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The Archiver...Issue 12
Posted By: essjay
On: Apr 26 2008, 07:49 PM
In: Cavern News & Activities
Comments: 0

TCT presents The Archiver, Issue 12. This is a farewell issue filled with personal comments from explorers about the closing of Myst Online Uru Live, opinion pieces by Alahmnat and Narym, a beautiful photo montage to go with Narym's Retrospective on the first season, Szark's reporting on the last hours before the Cavern closed and more.

You can get the download here:

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The Staff at the Archiver sincerely hope you enjoy this issue and we hope to have more of The Archiver for you to read in the future.

Mysterium Hotel & Registration Announcement
Posted By: CAGrayWolf
On: Apr 19 2008, 11:36 PM
In: Community News

MYSTERIUM 2008
BOSTON, MA ~ JULY 25-27

A weekend of fun, adventure, learning and community kicks off FRIDAY at noon, and wraps up with Closing Ceremonies at 4pm on SUNDAY. Join us for three full days of MYST!

OUR HOTEL:
Hilton Garden Inn ~ Burlington, MA
Located just 15 miles NW of downtown Boston, and 11 Miles from Logan Airport, this beautiful hotel offers us everything we need, and then some!
We have graciously been given a room rate of $95/night (plus 9.7% total tax) for occupancy of up to 4 people per room. You can easily reserve a room by using our RESERVATION PAGE

REGISTRATION:
As previously announced, Mysterium will have a registration fee this year. This fee goes to cover hotel and materials costs, allowing us to bring you the best Mysterium possible, funded by the community, rather than individuals. This year's registration fees are as follows:

Through June 15:
Adults (over 18): $15~~Children (10-17): $10~~Children under 10: $5

Through July 15:
Adults (over 18): $20~~Children (10-17): $15~~Children under 10: $10

There will be no pre-registration after July 15. At the door prices are:
Adults (over 18): $25~~Children (10-17): $20~~Children under 10: $15

In addition to the basic registration we have some special registration categories:

FAMILY RATE: Families consisting of 2 Adults, and 2-4 children have a flat rate of $45. (additional children at regular price) After June 15, that rate is $50

GROUP RATE: Groups consisting of 5-10 Adults who register and pay together (using one registration form, and one paypal payment) pay only $10/person. After June 15, that rate is $15/person

We have an easy to use registration form that will calculate your fees for you, take you straight to paypal to make your payment, and then send the whole form to us. Paypal is our preferred method of payment, but if you must send check or MO, that information is on the form as well. Please see our REGISTRATION PAGE for the form, and further details.

COMING SOON:

Cat-herding Galore! Keep your eyes open for information about Room-sharing at the hotel, carpooling to and from the airport, and other ways to make Mysterium easier, and inexpensive!

Events! Be watching for announcements about things like ~~ Tabletop Ayoheek ~~ Marker Missions ~~ Classes ~~ Presentations ~~ And the great mystery: What did Atrus break this time?!?

Don't forget that the LOGO CONTEST ends on April 22nd! Get your entries in soon!

Mysterium Hotel & Registration Announcement · Apr 19 2008, 11:36 PM

D'ni Cocktail Party in Exile · Apr 14 2008, 06:42 PM

Mysterium 2008 T-shirt Logo Design Contest
Posted By: CAGrayWolf
On: Mar 23 2008, 02:22 PM
In: Community News

Shorah, Everyone!

What's Mysterium without t-shirts? Once again it's time for the Annual Logo Contest! There have been some changes from past years, so please make sure you read the submission guidelines carefully. There are so many creative people in the D'niverse community, we're excited to see what this year's submissions hold!

Logo Contest for Mysterium 9 ~ Boston, MA ~ July 25-27 2008
Submissions must be received by April 22nd, 2008

General Submission Rules:

~~Entries not meeting submission guidelines will be discarded.
~~Entires are to be kept confidential until after the winners are announced. Entries found posted in any public format prior to that date will be disqualified. (This includes publicly asking people to look at your entry elsewhere, but does not include privately asking people for help.)
~~Screenshots from any of the games are not allowed.
~~The Mysterium Committee reserves the right to make small design adjustments as needed to facilitate printing.
~~All submissions become the property of Cyan Worlds Inc.

You may send in as many designs as you like, they must each be sent individually, with the subject line "Mysterium Logo Contest- (Front or Back)" and this in the body of the email:
Your real name
Your email
Your screen or forum name

PLEASE name your files such: firstname_lastinitial_front or firstname_lastinitial_back
Entries must be high quality, 300 DPI minimum. If you can submit vector graphics, you will have our eternal appreciation.
Our prefered file formats are: .tif, .ai, .psd .eps, .swf
We will also accept .jpg, .png (no transparency) .pdf
We will not accept .gif, .bmp

Submit your entires to: info@mysterium.net

THE FALLING MAN- .jpg, .eps & .tif
Previous Years Shirts- HERE

FRONT LOGO:
The shirt front logo should be a simple, easily recognized design that incorporates the falling man. It will be used on the front of the Mysterium t-shirt, and on this year's memorabilia.
~~Black and white linear only- No grayscale, shading or halftones
~~Must use Falling Man logo
~~May contain Location and Date
~~May contain word "Mysterium"
~~Print size should be no less than 8" x 8"

BACK LOGO:
The shirt back logo is more detailed than the front logo, and usually visually represents the location Mysterium is being held.
~~2 Colour- May contain halftones/shading
~~May use Falling Man
~~Should contain Location and Date
~~Should contain word "Mysterium"
~~Print size no less than 9" x 12"

~Wolfie~
Mysterium Emissary
Mysterium Committee

Mysterium 2008 T-shirt Logo Design Contest · Mar 23 2008, 02:22 PM

PayPal Mysterium Donations · Mar 20 2008, 01:26 PM

Other News

Status of Uru Live
Posted By: Fallstar
On: Apr 6 2008, 02:29 AM
In: Uru Live News
Comments: 3

As we approach the impending shutdown of Myst Online:Uru Live, many have questioned the future of the game and the community. Recently, Greydragon posted an update on the current situation.

QUOTE

Cyan is seriously considering running a server and opening up some of the Uru code so the fans can truly have a viable path for the care and feeding of Uru.

Read his entire post HERE.

Sad News - Status on Season 2 of Myst Online Uru Live
Posted By: Fallstar
On: Feb 4 2008, 09:58 PM
In: Uru Live News

From the Myst Online Announcement Forum, quoted by Cyan's Greydragon: Full Post Here

QUOTE

Hi Everybody,

I have some news that some of you have probably not been looking forward to. GameTap has decided to discontinue the operation of Myst Online: Uru Live.

The decision was a very difficult one and was made for business reasons rather than due to any issues regarding the design and vision of the amazing world that Cyan Worlds and Rand Miller have brought to us. Despite the great Myst Online experience coming to a close, Cyan is still a very valued partner of GameTap, we are on excellent terms, and we look forward to continuing our relationship in the future.

Many of you have made good friends while playing Myst Online, so here is the bittersweet part. Although Myst Online: Uru Live will be completely shut down in the near future, the game servers will remain live for the next 60 days. During that time, both newcomers and existing players can continue to experience the amazing world of Myst Online, explore the game’s many Ages, and interact with other players in the game and on the MystOnline.com website and forums. After 60 days, the title will be removed from the GameTap service, though MystOnline.com will remain live and active for fans to continue to share their passion for this important game franchise.

I know this is not the news fans of Myst Online wanted to hear. I want to thank all of you who have been extremely supportive of the game and made this grand experiment in an alternative MMO format so much fun. All of us at GameTap also want to thank you again for your tireless enthusiasm for the title.

There has been a clamor for information about the status of season 2 for some time, and the reason we haven't announced anything sooner is because we have literally been examining a wide variety of possibilities for maintaining the game, but in the end, we had to bring the exploration of the great cave to a close.

So thanks again for supporting us as we launched this truly unique game. GameTap is still committed to exploring new genres of gameplay and encouraging bold visions. If you haven't already tried Season 2 of Sam & Max, give it a try, it is as anarchic as one could hope. And I can tell you from first hand experience that the upcoming Grimm is novel and exciting experiment as well.

Ricardo Sanchez
VP of Content and Creative Director for GameTap

Sad News - Status on Season 2 of Myst Online Uru Live · Feb 4 2008, 09:58 PM

2007 Holiday Golden KI Contest · Dec 11 2007, 08:53 PM

Welcome to the New DPWR.NET!
Posted By: Alahmnat
On: Nov 4 2007, 11:49 AM
In: DPWR.NET News

Well, the update took a lot longer than I anticipated for several reasons, but things are, for the most part, up and running again. Quickly, I have a few notes on problems or oddities you may encounter as a result of the update that I am aware of and still need to work out.

General Issues

News cannot be commented on, or viewed by category, and the news link has been removed from the navigation bar. A link to the News section will return soon, and comments (along with news submission for non-staff) will return after that.
The Golden KI link has been removed from the navigation bar. This will be re-added as soon as I get a nap.
The Links section is completely empty! I've moved the Links section to a new module, but was unable to craft a converter to move existing links into the new database. If you've got a link you're jonesing to see on our list, feel free to add it!
There's a blank block in the left bar of the Community page. This is supposed to be an UruBlogs syndication block, but the feed is broken. Tweek has been informed of the issue.

Archive Issues

Some articles have the text [ attachment=###:attachment ] instead of an attachment in them. Despite my best efforts, some of the attachments didn't import correctly into the new Archive database. They still exist, they're just not linked up correctly. If you see an article with a bad attachment, be sure to flag it using the menu item under Options at the top right of the article view. Please do not attempt to fix the article yourself or remove the attachment tag. The issue is with the back-end, and cannot be fixed by editing the article manually.
Some articles are filed under the wrong tag. This is a result of my decision to split things out more fully since the new Archive supports a lot more freedom in that regard. If you see something out of place (like a note in the Journals tag, or an article on math in the D'ni Language tag), feel free to edit the article and pick the right tag for it.
Some articles aren't tagged at all. This is pretty much exclusive to the Flora & Fauna section; I didn't file it under either Flora or Fauna because it's about 50/50, so either way would have meant a lot of mis-filed entries. If you're feeling helpful, hit up the Untagged Articles section and tag away!
The Templates custom tag in the posting screen doesn't do anything. The reason for this is twofold: There are no entries in a tag called "templates" yet, and the code to parse them hasn't been 100% implemented just yet. As with the Golden KI link, I'll tackle this after I've had a nap.
All of the extra information and discussion in the Archive is missing! The Archive converter only imported the first post of each Archive entry. Anything else was clipped off and is currently inaccessible to members. However, I will be working through the entries with comments and merging the relevant information piece by piece as time goes by. Anyone willing to volunteer to speed this process along is more than welcome to do so.

Library Issues

Users are currently unable to comment on existing stories, and cannot create new stories. The links to perform these functions are visible as text, but don't go anywhere. Library interactivity is coming as soon as I can get it working, probably within the month.
No matter what I do, all of the sections and stories still stay unread! I'm working on tackling this issue, and will hopefully have a resolution to it by the time the commenting/new story stuff is ready to roll.
The links to the Library rules and help don't go anywhere. Again, this will go live after I get a nap.

Gallery Issues

The image thumbnails are all much smaller than the box they're contained in. The image thumbnails are currently in the process of being rebuilt to a larger size, but there's a LOT of images, and it's an intensive process. This should be completed by the end of the day today.
There's weird scrollbars in some of the category descriptions because of the sub-categories. Either the sub-categories will be removed, or the block will just get a bit larger.
When attempting to view an image, nothing loads where the image should be. Again, the Gallery update changed a few things regarding image handling; images now load at an intermediate size, and can be clicked on for a full view. However, these intermediate-sized images don't exist yet. The image rebuild currently in progress will resolve this issue by the end of the day.

Forum Issues

The "View New Posts" link is missing! It's been moved to a sub-menu of My Controls... click on My Controls to get a drop-down with several options, including "View New Posts".
Everything's unread! I'm betting the database-side topic read markers were all blown away by the upgrade. Just click "Mark all posts as read" at the bottom of the page or click on each forum marker to mark them off one at a time.
There's 879 new topics! The new Archive system creates a discussion topic for each entry created in the Archive. As such, the import process has spawned 879 new topics for the existing content in the Archive.

If you encounter any issues with your account or the site's functionality as a result of this upgrade, please post in the forum or send me a private message detailing the issue you're having, and I'll look into it as soon as possible.

Welcome to the New DPWR.NET! · Nov 4 2007, 11:49 AM