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Light.

White light, searing, so brightly he felt as though his eyes would burn right in their sockets.

Was he dead? (Was he ever truly alive?)

Within seconds his eyes acclimatised to the world around him; he had felt this sensation only once before - when he was torn from his slumber out into the "real" world for the very first time. He hadn't thought about that day in a long time. How long ago was that now?

He recognised the sounds, the oh so familiar sound of pedestrian life; of unknowing shells scurrying around, convinced that what they're doing holds some meaning, some purpose. If they only knew.

What was his purpose? Where was his meaning? His head seared with pain, and as he clasped it in his trembling hands he could feel that it was saturated with a cold sweat... was this real? Was he really here?

He stumbled backwards, sinking into a slump on a cold, wet bench, clambering to find his train of thought, to remember how he got here, how he ended up back in this place; but the memories escaped him, all he could see was a dark, dank room; four miserable grey walls, the deafening silence screaming in his ears. Where was this place?

His breathing grew more panicked with each second that passed, he fought to remember even the simplest detail, the simplest memory of this world, until out of the corner of his eye he saw that oh-so familiar green glow of the phone booth hardline. As quick as a flash he rose to his feet, grabbed it, and was gone.

Zia... he had spent so much time here when he first entered this world, though he had long since forgotten why. Funny, he thought to himself - though it clearly wasn't - he could remember so much of his time as a freshly awoken redpill, right though to his fateful exit from the system; the violence, the deception, the tragedy - yet he remembered very little afterwards... only that room, that tiny, grey room.

His jacket pockets bulged with a collection of tools and devices, most of which he had no recollection of how to use - however one in particular rang a bell. Fiddling with the knobs and levers, he began scanning for RSI frequencies, in the desperate hope that he could find someone, just one person, who could give him answers.

Minutes passed... then hours... he sighed a heavy sigh, all but giving up hope on locating anyone whose signal he recognised - every face he passed in the street, or encountered at the various access hardlines throughout the sprawling city seemed unfamiliar.. until.. who was this? With his thumb he wiped away the grime and dust from the scanner screen, squinting his still reddened eyes, wearily attempting to interpret the RSI codes...

He remembered this name... he could not place why or how, but he remembered it nonetheless - was he friend or foe? Would he remember him at all? Only one way to find out...

>-- Is this the RSI known as "Starschwar"?

.....................................................

He opened his eyes, had he been asleep? He didn't remember.... he hadn't jacked out or... had he ever experienced sleep while in this world? Dazed, he attempted to clear the fog which engulfed his mind; still reeling from meeting with Cpt. Starschwar only a few hours ago... was it hours? Days? Longer?

Those halls, brilliant white - so pristine, so clear - he had vague memories of enduring a rather painful evacuation from that very same place several years ago, but this time is was different - there was no sense of danger, no noise or panic - just him, and Star.

Was everything he said true? Had this world really gone to hell in a handbasket? The Oracle - dead? Surely... surely not... He had listened in stunned silence as Starschwar relayed the tale of all that had happened in this world since his last memory of it; of Oligarchs and Biological something Interfaces; the rise and fall of figures whose names were previously - to him - of little consequence; and... most staggering of all, the fall of the Masked and the revelation that reinsertion was, and had forever been, a lie.

Surely that wasn't true... it couldn't be.... while the madness that had shrouded him throughout his pursuit of reinsertion had long since faded, he still believed in the simple and somewhat innocent ideal of returning to a peaceful dream - yet here he was being told that the dream was merely a myth. Most surprising of all, he thought to himself, was that he wasn't really surprised. In fact, he could barely untangle how exactly he felt about all of this, how he felt about anything - none of this seemed real... and not in the sense that this Matrix itself isn't real, but that... his head hurt...

Why did he recoil when Star had shown him those prison cells? Is that where he had been? Were those the same four grey walls he saw every time he closed his eyes? Surely they weren't, but something about that place struck a nerve, and he couldn't figure out why.

One thing he was sure of, however, was that he could feel the change in the air... something was different in this place... something was... wrong... he just didn't know what, or where his place was in all of this.

Sitting up in his makeshift bed... so he had been sleeping?... he realised the room was in complete darkness; stumbling to his feet he tried to feel his way to a wall, to a lightswitch or even a door, his legs threatening to buckle beneath him. Finally he felt a cold steel handle in his palm, and he almost tripped on his own feet as he left the room.

On a small table outside the door, several of his personal effects were laid out purposefully - almost too well organised. He didn't remember doing this, though there was a lot of didn't remember these days. He clumsily grabbed onto his data recorder, disturbing the perfect arrangement of devices on the table-top, and he slouched down into a seated position against the wall, pressing 'Record' as he did so.

##### DATA RECORDING INITIALIZED#####

##### PACKET IDENT: MDM0806-001#####

##### MESSAGE STARTS #############

> To many, my name will be unfamiliar. I hold

little hope in being remembered at all, in fact I

barely remember myself.

> But for those of you who know of me, I offer

myself at your mercy. I've done some terrible

things... unforgivable things... but I stand here

in this world, unashamed to admit that I am

afraid.

> I am afraid because I do not know why

I am here .

> I am afraid because I simply do not

understand how to function in this place

> I am afraid because I do not know myself

> So to anyone who sees fit to show me pity...

> To show me the way...

> I am looking for answers...

> I am looking for your help.

> Please. Help me to see.

##### MESSAGE ENDS #####

##### RECORDING COMPLETED #####

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Darkness fell across the crisp night sky like freshly spilled ink, drowning out the fleeting sun. The streetlamps hummed with energy almost on cue, bathing the cobbled road in ochre light.

Footsteps. Faint at first yet growing dangerously more prominent, pounding the pavement with unwavering rhythm. Rain began to fall as if the heavens themselves were crying at the sight of him.

From the shadows he made his way into the open street, the raindrops bouncing up off the concrete below and crashing back down onto the tops of his heavy leather boots, unblemished, pristine.

She had called to him. As her world fell apart once more, as her heart lay shattered in light of endless torment, he felt her soul cry out, to the one man who had always known her better than she knew herself.

So many wrongs to put right, his mind had wandered so far from the path, over the brink… yet his faith remained untarnished…

Machiavellian in his virtues he had escaped this insanity once before, and now the very mind which struggled free from the bondage of madness had led him back to the world he vowed never to enter again… this world…

The players have changed, yet the game remains the same as ever. The same ego’s… the same treachery… the same bureaucracy… it stung his senses with every breath he took.

Those week of mind and will had changed allegiances with as much ease as the sun sets, new contenders grasped for a seat of power that existed nowhere but in their own minds. Such fools… leave them be.

Long gone were the days in which such neanderthalism clouded his judgement. Long gone were the days in which the drive to prove his worth was an albatross on his soul. Long gone were the days of gesticulating, of mindless violence and needless conflict, of pride, of anger, of hatred, vanity and a lust for power…

Now… there was her. Only her.

And the cause.

There will always be the cause.

I'll keep this short. For all of you who I made friends with or who made my time in this game enjoyable - I thank you...

For those who were a pain in the *CENSORED* - I hope your children have ginger hair =)

See you around.

Thats right folks - tonight is the big one! The culmination of Split Infinity Radio's Xmas Tour 2005!

And what better way to bring in Xmas, than to give one lucky person a huge present, courtesy of the Split Infinity team!

Tonight, make sure you have your stations tuned in to Split Infinity Radio to be in with a chance of winning a Nintendo DS with Mario Kart

We'll be heading to all three servers at 9pm GMT and partying all night, with your favourite SI DJ's, top tunes, and of course, the fantastic contest prize!

Everyone stands a chance of winning - so make sure you tune in and come along to Club Sanguine!

Right here on the Syntax server, we will be partying in Club Sanguine until 9pm CST, at which time, we'll be heading on over to Club Hel, for TasteeWheats snowball fight!

Thats right folks - tonight is the big one! The culmination of Split Infinity Radio's Xmas Tour 2005!

And what better way to bring in Xmas, than to give one lucky person a huge present, courtesy of the Split Infinity team!

Tonight, make sure you have your stations tuned in to Split Infinity Radio to be in with a chance of winning a Nintendo DS with Mario Kart

We'll be heading to all three servers at 9pm GMT and partying all night, with your favourite SI DJ's, top tunes, and of course, the fantastic contest prize!

Everyone stands a chance of winning - so make sure you tune in and come along to Club Sanguine!

Thats right folks - tonight is the big one! The culmination of Split Infinity Radio's Xmas Tour 2005!

And what better way to bring in Xmas, than to give one lucky person a huge present, courtesy of the Split Infinity team!

Tonight, make sure you have your stations tuned in to Split Infinity Radio to be in with a chance of winning a Nintendo DS with Mario Kart

We'll be heading to all three servers at 9pm GMT and partying all night, with your favourite SI DJ's, top tunes, and of course, the fantastic contest prize!

Everyone stands a chance of winning - so make sure you tune in and come along to Club Sanguine!

Thats right folks - tonight is the big one! The culmination of Split Infinity Radio's Xmas Tour 2005!

And what better way to bring in Xmas, than to give one lucky person a huge present, courtesy of the Split Infinity team!

Tonight, make sure you have your stations tuned in to Split Infinity Radio to be in with a chance of winning a Nintendo DS with Mario Kart

We'll be heading to all three servers at 9pm GMT and partying all night, with your favourite SI DJ's, top tunes, and of course, the fantastic contest prize!

Everyone stands a chance of winning - so make sure you tune in and come along to Club Sanguine!

These are unsettling times indeed, rumours of insurgency and the ever growing presence of conflicting agendas lays waste to the once steadfast loyalties of the redpill population...

The Frenchman himself has seen the need for affirmative action in proving his resolve to those loyal to his organisation - your followers need reassurance, and those who sit on the fence are still ripe for the picking.

Split Infinity Radio are offering our services to help you in your drive for recruitment or public display of solidarity by means of organising and hosting events on your behalf. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I am confident that this information will reach the eyes and ears of the people for whom it could be of benefit.

You may contact us through the standard communications channels within this bluepill message forum.

We are sure you will see the need for our services. I await your response.

Thank You.

Message Edited by kingcaw on 12-16-2005 09:37 PM

Okay, for the benefit of those who maybe have not been tracking this thread since it began, I thought i'd pick out all of the answered questions, and summarise them here, so as to avoid people having to trawl through all those pages. Remember, all further questioning goes into that thread, not this one :smileytongue:

xboxlive: Hey there Rarebit, when could we see the Zen master tree in full use?

rarebit: That is a scheduling secret that cannot be revealed!

bonopi: Will LET ever come back?

rarebit: Hm, that's *kind* of a scheduling question... In any case, I will say that we devs would love to have a dedicated Live Events Team of some sort or other, but time, money, and probably administrative/legal wrangling will tell if this ends up happening--and these things are not in our sweaty little hands.

Abigor666: Will us cypherites get our org soon?

rarebit: Scheduling/story spoiler question! Can't really answer that. Until you do, please feel free to act like you have an org. Bandanas forever!

TetraCleric: Why is Ghost Bald?

rarebit: If I remember correctly, it's because we didn't get the rights to use the likeness of that movie actor in the game. This wasn't discovered until right near the end of Beta, so up until that point, he had hair, just like in the movie!

Fugitiv3: How bout that sound-loop while hyperjumping bug?

rarebit: That's a QA question, and they aren't available for questions! It's also a future release question!
I will say, though, that we hate bugs, and that it always helps us out if you can report them using the in-game slash command and provide as many details as possible. What's best is when you can provide the exact steps needed to reproduce a bug (and try them yourself first to make sure they work).

Fugitiv3: What does Walrus keep on the wall of his cubicle?

rarebit: HAH! Walrus will have to answer this, so that means I'm probably off the hook for the rest of the night. If he hasn't answered by tomorrow morning, I'll go investigate.

{SoG}Esky: Since we already have information about CR2.0, and it's a very near future release...is there any chance we can get a screenshot of something the CR2.0 will bring us?

HCfrog: NO! Thanks for playing.
Okay seriously, the people working on CR2.0 are working their butts off on that right now, getting it into presentable shape, and I wouldn't want to show any pictures of unfinished stuff... I'd rather let it speak for itself... I... I...
I'll see if I can get a screenie of anything interesting tomorrow at work. But for now, let's open this up for another question

Abigor666: Will you please change Veils look from when she went under the Alias Toorima aka. Tasha Spencer?

HCfrog: Okay this begs the question... why don't you have a crush on the joker? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!

I believe Veil's RSI actually has been updated, and is much different than Toorima's. Another screenshot to dig out tomorrow I guess...

Abigor666: Will the sub orgs be hostile to their original counterprts when implemented ?

HCfrog: Unfortunately, that falls under the category of questions I can't answer at this time.

Viscidos: Will there be more cowbell?

HCfrog: As much cowbell as we have now times TEN

1nfern0: Was there ever thoughts for players to purcase our own lot [i.e. house, base, and such]?

HCfrog: In the past, there were thoughts about this. What thoughts? Who can say, grasshopper. I can't really say much about future content, except that our schedules are pretty tight with other updates, fixes and content for the near future.

Inthebackground: We heard an awful lot about the combat revision for months now. I'm curious as to whats on the developer agenda for after CU 2.0, will it just be 2.1 or are ya gonna get back to advancing the storyline?

HCfrog: As far as updates to the game, I can't say.
As far as storyline goes... it's marching on even now. Of course critical missions and cinematics have never gone away, and we're hoping to start leveraging the new LESIG group to improve what we can do for Live Events, and increase everyone's exposure to the storyline.

bonopi: Can we expect to see faction panel enhancments, team duels, and a more meaningful CQ system after the Combat Revamp?

HCfrog: Faction Panel: I really couldn't say, both because I don't know if this is in the works, and if it is, I don't know (and probably couldn't tell you) when it would be planned for. I know exactly why you're asking this though, that thing... uh, yeah

Team Duels: Similar answer, except I feel this one would be less likely to be put in. Not because it's a bad idea or anything, it's a great idea, and if I remember correctly it was even in the manual that this worked... *sigh*... but I just have my hunches

CQ: Okay, I don't know of any current plans to revamp the CQ system. BUT... there is something I am going to push really hard to get put in after the dust settles from the CR. It's something that I think would add a lot to the game, and I've seen some people propose similar concepts on these forums. Basically, something that would add an actual reason to PvP... maybe fighting for control over places or things... perhaps granting Org benefits... maybe even adding some sort of balancing for Org populations... Now please keep in mind this idea is not even on the schedule yet, it hasn't been approved in any way, shape or form, and I haven't even figured out how much time it would take to implement, or exactly how we would do it. But I think it would be pretty cool!

At long long last, we can finally confirm each stop of the Split Infinity Xmas Tourbus!

We cannot tell you how excited we are to come and party with all three servers for the first time, and with the support of our fantastic co-hosts, each and every party promises to be a big one.

So - throw that Xmas list away and hop off Santa's knee, because all you need to celebrate Xmas in style is right here - and not a cheesy Xmas carol in sight.

See you all there!

Recursion... are you ready?

Split Infinity Radio is honoured to be teaming up with Fallen Horizon to raise the roof of Recursion in the buildup to Xmas. Screw xmas shopping, screw carol-singers - make sure you have only one thing booked in your calendar this coming Sunday - the Split Infinity Xmas Bash!

The gauntlet has been set... which server truely is the party capital of MxO?

Message Edited by kingcaw on 12-12-2005 10:00 AM

You didn't seriously think we only had ONE party up our sleeves for Xmas did you?!

Well, we're gonna give you a few days to recover from the CodeMason Xmas Party - before teaming up with The Glitch Society to bring you yet another slamming party - packed with contest, top prizes, first class tunes and of course, your favourite Split Infinity DJs

So, do yourselves and your server proud - make sure you set a date for Split Infinity this Xmas - or would you rather go shopping like a little sissy-girl?

Nuff said - be there!

At long last, Split Infinity Radio are finally getting the opportunity to come and party with the Vector crowd, and we're all sure as hell looking forward to it!

Sick of wrapping presents? Hanging decorations? Christmas Shopping and those bloody Cliff Richard tunes banging through the speakers of the local shopping centre?

Well give yourselves a well-deserved break, and come down to party with Split Infinity and the Children of Zion.

We guarantee you - this is one party you won't want to miss!

Look forward to seeing you all there!

For the first time ever, Split Infinity Radio will be touring the MxO servers over the holiday period.

With huge parties, massive contest and competitions, and boatloads of the usual Split Infinity madness - we hope to spread some festive mayhem to the masses.

This tour is being sponsored and supported by some of the biggest factions across each server - so we hope to see you all there.

Keep your eyes peeled and ears open both in the forums and on the airwaves for more details over the coming weeks.

Message Edited by kingcaw on 12-06-2005 10:07 PM

The Concept

Split Infinity Radio are looking to produce a series of radio-based 'skits' - featuring some of the most common and blatant stereotypes of the gaming world.

The Challenge

Where better to go for input into this project than the most proven creative people of this community - the roleplayers! We are challenging YOU to come up with a short, humorous and witty script to kick-start this series of skits.

The Rewards

Not only will you have the honour of your script being turned into a fully fleshed voice-acted skit, but there is also $i30million up for grabs to whoever is judged by the SI team as providing the most creative and unique scripts.

The Rules

The skits should be no more than 3-5 minutes in length, so bear that in mind when writing your script.

The characters should be recognisable stereotypes from the gaming world, for example, the all-too common "Uber-L337 pWNzR"-type player. It will be down to you to provide names and a description of each of your characters - and we would ask that you limit the 'cast' to 5 main characters.

No over-the-top profanity. While we are fairly liberal and don't mind the use of "bad" language - theres a point when it becomes unfunny. Also, there should be absolutely nothing majorly offensive, as in racist comments.

All submissions should be posted in this thread - this contest is open to all MxO servers, and there is no limit to the number of submissions made.

If anyone has any questions or needs clarification on any points made here, then please ask in this thread.

Have fun!

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: FRIDAY 16TH DECEMBER

Faction-chat feeling a little empty? Needing an influx of new recruits? Well, never fear, Split Infinity Radio is here!!

Over the next two weeks, we are giving all factions across all servers the opportunity to have themselves advertised across the airwaves of Split Infinity Radio.

If you can provide your own audio sample, then fantastic! We'll put you on air right away! If not, then don't worry, simply send us a basic transcript or premis for your advert and we'll throw something together for you!

Send all enquiries to [email protected]

To tune into Split Infinity Radio, between 6pm-3am GMT each and every day of the week, simply type:

/radio addfave Split Infinity | http://www.amusic.gr

You can listen through WMP with http://www.amusic.gr or Winamp with http://www.amusic.gr/si.pls

Faction-chat feeling a little empty? Needing an influx of new recruits? Well, never fear, Split Infinity Radio is here!!

Over the next two weeks, we are giving all factions across all servers the opportunity to have themselves advertised across the airwaves of Split Infinity Radio.

If you can provide your own audio sample, then fantastic! We'll put you on air right away! If not, then don't worry, simply send us a basic transcript or premis for your advert and we'll throw something together for you!

Send all enquiries to [email protected]

To tune into Split Infinity Radio, between 6pm-3am GMT each and every day of the week, simply type:

/radio addfave Split Infinity | http://www.amusic.gr

You can listen through WMP with http://www.amusic.gr or Winamp with http://www.amusic.gr/si.pls

Faction-chat feeling a little empty? Needing an influx of new recruits? Well, never fear, Split Infinity Radio is here!!

Over the next two weeks, we are giving all factions across all servers the opportunity to have themselves advertised across the airwaves of Split Infinity Radio.

If you can provide your own audio sample, then fantastic! We'll put you on air right away! If not, then don't worry, simply send us a basic transcript or premis for your advert and we'll throw something together for you!

Send all enquiries to [email protected]

To tune into Split Infinity Radio, between 6pm-3am GMT each and every day of the week, simply type:

/radio addfave Split Infinity | http://www.amusic.gr

You can listen through WMP with http://www.amusic.gr or Winamp with http://www.amusic.gr/si.pls

Seeing as how, as a community, we really need to make the most out of our limited live events, and share our findings with each other, I thought i'd post something I was working on.

For all I know, some of this might end up being minor spoilers, so if you want to figure everything out yourself, then don't read on.

During the Mero crits, I paid extra attention to the messages and info from the computers around the various mission areas and noticed a few things that caught my eye - so, I decided to take screenshots of them all. Once I was through, I threw together a compilation of what seemed to be the key parts, and tried to decipher them.

To be honest, I didn't really get that far, and never had time to really look into them any closer - however after noticing 'Skwerl's post regarding Cryptos box locations, one jumped out - so I checked over the stuff I got from the crits once again.

Rather than trying to pick it apart myself - I thought i'd upload it for anyone in the community who might be interesting in seeing whether there is anything else hidden.

A few points:

1) Ignore my additions about Gemaskaard and Enmascarado, as the 'G' and 'E' in the msgs appears to mean Gracy and Edgewater

2) Ignore the 'ighab' comment, that was simply me overthinking things with the U[117x836] part

3) 240, 235 are not co-ords, it turns out they relate to the opening times of the boxes at their locations.

4) The 'e-mail' section allowed me to fill in the blanks and spell out "Buckled Urge". Now, also looking at the order in which the boxed open as per their location, that also spells 'Buckled Urge' - certainly sounds like a possible name for an 'Amazement'

The info I gathered can be found here: http://www.mxoretribution.com/CritMessages.bmp

Hopefully there is something more to be found, or possibly other hidden details in Machine and Zion crits. I still haven't figure out whether NESCIRE or the details for Acubens (as in the node numbers etc) are relevant in any way.

Anyhow, thought i'd post it just in case there is anything more we can gain from it.

Moved to Syntax Events - Steelrose

"Don't beleive everything you read in the papers son..."

I remember my father telling me that every time we passed the newstand, headlines screaming tales of war and devastation, of scandal and outrage...

I've done my best to maintain that ideal throughout both my life lived in dreams and the one I awoke to, however I cannot escape the nagging feeling... there is no smoke without fire, and the media sure provide a lot of smoke...

My curiosity is awoken once more as my eyes scan across the cover of a magazine... the same glossy trash I was forever warned against perusing... I reach out and take the second copy from the top, so as not to be plagued by waterlogged pages...

After tossing the newsagent a crumbled note, I slump into the adjacent bench, and allow my thoughts to focus once more at the latest headlines leaping off the magazine...

This is the prelude to an upcoming player event on the Syntax server, which will commence from Monday 31st October. A seperate thread has been created in the Next Renassance forum for all who wish to be involved to Roleplay an introduction to their own individual or group interests, motivations etc towards the subject matter provided by this prelude. That thread can be found HERE

"Don't beleive everything you read in the papers son..."

I remember my father telling me that every time we passed the newstand, headlines screaming tales of war and devastation, of scandal and outrage...

I've done my best to maintain that ideal throughout both my life lived in dreams and the one I awoke to, however I cannot escape the nagging feeling... there is no smoke without fire, and the media sure provide a lot of smoke...

My curiosity is awoken once more as my eyes scan across the cover of a magazine... the same glossy trash I was forever warned against perusing... I reach out and take the second copy from the top, so as not to be plagued by waterlogged pages...

After tossing the newsagent a crumbled note, I slump into the adjacent bench, and allow my thoughts to focus once more at the latest headlines leaping off the magazine...

This is the prelude to an upcoming player event on the Syntax server, which will commence from Monday 31st October. A seperate thread has been created in the Next Renassance forum for all who wish to be involved to Roleplay an introduction to their own individual or group interests, motivations etc towards the subject matter provided by this prelude. That thread can be found HERE

"Don't beleive everything you read in the papers son..."

I remember my father telling me that every time we passed the newstand, headlines screaming tales of war and devastation, of scandal and outrage...

I've done my best to maintain that ideal throughout both my life lived in dreams and the one I awoke to, however I cannot escape the nagging feeling... there is no smoke without fire, and the media sure provide a lot of smoke...

My curiosity is awoken once more as my eyes scan across the cover of a magazine... the same glossy trash I was forever warned against perusing... I reach out and take the second copy from the top, so as not to be plagued by waterlogged pages...

After tossing the newsagent a crumbled note, I slump into the adjacent bench, and allow my thoughts to focus once more at the latest headlines leaping off the magazine...

((This is the set-up for a player-event on the Syntax server. The event will start on Monday 31st October, and this thread is for all who wish to be involved to roleplay an introduction to their own individual, or their groups interest and prospective involvement in the event.

This is not, by any means, a "KingCAW Event", nor is it a "Masked Agenda" event. The storyline that will take place is independant to ones currently running on the Syntax server, and as such has not been created to boost any ego's or further any specific interests.

Hopefully this will extend to open the event up to groups or individuals who have conflicting roleplaying styles and who previously have not involved themselves in other events in order to avoid the risk of those styles clashing.

The story provided by this event will be a bare-bones skeleton from which everyone involved can create their own, intricate RP accounts which follow their own involvement, motivations, experiences etc. The aim of this event is to provide the action, activities and basic plot from which to further everyones playing experiences.

So, that said, I look forward to reading everyones RP contributions to this buildup, and hope everyone enjoys whats in store. If you have any questions then please feel free to contact me via private message.

Thanks,

kC ))

Message Edited by kingcaw on 10-21-2005 12:19 PM

After a massive amount of deliberation, I am going to be leaving MxO indefinately.

The game just doesn't hold the same appeal for me as it used to, as i'm sure a lot of you will agree. I do still see huge potential, but right now, it feels almost a chore to jack-in to the Matrix, only to be sat warming a bench somewhere, staring at a static screen.

I'm usually one of the first people who will say that the game is as fun as you make it - however right now, I have done all I can to enjoy the game, from organising Player Events, to DJing for Split Infinity, to Roleplaying.

No doubt I will still keep my eyes on these forums, and will more likely continue writing stories in the Next Renaissance section... and i'm sure I will show my head for the occasional 30minute session every time we get new criticals or new Live Events, but for all intents and purposes, i'm done.

I'll be in-game occasionally over the next few days as I finish off my current RP story, however after that, i'll be focusing my attentions to other things.

To the old Output community, thank you for making the bulk of my playing time enjoyable. To people like Euphraxia, Kanjo, Revolt, P0ET, Phunkyfella, aMUSiK, Jamicus... to the listeners of Split Infinity and all of my fellow DJ's, to our party regulars, Shadow, Kisani, Asagi and Sazcha - god rest her soul - a huge huge thank you only exceeded by my apologies to anyone I forgot...

To the RP community, who gave me a reason not to leave following the server merge, who have unleashed my creative juices and enriched my playing experience over the last month or so; Aiyalla, Espi, Zealot, Fygment, Dare, Gami, Cheshire, Jobi, Sykin, Gnev and many many more - keep doing what you all do best, and I hope the issues amongst the community are laid to rest sooner rather than later. There is far too much potential going to waste right now.

For my character, the door remains open, as anyone interested in my stories will see once they are finished - however for me, the chapter is closing.

Thank you all once again,

Miky/KingCAW

Message Edited by kingcaw on 10-16-2005 10:47 PM

((As the Espi-created RP thread this originally started in has derailled, i'm going to start a seperate thread for this particular storyline. This thread isn't completely exclusive to me and me alone, so if you feel you have something to add that fits their vein of this story, then by all means please feel free to do so - however I would ask that you respect how the story is flowing, and do not attempt to influence or control my character or anyone elses without prior OOC consent. Thank yer kindly...))

"You sure this is the place?"

"Definately Sir... he should be arriving in exactly 5 minutes..."

"Excellent"

Phonebooths. He had gone his entire bluepill existance without paying them much heed... As a child, he'd frequently call up directory services and have a giggle... he smiled faintly as he recalled his favourite joke

"Oh excuse me, operator, is there a train on the line? I'm sorry? Well then you had best get off it then!"

Ah... the lost innocence of youth...

"Daakus.. you're absolutely sure this is the right place?"

King scowled towards his young understudy with unrepentant distain - the man cowered before him, it was unsettling... and only further fuelled his frustration, his burning anger...

"Yes Sir - I am sure" came a weak response, tone laced with an uncertainty that lacked conviction.

"I hope for your sake that it is..." Daakus knew... he knew that if his information was wrong that he would be punished... King sense this in him and let a forced smile break its way onto his face as he turned to the slender woman propping herself up against his shoulder...

"Euphraxia darling... call Ethros, ensure he is prepared..."

Looking deeply into her eyes, he felt a surge of doubt enveloping his stomach, clouding his thoughts... what was he doing here?! Why was he... how could he do these things.... how could he make her....

Blinking rapidly he snapped back his consciousness, it swept over him with vigor - refocusing his stare on the idle phonebooth...

A slight crackling sound reverberated in the air...

He was coming...

Almost here...

Without breaking his poise to look directly at his friends... his... henchmen... standing at either side of him, his voice broke with a solitary word, spoken with a searing hint of menace...

"Showtime..."

As he spoke, a flurry of code shivered in front of him, a thin and fragile figure fading into view... a redpill...

King adjusted himself as he stepped forward with a wide smile on his face - the mask which he had become so fond of no longer covered his mouth, no longer hid the emotion that so often had betrayed him...

He approached the kid with warmth... a thin, pale and frightened young man... 'pod-fresh' - released into the Matrix for the very first time.

Extending a hand, King tilited his head ever so slightly, as he addressed his visitor.

"Good to see you operative... welcome to the Cause of Zion..."

Message Edited by kingcaw on 10-03-2005 01:21 AM

So, the live event... despite the hiccup of spoilers being released at the start, I was happy with the way things played out. Sure I wasn't one of the ones who managed to score killing blows on the Assassin; yes, I missed the meeting with the Oracle - but I think I got enough event-related action to keep me happy.

And then, we met with the Merovingian... to receive our congratulations for bringing the Assassin down.

This meeting was the usual barrage of area-chat spamming, including such profanity as suggesting the Merovingian likes to partake in a certain homosexual act, as well as general stupidity from a large cross-section of the crowd.

I spoke twice.

I currently Roleplay as someone who follows the Masked. Whether you agree with "Cypherites" roleplaying openly - whether you think that all RPers are "carebears" - I spoke only twice...

First, was to say that the Assassin had finally paid for killing Enmascarado

Secondly was to say that all Exiles would suffer the same fate as Redpills at the hands of the Masked.

Moments later, I was frozen and silenced by an admin - and remained that way for 30minutes, without any explanation.

Naively - I was optimistic - stupidly thinking that as I was the only one who spoke regarding the Masked, and did so in a polite and concise manner that there was actually going to be some LET interaction coming my way once the meeting was finished. As such, I did not want to jackout and reboot, in case I did miss this potential meeting with the LET...

So I waited... and waited... I knew that players who had scored the final blows on the Assassin were being teleported away to receive their reward, so I was patient...

And then, they unfroze and unsilenced me...

Why was I silenced? Was it because I mentioned the Masked at a Mero meeting? The last I checked, I am still - technically- Mero, because there is not yet a Masked organisation available in-game...

Why were people allowed to swear and spam constantly without repurcussion, while I was frozen, silenced, and not allowed to potential continue gently roleplaying during one of the extremely rare LET meetings we have?!

Obviously i'm not happy at what appears to either be an extreme lack of judgement, or major abuse of power by some unknown admin. What do I expect to be done? Nothing... because I know nothing will be done - but that has left a sour taste in my mouth after what was a refreshing weekend in MxO that had reawoken my interest in the game.

Thank you very much.

1.1: The Birth Of A King (Chapter One)

“Morris….”

“MORRIS!!”

“Urgh…. Wha?... Huh?!”

“You fell asleep again Morris, what sort of an example are you setting to your staff if you just doze off at your desk, you’re lucky no customers asked to see you!”

The door slammed shut as Mr.Bigsley, the manager of Newcastle Bank who’s ego was only outweighed by his rotund frame, shuffled his way down the hall from his new deputy manager’s office.

“…Another day of drudgery” sighed the defeated young man from behind his desk, letting out a stifled yawn as he carefully adjusted his name-plate; Michael Morris; Deputy Branch Manager.

He never used to sleep so much, in fact, he was lucky to get his recommended 8-hours a night, but recently something changed, something he couldn’t quite put his finger on.

He had been late 3 times already this week, not a good start to what he thought was going to be a job that would fill him with excitement. Surely meeting all those different people on a daily basis, helping them solve financial problems and providing products to meet their needs would be enough to keep him occupied. But yet, he yearned for more, he reached for the unreachable.

Two weeks previously, his psychiatrist told him he was medically and psychologically unsound – that this overwhelming sense that the world was not right, that people were not as they seemed was simply morbid paranoia, and that his references to his muscles feeling as though they would explode at a moments noticed was nothing but intense hypochondria… however he knew differently… he felt it…. He believed.

Hesitantly rising from his desk, he made the conscious decision to wander on to the branch floor, maybe mingling with the crowd would raise his spirits, and the call to action of being the face of this “esteemed financial institute” would shock him into the land of the awakened.

As soon as he swung the door back, he spotted old Ms.Woodman, a frail but insanely rich old spinster, no doubt coming to make her latest transfer to whichever charity had given out the prettiest ribbons that week. There, as usual, were the “two stooges”, Harold and Jeffery, it suddenly dawned upon him that he hadn’t taken the time to learn their last names – he made a mental note to check with one of the clerks.

Then, he spotted it. It must’ve occurred over the briefest of moments, but it definitely happened, no doubt about it…

A man dressed head to toe in white, hair tied back into a tight ponytail with some sort of contraption fixed around his head appeared to be juggling electricity… did that make sense?! Was that even possible?! The man motioned twice, and a bolt of energy shot down through a second individual, who quickly jumped out of sight…

By the time he scurried past the queue at the checking counter, both men were gone without a… No, it couldn’t be… could it?!

Eyes transfixed on the sky, he swore he saw the man in white appear to be… flying?!

Quickly he ran down the street, eagerly trying to gauge exactly where this man would land, if he would land at all, if it was even the same man, or just a rather large bird.

‘This is insane’ he thought to himself; ‘Doc’ was right, I need to be put in a padded cell!'

Faster and faster he ran, the sun gleaming in his eyes, blurring out what had now became a small white dot….

Onwards, faster and faster… faster…. Faster….

“Oh Sh*t…”

He barely registers as these words leave his mouth, for within an instant, the world turns dark, all he feels is his head hit the pavement with a sickening thud, and the warmth of his own blood trickling down his face.

Mere seconds seem to pass… the world is light again, an unfamiliar and hardened voice croaks…

“Welcome back Mr.Morris….”

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>A new dawn is breaking...

>The time is fast approaching as our numbers continue to grow

>The age of petty squabbles is over as we head for a new era... a new purpose...

>An army is forming... contact me for instruction...

>I would advise everyone to research my current views and standpoints thoroughly before initiating communications.

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((I am in the process of recruiting for a fledgling RP faction. When complete, it will be no more than 2 crews, with the aim of providing people interested in the Roleplaying scene with an avenue to get involved. While I do not claim to be a roleplaying expert or veteran, I have managed to ease myself gently into the current scene and am now involved with some of the main storylines.

We are looking to build a friendly, focused and well-organised group of players, each with the common interest of Roleplaying, and assisting each other on our building storylines etc. While we will still also work together for normal day-to-day activities such as missioning and live-events should they return, our main focus will be RP - so this is not the place to be if all you want is another run-of-the-mill place to be power-levelled! Hopefully what we're putting together will be dynamic and interesting, and will help people make the most out of their playing experience.

I look forward to hearing from you.))

After spending a mountainous amount of time trying to level the majority of ability trees in the game, i'm at the point where, as I extremely rarely pvp anymore, I have absolutely no use for them.

I have also recently used the RSI hack and focused my character pretty much entirely towards MA...

Therefore i'm getting rid of most of my trees.

All abilities are fully levelled to level 50, however with some trees, I did not bother with some of the 'offshoots', instead focusing on the main branch.

The prices given are based on it taking approximately $i8million to level from 1 to 50, as well a reasonable amount for the time taken to farm fragments, code these abilities, and pay coding costs.

If you require a partial amount of the trees I am selling, then I will work out a price.

Please post all requests here. I will not be in-game very often over the next few weeks, however you can send me a PM to /kingcaw if I pop on. I do keep my eye on these forums extremely regularly each and every day, so will jack-in if you wish to make a purchase.

HACKER ABILITIES

Upgrade Master

Price: $i 22.5million

From 'Repair And Upgrade' to 'Upgrade Master'

Excludes:

Efficiency

Delete Upgrade 1.0 + 2.0

Movement Accelerator 2.0 + 3.0

Bolster Health 2.0 + 3.0

Network Attacker (partial)

Price: $i 14million

From 'Effective Code' to 'Network Hacker'

Excludes:

Crash

Code Stop 1.0

Buffer Overflow 1.0 +2.0

Freeze Area 2.0

Code Flux (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ABILITY IS REQUIRED TO EQUIP 'NETWORK ATTACKER')

Ravager (partial)

Price: $i 14million

From 'Hostile Programming' to 'Ravager'

Excludes:

Destroy Resolve 1.0

Freeze System 2.0 + 3.0

Infect Area 1.0 + 2.0

Destroy Health

Code Infection 3.0 (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ABILITY IS REQUIRED TO EQUIP RAVAGER)

Destroyer

Price: $i 26million

From 'Resist Infection' to 'Destroyer'

Excludes:

Plague Zone 1.0

Enrage Foes

OPERATIVE ABILITIES

Data Miner

Price: $i 9million

From 'Find Data Node' to 'Data Miner'

Master Shadow

Price: $i 40million (includes Disguise, Lock-Picks, 6th Sense, Invisibility+Improved Invisbility all levelled to 50)

From 'Disguise' to 'Master Shadow'

Excludes:

Desperate Speed

Canny Strike

Shifty Technique

Ghost Strike

Master Assassin

Price: $i 21.5million

From 'Improved Sneak Attack' to 'Master Assassin'

Excludes:

Suplex

Master Knife Thrower

Price: $i 28.5million

From 'Weak Points' to 'Master Knife Thrower'

Excludes:

Blinding Throw

Wounding Throw

Subduing Throw

Sniper

Price: $i 9.5million

From 'Concealment' to 'Sniper'

Master Rifleman

Price: $i 25million

From 'Rifles' to 'Master Rifleman'

Excludes:

Disabling Shot

Threee Round Burst

Rifle Butt Smash

Deadly Shot

SMG Specialist

Price: $i 25million

From 'Submachine Guns' to 'SMG Specialist'

Excludes:

Controlled Burst

Full Auto Redux

Full Auto

CODER ABILITIES

Utility Master

Price: $i 17.5million

From 'Deflect Code' to 'Utility Master'

Excludes:

Bash

Enrage Foes

Acoustic Decoys 1.0 + 2.0

Low Blow

Stop Proxy 1.0

Ok, this may be a very stupid question, but here goes...

I have just signed up for an All Access account, as I have just purchased SWG and want to keep playing both that and MxO...

When installing SWG, I was asked to intput my station account details. On doing so, I was told that my subscriptions did not include SWG. After inputting my CD key, I received a message saying it had now been added - my card details did not have to be taken a 3rd time (already input for MxO and then again for All Access)

Now, on my subscriptions summary, SWG and Station Access are shown seperately.

I just wanted to check that this does not mean 2 seperate amounts are going to be billed.

Also... as MxO is still not showing anywhere on the Station website, will what I have already paid for it be refunded and then the sub for MxO be covered by my Station Access payments?

If i'm honest I found the whole billing process to be very poorly laid out, as I was directed backwards a forwards for a while before having to actually use my MxO launcher to access the correct page - so now naturally I am concerned that I will be charged seperately for MxO, SWG and Station Access.

Any help would be appreciated...

It seems that there are a lot of mixed opinions about SWG - a lot of people claiming that the game has been ruined by SOE etc etc, however I still hear of a lot of players leaving MxO to go play it... so i'm curious as to what the deal really is - how does it compare to MxO, is it worth playing, is it as bad as people say etc etc

MxO is my very first MMORPG - I bought it as an 'impulse purchase' while buying the 10-disc boxset, as a Matrix fan, not a PC Gamer. Prior to this game, I was a pure console-hog, and had only ever played Champ Manager on PC.

However since playing MxO i've realised that in all the years of not bothering with these sorts of games, I have really been missing out, and am looking to try out a few more games.

So, i'm not the sort of person who is likely to be bothered by a few little downfalls that get on experienced MMO players' nerves - however if the game completely sucks in all ways, then of course I don't want to waste my hard-earned money on it...

So... SWG.... is it really any good?

Although this thread may very well be asking for trouble, here goes...

I'm not looking for game-bugs or general complaints about aspects of the game, i'm looking for those little niche things that just niggle at you and drive you crazy while playing... (not things like 'sound loop bug' or 'getting ganked' etc etc)

My number one pet peeve has to be.. people who refer to Factions as 'fractions'

So, cmon, just for the hell of it, lets hear all of yours, and try n keep this thread light-hearted :smileytongue:

Closest hardline is Shinjuku West Central
Please ensure that you have access to the area before attending (ie have tapped the access node - Agents might look a little out of place at a Kill Bill party!

DJ's for the evening will be DJ King and DJ Euphraxia

So, for your fix of Split Infinity goodness, including contests, games and maybe even a little bit of Catch Benny... (or should that be Catch Bill?)... get yourself down there tomorrow night.

Look forward to seeing you...

Ok, for anyone who didn't catch the original thread - i've pulled off all the pages of the Evolution Of The Wicked roleplaying chapter from the old Syntax forums.

For anyone who wants to view it - It is currently hosted at the following address:

http://www.geocities.com/cm_let/eotw.html

This is a basic geocities package so does have limited data transfer... therefore if you get an error message, give it about 15 mins and then try again.

I'm also in the process of adding the 'Brief Linenoise Roleplaying History' thread originally posted by Sykin, as well as Fygment's "One" thread.