This here's a tale for all the fellas
Tryin' to do what DB tells us
Get shot down cause you're overzealous...

Hmmm...perhaps we shouldn't talk about "busting a move" with Manga in the building. Let me try again!

Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.

Tulga Games is moving to East Mesa! We're packing up all the desks and the strange collection of stuff that accumulates in and around an office.

Maintenance will be on schedule for Tuesday morning, but Support will be only partially available until Wednesday morning and contact with the Devs through IRC will be a bit spotty.

We appreciate your patience during this transition but we be back on track as soon as possible!

The following additions, changes and fixes were applied to Chaos and Order on Tuesday, February 21, 2006:

• Primal Rebirth now has an associated animation and particle effect.
• Updated Ryson Stormbringer's dialogue to be more up to date with the new tutorial.
• Added a quest to Ryson Stormbringer on Spirit Isle for new players as they complete the tutorial.
• Daknor the Berserk will now re-spawn more quickly.
• Stray buildings on Genevia removed.
• Plot sizes on Genevia continue to be adjusted.
• Greymane Wolves will now count towards the completion of the 'Attunement to Aden' quest.

It will annoy you and leave you no rest,
Try your patience, perhaps make you stressed.
It will take up your time,
For these five lines of rhyme.
It's a limerick, and Baela's new contest!

Yes, that's right...Baela is now looking for limericks with an Istarian theme!
The winner will get the title "Rhyming Rhapsodist"!

Email Baela with your entries and good luck to all!

May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Parody Winner please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Parody Winner please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here.

Well, the only problem was too many great entries...There were more than 90 entries into the contest and all of them were worthy of recognition. The impromptu concert put on by Illyist and Fridlekh to assist Baela in narrowing down the list caused a near revolt in the office.

It was impossible to chose just one winner, so CLICK HERE for the finalists.

The following additions, changes and fixes were applied to the Live shards on Tuesday, February 14, 2006:

Rumors speak of a new evil among the Withered Aegis, an enemy who has risen to power from the ashes of General Reklar's failure. Rumors speak of the Blight itself creeping forward, of lands and resources swallowed. Jatell, the newly appointed Lord-Commander of the Imperial Army, has put forth a rallying call to the Gifted. He asks that the most powerful among the Gifted speak with him at once at his temporary post near the Travel Gate in Tazoon.

Adventure

• Ethereal Blade and Group Ethereal Blade will no longer convert damage to Spirit.
• Fire Ogres and Fire Pygmies will now do flame damage.
• Flame Ogres and Flame Pygmies will now do flame damage.
• “Gain Breath of Ice” quest will now properly count the 10 Algedian Silver Bars you make instead of just one.
• The Paladin ability Life Strike now has an associated special attack animation and particle effect.
• Monk ability Mind over Body now has an associated particle effect.
• Dragon ability “Tail Whip” II through V will now do crush damage.
• Kelakhan will no longer give the “Gain Breath of Fire III” quest more than once.
• Trophy Hunters will now accept trophies of their tier or below.
• Bariente the Trophy Hunter in Chiconis has been replaced by the Dragon Council with Baltorros, an adult Helian.
• Ice Attack spells will no longer filter improperly in the Summoning category.
• Raise Armor V will now filter in the “Boons” category.
• Spell: Flame Spear (I – V) now does Flame damage instead of pierce.
• Fixed a stacking issue that prevented more than one of the same crystal from being placed into the same container.

Tradeskill

• Lady Kendra in Kion has acquired a Distillery and has placed it inside the back room of her Manor House.
• Tier 3 Lunus Essence Chamber will now have a Scholar's Desk.
• Quest “Lairshaping Mastery (Part 6)” will now properly give out the Lairshaping Mastery ability for that level.
• Adventure: Primal IV techinque now requires 2 Arbotus Gullets.
• Dragon Lairshaper school will now gain 10 points of Ingenuity per level.
• Additional quests added to the Weaver Trainer at Level 10, 50, 70, and 80.
• Dragon quest “Deliver a Load of Spell Shards” will now give proper directions to Jynasix.
• Corrected the XP values for Maelstones when creating them using the Journeyman Maelstone formula.
• Tier 2 Lunus Gemworking Chamber now spawns a Gem Cutter.
• Standish's Standard Cargo Disks, Tarbash's Compact Cargo Disks, and Tarbash's Standard Cargo Disks now have a hoard value.
• Dragon Craft Trainers no longer carry the formula, Journeyman Spell: Binding Crystals.

Community

• Added a sandpile to the communities of Selen, Dalimond Ridge Gate, Drift Point, Sanctuary Bay, Granite Hills, and Heart.
• Added a well to the communities of Cire, Arua, Dalimond Ridge Gate, Drift Point, Sanctuary Bay, Granite Hills, and Heart.
• Added Spirit Isle which is the new location where all non-Dragon characters will begin the game. Ryson Stormbringer is there as well as Gravus the Craft Trainer and Cellardus, the Adventurer Trainer.
• The Empire has approved a plan to expand the size of community plots in the town of Old Oaks.

Signatures... feeling too limited?

Well, no more!

Recently, we received some inquiries about signatures andtheir file sizes. As a part of the discussion, the topic wasbrought up about folks on dial-up or slower ISPs, and how thelarger signature images would effect them.

We realize that many other communities do not have guidelinesfor signature images as strict as Stratics', and we want to becompetitive in the online communities. Therefore, we have comeupon the following:

Effective Monday, February 13, 2006, two changes will occur.The first will be a new feature, like the show/hide calendar wenow have, that will allow our community members to select whetheror not to view signatures - directly from the forum, rather thangoing to the control panel to do so. The option will remain inthe control panel as a setting, but this will allow a moreconvenient way for those who wish to toggle on and off dependingon their mood.

The other change will be an increase in the maximum allowablefile size. Currently, the Rules of Conduct reflect:

- Maximum size of image file(s): 35k (35,840) bytes
- Maximum height of image(s): 125 pixels
- Maximum width of image(s): 600 pixels

Beginning Monday, the file size limit will be 50k (51,200)bytes. The Rules of Conduct and Stratics FAQ will be updated toreflect this change.

We are excited for these changes, as they will give ourcommunities more of an opportunity to reflect their creativesides, without feeling so limited.

Thank you,

AutumnKiss
Stratics Forums Programming Team

The following additions, changes and fixes are being applied to Blight on Thursday, February 09, 2006:

• The Paladin ability Life Strike now has an associated special attack animation and particle effect.
• Monk ability Mind over Body now has an associated particle effect.
• Additional quests added to the Weaver Trainer at Level 10, 50, 70, and 80.
• Dragon ability “Tail Whip” II through V will now do crush damage.
• Dragon quest “Deliver a Load of Spell Shards” will now give proper directions to Jynasix.
• Kelakhan will no longer give the “Gain Breath of Fire III” quest more than once.
• Corrected the XP values for Maelstones when creating them using the Journeyman Maelstone formula.
• Trophy Hunters will now accept trophies of their tier or below.
• Bariente the Trophy Hunter in Chiconis has been replaced by the Dragon Council with Baltorros, an adult Helian.
• Tier 2 Lunus Gemworking Chamber now spawns a Gem Cutter.
• Ice Attack spells will no longer filter improperly in the Summoning category.
• Raise Armor V will now filter in the “Boons” category.
• Added Spirit Isle which is the new location where all non-Dragon characters will begin the game. Ryson Stormbringer is there as well as Gravus the Craft Trainer and Cellardus the Adventurer Trainer.

New York, London, Paris, Munich,
Everybody talk about pop musik!

Well, it doesn't have to be popular music and you can be from anywhere, but Baela is still looking for song parodies!

The rules are simple:
Choose any song and change the lyrics to an Istarian theme! Include the revised lyrics along with your character name/shard and the original song name/artist in an email to Baela!
The winning entrants will get an emblem giving the title "Dulcet Dignitary"!

The song parody contest submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, February 7th, 2006! There's been tons of entries so far and it will take a bit to sort out the best of the best, so get your entries in as soon as possible!

Good Luck, Istarians!

You are invited to a Guild Lair Community auction!

Where: The Community name is Kir'tis and is located north of the Trandalar Rift on Trandalar.
Who: You must be an adult dragon to reach this community.
When: Now until Monday, February 6th, 2006.

Come on out, take a look...Place a bid! Hope to see you there!