The long-awaited road to the University of Puddleby has been completed!

Roadway signage in East Farms.

While construction is complete, please do not be under the impression that roadway travel is entirely safe.

I was accosted several times during my journey.

Here's how the new road ends at its destination, the University of Puddleby.

Chaos Storm #639 has swept the Lok'Groton island chain. Please post any changes you have observed and wish to share with others in the comments. If you don't want to read possible spoilers, please do not read any further!

Delta Tao's "What's New" for v636:

2/24/2010 v639
Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun. — Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959)

* The Puddleby Zoning Board has reviewed and approved permits for several shovel-ready construction projects.
* No crashes in 383 days and counting. (Does it still count, now that the server has moved to an entirely new machine, operating system, CPU, etc., etc.?)
* You’ll have to explore to discover the rest of this Chaos Storm’s changes. Enjoy!

Note: After v639, we intend to drop the Mac “.ppc” client, for OS 8-9. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to build and maintain that client. The Carbon (“.osx”) client will not be affected: we’ll keep making that one.

Fen President Largo sent the following announcement to TMN:

I'm currently working on a piece of legislation that changes my position to "Fen President for Life." Based on the singular accomplishments of my presidency (construction of the Alliance Castle, development of new Champion tools, a new era of Exile/Dar'shak Rebel relations), I've decided that this is the best decision for Puddleby. Nobody has ever used this office in the way that I have, and I don't think that we should bother wasting time with any other politicians ever again.

On an unrelated note, the Largocratic complaint department has been moved to the heart of McBolie's. No further comments.

Yours,
-Largo

Discussion on Clan Lord Sentinel.

Starsword Eojek sent to TMN some visionstones (ZIP file, 667K) of the opening of the Alliance Castle.

The Alliance Castle project has been underway for quite some time. Find out more about The Great Alliance.

Discussion on the Clan Lord Sentinel.

Eldon reports on the Clan Lord Sentinel:

Mark your calendars! We're moving!

We are planning on moving to the new server on the evening of February 16th. We'll announce it all in-game, but what will happen is that we'll make an announcement, save the current status of everyone, then it'll be a Wild Tuesday after that. We'll then copy all of the current data to the new server and restart it. Then, we'll announce that everyone should log off the old server and log into the new one at server2.clanlord.com Once we're content that all's well, we'll give the old server a burial at sea or something.

Later on, I'll request an DNS change and then sometime over the next few days, you should change back to server.clanlord.com

Discussion at the Clan Lord Sentinel

The Alliance Castle is open! Here are just a few images. I recommend you plan a visit.

From deep in the TMN archives: a transcript from Town Center from the year 539.

OOC: November 19, 2000

Welcome to Clan Lord!
Use \HELP for a list of commands.
•The healing spell has started.
• You gain experience from your recent studies.
Paramedic starts a spell of gentle warmth.
Paramedic has been studying for 3 hours, 46 minutes.
• It's 1:42am on day 81 of Autumn, 539.
Red Shield is now Clanning.
Teller says, "Hello, Paramedic. Nice to see you."
Paramedic says, "clan balance"
• Your clan’s balance is 5 coins.
The teller shows you your clan’s balance.
Ard Ri is no longer Clanning.
Kor'gah is now Clanning.
Cennedi is now Clanning.
Paramedic thinks, "where is everyone?"
Koppi yells, "McBain reports: McBain's DI Tours- PO Box 1770"
Cuchulain says, "give cennedi 75"
Ratboy is now Clanning.
Papa is no longer Clanning.
Althea is now Clanning.
Jenny is no longer Clanning.
Papa is now Clanning.
Wayne is no longer Clanning.
Cennedi is no longer Clanning.
Rygel is no longer Clanning.
Slyph is now Clanning.
Thadius is now Clanning.
Stone Cold is now Clanning.
Ainvar is now Clanning.
B'hu thinks, "last call for OC2 resqers... we're getting ready to move..."
Swami is no longer Clanning.
Tyking II says, "Hiya"
Paramedic says, "hi"
Claynar is now Clanning.
Icy is now Clanning.
Stone Cold is no longer Clanning.
Scorpio is now Clanning.
Sabbit is now Clanning.
Tyking II says, "Thanks again for the interview, I can't wait to see it in the Fishwrap"
Scorpio is no longer Clanning.
Paramedic says, "sure"
Tyking II is too far away for your explanation.
You gave good karma to Tyking II.
Icy thinks, "swami fallen in south east farms in a rat hut"
Biff is sharing experiences with you.
Icy is no longer Clanning.
Althea says, "hi Para :)"
Nasus says, "neige fallen south of scout now"
Althea is sharing experiences with you.
Swami is now Clanning.
Paramedic says, "Moof."
Althea asks, "moof?"
Bigfat is now Clanning.
Tyking II is no longer Clanning.
Nasus says, "could I get a healer to come"
Ratboy is no longer Clanning.
Biff is still fallen to a Large Vermine.
Paramedic says, "er Thoom"
Gyre thinks, "Neige fallen in S forest a few S of the scout"
Law'n St'ple ponders, "ZZZzzzzzz..."
Lena thinks, "brt - 2 mins"
Claynar yells, "bk me!"
Althea ponders, "no"
Claynar says, "gimmie bk"
Kensington ponders, "Eh?"
Groan is no longer Clanning.
Bigfat ponders, "Anyone know if we got anywhere on the OC Raid?"
Crius yells, "It's 2 o'clock, and all's well."
Althea ponders, "no. go away."
Claynar says, "pleaseee"
Law'n St'ple ponders, "ZZZzzzzzz..."
Claynar says, "gimmie bk"
Crius yells, "It looks pretty quiet in the east Puddleby Farms."
(Claynar hugs Althea)
Noa is now Clanning.
Claynar says, "hug me pleasee"
Claynar is of the People, is male, is a Fighter, and is not wearing the symbol of any clan.
He is holding a roguewood club and a pair of blue pants.
Claynar has 49 good and 37 bad karma.
Gabriel is now Clanning.
Claynar says, "er"
Claynar says, "i mean.."
Claynar says, "BJK me please"
Claynar says, "BK me please"
Claynar exclaims, "BK me please!!"
Fogtripper is no longer Clanning.
Kensington says, "I departed from OC4 awhile ago, dunno if they took it over or not"
(Bigfat hugs Claynar.)
Eek thinks, "Full moon today?"
Claynar says, "noo"
Claynar says, "not hug"
(Boggs draws a pretty lil box around Claynar)
Nasus thinks, "was earlier"
Agratis Voran is no longer Clanning.
(Althea grins)
You begin sharing your experiences with Kensington.
Kensington yells, "bad kitty@"
Kensington is sharing experiences with you.
Sylune is now Clanning.
Johan is now Clanning.
Nyt'Shade thinks, "anyone have orga berries for sale?"
Kensington ponders, "He must have worms or something"
Spad is no longer Clanning.
Althea ponders, "no"
Law'n St'ple ponders, "ZZZzzzzzz..."
(Althea grins)
Althea asks, "what's new Para?"
Cuchulain is no longer Clanning.
Bigfat is no longer Clanning.
Paramedic says, "not much"
Claynar is no longer Clanning.
Archerford is now Clanning.
Bubbles thinks, "Someone give me a hand quickly W of OC if you're in OC :)"
Alcon thinks, "Would anyone sell an oe? I'm offering 50 coins"
Koppi yells, "Brae reports: Support the Puddleby Encyclopedia Project, help us by writing entries or sending us links! http://www.puddleopedia.org"

Chaos Storm #636 has swept the Lok'Groton island chain. Please post any changes you have observed and wish to share with others in the comments. If you don't want to read possible spoilers, please do not read any further!

Delta Tao's "What's New" for v636:

2/3/2010 v636
Listen, lad. I’ve built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. All the kings said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show ’em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. An’ that’s what you’re gonna get, lad — the strongest castle in these islands. — Monty Python and the Holy Grail

* New quests, new monsters, new areas. Have fun exploring.
* No crashes in 362 days and counting. The record is 723 days. Halfway there!
* You’ll have to explore to discover the rest of this Chaos Storm’s changes. Enjoy!