popular games 2048 and Threes for both sighted and visually impaired people,
> designed for rapid audio play. 
> 
> 
> 
> Blindfold Tile Puzzle includes the 2048 game, and several variants where you
> move tiles, and when two tiles touch with the same number, they merge into
> one tile that's the sum of the two tiles. For example, 2 merging with 2
> becomes 4, 4 with 4 becomes 8, and so on. You win when you get at least one
> tile to 2048.
> 
> 
> 
> Blindfold Tile Puzzle also includes the Threes game, where you move tiles
> and if the two tiles add up to a multiple of 3, they merge into one tile,
> that's the sum of the two tiles. For example, 2 merging with 1 becomes 3, 3
> merging with 3 becomes 6, 6 merging with 12 becomes 18. Each merged tile is
> added to your score, and each time you play, try to best your previous best
> score.
> 
> 
> 
> Several other variants are included, such as 2048 unlimited, and Alphabet.
> You can customize the game to your liking: how much extra information is
> spoken and how quickly it is spoken.
> 
> 
> 
> Blindfold Tile Puzzle was suggested by several blind gamers who enjoyed
> Blindfold Sudoku and Blindfold Dominos.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To find it you can look for
> 
> Blindfold 2048 for key words or
> 
> Kidfriendly software inc
> 
> In appstore search.
> 
> Have fun.
> 
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> 
> ma...@kidfriendlysoftware.com
> 
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Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud

[Devin Prater]

I just use mud rammer on iOS. Yeah, not Mushclient at all, but good enough for 
me. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 17, 2015, at 7:29 AM, william Lomas  wrote:
> 
> still wish good mac client to play with. don't see why have to keep using 
> windows 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 17 Nov 2015, at 13:11, Ian McNamara  wrote:
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>> I played this a long time a go and really liked it. Had to give up due to 
>> not really having the time. However may get back in to this game again.
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Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[dark]

Hi Josh.

there are more games being developed for Android it is true, but the 
selection is still farely small compared to Ios, for example I don't believe 
there are too many really imersive 3D action games for android yet, and the 
Android version of King of Dragon pass is unfortunately inaccessible at the 
moment (though that might change in the future).


This isn't one of those "Ios good, Android bad" type of conversations, just 
noting that if your interested in games Ios at the moment is probably the 
way to go if you just get one.


This might of course change in the future, indeed I'm not beyond the 
possibility of getting an Android tablet myself for games, though there 
hasn't really been enough unique to Android yet, plus of course the 
compatibility business with different models and operating systems and such 
hasn't helped either.


All the best,

Dark.
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From: "Josh K" 

To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing 
device/unit




don't forget about android. they have lots of games also.

follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

On 11/15/2015 8:03 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:

Hi Dark,

Oh, I know. An iPhone is becoming quite the handy little device. I'd
really like to get one, but my funds being what they are it is still
something off in the future for me. Although, it is definitely on my
list of things to do when time and money permits.



On 11/14/15, dark  wrote:

Hi Tom.

Well, I won't deny the expense, indeed this is why I have not upgraded 
from


an Iphone 5 sinse I looked at the 6 series and there just wasn't enough 
by

way of advantage to justify the expense (whether the 7 series will be is
something I'll wait and see).

However, on the positive side we are now getting to the point in game
development terms where Ios has a really good selection of stuff 
available,


everything from traditional games to trivia, interactive fiction or 
arcade

and action titles.

There was a time when the choice was more limited, but that's not the 
case

anymore, and of course that's not counting arious other useful little
programs, functions and applications that just happen to come in handy.

All the best,

Dark.
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From: "Thomas Ward" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
device/unit



Hi Dark,

Oh, I don't doubt that. Unfortunately, I am extremely cash strapped
right now so haven't had the funds or means available to purchase a
new iPhone so have had to do without that advantage myself. Still, I
do have it on the things to do once those funds become available to
me. I just looked at phone plans the other day and it might be
feasible in the next few months or so once I see my way through my
medical issues.



On 11/14/15, dark  wrote:

Hi Tom.

This is one thing I like my Iphone for it is true, particularly 
because

these days there are a number of games available on it from the
Choiceofgames titles and other complex rpgs like King of Dragon pass 
and
Silver sword, to very simple arcade affairs like catch 52 not to 
mention


all

the blindfold card, board and puzzle games, actually I find it really
handy

for long train journies when I am tired of reading and want something
else
to do.

All the best,

Dark.
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To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
device/unit



Hi Jacob,

Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The 
only

thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really 
an

option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
those extremes.



On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger  wrote:
Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which 
is

effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC
implemented

on
a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.

It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating,
and
don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of 
a

GUI,
which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console 

Re: [Audyssey] blindfold airhockey is now out

[Marty Schultz]

When I did the first app - blindfold racer - I met with a bunch of teens 
at Lighthouse Miami, and they came up with the name.
I stuck with the blindfold brand, and now people know it.  All of the 
icons pictures are similar in that they have a red blindfold clipart 
across the picture relating to the game.  For example, with blindfold 
air hockey, its a blindfold on top of an air hockey machine.


On 11/20/2015 3:01 PM, Danielle Ledet wrote:

Why is open source dangerous? Because there is lots of hacking going
on that is why? Oh and why are the games called Blindfold this and
Blindfold That (insert name)?

On 11/20/15, Charles Rivard  wrote:
   

Aren't they more vulnerable to having a virus put into them?  I know that
the closed system of Apple is more secure in this way.

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From: "john"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindfold airhockey is now out


 

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "because they are open source they're

a
danger". A *lot* of very well known and successful software is open
source:
7-zip, nvda, the linux operating system, just to name a few.
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Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 19:29
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindfold airhockey is now out

The very fact that they are open source is a danger.  Plus it would be
more
work for a developer, and the blind iDevice user market is far larger
than
the blind Android user market, plus the vast number of phones and
different
operating systems is a problem when it comes to Androids.  The number of
iDevice types and operating systems is not much of a factor. Anything 7.0

or
higher is compatible for iDevice users, and most devices will be able to
use
the software.

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Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindfold airhockey is now out


   

Yes I second that request, we can't leve android users out plus I love
android more than iphone because at least most of the apps are open
source.

On 11/12/2015 10:05 PM, Josh K wrote:
 

please make this game for android also. thanks.

follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

On 11/12/2015 5:58 PM, joseph weakland wrote:
   

Hello all airhockey fans. Have you ever wanted to play airhockey on
your
ios
device? Well, now you can cause blindfold airhockey is officially
outJ.
Below is description from IOS app store


Blindfold Air Hockey is an fully accessible audio game that's similar
to
the
arcade game Air Hockey.

In Blindfold Air Hockey, you have a mallet or paddle, and there's a
puck
on
the playing table. To start the game, hit the puck swiping your
finger.
The
puck heads towards your opponent's goal, where he knocks it back to
you,
bouncing off of the walls as it gets closer to your goal. You block
his
shot, and fire the puck back at his goal. The first player to score 7
goals
wins the game.

Using head phones or ear buds, you hear the puck heading towards you,
and
you control your mallet by moving your finger left and right. When the
puck
is close enough, you'll hear a ding sound, and you can swipe the puck
aim at
your opponent's goal.

Blindfold Air Hockey comes with a tutorial level, and 16 different
opponents
- varying from beginner to expert.

Blindfold Air Hockey was suggested by several blind gamers who enjoyed
Blindfold Breakout and Blindfold Bowling.

The game comes with coins; you need one coin to play. To get more
coins,
you
can listen to advertising videos, or purchase coins as an in-app
upgrade.


...More

     Blindfold Air Hockey Support



Have fun and if you have issues/suggestions/ideas email

ma...@kidfriendlysoftware.com


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Re: [Audyssey] alter-aeon

[Justin Jones]

Jeremy,

I think I would be a bit less critical if Alter Aeon had been around
for only a few years, but since it has been in operation for two
decades, I do not feel the need to be overly sympathetic. If I could
play the commercial MMORPG games, I would be doing that rather than
playing Alter Aeon. Unfortunately, as a blind gamer, I am heavily
restricted with my options (a situation that aggravates me to no end).

I will concede that Alter is definitely a step above other muds. I
have investigated others and they are either not well supported,
extremely PVP heavy or have a strong RP requirement. None of those
options particularly appeal to my sensabilities. Also, up until I
started playing Alter Aeon, I was not very well connected to the blind
community. Thanks to Alter, I have plenty of blind friends now (though
the vast majority of my friends remain sighted).

The best way to explain my harsh criticism of Alter Aeon is I
recognize the potential it has from transforming from a merely good
game (which it is) to a great game. It is, perhaps, a quirk of mine
that my harshest criticisms go toward the things that I recognize
potential in.

As for your points, we are going to have to agree to disagree and
leave it at that. Perhaps you might be willing to provide some
guidance on Alter for me. I am, at the very least, willing to learn
and improve. Then, perhaps, I might be willing to rethink my position
on the various issues I have commented on.

My main on Alter Aeon is Morathi, with my three primary alts being
Sheoldred, Ohthere and Corallyon.



On 12/1/15, Jeremy Brown  wrote:
> Justin,
>
> Everyone is entitled to their opinions.  I'll address some of my own
> responses to yours below.  Sometimes, it's a matter of your play style
> or your expectations.  Coming from a long term roleplaying game
> background like Dark, a mud is never going to live up to my own
> personal standards of what i'd like from this style of game; but that
> said, I feel that alter does better than a lot of muds I've tried.
>
> I'm going to quote and respond below:
>
>  Jeremy, I get that Alter is staffed by volunteers and that Dentin and
>  Shadowfax have real-life issues to deal with. I get it, I really do,
>  but some of the recent changes/skill additions have been
>  mind-bogglingly awful.
>
> (Jeremy: A lot of awful is very subjective.  One change that has
> angered a lot of people is the charisma changes for clerics.  It has
> made charisma an important stat for now five classes.  However,
> because charisma was everyone's dump stat, it has caused issues.  The
> ability to swap stats has alleviated some of this problem, and some
> other issues with other awful changes are answered in similar ways.  I
> wouldn't want to pay for a stat swap either if I could help it, so I
> sympathize with those who don't see that as an option, but saying
> this change is awful because there's no recourse just because you
> don't like the recourse is probably not the way to procede.)
>
>
>
>  Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
>  chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
>  to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this? On the other
>  hand,
>
> (Jeremy:  I disagree.  Druid is the youngest class in terms of
> development, and this is part of limiting the class' power and making
> it more in line with other powers and abilities on the game.  Light
> catchers and spell staves make druids one of the most dangerous
> classes, and causing these abilities to possibly have other
> repercussions helps to limit that power.  To build new staves or sun
> catchers takes gold a limited resource, mana and time that the
> character might have used elsewhere.  It makes sense.  Necromancers
> run into this problem when soul stones are sucked down  to the
> underworld with a summoning etc.)
>
>
> Warriors and Thieves need some serious overhauling as there are
>  entirely too many stat dependencies,
>
> (Warrior and thief require at most four stats like any other class.
> Primarily either strength or dexterity, constitution and charisma.  If
> a thief is to be successful intelligence is important, but since any
> sane person will want spells, intelligence will be one of the stats
> being trained fourth, fifth, or sixth anyway.  I don't get this
> particular argument, but i'll attribute it to play style.)
>
>
>
> but most of all, the equipment
>  selection is not terribly strong?
>
> (When I first started playing, a super powerful warrior could hit
> 40/40 and was limited to hitting.  Now, a super powerful warrior can
> expect to hit 50/50 without intrinsic hitroll or damroll and more than
> likely regens mv, has intelligence or wisdom on their hit gear so they
> can cast mor e of their own spells, can carve many pieces or have a
> druid friend carve them, and can often do other things while hitting.
> Again, I am not sure I follow this argument.  In terms of gear, I
> honestly 

Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[englishrider91]

Grace, what MUD are you referring to? I'd like to expand my horizons, and since 
I tend to get lost in MUDs very very easily, the one you mentioned sounds 
intriguing.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Dec 2, 2015, at 3:04 AM, Grace  wrote:
> 
> I used to really like being able to get a lot of experience carving on 
> equipment or just random things I found around the game. It was good to be 
> able to go down to the troll caves and pick up heaps of human heads, drag 
> them back to a location, and carve on them while having conversations with my 
> clan mates or just other Alter players in general. I find that myself and 
> others are a lot less social now that carving items isn't really worth doing 
> experience wise. I cannot participate in conversations while navigating 
> around the world or keeping track of what is going on in battles.
> 
> The other issue I have mentioned previously is being completely lost once 
> transitioning to the mainland. I have recently gone back to playing another 
> role playing game with a big world and lots of quests that does a few things 
> to make navigation easier. The first tool that is available is a list of all 
> unfinished quests and their location. Alter does have a list of quests but 
> figuring out where they are on the mainland can be quite difficult. The next 
> tool that we have access to is a reference to how to get to any important 
> realm, town, or large city. This has a further benefit of assisting me to 
> understand how the world is laid out as well as the obvious one of knowing 
> where locations are on a day to day basis. The final thing that has been done 
> is to make all dungeons on a grid using only the four cardinal directions. 
> This is really useful because it allows people to make maps using Excel 
> spreadsheets. As far as I know, maps can be made in MushZ however, there is 
> no way to actual
 ly explore these maps like you can in Excel.
> I think having a list of quests and where to access them, a list of fame mobs 
> and where you access them, and directions to places in the Alter Aeon world 
> would be incredibly useful! After all, just because you know where a quest or 
> mob is doesn't mean you have the strategies to complete or beat it.Maybe 
> these resources exist and I just don't know about them and if this is the 
> case I apologize. As for asking other players for help, I find most people 
> hoard information and only really want to help out those in their clan.
> 
> I think that Alter is a lot of fun and there is a lot to do and discover. 
> Unfortunately due to the player/clan culture as well as not having the 
> resources available to find quests, important mobs, and locations people who 
> have trouble understanding and retaining spacial information are missing out.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Grace
>> On 2/12/2015 9:48 AM, Dennis Towne wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones  wrote:
>>> Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
>>> chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
>>> to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?
>> Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
>> experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
>> of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be.  One of
>> the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
>> then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
>> big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
>> carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
>> class so it's on par with the others.
>> 
>> One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
>> the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
>> surprised if it's happened to you yet.
>> 
>> -dentin
>> 
>> Alter Aeon MUD
>> http://www.alteraeon.com
>> 
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Re: [Audyssey] The Game of "Say What"

[Ken Downey]

I lost all the bals to mine, but it was a fun game.
- Original Message - 
From: "Danielle Ledet" 

To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The Game of "Say What"



Aw wow I didn't even know there were different versions. I think I got
It from Walmart or toys R usso it was whatever they would carry.


On 11/18/15, Ron Schamerhorn  wrote:

Nothing like a bit of 80's he-man thrown in . :)


On 11/18/2015 3:57 AM, dark wrote:

I have the English version, it was a christmas present from my parents
a few years ago though how it corresponds to the gold edition I don't
know.

It's fun, albeit  I found it a little too easy. I actually need to put
some batteries back in mine and give it a go.

One thing which I thought was cool was that the English version had
obviously been done for Britain specifically, so as well as some
general popular phrases like by the power of grayskull (I liked that
one), and in space nobody can hear you scream, it also had some
specific ones from Uk programs like who's line is it anyway or I have
a cunning plan :D.

All the best,

Dark.
- Original Message - From: "Cara Quinn" 


To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The Game of "Say What"



Danielle et al;

I actually just purchased one on Amazon this morning in light of our
conversation! :)

The one I got was about $32 USD and there is a gold edition for $64
or so. I have no idea what the difference is and could not glean it
from the description. So, since I know I enjoy the original, I went
for that one.

So there are a number of sellers on Amazon which still do sell the 
game.


If anyone needs a linkie I am more than happy to post one but it
should be really easy to find.

I just searched for ‘Say What game’ and several hits came up.

Cheers!

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On Nov 17, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Danielle Ledet
 wrote:

Yep Cara is right! It is great fun. I used to own that and bought it
for me and my kids to play. Hubby wasn't interested in the long-term.
The balls represent words or phrases and you have to remember the
sentence and try to put the correc balls in each slot. Pretty cool and
we all enjoyed it. If the link is still in working order somebody did
a podcast of It on BlindCoolTech. That is where I heard of it and went
out and got it. What ashamed Larry and his crew aren't doing anymore
podcasts that was my favorite site to visit regularly and learn. I
especially enjoyed the soundseeing tours he and his girlfriend Liz
often did. I don't have it in my possession anymore though. It should
still be made. Let me know if you find it I'd like to get it again!
There are very few off the shelf games for us.


On 11/17/15, Cara Quinn  wrote:

Hi Sharon and Marty,

Say What rocks!

A couple I know has it and they bring it over with them when they
visit. The
game is a blast! :)

You are given a phrase which is out of order and you need to
rearrange it
within a given time limit. You do this by removing physical balls
from the
game itself and then replacing them back in the order you choose.

Each ball represents a word or part of the phrase and yes, the game
does
speak the phrase that you have created by moving the balls around.

So it is pretty funny when you mess it up. (as you are very likely
to do at
least once in a session)

I am not sure if the game is still made but I believe it is.

To Marty’s question, as you probably already know, there are ‘Say
What’ type
games on the App Store, but I do not know whether they are
accessible or
not.

Have a great night All!

Cheers!

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On Nov 16, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Sharon Hooley  
wrote:




Hi,

Has anyone played the game "Say what?"  It's a stand-alone portable
device
in which you put parts of proverbs together.  Is it kind of like a
madlib,
where you can mix the parts and have it announce the results, or
does it
just say something like, "Oops, that doesn't match."?  Or is it being
produced anymore?

Thanks,



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Re: [Audyssey] Fw: possible idea for new game.

[Katie Epperson]

Nice idea

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 18, 2015, at 12:15 PM, goshawk on horseback 
>  wrote:
> 
> sorry if you get the below twice, sent it yesterday morning, but didn't see 
> it get through. 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: goshawk on horseback 
> To: gamers@audyssey.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:53 AM
> Subject: possible idea for new game. 
> 
> 
> hello all, 
> this is a very much half formed idea at the moment, but thought I would throe 
> it out there to see what people think. 
> the idea I had, was for a horse riding game, where the back story is, that 
> whilst on holiday, you decide to hire a horse and check out the countryside, 
> unfortunately however, the only horse hire business in the area, is run by a 
> rather grumpy and sadistic individual, (possibly called sadistic Stacy) who 
> only really likes 3 things in life, her horses, sitting around watching tv, 
> and having a nice full cash till. 5 things she really hates, are customers, 
> receiving complaints, having horses come back in poor condition, riders 
> coming back late, and having to get off of her behind to go collect a horse 
> and rider. as you are on holiday, you only have a certain budget to spend, 
> which would normally get you a number of rides, but received complaints, 
> injuries to the horse, coming back late, and having to be collected, will all 
> cost extra. even more unfortunately for you, (as in real life sometimes), the 
> countryside is full of mean spirited individuals, such as farmers who will 
> complain to 
 Stacy if you damage too much of there crops, or scare there sheep. you can 
avoid them by sticking to the roads, but then you will have delivery van, and 
truck drivers, who will have to slow down for you if you don't, or can't pull 
over in time, and they will also complain to Stacy about this. there are also 
idiot motorbikers on the roads, some of who will also complain about you 
slowing them down, but some of whom will just belt past you, scaring your 
horse, which could cause it to go haring off in to a field of crops or sheep, 
either damaging, or scaring the hell out of them. some other fields have bulls 
in them, who will not be happy to see you, and may come after you if you spend 
too long in there fields, if they catch you and collide with your horse, this  
will cause the horse an injury. there are also sometimes loose dogs that will 
think it is fun to chase your horse, and bite it if they catch it. 
> there are some decent horse tracks, which one can canter or gallop on, useful 
> for out pacing the dogs, or making up time. there are also very muddy tracks, 
> which may cause your horse to slip and fall if you go up them too fast. 
> there could be some streams that need to be jumped, either as short cuts, or 
> again, good for shaking off the dogs. 
> the bull fields could have electric fences, which an idea could be that you 
> need to lure the bull in to it, which will discourage it from chancing you 
> any more, with out your horse hitting the fence. another possibility is that 
> some better horses may be able to jump the fences, where as the bull would 
> slam headlong in to the fence. 
> some of the roads have good verges which you can pull the horse over on when 
> required, but some of them have ditches, so that you can't pull over with out 
> causing your horse to slip and fall in to them, causing an injury. some of 
> the ditches, which could be along side roads, tracks, or fields, also may 
> have fly tipped loose plastic sheeting in, which will flap around in the 
> wind, and scare your horse, causing it to run off somewhere else, as 
> mentioned earlier. you can only go at a walk or trot on the roads, as going 
> any faster on them will cause the horse an injury owing to the harder 
> surface. 
> there could also be pig pens, on the corners of some roads or tracks, which 
> need to be avoided by going to the other side of the road or track, as 
> passing too close to these will also scare the horse, (strange but true fact, 
> horses really don't like pigs). 
> you can only go at walk if you need to cut through a sheep field, as going 
> any faster will scare the sheep, leading to a complaint, possibly unless you 
> can exit that field in time, before the farmer notices you. the same could be 
> the case if you end up in a field of crops, if you can get out of it in time, 
> the farmer may not notice you, so won't complain. 
> there could be a few sorts of game, one could be a timed one, 
> another could be where you just have to get round the rout with as fewer 
> complaints and horse injuries as possible, 
> and a third could be a see how long you can keep riding for before you rack 
> up too many complaints and/or injuries. 
> some other possibilities for variables could include: 
> spending more of your budget for a better horse, which could be less prone to 
> scares, better able to jump the fences, keep it's 

Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud

[william lomas]

when using vip mud why do i have to keep pressing enter ten thousand times for 
the game to move on once i hit a prompt?
it driving me mad lol

> On Nov 18, 2015, at 3:24 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> I did the same really need to get back in to it. I wonder if it has a
> sound pack and if so where could I find it.
> 
> On 11/17/15, dark  wrote:
>> Hi Ian.
>> 
>> It's actually one I've known about for a while, but have been hesitant about
>> 
>> trying both because of my general inexperience with muds, the fact that
>> Avalon is a rather different game to most, and indeed if I'm honest the fact
>> 
>> that it's at least partially a paid game too.
>> 
>> Now I'm going though I'm sorry it took me so long, but stilll there's
>> nothing to do but make up for it now.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Dark.
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Ian McNamara" 
>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud
>> 
>> 
>>> I played this a long time a go and really liked it. Had to give up due to
>>> not really having the time. However may get back in to this game again.
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[Audyssey] Fw: possible idea for new game.

[goshawk on horseback]

sorry if you get the below twice, sent it yesterday morning, but didn't see it 
get through. 

- Original Message - 
From: goshawk on horseback 
To: gamers@audyssey.org 
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:53 AM
Subject: possible idea for new game. 


hello all, 
this is a very much half formed idea at the moment, but thought I would throe 
it out there to see what people think. 
the idea I had, was for a horse riding game, where the back story is, that 
whilst on holiday, you decide to hire a horse and check out the countryside, 
unfortunately however, the only horse hire business in the area, is run by a 
rather grumpy and sadistic individual, (possibly called sadistic Stacy) who 
only really likes 3 things in life, her horses, sitting around watching tv, and 
having a nice full cash till. 5 things she really hates, are customers, 
receiving complaints, having horses come back in poor condition, riders coming 
back late, and having to get off of her behind to go collect a horse and rider. 
as you are on holiday, you only have a certain budget to spend, which would 
normally get you a number of rides, but received complaints, injuries to the 
horse, coming back late, and having to be collected, will all cost extra. even 
more unfortunately for you, (as in real life sometimes), the countryside is 
full of mean spirited individuals, such as farmers who will complain to St
 acy if you damage too much of there crops, or scare there sheep. you can avoid 
them by sticking to the roads, but then you will have delivery van, and truck 
drivers, who will have to slow down for you if you don't, or can't pull over in 
time, and they will also complain to Stacy about this. there are also idiot 
motorbikers on the roads, some of who will also complain about you slowing them 
down, but some of whom will just belt past you, scaring your horse, which could 
cause it to go haring off in to a field of crops or sheep, either damaging, or 
scaring the hell out of them. some other fields have bulls in them, who will 
not be happy to see you, and may come after you if you spend too long in there 
fields, if they catch you and collide with your horse, this  will cause the 
horse an injury. there are also sometimes loose dogs that will think it is fun 
to chase your horse, and bite it if they catch it. 
there are some decent horse tracks, which one can canter or gallop on, useful 
for out pacing the dogs, or making up time. there are also very muddy tracks, 
which may cause your horse to slip and fall if you go up them too fast. 
there could be some streams that need to be jumped, either as short cuts, or 
again, good for shaking off the dogs. 
the bull fields could have electric fences, which an idea could be that you 
need to lure the bull in to it, which will discourage it from chancing you any 
more, with out your horse hitting the fence. another possibility is that some 
better horses may be able to jump the fences, where as the bull would slam 
headlong in to the fence. 
some of the roads have good verges which you can pull the horse over on when 
required, but some of them have ditches, so that you can't pull over with out 
causing your horse to slip and fall in to them, causing an injury. some of the 
ditches, which could be along side roads, tracks, or fields, also may have fly 
tipped loose plastic sheeting in, which will flap around in the wind, and scare 
your horse, causing it to run off somewhere else, as mentioned earlier. you can 
only go at a walk or trot on the roads, as going any faster on them will cause 
the horse an injury owing to the harder surface. 
there could also be pig pens, on the corners of some roads or tracks, which 
need to be avoided by going to the other side of the road or track, as passing 
too close to these will also scare the horse, (strange but true fact, horses 
really don't like pigs). 
you can only go at walk if you need to cut through a sheep field, as going any 
faster will scare the sheep, leading to a complaint, possibly unless you can 
exit that field in time, before the farmer notices you. the same could be the 
case if you end up in a field of crops, if you can get out of it in time, the 
farmer may not notice you, so won't complain. 
there could be a few sorts of game, one could be a timed one, 
another could be where you just have to get round the rout with as fewer 
complaints and horse injuries as possible, 
and a third could be a see how long you can keep riding for before you rack up 
too many complaints and/or injuries. 
some other possibilities for variables could include: 
spending more of your budget for a better horse, which could be less prone to 
scares, better able to jump the fences, keep it's footing better on the muddy 
tracks (meaning that you can go a bit faster on them), and/or could just go 
faster in general. 
doing this however, will mean that you won't get so many rides for your budget, 
and will have less of it available for the fines for 

[Audyssey] Braille RPG Dice from 64 Oz

[Phil Vlasak]

Hi Folks,
It looks like this is going to happen!
Braille RPG Dice from 64 Oz. 
Games by 64 Oz. Games, Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/64ouncegames/braille-rpg-dice-

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Braille RPG Dice from 64 Oz. Games

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227 backers
$5,966 pledged of $3,500 goal 
6 days to go


This project will be funded on Wed, Nov 25 2015 6:27 AM EST. 

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64 Oz. Games produces high quality braille accessories and wants to 

expand our line to include a set of Braille Polyhedral dice 


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About this project 
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We intend to create a high quality set of 3D printed Polyhedral Dice 

with a brand new 3d printer. These dice will be usable with a wide 


variety of RPG games
and would be both functional for blind players and a great novelty 

item for sighted RPG players interested in being inclusive. 

We've printed sample models using the model that we're looking at 

buying and we're pretty happy with the way they turned out. 

We have already shown we are committed and capable of helping the 

blind community join gaming with our last 
Kickstarter
that let us open our 
store.


What we need now is enough capital to make our dream of doing the same 


for RPG dice come true.

But if you don't trust me, here's video of with a blind person trying 


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What about stretch goals?  

We wanted to limit the number of dice as rewards because our 3d 

printer can only do so much so fast so our planned stretch goals are 


for other devices so
we could produce other things concurrently instead of backing up the 

line. 

Our first one is to get a CNC router at $5000. When we reach this 

level all backers of full sets of dice will receive their choice of a 


free Blind Meeple
or d20 dice bag with their pledge.

The CNC router will let us add what we are calling a Tactile Tactic 

Grid. This is a 12 inch by 12 inch wooden grid with raised lines. This 


would allow blind
players to do tactical play of games like DnD or Pathfinder without 

worry of knocking over the pieces. These pieces fit together allowing 


players to build
bigger grids that can break down easily.

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Tactile grid for RPG games render

Additionally it let us add a new reward level for a wooden or plastic 

version of the game 
YOINK
(we will have to decide AFTER the Kickstarter what material makes the 

best game when we can try it) that we did for our first Kickstarter 


and braille puzzle
piece blocks which teachers can fit together to teach dot locations.

Early Render of Yoink 
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Early Render of Yoink

If we reach that we have other ideas as well. Any funds beyond what is 

needed for the printer will be going back into the company to offer 


more games and
get more tools to make more products. 

We are also interested in other suggestions for dice that we could add 

to the project such as fudge dice for RPGs that use them or other 


ideas.

We also have social stretch goals that are shown below.

What is with the tiers?

3D printing takes a long time. We wanted to make sure we weren't 

expected to ship out all of the materials at the same time so we 


divided the rewards into
tiers with different delivery months to make it more manageable. We 

will be trying to produce the dice in roughly backing order and ship 


them out as soon
as they are done. Since we are manufacturing in house that means we'll 

start shipping rewards as soon as we get the printer ordered and 


working.

Also you will notice that the tiers are limited. We didn't want to 

super fund and have to make thousands of dice if somehow this went 


really viral. If you
miss the Kickstarter we will of course have these available at 
our store

but that will only be after all the Kickstarter dice are produced.

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Additional items can be added onto your total pledge. When the 

campaign is over you will have to tell us what add-ons you want and 


they will be shipped
with the rest of the rewards.

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list of 11 items
. Additional dice for 10$ each
. Ear rings $15
. Cane Topper $15
. Tactile Tactic Grid $50
. Tactile Coloring sheets(10 pages) $5
. Engraved Yoink $100
. Dice Bags $5
. Vinyl Sticker $5
. Braille Puzzle Pieces* $5 
. Braille Swing Cell* $5

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Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[Devin Prater]

My biggest problem with AlterAeon was that it wasn't much like a game. I mean, 
you hopped on, killed some monsters, did a few quests if you could find some, 
and that's it. Sure, exploring was interesting at times, if not a little better 
than most MUD games, since there were fewer spelling errors--even avalon has 
those--but combat is boring and wasn't so immaginative in its text. I admit, 
most text-based games aren't, but I'd love to find an MUD where there is oth 
more colorfully written combat text, and time to read that text. Anyways, the 
lack of any sort of RP made the game, to me, to be more like a hangout spot 
with a few more things to do than any little treehouse. Just my oppinion though.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Justin Jones  wrote:
> 
> I avoid Bovine like the plague. I have never, repeat never, had any
> sort of good experiences with that particular channel. So, rather than
> getting into trouble, I stay off the channel.
> 
>> On 12/1/15, john  wrote:
>> As to the lightcatcher changes, Dentin noted that it was in preparation for
>> 
>> upcoming skill changes (its usually a good idea to watch/replay bovine after
>> 
>> reboots).
>> Warrior/thief is a perfectly functional class combo; I have hundreds of
>> times more luck with that than I do any caster that isn't a necro primary.
>> 
>> --
>> From: "Justin Jones" 
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 13:51
>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon
>> 
>> Jeremy, I get that Alter is staffed by volunteers and that Dentin and
>> Shadowfax have real-life issues to deal with. I get it, I really do,
>> but some of the recent changes/skill additions have been
>> mind-bogglingly awful.
>> 
>> Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
>> chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
>> to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this? On the other
>> hand, Warriors and Thieves need some serious overhauling as there are
>> entirely too many stat dependencies, but most of all, the equipment
>> selection is not terribly strong? With the various spellcasting
>> classes, as a direct comparison, the latter's equipment is fairly
>> straight-forward in what is optimal. Warriors and Thieves, on the
>> other hand have lousy selections.
>> 
>> If Dentin/Shadowfax are being overwhelmed by the workload involved,
>> they can always reach out to veteran members of the community and
>> enlist their support. It is a simple problem with an equally simple
>> solution.
>> 
>> I am willing to concede that my entry into Alter, and subsequent
>> opinion of the game, is colored by my experience with mainstream
>> role-playing games, i.e. games that sighted people have access too.
>> Perhaps I have grown accustomed to a higher level of quality/balance,
>> given my background. If this is indeed the case, then I recognize my
>> failing and will work to correct it.
>> 
>>> On 12/1/15, dark  wrote:
>>> Hi jeremy.
>>> 
>>> Personally, I really enjoy Alter, particularly sinse as a solo
>>> exploration
>>> guy I'm directly rewarded for what I like doing. I found arcase a wee bit
>>> grindy before some of the changes and new areas got put in. In truth the
>>> real issue now is more one of me not having played for a couple of years
>>> and
>>> 
>>> not really sure how to best alter Thelok to catch up with the changes and
>>> keep going, particularly sinse I always like expermienting and trying new
>>> skills and what not.
>>> 
>>> I have considered either resetting and using the pracs I bought on a new
>>> char, or just starting another, but I'd rather not do either sinse I'm
>>> very
>>> 
>>> pleased with some of the quests I did with Thelok and I don't want to
>>> abandon him.
>>> 
>>> As I said, I probably just need to bight the bullit and do it, although
>>> it
>>> has been good to give other muds a go and have other experiences, also
>>> i'll
>>> 
>>> freely admit my rl life has sort of made gaming in general a bit of a
>>> second
>>> 
>>> right now though I'm getting back into things slowly.
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> Dark.
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Jeremy Brown" 
>>> To: "gamers" 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 4:03 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon
>>> 
>>> 
 Just for a little balancing opinion here.  I've been playing Alter for
 10 years now.  I have phases where I go play other things, or get busy
 rl, but I usually come back.
 
 I've found the easiest two ways for me to get re-interested in playing
 are to either a. start a new character from scratch with new classes
 or old classes with new abilities or b. find a few friends who'd be
 willing to play at the level of the character I want to develop.
 
 Both 

Re: [Audyssey] Fw: possible idea for new game.

[lenron brown]

I love this game idea.

On 11/18/15, goshawk on horseback  wrote:
> sorry if you get the below twice, sent it yesterday morning, but didn't see
> it get through.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: goshawk on horseback
> To: gamers@audyssey.org
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:53 AM
> Subject: possible idea for new game.
>
>
> hello all,
> this is a very much half formed idea at the moment, but thought I would
> throe it out there to see what people think.
> the idea I had, was for a horse riding game, where the back story is, that
> whilst on holiday, you decide to hire a horse and check out the countryside,
> unfortunately however, the only horse hire business in the area, is run by a
> rather grumpy and sadistic individual, (possibly called sadistic Stacy) who
> only really likes 3 things in life, her horses, sitting around watching tv,
> and having a nice full cash till. 5 things she really hates, are customers,
> receiving complaints, having horses come back in poor condition, riders
> coming back late, and having to get off of her behind to go collect a horse
> and rider. as you are on holiday, you only have a certain budget to spend,
> which would normally get you a number of rides, but received complaints,
> injuries to the horse, coming back late, and having to be collected, will
> all cost extra. even more unfortunately for you, (as in real life
> sometimes), the countryside is full of mean spirited individuals, such as
> farmers who will complain to Stacy if you damage too much of there crops, or
> scare there sheep. you can avoid them by sticking to the roads, but then you
> will have delivery van, and truck drivers, who will have to slow down for
> you if you don't, or can't pull over in time, and they will also complain to
> Stacy about this. there are also idiot motorbikers on the roads, some of who
> will also complain about you slowing them down, but some of whom will just
> belt past you, scaring your horse, which could cause it to go haring off in
> to a field of crops or sheep, either damaging, or scaring the hell out of
> them. some other fields have bulls in them, who will not be happy to see
> you, and may come after you if you spend too long in there fields, if they
> catch you and collide with your horse, this  will cause the horse an injury.
> there are also sometimes loose dogs that will think it is fun to chase your
> horse, and bite it if they catch it.
> there are some decent horse tracks, which one can canter or gallop on,
> useful for out pacing the dogs, or making up time. there are also very muddy
> tracks, which may cause your horse to slip and fall if you go up them too
> fast.
> there could be some streams that need to be jumped, either as short cuts, or
> again, good for shaking off the dogs.
> the bull fields could have electric fences, which an idea could be that you
> need to lure the bull in to it, which will discourage it from chancing you
> any more, with out your horse hitting the fence. another possibility is that
> some better horses may be able to jump the fences, where as the bull would
> slam headlong in to the fence.
> some of the roads have good verges which you can pull the horse over on when
> required, but some of them have ditches, so that you can't pull over with
> out causing your horse to slip and fall in to them, causing an injury. some
> of the ditches, which could be along side roads, tracks, or fields, also may
> have fly tipped loose plastic sheeting in, which will flap around in the
> wind, and scare your horse, causing it to run off somewhere else, as
> mentioned earlier. you can only go at a walk or trot on the roads, as going
> any faster on them will cause the horse an injury owing to the harder
> surface.
> there could also be pig pens, on the corners of some roads or tracks, which
> need to be avoided by going to the other side of the road or track, as
> passing too close to these will also scare the horse, (strange but true
> fact, horses really don't like pigs).
> you can only go at walk if you need to cut through a sheep field, as going
> any faster will scare the sheep, leading to a complaint, possibly unless you
> can exit that field in time, before the farmer notices you. the same could
> be the case if you end up in a field of crops, if you can get out of it in
> time, the farmer may not notice you, so won't complain.
> there could be a few sorts of game, one could be a timed one,
> another could be where you just have to get round the rout with as fewer
> complaints and horse injuries as possible,
> and a third could be a see how long you can keep riding for before you rack
> up too many complaints and/or injuries.
> some other possibilities for variables could include:
> spending more of your budget for a better horse, which could be less prone
> to scares, better able to jump the fences, keep it's footing better on the
> muddy tracks (meaning that you can go a bit faster on them), 

Re: [Audyssey] Choice of Games: accessibility?

[Charles Rivard]

What games have you played?  I wonder how they compare with those for an 
iDevice?


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From: "Lanie Molinar" 

To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Choice of Games: accessibility?



Hi. I've played a few of the games on Android and they're very accessible.

On 11/21/2015 12:18 AM, Tobias Vinteus wrote:

Hi,
I've successfully been playing games from Choice of Games online on their 
website. Since they offer their titles on Android, Chrome Webstore and 
Steam, I wonder, are any of those platforms even more accessible than the 
web version or might I as well stick tothe web version?


Thanks,
Tobias


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Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Cara Quinn]

Hi John, as I’d mentioned in my last note to Dennis, it is possible to simulate 
positional audio in a 3D virtual environment in software without the need for 
more than two speakers.

So honestly, I see no reason that 3D audio may not be possible on something 
like the Pie, provided it can run an appropriate audio engine.

Have a great night!

Cheers!

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On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:30 PM, john  wrote:

Seconded on the 48khz bit - most audio files used in games are actually 
44.1khz, if not less (early GMA was 22.05).
I'm not sure how many games actually make use of surround sound at all, and 
I can't think of any that require it, meaning that, presuming they ran on 
Linux which most don't right now, there shouldn't really be a problem with 
that either.

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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing 
device/unit

A 48 khz sampling rate has nothing to do with audio quality.  Lack of
surround sound is probably pretty big though.

Dennis Towne

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Cara Quinn  
wrote:
> Hi Travis,
> 
> Actually OpenAL does support positional audio in software with a stereo 
> setup.
> 
> So if OpenAL can run on the Pie, (which I am assuming it can) we could 
> have 3D audio.
> 
> Just a thought for now.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
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> On Nov 16, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Travis Siegel  wrote:
> 
> The pi doesn't have a very good sound chip in it.  It is only capable of 
> stero at 48KHZ.  It can't do surround sound, and all the tests I've done 
> on it seem to indicate even front/rear speakers make no difference, 
> there's only left/right on the pi.
> I did go hunting for sound cards that will work on the pi, and have found 
> 3 of them, though detailed specs on the various cards were not available, 
> so I have yet to determine of any of those usb sound cards could be used 
> to render full audio required for the kinds of games the vi community 
> would like to see.  I'm going to purchase one of the cards in a couple 
> weeks, and begin experimenting.  Hopefully I can find something that will 
> work for us as a whole, but of course, having more folks looking/playing 
> with the pi would of course speed any and all progress towards the goal of 
> build our own gaming machine.
> I would love to port anything of interest to the pi, but since I don't 
> know what is of interest, I'm kind of just nibling around the edges (so to 
> speak) and porting things I've already ported to the mac or linux from 
> before.  I'm of course perfectly willing to help anyone port anything if 
> they have the desire to make a version for the pi, but until we can find a 
> better soundsystem for the pi, basic audio games are all we'll be able to 
> make, since things are constrained by the pi sound at the moment.  Of 
> course, this doesn't mean we can't build up a nice collection of things to 
> play anyway, things that don't depend on positional audio will work just 
> fine.  I've written to RSG games asking for a pi version of their client, 
> since python is one of the major languages for the pi, I expect that 
> porting the rsg client would simply be a matter of including a proper 
> version of their compiled python code, and poof, it's all done. 
> Unfortunately, I received no response to my inquiry, so no idea if that's 
> due to lack of interest, lack of knowledge, lack of message receipt, or 
> some other reason.  However, I'll continue porting things I can get my 
> hands on, and perhaps, even without a great sound architecture, the pi 
> could still be used as a basic gaming rig by some.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 15 Nov 2015, Cara Quinn wrote:
> 
>> Hi Travis,
>> 
>> I have been thinking about a Raspberry Pie for a while. You answered many 
>> of my questions with this post but one that I have is how easy is it to 
>> set up with a visual impairment?
>> 
>> Also, you had mentioned that the sound is not great. I assume you can 
>> plug a headset into one?
>> 
>> Considering the headset idea, would it then be possible to install a 
>> third-party audio library such as OpenAL?
>> 
>> You can see where I am going here. I am wondering what would need to be 
>> done here to bring this closer to an audio gaming environment.
>> 
>> Thanks for any feedback or insights you may have.
>> 
>> Have a  great day!
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> 
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Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud

[dark]

Someone on audiogames.net had a similar problem and I think this is a nvda 
issue.


Remember, Vipmud doesn't have nvda direct support currently, though it's 
coming next version, I'd recommend using sapi instead for now.


All the best,

Dark.
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From: "william lomas" 

To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud


when using vip mud why do i have to keep pressing enter ten thousand times 
for the game to move on once i hit a prompt?

it driving me mad lol


On Nov 18, 2015, at 3:24 PM, lenron brown  wrote:

I did the same really need to get back in to it. I wonder if it has a
sound pack and if so where could I find it.

On 11/17/15, dark  wrote:

Hi Ian.

It's actually one I've known about for a while, but have been hesitant 
about


trying both because of my general inexperience with muds, the fact that
Avalon is a rather different game to most, and indeed if I'm honest the 
fact


that it's at least partially a paid game too.

Now I'm going though I'm sorry it took me so long, but stilll there's
nothing to do but make up for it now.

All the best,

Dark.
- Original Message -
From: "Ian McNamara" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Avalon rpg mud


I played this a long time a go and really liked it. Had to give up due 
to

not really having the time. However may get back in to this game again.
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Re: [Audyssey] possible idea for new game.

[Ian McNamara]

Hello,

This is a great idea for a game. I would love something like this.

Ian McNamara

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Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[Grace]

The game I am referring to is Sryth which is a single player RPG played 
in a web browser.


Enjoy if you do end up giving it a try,

Grace

On 3/12/2015 12:35 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:

Grace, what MUD are you referring to? I'd like to expand my horizons, and since 
I tend to get lost in MUDs very very easily, the one you mentioned sounds 
intriguing.


Thanks,
Ari


On Dec 2, 2015, at 3:04 AM, Grace  wrote:

I used to really like being able to get a lot of experience carving on 
equipment or just random things I found around the game. It was good to be able 
to go down to the troll caves and pick up heaps of human heads, drag them back 
to a location, and carve on them while having conversations with my clan mates 
or just other Alter players in general. I find that myself and others are a lot 
less social now that carving items isn't really worth doing experience wise. I 
cannot participate in conversations while navigating around the world or 
keeping track of what is going on in battles.

The other issue I have mentioned previously is being completely lost once 
transitioning to the mainland. I have recently gone back to playing another 
role playing game with a big world and lots of quests that does a few things to 
make navigation easier. The first tool that is available is a list of all 
unfinished quests and their location. Alter does have a list of quests but 
figuring out where they are on the mainland can be quite difficult. The next 
tool that we have access to is a reference to how to get to any important 
realm, town, or large city. This has a further benefit of assisting me to 
understand how the world is laid out as well as the obvious one of knowing 
where locations are on a day to day basis. The final thing that has been done 
is to make all dungeons on a grid using only the four cardinal directions. This 
is really useful because it allows people to make maps using Excel 
spreadsheets. As far as I know, maps can be made in MushZ however, there is no 
way to actua

lly explore these maps like you can in Excel.

I think having a list of quests and where to access them, a list of fame mobs 
and where you access them, and directions to places in the Alter Aeon world 
would be incredibly useful! After all, just because you know where a quest or 
mob is doesn't mean you have the strategies to complete or beat it.Maybe these 
resources exist and I just don't know about them and if this is the case I 
apologize. As for asking other players for help, I find most people hoard 
information and only really want to help out those in their clan.

I think that Alter is a lot of fun and there is a lot to do and discover. 
Unfortunately due to the player/clan culture as well as not having the 
resources available to find quests, important mobs, and locations people who 
have trouble understanding and retaining spacial information are missing out.

Kind regards,

Grace

On 2/12/2015 9:48 AM, Dennis Towne wrote:

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones  wrote:
Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?

Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be.  One of
the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
class so it's on par with the others.

One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
surprised if it's happened to you yet.

-dentin




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Re: [Audyssey] Wireless, not Bluetooth, headset that works with Windows 10.

[Tim]

Correct just had problems with bluetooth that was solved with 
upgrading system files.


At 11:21 AM 12/2/2015, you wrote:
Tim, I was a little bit confused by your message. Are you saying 
that with this headset, there were problems using it with a computer 
over Bluetooth, but not the Wi-Fi dongle? I actually plan to use the 
headset on the computer as a wife I hadsaid, not a Bluetooth one.



Thanks,
Ari

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Tim  wrote:
>
> I saw some having problems with it working by bluetooth and that 
was mostly fixed with software upgrades to system files, but not 
wireless. As long as your USB ports support bluetooth 2 it should 
work, because it doesn't install software to work. I have 2 of them 
working on several systems and devices with no problem.

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> At 03:46 PM 12/1/2015, you wrote:
>> I was going to get the Logitech H800, until I found out that it 
doesn't work with Windows 10 yet. Can anyone recommend a wireless 
headset that does?

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Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[Justin Jones]

That is a rather odd way to allow druids to earn more experience,
especially given how long it can take to charge higher level
lightcatchers. Also, Druids used to have a means to earn lots of
experience: through carving. I do not remember which change it was,
but carving experience, as a whole, took a major hit (unless I do not
understand how the mechanic works).

On 12/1/15, Dennis Towne  wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones 
> wrote:
>> Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
>> chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
>> to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?
>
> Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
> experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
> of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be.  One of
> the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
> then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
> big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
> carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
> class so it's on par with the others.
>
> One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
> the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
> surprised if it's happened to you yet.
>
> -dentin
>
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> http://www.alteraeon.com
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Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[john]

I'm not sure whether this matters when looking at the numbers, but 
lightcatcher carving xp dents incredibly quickly - to a degree that probably 
prevents it from doing what you want (half a cap to 5k in less than half a 
catcher). I may be completely wrong here, especially if it comes back 
quickly, but figured I'd throw this out there just in case.
On the other hand, rune carving xp is awesome.

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Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 20:48
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones  wrote:
> Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
> chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
> to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?

Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be.  One of
the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
class so it's on par with the others.

One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
surprised if it's happened to you yet.

-dentin

Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com

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Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[Grace]

I used to really like being able to get a lot of experience carving on 
equipment or just random things I found around the game. It was good to 
be able to go down to the troll caves and pick up heaps of human heads, 
drag them back to a location, and carve on them while having 
conversations with my clan mates or just other Alter players in general. 
I find that myself and others are a lot less social now that carving 
items isn't really worth doing experience wise. I cannot participate in 
conversations while navigating around the world or keeping track of what 
is going on in battles.


The other issue I have mentioned previously is being completely lost 
once transitioning to the mainland. I have recently gone back to playing 
another role playing game with a big world and lots of quests that does 
a few things to make navigation easier. The first tool that is available 
is a list of all unfinished quests and their location. Alter does have a 
list of quests but figuring out where they are on the mainland can be 
quite difficult. The next tool that we have access to is a reference to 
how to get to any important realm, town, or large city. This has a 
further benefit of assisting me to understand how the world is laid out 
as well as the obvious one of knowing where locations are on a day to 
day basis. The final thing that has been done is to make all dungeons on 
a grid using only the four cardinal directions. This is really useful 
because it allows people to make maps using Excel spreadsheets. As far 
as I know, maps can be made in MushZ however, there is no way to 
actually explore these maps like you can in Excel.
I think having a list of quests and where to access them, a list of fame 
mobs and where you access them, and directions to places in the Alter 
Aeon world would be incredibly useful! After all, just because you know 
where a quest or mob is doesn't mean you have the strategies to complete 
or beat it.Maybe these resources exist and I just don't know about them 
and if this is the case I apologize. As for asking other players for 
help, I find most people hoard information and only really want to help 
out those in their clan.


I think that Alter is a lot of fun and there is a lot to do and 
discover. Unfortunately due to the player/clan culture as well as not 
having the resources available to find quests, important mobs, and 
locations people who have trouble understanding and retaining spacial 
information are missing out.


Kind regards,

Grace
On 2/12/2015 9:48 AM, Dennis Towne wrote:

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones  wrote:

Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?

Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be.  One of
the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
class so it's on par with the others.

One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
surprised if it's happened to you yet.

-dentin

Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com

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[Audyssey] Alter Aeon and finding things

[Jeremy Brown]

Grace,

As to players not giving out info, that's possible, though it doesn't
seem to be nearly as common as it once was.  However, I'll freely
admit, I like to encourage people to explore myself.

However, that said, there's a number of ways to handle your navigation issues:

1.  One friend of mine writes down notes about where he is whenever he
accepts a quest and what the text of the quest is so he knows where to
go back.

2.  Alter does have a coordinate system.  While i'ts not super useful
for every situation, it can give general ideas of where areas are.  If
a quest gives a location you think you recognize, looking in the area
list for that area name and is coordinates can at least give a general
direction.

3.  Asking people where a specific mob or town is usually gets results
or at least a general direction.

4. You can map A.A. on excel, but you just have to take into account
that room sizes vary a lot.  A far better  way that I found was to use
a series of directions (something like the speed walk instructions on
aardwolf) but include landmarks.  So something like this: go all west
from Ralnoth until you encounter a biomantically enhanced tree, go
around the tree to the north or south and get back on an east west
line til you see a lamp post.  Then go south and trend west til you're
on a fading road.  Go all west then north then one east and you're 1
room south of the green dragon.

Landmarks, the nearby command, the various map commands map -old, map
-explored, map -blind, all help as does the coordinate system.  No one
of them is perfect, but combined they can make a powerful set of ways
to find places again.

Lastly, you can if you have people who are interested in it form
direction maps to areas.  My clan actually did this, then the mud map
changed significantly.  We started again, and while it's an ongoing
and frustrating process (the map keeps changing:)) it does help.

I hope that helps,

Jeremy


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Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[dark]

Hi Grace.

What is this other game you speak of? I'm interested to know, sinse I 
thought I knew most muds with access fixes, aardwolf, materiamagica, 
discworld etc, but I don't recognize that one. or is it a web based game 
like Sryth?


Beware the grue!

Dark.
- Original Message - 
From: "Grace" 

To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon


I used to really like being able to get a lot of experience carving on 
equipment or just random things I found around the game. It was good to be 
able to go down to the troll caves and pick up heaps of human heads, drag 
them back to a location, and carve on them while having conversations with 
my clan mates or just other Alter players in general. I find that myself 
and others are a lot less social now that carving items isn't really worth 
doing experience wise. I cannot participate in conversations while 
navigating around the world or keeping track of what is going on in 
battles.


The other issue I have mentioned previously is being completely lost once 
transitioning to the mainland. I have recently gone back to playing 
another role playing game with a big world and lots of quests that does a 
few things to make navigation easier. The first tool that is available is 
a list of all unfinished quests and their location. Alter does have a list 
of quests but figuring out where they are on the mainland can be quite 
difficult. The next tool that we have access to is a reference to how to 
get to any important realm, town, or large city. This has a further 
benefit of assisting me to understand how the world is laid out as well as 
the obvious one of knowing where locations are on a day to day basis. The 
final thing that has been done is to make all dungeons on a grid using 
only the four cardinal directions. This is really useful because it allows 
people to make maps using Excel spreadsheets. As far as I know, maps can 
be made in MushZ however, there is no way to actually explore these maps 
like you can in Excel.
I think having a list of quests and where to access them, a list of fame 
mobs and where you access them, and directions to places in the Alter Aeon 
world would be incredibly useful! After all, just because you know where a 
quest or mob is doesn't mean you have the strategies to complete or beat 
it.Maybe these resources exist and I just don't know about them and if 
this is the case I apologize. As for asking other players for help, I find 
most people hoard information and only really want to help out those in 
their clan.


I think that Alter is a lot of fun and there is a lot to do and discover. 
Unfortunately due to the player/clan culture as well as not having the 
resources available to find quests, important mobs, and locations people 
who have trouble understanding and retaining spacial information are 
missing out.


Kind regards,

Grace
On 2/12/2015 9:48 AM, Dennis Towne wrote:
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones  
wrote:

Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?

Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be.  One of
the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
class so it's on par with the others.

One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
surprised if it's happened to you yet.

-dentin

Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com

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Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon

[Grace]

Hi Dar,
It's Sryth which although it isn't a Mud has some fantastic tools for 
navigating which were created as far as I have been lead to believe from 
dialogues between the Game Master and players.

Grace


On 2/12/2015 8:01 PM, dark wrote:

Hi Grace.

What is this other game you speak of? I'm interested to know, sinse I 
thought I knew most muds with access fixes, aardwolf, materiamagica, 
discworld etc, but I don't recognize that one. or is it a web based 
game like Sryth?


Beware the grue!

Dark.
- Original Message - From: "Grace" 
To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Alter-Aeon


I used to really like being able to get a lot of experience carving 
on equipment or just random things I found around the game. It was 
good to be able to go down to the troll caves and pick up heaps of 
human heads, drag them back to a location, and carve on them while 
having conversations with my clan mates or just other Alter players 
in general. I find that myself and others are a lot less social now 
that carving items isn't really worth doing experience wise. I cannot 
participate in conversations while navigating around the world or 
keeping track of what is going on in battles.


The other issue I have mentioned previously is being completely lost 
once transitioning to the mainland. I have recently gone back to 
playing another role playing game with a big world and lots of quests 
that does a few things to make navigation easier. The first tool that 
is available is a list of all unfinished quests and their location. 
Alter does have a list of quests but figuring out where they are on 
the mainland can be quite difficult. The next tool that we have 
access to is a reference to how to get to any important realm, town, 
or large city. This has a further benefit of assisting me to 
understand how the world is laid out as well as the obvious one of 
knowing where locations are on a day to day basis. The final thing 
that has been done is to make all dungeons on a grid using only the 
four cardinal directions. This is really useful because it allows 
people to make maps using Excel spreadsheets. As far as I know, maps 
can be made in MushZ however, there is no way to actually explore 
these maps like you can in Excel.
I think having a list of quests and where to access them, a list of 
fame mobs and where you access them, and directions to places in the 
Alter Aeon world would be incredibly useful! After all, just because 
you know where a quest or mob is doesn't mean you have the strategies 
to complete or beat it.Maybe these resources exist and I just don't 
know about them and if this is the case I apologize. As for asking 
other players for help, I find most people hoard information and only 
really want to help out those in their clan.


I think that Alter is a lot of fun and there is a lot to do and 
discover. Unfortunately due to the player/clan culture as well as not 
having the resources available to find quests, important mobs, and 
locations people who have trouble understanding and retaining spacial 
information are missing out.


Kind regards,

Grace
On 2/12/2015 9:48 AM, Dennis Towne wrote:
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Jones 
 wrote:

Take, for instance, the change where lightcatchers will now have a
chance to break when they are used. Why? Why has Dentin felt the need
to make this adjustment? There is no call to do this?

Actually, there was a simpler reason for the light catcher change:
experience.  It's been two years since druid was added, and the amount
of druid class and skill exp is still half what it should be. One of
the reasons for this is because people carve one set of suncatchers,
then never make any more of them.  Carving was always meant to be a
big part of the exp that druids were capable of getting, and without
carving exp there's not really any way for me to properly balance the
class so it's on par with the others.

One question:  how many lightcatchers have you broken so far, since
the change went in?  The rate of breakage is really low, and I'd be
surprised if it's happened to you yet.

-dentin

Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com

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Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon and finding things

[Grace]

Hi Jeremy,


See comments in-line.

Grace,

As to players not giving out info, that's possible, though it doesn't
seem to be nearly as common as it once was.  However, I'll freely
admit, I like to encourage people to explore myself.

However, that said, there's a number of ways to handle your navigation 
issues


1.  One friend of mine writes down notes about where he is whenever he
accepts a quest and what the text of the quest is so he knows where to
go back.

Having to make and then scroll through heaps of notes can be very time 
consuming. If more comprehensive information were provided this would 
not be necisary.

2.  Alter does have a coordinate system.  While i'ts not super useful
for every situation, it can give general ideas of where areas are. If
a quest gives a location you think you recognize, looking in the area
list for that area name and is coordinates can at least give a general
direction.
Not all areas are findable via this method. Also coordinates will give 
you a very very general idea and you may just end up wandering around 
in circles chasing your tail.

3.  Asking people where a specific mob or town is usually gets results
or at least a general direction.
I'd say you get useful results about half the time. Otherwise you get 
people telling you that you should explore which is very disheartening 
if that is what you have been doing for the past half hour. Telling 
someone to explore is not providing helpful information. The less 
condescending thing to do is to not say anything at all.

4. You can map A.A. on excel, but you just have to take into account
that room sizes vary a lot.  A far better  way that I found was to use
a series of directions (something like the speed walk instructions on
aardwolf) but include landmarks.  So something like this go all west
from Ralnoth until you encounter a biomantically enhanced tree, go
around the tree to the north or south and get back on an east west
line til you see a lamp post.  Then go south and trend west til you're
on a fading road.  Go all west then north then one east and you're 1
room south of the green dragon.
The directions above would be exactly the type of instructions 
required in a tool giving directions between areas on Alter. These 
directions would not work in an explorable dungion which is where 
being able to create maps would be useful.

Landmarks, the nearby command, the various map commands map -old, map
-explored, map -blind, all help as does the coordinate system.  No one
of them is perfect, but combined they can make a powerful set of ways
to find places again.
Having a few simplified tools for navigating would provide a much more 
streamlined less frustrating user experience.

Lastly, you can if you have people who are interested in it form
direction maps to areas.  My clan actually did this, then the mud map
changed significantly.  We started again, and while it's an ongoing
and frustrating process (the map keeps changing)) it does help.
This is the issue with the clan system. Information is kept within a 
small group of people and not shared with the wider community.

I hope that helps,

Jeremy





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