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| **Aestland's Return**\\ | **Aestland's Return**\\ | ||
| - | (ae) Last Tuesday had the founder of Aestland return to his island. He came back to Alpha Realm after half a year of absence and gave the name 'Justasboi' for himself. He remembered his home but not how to get there, and accepted the offer of guidance for himself and a friend he'd brought along.\\ | + | (ae) Last Tuesday had the founder of Aestland return to his island. He came back to Alpha's Realm after half a year of absence and gave the name 'Justasboi' for himself. He remembered his home but not how to get there, and accepted the offer of guidance for himself and a friend he'd brought along.\\ |
| After a trek through the nether and some harrowing boating accidents on high seas due to inexperience, the three travelers made their way to the linked island. Only upon seeing it did the guide recognize it as Aestland, as the one trying to get there had not given a name, and remembered that there should be a portal even on the island itself.\\ | After a trek through the nether and some harrowing boating accidents on high seas due to inexperience, the three travelers made their way to the linked island. Only upon seeing it did the guide recognize it as Aestland, as the one trying to get there had not given a name, and remembered that there should be a portal even on the island itself.\\ | ||
| The returnee agreed and found it at once, well-hidden as it is, as well as his former residence. Upon scrutinizing the chests in his home, the returnee remembered his real name and explained that he had been suffering from partial amnesia due to a network complication. Now that he was home though, he could fully return to his former self: Baltman, the founder of Aestland.\\ | The returnee agreed and found it at once, well-hidden as it is, as well as his former residence. Upon scrutinizing the chests in his home, the returnee remembered his real name and explained that he had been suffering from partial amnesia due to a network complication. Now that he was home though, he could fully return to his former self: Baltman, the founder of Aestland.\\ | ||
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| **Autism Criteria**\\ | **Autism Criteria**\\ | ||
| (ar) God AlphaBernd spent last Tuesday on updating both our Realm's autism criteria and its outer presentation on the page https://autism.dev-urandom.eu/. An added criteria is now the 'hours played' list, finally providing a statistic acknowledging all the //hard work// that goes into afk-farming. Since it does not involve the (personal) changing of any blocks, those efforts could heretofore not be properly honored.\\ | (ar) God AlphaBernd spent last Tuesday on updating both our Realm's autism criteria and its outer presentation on the page https://autism.dev-urandom.eu/. An added criteria is now the 'hours played' list, finally providing a statistic acknowledging all the //hard work// that goes into afk-farming. Since it does not involve the (personal) changing of any blocks, those efforts could heretofore not be properly honored.\\ | ||
| - | According to God AlphaBernd's explanation, the hours displayed are added for the "entire time since the map started" (in contrast to the block changes that only sum up "the last ninety days", which is an extension of the previous two-month period) and count work in Alpha Realm's Nether and End regions as well. Each listed player is linked to a personal page displaying even more detailed information.\\ | + | According to God AlphaBernd's explanation, the hours displayed are added for the "entire time since the map started" (in contrast to the block changes that only sum up "the last ninety days", which is an extension of the previous two-month period) and count work in Alpha's Realm's Nether and End regions as well. Each listed player is linked to a personal page displaying even more detailed information.\\ |
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| **Pending Peace**\\ | **Pending Peace**\\ | ||
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| **Hollow Bastion at the Northern Edge**\\ | **Hollow Bastion at the Northern Edge**\\ | ||
| - | (ur) Recently, a huge cobblestone pillar was discovered at the northern edge of Alpha Realm, piquing the interest of the press and the neighboring town. While Residents Anotsu and RevolverKun from the nearby Squid Village had ventured to the structure they can see from home, they had been unable to find hints as to its creator.\\ | + | (ur) Recently, a huge cobblestone pillar was discovered at the northern edge of Alpha's Realm, piquing the interest of the press and the neighboring town. While Residents Anotsu and RevolverKun from the nearby Squid Village had ventured to the structure they can see from home, they had been unable to find hints as to its creator.\\ |
| After receiving some quick investigation training, Resident RevolverKun set out once more and reported that the high outer walls were "created with lava and water" by Resident Acid_Trance since November 28th.\\ | After receiving some quick investigation training, Resident RevolverKun set out once more and reported that the high outer walls were "created with lava and water" by Resident Acid_Trance since November 28th.\\ | ||
| - | Carefully moving inside, the explorer was able to shoot some rather breathtaking pictures, which are collected in photo 015. Only a little later, Resident Acid_Trance himself awoke but was unable to be contacted, so he could not be asked whether his magnificent structure was named. Even so, considering its size and particularities, the stronghold should be included in the list of Alpha Realm's landmarks.\\ | + | Carefully moving inside, the explorer was able to shoot some rather breathtaking pictures, which are collected in photo 015. Only a little later, Resident Acid_Trance himself awoke but was unable to be contacted, so he could not be asked whether his magnificent structure was named. Even so, considering its size and particularities, the stronghold should be included in the list of Alpha's Realm's landmarks.\\ |
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| **Badface Builds Guardian Farm**\\ | **Badface Builds Guardian Farm**\\ | ||
| - | (bf) Slightly off the northern shores of the United Duchy of the Two Sorras, High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia is currently working on creating a new guardian farm around a previous ocean monument. He did not yet comment to the press on whether or not this is a farm exclusive to the Mandatory of Badfacia, or if he plans to donate a central, public guardian farm to Alpha Realm residents.\\ | + | (bf) Slightly off the northern shores of the United Duchy of the Two Sorras, High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia is currently working on creating a new guardian farm around a previous ocean monument. He did not yet comment to the press on whether or not this is a farm exclusive to the Mandatory of Badfacia, or if he plans to donate a central, public guardian farm to Alpha's Realm residents.\\ |
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| **Mall Voting**\\ | **Mall Voting**\\ | ||
| (ns) On Thursday, Tlatoani Tomoko of Ēxcān Bastet announced plans to build a new mall closer to New Spawn, and was immediately strongly discouraged by various residents. Against opinions that it would be better to "just expand the old mall" which "is still heavily in use", Tlatoani Tomoko countered that the "old mall is too laggy" and he "was thinking of demolishing it actually [...] but if you guys want that ugly thing, I'll leave it." He expressed dissatisfaction with his then-hurried design of the mall and stated that a new one would be "more spacey and modern and hip."\\ | (ns) On Thursday, Tlatoani Tomoko of Ēxcān Bastet announced plans to build a new mall closer to New Spawn, and was immediately strongly discouraged by various residents. Against opinions that it would be better to "just expand the old mall" which "is still heavily in use", Tlatoani Tomoko countered that the "old mall is too laggy" and he "was thinking of demolishing it actually [...] but if you guys want that ugly thing, I'll leave it." He expressed dissatisfaction with his then-hurried design of the mall and stated that a new one would be "more spacey and modern and hip."\\ | ||
| When the discussion continued the next day with even more discouragement from other residents, Tlatoani Tomoko decided to put up a voting board until Tuesday evening. To date, six valid votes for it and eight valid votes against it have been gathered. Invalid signs (without names) may be used for valid votes until Tuesday night, and the vote ends on Wednesday, December 16th.\\ | When the discussion continued the next day with even more discouragement from other residents, Tlatoani Tomoko decided to put up a voting board until Tuesday evening. To date, six valid votes for it and eight valid votes against it have been gathered. Invalid signs (without names) may be used for valid votes until Tuesday night, and the vote ends on Wednesday, December 16th.\\ | ||
| - | However, Tlatoani Tomoko cautioned that, "Literally, the vote is only a 'suggestion'; if I want I could still go ahead and build it, but I'm waiting to see what people want. There's no 'democracy' here. But I'll respect the wishes of Alpha Realm and build something else instead. It's me voluntarily listening to you guys."\\ | + | However, Tlatoani Tomoko cautioned that, "Literally, the vote is only a 'suggestion'; if I want I could still go ahead and build it, but I'm waiting to see what people want. There's no 'democracy' here. But I'll respect the wishes of Alpha's Realm and build something else instead. It's me voluntarily listening to you guys."\\ |
| For unknown reasons, Resident Zylix seems intent to sabotage the pro-voting, as shown in photo 016.\\ | For unknown reasons, Resident Zylix seems intent to sabotage the pro-voting, as shown in photo 016.\\ | ||
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| **Co-Habitation in Southrim**\\ | **Co-Habitation in Southrim**\\ | ||
| - | (sr) In the 'Southrim Fortifications' area MARNIE reported about in the November 23rd issue, Resident Pwnisrufezeichen finally discovered the previous inhabitant's storage facilities on December 11th. Believing to have intruders on hand, he called out to Moderator Niller1703, who discovered that the chests in question belonged to Resident AdamJensen. Said resident was also in Alpha Realm at the time and called to the scene.\\ | + | (sr) In the 'Southrim Fortifications' area MARNIE reported about in the November 23rd issue, Resident Pwnisrufezeichen finally discovered the previous inhabitant's storage facilities on December 11th. Believing to have intruders on hand, he called out to Moderator Niller1703, who discovered that the chests in question belonged to Resident AdamJensen. Said resident was also in Alpha's Realm at the time and called to the scene.\\ |
| - | Overhearing the inquisition, Administrator Jinxauthor_Mel of Midgard Municipality informed Moderator Niller1703 that, "Adam and Mimo were there first, but they were rather hidden in their mountain base." Administrator Jinxauthor_Mel had visited the area in early October during the compilation of the Netherrail Network and found that even then, their dwellings were older than two months, and the Austrian settlers had not yet arrived. He also informed that neither Resident Mimokrokodil, who was in Alpha Realm several times since the Austrians started on their fortifications, nor either of the latter reacted to any communication attempts from the press, and therefore could be neither informed nor asked about their cohabitants.\\ | + | Overhearing the inquisition, Administrator Jinxauthor_Mel of Midgard Municipality informed Moderator Niller1703 that, "Adam and Mimo were there first, but they were rather hidden in their mountain base." Administrator Jinxauthor_Mel had visited the area in early October during the compilation of the Netherrail Network and found that even then, their dwellings were older than two months, and the Austrian settlers had not yet arrived. He also informed that neither Resident Mimokrokodil, who was in Alpha's Realm several times since the Austrians started on their fortifications, nor either of the latter reacted to any communication attempts from the press, and therefore could be neither informed nor asked about their cohabitants.\\ |
| Moderator Niller1703 confirmed that the warehouse was as old as February 2015, and Resident AdamJensen noted that while the warehouse was his, "now Mimokrokodil lives here." | Moderator Niller1703 confirmed that the warehouse was as old as February 2015, and Resident AdamJensen noted that while the warehouse was his, "now Mimokrokodil lives here." | ||
| Resident Pwnisrufezeichen stated, "I respect that you were here first but I don't wanna remove my wall. We didn't know that there were any others, so we started surrounding it with walls. Later we noticed this house in the north and after watching it for a while, we decided that nobody is there anymore." He decided to later talk to Resident Mimokrokodil.\\ | Resident Pwnisrufezeichen stated, "I respect that you were here first but I don't wanna remove my wall. We didn't know that there were any others, so we started surrounding it with walls. Later we noticed this house in the north and after watching it for a while, we decided that nobody is there anymore." He decided to later talk to Resident Mimokrokodil.\\ | ||
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| **Station Stolen**\\ | **Station Stolen**\\ | ||
| - | (ln) During recent weeks, Chief Tsaryu of the Commons of Valensiya has been active in the neighborhood again. Visiting Lauranya on December 7th shortly after midnight, to his shocked bemusement he found the entire train station building vanished. An immediate investigation by Valensiyan officials exposed that it had been cleanly demolished by Resident Demmy, who had visited Alpha Realm for all of forty minutes and left only one and a half hour before the damage was discovered.\\ | + | (ln) During recent weeks, Chief Tsaryu of the Commons of Valensiya has been active in the neighborhood again. Visiting Lauranya on December 7th shortly after midnight, to his shocked bemusement he found the entire train station building vanished. An immediate investigation by Valensiyan officials exposed that it had been cleanly demolished by Resident Demmy, who had visited Alpha's Realm for all of forty minutes and left only one and a half hour before the damage was discovered.\\ |
| Moderator Koduck, who was called to the scene, restored the building and issued a lifelong prison sentence for the culprit. Further investigation later on revealed that livestock had also been set free but not slain, and Demolisher Demmy had also broken into the bank's vault but was unable to crack the code protecting the safes.\\ | Moderator Koduck, who was called to the scene, restored the building and issued a lifelong prison sentence for the culprit. Further investigation later on revealed that livestock had also been set free but not slain, and Demolisher Demmy had also broken into the bank's vault but was unable to crack the code protecting the safes.\\ | ||
| To Chief Tsaryu's utter disbelief, the demolisher had taken twenty-eight minutes for a task that should have taken no more than seven minutes. After Chief Tsaryu expressed admiration and amusement rather than anger, Moderator Koduck shortened Demolisher Demmy's sentence to one week in prison for 'taking down an entire station'.\\ | To Chief Tsaryu's utter disbelief, the demolisher had taken twenty-eight minutes for a task that should have taken no more than seven minutes. After Chief Tsaryu expressed admiration and amusement rather than anger, Moderator Koduck shortened Demolisher Demmy's sentence to one week in prison for 'taking down an entire station'.\\ | ||
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| - | ===== Newer ===== | + | ===== MARNIE 21.12.15 ===== |
| - | + | **Midgard's Alpha Realm News**\\ | |
| - | **Newer issues are not yet archived but can still be bought at the New Spawn Book Store.** | + | //International Edition//\\ |
| + | December 21st, 2015\\ | ||
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| + | //Editor's Note://\\ | ||
| + | Pictures can be viewed at [[https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:???.png]] when exchanging '???' with the photo number given in the articles. Other links lead to this server's wiki.\\ | ||
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| + | //In Worldwide News://\\ | ||
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| + | **Mall Approved**, page 7\\ | ||
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| + | **Hohenfels Born**, page 16\\ | ||
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| + | **Art of Imagination**, page 21\\ | ||
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| + | **__Worldwide News__**\\ | ||
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| + | **Hostilities Ended**\\ | ||
| + | (cw/er) The //[[battles:2nd_com-ender_war | Second Commonwealth–Ender War]]// officially came to a close on December 14th.\\ | ||
| + | Late at night on December 13th, the Commonwealth Reichsrat's Bill C.R.R. 27 entitled 'Ratification of a Peace Treaty to end the war with the Ender' was passed, allowing Kaiser Shakomatic of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth to sign the //[[treaties:treaty_of_drenesk | Treaty of Drenesk]]// the very next day. It essentially divides the former Kingdom of Kriegstein among the Republic of Ender and the Commonwealth, with a demarcation line established by joint consensus and a mutual promise not to encroach on previous or current spawn areas.\\ | ||
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| + | **Mall Approved**\\ | ||
| + | (ns) The voting regarding the construction of a new mall building near New Spawn closed last Tuesday in favor of the project. [[https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:017.png | Photo 017]] shows the front of the voting board with eleven of the counted fourteen pro votes, and the ten against it.\\ | ||
| + | Having won the vote, instigator Tlatoani Tomoko of Ēxcān Bastet stated in an interview that, "I've become bored of the project. Usually if I don't finish or start something in a week, I get bored of it. [...] I decided to hand over the project to [Moderator Koduck]."\\ | ||
| + | The new mall is being erected northwest of New Spawn where earlier a boardwalk had been started. Since Moderator Koduck has unlimited access to rarer materials, he removed some of those walks in order to provide a neater design. Strangely, his constructers started off with a facade that seems rather unable to support a several-story building. The designs for the structure have not been revealed, so residents are awaiting the end result with mixed expectations.\\ | ||
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| + | **Independence Granted**\\ | ||
| + | (cw/ae) After several weeks of deliberation, the Commonwealth Reichsrat passed the bill concerning the independence of the Federation of Aestland last Friday. If military actions against the 'heathens' are still being considered, they are currently discussed in secrecy.\\ | ||
| + | King Baltman may not yet be informed about the official freedom, as the settlement's page in the Autism Almanac remains unedited to date.\\ | ||
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| + | **Gold Rush**\\ | ||
| + | (ar) During past weeks, various residents and leaders were overheard discussing gold farm projects, some mentioning private plans only, others announcing partly finished but working mechanisms or fully operational farms devoted to the current lust for gold.\\ | ||
| + | A particularly intriguing design was invented by Resident Yeti30 of Yetitown, and built in his northern colonial home. It can be admired around the coordinates 0/-3650 on our realm's map. In contrast, Trader Flakese of Samerkand constructed his farm underground so as not to mar the surface. Other residents follow a similar path due to privacy and safety considerations.\\ | ||
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| + | **Hohenfels Born**\\ | ||
| + | (cw/sd) Last week's intense negotiations between Kaiser Shakomatic of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth and Tlatoani Tomoko of Ēxcān Bastet led to the former proposing the //[[treaties:castile_agreement | Castile Agreement]]//, which amounts to a territorial exchange. The Duchy of Sidonia is thereby returned to Commonwealth possession, now named the 'Free Imperial City of Ares', while Tlatoani Tomoko is granted sovereignty over the combined territories of Nouvelle Reims and Castile. The treaty was signed by both parties on December 19th and went into effect immediately.\\ | ||
| + | Tlatoani Tomoko thus founded the //[[nations:citystates:hohenfels | Grand Duchy of Hohenfels]]// and once again crowned himself as Grand Duke Tomoko, this time complete with a 'Royal House of the Grand Duchy of Hohenfels' as printed in the Autism Almanac.\\ | ||
| + | The newly declared city-state is inhabited by the same two-third inactive residents as the settlement Ēxcān Bastet which seems to remain in existence and might be governed by Tlatoani Opti as 'a county outside the immediate state.'\\ | ||
| + | King Sidmarcus01 of Siverny, who founded Nouvelle Reims, gave Grand Duke Tomoko permission to live in his buildings and extend the city, so long as the original structures are preserved.\\ | ||
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| + | **Art of Imagination**\\ | ||
| + | (ns) Last Friday, Resident MikeMallorca created an abstract structure of danger in a northern grid plot of New Spawn, naturally without staying in the designated borders. The named 'Art of Imagination' is meant for undaunted residents to explore, and its designer proudly stated, "It's dank, it's modern!"\\ | ||
| + | Sane residents with some semblance of a sense for aesthetics immediately protested the project that reminds of the Breshikan mindset and 'style' on a public voting board. To date, parts of the creation were adapted making it look even worse, and the unseemly product perseveres among well thought-out buildings. (see [[https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:018.png | photo 018]])\\ | ||
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| + | **Commonwealth Expanded**\\ | ||
| + | (cw) The newly founded settlement Barriada, north of Phiagrica, was immediately annexed by the Holy Danikan Commonwealth in an obvious ploy to extend its territory. While Barriada is ostensibly a 'Commonwealth Mandate, governed by Erinius', it has been proven before that independence from the Commonwealth is not easily regained (see: Skellie Farms, Aestland), and the Commonwealth legislation patiently awaits residents to take a vacation in order to redistribute their territories (see: Breshikan history, Aestland).\\ | ||
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| + | **Southeast Track Completed**\\ | ||
| + | (ar) Last Saturday, construction along the new NEAR Transports line (New Spawn Netherhub <---> Harcourtien's Island((later named //Vaeroyar//))) was concluded. Along the way, five additional stations were established, including the first portal meant to assist new settlers. Named //Explorers' Gate 01//, it leads to an as yet unclaimed spruce forest just east of the Dobrobakanistan Federation.\\ | ||
| + | The fifth station is actually //beyond// the station Harcourtien's Island((later named //Vaeroyar//)); however since geographically the latter is the furthest from New Spawn and easy to spot on the map, it was decided to use this as a directional help, in essence making it the southeastern end station.\\ | ||
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| + | ===== MARNIE 28.12.15 ===== | ||
| + | **Midgard's Alpha Realm News**\\ | ||
| + | //International Edition//\\ | ||
| + | December 28th, 2015\\ | ||
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| + | //Editor's Note://\\ | ||
| + | Pictures can be viewed at Pictures can be viewed at [[https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:???.png]] when exchanging '???' with the photo number given in the articles. Other links lead to this server's wiki.\\ | ||
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| + | //In Worldwide News://\\ | ||
| + | **Guardian Farm to be Public**, page 18\\ | ||
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| + | //In Regional News://\\ | ||
| + | **Modernized Cooperation**, page 30\\ | ||
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| + | //In Local News://\\ | ||
| + | **Dangerous Mood**, page 36\\ | ||
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| + | **Worldwide News**\\ | ||
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| + | **Correction: Mall by BearMonger**\\ | ||
| + | (ns) In last week's issue we reported that Grand Duke Tomoko of the Grand Duchy of Hohenfels had handed over the building of the mall near New Spawn to Moderator Koduck. The press has since been informed that actually, Moderator Koduck had turned down the project because he is currently too engaged in demanding projects of his own. Instead, Speaker BearMonger of the Republic of Ender was asked to "build it right" and accepted.\\ | ||
| + | At first, he had to mainly rely on contributions of other players, be they sold or donated, in order to gather the materials needed for the 'modern' structure, particularly quartz and black stained glass. It soon became obvious that the meager supplies acquired that way would not even come close to suffice, and various moderators were asked for assistance from the mod supplies for the common project.\\ | ||
| + | Even God AlphaBernd gave his permission, and after the constructor Speaker BearMonger estimated the amount needed, Moderators Koduck and Rosenmann provided great volumes of the most critical materials. To date, the building's frame structure looks about half done to the untrained eye.\\ | ||
| + | "It's 100 blocks long," Speaker BearMonger stated proudly. "There's an entire food court too, not to mention a connected building. I was considering designing an elevator for this mall. Everyone can get their own decent sized shop. I'll sort out the landscaping and stuff after the structure is finished. I'm probably going to expand this area after the mall is done; I want to establish a no-shit-build perimeter."\\ | ||
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| + | **Winterlynian Christmas Mood**\\ | ||
| + | (wl) The prettiest seasonal decoration this year was created by King Niller of Winterlyn, with huge candy canes lining the streets to the great delight of his (mostly younger) subjects. Especially the capital Wyventon organized one of the tallest, most voluminous spruce trees ever seen in Alpha's Realm, and adorned it with valuable baubles in abundance. [[https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:019.png | Photo 019]] shows some views of the big Christmas Tree and festive smaller firs dotted around the city's streets, as well as their mountain climate granting them a snowy, white Christmas season.\\ | ||
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| + | **Nouvelle Plaza**\\ | ||
| + | (hf) The first project Grand Duke Tomoko of the Grand Duchy of Hohenfels implemented in Nouvelle Reims was a central "park" between the mansion, station and St. Bruce Cathedral. At about sixty by forty blocks with what amounts to a street crossing around an obelisk bordered by four birch tree patches and decorated with two shallow pools, it turned out as more of a plaza.\\ | ||
| + | King Sidmarcus01 of Siverny, the founder of Nouvelle Reims, admitted that, "I'm not a huge fan of how [Grand Duke Tomoko] put birch everywhere randomly. That's not very French. French gardening must be //ordnung//." Indeed, there is neither symmetry nor pattern in the placement of the trees.\\ | ||
| + | Before fleeing to Castile, Grand Duke Tomoko planned to build a monastery between the park and the cathedral. Erected was one freestanding wall that was since left untouched.\\ | ||
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| + | **Guardian Farm to be Public**\\ | ||
| + | (bf) In a recent statement, High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia informed that he indeed intends to make the guardian farm he is currently building in the Northeastern Sea a public one. He also mentioned plans to create a pumpkin and melon farm on it in cooperation with King Niller of Winterlyn. To date, construction is still ongoing on the generous project.\\ | ||
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| + | **Killing the Undead**\\ | ||
| + | (ar) On December 21st, King Niller of Winterlyn informed the press about a strange occurrence on the day before.\\ | ||
| + | "Yesterday, [Chief Tsaryu of the Commons of Valensiya] and I were dealing with something," he recounted. "It was laggy as shitballs on here, so we investigated and we figured out that [Resident Nick4629] had afk'ed for a bit too long. His zombie farm had accumulated over 2000 entities, which isn't supposed to happen. - I mean, it //can't//."\\ | ||
| + | The two surveyors decided to kill all the hostiles, however there were too many of the undead gathered in tight quarters to dare go in with conventional weaponry. Reacting appropriately to the situation, King Niller "invented the new war machine of the Commonwealth, the //Winterlynian Hellfire//." Details about the machine remained classified, but it did get the job (of slaying over two thousand zombies) done in good time.\\ | ||
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| + | **Southrim Chestville**\\ | ||
| + | (sr) In the very western corner of Southrim Continent, Resident Gorichka started a peculiar settlement during the past week. It was first discovered by Moderator Niller1701 who then asked why its founder was placing such a great number of chests.\\ | ||
| + | "The Nazi lolis wall," was resident Gorichka's explanation, "a wall in the sky, under the ground, around the earth." Essentially, he seems to be planning to encase his entire settlement in chests and furnaces, and the area concerned is no small speck either. Curious readers may find it around the coordinates X-4000/Z+7000 on our realm's map.\\ | ||
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| + | **Island Named**\\ | ||
| + | (va) On December 25th, Stadtholder Harcourtien of Den Faag spontaneously had a revelation about his island home in the far southeast. In a spur-of-the-moment decision, he dissolved the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, thus giving up his title in order to firmly settle on his newly named island, Vaeroyar. As its nether rail station is the furthest from the New Spawn Netherhub and thus being treated as an end station, all signs along the way as well as the nether rail map were updated the following day.\\ | ||
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| + | **__Regional News__**\\ | ||
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| + | **Modernized Cooperation**\\ | ||
| + | (bc) In the town still referred to as the Brazil Cooperation, the area inhabited by Resident M0n5tr1nh0 experienced its second overhaul during December. Where before, a wooden village bustled on the raised plateau, the stone age seems to have replaced most of the dark oak buildings. On cobble ground, outdoor fields and indoor farms have been erected, and the affinity for fire that once was restricted to lava walls has been reaffirmed with eternal flames placed along the fortifications. The bright red roofs of the watchtowers display the inhabitant's aptitude at mining.\\ | ||
| + | These days, Resident M0n5tr1nh0 appears to be the only citizen still living in the settlement. Although he was asked a few times, he did not yet decide whether he wishes to rename the town to something better reflecting its current character.\\ | ||
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| + | **Spooky Settlement**\\ | ||
| + | (sb) On December 21st, Resident Mad_Hodman described his building plans to one of our reporters, including drawings of the houses he intends to erect. While those are still in the planning stages, he did get a start on the "Spooky Farm", the project which had him hunting for a skeleton spawner for several days. The exact location of either the planned settlement or the underground bone farm could not yet be determined; however markings were discovered where he wanted to go.\\ | ||
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| + | **__Local News__**\\ | ||
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| + | **Dangerous Mood**\\ | ||
| + | (mm) During a tour on December 24th, it was discovered that not two weeks ago, Midgard visitor Resident GnFur had turned off all the wall lamps in the Seainn Hotel's submarine park. This situation allowed hostiles to emerge from the basement, endangering both staff and guests of the hotel. Thankfully, no causalities were reported during the past week.\\ | ||
| + | When interrogated about his motives, Resident GnFur stated that he liked darkness and thus had turned off the lights to enhance the mood beneath. While his inclination toward twilight is something many Midgardians share, completely turned off lamps do not conform to the safety standards set by Constable Nitu and implemented by Midgard Administration.\\ | ||
| + | It was explained to Resident GnFur that in the absence of visitors, darkness endangers residents, and he was asked to not interfere with Midgard's lighting again or at least turn the lamps back on upon leaving, as not all share his preference for gloom.\\ | ||
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| + | **This issue ends the December 2015 page of the MARNIE Archives. The next issue will be posted on the [[books:ma_16_01 | January 2016]] page.** | ||