Lord IGM Authors Newsletter Volume 1
October 30 1997 Issue 6
This Issue contains:
1) Note from the editor
2) Andreas Svendsen
3) Beck
4) Brandon K Harvey
5) Carl Oakley
6) Curious Yellow
7) ebennett@entercomp.com
8) Isaac Laurin
9) "Jam"
10) KingsXe
11) Lloyd Hannesson
12) Matthew Etheridge
13) Miguel A Nieves
14) Tony M. Brown
15) Odin
16) petros
17) Ryan
18) Sneakers
19) Lord Tenchi
20) Thos Swallow
21) Tony Burchette
22) Bryan Turner
23) Closeing stuff
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Note from the Editor
Well this one is going to be a little different from the Past
newsletters. This issue will only cover LORD 2 IGMS. I will go more into
this in a Second.
The last newsletter we had 10 Cancellations, and 3 of those did not go
through. the reason is that the address that I was sending to and the
address that the cancel came from was different. If you do not want this
letter please send me a message telling me what address that it came
to and I will manually remove you from the List. I am sorry for any
inconvenience.
On to the Newsletter:
This is what I did. I wrote a message to every LORD 2 IGM author that
is listed at the official IGM web page. Every message was the exact same
and it contained 5 questions. I got 23 responded back. Some small some
large, I will be putting in the responses to every one I got back just
as they were sent.
Here is my original message:
Well the time is almost here again. This Issue of the lord Igm Authors
Newsletter will be almost totally decaited to LORD 2 IGM's
So I have my List of LORD 2 Authors and you are them. :)
What I would like is an Interview with you, and if you answer these
questions then I will get them added into the Next Release. (OCT 31) I
have to have your answers by OCT 28 in order to get them in.
1) Regarding your favorite Igm that you have written, What makes it
your fav?
2) Where did you come up with the Idea's for your IGM's?
3) Are you working on anything now, and if so can you give my readers a
little in site into what it will be about?
4) Is there anything that you would like to tell my Readers about your
self?
5) Please give me the Name(S) of your IGM's and the best way to get
a hold of them.
So now on to the answers in order that they were recived:
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Andreas Svendsen
rolfas@online.no
1)"The town of Andrew" is my fav. IGM! That is because the other IGMs are
really bad!!!!!!!!!!!
2)I thought of what I would like to have in Lord 2!! The I made the maps
and refs. After that I made the IGM file!
3)Yes, I am working on "The town of Andrew v2.00". It is 6 times larger
than the last version. It has an Inn, two fighting areas and more...
4)Well...only that I like Lord 2 very much and that I not stop to make
IGMs!!!!!!!!
5)"The town of Andrew", "Teleporter House", "Assfamily" and "Giftman". The
best way to get a hold them is to download them from the Lord 2 page:
http://www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm/
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Beck
beck0066@flinders.edu.au
1)Star Trek Bar... only one, latest version is 2.01, i fixed a few bugs on
my BBS and will release 2.02 when i get around to it.
2)I started writing it when Beta 3 was out, and there wasn't much else to
do then and i thought things needed spicing up. It started as a couple of
people wandering the woods and sorta developed.
3)No I started working on a Lord2 World, but i dont think i will ever get
around to finishing it. It was based around a space theme, with ships
and crews and stuff.
4)Nup, pretty average SysOp i think.
5)Star Trek Bar at the IGM site, file name is STBAR201.zip
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Brandon K Harvey
insaneproductions@juno.com
1)I would have to say Scorpion's Den. It has a good mix of things.
Weapons, Healing, and a bartender. The best of everything in the middle
of the desert.
2)I was bored this summer. Grizelda's house i got the idea for that from
the original IGM from LORD.
3)Yeah i am working on Oblivion a game in QuickBasic. I am also working on
some Lord II IGMS that i have in the Raps. I also plan to re-make my
LORD II igms.
4)Well I am 15, I have a Girlfriend (Hey Bonnie) I like to Skaboard, talk
on the phone, hang out and PARTY!! I can type 114 word a minute
5)Grizelda's House V1.00
Scorpion's Den V1.10
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/voi/index.html Verge Of Insanity
Click on Insane Productions
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Carl Oakley
carloak@galaxy.galstar.com
1)It is the only IGM I have written thus far and so it is my favorite by
default
2)For the one I have already written, I came up with the idea of a
teleporter that charged by distance. Not real cheap, but cheap enough
to let players make some profit on a quest, even to Arrisville, and have a
better chance of making it than straight walking. But not a *certainty*
of making it. I believe that IGM's that are too easy are boring and
usually throw the game out of balance. Mine certainly would have if it
had been too easy.
3)Yes. I am working on an IGM that will modify the genran ref file to add
an encounter with the Red Dragon Spoken of in the encounter with the
Dragon Tooth Batallion. There is more to it than just a simple event.
Telling any more would ruin the surprise.
4)I'm just your ordinary citizen with all the problems of everyone else.
Of interest to me but boring to others.
5)Velox Teleporting Co. Latest release v2.00. No name decided for the new
igm yet.
*** 6 ***
Curious Yellow
csyellow@earthlink.net
1) Okay. Here goes. My fav IGM that I've written is BoneTown Concert
Hall. When you ask why, I'm afraid I am forced to say .. because it's
the only one I've written.
2) I came up with the idea for MOSH when I was piddling around with
my band. Alternative rock. Mosh pits. Concerts. All these things swam
through my head, so I incorporated it into LORD2.
3) Heck yeah, I'm working on stuff now. The Dark Forest Ranger's
Station, which will include a pool "quest" (It has to do with
draining the pool and maybe exploring the plumbing.. dunno yet.
Still severely in the works), maybe a haunted house-style thing
4) Let's see.. I'm 15 years old (Will be 16 in April.. BOOYAH!),
Sophomore at high school smack dab in the middle of Missouri.
I've been programming (In QBasic, but it still counts) since I
was about 12 or 13. I've never really gone beyond the scope of A
5) So far, I've just programmed The BoneTown Concert Hall (v2.00
the latest). I guess the best way to get a hold of that would be
at the LORD2 IGM page (the official one)
-- http://www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm, in the <<< 5-STAR
CATEGORY!! >>>. Heh.. gloat session. And Please... E-Mail me
with comments, gripes, ideas, and whatnot. I LOVE Feedback
*** 7 ***
ebennett@entercomp.com
1)Q's Fortress would have to be my favorite, probably cause its the only
one i've written so far
2)the idea for this came from wanting a castle that is secure from the
smackrod and also I think that owning a castle is the best part of the
game
3)i'm always working on upgrading the igm thats out now (Q's Fortress)
but i won't start on anything new till that one is done. As for Q's
Fortress goes I hope to put a quest in the igm sometime.
4)Uh, no
5)Right now the only igm ive made is available at:
http://www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm/
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Isaac Laurin
darkn@geocities.com
1)Well I'm working on two right now (the only two I've ever made) and it's
hard to say which one is my favorite! They're both good!
2)In my head I think :-)
3)As I said I'm working on two IGMs they are Fortress Fear and The Stone
Pass Beach Swimming area. I've got a preview of Fortress Fear out and
it's going to have a lot more put into it later. The swimming area
however is top secret and I can't tell anyone about it :-)
4)Nope
5)Fortress Fear and Stone Pass Beach Swimming Area. You can get Fortress
Fear at the official LORD2 IGM web page.
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"Jam"
davejam@netpage.net.au
1)I'd have to say Torin Castle. It was one of the first to come out and
people loved it at the time.
2)I got my inspiration from Braveheat (Legendary flick) and a few other
old king/knights sorta movies.
3)Well actually no. I have had a few IGM's down on paper for some time
now, but I really don't have the time to write anything up lately. At
the moment I'm running a Blood Bowl league on the net (If you don't
know what BB is then dont worry) So that keeps me very busy.
4)Well, If you want to write an IGM, go ahead! Its not that hard to learn,
just a few basic commands. I didnt plan on publishing any of my IGM's, I
actually was just bored one Saturday morning and decided to give it a
go, and out came Torin Castle. So anyone can make a decent IGM, all
you need is imagination, and a brain. =)
5)Well, I've written 'Castle Camelot' and 'Castle Torin' ... you can get a
hold of these at my web page ...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6476
If you want to ask me anything you can mail me at ...
davejam@netpage.net.au
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KingsXe
KingsXe@aol.com
1)Although we have only written one for fun, I can't really have an
opinion. Once we have time again we will do better, G-Dogg's
Disco Hall was just a "cheap laugh". Now that we know things
better, we plan on improving on ideas.
2)Our twisted minds of course!
3)Not really, maybe improve the one we made, which I though wasn't that
great before we uploaded it. Ideas will come, don't worry.
4)Well, I am part of a programming group that makes.. well, games and
utilities.. We don't pay much attention to REF.. (sorry) All in good
time. About me, eh? Well. If i'm allowed to update this thing
I'll give you some Info, but right now.. were working our @$$ off
just to get a few things done.
5)G-Dogg's DIsco Hall .. Official LORD 2 IGM page and our www site..
which isn't ready..
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Lloyd Hannesson
lloyd@escape.ca
1)Hmm my favorite IGM eh? Well I guess that would have to be
Felicity's Temple. It was my first IGM, so I guess that
would have to make it my favorite. I do however like the
story line of Ye Olde Farm tho <G>. Besides being the first
IGM that I did, Felicity's Temple was my fave also because I
could envision the world that I created. It was modeled after an
actual setting of an Internet MUD that my girlfriend used
to play on. She could of gone on for hours about the people in
the game, but I left most of the details out (boring!?) :) Also
it was the first IGM with secrets in it, I still get email from
people wondering how to find the Janitor, or Felicity's storage room.
2)Most of my ideas for the IGMs came from real life situations,
except for the Warrior's Graveyard. I came up with the idea one
day wondering how bloody the country side in Lord would of been
with no place to put the dead bodies, and so many monsters to kill.
I put in the secret ghosts then because I was at that time addicted
to games like Mortal Kombat and others that had secret characters
to find. It seemed only natural to add these in to increase the
public's love for the IGMs. As for Ye Olde Farm, I was fooling
around with Refs one day during my lunch break at work. I started
bugging a bud of mine about goats for some reason, (I think it
was the talking goat track on the latest Adam Sandler CD that
got me on the topic <G>), so I made a little ref about Kyle
and his encounter with a goat. Of course the one I made that day
was a little more graphic then the one in the game, but I wouldn't
of wanted to share too many of Kyle's secrets. As for the farm
setting, I always though it was a good idea to have one, I just
couldn't get it into the game... Kyle and his obsession with the
goat tied it together.
3)Well i'm working on updated to my lord 2 IGMs, but that's about
it.. I have a few ideas for cool lord2 IGMs, but work and other
things are taking too much of my time up. Hopefully I'll get a
bit more time when Dink Smallwood is released :) Right now sleep is
taking up the little free time I have... Doh!
4)What would I like to tell the readers about myself? Hmm well that's
a hard one... most of my info (pics included) can be found on my
web page ( http://www.escape.ca/~lloyd ). I work for the largest
Internet provider in central Canada doing Network administration
and tech support. It's a fun job, but i'll be going back to
university in January (That will give me more time for my
games :). If any of you out there would like to chat or ask for
tips on IGMs, feel free to email me at support@techn.com, I love
email!
5)The names and latest versions of my IGMs:
Lord 1 IGMs:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Felicity's Temple ver 1.9
The Warrior's Graveyard ver 1.5
Lord 2 IGMs:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Felicity's Temple ver 1.0*
The Warrior's Graveyard ver 1.0*
Ye Olde Farm 1.0*
* = soon to be upgraded to 1.1
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Matthew Etheridge
mc.etheridge@student.qut.edu.au
1)Well, I guess Password Detective is probably the best one that I have
written... It is my favorite because it allows you to really piss
people off by taking over their castles or stealing their money :)
2)Well the two that I have written are both centered around reading the
password file.. I guess thats where I got the idea from - I was just
browsing through the LORD II directory and the idea came to me :)
3)hehe.. nothing at the moment sorry - got lots and lots and lots of Uni
work to do!! REAL Programming :) hehe
4)Not really, I'm a student in Australia studying Information Techology...
it's pretty cool, although I really don't have much time to write
anymore IGM's right now - but in about 2 months I'll be finished and
I'll write heaps! :)
5)I've written two IGMS - Password Detective, and Treehouse Password Man..
the best way to get them is to write email to me and just ask, I'll
attach them :) (or they should be on the LORD II web site, if Bobby
decided to put it online! )
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Miguel A Nieves
codax_dragon@juno.com
1)"The Pit" would have to be my favorite Igm I've written. I love it
because when you jump down the hole 1 mile south of The Dark forest
Gate is it shows you falling. And you scream and all that. It
crack me up!
2)A little Dragon tells me ;)
3)I'm working on several Igms right now, the main one is Greentree Prison
It is a prison and you can meet some of the characters from Les
Miserables. It is actually very complex in the way you have a
different jail cell every time. You can try to escape through
various methods and there are a lot of once a day things.(Watch
out for Hairy Bob) I am also working on "The Pyramid", "Baby
World", and when I finish these and get a CD writer I'm going to
start on my new world "The Dragon and Phoenix War"
4)I love Dragons!
5)The Pit, The Pond, The Cave of Hope and Despair, Dragon's
Den Housing. And all my IGMS can be downloaded at The Official
Lord2 igm Page by Bobby Q
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Tony M. Brown
tmbrtmbr@flash.net
1)My favorite IGM that I have written was the Theives' Bridge,
because it was my very first one, and one of the harder ones.
2)Well I come up with the ideas for my IGMs from RPG video games,
movies,tv shows, and books... the greatest learning tool ever
invented, I might add. :-)
3)I am working on a new IGM, that WILL be huge. I might even make a
prequal of Theives' Bridge for LORD 1. I am also working on my
DOS game, Yo Frockin Breakout 3.0b, and my DOS utility, OOP
Compression 2.0.
4)Well I would like to say, that I'm 13 years old, a master of
computers, and a BETA tester for Microsoft... (don't ask
which product, if I were to tell you, I'd get kicked off the
team! I'll tell you its eaither NT5 or Win98) I also run a
webring. It is called the Small Software Companies Webring.
Only small software companies (15 employees or less) can join,
for info, goto http://ttsoft.base.org and click on the webring
info (or the webring thingie at the bottom)
5)Here are the IGMs and their version numbers, and how to get them.
Thieves' Bridge 3.1
Devil's Rage 1.0
The Crack House 1.0
And you can get them all at http://ttsoft.base.org OR
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9842
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Odin
Odin706@aol.com
1)My favorite IGM I've written is Loki's Inn V1.03.
Eighteen private rooms is like having 18 private
castles for my players. I like the ability to change my
name in this IGM as well, however for those sysops who
don't want name or sex changes in their game I've written a
special version that doesn't include name and sex changes.
2)I used to read alot of Robert Howard's books and played
quite a bit of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. I don't like
looking at other authors IGM's (unless they ask me to) just
to be sure that all my ideas will be original.
3)Yes I'm working on a lord II IGM called Valhalla, it will be
my biggest IGM to date, get ready for some serious fun for all level
players. I also make custom IGM's for BBSes <for a small fee> :)
4)Well there's not much to tell! I enjoy writing IGM's for all
of Seth's door games so here I am. I've got alot of free
time and a very understanding wife. <G>
5)The best way to get a hold of the latest version of any
of my IGM's is to visit my Web site.
The URL is http://members.aol.com/odin706/files.html
My IGM's are as follows : Odin's Keep, Quester, Thor and Loki's Inn.
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petros
petros@cobweb.com.au
1)Well that one is easy as The Sea Serpent is the only one I have
had time to do so far.
2)After playing Lord for awhile I just wanted an IGM that did something
different, one that would get me places so to speak.
3)Not yet but once I get some time I plan to add to The Sea Serpent.
4)Not much to tell except that I am 39 years old with 2 kids and
work my butt off so much that I don't get that much time to write
IGM's and that one day I hope that will change.
5)The Sea Serpent and you can get it from www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm
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Ryan
rbassett@iaw.on.ca
1)Well, seeing as how I've only written one IGM, I'd say that my fav
is The NeW oRDeR CoNCeRT HaLL. :) But I also like this IGM because
there is lot's to do, as well as something new for a change, you
can buy a band :)
2)This idea just kind of came to me... I wasn't expecting to come up
with anything like this, and at first it was going to be a type of
Haunted Resort, but I quickly scraped that idea for the Concert
Hall one...
3)Actually right now I'm still in the process of making the Concert
Hall IGM the best that it can possibly be. I'm in the process of
changing it so that you can regulate the ticket price to see your
band.
4)I enjoy playing all kinda of sports, surfing around on the net, and
creating great IGM's
5)THe NeW CoNCeRT HaLL - http://www.iaw.on.ca/~rbassett -or-
The Official Lord II IGM Page:http://www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm/
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Sneakers
sneakers@connect.reach.net
1)Well...the only IGM i finished was Knotwood Village. I liked how it
turned out, and wanted to do more, but left it as it was.
2)Well...it's nice to have towns, and had a few ideas, such as the
wishing fountain and travel hut...the castle was gonna be
purchasable, but decided against it. It was more of a test, to
see what i can come up with.
3)I'm working on a new IGM, and want to make it better then the
last one. This one will allow players to enter a crazy
designed castle, and fight stronger monsters, including a
powerful Bahamat. Also, this Igm will have better
graphics, and hopefully more.
4)Well, I live in Canada, and am a video game nut, plus I also draw
in my spare time, and have a collection of over 200 gifs of
characters I created and drew. I plan to go for college to improve
my skills. I enjoy doing art and drawing, and when doing the IGMs,
I like to make it look pleasing. I also hope to have my characters
in a video game in the future, and perhaps even work on animation.
5)Knotwood Village is found on Bobby's official Lord 2 IGM page (not
sure of the address offhand.)
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Lord Tenchi
jurai355@juno.com
1&2)Tenchi's House is the only LORD 2 IGM I've ever written so far. It's a
very basic IGM I wrote in under two days. The inspiration for this
wonderfully bland IGM came from the Japanese Animation series "Tenchi
Muyo!" (AWESOME series!). This IGM features a house which can be bought
for $1500 and an item shop which sells weapons and armor based on the
series it came from (which, unfortunately, overwrites the ITEMS.DAT).
You can also fight a powerful character from the Tenchi Muyo! in Love
movie, A-1 Class Criminal Kain (goes great with steak...). You can
probably catch this movie on the Sci-Fi Channel... but anyway...
3)I AM working on a new IGM for LORD 2. I decided to do so in an attempt
to gain a higher rating at The Official LORD2 IGM Page
(http://www.shelby.net/wizards/l2igm) where my IGM got two stars
(out of a possible five). You can find my IGM there under the one to
two star section. Oh, about my new IGM... sorry, I'm not saying
ANYTHING about it except that it's meant for team play plus there
won't be anymore overwriting ITEMS.DAT or other IGMs (like I did
with Tenchi's House... boy did I learn my lesson...).
4)Wanna know more about me? Sorry, I'm not giving any personal
information away... I'll just say I'm kind of new at programming.
I know a little BASIC and a little Turbo Pascal, so don't expect
nice IGMs like Felicity's Temple or Figaro Castle (you guys have
GREAT IGMs, by the way...). I also like Final Fantasy VII, which
is REALLY distracting me from completing my new IGM!!! If you
played it, you'd be distracted too!
5)Questions or comments can be directed to: jurai355@juno.com
OR mokona@juno.com
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Thos Swallow
springfang@hotmail.com
1)I have only written one LORD2 IGM, and so it is my favorite. It is
filled with all sorts of things that I had never seen on any other
LORD2 IGMs.
2)The ideas for my IGM came mainly from what I like about the old IGMs
for LORD1. I thought that it would be cool if players could buy
stats and things. I also wanted there to be a couple secret things
to make it more interesting.
3)I actually started an IGM about two months ago, but I haven't done
much on it for a loooong time. Basically, you get teleported into
the middle of a war. The two armies pressure you into joining them,
but you don't know what they're fighting over. However, you HAVE
to join one of them. Once you do, you get your mission. This IGM
will be VERY complex, involving team play and some other new features
that I have yet to see in any other IGMs. Also, the enemies and
challenges in it will build off of your stats, so that it's always
a challenge, no matter how powerful you are...
Also, I started working on a New World, but I doubt that I'll ever
finish it. If anyone would like to do the graphics for me, I would
appreciate it. I have lots of cool ideas, but neither the time nor
the artistic talent to implement them. I CAN do all the coding.
4)I really enjoy original and intuitive ways of looking at things.
I would encourage all of you who want to author your own IGM to not
just do it to do it. You should think your way through it and try
to make something new. Anyone can pop out a buyable place or a
whore house or something in a matter of minutes. Be creative,
don't just copy everyone else. We have WAY too many lousy IGMs.
5)My IGM is called SpringFang's House of Wonders. It is currently
at version 1.9. There are two ways that I know of to get it:
1. Off of the "Hot IGMs" page on the Official LORD2 IGM Page, or
2. Off of my home page which is at:
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/springfang/
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Tony Burchette
toshda@earthlink.net
1)My fav. is Solace probable because it takes place in one
of my favorite books.
2)I got my idea for Solace from Dragonlance Chronicles.
3)I am sorry to say I am not working on anything right now.
4)I am 14, so if I can make a IGM anyone can.And my webpage is
http://www.geocities.com/~boomarang
5)My IGM's name is SOLACE and the best way to get a hold of
it is to go to the official LORD2 IGM page.
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Bryan Turner
smyc@usa.net
1)Only one and it is my favorite out of all that I have
seen. Seasons 97
2)The Idea is an old one that was done by Ken Weitzel, It is
a way to let your Lord Players remember that there is a time
of year to give. But with out Robby Dittmann's help I would not
of had anything. He took my code and re-did it to a workable
IGM.
3)I am not and will not be working on any lord 2 IGM's anymore
I am working on a doorgame called City States, along with 3 other
projects. City States is on the top of my list right now.
4)Anyone that read's this knows everything about me. :)
5)Seasons 97 can be downloaded from http://web2.insanitybbs.com/bat
in the lord area.
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Closeing stuff
Well that is it, I hope you like it. Due to the responses that I
recived I have set up all the back issues on line. To get to them
you can go to http://web2.insanitybbs.com/bat/lord.html
Next Issue will be on December 30th and I will be going back to the old
format of letting the Authors write all the articles for me.. :)
And remember....
Keep looking up 'cause there is a Dragon up there!
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