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Hi all,
Well, its that Summer time again, when all lurking computer geeks find ways
and reasons to head for sunny pastures to lie on warm rocks and drink cold
ones. I've noticed a lot of people have been gone lately, and I am soon to
join them.
I want to make everyone aware of the fact that I'll be on a Summer camping
and road trip with my family for three weeks. I'll be leaving around July 17th
and return around August 8th. I'll not have any access at that time, and so
all mails or business with or to me as an Admin will have to wait until my
return when I will wield the Shovel of Pain and begin to unearth myself from
anything people choose to bury me in while I'm gone.
I've not been able to do my regular update for June due to being too busy RL
to get my act together here. That being the case, I'll give a few snippets of
things I'm aware of that have taken place since last update, and then I'll
post one at the end of August to summarize the Summer.
New developments:
- Fantastic progress (tm) has been achieved with development of the
revised official Genesis client thanks to work by Eowul, Cotillion,
and Mercade. They, in collaboration have been achieving great things,
which are meant to provide a real alternative to zmud that works in
a web browser. It really is looking great!
- Kellon has resurfaced in Krynn and is nearing completion of his new
areas in Kurinost. New content - *cheer!*
- Boreaulam has been in to work a bit more on his expansion of the
Goblin Caves in Sparkle.
- Discussion has continued on the final work toward recode completion
for the Morgul Mages. We are very close, thanks to hard work by Eowul.
- Much discussion has taken place for recode of the Shadow Union. No
alpha date has been set yet.
- The results from the alpha test for the Elemental Worshippers have
been used by Petros to move to a beta test, which has now begun.
- A new promotional poster specifically geared toward gaming convention
use is halfway through the design process with Denis Loubet, and looking
tremendous. It features actual images of many of the guilds and races
in Genesis.
- Magic map support of the Gondor domain has been established with the
initial effort of display for Pelargir. Efforts will expand north from
there.
That's what I can think of for now. I'll give more complete and comprehensive
info when I return mid-August.
Till then, enjoy the Summer weather, and keep spreading the word about our
great game! :-)
Off to commune with nature,
G.