So the meeting began:

Ceosanna says, "Hi, all!  Get all your wiggles out and start any classes you want to listen to while I cahtter at'cha."

Ceosanna says, "Chatter, even."
Uss asks, "cahtter?"
Ceosanna can type gud.  Yes, she can.
Solstitia says to Ceosanna, "you furry is knowed how for talk lots guder."


You look around, trying to appear nonchalant.
[The Seacaves of Peri'el, Sandy Beach]
A slab of sandstone, split from the cliff's face and toppled on its side, serves as a small stage.  Large branches of driftwood have been dragged near for people who wish to sit.  You also see a small path and a Question list.
Also in the room: GameMaster Ceosanna, Night Caster Uss, Gauntlet Champion Seteria, Spitfire Solstitia, Smoke Master Laddyn, Aok, Dhimani, Commoner Mizehl, Esendravai, Shareen, Annamary, Meteorologist Amalfia who is sitting, Sophia who is sitting, Herald Mahasamatman who is sitting, Thief Nazirre, and Rillin who is sitting.
Obvious exits: out.


Ceosanna says, "Alright, let's get this party started."

Ceosanna says, "Okay!  I have a bunch of stuff to go through, so please hold your questions until the end."




Ceosanna says, "By now, I'm sure some of you have seen the crosspost about the contest to design a fitting memorial to the late Ferdahl Kukalaki."

Ceosanna says, "All players of whatever race or citizenship are invited to enter the contest.  The memorial may be any kind of permanent object or structure intended to celebrate the spirit and personality of Kukalakai."

Ceosanna says, "In other words, there are no restrictions as to who can enter and pretty much anything goes."

Ceosanna says, "Send your entry to me (dr-Ceosanna@play.net) in a plain text email.  As of right now, entries must be received by Sunday, June 4, 2006 to be eligible; however, that deadline may be extended.  Once that is determined, there should be a post about it."

Ceosanna says, "So if you do not see a post by the end of tomorrow extending that deadline, all entries will be due by or on the 4th."

Ceosanna says, "First, second, and third place winners will be chosen.  The first place winner will see his or her entry become part of the game's virtual reality in ALL instances, and all three winners will receive awards."



Ceosanna says, "Now for some random updates about things that were either asked at last month's meeting or recently asked about on the boards."

Ceosanna says, "One of the questions asked at the last meeting was about skins and tanning and about the possibility of skins keeping their original look after being tanned.  I checked with Bartlebee, and he has no recollection of having previously mentioning this.  It is not something that is currently on his plate, either."

Ceosanna says, "Another question brought up last month was whether or not there was an update on a new platinum-only area.  While there is a new shared area for you and prime, it is still in the beginning stages and will not be completed anytime soon.  It's so early on that I can't tell you anything about it.  I have been sworn to secrecy and all that."

Ceosanna grins.



Ceosanna says, "As for the suggestion to have a memorial to Bakan added to the game, I did check with the Powers That Be.  While we all agree that it would be a nice touch, it's not something that they are willing to do at this time.  It has the potential to cause a lot of problems in the long run, whether it's complaints about why this player received a memorial over that player or complaints over "favoritism" or what have you."

Ceosanna says, "It could end up becoming something that players would start using for any player that left, for any reason, and ultimately, some of the requested players wouldn't get in and it would cause a huge issue when they didn't."

Shareen's shoulders bow as if under some great burden.
You sigh.
Uss frowns.
Solstitia flicks her ears back in obvious annoyance.

Ceosanna says, "The area that was brought up on the boards as being an area where this has already happened but was broken after DR2 is actually an area for holding memorials not for memorializing players.  It's a tea garden in Tamsine's Rest where you either go through a gate or arch, and it's commonly used for memorial gatherings and quiet contemplation."




Ceosanna says, "As for Erythrite Runes being sold in an in-game shop or becoming more widely available in general, they are meant to be rare.  While I will not say that they will never be sold in a 24/7 shop, they will not be added into the inventory of any existing shops at this time.  I had been checking into finding the merchant who sold erythrite jewelry to see if they could be convinced to open for a weekend.  While the GM behind the shop would be glad to, there are some issues preventing them from doing just that.  When and if those issues get resolved, they may surprise you with a guest appearance."

Ceosanna says, "So, the short of it is to not expect the runestones to suddenly become widely available.  (And don't pester me about when that merchant shop might open up because it's not a given that it will be able to be opened anywhere in the near future.)"






Ceosanna says, "As for the winners of the design-a-holiday-shop contest.  Patience, grasshoppers.  As most of you have experienced right along with me ..."

Ceosanna coughs something that sounds like weapon merchant.

Ceosanna clears her throat and says, "The creation and QC process can take AWHILE.  It can take even longer if any merchandise is verbed, which most of the winning entries were."

Ceosanna says, "But, no, the winners have not been forgotten.  They will be contacted in one way or another once their prizes are actually available.  As such, please make sure to keep your play.net email addresses current when entering, or winning, contests."

Ceosanna says, "Speaking of the monkey on my back ... er ... I mean, the weapon merchant.  Yes, it is still in QC."

Ceosanna stares forlornly into the distance.

Ceosanna says, "I have spoken with the GM who is in charge of this particular portion of the QC, and they are aware of what needs to be done.  Unfortunately, they also have other pressing duties that have needed to be dealt with first.  The good news is that they're fully aware of me ... erm ... this looming over them.  While I am not holding my breath, I am definitely keeping my fingers crossed that we're on the home stretch.  Or at least close to it."






Ceosanna says, "Someone also inquired about the Malygarr event.  I am assuming from the post that they are requesting GM input about the event.  All that I can tell you is that this is an ongoing event and even if things appear to stall out, it will all be resolved eventually.  There are also a couple of loose ends from other events, such as certain events that happened during the Fishtival, that have not been forgotten about either.  There have just been some unexpected obstacles to hurdle backstage.  So please be patient, things will all work out.  Eventually."


Ceosanna says, "Speaking of events, you will be happy to hear that the auction planning is coming along.  Yes, this will be an auction that everyone will be able to participate in.  I am now in what I like to call the "gathering of goodies" stage.  Yes, I was able to get my hot little hands on some cambrinth weapons that had been collecting dust, among other things.  So keep an eye on the calendar because you never know when something new might appear."






Ceosanna says, "Lastly, is there anyone here who would be interested in going on the Cursed Quest?  June will be the last month that this quest will be offered, and I would be able to open up another run here if there is enough interest.  Please give me a show of hands if you would be interested in either going for the first time or going again."


Aok says, "I'd like to chine in for Noneko as she is not here  but I knowwant's to go"

Shareen asks, "How much does it cost?"

Mahasamatman raises his hand.
Amalfia raises her hand.
Esendravai raises his hand.
Sophia raises her hand.
Dhimani raises his hand.
Solarryis raises her hand.
Amalfia says, "miul would as well and krother again i know that"
You raise your hand.

You ask, "Twenty or thirty dollars?"
Uss says, "20 dollars for plat"

Uss nods to you.

Ceosanna says, "So ... at least a handful.  I'll see what I can do about getting another date put up."

Uss says, "30th is a wedding in plat in June"

Ceosanna says, "I won't schedule it for the wedding."
Ceosanna winks at Uss.

Ceosanna exclaims, "Okay, now I'll open the list for general questions!"



Shareen is next.



Shareen says, "Im sorry if Im beating a dead horse.."
Shareen says, "But can I PLEASE get a trader merchant "
Shareen says, "Or a meeting or some trader love of some kind"

Ceosanna says, "The best I can do is ask the trader folks."

Shareen says, "Not that I dont love all of these good folks"
Shareen casually observes the area.
Shareen says, "I need some new stock"
Shareen says, "Ok Im done."



Mahasamatman is next.





Mahasamatman asks, "To show Shareen how lively her horse is.... what word of the Necromancers?"

Nazirre pats Mahasamatman on the back.

Ceosanna says, "No word that I can pass on.  Obviously, it's run into a few snags since it was originally Rigby's baby.  Hopefully, when something is able to be passed along, you might see some board posts about it."

Mahasamatman nods to Ceosanna.




Annamary is next.



Annamary asks, "Any update on the clan thing?"
Annamary smiles at Ceosanna.

Ceosanna says, "The clan thing is still in needs of a GM.  Once there's an official GM overseeing the system, I'll see if I can get them to post."

Ceosanna says, "You don't want me helping.  I can't code my way out of a wet paper bag."

Annamary asks, "That person didnt pick it up after all?  We back to square one?"

Ceosanna says, "There's nothing official yet."
Ceosanna grins at Annamary.
Ceosanna says, "Once there is, you'll know."





Seteria is next.




(Seteria whips her dead horse from her backpack and throws it on the ground)

Seteria asks, "any word on forced shifting in plat?"

Ceosanna says, "As several GMs have stated time and time again, there will be no forced shifting in plat."

Ceosanna pokes Seteria in the ribs.

Aok pats Seteria on the back.
Annamary says, "and again and again.. and again.."
Annamary gives Seteria a gentle poke in the ribs.

Ceosanna says, "I know you keep hoping for another answer, though."

Seteria quietly asks, "real question I have beyond the obligitory nuiscence is... are the changes to the empath guild leader live in this instance?"

Seteria says to Ceosanna, "it wasnt posted in over here so Im just wondering"

Ceosanna says, "Let me check."

Seteria loudly says, "See people.. this is how you get a yes from a GM."

Seteria quietly says, "ask a question you know the answer to is no... then ask a real question"

Shareen looks at Seteria and jots down some notes.

Seteria taps her head.

Ceosanna says, "Aha.  The changes are not live yet.  Obi ... I mean Obseden will post when they are."

Seteria nods to Ceosanna.

(Shareen scratches out something in her book)

Seteria mutters into the air something about and I thought I had this system all figured out.





Rillin is next.



Rillin says, "Some months ago I- in another personna- submitted a design for a new trader shop item, and was named a winner"
Rillin grins.

Rillin asks, "Then a lot of things kind of blew up. Do you have any word on the status of the item?"

Ceosanna says, "Hmm, let me see."

Ceosanna says, "Adera's going to see about getting you a copy of that item soonish.  It's almost done."





Uss is next.





Uss asks Ceosanna, "this is a no kill zone right?"

Ceosanna says, "I can kill anytime, anywhere."


Nazirre lands a vicious strike that collapses the right temple with a vicious swipe from the side, knocking him completely senseless.  
The polished black quadrello lodges itself firmly into Uss!

Talmarin blinks.

Nazirre says, "Nope its not"

Uss teeters and nearly falls over.
Talmarin says, "Guess not."

Rillin blinks.

Ceosanna pokes Nazirre in the ribs.

Nazirre says, "Sorry about that  bro didn't think it would work"

Uss says, "ok, I"ve come across a new item IG"
Uss says, "one that is VERY wonderful"
Uss says, "but, you can't put it in anything, can't wear it, can't drag it"

Uss says, "such as across Stiles"
Uss says, "the ones here in Shard and in the Crossings"

Uss says, "but you can climb the barricade with it"
Uss says, "can't climb the platform to the gondola with it"
Uss says, "nothing"

Uss says, "its a Furr Packing Crate"
Uss nods to Ceosanna.

Shareen says, "Thats not new"
Uss asks, "how many people use it?"

Nazirre asks, "trader crate for hides yes?"

Uss says, "not just hides, no"
Uss shakes his head.
Shareen says to Uss, "Nobody.  Now you know why"

Uss says, "it holds umm....quiet abit more than even the old backpacks do"
Uss chortles softly at some secret joke.

Uss asks, "but is there a way to either have it wearable?"
Ceosanna says, "Traders have an easier time moving them around.  Sorta."
Shareen whistles a merry tune.
Ceosanna says, "Nope."

Uss asks, "so I can climb things such as the platform to the gondola?"
Ceosanna says, "Ask a trader to help."
Ceosanna grins at Uss.

Kadrha says, "its a trader thing."
Uss asks, "but that don't make sense?"

You pat Uss on the back.
You say to Uss, "Things don't need to make sense."
Nazirre nods to you.





Renwulf is next.





You say, "I was recently down in Ilithi, huntin them Vykathi in their hive.  Since DR 2.0 the spawn seems entirely messed up, and in over two hours of hunting I found no nemiro stones.  Could this please be looked into?  All I would like is confirmation it is a bug and if it might be fixed someday if possible."


You say, "I've bugged it in game since DR 2.0 came out, and posted every few months but to no response."
The bandages binding Seteria's left hand soak through with blood as it begins bleeding again.

You say, "Velvers too have vanished."

Mahasamatman chants in a tenor voice:

    "Velver velver velver"

Talmarin squints at Mahasamatman.

You say, "The lack of velvers is hurting my happy."

Seteria quietly says, "no harshin Renwulf's mellow"

Ceosanna says, "Well, I can't confirm that it's a bug, but I can pass along the information and try to verify if things are working correctly there."

You ask, "Also, any chance the Arena might make a return visit anytime in the next few months?"

You say, "It was a blast."

Ceosanna says, "I'll try to get some answers and keep you posted on what I find."
Ceosanna ponders.

Ceosanna says, "I'll ask.  Can't guarantee what the answer will be, but it doesn't hurt to ask."
Ceosanna grins.

Laddyn says, "I read on the Prime boards that the velvers, at least, in Prime weren't spawning.  A GM fixed it for Toldorf (I think it was)."

You say, "I've had no GM response to any critter concerns, almost ever."

Laddyn says, "It was in the process of an assist."
Laddyn nods to you.

You say, "Thank you for looking into it for me."





Annamary is next.





Annamary says, "First, I have Essandriel on IMs, she aske me to say hello to everyone for her"

Annamary says, "Nother question, for a friend that couldnt come tonight"

Annamary says, "Is the process for requesting a boat name the same in plat as prime?  He put in the request but has seen no additions to the list yet"

Nazirre says, "Do it when Zadraes is on"
Nazirre says, "And assist to him he will do it"
Nazirre says, "Thats how i got my boat named"

Ceosanna says, "Can you whisper the name of the boat and the character trying to get it?  I'll check into it."

Ceosanna says, "I'll see if I can't poke at 'em."





Shareen is next.



Shareen says, "I have a two part question"
Ceosanna says, "Shoot."
Ceosanna nods to Shareen.
Shareen says, "Part one."

Shareen says, "Are there any ever old quests still run"

Shareen says, "In particular Dunshade."
Nazirre shakes his head.
You shake your head at Shareen.
Nazirre says, "DR 2.0 broke them all"

Shareen lets out a resounding "Boo!"
Uss shakes his head at Shareen.
Ceosanna says, "Another dead horse."

You say to Shareen, "Another "feature" of DR 2.0."

Ceosanna says, "Naz and Ren have hit the nail on the head.  They're broken, and they're not on the top of the to do list to have them compatible with DR2.  Would I like them to be?  Heck yeah.  Maybe someday ..."

Shareen says, "Ok and part 2"

Shareen asks, "Titles later?"


Ceosanna says, "Titles as long as QA doesn't go on forever."

You say, "Mine will be quick."

Shareen asks, "And is the old treasure broken two?"

Ceosanna says, "But as far as running free quests, it will be up to Simu to decide when the new quests are old.  Eventually, I would hope that we'll be able to run the Cursed Quest for free, but it's not something that I can guarantee at this point."

You say to Shareen, "I believe the treasure still "exists", it can be for example found in raffles, or auctions later on... just not as end prizes of course."

Shareen says, "Oh its not broken"
Shareen says, "I just want more"






Renwulf is next.





You ask, "I read a while back that when Warpaint was released, Barbarians had a chance to get some custom paint done via a contest of sorts.  Is there any plans to have that here?  Or perhaps could we get something similar at a later date like we did with familiar alterers?"



You say, "Oh, and be tellin that alterer he did a fine job."

You say, "Verry much enjoyed havin him work on me talisman."

Seteria asks you, "are there any barbarians here?"
Talmarin raises his hand.
Talmarin fixes Seteria with a calm, clear stare.

You say to Seteria, "I know of several that would be interested."
You say, "Much like the mages came out of the wood work last night."

Ceosanna says, "I'll check with the barbarian team."
Ceosanna nods to you.

You say, "Thankye."


Ceosanna asks, "Alrighty, are all your questions answered for the moment?"

Ceosanna says, "Okay folks.  Now, before I shoo everyone off and handle pretitles, I want to say a couple of things ..."

Ceosanna says, "I, for one, really liked the idea of creating a permanent in-game memorial to Bakan.  The player helped me out when I first started here in platinum, and then I got to meet him during Cons.  He, like the rest of you, was a part of my extended family."

Ceosanna says, "While I understand the ruling not to create such a memorial from a GM standpoint, I understand your frustration as players."

Mizehl asks, "Where'd he go off to?"

Ceosanna says, "He passed away from cancer."

You ask, "Would it be possible ta get as much as Prime gets?"
Nazirre says, "Was a good guy"

You ask, "Perhaps a small service with mourning bands?"

Ceosanna says, "I want to remind you all that we, the GMs, would be more than happy to help with a player-run memorial EVENT."

Laddyn says to Ceosanna, "That's why your job sucks.  You get asked the hard questions and get handed unfavorable answers (based on worst-case scenarios) and are bound by duty to repeat them."

Annamary asks, "I think its more than a character memorial.. not only was he one of the first biggest best and nocest barbs in plat, but we've lost him in life too.. will it do any good to argue the case?"

Ceosanna says, "If someone wants to run a service, just write to dr-events and cc me."

Uss says, "he was one of the first players to ever forge in plat"
Ceosanna says, "We would definitely be able to provide opalescent pink mourning bands, or something similar."


** At this point we discussed some memorial ideas.  I kind of volunteered to begin working on a memorial service, probably in June or early July.  I am contacting people as I can (and being contacted) for and with ideas.  When I am ready a chance to vote on a day will be given on the DR Plat website.  Then I will try and coordinate it with the GMs for us.  If you have any questions, comments or ideas please email me at Juason@gmail.com.  Thanks!