The word of the day is brought to you by EleqTrizi'T: ELEQTRIQSIDE: The ability to photon pass huge amount of figs and slide into enemy territory and cause great destruction with just a little Trizi'T, all this while DISCO music plays in the background!

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. Visit the [official TW2002 convention site](/files/Site%20Caps/TWCon2000/index.html) 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.

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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!