Maggie,

As you know, Jessica at ACPL suggested the players of AC1 to start a petition to get and expansion pack rolling. We'll ... someone did!

Here is the link.
http://www.petitiononline.com/acxpack/petition.html

Please post it on your site and it was great to finally meet you at ACPL!

Thank you and keep up the great work!

Sushimoe


Hi Sushimoe -
It was great to meet you too! As always, the ACPL was fun, fun, fun!! Thanks very much to you, and to the many others, who sent the link to the expansion pack petition. I'm all for it!

- Maggie the Jackcat

July  2003 - What's the Name of the New Town? - NEW!

Hey Maggie :) Did you get a chance to hear what the name of the new upcoming town is going to be? I'm eager to know :)

Thanks

Storms Rage of HG

Hi Storms Rage -
Yes, they announced the name of the new town at the ACPL: Candeth Keep!

- Maggie the Jackcat

July  2003 - Wonderful Changes to Daggers Page

Wonderful changes to Dagger page! But... along with max damage/bonuses could you also please include best variance as this may vary as well?

Gouru

Hi Gouru -
Yes! I can! See? Completely accommodating mood this evening.

If you could please just compile the complete list for me and send me an email, I'll be happy to add it!

(Heh. I never fail to amuse myself.)

All kidding aside, it's on the list! And as many times as I've used that tired old joke, I actually *got* one of those emails in my Inbox this morning from a friendly player named boneyard! It's not complete, but it's a great start. I'll be adding the info to the sports pages as I'm able.

- Maggie the Jackcat

Hello, Maggie. I've just been reading your letters page. They are, as usual, fine and entertaining. They also induce a certain, er, nostalgia for the good old days of November, 2002. That is because they were written in November 2002. As I said, fine material!

I propose some NEW letters! How about April, 2003?? I'm sure that in some nook or closet there is a steadily growing pile of April emails accumulating! I betcha many of them are absolutely funny and fascinating.

Hey, are we going to the ACPL this year?

Ned Cleversun of TD
Level 98 Archer/Mage

Hello, my wonderful vassal!
Look! All your incessant nagging and pestering and wheedling and whining has finally paid off. I am updating my Letters section! Your email was also a little, er, nostalgia inducing, but I thought it'd be a fine one to get back into the groove with. It has an added benefit of showing people that I'm serious when I say because of the volume of mail I receive, I cannot give personal responses. See? I don't even answer my own vassal's email! ;-)

And not to worry about all the missing months! I will be filling them in over time. I already have a nice batch from December 2002, selected and ready to go. It will be fun! A walk down memory lane!

Yes, we are going to the ACPL. I'm sorry to tell you, however, that the LARP (Live Action Role Playing) has been canceled due to lack of interest. *sigh* Now no one will get to see you dressed up like Ulgrim. You looked so cute waving your mug of stout around, ranting about the Virindi!!!

- Maggie

July 2003 - Last Night's Dirk

Sorry I had to bugger out last night towards the end of the quest. I just wanted to let you know that you can make it through the room of rolling balls WITHOUT jumping on the platforms.

I went back to the dungeon this morning. In the room of rolling death, run over and stand UNDER the first platform on the left that causes all of the balls to explode. Just hang there until you feel comfortable with where the ball spawn, and how they roll, and run straight across into the portal.

I made it once and thought I was lucky, only to find out that my jump wasn't high enough for room two. Being the mage I am, I had a bow, but no arrows. I promptly recalled out grabbed some arrows and did it a second time. So I'm fairly confident in saying that it can be done consistently; if I did it twice without a death, any could learn how!

One other thing I didn't see listed. In the room after the rolling balls, there are arrows that continually hit you. My personal suggestion would be to buff up before doing the rolling balls of death, and be ready to whip out that bow and arrow! ;-)

Dumbledore of TD
Level 126 Mage
 

Hi Dumbledore -
Thanks for the great info. For a quest whose most ferocious opponents are a spinning puzzle box and a stationary target, that certainly was one heart-pounding nerve-wracking adventure! I couldn't believe it when I made it across the platforms over the rolling balls of death and through the Eagle's Sight portal. Thank heavens for the hours Danier patiently spent with me in Artifex Vault teaching me how to jump, after my numerous embarrassing attempts at the Major Smoldering Stone. Nonetheless, I still panicked and dumped 40 points into my Jump skill right on the spot after watching one person after another get crushed flat as a pancake right before my eyes. Your fellow Dumbledore has died! Your fellow Dutchess of Windsor has died! Your fellow.... It just went on!!

As Pick al-C said after making it through, "Can you believe it? My hands are shaking!" Harrowing, to be sure. But holy moly, that was fun!!

- Maggie the Jackcat

July 2003 - Gratitude

Hi Maggie!
I just wanted to say thanks to you for all that you do for the players of AC.

I recently purchased AC:DM for myself and my lovely wife. We love the game, but aside from the newbie quests, a lot of the game was a mystery not easily cracked by a couple of ol' farts like ourselves. After joining a 'guild' (Knights Who Say Ni!), we quickly learned that the best place for information was your site. Quickly I learned to find a vast amount of information about the game here, both big and small in detail. Each day at work I study the site's many pages to look for what my wife and myself can quest for later that night.

You have poured so much of your energy into this site, and while I'm sure you get praise from many of your in-game friends, I just wanted you to know that the new players (yes, many still are buying it for the first time) of AC truly truly truly appreciate what you do, and thank you for the effort you put forth. Keep up the good work, and even though the game may be old or burnout has arrived for many, this site is needed more than ever by us new folks.

You're very kind and generous with your time, so it was the least I could do to send you a thank you. We luv ya kiddo, you rock!

Rommy Ranger of SC
Knights Who Say Ni!
Level 45 Tank Archer
 

Hi Rommy Ranger -
Welcome to Dereth!! Thank you so much for your letter. I don't know how much of the site you've read so far, but you'll eventually discover that I love this kind of mail. In my book, there's no such thing as too much praise. I just lap it up! ;-)

I'm glad you and your wife are enjoying the game, and glad you're enjoying the site. I promise not to tell your boss that you're reading it while on the job!! ;-)