The Emerald Circle

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and who didn't like the Initiate phase) are leaving the guild.</div> <bR> <div> Empire decided that "Empire" didn't fit with the realm, and so has changed his name to Aed Dunlang.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 30 8:00 AM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ridiculous Amount of New Members, Ocelot - Quick and dexterous</B></FONT></div> <div> Well, it's been all of two days and we have the largest increase in membership ever...14 people. <A HREF="marious.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marious"><U>Marious</U></A>, <A HREF="ravenmoon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ravenmoon"><U>Ravenmoon</U></A>, <A HREF="powerblasto.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PowerBlasto"><U>PowerBlasto</U></A>, <A HREF="tink.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tink"><U>Tink</U></A>, <A HREF="valerin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Valerin"><U>Valerin</U></A>, <A HREF="severian.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Severian"><U>Severian</U></A>, <A HREF="assassin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assassin"><U>Assassin</U></A>, <A HREF="tovah.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tovah"><U>Tovah</U></A>, <A HREF="emeriz.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Emeriz"><U>Emeriz</U></A>, <A HREF="soldado.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Soldado"><U>Soldado</U></A>, <A HREF="xeos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Xeos"><U>Xeos</U></A>, <A HREF="halir_hillvarg.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Halir Hillvarg"><U>Halir Hillvarg</U></A>, <A HREF="zykris.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zykris"><U>Zykris</U></A>, and <A HREF="arcanus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arcanus"><U>Arcanus</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="ocelot.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ocelot"><U>Ocelot</U></A>, in keeping with his namesake (I think, not an expert on ocelot characteristics), is going to be a quick, sneaky character - and will be a Scout.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 28 2:50 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>4 New Members (No, it's not a repost from yesterday)</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="aabumen.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aabumen"><U>Aabumen</U></A>, <A HREF="wooka.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wooka"><U>Wooka</U></A>, <A HREF="ocelot.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ocelot"><U>Ocelot</U></A>, and <A HREF="ultralot.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="UltraLot"><U>UltraLot </U></A>(another former VNox member distressed by recent problems) have joined us.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>September 27 6:40 PM </B></FONT><B>4</B><B> </B><B>New Members</B></div> <div> Obviously, 4 new people have joined the guild - <A HREF="elessar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elessar"><U>Elessar</U></A>, <A HREF="umhal_gaelmaor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Umhal GaelMaor"><U>Umhal GaelMaor</U></A>, <A HREF="sharkfin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sharkfin"><U>Sharkfin</U></A>, and <A HREF="aubor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aubor"><U>Aubor</U></A>.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 26 6:00 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Another Member</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="archwin_savior.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archwin Savior"><U>Archwin Savior</U></A> has joined us, bringing our member total up to a whopping <B>95</B>.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 26 1:00 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>More Members (of course)</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="blackstone.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blackstone"><U>Blackstone</U></A>, <A HREF="otiluke.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Otiluke"><U>Otiluke</U></A>, and <A HREF="kedirallan.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kedirallan"><U>Kedirallan</U></A> (a beta tester) have joined us. <A HREF="gothy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gothy"><U>Gothy</U></A> - who was already a member in-game because her former guild, Vexillium Nox, wasn't formed, and whom many of you know from our boards or the last meeting - is now a member of The Emerald Circle as well.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 24 7:50 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>More Members Again</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="kinrit.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kinrit"><U>Kinrit</U></A> (a beta tester) and <A HREF="kaleb.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kaleb"><U>Kaleb</U></A> have joined us</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 24 5:55 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>More Members, Say Goodbye</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="brick_mason.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brick Mason"><U>Brick Mason</U></A>, <A HREF="vivia.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vivia"><U>Vivia</U></A>, <A HREF="marquade.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marquade"><U>Marquade</U></A>, and <A HREF="thaed_f_nath.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thaed Fnath"><U>Thaed F'nath</U></A> have all joined us. Welcome, make yourselves comfortable, get to know everyone...</div> <bR> <div> To somewhat offset the good fortune of new members, Xal has decided to leave and play in Albion. He admits he changes his mind a lot though, so he might be back.</div> <bR> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 23 1:40 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>More Members</B></FONT></div> <div> Since I didn't add any yesterday, today we of course have a ton of new members: <A HREF="nyteblade.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nyteblade"><U>Nyteblade </U></A>(beta tester), <A HREF="matrim.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Matrim"><U>Matrim</U></A>, <A HREF="papillon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Papillon"><U>Papillon</U></A>, <A HREF="morjn.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Morjn"><U>Morjn</U></A>, and <A HREF="winkin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winkin"><U>Winkin</U></A>.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 23 12: 15 AM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>A Couple More Guides</B></FONT></div> <div> I've added guides for the <A HREF="naturalist.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Naturalist"><U>Naturalist</U></A> base class and <A HREF="items.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Items"><U>Items</U></A>.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 21 10:30 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Guides</B></FONT></div> <div> Some of you may know that for a while I've been putting together a comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions for the ofCamelot message boards. I've now decided to split that FAQ into a number of Guides; smaller documents covering a specific topic. The first ones are up now, dealing with the Guardian classes of the Realm. The other class guides should be up within the next day or two, and other Guides will be coming soon - including Items, Guilds, Grouping, Quests, Trade Skills, Death, Combat, Magic, Interface, Realm vs Realm, and Leveling and Experience. <A HREF="guides.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guides"><U>Go to the Guides page now</U></A> to check the first ones out.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 21 4:30 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>New Members, New Screenshots</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id388.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ledark"><U>Ledark</U></A> and <A HREF="nuthos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nuthos"><U>Nuthos</U></A> have joined us.</div> <bR> <div> I've added some <A HREF="id390.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guild Formation and Emblems"><U>screenshots </U></A>(only 5, actually) of the guild being formed in-game and a few of the emblem choices. More to come once someone gets level 20 and can put an emblem on an item..</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 20 5:30 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>We're In Beta (finally)!!!, New Members, Thieves Rejoice!</B></FONT></div> <div> Finally, after a few failed attempts, we managed to form the guild in-game, with help of some random people who happened to be online and not in a guild. Myself, Ambiriox, Laraomma, Shem, Lazara, Zolares, Laom, and some people whose names I can't remember (sorry!), are now The Emerald Circle. Those in beta but who weren't there last night (including you MODF folks), message me sometime so we can meet up and I can invite you, and make any necessary changes to your ranks and such. And those who are in beta but who haven't sent in an application, please do so.</div> <div> I've got the ranks set up to my satisfaction, and got us an emblem. Screenshots of creation and emblem-getting coming soon. (Note that you have to be level 20 or have 400 in a trade skill to get an emblazoned item, so I couldn't; I just set what the emblem will be once we can.)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="shem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shem"><U>Shem</U></A> and <A HREF="padraig.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Padraig"><U>Padraig</U></A> (both beta testers) have joined us.</div> <bR> <div> One of the final large additions to the game, the thief classes, have been added! The entire text on thieves from the update notes....</div> <bR> <div> THIEF CLASSES</div> <div> =============</div> <div> Thief classes make their debut in this version of Camelot. Each Realm has one thief. Albion has the Infiltrator, Midgard has the Shadowblade, and Hibernia has the Nightshade. Please note that the thief is not an easy class to play. It requires lots of strategy, and almost every combat will require some sort of planning.</div> <bR> <div> The purpose of the thief is to be able to hide, sneak up on enemies, and execute deadly Critical Strikes that do a lot of damage. They then use a combination of normal combat and combat styles to finish off the enemy. They can envenom their weapons to do more damage, and each has a ranged attack that they can use as well. All three get dual wield or left axe. All three are limited to leather armors.</div> <bR> <div> Please note that climbing and disguise are not yet implemented.</div> <bR> <div> Critical Strikes</div> <bR> <div> Thief special attacks are learned by specializing in a thief-only skill called "Critical Strikes". Specializing in this skill will teach the player special combat styles, the most basic of which is Backstab. Critical Strike styles are all dependent on the player being hidden when they first initiate them; or are based on styles that require the player to be hidden. So to use a critical strike at all, the player must first be hidden. </div> <bR> <div> Critical Strike Styles</div> <bR> <div> The number is the amount of specialization you have to have in Critical Strikes to learn the style.</div> <bR> <div> 1 Backstab - Medium Fatigue cost, use from behind enemy, medium bonus damage, medium bonus to hit, medium penalty to defense, use while hidden</div> <bR> <div> 4 Eviscerate - Medium fatigue cost, use after backstab, high bonus damage, causes short duration attack speed reduction, small bonus to hit, small penalty to defense</div> <bR> <div> 6 Kidney Rupture - High fatigue cost, use after Eviscerate, Medium bonus damage, Causes short duration bleed, small bonus to hit, medium penalty to defense</div> <bR> <div> 8 Pincer - Medium fatigue cost, Use from beside enemy, medium bonus damage, high bonus to hit, high penalty to defense</div> <bR> <div> 10 Backstab II - High fatigue cost, use from behind enemy, medium bonus damage, high bonus to hit, medium penalty to defense, use while hidden</div> <bR> <div> 12 Hamstring - Low fatigue cost, use after evading enemy, medium bonus damage, causes medium duration bleed, medium bonus to hit, medium bonus to defense</div> <bR> <div> 15 Thigh Cut - Medium fatigue cost, use after Backstab II, Medium bonus damage medium bonus to hit, small penalty to defense</div> <bR> <div> 18 Garrote - High fatigue cost, use any time, medium bonus damage, causes medium duration movement reduction, medium bonus to hit, medium penalty to defense</div> <bR> <div> 21 Perforate Artery - Medium fatigue cost, use from in front of enemy, medium bonus damage, causes long duration bleed, high bonus to hit, medium penalty to defense, use </div> <div> while hidden</div> <bR> <div> 25 Achilles Heel - Medium fatigue cost, use after Garotte, Medium bonus damage, causes long duration attack speed reduction, medium bonus to hit</div> <bR> <div> 29 Leaper - Low fatigue cost, use after parrying enemy, medium bonus damage, long duration bleed, high bonus to hit, small bonus to defense</div> <bR> <div> Ranged Attacks</div> <bR> <div> All three thieves get basic ranged attacks to supplement their Critical Strikes and other combat styles. The Infiltrator can use crossbows, the Shadowblade can use throwing knives, and the Nightshade learns level-based direct damage spells.</div> <bR> <div> Poisons</div> <bR> <div> All thieves learn the Envenom skill at level 5. This allows them to apply poisons to their weapons before going into battle. Poison vendors have been set up around the world -- use them. They sell poisons that have different effects on your enemy -- some debuff, some apply a damage over time, etc. It is expected that a thief will always attack with an envenomed weapon, so make sure you stock up on poison before you head out hunting.</div> <bR> <div> Please note that poisons are level-based, so you will not be able to apply some poisons until you put more spec points into Envenom. You will be able to gauge the relative power of a poison by its name in the store list. Please note that low-level weapons will not be able to be envenomed by high-level poisons. You must use a level-appropriate poison on your weapon.</div> <bR> <div> Please note that only your melee weapons can be poisoned.</div> <bR> <div> Distractions</div> <bR> <div> In order to be able to hide better, thieves learn how to use "Distractions". They learn this ability by training in the Stealth specialization. You can greatly increase your hiding chances if you approach a monster from behind - and distractions give you the opportunity to do this. To distract a monster, first hide by using your stealth skill. Move towards the monster. Target an area where you want the monster to turn by using the "target area" function (F5 by default). Then click on the distract icon. If successful, the monster will turn and face that area. Please note that the monster has a chance of turning around and immediately attacking you if you fail the distract roll. The higher you specialization in Stealth, the better your distracting will be. Please note that you won't get Distraction until you have about five spec points in Stealth.</div> <bR> <div> Combat Strategy</div> <bR> <div> The soloing thief should first poison his weapon, then go into stealth mode. Using distract as needed, he should sneak behind his target, then execute backstab, and the styles that chain off of backstab. Afterwards he can use a mix of regular tactics and dual wield combat styles as needed until the monster is dead.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September18 3:00 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Beta Guild Goodness, More Members</B></FONT></div> <div> Well, there's been support from all over the place helping us form in-game...</div> <div> The three beta-testing members of the Mystical Order of the Dark Forest are going to help...</div> <div> Padraig, Arric, and Lazara, who aren't in the guild but are in beta, would like to join and get experience with the guild system...</div> <div> And finally, we have a seventh beta-testing member: Florken.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="florken.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Florken"><U>Florken</U></A> (mentioned previously), as well as <A HREF="cyane_twizzlefister.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cyane Twizzlefister"><U>Cyane</U></A> and <A HREF="ryuichi.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ryuichi"><U>Ryuichi</U></A>, have joined the guild.</div> <bR> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 17 4:30 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Assistance From Without, Jarroth A Blademaster</B></FONT></div> <div> Arric, a bard tester, has offered to help us form the guild. We now have the requisite eight people...and so must schedule a time to all meet up at the guild registrar and form. Go to the message board and post your ideal time...</div> <bR> <div> As the heading should make obvious, Jarroth has decided to be a Blademaster.</div> <bR> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 17 2:45 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>New Beta Member!</B></FONT></div> <div> Brent (not sure which of his in-game names to list him as) has joined us. He is a beta tester, bringing our total playing member base up to 6 again. Shalinor of the <A HREF="http://geocities.com/glorytohibernia" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://geocities.com/glorytohibernia"><U>Mystical Order of the Dark Forest</U></A> has also agreed to join us in-game, at least temporarily, so we just need one more...</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 16 6:50 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Guild Not Forming In-Game?, New Member, Members Leaving, A Caution</B></FONT></div> <div> The guild may or may not be able to form in-game. If we are, it will be as a temporary merged guild of The Emerald Circle and the Mystical Order of the Dark Forest. We have 5 beta-testing members, and they have 3.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="elkhorn.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elkhorn"><U>Elkhorn</U></A> has joined us.</div> <bR> <div> Gwydion has left the guild to play in Albion. Dragoro has left due to a disagreement between him and some other members on some real life issues (that never should have been brought up) and their behavior in the chat. More info can be provided, if anyone really wants to know, though I think it's something that we should leave behind us.</div> <bR> <div> Please, people, if you have some radical and/or controversial real life views, leave them there. Don't bring it to the game, to the guild, to meetings, or to message boards. Especially now, after the events of the past week.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 14 8:30 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>New Member, Guild Forming In-Game</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id379.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wesleyan"><U>Wesleyan</U></A>, a beta testing Eldritch, has joined us.</div> <bR> <div> We now have nearly enough members to form the guild in-game. I hope that either today or tomorrow we'll be formed, and be able to test the guild system first-hand.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 14 3:15 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Another Member, More Class Changes</B></FONT></div> <div> Jarroth has joined us.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="quar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quar"><U>Quar</U></A> has changed his class to a Champion, and <A HREF="manowarr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manowarr"><U>Manowarr</U></A> is now a Warden.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 13 6:00 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>More Scouts, More Members, Class Change</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="oakley.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oakley"><U>Oakley</U></A> is now a Scout. <A HREF="melody.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Melody"><U>Melody</U></A> and <A HREF="keira.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keira"><U>Keira</U></A> are both Scouts as well. Note that neither are a Stalker class; it's not necessary for the position, though it's a plus.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="theoden.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Theoden"><U>Theoden</U></A> and <A HREF="teladar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teladar"><U>Teladar </U></A>have now joined us. If I counted correctly, we now have <B>7</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>1</B><B> </B></FONT>members.</div> <bR> <div> I have decided to be a Hero again (was my original plan, before I switched to Warden). The support role just isn't for me.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 13 3:00 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Class Change, New Members</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="manowarr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manowarr"><U>Manowarr</U></A> has changed class from Eldritch to Ranger.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="desa.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Desa"><U>Desa</U></A> and <A HREF="melody.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Melody"><U>Melody</U></A> have joined the guild.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 12 5:00 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>More Members, Mesmerea Decided</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="manowarr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manowarr"><U>Manowarr</U></A> and <A HREF="angore.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Angore"><U>Angore</U></A> have joined us.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mesmerea.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mesmerea"><U>Mesmerea</U></A> has decided to be a Mentalist.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 10 6:45 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>More Members, Members Page Redesigned</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="keira.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keira"><U>Keira</U></A> and <A HREF="arklonus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arklonus"><U>Arklonus</U></A> have joined the guild.</div> <bR> <div> The <A HREF="members.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Member List"><U>members page</U></A> has been redesigned, so that members are in columns rather than rows. Special positions are bolded and in italics. Hopefully this will make it easier to see who has a special position, as well as how many of each type of player we have (we currently don't have many Guardians). Thanks go to Audriana for the idea and the layout.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 10 12:05 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>New Member</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="perendriel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Perendriel"><U>Perendriel</U></A> has joined us, bringing our member total up to 63.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 10 9:47 AM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>2nd Lurer, Surprise Surprise</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="tiram.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tiram"><U>Tiram</U></A> asked to be a Lurer...and so he is.</div> <bR> <div> I'm sure no one will be shocked that we have more members today. Fatebender (The Splendid!) and <A HREF="oakley.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oakley"><U>Oakley</U></A> have joined us.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 9 11:24 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Emblems</B></FONT></div> <div> I've updated the picture of the <A HREF="emblems.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="emblems"><U>possible guild emblems</U></A> to include new ones that I have found in the Camelot folder on my computer...I don't know that these are all in-game as of yet, but I believe they are.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 9 6:30 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Yet More...</B></FONT></div> <div> Yeah, you guessed it; more people have joined the guild. Everyone welcome <A HREF="rivera.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rivera"><U>Rivera</U></A> and <A HREF="laleb_blackforest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Laleb Blackforest"><U>Laleb Blackforest</U></A>. We now have 60 members (if I counted right).</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 9 11:15 AM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Song, Cover Art, More Screenshots, Elric the Warden, New Member</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="tsianina.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tsianina"><U>Tsianina</U></A> sent in a story, called "The Song", as her application for the Storyteller position. Because others have shown interest in this position, and several members have storywriting talent, there will be a contest on the message board - the prize being the position of Storyteller. To enter the contest: write a story (dealing with Hibernia in some way, obviously), which should be role-play oriented (might want to visit the Roleplaying board on <A HREF="http://www.ofcamelot.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ofcamelot.com"><U>ofCamelot</U></A> for inspiration), and post that story on the message board under the topic "Storyteller".</div> <bR> <div> I've decided to show everyone the picture testers see when we are loading the game (and one that is being used in some advertisements for the game). With no further ado, here it is (somewhat shrunken):</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="96dad020.gif" border=0 width="685" height="514" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Notice that, while Albion and Midgard are represented by Human Male Warriors, Hibernia is represented by a scantily clad female elf mage. Deja vu, anyone? Also note the red dragon emblem on the Paladin's shield. Don't hope for one of those; emblems will be black only.</div> <bR> <div> 11 more screenshots have been added to the <A HREF="general_screenshot_thumbs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Screenshot Thumbs"><U>General Screenshots</U></A> section.</div> <bR> <div> Elric has decided that he will be a Firbolg Warden.</div> <bR> <div> And of course, we have a new member (what would a daily news update be without another member?) - Gwydion.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 9 12:45 AM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Position Switchin', Class Change, New Members</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="iago.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Iago"><U>Iago</U></A> and <A HREF="nos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nos"><U>Nos</U></A> have switched positions. Nos is now Voyager, and Iago a Scout.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="tyrias.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tyrias"><U>Tyrias</U></A> has decided to be a Druid, as he foresees a need for healers.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="laraomma.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Laraomma"><U>Laraomma</U></A> and <A HREF="valeryia.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Valeryia"><U>Valeryia</U></A> have joined The Emerald Circle.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 7 2:20 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sad Goodbyes, New Positions, New Members</B></FONT></div> <div> Tyrpan and Sithron have left us :(. Good luck to both of you, and it was nice having you as members...</div> <bR> <div> A lot of Special Position applications and requests have come in. Nos wants to be a scout, Toros would like to be "puller", Tyrias wants to be photographer, and Tsianina wondered if we have an alliance liason. We already had a Scout and Photographer, however, and we didn't have a position for pulling or representing us to alliances; so obviously some changes had to be made...</div> <div> The "old" Scout position is now Voyager - someone who goes out, explores new lands, makes maps, etc.</div> <div> The new Scout position can be held by up to one out of every eight people, and is basically someone who scouts ahead on raids and hunts. Also does the things the Voyager does, though to a lesser degree. </div> <div> The Lurer position is the person in charge of - surprise - pulling. There can be one for every 8 members.</div> <div> And the Liason is in charge of alliances after they are established. They check out alliance members' web sites, message boards, etc. for any news we might need to know, and let them know about cooperative events we will be sponsoring.</div> <bR> <div> Tyrias has replaced Zolares as the Photographer; Zolares should already have enough to do with his leadership positions...those with other responsibilities will be passed up for a special position if someone else wants it.</div> <div> Iago is the Voyager, Nos is a Scout, Toros is the Lurer, and Tsianina is the Liason.</div> <bR> <div> Because of the interest in special positions, I've changed my standpoint on them. Originally they were meant to be status symbols within the guild, that you are the best at your chosen field. Now I've decided that they will be simply an identifier of what you are good at and like to do - you don't necessarily have to be the best to get them. Any special position that can fill a role in the guild will be considered.</div> <bR> <div> Though we have lost some of our older members, new ones continue to join. <A HREF="itelar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Itelar"><U>Itelar</U></A>, <A HREF="%e1ed_d%fanlang.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Áed Dúnlang"><U>Empire</U></A>, <A HREF="tyrias.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tyrias"><U>Tyrias</U></A>, and <A HREF="mike.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mike"><U>Mike </U></A>have joined us.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 4 7:00 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Battlemaster, Director</B></FONT></div> <div> Audriana brought to my attention the fact that we didn't have a special position in charge of raids. Now we do: the Battlemaster. The description: In charge of coordinating raids on enemy realms; including both planning and execution. Has leadership of any raid they may organize, with orders being outranked only by the Guildmasters'.</div> <bR> <div> Audriana has also been promoted to Director; congratulations!</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 4 5:35 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Four New Members, Our Scout</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="garan.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Garan"><U>Garan</U></A>, Xal, <A HREF="iago.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Iago"><U>Iago</U></A>, and <A HREF="tiram.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tiram"><U>Tiram</U></A> have all joined us. Welcome to our 50th, 51st, 52nd, and 53rd members, respectively.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="iago.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Iago"><U>Iago</U></A> has applied for and received the special position of Scout.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 4 4:30 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Screenshots!</B></FONT></div> <div> The first Hibernian screenshots are up. There are 3 series - <A HREF="general_screenshot_thumbs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Screenshot Thumbs"><U>General</U></A>, <A HREF="cape_series_thumbs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cape Series Thumbs"><U>Cape</U></A>, and <A HREF="tir_na_nog_series_thumbs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tir na Nog Series Thumbs"><U>Tir na Nog</U></A>.</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <div> <B>September 2 5:25 PM </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Class Change, Rand And Aran</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="toros_valiance.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Toros Valiance"><U>Toros Valiance</U></A> has decided to change from an Eldritch to a Hero.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="rand.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rand"><U>Rand</U></A> and <A HREF="aran.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aran"><U>Aran</U></A> have joined The Emerald Circle, making a total of ....*drumroll*....49 members!</div> <bR> <hr> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="archive.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Archive"><U><B>News Archive</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <center> <table> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" style="border: 3 ridge #C0C0C0" bordercolor="#C0C0C0"> <p align="center"><b><font color="#FF9933" face="arial,helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://darkageofcamelot.com/" style="color: #FF9933">Dark Age of Camelot</a><br> </font></b><font face="arial,helvetica" size=2> <font color="#FF9933"><b><br> </b></font> <img border="0" src="http://darkageofcamelot.com/images/small_knot.jpg" width="107" height="100"><br> <br> </font> <b><font color="#FF9933" face="arial,helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://thebest.mine.nu/ao/daoc.htm" style="color: #FF9933">Web Ring</a></font></b><font face="arial,helvetica" size=2> <BR> <a target="_top" style="text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF" href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=AvilionOrder;id=53;action=prev"> <font color="#FFFFFF"><b> Prev</b></font></a><font color="#FFFFFF"> | <a target="_top" style="text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF" href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=AvilionOrder;action=list"><b>List</b></a> | <b><a target="_top" style="text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF" href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=AvilionOrder;id=53;action=rand">Random </a></b> | <a target="_top" style="text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF" href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=AvilionOrder;id=53;action=next"><b>Next<br> </b></a></font> <font size=1><font color="#FFFFFF">Powered by</font> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #FF0000" href="http://www.ringsurf.com/" target="_top"><font color="#FF0000"><b>RingSurf</b></font>!</a></font> </font> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </center>  </B></div> <div> <B> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> var lookup=navigator.appVersion aol = (lookup.indexOf("AOL") > 0 ); if (aol) // Only true for AOL { /* CUSTOMIZE THE NEXT LINE FOR YOUR SITE */ document.write("Please add us to your AOL Favorites Folder"); } else { ie4 = ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 )); if (ie4) // Only true for MSIE { // * CHANGE THE URL TO YOUR WEB ADDRESS */ var url="index.html"; var title="The Emerald Circle"; document.write('<A HREF="javascript:window.ext'); document.write('ernal.AddFavorite(url,title);" '); document.write('onMouseOver=" window.status='); /* CUSTOMIZE THE NEXT LINE WHICH APPEARS IN THE STATUS BAR OF MSIE */ document.write("'Add The Emerald Circle to your Favorites'; return true "); document.write('"onMouseOut=" window.status='); document.write("' '; return true "); /* CUSTOMIZE THE NEXT LINE WHICH APPEARS IN THE DOCUMENT */ document.write('">Click to add The Emerald Circle to Favorites</a>'); } } ns4 = (navigator.appName == "Netscape"); if (ns4) // Only true for Netscape { /* CUSTOMIZE THE NEXT LINE WHICH APPEARS IN THE DOCUMENT */ document.write("Press CTRL+D to bookmark The Emerald Circle."); } </SCRIPT>  </B></div> <div> <B>Site best viewed in 1024x768 resolution in IE 5+. 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