Danny

The rules on RP before hand, and the other player needing to be aware before it starts still stand, of course. Exactly the attitude we need, :) In case you failed to realise, the poll was entirely flawed due to the amount of accounts used to fake votes - hence, we don't even have an accurate account to base this on - exactly why we're trying it out.

I'm sure that a player will be happy to RP fight when it come down to cases such as that.

Well, greetings ladies and men, As the title says, we've made a decision on the way we're going to be dealing with combat on the server. This has been a decision that has most definitely taken a ridiculously long amount of time to make, and for that, I truly do apologise - however, I'm glad that I can finally say that we've eventually come to a verdict. From this point onwards, combat is now - as it used to be - PVP default*. *So, yep, PVP is now default. However: if you are going to enter into combat with a magic user, the combat does then default to roleplay fighting. It will remain like that until Nexus arrives and Magic Users have equal ability in PVP - however, until then, you must ensure that you roleplay fight if in combat with a magic user (unless there are more than 4 players involved -- then default to PVP). I'm sure there's going to be a mixture of reactions from this, including people screaming at their computers (or Macs) and others cheering and wooping all about it. To the former - if you don't agree with the decision, please, give it a chance to be tested and see how things go before complaining and ranting about it. We're putting our trust into you guys to actually do things properly, because quite frankly, we feel that's the best way to run the server. I suppose now would likely be a good time to explain why we've decided to go on with the decision being this. Initially, many of us were wary from returning to a PVP-default system simply because had fears it'd result in things going awfully and the roleplay of the server going downhill. Since then however, the legitimate arguments for PVP-defualt have emerged and I think that many people have changed their decision on the matter. With Nexus' upcoming release, we would be introducing PVP-default anyway due to the features of it, however, honestly, what's the need in waiting that long? The server worked well with the system in the past, and I'm sure it will now. So, yep - PVP-default unless against magic users. If you remain against the idea of PVP-default then, please, allow us to give it a chance before trying to behead us for such an 'atrocious decision'. If combat goes into the dumps because of it, we'll change it back -- otherwise, and I'm sure we have, we'll have made the right decision. In addition to this however, I suppose it is worth me noting here acknowledgement to the recent thread about VA-removal. We've seen it, and it is being discussed between the VAT, GM and Admin teams. We'll make sure we don't take as long as we did with this to come to a decision on that. Now, have a fantastic day, enjoy your roleplay, and goodnight. And remember, don't 'QQ' until we see how it goes. P.S. The Dwarves managed to beat us at the GM village. Hmph. Just to Clarify: If both (/all) players want to RP fight, then that's fine. If you's cant agree, it's PVP. You must roleplay before fighting, and inform the other player that you're about to PVP (giving them chance to read and respond) - you can't just attack them!

Howdy ladies and folks, Just a small thread that I want you guys to vote on, and preferably to discuss below. I want to know exactly what you lot think about the way the server's going, the recent changes, and things along those lines. This is simply to gauge opinion -- it doesn't mean we're taking action, or intending on taking action on these things. This is mainly so that I can personally get an idea of what you folk think on these things, as they're all rather important. In addition to this, keep an eye out for the 'Community Survey' that Sparrow's working on in the near future - it goes into a lot more depth with the questions it asks you. This is simply a general feedback poll. Just pop up a vote on the poll and it'd be fantastic if you could all also post replies with your actual feedback on the points also, cheers! Whilst you're doing so, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1RtIE5gFN0 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD5uniFPoir3oR6eYVU9YHg/videos

I'll have one written up shortly - in the mean time, just use the current one w/o the OOC section (change to Old account name, new account name).

The Lord of the Craft Application Format! Hello there applicant! Welcome to the Lord of the Craft. This page will guide you through applying to the server and give you everything you need to be accepted. Please take your time to read this entire post, as it truly will help you! First-off, please have a read of these quick rules before you go any further: Everything in your application must be your own work! Not that of Google, your friend or another applicant - solely yours. If your application is denied, you need to wait a full 24 hours before re-applying - not any earlier - take this time to look over your application and correct the errors. You may only post up to five applications each month. Your character can't be royal, an important character, come from lands other than those in the server lore or have any form of magical qualities. Your character must be over eighteen years old (once your accepted, you can have a character of any age). You need to read the server rules before applying - find them here. Now that we've gone past the boring part - you can now actually create your character. Before actually writing your application think about what kind of character you want to play - try and make it different from everyone else's, rather than having the exact same character as another player. Now, we've got a few tips before you actually go onto applying: Be totally honest on your application - we don't care about your age - you wont be denied for being too young. It's simply for demographics. Make sure you read up on your race first and include bits of the lore in your biography, etc. Put time and effort into your application - in the long run it all pays off. So, eventually, you can now actually apply. It's a simple process - you write your application (following our format), post it and then we review it. If you're accepted, wait for your application to be Implemented - whitelisted - and if you're denied: wait the 24 hours, fix the mistakes, and repost. Now, the format - simply copy and paste the form below and go here! Make sure you answer every question as well as you can!

Greetings squires and squiresses, August’s newsletter has arrived. Right here. Right now. Viper wrote up a post in late July explaining our plans for the relatively near future, so make sure you check it out - here - it’s worth a read. Otherwise, let’s crack on. P.S. Yup, I said it’d by up on Saturday. Tough, it’s up today. :) The Application System This is something that Viper didn’t include in his ‘Future’ thread, because we hadn’t actually done anything about it until Friday. We’re redoing our application system - yup, again. If we look back at the old system (you can see it here ( http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/26060- ), on my original application) - it was simple. Nothing OTT. However, since then, we’ve changed from an easy - but useful - application system into what can only be described as a tiresome chore. We’re going back to the way it once was (but a bit more testing, obviously). But, we’re doing it in a way where it’s not simply “Hey, let’s make it easy AF”. We’re including definitions, character creation and the out-of-character questions of course, however we’ve thrown out the things that really didn’t actually give us any help understanding the applicant. We’re putting much more of a focus on having an applicant actually develop their character, rather than be forced into writing things that won't help them or us. In addition to that, racial applications are also out the window. When we introduced them it was under the impression people would get a better understanding of their race - truly, they haven’t helped particularly much, so they’re going as they’re just a hinderance. Also, on the application thread itself, there isn’t going to be the English-language lesson we previously had, nor is there going to be a wall of text to read before you apply - instead, we’re aiming for a much smoother and friendlier post. I can’t really say when we’ll put this into effect - but expect it in the near future. We need to iron a few things out before we can throw it up. Keep in mind also that this is still very much in the air, we’re still talking about it - so some of the things said above, might not even be in the final product! Oh, and did I mention - Congratulations to Rhia - who’s the new GM head of the Application Team. Yay for Rhia. If you’re wanting to join the Application Team, now’s the perfect time to do so - we’ll welcome you with open arms. Bloody Dwarves So, it emerges that The Kingdom of Urguan has declared war on us GMs - atrocious, I know! They’re so horribly mean. Whilst I don’t actually know when this battle will occur, it’ll undoubtedly be streamed or video’d so you’ll all be able to see it. Most importantly. you’ll be able to see Willie McDougall (played by myself) knock some dwarves to the ground, and pound them into dust with his spoon. They’ve even given himself a bloody unfair advantage, I mean look at this (from the terms)!: “No use of Ban-hammer unless justified”. Just wow. Know what makes it even worse?: “No God-Mode”. Snap. That’s a real thorn in the arse. I’m just messin’. I’m personally looking forward to this - it’s the first time anyone’s dared to launch a full scale war on us - there’s only been the occasional bandit raid. If you want to read the warclaim, you can pop over here ( http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/94213- ) and give it a read - it’s worth it (if you ignore the amount of rubbish in the reply section, :) ). Chess? Yup, and I thought I’d seen it all. We’ve now got ‘the Anthosian Chess Tournament’ kicking off. You can have a wee read about it here ( http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/94107- ) - and if you want enter. It’s a legitimate in-RP chess tourney, with the chance of winning a full 2000 minas! Gate Tolls by the Halflings! The Halflings at Lenfarthing have introduced a gate toll due to you lot causing them bother. They’ve even chosen different costs for different races and groups. If you’re a druid you’re in luck - they’ll let you in free. If you’re an orc, not so lucky - you ain’t getting in at all. What’s worse, if you don’t agree to pay their toll - you’re in for some trouble, including: “trampled onions, salted grass, free ale, or imprisonment and torture”. Indeed, you’ll be imprisoned and tortured by the Halflings - so make sure you pay that bloody toll! Read the full thread, here: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/94288- A History of War Dakr (Pok) - the Scribe to the Orcish Rex compiled a document detailing the wars of Aegis, Asulon, Kalos, Elysium and Anthos back in April - I only just found it after it was updated recently. It’s great to run your eyes down and to tick off the battles that you’ve been present at and gives you the chance to have a wee moment of reminiscence. He’s done a brilliant job, so make sure you head on over and give it a read here: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/85645- Cartography! I’ve long wanted to see a beautifully crafted map of Anthos - and hey, whilst writing this, I found one. It’s easy to look at, up to date, and accurate. Just check it out: Aetosion did a great job on this - working off of Godness_Aurea’s original base - he’s not just made a simple map of Anthos, but also two fantastic animated maps which show: The Fall of the Holy Oren Empire - http://bit.ly/lotc-of The Rise of the Grand Kingdom of Urguan - http://bit.ly/lotc-ur If you like them, pop on over to his thread to keep an eye out for future updates to it - it’s simply wonderful. The thread’s right here: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/91246- The Flagship I also recently came across a rather fantastic post called ‘The Flagship [Volume 11]’ by VonEbs. It appears to me that it’s an in-game newsletter, and it’s really quite great. If you’re elven, or even if you’re not, pop over and give it a read here ( http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/93266- ). Ebs has clearly put quite a bit of time into writing these Volumes so make sure you do check them out - they’re interesting. Whilst I really don’t know that much about it, the previous ones are worth a read if you want to look back on what’s happened in Anthos. The History of the ‘Ironborn’ Another roleplay thread I highly recommend is ‘History of the Ironborn’ by Zezimus. If you’re into long, well written and exciting threads check it out. There isn’t much more I can say on this... So, here: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/93260- Le GM Team July saw two new GMs - Blindmind and AllenTheGreat - they’ve both done absolutely spiffing, and I’m extremely happy to see them with us. I’m sure they’ve both met your expectations and I hope they continue to do so - yay for new GMs. Conclusion This has been a bit of a different newsletter this month - rather than the usual repetitive rubbish, I’d say it’s a bit of an improvement. That’s all for this month, but if you’ve got anything that you’re bursting to ask pop onto TeamSpeak tomorrow (Saturday, 10th) at 11:00 PM UTC+1 (current UK timezone) - please make sure you translate it into your timezone and remember it’s +1 (Daylight Saving)!!! For a bit of info on that, check out the thread I posted for it: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/93781- Have a fantastic month, and a great tomorrow, The Lord of the Craft Staff #Crew

What can I say - Scottish folks > American people.

Hello there ladies and lads, You'll likely have noticed the white text in the welcome screen at the top of the website that said: Yeah, that's changed. The Q&A's now on the 10th of August, at 11PM GMT***** (BST, for you American fools) / 6PM EDT / whatever awkward timezone you live in. Whilst we'll be doing the usual Q&A, we're gonna also start off by discussing some things - and we won't be repeating ourselves - miss something, sorry, but we can't repeat everything. We'll talk about a few pre-decided things initially, then head straight into the Q&A. Just for prior notice, we'll be running the same Q&A system as usual - got a question, PM myself asking for talk power - DO NOT POKE ME - and we'll give you talk power to ask it. Alternatively, PM me the question if you don't want to speak. If your question's the same as someone else's, it wont be answered. We'll let the question be asked / read it out, then call to the most suitable person to answer. Please, don't spam me with trolly questions either - they're simply a pain and don't benefit anything. If I find them amusing however, I guess I may consider answering them, because I'm hilarious like that. So, really, feel free to send some in; but spam me with them, and I'll destroy you. The usual TeamSpeak rules apply - don't swear or act like an ass in the chat - also, don't spam it. We'll try our best to keep the Q&A running for as long as possible as usually they are only around an hour long - so we'll try and get every question done, if we don't - sorry. If you've got any questions, do wait until the night rather than spamming the staff with 'em now! That's it. See you on the 10th, have a brilliant week and a great night! Oh, and remember and be on for that big battle tomorrow, it'll be a great experience. ***** Edit by rittsy: Danny sucks at time zone conversions, so just to prevent people from showing up at the incorrect time because he's a doofus, I will clear things up! The Q&A will be at the decided time of 6:00 PM EDT -4, which is 10:00 PM GMT -0, or 11:00 PM BST +1 if you live in the UK (Ya, who would have guessed that the "British Summer Time" timezone was a British timezone rather than the American timezone Danny said it was? :P). Note, many of you are in timezones that CHANGE due to daylight savings time, such as how the EST -5 timezone becomes EDT -4 during Summer, so be sure that you know what's up in your timezone and don't blame us if you can't figure out when the Q&A is! (You can blame Danny though! ) ***** Edit by Danny: If only Rittsy here realised we still call it GMT over here regardless of DST. :) #Scoland