[Arianne-general] World question + some comments

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Hi again.

Recently I'm desperately trying to find some free time, but my work,
studies(IT)+exams and other things don't allow much. Yet I have no profit
because I have to pay for my studies.... grRr. I would never suspect I
would envy people who work 8 hours/day and are free after that.

It's good to see there's finally some kind of _working_ Arianne code. I'm
impressed. Perhaps even there's some way I can help.

I know the current stage of Arianne is to make Gladiators (proof of
concept) work. No need for useless complications.

Right to the point:
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1)

As for the mmorpg game itself (the one with world), last thing I
remember
about it is that Ragnar was taking care about it.
I also think that information has became somehow confidential, to prevent
"spoiling", provide some kind of suprise, etc. (Or I just can't find the
doc on the website anymore).
The thing is that I'm developing fairly interesting world idea, which I
think is pretty original (this means I haven't heard of similar cRPG or
pen&paper game world). There's much to be done and there are many ideas
racing thru my head. Is the world for future Arianne mmorpg game
determined, or there's still a chance of my idea being implemented if I
come up with nice&polished idea ? Who should I talk to regarding such
things ? (just Ragnar ?)
Oh and I promise to concentrate on world ideas, not game physics as I
understand it is far too early when you still have to make Arianne
Gladiators work properly.

2) I'm messing around with Debian, trying to replace my Woody(stable) with
Sarge(testing). As soon as I make it work I'm going install GIMP 2.0 and do
 some GFX for Arianne.
Honestly I don't have enough time to work regularly on Arianne graphics,
but I sure can make some wallpapers, banners, perhaps logos - this kind
of thing. I believe my skills have improved a bit.
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For clarification, my character sheet:

Name: Marek Onuszko
Class:  Lurker
Level: 20 (32167 xp points left to level 21)

Nickname: Doesn't matter since I never use one long enough. Even if so, I
keep it secret :-)

Left hand:    Sturdy Chicony 102 Key Keyboard  +3
Right hand:   Large A4tech 4-Button Mouse Of Swiftness +2
Face:         ocassionally grinning

Coding Skills:

C (ANSI) programming: mediocre
javascript:                   poor
pure html:                    fair
PostScript:                   poor

CVS:                          fair
Subversion:                   heard of :-)

Other skills:

GIMP (2D graphics):           fair
Linux knowledge:              fair
Google'ing:                   good
Faros3 usage:                 good
(proffesional navitation software, not that it matters)

Modesty:                      poor
Time Wasting:                 very good
Plotting:                     excellent
Coming With Pointless Ideas:  good
Making Stuff Complex:         very good
Confusing people:             good
Sense of humor:               absent
Arguing:                      Very good
Looking Busy:                 good

Addictions: Music, fresh blood, computer games, fantasy, books, plotting.