Lord IGM Authors Newsletter Volume 1
September 12 1997 Issue 5
This Issue contains:
1) Note from the editor
2) A Word to IGM Authors
3) About the only Official Lord 2 Igm Web site
4) Quick note from Joseph Masters
5) Seth Able ON LINE!
6) Note from Elric
7) Interview with Charles Feldmeier Jr.
8) Letter from Bryan Stanbridge
9) Play Lord Via the Internet! - worf@webyte.com
10) Castle Camelot Web - If you are looking for lord there is a link.
11) Greetings Fellow L.O.R.D. Lovers!!!
12) Tech'N Software
13) Closing Notes
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Note from the editor:
Well first I would like to welcome all the new subscribers that came in when
we were getting relocated into our New Address. I would like to thank
USA.NET for letting me keep a Lord NL address on there server.
As well I would like to thank Vamsi Tadepalli. The entire mailing list of
RTNews was just ported into the LORD IGM AUTHORS Newsletter. Thank You
Vamsi.
So with all the new Member's (Some of which do not know why they got this)
2 things if you read this and do not like it Please reply to it and just
have REMOVE in the Subject line. With that in place you will not recieve any
more.
The second thing is just to let the new Members know what this is all about.
The LIAN is a way for you to see what is going on in the world of LORD. The
aspect of this Newsletter is that I do it mainly form the stand point of the
IGM author. Although I have gotten interviews with Seth and as well I have
opened it up to let LORD Web Pages get notoriety. So it is just a Hosposh
of Lord Stuff now, and All of what you will read is sent to me from the
people that the article is about. In some places you will notice that I
will use the email that was sent to me and in some I have edited the email
so that it will look more like a article. Just depends on how I want that
piece to look.
If I do not get something from an author then I will not print anything
about that Igm. So if you know of an author or you are one and you want to
do something to get in the next newsletter please feel free. The next
newsletter will be dead lined on 10-31-97 and on 11-1-97 I will release it.
*** 2 ***
A Word to IGM Authors
I am the LORD FDN Main Hub, and I am in direct contact with Bobby Queen
(Official LORD II Web Site Web master) Together we see a lot of LORD II
IGM's coming out, and one thing that we have noticed is that the New
Breed of IGM Authors are not using File_id.diz's in there archive.
This is needed because when it is Hatched via Fido the File_id is what
get's the description of your IGM, if the file id contains Ansi then is
is actually just as bad as not having one.
Think of it like this. If I have to files that I am thinking about
downloading from a bbs, and one said NO DESCRIPTION and the other told
what the IGM was about I would pick the second thinking that the first
was a bad file.
If you would like to get your IGM hatched via the LORD_FDN Please send
it to smyc@usa.net or send it to Bobby at the address that is listed
later in the newsletter.
Thanks to everyone for supporting the FidoNet Lord Fdn.
Bryan Turner
*** 3 ***
About the only Official Lord 2 Igm Web site
ANNOUNCING The OFFICIAL Lord II IGM Archive has now been moved from
its original location to www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm. Ben Tiefert did a
GREAT job starting the site and getting it recognized but once he got a
job he just didn't have the time to devote to it. I started out
helping Ben and then he decided I had learned enough to take the site over.
have finally got all the backlog of IGM's reviewed and placed on line.
I would like to ask all Authors of Lord II IGM's please observe the
following few rules.
#1 ALWAYS call my site and check out the reserved map block page before
sending in your IGM's and try to move any conflicting screens. To go
direct to that screen its www.shelby.net/wizard/l2igm/blockfaq.htm
#2 ALWAYS put a file_id.diz in your file so we will know what the
file is and what its about. AND PLEASE no ANSI or HI-ASCII codes in
this file_id.diz. Any coming in without file_id.diz or wrong
code will be returned until its been fixed!
#3 If you are an Author and you have a Web Page with your IGMs on
it then please send me your address to wizards@shelby.net Also,
please put a LINK on your page to the OFFICIAL Lord II IGM
Archive and link it to the main page www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm
Your link will be put on my site as soon as I can add it.
Thats about it so folks get to programming those IGM's and PLEASE follow
the above 3 rules and check and re-check the IGM yourself before sending
it in to make sure it works.
One more thing Bryan if you want a little bit of Personal Information
here goes.
*** Note from Bryan: I love Personal Info on anyone.. :)
A little personal info on myself. I am Bobby Roger Queen and I'm 42
years old. I am married with a wife, a married daughter, 2 grandson's
and another one on the way. :) I have been computing since 1985 when I
bought my first Radio Shack Color Computer. I have written a magazine
before for the CoCo (nickname for above computer), that went world wide!
I got my first compatible just 2 years ago and have learned QUICK! I
first got on the internet just 3 months ago and just started HTML pages
when I started helping Ben. Needless to say if you check out the site
you'll see I learn stuff fast. :) I am physically disabled and sit here
working on the computer for 16-18 hours a day. Thats one reason I got
caught up so fast on the IGM's! :) I guess thats about it unless you
want to know that I have 1 poodle, 2 cats and a couple aquariums full of
Dwarf Hamsters.
Talk at ya'll l8er.
Bobby Queen
OFFICIAL Lord II Archive keeper
wizards@shelby.net
Fido 1:3667/5
*** 4 ***
Quick note from Joseph Masters <trent@circle.net>
Only news to report for me is that the IGM Page has been updated after
the summer, and I lost the subscriber list... By the time you send out
the newsletter, I should have a new update system on the page (to make
it easier for me).
If you would like to visit the Lord I IGM page, (And I mean all of them
are there) you can at http://www.trentsoft.com
*** 5 ***
Seth Able ON LINE!
Question and Answer Open Chat with Seth Able Robinson! Come and ask
away.. get the answers you've been looking for straight from the source!
Topics will be Lord, Lord II, Lord 4 (upgrade), and even his newest program,
Dink Smallwood!
You won't want to miss this one so get out your calendar and mark the
date!
When: Wednesday, September 24th.
Time: 5:30 PST, 6:30 MTN, 7:30 CNT, 8:30 EST
Where: Sysop's Chat Lounge
IRC Chat: chat.inreach.com port 6667 Channel #bbs
Java Chat: http://home.inreach.com/mlwhite/chata.html
Host: Diamond Dave from The BBS Corner
If you're a LORD IGM programmer, please come! All aspects of LORD will be
discussed. You may have some of the answers!
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Wishing Well Sysop's Corner MaryLou White <mlwhite@inreach.com>
Sysop's Corner Main - http://home.inreach.com/mlwhite
Sysop's Corner Annex - http://www.vpdev.com/wwell
Sysop's Chat Lounge - chat.inreach.com port 6667 #bbs
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*** 6 ***
Note from Elric (All around Lord Fan & Programmer)
ok, well lets see:
Right now I am working on a new world for LORD 2 called The Quest For
Mom (the name kinda says it all ;)) which is still in the alpha stages.
I have written 3 IGM's for LORD 2: The Faerie Glade, Sharks' Tooth
Island, and Ralphie's Roses.
I made the LORD 2 Stuff Packs, which colorizes the ITEMS.DAT file,
and adds some random sayings, among other things.
I have written a LORD 2 utility called Map Swap, which lets you use
more than one MAP.DAT and WORLD.DAT file. Unfortunately, it may cause
problems with multi-node systems.
I have a monster set for LORD 3.55+.
I have a web page of links to LORD 2 authors on the web (no LORD 3.55
authors, unless they do both).
I am the founder/owner of The LORD 2 WebRing.
I subscribe to the LORDLIST, the Official Mailing List for LORD.
Ummm... I think that's it for LORD related stuff. If there's anything
else you want to know, just ask.
toodles,
Elric
President & Such of ShroomTrip Software
Founder of the LORD 2 WebRing
E-Mail: elric@innocent.com
Support: kender@innocent.com
(http://www.afn.org/~afn50378/sthome.html)
**Note from the Author:
Here is the information on the LORDLIST that is mentioned in the
above article gotten from Seth's Web site:
To join Thomas Torbeck's LORD/LORD2/TEOS/T-LORD related mailing
list send an email to listserv@leftside.com.
In the BODY of the message, place the command SUBSCRIBE LORDLIST
and you are in, I did and it works.
- Seth R
(http://www.teleport.com/~sethable/pages/links.htm)
*** 7 ***
Interview with Charles Feldmeier Jr.
Q: So Charles, What has been going on with you?
A: The only thing I have new is that I released my third LORD 1 IGM
named, "Strong Man I's Race Trek 2.00 beta." This IGM can be download at
http://www.lm.com/~ccc/racetrk2.zip
Q: What is "SMI's Race Trek 2.00beta" about?
A:
Strong Man I's Race Trek 2.00 beta
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This IGM lets users take there horses
a race track for a chance to win money.
Users Also can take a nap in the stable
Search a grave yard, and leave messages
behind for other users.
Q: How does it cost?
A: 100% FREEware.
Q: What made you come up with the idea?
A: A couple of users on a bbs just wanted something different for LORD
1,and one of them jokeing around said "How about a race track to my horse
to?" Since I worked on an ANSI "Race Track" program back in high school, I
just took the code for the race track, and used it in "SMI's Race Trek
2.00beta"
Q: How long did it take to program?
A: Working on and off for several months, then my hard drive crashed. I
lost my backup copy of source for a couple of months. After much
searching on and off I finally find my backup copy. I made some minor
changes to my IGM, then I released into freeware.
Q: Do you have any future projects?
A: Not at this time.
Well If you want to give some Ideas to Charles Please Stop by his web
page and let's see if we can get him to do another Great IGM like this
one!
*** 8 ***
Letter from Bryan Stanbridge
Bryan Turner wrote:
> The Lord IGM Newsletter is Back.
AHA! It's about time..;D I certainly do have some information.
-=-=-
LORD Suburbia v2.00 is currently in development!
There are TONS of new features, bug fixes, and cosmetic changes
(most of which came about thanks to YOU) in this newest version.
I cannot say when it will be out, due to the fact that school started
up for me again and I'm kept busy with that and marching band plus I've
been commissioned to write a couple songs SO, it'll be a while..:)
I am looking for beta testers to test this new version out before I release
it to the public. If you're interested in becoming one just drop me a line
at sorcerer@geocities.com or call my BBS (248-553-2644) and fill out the
on line application. This version will cost $3 to register HOWEVER, if
you've already registered Suburbia (or do before I put out v2.00) you
will receive your new registration code FREE OF CHARGE.
NOTE: If you did not use the on line form I may not have your registration!
Email me again with the registration code you received so I can verify
that you've registered (along with your BBS info) *ONLY* if you did *NOT*
use the form at The Forest On line.
I have no other LORD projects currently planned so this will use all my
free time without preference..;) See ya next newsletter... OH! Those
waiting for the Micropics Newsletter will have to wait until September 15th.
(To subscribe jot me off a note saying you wanna join it).
Bryan Stanbridge <sorcerer@geocities.com>
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Play Lord Via the Internet! - worf@webyte.com
Hello, I am currently running LORD on the net FREE to everyone!
Games include: 4 T-LORD games, Dos Team LORD, LORD II: New World
BONUS game : Planets: TEOS
Main Page: http://www.webyte.com
LORD Page: lord.webyte.com
If you have a JAVA compatible browser, you can simply click on the JAVA
TELNET link and you will be online playing in seconds!
Best of all, it's FREE!!!
Please let me know what ya think :)
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Telnet: webyte.com
Dial-up: (905) 882-6200
Message Origin: WORTH EVERY BYTE
System Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
FREE Legend of the Red Dragon Tournament!
(Telnet - lord.webyte.com)
*** 10 ***
Castle Camelot Web - If you are looking for lord there is a link.
Bryan, I have split up my original Castle Camelot LORD IGMs Page.
All LORD II:New World IGMs and Tournament LORD IGMs are
now listed on my new Castle Camelot LORD II IGMs Page. The
LORD Utilities Page was renamed (filename). Here's the URLs for
the LORD pages only:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/5389/camelot5.html
- Castle Camelot LORD Links Page.
.../cam5link.html -- Castle Camelot LORD Links Summary Page.
.../camelot6.html -- Castle Camelot LORD IGMs Page.
.../camelot7.html -- Castle Camelot LORD II IGMs Page.
.../camelot8.html -- Castle Camelot LORD Utilities Page.
All non-IGM programs for LORD will continue to be listed on my LORD
Utilities Page. I'll redo my source code tonight, to update the
paragraph notes I have telling users about the Lord IGM Newsletter,
to incorporate the new email address for it. Currently, I have 210 LORD
IGMs listed, 111 LORD2 IGMs, and around 11 Tournament LORD IGMs/scripts
listed on my two IGMs pages. And there are several hundred LORD,
LORD II, and T-Lord utilities listed on my Lord Utilities Page.
Hope to see you there!
*** 11 ***
Greetings Fellow L.O.R.D. Lovers!!!
I am pleased to announce that there is now a channel on undernet.org
called #Dark_Cloak_Tavern!
Just access any undernet.org server with mIRC or PircH and join in the
conversations, role-playing
and/or just good fun chat!!
Hope to see you there soon,
Kiteria
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Tech'N Software
OK well alot has changed since the last letter was out :)
I've released the following IGM/updates
- Felicity's Temple for lord 1 version 1.9
- Warrior's Graveyard for Lord 1 version 1.5
- Felicity's Temple for Lord 2 version 1.0
- Warrior's Graveyard for Lord 2 version 1.0
- Ye Olde Farm for Lord 2 version 1.0
As a side note, all my Lord 2 IGMs have received a 5 star rating on teh
official Lord 2 IGM page.
I'm also working on updated to my Lord 2 IGMs that will add different
things, and fix certain problems..
You can dowload all my IGM files from the Tech'n Software Homepage at
http://www.techn.com/ also check there for the latest release news.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Lloyd Hannesson Tech'N Software Support
techn@techn.com
http://www.techn.com/
support@techn.com
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Authors Note: This is a really Nice Web Page!
*** 13 ***
Closing Notes
I hope that you enjoyed it! That is it for this Month. :) If you have
any idea's or suggestions for the Next one Please feel free to contact
me. (They say that I have more addresses that a Stray cat) For Normal
Email please write to smyc@usa.net
Once again if you want to remove Your Name form this List please reply
and put REMOVE in the Subject.
I have been asked to do this as well. If you want a Zip file with all
the igm newsletters you can get them now. To do this you need to write
to lordml@usa.net With the Subject line reading LORDMLZIP once that is
recived from the server the zip file will be coming back to you via
email attach.
We hope that you will give this to all your friends that play Lord, and
if you are a friend that plays lord, and you got this to subscribe,
please send email to lordml@usa.net and in the Subject just have
SUBSCRIBE, You will get a copy of the last newsletter sent to your email
address as a confirmation.
See Ya'll Next time.
"Keep Looking up, Cause' that is where the Red Dragon is!"
bat - 97
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