Newspaper:

Perseus  (level 6) was killed by Necromancer Fuel,  Feb  4 14:38
Ajnintnelis  (level 13) was killed by Angel,  Feb  5 16:39
Frogger  (level 6) was killed by An orc shaman,  Feb  5 17:19
Perseus  (level 6) was killed by Necromancer Fuel,  Feb  6 13:05
Perseus  (level 4) committed suicide on Feb  6 13:52
Canetoad  (level 25) was killed by Warlock Prometheus,  Feb  7 02:13
Frogger  (level 8) was killed by An orc,  Feb  7 10:09
Karelle  (level 15) was killed by A scantily clad male,  Feb  7 23:06
Ajnintnelis  (level 13) was killed by Purple Worm,  Feb  8 16:58
Frogger  (level 9) was killed by Champion Wulfgar the Dwarf,  Feb  9 07:44
Frogger  (level 9) was killed by Experienced Adventurer Gevaudan the Dwarf,  Feb  10 04:17
Frogger  (level 9) was killed by Necromancer Fuel,  Feb 11 03:27
Maicoll  (level 21) was killed by Arch-Mage Jema the Infamous,  Feb 11 11:32
Melkor  (level 20) was killed by A large tunnel [ N SE ],  Feb 11 12:56
Halfx  (level 4) was killed by Sir Uther,  Feb 11 17:02
Goosepimple  (level 2) was killed by Brigand Leader,  Feb 13 07:54

Top Players List:

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List of top players as of: Sun Feb 13 10:34:38 2000
Total players:  700  Active players:  150
PK players   :   46  Non-PK players:   56  Immune players :  48
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Name        Lev  Hours  Name        Lev  Hours  Name        Lev  Hours

Mustang      45    888  Slade        28    356  Phalanx      22    631
Jema         40    479  Osirus       27    370  Darkone      22   1700
Javanarava   35    844  Damcyan      27   1028  Nadja        22   5159
Rastus       35   1822  Trakori      26    487  Goldburg     21    279
Wicked       34   2111  Bright       26   1438  Elin         21    966
Benden       31    755  Glitz        25   1396  Maicoll      21    508
Elrathia     31    492  Dalraun      24    301  Smirnov      21    557
Burt         30    669  Canetoad     24    634  Fury         20    509
Cassidy      30    704  Hestia       24    430  Aveda        20    366
Straw        30    314  Risk         24    443  Reckless     20    542
Val          30    577  Bird         23    307  Larry        20    474
It           29    427  Ithor        23    967  Kobe         20    536
Ryche        29    370  Whisky       23    750  Kane         20    961
Talon        29   1486  Justin       23    451  Cas          20    951
Joey         29   1381  Rapture      23   1068  Green        19   1244
Night        28    517  Larken       23   1068  Manta        19    252
Prometheus   28    770  Halo         22   1729  Melkor       19    291

Personal news: [If you know of any, drop a line]
- Brapnor had an interview with Microsoft, and could move out west to bonny Redmond, WA.
- Melkor is moving.
- Tolyk is expecting a child and is moving houses.
- Hawkwind is looking for a new job, even though he likes his current one at NASA. He actually just wants his real job to counteroffer with more money.
- Zappo quit, suffered a month of unemployment and then found a job at spoke.org.
- Rawdog filled out a performance review (then got drunk afterwards).
- Huma is idling.
- Vortex's company moved into their new offices which are much better than a wood panelled basement with shag rugs.

Area news:
- Karak is very close to completing a temple area in the western part of the Mud. Could this be the first area of the new millennium?

** Newbie of the month **
Halfx: For begging for parties via shout.

** Second of the month **
Loverboy: Even though I can't figure out who he is.

** Scag of the month **
Rapture: For abusing the new silence spell and ultimately getting it removed for all monks. Everyone bean her!

A sampling of wiz gossip:
[wiz] Zappo: he isn't a god
[wiz] Vortex: once every two years
[wiz] Zappo: barel a player.
[wiz] Vortex: or so
[wiz] Zappo: no, at randomc we had to give a wiz character to someone there.
[wiz] Zappo: I dumped it in a newbie purge. :) He got pissed.
[wiz] Vortex: hehe
[wiz] Vortex: shrug its not important i guess
[wiz] Zappo: no, its not.
[wiz] Zappo: they lied to us anyway, so we are better off here. We are also in
a better position if we lose this site.
[wiz] Vortex dances a little jig with Zappo.
[wiz] Vortex: anyways, i will bug u tomorrow to move stuff since my upload doesnt work from home
[wiz] Vortex: so where does 52 miles take one?
[wiz] Vortex: my cousin vinny is one
[wiz] Vortex: on