Post by Ruin on Dec 1, 2014 14:11:34 GMT -5
Happy holidays! time for the December newsletter.
I'd like to thank the veteran players of the game for making the newer players feel welcomed in our community one thing that has always made us stand out from other games is the fact that we don't treat a online irc rpg game like a business but rather for what it is. a bunch of people playing together and helping each other out have a better gaming experience keep it up.
Old site
as some of you remember we have been transferring content from memory and very scattered files due to 000 webhost having taken down the original site when they craped out and the old co-owner not giving us the old files back. either way we stood together during that hard time and have managed to restore just about everything from html to wikidot and made it better than what it was.
Lore
The world lore can be found in aldium.wikidot.com/the-world and is pretty much finished. there are a few things here are there such as history of x and x landmark that could be added but overall, the distance of the continents the oceans,regions capital cities and nations are done.
Upcoming things
Aldium empires: The kingdom building/ contested territory is on hold until further notice. there are other things that have a much much higher priority right now and as always everyone knows i build things where 1 person is needed to run things so that is being looked into whenever i have time.
Class Review: Still looking at the following classes.
Vanguard: Just looking to add more spell maneuvers
Scholar: Looking the class over and adding more scholar secrets.
Gods: The gods now have a bit more detail to them such as holy texts holidays and things of the like. still being worked on.
Awakened Golem: We know people have asked before for something like a warforged or some type of construct that looks "normal" i will be looking into awakened golem and see what can be done from it since we already have a construct type race.
Races : races that have more than one version will be looked into and will be changed from "racial alternates" too "Ethnicities" aldium.wikidot.com/human and aldium.wikidot.com/elf are already done and can be viewed to see the preview. does this mean more Ethnicities will be added in the future? only time will tell.
Lore and Legends
Due to other more important things i had to do the lore and legends section of the website has become the redheaded stepchild of our game. i will look into it and make it to par with the rest of the site.
Game help
Remember new and old players alike. if you need help with something mechanical or something regarding the lore only come to the staff or approved helpers. with that said we don't do 1 to 1 pm (or we try to avoid it we are after all just human) when it comes to helping players. please use the #aldium-shoptalk channel for help and assistance. Now alot of people just don't seem to understand why we do it this way so let me explain why.
1. because all of the staff members can see it and if the answer given to you is wrong then another staff member can correct them hey we are human after all we make mistakes like you guys.
2. Help time is help time is not socialize bond time the help channel is the only channel in the game that is "Internet serious business" it should be you are there to get help. only staff members and approved helpers are there so it avoids smartases or potshots/snide comments being made to the player that needs help.
3. Sometimes we may not see that you need help on the ooc channel but on shoptalk we will because we know if that channel blinks red it means only one thing and that is someone is there because they need help one way or another.
Read read read
Remember folks the topic changes alot on the ooc room make sure you pay attention when you log in. if your too lazy to scroll up type /hop and you leave/enter real quick and can see it. Reading all topics are important but the other channels rarely have a topic change not as often as the ooc room.
Dms wanted
always looking for dungeon masters to host things just remember hosting quests does not make you part of the staff this goes without saying but i have to say it anyhow cause we have had problems where dungeonmasters get too big for their briches because they can host and become well... assholes or people we don't want to deal with.
Necromancy
i'll be looking into it to see how i can make it more fun but i will be adding some restrictions.
Happy holidays everyone.
I'd like to thank the veteran players of the game for making the newer players feel welcomed in our community one thing that has always made us stand out from other games is the fact that we don't treat a online irc rpg game like a business but rather for what it is. a bunch of people playing together and helping each other out have a better gaming experience keep it up.
Old site
as some of you remember we have been transferring content from memory and very scattered files due to 000 webhost having taken down the original site when they craped out and the old co-owner not giving us the old files back. either way we stood together during that hard time and have managed to restore just about everything from html to wikidot and made it better than what it was.
Lore
The world lore can be found in aldium.wikidot.com/the-world and is pretty much finished. there are a few things here are there such as history of x and x landmark that could be added but overall, the distance of the continents the oceans,regions capital cities and nations are done.
Upcoming things
Aldium empires: The kingdom building/ contested territory is on hold until further notice. there are other things that have a much much higher priority right now and as always everyone knows i build things where 1 person is needed to run things so that is being looked into whenever i have time.
Class Review: Still looking at the following classes.
Vanguard: Just looking to add more spell maneuvers
Scholar: Looking the class over and adding more scholar secrets.
Gods: The gods now have a bit more detail to them such as holy texts holidays and things of the like. still being worked on.
Awakened Golem: We know people have asked before for something like a warforged or some type of construct that looks "normal" i will be looking into awakened golem and see what can be done from it since we already have a construct type race.
Races : races that have more than one version will be looked into and will be changed from "racial alternates" too "Ethnicities" aldium.wikidot.com/human and aldium.wikidot.com/elf are already done and can be viewed to see the preview. does this mean more Ethnicities will be added in the future? only time will tell.
Lore and Legends
Due to other more important things i had to do the lore and legends section of the website has become the redheaded stepchild of our game. i will look into it and make it to par with the rest of the site.
Game help
Remember new and old players alike. if you need help with something mechanical or something regarding the lore only come to the staff or approved helpers. with that said we don't do 1 to 1 pm (or we try to avoid it we are after all just human) when it comes to helping players. please use the #aldium-shoptalk channel for help and assistance. Now alot of people just don't seem to understand why we do it this way so let me explain why.
1. because all of the staff members can see it and if the answer given to you is wrong then another staff member can correct them hey we are human after all we make mistakes like you guys.
2. Help time is help time is not socialize bond time the help channel is the only channel in the game that is "Internet serious business" it should be you are there to get help. only staff members and approved helpers are there so it avoids smartases or potshots/snide comments being made to the player that needs help.
3. Sometimes we may not see that you need help on the ooc channel but on shoptalk we will because we know if that channel blinks red it means only one thing and that is someone is there because they need help one way or another.
Read read read
Remember folks the topic changes alot on the ooc room make sure you pay attention when you log in. if your too lazy to scroll up type /hop and you leave/enter real quick and can see it. Reading all topics are important but the other channels rarely have a topic change not as often as the ooc room.
Dms wanted
always looking for dungeon masters to host things just remember hosting quests does not make you part of the staff this goes without saying but i have to say it anyhow cause we have had problems where dungeonmasters get too big for their briches because they can host and become well... assholes or people we don't want to deal with.
Necromancy
i'll be looking into it to see how i can make it more fun but i will be adding some restrictions.
Happy holidays everyone.
