First of all I want to thank EleqTrizi’T for posting TRADEWARS.WS on the Home Sector’s site update list and for the recognition that he has given his donors and also game winners at Home Sector.Second of all, there has been a lot of talk in the TW2002 eGroup lately about the restructuring of the TWLeague‘s points system for next year. They are also appointing a new board member to replace Lithe, with the possibility of adding two more board members in the near future. If you have any good ideas for the League, visit their web site and let them know! Any help or suggestions are appreciated and at least considered!

Don’t forget that Klink’s World is banging it’s fourth new game tonight at 5:00PM Eastern! Make sure you check it out! The other three games on the server are also brand new and only a three days old at most! (telnet://tw.twlinks.com)

As you may have noticed, I kicked the number of updates for each section here on the main page to one. I may be adding yet another update section in the near future, but that remains to be seen for the moment. Either way, this makes reading (and editing) the main page much easier. I added links to the specific archives for each update section right below the main header here on the main page as well. That way when the archives page begins to fill up you can find what you’re looking for a little faster. If anyone has any ideas that you would like me to add to the site, drop me a line and I’ll take them into consideration.

I’ve been adding some things here and there to the subsequent pages. The TWGS page has been updated with a tentative game list for its launch sometime in the near future. I’m still working on the TWPA page and I also have another pretty big project that I’m going to work on for the site. This second project will probably not be completed until later this Fall. Just a heads up on the site’s future.

Proven fact: Female TWarriors prefer younger, beta test men over older hardware. Here is what’s being said:Fuseblown – “They also like younger men <clears throat> that might as well be older, more mature men.”

Hekate – “YEP…kinda like Fuseblown and EleqTrizi’T? <G>”

Bad Girl – “ROFL..I like em younger myself!”

There ya have it folks…new case study shows that younger TWarriors are what keeps those female TWarriors on the (trade) warpath!

The site is now live. To see past news from the last week that I have been working on the site, go to the News Archives. I will also be adding an option or two tomorrow sometime…one is a future project of mine that may interest a lot of you TW2002 players out there. Keep checking back for more information on those. Also, I’m getting lots of positive feedback on the site…I’m glad my multiple redesigns and hard work seemed to have paid off. I’m really going to be pushing for original content that hopefully you will not find elsewhere.

If you haven’t been keeping up on your TW2002 eGroups postings then you wouldn’t know that Eleq has started a Trade Wars 2002 SETI@home group (image link on the left menu bar). So far there are 7 members including myself. Join now, it’s free and the software can be set to run only when the screensaver is active or you may let it run all of the time. Help in the search for E.T. life out there!

The News Archives page is up and running. I have decided the the two latest posts in each update section here on the main page will remain and all others shall go to the archives page. At the beginning of every new month I will compile the news from the previous month and make a seperate page for each month to keep the load time down in on the main archives page. If you’ve been to the EIS Support Forum, you will know what I mean…the archives system will be similar to the EIS forum archives. Thanks to MacAhan I have my CGI forum up and going, but it still needs some customization work done before I put it up. Things should be done and ready to go by the end of the weekend.

Today is my wife’s birthday, and next week is mine. So, to celebrate I am going to agressively pursue some donations for the next few weeks. I have a Pay-pal account now, and you can set one up quite easily at PayPal.com. You even get $5 dollars just for signing up (send that to me, too :D)

I am looking for all those appreciative people who always write me about how great I am, how great my server is, and how pretty my momma is, to send their contribution to the most popular server on the internet. I’ve been doing this for a year and a half now, and have done it out of my own expenses for all that time.

Need more reasons to donate? How about these…

-A 1,600 Megahertz, dual-Pentium-3 monster to run a TWGS, paid for by yours truly.

-World TradeWars Championship. Hosting what is probably agreed to be the single hardest, most exciting, universally loved tournament ever. And next year’s will be that much better! IF you’re a WTC player, maybe you could show some appreciation :D.

I’ve managed to not toot my own horn too much the past few months, but this is a special occassion. I easily spend 1-3 hrs on my server each day. I answer up to 20 emails a day, countless ICQ’s, help out in two different forums to get other sysops up and running and to get players the knowledge they seek. I guess what I’m trying to say is this… I just don’t see ANYONE working as hard as I am for this community.

Another round of thanks goes to The Home Sector’s current donors.. Bad Girl, Speedy, Barnhill, Big D, Timberwolf.

I have been in Chicago since Sunday morning…just got back on last Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. More work shall be completed today and/or tonight for sure. I’m working on the CGI that I’m going to need for the forms, etc. Just have a few bugs to work out before those are completed. Once everything is figured out, the Forums, File Vault, GuestBook, and Feedback Form will all be completed and rolling. Keep checking back for more. Oh, and I will be adding a News Archive for both the Universal and Site updates…so be looking for that also. I’m going to try and keep the main page limited to the two latest updates in each section.

Well it has been decided that the Excalibur in Las Vegas will be TW Convention H.Q. They need 20 people to reserve rooms in order to get the cheaper group rate. So far only 4 or 5 people have reserved rooms…go to the convention site, e-mail Eleq or Bad Girl and let them know you are going and staying at the Excalibur!! I am also 95% sure that I will be attending…thanks go to Hekate (TWLINKS.COM) for helping me find a cheap airfare from Baltimore!

Last minute decisions for the Las Vegas TW2002 convention are still being discussed. It’s hard to tell what’s going to happen from this point. No one can decide which hotel they’re going to stay at and basically it’s just a big mess. There’s also talk about next year’s convention being located in Virginia Beach, VA. Luckily for me, I’m only a few hours from there <G>. Visit the official TW2002 convention site hosted by the Home Sector.

As you can see, things are still being worked on. Hopefully things will get done within the next couple of weeks. I’ll be travelling a good bit for work this month, so time will be tight once again. The TWGS will *not* be up this month, that’s guaranteed…I’m still working out the details on that. Also, the strategy section of the web site will not be completed by the end of this month either.

Grew tired of the last design rather fast, but I love this one (I always say that, don’t I?). One area that REALLY has improved is the game logs area. Check it out and feed me some back!

The Home sector has made a new script written in pearl to help you sysops figure out who the dupes are! Get it at https://twgs.tradewars.org/dupecatch.zip

If you’ve logged on the Home Sector BBS in the past two days, you’ve realized you can’t play because of lag. This is not your everyday lag you get while playing NerfQuest, no. It’s something far more sinister.

That, or I’ve heard that Eleq’s ISP is doing matinence work.

Oh yea! This little news Script I installed is great. Basically, It really cuts down on the work that I have to do. (the extra work is really why I don’t update as much as I should) I could even update this place from My Sega Dreamcast if I really was that despirate. This nifty news script is called Newspro.