[----*reset Time-stamp: 18:07:25 on 21-JUN-2001. This is reset 1188, using slot 0. An auto-reset will be initiated in approximately 103 minutes. [----*]l Dining room in alpine cottage. This is the dining room of a cosy, alpine cottage. Snow heaped high against the shuttered windows outside only serves to emphasis the warmth and inviting cosiness within. A small cupboard to the northeast looks like the only exit apart from the main doorway to the east. A cheerful fire is burning in the fireplace. Apeomancer the hero is here. Apeomancer the hero bows. (Karya the melancholy witch) waves. [----*]qw (Karya the melancholy witch) Reverence the wizard of chaos Apeomancer the surrealist hero Dclxvi the protector Mike the sorceress Xzibit the sorcerer Drucilla the protector Simonsen the spellbinder Pipns the guest In the distance, you hear a low, reverberating sound. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "When did you first start playing MUD2?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Right - I spent a while trying to work this out yesterday". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I reckon I started playing in either late '97 or early '98". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "ooh! Before me!". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Really?". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "I started in late May 1998". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I'm not dead sure about it though, I might've started a little later". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "But I was certainly playing by mid-'98". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "I remember you as Maxmage when I was wizrunning". Drucilla the protector shouts "rev what are you playing at?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I was originally known as Traveller or Intrisic". (Karya the melancholy witch) remembers Intrisic. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "How did you discover MUD2?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Well, I got onto Wireplay to play a bit of Duke Nukem 3d ... and I chanced to look at the free games on offer". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Haven't looked back since". (Karya the melancholy witch) smiles. Apeomancer is surprised someone remembers Intrisic! (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Why did you chose the names Traveller and Instrisic?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Characters from a story I was writing for English!". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I can't even find the story now, still got it somewhere though". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "you'll have to send it in to Muddled Times if you do find it!". (Karya the melancholy witch) chuckles. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "The one with Intrisic in wasn't bad if I remember rightly ... at least my teacher at the time thought so anyway". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Why the names Maxmage and Apeomancer?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Maxmage - another character who used to turn up in the stories I wrote when I was little". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Apeomancer - I think everyone knows why I'm called this...". (Karya the melancholy witch) smiles. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "But just for the record, it comes from my propensity for using trickery to create apes". Apeomancer remembers the time he created about 120 of them. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "how did all that start?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says " It was just a brainwave I did while fiddling a certain item". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "When I realised that the coffins were movable, I thought - well, you could just dump one at the NRBL and enter it as often as you like". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "but why do that?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "thinking in terms of a use for it". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I just thought 'there's bound to be something stopping me doing this!' and there wasn't". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "there were a number of people who made quite a bit from that time you created about 120 apes". (Karya the melancholy witch) was there at the time, watching. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Yes, I remember one guy with the longsword making 5k from it". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Still, it certainly spiced things up". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist hero smiles. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "and the term Apeomancing was coined?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Yep - I had to make a novice char to Apeomance with, and made up the name Apeomancer on the fly". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "It seems to have stuck :)". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "The most recent bout of Apeomancy was the worst though". (Karya the melancholy witch) wonders. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "They'd altered the rules so the apes no longer fought among themselves". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "So 100 apes really was 100 apes ...". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "They took over the land for the entire set". (Karya the melancholy witch) chuckles. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I haven't done it properly since then ... it takes a little more effort now anyway". Drucilla the protector screams. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Had you always been into exploring the finer mechanics of the game in this way?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I've always enjoyed that aspect of games generally". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "But in MUD it took me a long while to actually learn what's considered common knowledge now". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I don't think I actually became a full-time explorer until I pointed out a few things I'd noticed to a wiz called Maelstrom and he encouraged me to get into it". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "But when I did get into it, I got into it very heavily". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "It's hard to compare explorers, because what they do isn't really quantifiable and gets harder as time goes on". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I'd be quite interested to know how I am at it next to some of the explorers from the past - I think it was Lexley who was supposed to be very good". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "at some point do you see yourself stopping the exploring and changing direction, to possibly wiz?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Hmmm, I can't really see myself ever wizzing". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I'm just not very good at achieving or killing, not very good at all". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "you don't need to be a killer to make wiz!". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I know how everything is done - I just seem to mess up in the execution of it". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I know, but it doesn't hurt!". (Karya the melancholy witch) chuckles. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "mess up the execution? In what way?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I'm very prone to silly mistakes ... things like drowning at sea, forgetting to open parachutes". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Absent-mindedness ... god, it's as bad as RL". (Karya the melancholy witch) chuckles. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "do those enough times and you do learn to stop making mistakes like that". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "You'd think so ... I do improve, but I don't think I could ever be a Dclxvi - style acheiver". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I think it also requires a certain ruthlessness about getting to the items you need". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "Everyone has their own style, it's best not to compare oneself to someone else". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "True ... but I don't think my style is very well suited to achieving". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Would you want to be a wiz?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I'm not really that bothered about making the levels anyway ... the only things I miss are the highlife spells". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Only to make quests". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "And there are ways of accessing them from lower levels anyway". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I would like to wiz to make a quest or two, but I don't think I'd be very good at keeping the peace in the land". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Wdi is probably known for being one of the best explorers from this incarnation, have you ever compared notes with him?". (Karya the melancholy witch) Mike the sorcerer Dclxvi the protector Apeomancer the surrealist hero Xzibit the sorcerer Pipns the guest Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Well, I did talk to him about when he was still around". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "But you're not really supposed to share secrets - I got the impression that he knew a lot more about the things in the game that the designers actually intended". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "While almost everything I think of is something that wasn't intended at all". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Had you played other muds prior to MUD2?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Nope ... never knew about them before MUD2". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I've tried a few since then, but they don't really seem terribly well suited to explorer play". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Have you tried any of the first generation Abermuds? I think they're quite explorer friendly?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "They're not really well maintained enough for trick-hunting, or they're stats-obsessed and more like an RPG than an adventure game". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Nope, never tried them - I didn't realise they were still around". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "That would be more my sort of thing". Apeomancer remembers the time he managed to get Wdi limboed for doing nothing at all. (Karya the melancholy witch) laughs. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "How did you do that?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "It related to one of the tricks I can talk about - tearoom sleeping". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I remembered the old trick of puking yourself unconscious to turn tearoom sleeping on". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "And realised that the same thing could be done with the litter word, which wasn't covered". In the distance, you hear a loud "MOO". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I told cat about it just as he was leaving a set, and got a bit confused over whether it was 'legal' or not". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I got the wrong end of the stick, and thought I could use it as much as I liked". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "So one set, wdi had the litter, so I asked him for it". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Then cat appeared and limboed us, assuming we were partners in crime". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "poor Wdi!". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "They let him off ... eventually". Apeomancer thought it was very funny. (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I think my trick from Cat's quest was probably the most complex trick I've worked out though". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I remember you giving me a prefix 'cos you thought it was so inventive". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "what was the prefix?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Inventive". (Karya the melancholy witch) laughs. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "At least, I think it was you". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "of course". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "what is it about quests that you like?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I like the feeling of exploring something new, rather than just the same old things". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "What is the most enjoyable quest for you that you've explored?". Xzibit the sorcerer screams. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "And they tend to be designed to be a greater challenge to exploratory characters as well, 'cos the puzzles are made to be solved rather than snooped or chatted up". For your information: there are 150 mobiles still alive. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I think my favourite so far has been Agrazag's elemental quest". (Karya the melancholy witch) smiles. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "yes, I loved that one too". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Umbrarg's island, the rebels quest, the elf quest and Cat's Rune Quest are also good fun from what I remember". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "That's probably most of the quests I've ever played there ...". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Oh, and the one with the trolls and the labyrinth is good fun too". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "you'll have to try McNabb's Haunted Castle, that is a very, very good quest". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I think I'll make it first on my list to review for MT!". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "What's it like - big, small?". Apeomancer really likes the cosiness of this place. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "it's large, larger and more complex than Cat's quests". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "maybe about the same size as Umbrarg's Island in terms of rooms". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "and it's very atmospheric". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Is it a bit more focused than that one, or is there a single major goal?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Ooh, I like atmosphere in quests". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "plus McNabb has an excellent sense of humour". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Sounds good, can't wait to try it". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "as for being focused, I don't know, I've not tried it as a mortal yet". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Do you feel like you have explored all of The Land fully?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Yeah, pretty much now - I'm fairly certain there aren't any ordinary rooms I haven't got into". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Diamond room took me a while". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "And the ordinary route to this place also took me ages". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "not many people know their way to here". Xzibit the sorcerer screams. [----*]l Dining room in alpine cottage. This is the dining room of a cosy, alpine cottage. Snow heaped high against the shuttered windows outside only serves to emphasis the warmth and inviting cosiness within. A small cupboard to the northeast looks like the only exit apart from the main doorway to the east. A cheerful fire is burning in the fireplace. Apeomancer the surrealist hero is here. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Though I had another route in, so I never really minded". (Karya the melancholy witch) wonders. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Time travel's a wonderful thing, if you're patient enough". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "ahhh". Xzibit the sorcerer shouts "come on dragon, i'll buy more time if you roar". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer gives the game away. The dragon roars. Xzibit the sorcerer shouts "haha". Xzibit the sorcerer shouts "1 minute left!". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I think I confused Wdi getting in that way when I was still fairly new". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "He had the hh in a bash, and was hiding it up here from the mob". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "He thought no-one could get in, and was more than a little surprised to see me". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Xzibit the sorcerer shouts "please!". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Why did you chose here to be interviewed in?". [----*]Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I just love it 'cos it's so cosy, to be honest". (Karya the melancholy witch) smiles. [----*]ql Dining room in alpine cottage. A cheerful fire is burning in the fireplace. Apeomancer the surrealist hero is here. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Just thought of the other reason I'd like to be a wiz ... to make new items". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I'd really like to see a glass sword and an ammonite". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "ooh a glass sword". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Yeah - fairly nasty but really fragile". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "You'd better hurry up and make with then!". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "wiz too". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I don't want to give away what the ammonite would be, just in case I do make wiz". In the distance, you hear the terrible RHOAAAUUUAURRRRGGGGGGHGHHHGHHHH of a dragon dying. (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "when you first started playing MUD2, what players influenced you the most, whether in a good or bad way?". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Hmmm ... that's hard to say, it was so long ago". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I remember Cat, Gandalf, Wdi and Crowley". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "But I don't really know if anyone influenced me much early on". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "and later on, apart from Maelstrom". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I think that the chat with Maelstrom about exploring was probably a turning point". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Later on - well, Fruity demonstrated the art of reattacking to me and gave me newfound respect for killers". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "I think Dclxvi also showed me a lot about achieving and how it's done". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "<although I still don't think I'm ruthless enough to be a proper achiever>". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "I'm not sure ruthlessness is the key". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "determinaton maybe, but its also partly habit and practise, all that beating other people to kit at the start of a reset". Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Bad way of putting it ... I think I just lack the inclination more than anything". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Points aren't really all that important to me in MUD". Hovering before you is Eros, wearing a blindfold. Eros pulls his bow and shoots Apeomancer the surrealist hero! Eros gives a satisfied smile, and flies away. Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Argh, Foz". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "that's probably a good philosophy to have, people tend to play worse when they worry about points". [----*]qw (Karya the melancholy witch) Foz the hero Apeomancer the surrealist hero Zordie the guest Apeomancer the surrealist hero says "Could you summon him up here so I can kiss him? It'd confuse him nicely...". Apeomancer the surrealist hero grins. (Karya the melancholy witch) laughs. [----*]summon foz Foz the hero moved. Foz the hero has just arrived. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero has given Foz the hero a great big kiss! (Karya the melancholy witch) waves. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero waves. Foz the hero has just left. (Karya the melancholy witch) giggles. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Heheh". (Karya the melancholy witch) waits for him to notice. [----*]sn foz You have started to snoop on Foz the hero. &[----*]Zordie the guest takes a sip of her tea. |2|*karya <wonders if this line of text will someday appear in an issiue of muddled times> Foz the hero tells you "<wonders if this line of text will someday appear in an issiue of muddled times>". &[----*]You tell your listeners "<wonders if this line of text will someday appear in |2|an issiue of muddled times>". |2|*foz lol You tell your listeners "lol". |2|*Someone tells you "lol". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Perhaps he's afk or something...". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "he noticed". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Heheh". |2|OK, Foz the hero bows, out. |2|*"adios all" |2|And adios from me, too! |2|Cheerio! |2|Overall, you scored 60 points this game. Foz the hero bids everyone adios. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "How do you feel the atmosphere of the game has changed compared to when you first started playing?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Hmmm - to be honest, I was always one of the crowd who felt it hadn't changed THAT much". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I think people are a lot more knowledgable now, which makes a big difference". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "And the whole paying / free thing has gone full circle now". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. Apeomancer remembers when it was 2.5p a minute! (Karya the melancholy witch) nods, remembers HUGE phone bills! Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I'm quite surprised they're complaining as much as they are about the charges". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "It's really not much, it's still better than when it was on subscription from Wireplay". charges to 1p a min". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "A lot of the current players aren't used to paying phone bills, let alone subs for games". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "But I think the two big things now are that people need credit cards to pay, excluding a lot of younger players". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I think the happy hour is a very good idea". (Karya the melancholy witch) smiles. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "that was Richard's idea". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I still think it should be a little later though". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "And it should be moved to cover the bash on thursdays, that would make a nice social event". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "To bring all the players together once in a while". Apeomancer suspects that everyone's been through this debate while he was up in Uni (Karya the melancholy witch) says "it's been nice to see people have been playing together in a more community type fashion lately in mobile bashes". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Well, you have to with less players!". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "But it is nice to see - it a pity I'm off out tonight, otherwise I'd take part". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "yes, but there has been an element of sabotaging for the hell of it, and people have been very apathic because of the lower numbers". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I think some of dclxvi's sabo activities went a bit far when it was free". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I'm quite relieved that people do still play though, it's not as busy as it was but you do still see people on here". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "contrary to what's said on the forums". Apeomancer remembers that evil trick with putting the mouse on the Dragon's Isle. (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I think a lot of people on the forums are only used to it when it was free and busy". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Apart from writing a quest, what would be your first objective if/when you make wiz?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Hmmm ... I think I'd focus on making some new items to increase variation". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I'd move the furniture around a little bit more, keep people on their toes a bit". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I feel it's the only thing wrong with the game sometimes, that it can get a little samey and done by rote". Apeomancer can't remember if he already said that or not! (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "that leads onto my next question nicely! If you could change anything about The Land, what would you change?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Ooh ... well, I might alter some of the treasure a bit". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "what would you alter?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Make the easy t from Il Castellare etc into another class of t, say 'ornaments', which is only of value to maybe sorc or less". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "interesting idea! Have you "suggested" it?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Shhhh! I'd only want it to happen *after* I became a wiz!". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero grins. (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I think you might have to up the rewards from big t a bit as well". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I'd also like to see a bit more mid-level points type tasks available, like the stuff in the pagoda". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "There seems to be a bit of a wasteland of things to do between the hoovering-up-easy-t and going-for-high-risk-big-t options that players have". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Make them a little bit random as well, not reliable things, just ones that could be done every so often". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I think the culture of adding new items with new versions is very good". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "What is your favourite area of The Land?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I quite like the lamp, especially ...". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Hmmm... simply because I've gotten so many points from it over the years, it'd have to be Il Castellare". (Karya the melancholy witch) smiles. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "And the whole gardens area is very nicely laid out in general". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "So tell us about the person behind the persona, who is the real Apeomancer?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Eek, tough question ...". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "What do you do during your daylife?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Not much - I'm a student at the moment!". (Karya the melancholy witch) chuckles. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I study Biochemistry and Genetics in Nottingham". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "ooh!". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "A fellow biologist!". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "so rare!". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Ooh, you too? What's your degree in?". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "Applied Biology, specialising in Microbiology". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Ooh, nice!". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I like to pretend that exploring in MUD is a good way of training myself for thinking scientifically in a lab". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Though I think the effect on my typing speed will probably prove to be more useful!". (Karya the melancholy witch) laughs. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "What do you hope to do with your degree?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Hmm, I'd like to go into research". (Karya the melancholy witch) smiles. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Not sure what in, I've only just finished my first year". (Karya the melancholy witch) nods. Apeomancer passed all his exams, much to his relief Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Other things about me ...". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Well, I love listening to music". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "I'm a big fan of the Cure, and a huge mega-obsessive fan of a band called the Mission, if you know them". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "oh yes". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. (Karya the melancholy witch) says "I used to be a huge Mission fan". Apeomancer thinks, new album out in September! Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "They're more like their old selves now". You tell your listeners "no worries, articles were a bit low on the round last time For your information: Zordell the necromancess is worth 12,319 points if killed. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Seen 'em 4 times now". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "The Mission takes me back to my early student days, which is more years ago than I care to think about". (Karya the melancholy witch) chuckles. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Were you ever into All About Eve?". Apeomancer strongly resists the urge to talk about the Mission indefinitely (Karya the melancholy witch) Foz the hero Zordell the necromancess Blessed the sorceress Apeomancer the surrealist superhero Cordelia the guest Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Sort of - I did find I liked them a lot more live though". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Might be seeing them again at the end of August, possibly". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Going back to Nottingham to see the Longest Day festival". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "Can't believe some of these bands are still going". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Longest Day Festival?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Well, the Mish did split up for a while". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Some thing on in Wollaton park - I know that AAE and New Model Army are playing among others". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Sounds good! When's it happening?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "August 26th I believe - not sure if I'm going yet". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "What else do you do in your spare time apart from appreciate good music?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Play mud". (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Read". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Drink". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Play other computer games". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Surf internet, chat on MSN". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "At the moment, sunbathe". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "Recommend an author and another computer game". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Right - I really like Ian Banks / Ian M Banks". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Though I read anything ... including Harry Potter of course". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Computer game ... well i think my fave ever single player game is probably System Shock 2". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Seriously atmospheric". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "And I'm playing Jedi Knight at the moment, which is very very good". In the distance, you hear a low, reverberating sound. (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "Well, I'd better wrap this up, but is there anything you'd like to ask or bring up?". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Hmmmm ... can I have a go at a quest on Sunday evening?". (Karya the melancholy witch) asks "sure! What time?". Foz the hero bids everyone adios. Apeomancer thinks they've covered everything necessary and more about him now :) (Karya the melancholy witch) grins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Hmm - 8 pm? I'll be on the computer then anyway". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "Ok, I'll be around then, I'll start one going.". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Ok Karya! Thanks very much!". (Karya the melancholy witch) says "Thankyou very much for letting me interview you.". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Now I'd better dash - I'm off out in about half an hour". (Karya the melancholy witch) exclaims "have a good time!". (Karya the melancholy witch) waves. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "Thanks karya!". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero says "See you!". Apeomancer the surrealist superhero waves. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero spins. Apeomancer the surrealist superhero has just passed on. (