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Note titled 'Holiday Cheer v2025.0 (Adalius, Tue Nov 25 10:29:12 2025):

I can almost smell the roast turkey in the oven, and that means it's time once again for Holiday Cheer!

From 12:00AM 11/28/24 (Black Friday) thru 11:59PM 12/25/24, mud local time, any items purchased from a wizard's Amazon wishlist, including Amazon giftcards, will net you VAF credit! This offer only applies for active wizards (i.e. if the wizard doesn't log in before the end of this event, you won't get credit, so stick to ones who are around regularly), only for Amazon purchased gifts/giftcards, and only the cost of the gift is credited (not shipping or tax, so use Prime or super-saver shipping!). Also, please note that VAF credit is given once the receiving wizard notifies me of the gift; in the event the receiving wizard slacks and tells me about it after the end of the event, you'll still get the double credit, but unfortunately the discounted VAF items will no longer be on discount, so make sure you bug the recipient if you don't get your credit in a fairly quick timeframe!

That said, Bring The Love this year is still in effect, meaning any VAF credits from the above gifts/giftcards are doubled, so you can have twice the buying power, and to ensure you have something sweet to spend those tasty VAF credits on, this year there is a 33% discount on xchar, pswap, satch, and mbox!

If you don't wish to participate, or can't, don't fret. Just send your favorite hardworking wizard(s) a tell saying thank you, or a mudmail enumerating your joy at their work. We appreciate it all the same!

As always, I'll also be coming out with my State of the Mud report in a few weeks with a thorough list of the accomplishments of our wizarding staff for the year. This year will also include a status update on where we are at with 64 bit as it appears we are incredibly close to going live!

From all of us up here in wizard land to all of you, Happy Holidays from the staff of 3K!

Note titled 'Halloween VAFs (Someone, Fri Oct 31 08:38:32 2025):

Reminder, the quickie double VAF bonus offer expires tonight at midnight!

Note titled 'The Midnight Bargain (Someone, Sun Oct 26 20:46:33 2025):

From this suspended moment, where shadows stretch and cling like damp shrouds, until the final, desolate chime of All Hallows' Eve strikes the midnight hour...

Every VAF you dare to claim, every fragment of power you bind to your will under the cresecnt moon shall yield DOUBLE ITS BLOOD VALUE in spectral credit.

Cross the threshold before the witching hour fully descends, or forever remain in the meager light of the mundane. The darkness waits for your transaction. Will you embrace the bounty before the veil rips further?

Type 'help vaf' to save your soul!

Note titled 'Help test the 64-bit driver! (Kikipopo, Fri Sep 12 17:17:10 2025):

WHAT: Play test the 64-bit driver
WHEN: Sat, 9/13, noon Marble Time (US EDT)
WHERE: 3k.org, port 5150

After many cycles of fixing/merging/testing, we are finally ready for opening the doors to a full-on ptesting assault on the 64-bit driver!

A few people have already come over and play tested a decent bit, and so far everything seems great, but there's no substitute for the scale and diversity of a big group doing their thing, combing all the areas, guilds, and assorted mechanics for any problem spots. So as of noon tomorrow, we will have a fresh reboot unrestricted and ready for folks to come try to break stuff.

Things to know:

- If anything looks wrong, is broken, needs to be fixed / addressed, etc, please mudmail ARCHONS *on the 5150 port, not on the main port.*

- The functionality should be basically the same as our main port at this time. Changes that take advantage of the 64-bit system are not in place and ready to be tested yet. We are testing that none of what already exists is broken.

- All save files that are copied into this port are from a few days ago, so your toons should be fairly up to date.

- For anything that needs immediate attention (the mud crashed, something is broken to the point of being unplayable, etc), please reach out to me or Adalius directly via tells. He will be around most of the weekend and is gone starting Monday for a few days, and I will be patchy through the weekend but around full time starting Monday.

- You will not be able to log in prior to noon tomorrow, as the port will be in restricted mode until then.

- We will likely leave this up for the duration of at least a boot or two, depending on how many issues we find and how quickly we are able to squash them. If very few errors surface, it won't be super long until we move to the next steps.

Any other questions please direct to myself or Adalius. Thanks for being so patient during this process, and we both appreciate all your help in advance.

Cheers!
-Kiki

I forgot to mention, anything that happens on the 5150 port while play testing will not be saved long term, and when we come to officially switching over to the new driver, it will be a fresh and up-to-date copy of everyone's save files here that are used. So feel free to die, guild hop, whatever you like on 5150, and it will not carry over in the long run.

Note titled 'Password Reminder (Adalius, Sat Aug 16 15:53:33 2025):

To recover a password, you will need either a) access to one of your alts to show that you are you or b) access to the email in your finger info.

Use the 'email' command to ensure your email address is valid. You can always use 'showaddr' to hide it and use 'email public <address>' to set a public one if you don't wish to show your main one.

Additionally, if you rely on your client to store your password, and you aren't able to show you are who you claim to be via (a) or (b) above, please read 'help password' slowly, focusing on the big red letters.

I have had a lot of people forgetting their passwords in the last year or so, and at the end of the day it is not the responsibility of the wizard staff to remember your password for you. If you don't have (a) or (b) above, we cannot and will not recover your password.