You’re looking at it folks! EleqTrizi’T send me an e-mail a few days ago with an offer that could not be refused. He has asked me to take over as Sysop and WebMaster of The Home Sector/StarDock BBS and I have accepted. EleqTrizi’T has a lot of things going on for himself right now and I’m here to give him a hand. I look forward to doing the best job that I can in upholding the professional quality that this server and web site has always shown to its players and visitors.This is a real exciting time for both EleqTrizi’T and I and we are proud to present this merger to you! As you can see we have already merged the web sites and we look forward to bringing new features to you in the future!

If you haven’t already heard (word seems to be spreading fast), I am the new sysop and webmaster at the StarDock BBS/The Home Sector. More on this will be coming in tomorrow’s (Sunday’s) update!

EleqTrizi’T was away for a few days and the IP addresses got switched on him when he was unable to do anything about it. Here is his ICQ message:“I apologize to everyone. I was out of town in Vegas since Sunday when the IP changed. You can reach the server at 24.24.152.162 until the domain names catch up…webserver at 24.24.152.154”

StarDock BBS Server – Click Here
StarDock BBS Web Site – Click Here

Well if you really wanna call it a “feature.” I have decided, since it’s the beginning of a new year in TW for me, that I would start my own “statistics” page for all of the games that I play this year. This link can be found at the top labeled “my stats.” If anyone has any interest they can go to that page and check out my kills, games played, who I killed, etc. for the whole year. I will add other Statistics to the page as I think of them (and I’ll also clean the current page up a bit). Enjoy!P.S.: If you would like to do the same, I will not call you a copy-cat. 😉 Sometimes these things are just fun to read. E-mail me with any comments or suggestions about the stats page if you like.

Forgot to add the “My Stats” link to the top link bar yesterday. Sorry about that. It’s now up there.I will be adding a small page for my USO corporation, -=[Nav Haz Unltd]=- to TRADEWARS.WS in the near future. Hopefully I’ll have pictures of all of the members and you will be able to see what games we are currently participating in and other information. Look for that soon.

As you obviously can see, you’re looking at the new design of TRADEWARS.WS. I decided yesterday that I was going to cut out most of the parts that I have not had the time to finish and just launch the site with what I did have done. The other features will come gradually, but I’m not going to release any specific dates at this point. So enjoy what’s here for now and keep checking back for more!

January 1 is coming up real quick. Here’s the deal. If the new site design isn’t completely finished by the first of the new year TRADEWARS.WS will temporarily shut down until it is complete. There will only be a splash page up until I have everything ready to launch. Then I will make an announcement in the the various TW eGroups, via ICQ/AIM, and an e-mail sent out to those of you on my various TW lists when it launches. I’m not going to launch it half-done…the sections that I have featured will be complete up to that point and then I’ll add more as I’m able. I’m hoping to get a new start with the new design and start updating on a daily basis once again.

You heard it right. EleqTrizi’T and Aitvo are making good things happen like usual! They brought back the good ole days of MBBS!!! You have to see it for yourself…telnet to thestardock.com and prepare to be amazed! I’m already on there wasting my life away in Teleconference (well I was when this was written).I want to commend these guys for all of their hard work on the Fusion-MBBS software. To find out more about the Fusion-MBBS click here. Also to visit Intergate BBS, click here. (telnet://bbs.intergate.cx)

The Home Sector officially announces it’s move to the Fusion GS! Sometime in the near future I will be installing a Linux server running the latest Fusion software, running an emulation of MajorBBS! What started out as an innocent question to Aitvo, “Can you get Fusion to work more like MajorBBS?”, has turned into a full-fledged obsession for both of us. In the past week I have joined the Fusion Development Team and have started adding new Fusion modules, the first being a fully-working clone of a MajorBBS teleconference!. There are private rooms, actions, whispers, directed messages, even global pages!

While it is still a work in progress, the feel of a genuine MBBS system has definitely been achieved. Soon we will add Forums and even global paging right into AND OUT OF the TWGS! The best part…65,000+ nodes!

The date of the switch over will be announced soon. Currently running games on the TWGS will be unaffected, but all new games will be banged on a secondary TWGS until all games on the old system can be migrated safely.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding the HS’s move to Fusion GS. So here is a FAQ that will hopefully address most of the concerns..

I use different handles in different games, how am I going to continue these with just one BBS handle? – The Home Sector will move to Fusion and run TWO seperate TWGS servers for the first month or so. Current games will be moved to the “old” server, Premier, and be closed to new players, but remain freely accessible until they finish with whatever handle you use. New games will be banged on server Retaliator, and you will log into those using your Fusion handle.

What kind of hardware will the Fusion server be running? For the geeks like me out there, I will be running a dedicated box with an AMD chip of around 700-800MHz. All internal networking will be done with top-quality Intel network cards.

Will the BBS mean we have to start paying? No. My end-user license agreement with my ISP forbids me from running a commercial site. However, I am considering special priviledge to those who have donated.

What are the long term plans? I have really big plans for this server. Since I am now deep into Fusion development and working closely with Fusion founder Aitvo, I have unheard of control of this system. I am no longer just another customer of BBS software, I am the creator! (uh oh here comes the gOD complex again…)

How close is Fusion to really running like a MajorBBS/Worldgroup system? Really damn close. On top of the teleconference pic on the front page, check out this forum picture taken yesterday…