Ok looks like the WTC is going into a Mexican Stand Off. Word from Eleq is when it is time to rebang the next WTC is most likely will be a BI-Annual event..hoping by that time the first one will have ended BOTE is taking on the WTC look also...the only one having fun in there lately is KILLER KAWALSKI GUARDIAN...he has been putting the hurt in there lately. TW Convention - Oct. 20-22 on Las Vegas! Make your plans to attend now and help Space Ghost celebrate his birthday. Yes folks, regardless what you have heard he was not hatched!..grin The HHT is coming up soon at Eclipse.Ultranet.com on Oct.31st! Register your team to day with Space Ghost!

Stupidy is an odd creature. It has been without a hero ever since Matt Groening started writing "The Simpsons." But as of today, Stupidity has a new champion, and his name is [Timberwolf](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.webcntrl.com/timberwolf/). But don't take my word for it, check out [Timberwolf's Ascension](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.egroups.com/message/tw2002/19960) for yourself! Here's a small bit: "Severe storms affecting home sector so I ran my 700 turns quick..colonized 13K collies and dropped about 11K of those on planet 418 in 3883..that planet needs an upgrade to level 2 if someone could get to it..thanks" This was all sent to [egroups](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.egroups.com/list/tw2002), the email group practically everyone reads. Personally, I think this needs to be inducted into [Lady Ice's Stupid newbie Things](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.icecastle.net/Tradewars/) so that another champion does not spawn to decimate future generations.

[The Tradewars Convention](files/Site%20Caps/TWCon2000) that is going to be held in Las Vegas during Oct 20-22 is approaching quickly! There is still time to make arangements, so get to it! I'm currently seeing If I can weasel out of classes so that I can make it myself. [Read the latest about the hotels available](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.egroups.com/message/tw2002/19746). Any questions can be directed to [Bad Girl](mailto:barbcruz@home.com)

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 crazy duo of Mario and Luigi known as the Super Mario Bros. have landed on the EIS Forums! Ah, Those two wacky plumbers would do anything for a mushroom. Drug abuse conotations aside, it looks like Mario and Luigi had to change their names to [Max](https://eisonline.classictw.com/) and [Lucifer Ligh](https://eisonline.classictw.com/) before they started posting on the EIS forums to keep their identities hidden. Unfortunatelly, the Mario Bros.(TM) are probably the worst thing to happen to the EIS Forum since [Barefoot.](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.tradewars.org/pranks/barefoot.shtml) Let's take a look at a few of the insights the Mario Bros.(TM) have on Tradewars: **The Mario Bros.(TM) on [Being Old School Gangstaz](https://eisonline.classictw.com/)** " [Mario] tells me that the current generation of players think that they are better strategists than us old-timers. (BTW, if you weren't playing in the single-node days you are not an old-school player.)" This is the main problem with the Mario Bros.(TM) Since they consider themselves "oldsk00l," they automatically think they have the right to become God and change the game as they see fit. I don't care if you don't use helpers. More power to you if you don't. What I don't like is people telling me how I should play the game. All I can say is that you better not tell me that I can't use SST or Helpers because they cause cancer and make the game unfair. If you just happen to say that to me, I'll probably be forced to change your name to some fictional video game character. **The Mario Bros.(TM) on Helpers and other things that make Baby Jesus cry:** "if a game must have 3rd party helper programs and command scripting to make it not be boring to it's players, then this is a game in desperate need of a redesign. ... Why not just eliminate the trade negotiations entirely, or simply go the whole hog and build the "helper" into the game itself?" Well DUH. If you look around a few games, helpers and/or scripts basically are integrated into the game. Very few people don't use them. Does it really matter if Tradewars has a helper built in? No. As I've said before, Tradewars caters to the hardcore. One of the great things about that is we don't have have to put up with the "D00d, can u give me some creds?" kind of people who run rampent in [other games](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.mpog.com/kos/dewdz.html). The downside is that there is less money to be made so extras like integrating a helper into the game can't be done. **The Mario Bros.(TM) on Geriatrics:** "I was writing FORTH code and hacking games like Telegard in the C64 and Apple IIplus while you were still getting beat up on the playground for your lunch money, son." I don't care if you ported [Nethack](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.nethack.org/) to an Atari 2600. You may have been around longer, but you still have about the same authority to change Tradewars as Gary Coleman does. Maybe if this were China where people respect their elders, things would be diffrent. But this is America and I'll be damned if I start respecting them now. **The Mario Bros.(TM) on [Challenging for Love and Honor:](https://eisonline.classictw.com/)** "... no helper scripts, 350 turns per day. I'll even take you at your word that you'll not use helper scripts" Smart Move Einstein. If your so against helpers, then why don't you let them use the helpers and then kick their butt? (Note: Mario did allow the opposing team to use helpers, but this line just being said should tell you something.) I'm probably throwing this thing well out of proportion. After all, only three people are constantly proclaiming that the game be changed: The Mario Bros. and Barefoot. It's an incredibly small - but also incredibly vocal - Minority. I wish everyone had the same attitude as [The Guardian](https://eisonline.classictw.com/) (Not to be confused with [Guardian](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://tradewars.fament.com/guardian/)) does: let them use helpers, I play the way I do because I like it.

Word of the day is GHOSTITIS....The ability to live comfortably in a small space for a long period of time. Example: Space Ghost attracts GHOSTITIS within 20 min. of entering a game with his desire to live in a POD!

The Word for today is brought to you by Timberwolf.. TYPO FIASCO: You mean to type in a sector to warp to...say 1001..and you accidently type in 1010 and BOOM! You suddenly contract Ghostitis!

Sorry it is not more presentable, I just really wanted to get the data out ASAP before I left for the week. 30 people took the WTC poll. Thanks everyone for the suggestions. ### Opinion of WTC Format * Very High - 30 * High - 10 * Average - 3 * Low - 1 * Game Sucked - 1 ### Opinion of Personal in-game WTC Performance * Great - 4 * Good - 14 * Not so Good -3 * I suck - 8 * Didn't Participate - 1 ### Suggestions * Set Death Limit - 13 * Not allowed Corp Switching - 11 * Make Ship Edits - 5 * Make Planet Edits - 3 * Installed Daily Time Limit - 16 * No Photons - 2 * Use Classic non-MBBS Mode - 3 * Nothing, it's perfect - 10

After today, I've realized just how much I hate networking in windows. I spent from 5:30pm to 12:00am today trying to fix my proxy server. I don't know why it stopped working, but It'll be the first thing I ask the almighty when I die. I can hardly imagine my Mom or even my Dad trying to fix what I did. Stay with me, there is a point. Maybe that's the whole problem with Tradewars. The majority of game buyers out there are content with the $20 Deer Hunter clone at Walmart. They want their games dumb and cheap. Then there are the Quake junkies who pay $300 for a new video card every year and play the most sophisticated games made. But there are certain games that successfully appeal to both sides. Any Blizzard game such as Diablo or Starcraft are good examples. When a Tradewars sequel is created, the hardest challenge may be getting that balance. Let's face it, Tradewars screams hardcore. You have to play through some weird "telnet" thing and practically need a helper or scripts to play effectively. It's not the easiest game to learn and you need to play consistently to win. That last reason is also why I don't play much. Besides having to deal with the problem of turning a text game into something graphical, the makers will also have to tone down how hardcore it will be. I suppose it probably doesn't matter in the end. Chances are it'll be made on a shoestring budget. It'll be able to cater to the hardcore because it won't need to sell 2 million copies to foot the development bill. I'll probably buy and play whatever sequal is made and no matter how hardcore or horrible it ends up being and I'm sure I'm not alone.

Let's see what is going on in the life of TW. Eleq got married and is now on his honeymoon trying to making little jolts of eleqrtizi't! Hekate's TW School is now in session! Open house will be next week and current students will be displaying their mapping skills in crayola. Seriously if your a new player and need help learning the game Hekate is more then willing to help you. Applications can be picked up at library or police station! Guardian is going on an Excellent Adventure! He is moving to Virginia next Saturday so he can hang out at Hooters with SG. They keep saying they go there for the WINGS! And all this time I thought it was for the potato skins... or some type of SKIN!...Go Figure! Lots of games rebanging around the universe...Read Egroups I am sure you can find one to your liking. The people playing in the WTC I hear are going thru withdrawls with everyone on their WTC Honeymoon for a week. Thursday will be here before you know it! I am still looking for interesting TW words...send them to me at Barbcruz@home.com