206 lines
8.8 KiB
Groff
206 lines
8.8 KiB
Groff
GB> Question: What does RPG stand for?
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Role Playing Game.
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There are plans afoot to market a BBS Role Playing game.
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__ ______ __ __ ____ ______
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/ / /_ __// / / // __ \ / ____/
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/ / / / / / / // /_/ // /_
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/ / / / / / / // __ // __/ The Roleplaying Game
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/ /___ / / / /_/ // / / // /___
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/_____/ /_/ /_____//_/ /_//_____/ Copyright (c) 1993, Dac.
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Premise:
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You and your friends (up to 150 other players) are trapped in
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separate rooms in a nice modern motel. All exits are sealed, and
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proof against tampering/gross damage. A complex delivery system
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allowes for movement of items, but not people, between the inside
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of the room, and the outside of the room. Food is delivered
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daily. Wardrobe has enough changes of clothes for eight days,
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and laundry facilities are provided once a week. (Exceptions are
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possible, described later).
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You have a comfy chair, a single bed, toilet/bathroom, and a 1989
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vintage PC/AT Computer, running an unregistered [crippleware]
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version of 'TNT', (an offline mail reader.) Connected to the
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computer is a dumb-modem, 2400bps, which has a telecom
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connection. The only number the phone line is connected to is
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'1'.
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When the number is dialled by the modem, you are connected to
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a computer running 'Osiris' (touted in this RPG as the worlds
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worst BBS package), and you have two choices - log off, or start
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a TNT session. TNT enables you to pick up, and send mail. The
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only echomail area available is LTUAE. All players can send and
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receive messages via LTUAE, and no other way. There is no escape.
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The Object of the game:
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The object of the game is to drive "The Gerry" mad.
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Players start by lurking for at least one day (the computer will
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make as many connection attempts as possible, but Osiris will NOT
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give you more than one mail bundle per day). Each player
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downloads their mailbundle, and reads it with TNT. You are
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forced to use TNT's editor, which significantly impairs your
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ability to quote, and limits you to a 50 line maximum message.
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Each game starts with a computer simulated "The Gerry". It
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starts out like a clueless newbie, and unless educated with
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'flames' and 'zorches', it will go around in circles asking each
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new player their age, shoe-size, and bank balance. See the
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section on 'The Gerry' for further details.
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The other stock LTUAE players are
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'The Solo';
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Appears at random, and sends a cogent precis of the week's
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happenings. Doesn't ever reply to players. Useful to get a
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running jump at the current LTUAE state of play.
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'The Heppell';
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A stoneage version of The Gerry. Incapable of all but the most
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redundant conversation. Had a built in tendancy to say
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'Macintosh' every message, and leer at girls. 'The Heppell' has
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been known to be stopped by judicious use of UUENCODED gifs (see
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'addons', 'powerups', 'saving-throw'). If you are a victim of a
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message from The Heppell, you lose one net.friend, and gain one
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net.enemy. (saving throws are possible)
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'Statistician';
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Posts weekly and monthly, noting players scores in terms of
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messages sent, kilobytes sent, originality rating, niceness
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rating, number of net.friends, number of net.enemies, number of
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flames posted, number of UUENCODED messages sent, and average
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weightings against each other player in the game.
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'The Den';
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Appears regularly, tells a random story that may or may not
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include references to Calvin and Hobbes, Astronomy GIFS, going to
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Canberra Fests, or life in Dubbo. The Den bestows (temporary)
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gifts upon players with admirable skills, but he has a short
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fuse, and is quick to anger, revoking his temporary gifts
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instantly the simulation detects he's been flamed, zorched, or
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described with any diminutive term.
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'TWILTUAE';
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A potpourri of the best and lamest quotes during the past week.
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DCOTW awards are meted out to the most deserving clueless gits.
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People who feature regularly in TWILTUAE get special bonuses,
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which may be used for addons and power-ups, but beware of being
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sycophanted, in which case you may be penalised with a personal
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pogrom order from The Dac.
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'The Dac';
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Players are to avoid The Dac at all costs. The Dac can remove
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all addons and powerups, (saving throws are allowed), and only
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very rarily will the simulated Dac hand out bonuses. Everybody
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is the enemy, The Dac serves as a random element in the game.
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Sycophants beware, the Dac simulation is not gulled by
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sweet-talking. The Dac has the special ability of officially
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designating players as 'olbies', and to advance in the game,
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getting oldbie status is imperative!
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'The Pip';
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Players without dictionary skills may find themselves attacked by
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this pedant simulation. May be counted on as a net.friend,
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except in Statistician reports, where any messages to/from The
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Pip count towards your total net.enemy score.
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'The Weinel';
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The secondary goal of LTUAE is to be placed in The Weinel's
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killfile. This can be extraordinarily easy for the newbie to
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achieve, so the program has an inbuilt preventative measure,
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which overrides the Weinel's attention, until the player has
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gained sufficient points to be considered 'a recognised oldbie'.
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The Weinel may randomly distribute bonus points to players at any
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time. If not restrained by the group as a whole, the LTUAE echo
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becomes overrun with messages from The Weinel, and TNT/Osiris
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limitations begin to adversely affect the number of messages a
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player can receive. In the worst case, galloping echobloat can
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develop, and the simulation will end, forcing nobody to win.
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'The Dooles';
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Wiccan, friend of the earth, and of all animals except the iccky
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ones, the Dooles is a random element in the game. Should the
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simulated Dooles latch on to you, your charisma is decreased to
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zero, and all of your net.friends become neutral, unless you can
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get them to send you a message (see 'saving throw'). The Dooles
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can occasionally give clues as to how to defeat The Gerry and The
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Weinel, but mostly the simulation will produced endless messages
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about cats. Any mention of 'cat' in a players message will
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almost certainly attract the attention of The Dooles, and is not
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recommended except for the most sturdy flamer. The Dooles can be
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temporarily disabled by a strong flame/zorch, but failure can
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result in catastrophe. Many have wrought a flame against Dooles
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and lost the plot in the aftermath!
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'The Tricia';
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Pregnant and barefoot in the net.kitchen, The Tricia metes out
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her own special blend of mild sarcasm, warm welcome, notes on
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home-cooking, running a small discriminating BBS, and how to live
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a puritan life in the suburbs. Hands out bonuses to sycophants
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and random players, but can be quick to anger if ignored. Saving
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throws against The Tricia will not work, due to implied divine
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intervention.
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'The Sparrow';
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LTUAE's most tenacious simulation. If badgered by The Sparrow,
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you instantly gain three net.enemies, and lose three net.friends.
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(Negative enemies/friends are not permitted) Saving throws
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against The Sparrow do not work (see 'The Tricia'). Ignoring
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'The Sparrow' is the best course of action, but if you dare to
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prolong the contact with further messages, you can get a discount
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on the net.friends lost and net.enemies gained. Weird
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formatting, and repeated statements to the effect that you have a
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belief in the moon being made of green cheese, can help you if
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you are latched on to by The Sparrow. The Sparrow does not post
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on Sundays, and is the only simulation to be so restricted.
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'The Heitman';
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A legal eagalitarian simulation. Bestows bonuses upon those who
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are doing well according to the Statistician (but not -too-
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well). People posting too many messages get net.brickbats and
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gain one net.enemy if the player is singled out by The Heitman.
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Can revoke any and all addons with any or all messages, and has
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ultimate veto power amongst the simulants. During the cricket
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season he is best not disturbed. If you are the victim of a
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posting from The Heitman, and you don't publicly post the correct
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interpretation of the simulation's terse verbiage, then you gain
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one net.enemy, and lose a random net.friend. The Heitman can be
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bribed by offering bonuses, but only if you're a recognised
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oldbie. No saving throws are possible against this character.
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'The Rod';
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If The Rod sends you a negative message, you gain one
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net.enemy. The Rod is seasonal simulation, and will sometimes
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not be seen for months and months. The Rod can bestow bonuses
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upon the authors of especially fine messages, but mostly he
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increases your net.enemy count, and is very bad news. Saving
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throws are possible. If you are the victim of a 'Hmmm'
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message-altering quote from The Rod, you are infliced with an
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additional net.enemy, and lose half of your charisma rating. The
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Rod can be outmanuevred if you have the 'sensayuma' powerup.
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Noted for its vulgarity and lack of player database access
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[limited memory].
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