Welcome to my Lord IGM Authors Newsletter. This is Issue #4, of Volume 1, and covers July-September 2000 events. The newsletter is quarterly in nature. The next issue will be released in mid-December. Anyone who is an author, webmaster, or fan of LORD, LORD II, or Tournament LORD can participate in this newsletter. I will also accept anything relating to the Planets: TEOS programs for inclusion. All entries are listed alphabetically by author's last name, or by web-site title. All future issues, including this one, are developed as HTML web-pages. A text version is created for public distribution via my LordNews mailing list on Listbot. See my LORD Links Page if you wish to sign up for the mailing list.
Entries are listed as follows: Active Section contains all entries
submitted by active authors/webmasters. Inactive Section lists those
self-classified, or classified by me, as being Inactive. The "Dead Sites"
list is for those whose email addresses are invalid, or whose web-sites
are over a year without update. Those in particular will not be included
in future newsletter coverage, unless I hear from the author by Email.
Primarily, an author is listed as Inactive if they (a) haven't released
anything for Lord since Spring, (b) have not written me in the last 3
months, or (c) their web-site has not been updated in the last 3 months
significantly. Anyone currently listed as (fully) Inactive, unless I hear
from them, or they show conclusively they are Active, will be omitted from
future newsletter issues. To be active, one must be actively working on
Lord programming or Lord-related web-sites, or otherwise involved in the
Lord community.
If anyone knows of an update for the Ballistic Labs' QWKIGM program, please write me and Marty Blankenship with details. The last known version we have is v1.40. Marc Ryan would appreciate help from other Lord IGM authors in learning how to do Lord programming better, and understanding how registration codes work in Lord programs. Old Lord authors are requested to contact me with details on what they are up to, whether they are still supporting their programs, and whether they plan to resume Lord programming or not. I would especially like to hear from Jay/Cammy Cochrane, of Wonderland Software.
As of 5:00 am, Sept. 19, 2000, primary development of this HTML
Web-page, and the Listbot Text version, is now completed. Page count
info: 19 pages are required for printing. Newsletter released via Listbot
to mailing list members, in three parts, by midnight, Sept. 19,
2000. Newsletter issue addendum composed and sent out via Listbot, on
Sept. 20, 2000. Archived inside ccigm-04.zip as ccigm04d.txt. I hope
everyone enjoys their newsletter reading now. 9/20/2000. 2:50 am.
10/07/2000: Added ccigm04d.txt file to the ccigm-4h.zip archive file. Status update message released via Listbot on October 05, covering September 20 - October 05 Lord news updates. Revised page to replace the access counter code. Revised Closing Section notes.
12/10/01: The LordNews mailing list is used to distribute newsletter status/update reports or actual issue release files to members. To subscribe to the current list, do the following. Send email message to listserve@fidotel.com. In message, say "subscribe lordnews". If you wish to use an alternate email account, specify it on that line. There is a form dialog on my LORD Links Page which you may use to subscribe quickly and easily.
02/07/02: Issue overhaul notes. Moving some paragraphs into
cc04-notes.txt file, inside ccigm-4h.zip, that are no longer needed.
Should your antivirus program indicate an virus in this archive, do
not worry. There is no executable files included. The virus scan
trips over the contents of the included gfx.ref file.
12/10/01: The LordNews mailing list is used to distribute newsletter status/update reports or actual issue release files to members. 09/13/02: The second HTML Form was added to LordNews Issue #12's web-page on Aug. 27, 2002. LadyScripts Mailing List is for public discussion of LADY Scripts programming ONLY.
06/27/2007: Replaced old LordNews/LadyScripts Lists section with new HTML Form dialog code.
Subscribing to LordNews List: Use the following HTML Form. Non-LORD usage is prohibited, except for limited use for BBS-related discussion. Send your messages to LordNews (at) legendarydragons.com.
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New sites, or ones recently discovered: Tech'N Software - reopened by Lloyd Hannesson in early August 2000. Purple Haze Site - Abandoned site, worthless email address given. LORD IGMs - Sallee Huber. A very good collection of Lord IGM playing hints. Web-site address changes: Elysium Software, as of February 2002, is located at http://www.elysoft.net/. Canucksoft has been moved to GeoCities by Michael Bujold, due to hassles from the recent merger of Xoom with NBC. And the LordNet Homepage, by Rick Parrish, was moved to the Lord Legacy server. No other Lord site openings are known for this issue's time period. Site Closures: IceRage Technologies, and Blackfist site. WT-LORD is now unsupported based on people's inability to reach Marcelletti via Email. LORD Reborn site - not closed, but replaced basically by the LORD Legacy site.
Section update notes: 01/20/02: The IceRage site was
reopened in July 2001 at http://fidotel.com:82/public/icerage.htm..
WT-Lord supported by author to limited degree, due to loss of its
source code. 01/22/02: Elysium relocated to www.elysoft.net.
LordNet work dropped last year by Rick Parrish. He was returning to college,
and just didn't have time to work on it. Michael Preslar is going to update
the program himself over time. 02/07/02: WT-Lord is being rewritten
by Marcelletti, thanks to the efforts of Janet Terry and others.
04/02/01 Notes: Elysium
Software released a few Lord/Lord II programs last year. No valid
email address known for Eric Vinson. Michael Bujold classified
semi-inactive. LordNet Homepage, classified a "Dead Site" - no activity
in over a year. Note, from Issue #4 Addendum: I discovered in September
2000, while reviewing my old archive files for closed Lord sites, that
Eric Vinson was the writer of the Exile to Another World Lord2 program.
Like many other Lord II new world programs, I think it was abandoned.
01/22/02: Due to lack of email contact, Eric Vinson, Michael
Bujold are classified former Lord authors, and the Bujold site is
now categorized as abandoned.
The following pages were updated with new swimsuit or waterfall
pictures, during the last two and a half months. Castle Camelot
Swimsuit Links Page,
Waterfalls Homepage, Browser Resources
Page, LORD Utilities Page,
Castle Camelot Index Page,
LORD Menusets Page, and the
Tournament LORD IGMs Page. My
LORD Links Page has been reorganized, and
now lists sites as Active, Inactive, or Dead, based on my research of
their status. The file links on my Lord IGMs, Lord II IGMs, Lord
Utilities, and LORD Menusets pages were recently checked, and bad
links were repaired.
Category: This area is for the active or inactive authors, webmasters, and friends, who have submitted entries or shown support for this and previous issues. (04/11/01 Note: Unless otherwise indicated, *ALL* dates are for 2000, when this issue was released.)
Ruth Argust --- DoorGames.Org - DDS on the Web
DGT Note: The File_id.diz file in my experience should contain the program name, version number, author's name, and a brief description of its purpose. Optionally, include email/website address info. All files submitted to DDS should be in .ZIP format. Also, it does NOT hurt for authors to do a general check before releasing a new program to make sure the archive filename you want to use isn't already in use. If your program(s) are for Lord, please also remember to say whether it is for classic Lord, Lord II, or Tournament Lord. Lastly, non-authors should know that you have to have the author's written permission to release their programs for them through Ruth's DDS site. 04/02/01 Status: Fully active. 12/10/01: Ruth has been inactive since May 2001 due to health problems. I am now taking care of LORD programs distribution to Fidonet myself. See LordNews Issue #9 for details. 01/22/02: Ruth is still dealing with health problems, but has resumed some LORD/BBS activity, and is updating her DDS web-site with files sent to her in the past several months. LORD Authors can also send their files to me, for publication on Fidonet, through my Camelot LordNews FDN.
Marty Blankenship --- The GameMaster BBS Web Site
Jason Brown -- Jason Brown's IGMs Page
08/13: I've gotten another report of my IGMs not working, the only constant is Microsoft's Windows 98. So my only options are to get a hold of a copy of Turbo Pascal v7.0 to test if that helps (my communications program does not compile under FreePascal, unfortunately) or to get someone else to fix my communications routines. 08/14: Good news! Looks like TP7 did the trick, it's early 8/14 and I'm going to be uploading newly compiled versions of my IGMs. 08/16: Question: What was the problem with your Lord IGMs not running under Windows 98? Answer: Basically, the IGMs would either lock up trying to communicate over either Telnet or modem, or would act like there was no connection. I just used Turbo Pascal v7.0 to recompile them, and they at least worked for one person. Haven't heard back from the other two yet. I had to be the only LORD developer using TP6. Sept 13: Jason is currently occupied with college work.
Notes: Updates of Jason's IGMs The Gateway, LORD Cavern, and The Outlands Tavern may be downloaded from Jason's website, or from my Castle Camelot LORD IGMs Page. His other programs are the Stones! Lord2 IGM, LordStat utility, and LORD Cavern RHP Sets files. 04/02/01 Status: Semi-inactive. 04/14: Replaced primary email address. 08/10: Fixed email address link (again). 01/10/2003: The LATEST versions of Jason's IGMs are now kept online in the LordApps directory on my web-site.
Michael Bujold --- CanuckSoft (Abandoned site)
Mike Dillon --- Crystalline Realms (CLOSED)
08/21 cont'd: Question: Please give me an update on your programming efforts, especially the GreyDrive project that you're working on. Answer: GreyDrive is an 'idle' project right now since there isn't much of a demand for a C/C++ door kit. I have had to put many of my programs and projects on hold because I have so many to keep track of. I'm slowly getting each task done because they all require a good deal of time to work on. If I get a job then the delay will become greater but at least I'll have the funding I need to continue getting supplies I need such as books and stuff to help expand techniques. ALE is on my list of priority projects but I probably won't get to it until later on because of its complexity. Lately my most prevalent project has been TinyTIC, but that is not a LORD or TEOS program. 09/01: ALE is among my listed *MUST DO* projects, and I'm still debating on the layout I want for it. I sincerely hope to get a beta version out by the end of the year. 04/02/01 Status: Fully Active. See ccigm-6.htm for more info. 08/10/01, 09/07/02: Fixed email address link. 01/28/04: Updated entry headers info. Mike is now using gsvalore (at) lordlegacy.com for email.
Codax Dragon --- Codax's Dragon's Den Ultd
Now all I have to do is refresh myself with my old plots... good thing I wrote them down, I'm going to be gone next week for Otakon, but when I get back I hope to spend some serious time on the IGM. I feel sort of bad since I haven't really contributed much to LORD2 for awhile, so I'm gonna give you guys some of the graphical routines I've used to make the past few games. These things will really save you a lot of time and code once you get them down. I don't have a help file written, but the internal documentation isn't too shabby and shouldn't take too long to figure out. Just don't get scared by lines like: @do write `r`p23``p24`s01 (this actually just writes a block with the background color stored in `p23 and the foreground color of `p24 then outputs `s01 ... and yes I do know that colors can be taking care of inside `s01 as well as time delays, I just have that there to make things more robust) or @do write `r`p22``p23+`W`W (This one pretty much does the same thing as the one above except it outputs a plus (+) sign then waits 2/10s of a second). If you have any question about any of this code just email me. I have a few more routines running around my computer somewhere, but it's late now and I still have to unpack. I hope everyone enjoys this bit of source code and at least finds it useful. See you next newsletter!
Notes: Please see the gfx.ref file, included in the archive ccigm-4h.zip, for Codax's contribution to other Lord II authors. Thank you Codax for sharing this information. Programs Listing: The Battlefield, The Cave of Hope and Despair, Dragon's Den Housing, GreenTree Prison, The Pit, The Pond, and Scavenger Hut IGMs. DGT.
Sept. 12: I've heard that Tien Lung has put out his new IGM (Oracle of What's To Come v3.00), and I'm looking forward to seeing what he's been up to. I would love to do some collaborative work with Tien, and speaking of that, my IGM (The Cruise) needs endings! I need to come up with about 40 minutes of animation for 3-4 endings, so if any author is any interested, please write me, and I'll send you the appropriate materials and code. I'm currently working on finishing up the dinner scene in the IGM. It's gotten so big that its almost like a New World. The big trick for me is trying to get people to use all 5,000 of their steps to see everything in my IGM per day. And with the 6 or 7 classes of passengers/crew on the ship making something for everything is a bit difficult. I really wanna show off my new fully animated gambling casino and scrolling text bars (custom not Seth's), not to mention this really sweet drinking game I came up with. The only problem with sending (the program out) early is that the endings aren't completed and it basically would leave you stranded forever on the ship. Plus there are a few loose ends and hot-spots to tie up and together. But at least it stopped crashing every 5 minutes so that makes me quite happy. Lately, I've been doing some commission work on Quake 3: Arena mods. Skins, bots and the like, which is keeping me busy. And I've been working on getting DirectX to work for me. It would be great if one could figure out how to make an HWND (hwindow thingy), but none of the programming books seem to tell you how to that. I've also been playing with Microsoft's new optical mouse, and a brand new 1 GHz computer system. 04/02/01 Status: Fully Active. See ccigm-6.htm for more info. 01/29/02: Semi-active, going to college. Is still around, and is supporting his Lord II IGMs.
Mike Ehlert ---
BBS Archives ---
PC Micro LORD Addons
Page
--- PC Micro
LORD Utilities Page ---
PC Micro Door Developer Kits Page
BBSNet Announcement: Earlier this year, a new BBS IRC network was formed to allow Sysops and BBS users to chat on BBS related issues. Recently, several IRC servers have joined BBSnet, including the famous irc.lordlegacy.org run by Michael Preslar. If you have a static IP address, you can run your own IRC server linked to BBSnet. The IRC server software is free, and runs under Windows, OS/2, and Linux. The Win32 version requires two megabytes of RAM, and uses very little resources. You don't need to run your own IRC server to join the crew at BBSnet. Use your favorite IRC client and connect to irc.thebbs.org (port 6667) or any of the other linked servers. There are usually people hanging out in the #bbs channel at http://bbsnet.thebbs.org.
Free Web Hosting! Are you looking for a free web hosting service like GeoCities for your BBS or LORD site, without the annoying pop-up ads and banners? You can have 20 megabytes of fast web space for free. No Ads, No Pop-ups or other gimmicks. You also get a free web-page hits counter, guest-book, and link manager. See http://thebbs.org/homepage for details. Free Dynamic DNS! Join the BBS Organization and get your own sub domain for any BBS related site. Even if you don't have a static IP, you can have people find your server under the "yourname.thebbs.org" and it's totally free. There are several dynamic DNS client programs that automatically update your DNS entry every time your IP changes. Static domains are also welcome. See http://thebbs.org/dns for details.
No Win32 version of LORD? Here is my rant section. Earlier this year Michael Preslar was working on porting LORD to a Win32 version. When Metropolis Gameport heard about it, they ordered the project stopped. I don't know what their reasoning for this was, but to me it makes no sense. LORD has been the most popular door game in BBS history, and now that Win32 doors and development kits are starting to appear, why is LORD being left out? Michael has fixed many limitations that LORD had, such as allowing it to work on COM ports above COM9. But one problem that remains is that LORD is very CPU hungry. With just one node running on a Pentium III 600 Mhz system, the CPU usage is close to 100%. LORD does not release idle time-slices back to the CPU as most other doors do (including LORD2, which only uses 1% CPU resources on the same computer). If LORD was running on several nodes at once, it would slow the BBS down to a crawl. Michael has been unable to fix this problem, due to the way that Seth Able, the original author, coded Lord into the door driver kit itself. Apparently LORD was written while Seth learned how to program in Turbo Pascal, and much of the code was rather messy because of this. Anywise, a Win32 port of LORD would have been an excellent solution to the problem, as this would have replaced the internal door-driver code in LORD with one that had no time-slicing problems. Perhaps if everyone that is interested in seeing a Win32 port of LORD would let Metropolis Gameport know how they feel, they might reconsider. You can email them at info@gameport.com, or call them voice at (913) 661-0601. Regards, Mike.
From previous entry: LORD Authors and other BBS program authors can send their programs to me (Mike) for distribution online on the BBS Archives web-site. DGT Note: It would be great if everyone would do this, instead of just posting your programs on your own site. After all, if your site goes down, then how do you think others would later be able to find copies of your programs, without sites like Mike's. Also, please remember and follow the standard rules BBS's have followed for decades, such as making sure your programs aren't virus-infected, have File_id.diz files inside, and are released in .ZIP format. DGT. 04/02/01 Status: Fully Active. 01/22/02: 32-bit ports of LORD to Windows, OS/2, and Linux started last year; not released yet. Mike is viewed as semi-active currently.
Orion Elder -- SMAUG/SmaugWiz Resource Archive --- KnyteHawk's LORD II IGM Programming
Michael Everett
-- Bobo's BBS ---
-- LORD on Bobo's
BBS
SuperColored
Monsters Page -- Telnet: bobobbs.net
Notes: The Wonderland Software authors are Jay and Cammy Cochrane, and their Lord IGMs are: Highway Man, LORDopoly, Turgons Titty Bar, Turgons XXX Bar, and Turgons Dungeon. And here's a listing of the files in the two LORD Cavern RHP Set files for those who may not know about them. In Caverhp1.zip: Canyon.rhp, City.rhp, Dmine.rhp, magician.rhp, and waterfall.rhp. In Caverhp2.zip: bats.rhp, flowers.rhp, hobbit.rhp, mushroom.rhp, and women.rhp. See Jason Brown's Programs Page to download his files. DGT. 04/02/01 Status: Semi-Active. 01/22/02: Michael's web-site address stopped working in December 2001. Cochrane's also listed as lost authors, and his files page is now classified as Abandoned. All Lord files by Jay Cochrane are totally unusable now, because of RTE200 lockup.
Steve Gargolinski --- Black Dragon Software
Lloyd
Hannesson -- Tech'n
Software -- LORD
I IGM Listing Database (CLOSED)
Alternate Email: dasme@dasme.org
08/05: Well I've finished an updated build of Warrior's Graveyard (ver 1.6) that fixes a few long standing bugs.. and will run on any speed of system. It's being beta tested while I'm gone (on vacation), and I'll release a full version shortly after I get back. I've started to convert Felicity's Temple as well, but I think that one will take quite a bit longer. I've also been in talks with a few people on writing new IGMs. So that would be interesting as well. 08/14: Well I've just finished the full build of The Warrior's Graveyard IGM, so version 1.6 is out. Finally! :) Felicity's Temple is next, and then who knows... I have a few ideas that I'm kicking around, so maybe I'll keep this BBS coding habit I'm developing :) I'm getting this file (gra1_6.zip) hatched out right away, so hopefully people will switch to this version. 08/21 Note: The Warrior's Graveyard update can be downloaded from Lloyd's website. He also has updated the LordType utility to version 1.10. And lastly, Ye Olde Farm is an LORD II IGM. DGT.
08/28: I've found a few bugs in my version 1.6 release of Warrior's Graveyard. Both of the big ones have needed an updated KLord driver from Korombos to fix, which he was quick to deliver! I'd personally like to thank him for that! Other then that I've added a few more secrets to the game and it's in it's final stage of beta testing. I'm hoping for a release this week. The bugs that were reported were that when a user exited the IGM their reported screen type in Lord would change from ANSI to ASCII. And there was a problem with KLord's experience checking routine. If someone had more then 900k Experience, the IGM would reset their exp. to 1. Korombos compiled new Beta's of Klord within minutes of me reporting these bugs. If there is anyone out there going above and beyond the norm in their support for this hobby, Korombos is the one. Work has also been progressing well with Felicity's Temple 2.0. It is also in the final beta stage and should be released around the same time as Warrior's Graveyard. Also I have brought my BBS back up as a telnet only board. It can be reached at telnet://outworldbbs.dyndns.org - telnet over and help beta test the latest IGMs/Games from Tech'N Software :)
DGT Notes: Lloyd and I have been discussing setting up a web-site holding all of the current version LORD IGMs. This is a summary of some of our conversations about the project. Lloyd: Well I looked into getting that Lord IGM site hosted today, and haven't found much of use yet. I did, however, start designing the database that the page will run off of. I have a working flat-file database now that is called through a CGI program. This should make maintenance nice and easy for the page, as it'll make all the pages on the fly. I'll have to look for a site that will allow me 30+ megs. and has cgi-bin access, then I'll stick up a test page. DGT: I'll let people know on my LORD Links Page when/if the new Lord IGMs site gets started. Some of you probably recall my working on this idea last year with Bobby Queen and Michael Preslar, and eventually I hope to get the rest of my Lord programs collection on Michael's LORD Legacy FTP site. It occurred to me that some might not know where all or most of those files came from, so I'm reporting about it now, here.
Sept. 19 Notes: Lloyd's mother is in the hospital, due to an heart attack. He is working on finishing his IGMs when possible. Everyone is asked to pray for her good health and recovery. Her doctors are planning on doing double bypass surgery in October when she is stabilized. The LordType program has done another disappearing act from Lloyd's website. I think someone has sicked ole Mr. Murphy on that poor program. If you want it, I suggest you write Lloyd for a copy. DGT. 04/02/01 Status: Fully active. 01/22/01: The LORD 1 IGM List database is available for anyone to use. Lloyd is currently active, details are in LordNews Issue #6 and later issues, including LordNews Issue #10. 01/28/04: Lloyd's IGM Database site went off-line in 2003 and has not been resumed operation yet.
Shawn Highfield --- TinySoft (site closed)
Sallee Huber -- LORD IGMs -- New Lord (closed down)
Duncan Idaho -- VisualMatrix Homepage
08/29: Hey mates, here is my initial full entry for the newsletter. Well, here we are - yet another release of the newsletter we've all come to love. Updates on everything... DuneLord is coming along nicely. I now have two on-site beta testers (Flatmates are wonderful at times) and we've found and removed a lot of bugs I didn't even know about. Still updating the graphics on it. Added a lot of animations, changed the storyline just a tiny bit. I've been doing a lot of work on the Fremen - they were seriously unmentioned in the last release. Still having a few problems coming up with IGM's for it though... if anyone has any ideas, email me please!
My other world, based on the Wheel of Time series, is coming along nicely, about 2/5ths the way through the map. As I said, it's another biggie, but not as big as DuneLord. Far more complex, though. Those of you who have read the Wheel of Time series will know why it's going to take quite a while to release even a beta. I've got plans for yet another world. This one will be considerably smaller than DuneLord and WoT. I'm keeping it hush-hush at the moment, just in case I run over schedule with DuneLord and WoT. Don't want to disappoint you all - I figure you've waited long enough for the final releases of DuneLord, why suffer more? Well, that's it for now, I'm out. Take care all, have fun. 08/30: I'll be making my company website soon (BYTE-ME Software Productions) - that's what I program my Lord2 Worlds under, so I'll turn that into a half-lord site as well, and add it to the ring, but I cant say when I'll do that. Far too much on the go to think at the moment. 04/02/01 Status: Semi-Active. New email address added to listing. The Innuendo BBS site link previously listed here doesn't exist, so it was removed. 08/10: Fixed email address link. Added web-site address link to Duncan's new site. 01/22/02: Beta version of DuneLord was released on Christmas Eve 2001, and is available from my LORD II IGMs Page. Duncan is working on other Lord2 projects now, including one based on the Belgariad series by David Eddings.
Korombos -- SharkWare (CLOSED)
Programs List: KDrive and KLord, Fun and Games, Haunted House, and IGMX utility. Sept. 12: Question: Due to the beta drivers you have been working on for Lloyd's IGMs, will there be any updates of KDrive soon? Answer: As far as KDrive goes, the newest version (v7.0 currently) is always available on my web site, as well as KLord. However, the beta's are not. You can expect the newer releases shortly though. After the beta's are released as public, then my Lord IGMs will be upgraded as well. 04/02/01: Updated email/web-site addresses. He's working on updated versions of the KDrive, KLord, and LORD IGM programs. Those were released in mid-April 2001. 08/10: Email/web-site links closed down this summer. 02/07: See LordNews Issue #10 for current details regarding Korombos, and recently discovered problems with KDrive/KLord.
Tien Lung --- Godlike Productions Files page
08/27: Question: Is Nightmare's Gate for Lord II like your other programs? Answer: Nightmare's Gate is another Lord 2 IGM that I've been hinting at doing for the past 2 years... Can you tell how much I really want to do it... the idea's great, I just groan at the thought of doing it. Sept. 12: Once I have completed work on the Time Stands Still and Nightmare's Gate IGMs, I believe the only things for LORD2 that I will be doing afterward, is supporting them if problems arise. I'm working with my collection of Dungeons and Dragons files, following Wizard of the Coast taking over TSR, and releasing a new edition of D&D.
Programs Listing: Amber Crystal, CALib, and Final Nightmare Lord2 New Worlds; House of Dreams, Lawyer's World, Oracle of What's to Come, Tien Lung's House, Time Stands Still, and Underdark IGMs. 03/27/01 Note: Tien Lung has quit working on Lord II IGM programming. He is currently involved with Dungeons and Dragons programming. All programs are still supported. The CALiB and Final Nightmare programs were never completed. 05/10/02, 03/26/04: Replaced email address.
Michael
Preslar --
michaelpreslar.com -- Elysium
Software -- ICQ #9590896
Alternate Email:
mpreslar-NOSPAM@mailcity.com, e_maus-NOSPAM@covingtononline.com ---
BugZilla
09/01: For the newsletter.. I work 60-70 hours a week, have started college, work at the college radio station, and help part time at the local coffee shop. I sleep maybe 5-6 hours every 1.5 - 2 days.. I've been able to get active in the Lord echos again.. And I've recently started an IRC server (irc.lordlegacy.org .. I go by the handle "Z"). How about work on Lord? I've not had a chance to get any dos programming done recently. I'm hoping to soon, as the project I've been working on all summer is coming to a close soon.. That's all for now. Keep up the good work on the newsletter. Sept. 19 Note: See Mike Ehlert entry for more info on Michael's contributions to Lord authors, webmasters, friends, and players. 04/02/01 Update: New versions of Lord, Lord II, and TEOS were released in February 2001. Fully active. See later newsletter issues for further info on Michael's LORD programming work. 01/29/02: Changed all Elysium URL references. 01/28/04: Replaced entry header info.
Seth Robinson --- Robinson Technologies
Vamsi
Tadepalli
Entry based on ICQ Conversation with Michael Everett
Michael: He also goes on to say that he used to run a Lord website and that when he passed it on to someone else they abandoned it. I will be adding his IGM to the list on my site at http://www.bobobbs.net/bbslordigm.htm. There will be a link to his email there and to the source code that he sent me via email. Everyone wanting to see his IGM in action can visit it in my main lord game at: telnet://bobobbs.net. The Lord game there just reset and a user wanted me to add his IGM to the list... 04/12/01 Note: Fully inactive. He has no current interest in LORD. 02/07/02: Vamsi turned The Latrine over to Bryan Turner. Update was released in early winter 2002.
Tom Toothman: 09/01: I am an ex-Lord IGM author.. I'm interested in your Lord mailings, I'd even make a new one (IGM) if I thought people were interested enough.. I just don't think there are enough players to warrant it. Maybe there are, I don't know. DGT: Tom wrote the Across the Tracks Lord IGM, but not the same-named WT-Lord IGM. That one was by John Winter. 04/02/01 Status: Fully inactive. No email contact in several months. 12/10/01: Email account closed earlier this year. 01/10/2003: Zero contact in over a year.
Joseph Watson -- joeCODE WT-LORD IGM Page --- Alternate Email: jmwatson@cox-internet.com
Sept. 12: Sorry I've been out of touch lately. I've been working two jobs trying to make ends meet. Programming related questions can be sent to me at jmwatson@cox-internet.com. Here are answers to your questions: Question: Do you have any news on the WT-Lord situation? Answer: I've corresponded with Joe Marcelletti about buying the program, but he is asking for ten thousand dollars, which is far more than the program is worth. And I don't see anyone else willing to buy the program. I've not sold any programs myself in more than 6 months as well. As far as I know, WT-Lord will no longer be developed. Question: Have you finished any more programs lately? Answer: I just posted a new version (v1.1) of Dodge City for download on my BBS! It has some AWESOME updates to v1.0! I also just released a NEW IGM called "The Brewery". The concept and storyline is by Joe Carpenter and I did the programming. It's a Redneck bar .... party with the crowd and listen to the band while enjoying a beer.... pretty wild stuff happens in the Brewery. Both programs are available from my website or BBS. Question: I was wondering what had happened to your JoeCode mailing list? My listserver is on the blink. I upgraded my system and it died. I'm not sure when or if I'll get the list server running again soon. WT-LORD is far from dead on my system. I have tons of people playing on my system and having a great time. Stop in and play.... my system is on the Internet and is free to everyone! Farpoint BBS: http://www.farpointbbs.com or Telnet to farpointbbs.com. 04/02/01 Status: Fully Active. See later newsletter issues for further info on his WT-Lord programming work.
List of Ken's Lord IGMs, that I know of: Cavern of the Creators,
Let's Go Fishing, The Forgery, The Greasy Spoon, Lester's Palace, The Lord
Wheel; Lordy, Lordy, Lordy; The Messenger, The Picnic, Poor House, The
Races, Reflections, Rest and Relaxation, School Days -- may be called Ye
Olde Schoolhouse; Tis the Season Xmas (1995, 1996, and 1998 versions), and
Sherwood Forest. Also LordTest utility. (Note: The Seasons 1997 Lord II
IGM was released by Bryan Turner.)
04/02/01 Status: Fully Inactive. Only Lord-related plans are
to continue releases of the Seasons Lord IGM each Christmas to support
various charities. 12/10/01: All software now unsupported unless
by postal mail. BBS closed down in Spring 2001. Email account no longer
in use, and no participation in Fidonet's LORD echo since summer 2001.
02/07: Replaced entry header. Ken is fully active again, and has
started work on updating Lordy!, which has memory stack usage problems.
See LordNews Issue #10 for details.
Dawn Bidot --- Legend of the Red Dragon Inn --- (Alternate Email: dawnavon@juno.com)
Elric (Jay Weber) -- EarthDrake Software
Joel Gathercole -- www.lordii.net/ -- Alternate Email: joel-NOSPAM@viedigi.com or joelgathercole-NOSPAM@yahoo.com -- ICQ: 16277704 -- telnet://209.148.86.46 -- telnet://cnw.lordii.net
Bobby Queen --
Official Lord II IGM Archive Site (closed April 2002)
Kiteria's Korner!
08/10: I have a few files to put online soon for the Lord II site. I've been busy with my Ebay and Yahoo buying/selling business and family needs. I've had to fix problems on the FOTI website. So people don't worry, I'm still kicking, and will be updating my site again soon. 08/30 Note: Bobby has all of the Official Lord II site's files backed up on the webjump.com mirror site. He's having trouble with his ISP, shelby.net, due to lack of funds for the ISP bill. So he could use financial help with maintaining the web-site, as well as other forms of support. I've added the addresses for his mirror site above, and people should use them if the main shelby.net sites disappear. DGT.
08/30: I am sorry to hear about the dropping LORD sites but it's a sign of the times. FidoNet is losing about 100 BBS's per week and has lost over 3,000 since January 1st. In fact, except for a message every once in a while from someone wanting to know if I have a cracked version of LORD, I rarely get any other LORD-related mail. I do still have a few items to get online and I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get them on, but with everything else going on it has just gotten me really depressed lately.
08/30: I have updated the News Page on both Lord2 sites - lord2igm.webjump.com and shelby.net. Work on getting the Blockfaq.htm page is proceeding but not finished yet. Here is my submission for the newsletter: Yes folks, I am still alive although you couldn't tell it by me not updating the sites in 55 days. Hopefully I can get caught back up and then keep everyone updated on what is going on. It's possible that shelby.net may be closing down my sites there in the near future. I hope everyone remembers that I have a mirror of the Lord 2 site at lord2igm.webjump.com; and I recently made a mirror of Kiteria's Korner at kiteria.webjump.com. So if Shelby.net does drop my sites, they will still be updated at the webjump addresses. I currently update both when I do my updating.
As for the future of BBS's and Online games in particular it looks bleak. Except for updates new stuff has stopped coming in and BBS's are still closing right and left. My BBS still has callers almost every day and when most of them are from BRAZIL, PUERTO RICO, ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA and other countries then I'm keeping it online. Remember it's at 1-704-434-8904 and is online what time I'm not on the Internet. I still haven't figured out why I get calls from all over the globe especially since I lost all my fancy ANSI graphics last year when I had the crash but they do so I'm not arguing. Well got to get the few files online that I have gotten for Lord 2 and add a few more pages to the Kiteria LORD site. Remember to email me and cuss me out if I slip up and don't update the sites at least monthly.
Sept. 18 - Bobby: My main email address has been restored. It was only down 24 hours and then you'll never guess why. :) Internet of Shelby, which had been bought out by a company in Florida, who was bought out by a company in Kentucky, got bought out yet again by a company in Hickory, NC. So they were changing over all the stuff to their equipment over the weekend. What gets me is I still haven't gotten a bill since May when Internet of Shelby was first bought out. Its possible that all these companies that keep buying each other out don't even know about my account. :) Anyway if they do drop me, the sites are mirrored on webjump already and I do have a bunch of CD's for FREE Internet access. shelby.net doesn't exist now, but all our old sites are still working for now. I have a feeling they will use their new address sometime in the future. It's www.twave.net, so I guess my sites may change to www.twave.net/wizards/lord2igm and /kiteria. But I'm not sure of anything right now. All the other companies that bought them out left the names the same on old accounts. I am still working on those (new) pages for the Kiteria site and will eventually get them finished if I can stop going to doctors (all the time).
04/02/01 Status: Fully Inactive. Please view LordNews Issue #5 and Issue #6 for info on Bobby's current status, and recent activities. 04/12: Both the Official Lord2 site and Kiteria's Korner are currently inactive. 04/11/2002: Both webjump mirror sites are shut down; both shelby.net sites are also shut down. Kiteria's Korner relocated to www.lordlegacy.org/kiteria/, as of April 11, 2002. Future of Lord2 IGM site not determined yet. 05/08/02: Lord2 IGM site was turned over to Max Larivee (cracktus@hotmail.com). The new location is: http://www.fidotel.com/public/l2archive/. 03/20/03: I reopened Kiteria's Korner in mid-January 2003 at: http://www.fidotel.com/public/kiteria/.
Justin Scott --- Darktech
David F. Simmons --- Simmons Software - Files page
Bryan Stanbridge -- Purple Frog Productions -- Alternate Email: bryan@purplefrogprod.com -- Bryan's Files Page
Note: Next issue I will classify anyone I haven't heard from in six months as being fully inactive, and possibly omit major coverage of their sites. Those listed as fully inactive now, who haven't been heard from in a year, will be classified as "Dead authors/sites", and definitely omitted from the December issue, and later issues.
Bryan Turner --
Vagabond Software
Vagabond Software
Mailing List -- ICQ#:106168174 --
Bryan's software
Registration Page
These are authors who I have not had email contact with since 1999; have stopped Lord programming; have not done program releases or web-site updates in 6+ months; or do not respond to Email messages.
Black Omen - no site update since July 1999. Tony Brown (Tonytown) - no site update since August 1999. John Elson (3dham Software) - no activity noted since December 1998. Eric Vinson (Elysium) - no contact in several months. Paul Koukos (Hellas BBS) - no contact in several months. No Lord programming done in years. phsoft - Michael Barrientos. No site update in years. Sunshine IGMs (Becky Benjamin) - no site update since 1996. Billy England - no site update since September 1996. Shaun Thibault - no site update since May 1998. Chet Rhodes - no longer writing Lord programs.
04/02/01 Update: On Semi-Active classification: Black
Omen, Paul Koukos. On "Dead Site" classification: Tony Brown, Elson,
Vinson, Barrientos, England, Thibault, and Rhodes. Becky Benjamin's
web-site closed down a couple of months ago. See ccigm-6.htm for
recent info on Vinson.
These people either have provided recent support for my newsletter and web-site coverage of LORD programs and authors, or have done so in the past. Some have entries in the main section of this issue. This is a summary of their names. Also some are inactive only in regards to their programming. Marty Blankenship, Michael Bujold, Orion Elder, Steve Gargolinski, Shawn Highfield, Sallee Huber, Seth Robinson, Vamsi Tadepalli, Tom Toothman, and Ken Weitzel. Also Dawn Bidot, Elric, Suzanne Franklin, Joel Gathercole, Justin Scott, David Simmons, and Bryan Stanbridge have been recently inactive, (or inactive for a long time), along with Bobby Queen, for reasons noted in each person's entry. Suzanne doesn't write often, but has approved of all of the changes Bobby and I have made to date to her Kiteria's Korner site, and has always supported me for many years in my coverage of LORD news.
04/02/01 Update: No longer participating in Lord newsletter
support and/or Lord programming: Robinson, Gargolinski, Highfield,
Tadepalli, Toothman, Scott, Simmons, Stanbridge, and Turner. 02/07:
Returned to active LORD programming: Bryan Stanbridge, Brian May, Bryan
Turner, Janet Terry, Joe Marcelletti, Ken Weitzel, and Marty Blankenship.
Now Former Authors: David Taylor, Chuck Culver, Vamsi Tadepalli, Trevor
Herndon, Chris MacPherson, Chris Hamilton, Kenneth Padgett, Michael Bujold,
Steve Gargolinski, and Shawn Highfield. Joel Gathercole is still fully
inactive, and still off-line as to Lord II:CNW material.
Notes: Those in the fully inactive and Dead sites categories will be omitted from the December issue, and other future issues, until such time as they resume being Active, or sites close down completely. These authors and sites will continue to be listed on my LORD Links Page as long as they are online. Some may be accessible to those with BBS access, Fidonet accounts, and ICQ or AIM message systems. If you happen to reach one of them, please ask them to contact me, either by Email, or through my web-sites's Guest-book.
Peter Jackson - Last word in early June was that he was working full-time at his air-conditioning job. Whether he will be supporting his programs is no longer known. If anyone can reach him, please tell him to reach me by some new email address or through someone. 04/02/01 Note: Email address closed down last year.
Michael Adams - No contact since May 26. Both his Lord web-site and the Angel's Planets:TEOS site have to be considered dead sites, due to loss of email contact. 04/02/01 Note: No longer involved in LORD/TEOS programming.
I tried my best to reach these Lord authors but was unable to either get a response or even determine if they are still around. They are: John Elson - 3dham Software, Billy England, Colby Reich (Lord Neko) - Lord Domain, "Black Omen" (Located again in 2002), Stefen Enns (Located in August 2002), Becky Benjamin - Sunshine IGMs, and Tony Brown. My conclusion has been, after leaving guestbook messages for some, that all have to be treated in the future in the "Dead sites" category. 08/30/02: Added revision info.
Ahkenaton - Children of Galaexy. FX Sound Systems (Mike Collard) - No recent site updates. Arctic Productions (Shawna Fountain/Craig Obery) - no site activity in years. Carlton Griffin - No contact or site activity in years. Joe Marcelletti - Icerage Technologies; website closed down. Robert Olsen - "Lord II: Awakenings Project". No-Name Software (Kenneth Padgett) - no site update since August 1996. Purple Haze (Phillips) - No site activity in years. Mad Systems (Brendan Purcell/Thomas Reilly) - No dates used on site. Eric Richardson - no site update since June 1997. Ben Tiefert - Lord II programming abandoned over a year ago. Spencer Vickers - Miniature Lord site. No contact since June 14, no recent web-site updates.
04/02/01 Notes: The Ahkenaton site, and Icerage, both closed last year. Benjamin's site closed a couple of months ago. (removed Icerage sentence) 04/12: No valid email address exists for Fountain/Obery, Griffin, Phillips, and Purcell/Reilly. No email contact in several months or longer from Tiefert, Vickers, or Reich. See LordNews Issue #5 - #10 for info about Robert Olsen and Eric Richardson. The majority of the other names listed above either have dead email accounts, or they don't care to respond to email inquiries.
08/21/01: As of mid-July 2001, Icerage Technologies is back in
business, hosted by Shannon Talley. For full details, see
LordNews Issue #8. To access the new site,
use this link:
Icerage Technologies.
Recent LORD IGMs:
GRA1_6.ZIP 107,964 08-14-00 The Warrior's Graveyard v1.60
CAVE14B.ZIP 93,516 08-16-00 L.O.R.D. Cavern v1.40b
OUTS13A.ZIP 96,396 08-16-00 The Outlands Tavern v1.30a
GATE10B.ZIP 79,063 08-16-00 The Gateway v1.00b
PVALLEY.ZIP 153,679 09-17-00 Pleasant Valley v1.00
----------- 04/14/01 Note: Released after issue's official release:
GRA1_7 ZIP 109880 09-22-00 Warrior's Graveyard v1.70
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LORD II IGMs:
LAW201.ZIP 14,249 06-28-00 Lawyer's World v2.01
TMHSK3.ZIP 9,101 07-05-00 Frostglint Keep v3.00
ORC300.ZIP 7,811 07-06-00 The Oracle of What's To Come v3.00
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Wildcat Tournament LORD IGMS:
BLACK29.ZIP 17,069 08-03-00 The Blacksmith's Shop v2.90
BOBS29.ZIP 56,878 08-03-00 Bob's Beer v2.90
CLINTN22.ZIP 56,921 08-03-00 Ask Clinton v2.20
TZONE11.ZIP 334,998 08-03-00 The Twilight Zone v1.10
BREW10 ZIP 76,780 09-13-00 The Brewery v1.0
DODGE11 ZIP 349,532 09-13-00 Dodge City v1.10
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IGM Programming Utilities:
LSTRUCTC.ZIP 8,394 08-20-00 Lord C/C++ Structures
L2STRUCT.ZIP 3,284 08-20-00 Lord 2 C/C++ Structures
TSTRUCTC.ZIP 4,092 08-20-00 Planets:TEOS C/C++ Structures
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LATSRC.ZIP 650,200 09-11-00 Source code - Latrine (Lord IGM)
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LORD Utilities:
LORDT_11.ZIP 6,517 08-30-00 Lord Type v1.10
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LORD Menusets:
TLORD20.ZIP 41,454 09-18-00 Star Trek: O.S. LORD Patch v2.0
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Notes: I have not found any LORD II Utilities since January 12. No Lord II New Worlds have been released since August 1999, but I know of at least two authors working on them currently. There have been no Lord Text files found since September 1999. And nothing for the Worldgroup version of Tournament Lord has been released in a very long time. Some files, especially Tlord20, were released months ago, but I only found them recently. Some were released after I finished LordNews issue #3 in mid- June. Everything else was released in July-September 2000. The listed files were found between June 28 and September 18, 2000.
04/02/01 Note: Several Lord II programs, including LORD II v1.02,
were released after this issue was prepared. For listings of them,
refer to ccigm-4.htm, ccigm-5.htm, and ccigm-6.htm web-pages.
Lord II New world development: Duncan Idaho continues to work on
his DuneLord and Wheel of Time programs. Black Omen, at one time, told
me he was working on a Lord II N.W. program, title unknown.
Authors Survey: Please send me a listing, with BRIEF descriptions,
of all LORD programs you have written, are working on currently, and have
planned for the future. Please note that when I say LORD, I mean "classic"
LORD, LORD II, and Tournament LORD. If you have a web-site, please
remember to include the web-site address when you contact me. Please
indicate if you are still supporting your programs, and if not, whether you
are willing to turn them over to someone else, such as Korombos or Lloyd
Hannesson, for continued support and maintenance.
Future issues: Each issue is produced on a quarterly basis, with this one covering July 01 through September 2000. LordNews Issue #5 will start Volume 2, and cover October through December. To receive each issue by Email, please remember to join the LordNews mailing list, via my Castle Camelot LORD Links Page.
Notes from ccigm-04.txt file:
Text Issue #4 Addendum - Released via Listbot on Sept. 20, 2000:
See ccigm4d.txt file inside CCIGM-04.ZIP or inside ccigm-4h.zip.
** Incorporated into CCIGM-04.txt in revised format on April 02, 2001.
** Incorporated in original text in this page on April 14, 2001.
Notes: LordNews Issue Links section rewritten, in both ccigm-04.txt,
and in ccigm-4.htm. That section is in different layout styles, for
the HTML/text pages, so are not identical. Please update any issue
files you have from those on my web-site, so they will all be up-to-date.
Donald. 04/15/01.
The Lord Authors section entries are listed alphabetically, by the author's last name. Since there are so many entries this time, I've decided to just list those who have been major contributors and supporters. Ruth Argust, Marty Blankenship, Jason Brown, Mike Dillon, Codax Dragon, Mike Ehlert, Michael Everett, Lloyd Hannesson, Duncan Idaho, Korombos, Tien Lung, Michael Preslar, Bobby Queen, Seth Robinson, Joseph Watson, and Ken Weitzel. My thanks to all of you, and anyone I may have forgot to mention.
Final Notes: My LORD Links Page lists the names of programs released by those authors who have web-sites currently running. It is organized so as to list "active" sites separate from Inactive sites. Inactive meaning that they are never updated, have not been updated in 3-6 months, or the author(s) are not reachable by Email, usually due to dead email addresses. I hope everyone enjoys reading the newsletter, either via Email or through the web-page. Text version was created using Netscape Navigator v4.72 and Qedit v3.00. MS Windows' Wordpad program used to copy Issue #4's three sections into Listbot's dialog box to send it to the mailing list.
I decided to write an addendum to this issue while transmitting the third part of the Text version on the Listbot site. This issue marks the first anniversary of this Lord Authors Newsletter. The addendum is archived inside CCIGM-04.ZIP, as the file ccigm4d.txt. It lists old Lord authors and sites that have been lost over the years. This seemed to be a good time to remember those whe have lost over the years.
Started initial development of this issue on August 10, 2000. Primary development of this HTML web-page, and the Listbot Text version, was ended on Wednesday morning, Sept. 20, 2000. Newsletter issue released in Text format via Listbot on Sept. 2000. Released through my Castle Camelot web-site on Sept. 20, 2000: HTML Page version, Listbot Text Version, and archive files ccigm-4h.zip and CCIGM-04.ZIP.
From CCIGM-04.TXT: Starting on March 27, 2001, LordNews Issues #1-#4, text versions, have been brought up-to-date with notations and/or updated information, preparatory for release of LordNews Issue #6 web-page, in mid-April 2001.
April 2001 updates summary: Added 04/12/01. About half of this issue page is updated and aligned with the ccigm-04.txt file, which was primarily updated earlier this month. Replaced Lordnews issues links section. Updating author entries with short current status notations. Verification of email/web-site addresses mostly is done. 04/14: Updated LordNews Issues Link section, updated Lord releases section, added revised LordNews #4 addendum text here, in following section. 04/15: Finished Issue #4 files rewrites.
February 2002 Note: Issue is undergoing revamping, to remove
no longer needed entries. Removals are archived inside cc04-notes.txt.
02/07: Revisions made so far: Visually checked email links. Entry
updates: Hannesson, Tadepalli, Gathercole, Stanbridge, Turner, Blankenship,
Korombos, and Weitzel. Section rewrite updates: Inactive/Supportive
Authors Summary, Issues Links. Will analyze following Addendum section
for needed pruning soon.
Revision of original addendum added to CCIGM-04.TXT on April 02, 2001. Original format addendum added to ccigm-4.htm on Apr. 14. Any needed update notes, will be added at bottom of the addendum here. Copy of original Addendum is archived inside ccigm-4h.zip: LNWS04-Addendum.txt, and in CCIGM-04.ZIP: ccigm04d.txt. I chose to use a different name for the HTML archive file copy.
LORD Authors News, Issue #4 - LISTBOT Release Notes:
Newsletter Addendum - Prepared on September 20, 2000.
I've noticed some changes that need to be made to the files for Issue #1 and Issue #2, so I will be uploading new updates of those two Issues' files later this week to my Castle Camelot web-site. Here's what you can expect to see should you go back and re-read them, once they are updated. Issue #1 has the email addresses for authors just listed, and not hyperlinked, in the HTML version. Somehow I missed that all these past months. Issue #2 has the email addresses hyperlinked to themselves, and I can't recall why I did it that way. So I'll change that to where the email address is linked to the author's name. Issue #3 looked fine, and the only update needed common to all three, is to update the URL links in each one to refer readers, who are new to the LORD Newsletter, to the next issue's files. All the links in Issue #4 were checked out, and all looked OK.
One thing I would appreciate everyone doing is this: Please check your entries and see if I have the email and website addresses for you presented correctly. It's always difficult to get something completely perfect, and I hope everyone has the right addresses so people can contact them without problem, should they want/need to do so. The links to access the new Issue #4 files will be updated on my Castle Camelot LORD Links Page before I update the web-site this morning, along with uploading the final versions of the HTML page, and the Listbot Release page. The following stuff is some material I decided to write tonight as an archived addition to Issue #4. The actual newsletter is large enough as is, so I'm just going to place this file, ccigm04d.txt, inside the ccigm-04.zip archive.
A one-year anniversary to me seems to be an excellent time to look back, and say goodbye again to those dearly loved LORD friends who we have lost. I don't know if they are lost forever, but they aren't reachable by email anymore, that I know of. Should anyone have a usable and working address for these people PLEASE let me know it/them. Some do still have valid email addresses, but aren't programming for Lord anymore, so I'm just going to list them all together.
Lost track of, may still be active: Bryan Turner, Peter Jackson, and Spencer Vickers, Paul Koukos, Justin Scott. Not reachable by email without getting long auto-response letter: Mike Snyder. Inactive, nothing released for LORD: Eric Vinson and Elysium Software.
Gone but not forgotten: Joseph Masters, Janet Terry, John Winter, Michael Adams, Robert Fogt - stopped Lord programming altogether; Joe Marcelletti - don't know what happened to him, but we all are sorry to have Wildcat Tournament Lord now be unsupported; Chet Rhodes - also one who stopped his Lord programming; Shawn Highfield - not programming now, but hasn't lost his interest in LORD; David Simmons and Bryan Stanbridge - both have stopped Lord programming, but are still with us; Carl Tice, Ben Tiefert, Dawn Bidot and Suzanne Franklin - our dear Lord play guide buddies, both are still interested in Lord, but not active; Tony Brown, Max Larivee, Thomas Reilly and Brendan Purcell, "Romeo", Thomas Torbech, Tom Toothman - inactive, but will do a new IGM if enough people encourage him. So everyone please do that. Assumed totally inactive - couldn't ever get an email response, or their site seems to be on auto-pilot: John Elson, Black Omen, Tony Brown, Paul Koukos and Eric Vinson (listed above also), Michael Barrientos, Becky Benjamin, Billy England, Shaun Thibault (last name assumed).
02/07/02: Bryan Turner and Paul Koukos are still fully active. Mike Snyder is accessible by email again. Janet Terry has returned to active duty. And so has Joe Marcelletti. He is working on rewriting WT-Lord currently. Robert Fogt and Shawn Highfield turned over some of their Lord programs to Lloyd Hannesson. 09/07/02 Notes: Joseph Masters - Former Lord author. Available again via email. Marcelletti - Former author. WT-Lord v3.00 work abandoned. Stanbridge - Former author. No valid email known. Larivee - took over Official Lord II IGM Archive in May 2002. Toothman - no valid email.
Rewritten portion of Addendum section, original paragraph has been archived inside cc04-notes.txt. List of people who don't respond to email, and/or whose sites appear to be dead, or on life support. John Elson, Billy England, Colby Reich, "Black Omen", Stefen Enns, Becky Benjamin, Tony Brown, Mike Collard, Arctic Productions, No-Name Productions, Carlton Griffin, Robert Olsen, Andy Phillips, Mad Systems (Purcell/Reilly), Eric Richardson, Ben Tiefert.
There are probably some other old Lord friends I am not thinking of, but they would all have been gone for well over two years. As some of you will notice in reading the newsletter, I would love to hear from any old Lord authors and webmasters who might come across this message. We are all fortunate I think that Lloyd Hannesson came back to us, and that Michael Everett found our old friend Vamsi Tadepalli and forwarded his ICQ conversation to me for the newsletter. I can recall many old friends and/or LORD web-sites that I miss.
Dark Lair Software/BBS - Rick Martin (Located August 2002); Gregory Campbell; Trevor Herndon (located in 2001); Aussie Creations - M. Freeman; Avalin Software - Casey Leonard and Rod Swigart; John Maynus "Azor"; Ballistic Labs; Sweet Dreams Software - Aaron Wornom (Located August 2002); Brian Bosscher (Located August 2002), David Miller, Dekka Visions Software, Wonderland Software - Jay Cochrane; Andrew Doran, Charles Feldmeier, Nannette Thacker, Chris Macpherson, Chris Fisher, Stephen Oberholtzer, Joshua Eckerman, John Gibbard, John Tucker, Brian May (Located in 2001), Jeff Fanjoy, Matt Granberry, Chad Schwartz, David Hasbrouck (Located in 2002), David Coburn, Charles Culver (Located in 2001), Charles Mandeville (Located in 2002), John Hutton, Marvin Wise (Located in summer 2002), Rafi Bodill, Paul Mullins (Located in spring 2002), Devon Brooks, Ahkenaton, Tom/Thomas Moore, Dan Buckler, Craig Edgar. Foxfire, James Cornman - Hybrid Software; Insane Productions; Jam's Den, KnightSoft, Chris Larkin, Mamoosoft - Robby Dittman, MatrixSoft, Mystic Software (Stephen Enns - Located August 2002), Night Fire Software - John Winter; Noel Software - Thomas Smith; Charles Mandeville, Steven Blunt, Kyle Parish (located in 2001), PolarShock, "Romeo", Sherwood Zone and Starlink sites, SlayerSoft, and Steven Millar.
If anyone thinks of any other old Lord authors, and knows how to reach them, please let them know I'd like to know what they are up to, and if they'd ever consider updating their old Lord programs, or writing new ones. Some of the people I've listed were old friends that I met through their web-sites, or by email, many years ago, when I first started keeping track of the Lord sites and people. One sure does notice a lot of lost sites when you look back and actually see who has been lost, don't they? Note: I've been looking over my old archives for closed Lord sites, and had never realized before that Eric Vinson was the writer of the Lord II New World: Exile to Another World. What happened with that program's development, I'd love to know.
So everyone, here's your chance to help me prepare for the next Lord issue. Everyone is invited to send in entries anytime you wish to, and I likely won't actually start this next issue until October. I've got a new project to do, in connection with one I'm working towards with Lloyd Hannesson. I'm going to update the IGM Page from Joseph Masters site, with every known Lord IGM listed, along with last known version number, author's name with any valid email address hyperlinked, author's web-site if one is available, and removal of the comments parts. I don't need them, and getting rid of those short reviews will result in a much shorter web-page. Once this is done, anyone who would want to, can always access it from my web-site, and be able to write messages to people, or visit their web-sites, knowing what they'd written.
I'd love to consider doing something like this for Lord II IGM authors, but I'm not that crazy. Someone else can tackle a project like that if they want to do so. I don't have a list of email addresses for the hundred plus Lord II igm authors, most of whom, I seem to recall from working on the Official LORD II IGM Archive's review pages for Bobby Queen, don't have a web-site. *IF* I had a list of valid email addresses for all the Lord II igm writers, and a list of any web-sites they might have by now, I'd be willing to consider working on an additional Lord web-page to cover them. I guess that's all I wanted to say to conclude this Listbot mailing for the fourth newsletter issue. Donald.
Update notations for matters covered in the above Addendum.
Prepared on Apr. 14, 2001. The current issue, to be released later
this month, is LordNews Issue #6, and
should be consulted, along with Issue #5, for news relating to those
referred to in this issue. Lost track of ... update: Bryan Turner
is now fully inactive. Lost all contact with Peter Jackson and
Spencer Vickers last year. Paul Koukos is active only in connection
with his Hellas BBS web-site. Justin Scott is no longer involved in
any way with LORD. Not reachable ... update: Seth Robinson also is
sending auto-response form letters to anyone who writes him about LORD.
See Issue #6 for Elysium Software coverage. Black Omen is a participant
in Issue #5, but is fairly inactive. For other info, just read the
update notes in the HTML web-pages for each newsletter issue.
LordNews Issue #1 - Released on April
28, 2000. -- Issue #1 Archive
LordNews Issue #2 - Released on June 26,
2000. -- Issue #2 Archive
LordNews Issue #3 - Released on June 28,
2000. -- Issue #3 Archive
LordNews Issue #4 - Released on Sept. 20,
2000. -- Issue #4 Archive
LordNews Issue #5 - Released on December
20, 2000. -- Issue #5 Archive
LordNews Issue #6 - Released on April 19,
2001. -- Issue #6 Archive
LordNews Issue #7 - Released on August 05,
2001. Issue #7 Archive.
LordNews Issue #8 -
LordNews Issue #8 Archive
Released on Oct. 08, 2001 in two parts. Recombined into single
web-page on May 28, 2002.
LordNews Issue #9 --
Issue #9 Archive. Released on
December 03, 2001.
LordNews Issue #10 --
Issue #10 HTML Archive.
Released on February 06, 2002.
LordNews Issue #11 --
Issue #11 HTML Archive.
Released on May 18, 2002.
LordNews Issue #12 --
Issue #12 HTML Archive. Issue
released on Oct. 07, 2002. Last revision 03/31/03.
LordNews Issue #13 --
Issue #13 HTML Archive. October 2002
- June 2003 coverage. In final processing.
LordNews Issue #14 -- Covers July 2003
forward.
LordNews Issue #1 - Text --
Issue #1 Text Archive.
Released on December 20, 1999.
LordNews Issue #2 - Text --
Issue #2 Text Archive.
Released on April 05, 2000.
LordNews Issue #3 - Text --
Issue #3 Text Archive.
Released on June 20, 2000.
LordNews Issue #4 - Text --
Issue #4 Text Archive.
Released on September 20, 2000.
LordNews Issue #5 - Text --
Issue #5 Text Archive.
Released on December 20, 2000.
LordNews Issue #6 - Text --
Issue #6 Text Archive.
Released on April 19, 2001.
LordNews Issue #7 - Text --
Issue #7 Text Archive.
Released on August 05, 2001.
LordNews Issue #8 Text, Part One
-- LordNews Issue #8 Text, Part
Two
LordNews Issue #8 Text
Archive. Released on October 08, 2001.
LordNews Issue #9 Text Version
-- Issue #9 Archive.
Released on December 04, 2001.
Go to the LordNews Table of
Contents Page.
04/15/01: Finished updating issue #4 files, both web-page and text version. Did not try to align material involving the addendum, and its related update notations between the two files. 08/02/01 Notes: Brief edits, fixed HTML coding error. Jason Brown, Tien Lung, and Bryan Turner have quit doing LORD programming, but are still supporting their programs. Korombos's server has closed down, reason unknown. IceRage Technologies has resumed operation - see Issue #7 for details. 08/10: Fixed email address link errors. 08/21: Added LordNews List update, replaced LordNews Issues Links section. 09/13, 10/31: Updated LordNews Issues Links section.
December 2001/January 2002 Notes: 12/10/01: Revised LordNews Links section; Replaced LordNews mailing list subscribe info; added update notes to various author's entries. 12/21: Miscellaneous editing updates. 01/20/02: Replaced LordNews issues Links section. 01/22: Updated Ruth Argust's entry. 01/29: Codax Dragon entry updated. Did Link check of web-page, fixed various errors. Dropped links to closed sites: TinySoft, New Lord page, Lord II:CNW site. Revised links: Elysium, Elric. Rewrote some of the Addendum Section. 02/23: Posted issue archive to Fidonet. 03/06/02: Replaced all Vagabond Software web-site links. 09/07/2002: Updated email links - Bryan Turner, Mike Dillon. Issue links updated. 09/13/02: Revised LordNews/LadyScripts Lists HTML Forms code section. Updated Bobby Queen's entry.
January 2003 revision. Replaced old GeoCities URL links to work with current fidotel.com web-site. Updated LordNews Issues Links section. 08/05/03: Removed Justin Scott's email address; updated issues links section. 01/28/04: Updated entry info for Michael Bujold, Mike Dillon, Lloyd Hannesson, Michael Preslar, and Joel Gathercole. Updated LordNews Issues Links table.
06/27/07 Note: All web-sites formerly hosted on fidotel.com were either closed since 2003 or have been relocated. IceRage Technologies is closed; Kiteria's Korner is relocated; Lord2 IGM Archive Site is closed; and FieldSoft IGMs is closed. Did brief update to replace Fidotel.com hyperlinks. 01/13/09: I will replace the web-page counters code eventually (maybe). Fixed some HTML coding errors.
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