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May something, 1997 Unfortunately, the multitude of
server changes, from mystik.net to proxy.riccione.net to the latest,
hot.virtual-pc.com, has sent Archipelago into a watery grave. A loyalty
split in the ranks of the immortals between the "old guard" and "new" had
crippled the mud, and ensured its death. It was the immortals and players
which made the game what it was, not only the areas, and world files. There
was a sense that one could login to Archipelago, meet up with some friends,
play, or socialize awhile without much interference from the immortals.
Among the imms, there used to be a strong sense of camaraderie -- as comrades
from similar backgrounds -- where one could air their differences, as well as
fight without suffering much hard feeling. One change, that from one having
fun to one being serious, had forever changed the game of Archipelago.
-- I just wanna say thanks to all who had spent time in my areas, and had enjoyed
it. To all the players, avatars, and imms who began life at
island.essex.ac.uk and stuck with us time and time again, especially Ansalon,
Eq, Grace, Kalliste, Magnifico, Ponder, Ratatosk, Saladin, its was a long,
rollicky, and most excellent voyage we've been on. Unfortunately, the ship
had sunk; there is noone BOTH willing AND able enough to
properly run the mud. There shall never be another like Archipelago, so
goodbye. For those who care, the mud'z also running at
ruby.ils.unc.edu 2895.
This is also my last update of the faqs. n.b., I would appreciate it
greatly that you don't try copying this site, sticking it elsewhere and
calling it your own, coz i'll make sure you'll pay dearly if you do..
Archipelago is now located on a server
in the uk. The new site, hot.virtual-pc.com 2895
(ip is 194.217.102.6 2895
was provided for using money donated by Pilgrim, among others. We thank
the sysadmin at proxy.riccione.net for temporarily housing us prior to the
move, but unfortunately, there was not enough bandwidth available to
sustain many players playing at once.
On a personal note, because of the split in the immortal ranks, and also because of the
inexperience of the new implementors now running Archipelago i.e., Tzu and
Azalar, who deleted and made unwelcome many imms termed "deadweight" -- most
of them the original founders of the mud -- not to mention massive player
bannings of people who did not agree with their views, I can no longer be a
part of the mud, as I too am part of the "old guard". Its no fun being alone
when those that you know has either left for good, was deleted, or was banned.
There is noone to talk with, noone to guide, and noone to influence and be
influenced.
-- Rob (a.k.a. Xero)
p.s. banning, snooping, and harrassment are the tools of the weak and
insecure.
April 21, 1997
Ok,.. after mystik.net had bid us goodbye by locking
us out without giving us a reason why, we have accepted a new site at
proxy.riccione.net 2895
(ip is 194.184.48.163 2895).
The machine is hooked up to the net via an ISDN link (64kbit/s), and may
appear slow at times, but nevertheless, we thank our new sysadmin for
providing this free site. Note: the backup of Archipelago is slightly
dated by a few weeks, but we will get back up to speed pretty soon. Also,
there will be a pwipe of all level ones, as they seem to comprise a
significant majority of the player database.
September 29, 1996
Ok, the immortals have voted!, we have agreed to
accept a site at mystik.net Archipelago will be hosted at
mystik.net 2895, (ip is 208.128.4.167 2895). The non-US
players have found the site acceptable and non-lagging, and we have
found the terms for using the site agreeable. We were forced to do a
player purge because the player files are incompatible on a LINUX os --
Archipelago had been running temporarily on ruby.ils.unc.edu, an AIX
machine. If you had a character on ruby, there will be a reimbursement
for gold, levels, pracs and eq. We will not be using the old player files
from island.essex.ac.uk.
August 26, 1996
Starting late August 1996, Archipelago will no longer
be running at island.essex.ac.uk 24 (155.245.180.15 24), but at
ruby.ils.unc.edu 2895, (152.2.81.1 2895). The primary reason for the move
is because Ponder has quit his job at Essex Uni. His boss was not so kind
to him, and he wasn't so happy in a situation such as his. so he left, and
in doing so, had to abandon his work computer which housed Archipelago up
until late August 1996. The move to ruby.ils.unc.edu is only temporary, and
expected to last only a few months until we find a good stable free site to
code and build on.
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