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| The Olympia Times issue g1-88 |
| Februrary 28, 1996 |
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| turn 88 137 players http://www.pbm.com/oly/times/ |
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Well everyone has their preference. I don't
waste much time on pikemen in the front row.
They last about as much time as a peasant
against a spider or the like. I prefer to
put my peasants, workers, and sailors in the
front row with my ship captain. While they take
turns dieing and wasting the spiders time, I
take pot shots at them from row 8 with lots of
crossbowmen. I can't tell if my catapults in
the front row are taking hits or not, but not
many of my front line actually die. In row 9
I put my beastmaster with a couple spare peasants
in case all my sailors die. This protects
the one who will gather in the spiders, which
are the real prize, and makes sure I can
sail away again. The ship captain is protected
because he is the stack leader and takes
hits last.
-- The day of Rest [ju3]
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S. CAMARIS Update
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Monthly notice: any new visitors to our
fair isle should notify us in advance.
-- The Crazy Quilters [vn7]
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The First Bank of Provinia has offices in some of the major cities
on the continent of Provinia. The FBoP offers the following facilities.
o Special offers for New Olympia Players.
o Excellent Interest Rates on Bank Accounts.
o A Fast and Efficient Courier Service.
o Money Transfers.
o Short and Long Term Loans.
o Insurance Policies.
o Pawn Broking Service.
Call in at your local branch for further details.
-- First Bank of Provinia [v0z]
Customer Testamonial on behalf of the First Bank of Provinia
Greetings, Provinians! My name's Jech Ercheflo the Friendly
Thin Guy. I'm a Trader. I travel Provinia buying and selling
and trading everything from the highest grade avinia leaf to the
cheap woven baskets that I buy off of broke lowlifes in Imperial
City. Now as you might imagine, with half-breeds like Swishbuckler
bending everyone in sight, Provinia is not always as friendly and
peaceful as me. So I don't like carrying large amounts of cash on
a trade run, if you know what I mean. That's why I bank at First
Provinia: low-interest loans, high interest rates, newbie bonuses,
warehouse facilities, shipping services... What else could you
ask for?
So take it from me, Jech Ercheflo the Friendly Thin Guy, don't
wind up lying in the gutters of Imperial City weaving baskets.
Give the the First Bank of Provinia a call. You'll be glad you
did.
-- Jech Ercheflo the Friendly Thin Guy [h3f]
Swishbuckler 2 - he's back, and this time he's someone else!
The anonymous owner of bandit Swishbuckler has saved up some more
noble points and dragons and sent them out to slaughter newbie
nobles again. This time it's Erik the Pink [l0r], currently in ci20
attacking all unarmed nobles.
Happily, his tactics are still no better than his morals and he
avoids taking any profit from this activity by executing all
captives at once. (I'd hate to take on someone this fierce if
he was any good at the game)
Until he's caught and eaten, right-thinking people should avoid
the Ilion/Atnos area unless armed to deal with him. Contact me
for updates or to help in the hunt.
Seen here:
Erik the Pink [l0r], with 54 winged horses, 50 dragons
-- Erik the Well Read [l4o]
Rumors
Now, that we know BtA still exists,
how about someone providing a vision?
Heavy reigns of mercy
From the war diaries of Keldar, Commander 1st Air Corps:
The Rimmon campaign reached something of a climax as the armies
of Math came out of hiding for a showdown. Over a thousand enemy
troops including over six hundred crossbowmen massed against us.
By a quirk of fate, I found myself at the center of the lines and
so it fell to me to lead our troops. We lost well over 100 major
beasts, and many smaller ones, but the men were no match for our
armies. But never have I seen such valor: they died to a man,
fighting to the last. I still recall the scene at the end: a lone
crossbowman remaining standing, his comrades lying dead as far as
the eye can see, an entire phalanx of dragons closing in. Calmly
he loads a quarrel into his bow, raises it to his shoulder and
fires. It was enough to make one wish a dragon would fall, to
honor his memory. Such courage could not go unrewarded, and I
resolved to give these men what they were fighting for: I ordered
that the city not be sacked, and its people spared.
We occupied Oleg's castle, and took control of Castle Calculus. In
the east, the Halls of Disorder fell, as did Castle Escher in Chaos
Centre; casualties were light.
Elements of 1st Air and 1st Mobile were combined to bring 2nd Air
back up to full strength, and we pulled duty doing pacification.
It's one thing to slam into a conveniently stationary castle, quite
another to hunt down the scattered remnants. Incredibly, the entire
High Command staff was struck down by flu, and recent directives
have been garbled and incomplete. This had better change soon, or
the remaining enemy elements will slip through our fingers rather
than being properly cleaned up.
Is there a new Answer Man, or did he just get dumber?
PREPARE TO BE ASSIMILATED - RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
We read rumors of peace in the times.
But in the land I've visited, peace is only a rumor.
Although there seems to have been an information blackout, or boycott
(perhaps those engaged in war think the readership of the Times an
unworthy audience), let it hereafter be known to all that the trials &
tribulations of war have not departed from fair Olympia.
Oh! Atnerks forgive us, but we simple men are driven to murder & rape
our neighbors by our greed!
Alas, Deep in the South, among the rolling hills of Rimon,
the AOO & MAFOC have
slaughtered one another with great abandon. Note also how in the cold
North the heroes of the free people everywhere, the Sons of Dogmatix,
battle
still to maintain their God-given gift of life against the tyranny of the
Whicked
Ancient Order. Truly, the AOO hath given chase to their enemies all over
the globe (or cylinder, properly)!
Oh Ancient Order of Sin! Oh Unholy Juggernaught which all fear! Oh evil
of evil! You
who are a blackness unto yourself! One day (maybe), the freedom-loving
peoples of
Olympia will rise up & slaughter thee (hopefully) with righteous ecstasy!
The people
await only a noble champion to lead the way! As was said before (a long
time before),
The Liberator Cometh!
Like a freedom train, a holy roller, a scourge cleansing rain, the
Liberator's forces
grow & grow. His plans ripen, his armies grow, his brood increases!
With
both hands shall he slaughter thee, the left & the right!
Justice will flow as a river of your blood, oh godless tyrants,
oh you who rule
in the city where the devil is your footsoldier (probably not an
exageration!), your
days are but as a handsbreath! Remember your glory: cold comfort will
it be to you
in the grave, wither the Liberator shall send thee, shortly.
Someone Asked:
> Why does the "Clan with No Name" have no name?
Well, you see, they once had a name, and a very nice one at that.
Everyone liked them because they had such a nice name.
Then one day, while they were hanging abount in the Imperial City,
someone offered them a trade. No one is quite certain who this
person was, but most believe he was a member of the AOO (after all,
aren't they involved in all evil doings in Olympia?). This person
said he had some magic beans, which would grow a beanstalk that
would reach all the way up to the cloudlands, eliminating the need
to fly to get there. The catch was that he wanted the Clan's name in
exchange for the beans.
The Clan thought about it, and took a vote. By a narrow margin, it was
decided to go for the beans, figuring that they could afford a new
name with the riches they'd steal from the giant which they expected
to find there (no one is quite sure just *why* they expected to find
a giant there).
Unfortunately, the bean salesman turned out to really be an orc-oil
salesman (But the Lords of Revelstone claim he isn't one of theirs,
and they *do* have a reputaion of being honest). No giant beanstalk
grew when the beans were planted. A very nice crop of lima beans did
grow, but the plants never got more than a few feet tall.
So now the Clan has no name. They do, however have a very nive lima
bean farm on the eastern edge of the Imperial City.
Someone Else Asked:
> So, if *everyone* knows about the AOO passing characters
> as they drop, then it cannot be cheating. Right?
Reserving judgement on whether passing characters is cheating, it
should be pointed out that just because everyone knows that something
is going on, that doesn't make it "not cheating".
Yet Someone Else Asked:
>what is the use of a sacred grove ??????
Probably a good place for collecting rare foliage.
And Somebody *Else* Asked:
> When one eats the brains of a noble who had skills that cost
> extra noble points(like Magic), does one get those skills
> without expending noble points?
Gee, that'd be *really* nice, wouldn't it?
-- The Answer Guy
_The Enlightened Man_
Shogen asked: "Why does the enlightened man not stand on
his feet and explain himself?" And he also said: "It is
not necessary for speech to come from the tounge."
is it possibel to catch horses in a pasture ????
Why does the Clan With No Name keep trying this?
What do you want for nothin'?
-- Elwood
More money for not so mundane purposes!
Swishbuckler's dead!
Long live Swishbuckler!
Please tell me it ain't so, Joe!
So, if *everyone* knows about the AOO passing characters
as they drop, then it cannot be cheating. Right?
Lotta people park in handicapped spaces and get away with
it. You find that admirable? A rule you break, written or
otherwise, is always and forever broken, whether you get away
with it or not, and the memory of it will always sully
everything you touch, do, and are. Of course, you can always
lie to yourself. It's how a lot of the human race gets out of
bed in the morning. Works for me. Besides, it's just a game,
isn't it. Or does it mean more than that to you?
-A retired dope peddler
the seas grow angry
without the smell of blood
Obviously you're on a different shore from the rest of us.
Count your blessings.
The AOO is the strongest aliance in the game.
They can only be defeated by an aliance of the rest
of us. The time has come to take down the Chataux.
Is This War?
"A sandwitch walks into a bar, and says to the barman.
"a pint of lager, please"
The barmen answers.
"Sorry we don't serve food here"..............DA.DA
The joker.
Is it possible to get a map of this land?
"It's easier to hate me than to face the truth in my words."
