<-- May 2004                                                      Jul 2004 -->

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Message: 2/113                     Posted        Author
Tonight's Battle                   Tue Jun 01    Mercury
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We're going back to full repair times after last night, yo. Most people got 
smeared anyway, and people were trashed all across the board, so it's gonna 
take a full week before most of you folks are back to fighting fit. Plus, the 
pressure of the seige is off, so there's no reason to keep ignoring repair 
times.

Game on!

--Murky
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Message: 2/111                     Posted        Author
Making The Cut                     Wed Jun 02    Scorpio
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Why are they called a pair of scissors? What does a single scissor look like? 
Wouldn't it just be a knife? I mean, really, I don't know what you're going to 
do with a scissor. Maybe you can nail it to a board and make one of those 
nifty art room paper cutters, like we had in high school? Who knows. I sure as 
hell don't, all I know is that CUT MAN GOT TWO HUNDRED COOKIES AND YOU SHOULD 
BOW DOWN AND THANK GOD YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ROLEPLAY WITH HIM.

Thank you.


                        Scorpio, first boss of Megaman X7

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Message: 2/112                     Posted        Author
Phat Hat                           Wed Jun 02    Duo
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You may like BigHats
Or SmallHats

But neither one of 'em has got right to front on the almighty PhatHat.

Signas has surpassed the 100 cookie mark!

Propa

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Message: 2/109                     Posted        Author
Up for review...                   Fri Jun 04    Timer
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Admin: Betelgeuse is up for review.

Please take a moment to give an anonymous review of his recent performance in 
the administrative position of Webdroid *and* helpstaff! Whatta deal!.

Fachead: Elpizo is up for review.

Please take a moment to give an anonymous review of his recent performance in 
their position of .

To do this, go to the OOC Lounge and use the Admin Review Machine <ARM>. 
+areview for Admin, and +creview for Fachead members.
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Message: 2/110                     Posted        Author
Infiltrating Monument              Sat Jun 05    Gemma
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Any roll to infiltrate Skull Monument automatically succeeds.

It is very easy to get -permission- to infiltrate Skull Monument.

With that in mind: IT IS VERY HARD TO INFILTRATE SKULL MONUMENT.

Most people will not make it past the first room.

If you score an infiltration role on the Monument and have OOC permission to 
enter, you MUST roleplay in every sequential room you encounter until (and, 
more crucially, IF) you make it to a safe area. The coded defenses, which are 
not all yet in place, are optional. Roleplaying the defenses is NOT optional. 
They MUST be roleplayed.

If you are stuck in the position to pose defenses for the Monument, and you are 
posing things like "There is only one Joe on guard," you are doing this 
COMPLETELY incorrectly. This is a very very dangerous place for heroes. They 
should not expect to make it past the first two rooms. Please read the descs 
of each room you enter.

This is a different sort of base with different sort of rules. Please try and 
respect the wishes of the faction and not wander freely through the base after 
scoring your infiltration roll.
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Message: 2/93                      Posted        Author
+nocover                           Thu Jun 10    Gemma
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The command to stop covering someone is

+nocover

Make sure you don't forget to use it after ending any battle where you are 
+covering someone. So silly things don't happen in later battles. :)
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Message: 2/94                      Posted        Author
South America and Central America  Fri Jun 11    Leo
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Beginning on the early morning of Friday the 11th and continuing through the 
weekend, South and Central America, especially around the major metropolitan 
areas, experience civil unrest unparalled in the history of the New World.

Driven by religious fervor, the Catholics of South and Central America go on a 
rampage against Reploids in general, though their rallying cry is against 
Mavericks. Mobs of tens of thousands of people tear through the streets of the 
largest cities, striking out at any Reploid they see. Class pressures also 
find a vent during this time of unrest, with large-scale looting, burning and 
general lawlessness dominating.

Attempts to regain order in the largest cities will be extremely difficult, but 
ultimately normalcy will be restored by Monday (unless something happens to 
provoke the masses further).

Please RP appropriately.

-- Leo

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Message: 2/95                      Posted        Author
Civilian Nukelist                  Fri Jun 11    Arcturus
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        The following characters will be nuked at the end of the month without 
intervention by players. And /please/ log them /on/ if you want them saved; I 
am horrible, horrible, /horrible/ at keeping track of people who simply page 
me it.

James Read
Velvet
Alexander Hale
Sage
Stellar Jay
Shadow Fox
Radar Bat
Grimace
Kohbu
Ernest Fairbanks

        Remember, by the end of the month if you don't want exploded.

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Message: 2/96                      Posted        Author
Addendum                           Fri Jun 11    Arcturus
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Missed a couple.

Binary Man
Euphonic
Ongaku Tsukai

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Message: 2/91                      Posted        Author
NUKELIST: MAVERICK HUNTERS         Sun Jun 13    Leo
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April showers bring May flowers, and May flowers bring June EXPLODINATION.

The following Maverick Hunters will be EXPLODINATED on Tuesday, June 15, 
unless their players choose to save them from this HORRIBLE FATE by contacting 
Leo:

Feedback
Frostmane Unicorn
Denjin Fenrir

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Message: 2/86                      Posted        Author
Where Have All The...              Mon Jun 14    Arcturus
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Cookies gone?

It's quite clear, actually. Interpol is hoarding the cookies, possibly giving 
them to their affiliates!

Seoul is now the cookie capital of the world, as Sarah Fairchild /and/ Feste 
/both/ acquire 100 cookies. Maybe Sarah will make a cookie cannon of them. 
Maybe.

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Message: 2/87                      Posted        Author
This Past Weekend                  Mon Jun 14    Duo
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        It has been brought to my attention that some people were highly 
offended by the scene that was held this weekend concerning the Mavericks, the 
Vatican, and the death of the Pope. While I have had one or two people address 
me with their concerns, and claims of many others sharing their feelings, I 
haven't heard much from anyone else, so I've decided to have a voting machine 
put out in the OOC longue, in order to ensure we don't inadvertantly offend 
anyone in the future with topics such as real life religion.

        Please understand that when this sub-plot was approved, we went to 
great lengths to make sure it would be as unoffensive as possible, and as we 
have failed, I'd like to take it upon myself to apologize on behalf of the 
staff for any offense you may have taken over the content or any discusion 
that occured afterwards. It is not our intent to ridicule the Catholic 
institution or it's followers, and if we've made mistakes with this, then we 
would really like to know so we don't make them again in the future.

        The voting machine will have a hidden tally, and all votes are 
confidential as always. I encourage all of you to please vote, even if you 
weren't phased at all by any of this (there's a voting option for that stance 
at that) so that we can get a more accurate tally of who and who isn't upset 
about what transpired.

        Again, I apologize, and I do hope that those who are highly offended 
will be able to forgive us and remain faithful in us to do the best that we 
can for you guys.

                                                            - Shaun
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Message: 2/88                      Posted        Author
Furthermore                        Mon Jun 14    Duo
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        If you would feel more cofortable elaborating on your feelings on the 
topic. Mercury and myself are always available and would be happy to sit down 
with you and listen. It's our jobs, as well as every admin's job to listen to 
the players, and this topic is no exception. If you'd feel more comfortable 
going to another staffer aside from Mercury and myself, please feel free to 
do that as well.

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Message: 2/89                      Posted        Author
A Note                             Mon Jun 14    Duo
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        Thus far, I've found that most people have shared my opinion on the 
matter. The IC side of things was handled fairly well, it was the OOC behavior 
since that has been the bigger offense, and from what I've personally seen, I 
can agree. I'd like to remind you guys that OOCly, this MUSH isn't a primary 
forum for you to debate religous differences, if you'd like to, we have a 
channel set aside for it, but even then, I would expect you all to be mature 
and respectful of each other when discussing differing opinions on religion. 
We've all been guilty of it in the past, myself included, and while I'm not 
really going to go out of my way to slap wrists over this, I do hope that all 
of us can conciously strive together towards being just a little more 
understanding of each other, in more ways than just simply religion.

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Message: 2/82                      Posted        Author
Scorpio & Sinistar                 Wed Jun 16    Scorpio
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Do not bug Scorpio about VLand stuff.

When he is on-duty here, he is on-duty for Megaman MUSH.

And now you know the rest of the story. Good day.


                        Scorpio, first boss of Megaman X7

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Message: 2/83                      Posted        Author
Links plz kthnks                   Wed Jun 16    Betelgeuse
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Yes, my computer is back together. And I'm starting to do work on the website 
again. Those with an eye for html or those of you absolutely bored might 
notice that the links page is now php.

What does this mean? I get to use powerful code to make my life easier! What 
does this mean to you? NOTHING!

But the links page is SO out of date. And there's so many people with cool 
pages for me to link to. So email log@megamanmush.com with your URL, the link 
text, and a description of your page. And the linkies will appear. Like magic.

        --Betel.
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Message: 2/78                      Posted        Author
Red Alert                          Thu Jun 17    Duo
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You may all '+fclist red-alert' now. Yes, they are all open for applications, 
however, due to their TP nature, and the fact that we're keeping their true 
allegiances secret to the outside world, we ask that you guys app for them as 
Civilians. We can note that most of them have either been created by Gate, or 
worked on extensively by him.

Red is not available for applications however, as he's being reserved as a TP 
character due to his importance to the overall plot. Sorry!

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Message: 2/79                      Posted        Author
Clarification                      Thu Jun 17    Duo
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Red Alert characters are not considered TP characters, thus, if you app for 
one, that means you're apping for one to be your actual character. So yes, you 
need an open slot. We're doing them just like we did Neo Arcadia, remember? :D

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Message: 2/68                      Posted        Author
Theme Call                         Sat Jun 19    Arcturus
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The only person who can pronounce the Killdozer's true name, Huitzilopochtli, 
is Milan. He is its Chosen Pilot.

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Message: 2/69                      Posted        Author
Ruling: Salt Water                 Sat Jun 19    Gemma
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As you can see, from the SALT INSTITUTE...

http://www.saltinstitute.org/15.html

The pH index of a salt/water solution is neutral.

Attacks based on a combination of salt and water are WATER, not ACID WATER. 
Salt is not an acid.

Neptune's primary has been fixed, accordingly. 

If you have any attacks on your own list that should be fixed, you can let me 
know.
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Message: 2/70                      Posted        Author
Addenum ruling: Poison             Sat Jun 19    Gemma
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'Poison'-type attacks, even 'cyberpoison' that floats in a green cloud of 
energy or something, still use the ACID subtype. If it uses poison, it is 
acid.

Attacks that use known 'bases,' which are actually the opposite of acid, such 
as soaps.... still use the ACID subtype.

The ruling about the removal of acid only applies to salt. Because I'm picky.
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Message: 2/71                      Posted        Author
Acid Type Weapons (ruling 3!)      Sat Jun 19    Gemma
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And all of the sudden... Acid type weapons don't exist anymore.

Did you notice?

They've been replaced with Chemical type weapons.

No real code changes were implimented, but everything was renamed... anything 
you had that was called Acid is now called Chemical. I find the word 
'Chemical' more descriptive and a better catch-all than Acid, which frequently 
was used to modify attack types that were not actually corrosive or acid.

'Chemical' is an attack type that uses chemicals to damage. This inclues 
poisons, acids, and in some case germs or biopoisons. It does not include 
saltwater, which is still water.
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Message: 2/71                      Posted        Author
Moving Down the Path               Sun Jun 20    Spica
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        It has now been three years since I joined the M3 staff, and I can't 
quite believe that it's been that long. Time flies when you're having fun, as 
the saying goes. :) From starting off as the Maverick Royal that approved 
Dance Dance Revolutionary -- it was a valid character! -- to the Hunter 
Wizard, and finally to general helpstaff and keeper of the bloopers, I hope 
that I've been a good admin to approach in the past.

        I'm stepping down from adminning and returning to being a player. I'll 
be remaining as Ayla Ericson and possibly one other character, provided that I 
can fit myself into their mindset. My job provides me with strange hours, 
along with working on the weekends, which prevented me from connecting 
regularly to do my duties on the MUSH.

        You can still be Spica'ed though just make sure to send the blooper 
over to Ayla from now on.

        Thank you, the M3 community, for making my admin run a good one.

                                                -- Spica
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Message: 2/72                      Posted        Author
Civilian Idlenuke: Addendum        Sun Jun 20    Arcturus
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The following people will be Javelin Manned into a pit two weeks from now, July 
4th, in a patriotic celebration of shelf-clearing.

Pyro Squirrel
Pestilence
Kuff
Quell Quetzalcoatlus
Monitor Moth
Disco

I WILL THROW YOU INTO A PIT. (Unless you ask me nicely to unshelve these alts 
for you.)

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Message: 2/73                      Posted        Author
Religion in TPs                    Mon Jun 21    Gemma
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An overwhelming majority of you were not offended by the use of the Catholic 
religion in this Tinyplot.

Thank you for your answers and for your votes. The machine will be removed now.

This staff recognizes that certain topics may be offensive to people, but we 
also are pleased that our players can handle realworld elements of a fantasy 
setting in a mature and responsible way. We will be more mindful of offenses 
in the future, but, since religion is a part of the real world, it doesn't 
make sense to ignore it in our fantasy environment either.

Now on to happier topics to follow.
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Message: 2/74                      Posted        Author
Robot Master OCs                   Mon Jun 21    Gemma
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Yes, you read correctly. This is a new chartype.

Robot Master OCs ARE...

'Civilians' who are applied into a direct alliance with the Robot Masters.

This includes:
Members of the African army.
People who are not Yakuza members but are business partners with Wily.
People who live with and work for the organization directly and are known as 
allies.

Robot Master OCs are NOT...

Androids built by Wily whose names end in 'Man.' These are only FCs.
Reploids built by Wily or stolen and turned to Wilycoded androids on a whim.
Robot Master drones.

Basically, in order to be an 'OC' in this faction, you are a step up from being 
an Allied Civilian. The only difference between this method, and the current 
method of putting an +ally flag on civilians, is that now you can apply into 
this alliance directly, and that OC civilians allied to Masters can pick up 
the 'RM' flag. You can still apply to be an RM OC reploid, which does not mean 
you are a hybrid or wilycoded or converted.

RM OCs begin with the faction with access to the first floor of Skull Monument, 
but may not start out with free run of the base. RM OCs may gain additional 
security clearance over time. For the time being, it's likely all civilian 
'allies' will be put into the same rank structure 'squad.' RM OCs will not be 
added to the FC squads.

Applications for these OCs go directly to the robotmasters@megamanmush.com box, 
and I handle them.
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Message: 2/75                      Posted        Author
African Militia                    Mon Jun 21    Gemma
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There is currently only one FC in the African armies, and he is not really a 
loyal member. However, you can be. This is one type of 'RM FC' that has some 
special variety and is encouraged.

The African Miltia has access to one technology that is not widespread: the 
'tattoo-type' cybernetics seen on Gatts and Geetz. This is a human-enhancement 
tech which has been spreading to the members of the army. These under-the-skin 
cybernetics allow for very minimal body-conversion while still increasing 
endurance and reaction time. They appear like, or are marked as, tattoos on 
the skin. They are a fine justification for Strider-level statistics on a 
cyborg character. They can aid in stealth as well. They are not a good 
justification for advanced abilities like Hologram, Forcefield, Reflect, or 
any anti-gravity type ability. Other, more obvious types of cybernetics still 
exist in Africa, of course, and are not uncommon for those who have had to 
have limbs or other body parts replaced in combat.

The African Militia members do not have Ride Armors, per se, but applications 
for tankers and other such roles will be considered. The African Militia does 
not have Power Armors (other than Gatts, but he got his from Interpol).

This should go without saying, but members of this army are from Africa. The 
rest is up to you.
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Message: 2/76                      Posted        Author
New Options for Yakuza             Mon Jun 21    Gemma
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Though none of these options have become open to the Yakuza yet ICly, starting 
in the next few weeks, they will be, so it's a fine time to consider new types 
of Yakuza applications. I'm laying down these guidelines now, because I'm 
impatient and can't wait any longer.

The Yakuza is taking tech from Africa currently, and will have access to the 
tattoo-type cybernetics detailed above. You are free to apply for Yakuza 
cyborg characters with these statistics and ability.

Yakuza characters are either mafia (typically Italian), Japanese (naturally), 
or African (those who are primarily loyal to Sera). Their tattoos will look 
different depending on their race, but it is generally assumed that they have 
them on their bodies as an organizational requirement. For Yakuza members, you 
have plenty of leeway to decide how your 'under the skin' cybernetics look and 
function, but keep in mind the guidelines above.

The Yakuza will have access to human Power Armor probably beginning some time 
next month.

If these new options are making you consider changes to your current FC or 
Yakuza OC, let me know and we'll discuss them.

None of the special chartypes above have any deadlines associated with 
application. However, depending on the character you apply, there may be a 
delay getting them on the grid, especially in the case of Yakuza, while plot 
elements are finalized.
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Message: 2/77                      Posted        Author
Noncombat Scene                    Mon Jun 21    Scorpio
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Thursday Evening sometime, in Seoul, there's gonna be a session of the UN 
Senate. Characters of a political bent might want to be on for it... and 
hopefully I'll be on to run it, unless something goes awry. :D


                        Scorpio, first boss of Megaman X7

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Message: 2/77                      Posted        Author
Bustering Non Robots               Mon Jun 21    Duo
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As it's always been. If you buster a human or cyborgs weapon, you're just 
copying the info on the weapon itself. You don't absorb anything from anything 
with squishy parts. Thank you, drive through. :D

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Message: 2/78                      Posted        Author
That trail of slime from the cooki Tue Jun 22    Mars
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Well, it's not Slimer. So what the heck? Well, you could follow it back to 
Berlin, cause that would be Tentacle Slime!

That's right, Sigma is currently making himself a crown out of your cookies! 
101 of them to be exact.



(We think he's trying to compensate for his baldness.)
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Message: 2/79                      Posted        Author
Shift of Power                     Tue Jun 22    Duo
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Director - Gemma
Assistant Director - Leo
Arcturus - Third Key

Effective until both Mercury and I get off vacation.

Sniff you jerks later. ;D

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Message: 2/79                      Posted        Author
The Sigma Virus (1)                Tue Jun 22    Gemma
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The Sigma Virus is the 'New' Maverick Virus.

I have gotten a lot of questions about this. It is now time for it to be known 
a bit better what it really does, and whether you are vulnerable to it.

Reploids
Most reploids can catch the Sigma Virus. Some can't. There is no real rhyme or 
reason to who is immune, and it happens for just about any reason. Your 
reploid character can probably catch this virus. If you're immune, we'll tell 
you so, otherwise, no, but you won't know ICly, even if you are...so don't say 
your FC or OC is immune without discussing this with admin. No, being cured of 
the old virus does not make you immune to the new one. What the virus does is 
make you paranoid and hateful of humans. Just like the old Maverick Virus. If 
you already have the old Maverick Virus, you probably won't have to change the 
way you RP your character. Some of the more 'on the fence/sensitive' Mavericks 
who catch the new virus will probably fall off the fence and get a bit more 
hardcore, or, at least, that's the idea. If you have a problem with being 
hardcore, you should've defected already, though. The virus doesn't make you 
loyal to Sigma--that much has not changed, either. It simply makes you loyal 
to the cause, like the 'regular' Maverick virus. Treat bioroids the same as 
reploids in this instance; there is no difference as to how their nets are 
affected.

Cyborgs
Some cyborgs can catch this virus, especially full-converts. If you have a lot 
of computer chips in your nervous system, it may alter your mental processes 
and make you act just like a 'regular Maverick.' If you don't have a lot of 
chips in your system, or don't use anything like that to process, you might 
not notice anything, save that you become a carrier for the virus and can 
spread its contagion just like a reploid does. Cyborgs who are not converted 
very much are not particularly vulnerable, though it is entirely possible, 
after prolonged exposure as detailed below, that, say, one limb can become 
infected, and spread the virus. Weird, I know.

Electronic Equipment
Computers can catch this virus. Power armors can catch this virus. Etc. 
Infected electronics tend to rebel against their users and otherwise 
misbehave. Purging it depends on how soon it is detected. You can pose your 
ordinary electronic items getting infected if you think that's interesting and 
logical, and you meet the rules of infection detailed in the next post. (Gate 
and Light at least can probably debug this virus from computers with no 
problem if they see it is there.)
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Message: 2/80                      Posted        Author
The Sigma Virus (2)                Tue Jun 22    Gemma
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Androids
You have questions about which androids and hybrids are vulnerable to this 
virus, but I cannot tell you that now.

Contagion and Consent
Obviously, this Virus is no longer something you consent to ICly. You no longer 
have to track down a Maverick and beg to be infected in order to be infected. 
Also, any Maverick, not just Sigma, Doppler, and Cyber, can infect you. The 
Sigma Virus is contagious.

That being said, no one is infected without consenting OOCly, much in the way 
that condeath works. The idea that you may lose 'infection consent' is 
possible if you are the sort of person who tends to hobnob too much with the 
enemy, so, RF/Mav romances are, as always, very discouraged.

The virus is curable, like the Maverick Virus. But that is only if it is 
detected in its early stages. Some of the Hunter and UN medics (Gate, Light, 
Matthews, etc) will have the ability to administer cures for the early stages 
of the infection. The 'problem' is that the infection itself mutates quickly, 
so, what worked to cure an old version might not work as well on a newer 
version. Your best bet is not to get infected. If the infection sets in 
completely, it is set for good. I've been seeing some complaints that this 
will 'kill' social RP for the Mav faction, but that shouldn't be the case. 
Everyone was supposed to think the old virus was contagious anyway. The new 
one really IS...that's the real difference. Casual contact isn't enough to get 
a character infected, and just a conversation with a Maverick won't screw you 
over. Neither will combat with a Maverick, unless that Maverick is fighting 
with intent to infect. Prolonged contact will get you infected. The kind of 
'contact' that spreads the virus reliably is--open wound-to-wound contact; 
computer-sharing; snogging. (Snogging with Mavericks is generally bad if you 
are not already a Maverick, cheeky monkeys.)

If you are a reploid in the Coalition faction, you may already be infected, or 
starting to infect, just from the virus that is 'floating around' due to 
combat. This shouldn't change your character very much, since you are loyal 
Mavericks anyway, one would assume. If you are a cyborg in the faction, you 
may not get any mental infections at all, or you may, but you are likely a 
carrier and at least contagious enough to spread the virus with you when you 
leave Maverick territory.

I am a good person to come to if you have questions about this. Sigma, Doppler, 
and Mars are also good people.
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Message: 2/80                      Posted        Author
Re: Your concerns                  Wed Jun 23    Gemma
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I'm addressing, as a whole, some of the concerns I've gotten about the Sigma 
Virus.

The Sigma Virus does not 'make you more evil.' It can if you want it to. It 
does not have to. It can be more easily said that it infects everyone a bit 
differently, because it has a constantly mutating nature.

The Sigma Virus does not give you the URGE to spread it, when you contract it. 
But. It can if you want it to.

The fact that the virus is super-contagious will probably mellow out some over 
the course of the TP as the doctors on the MUSH find new ways to combat it.

Members of the Coalition still believe in the Coalition. The CRF is the same.

The virus makes you dislike humans. If you are Maverick you should have 
disliked humans anyway. It does not make you into a ravenous killbeast if that 
is not your character. I do not understand why people are accusing me of 
creating a device that does this. The mental effects are the same as the old 
virus. The only difference is how it is contracted.

No, I do not really like 'sensitive new age puppydog hairflipper Mavericks.' 
That is why I allowed those characters to defect before talking about the new 
Virus. If you are playing one of these characters and are unhappy that the 
time to defect has already passed, appeal to me.
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Message: 2/81                      Posted        Author
Addenum                            Wed Jun 23    Gemma
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And yes. We (staff as a whole) did make the Mavericks more evil.

They are evil.

They're bad guys.

Yup.

One option for those of you who play 'spy' Mavericks and are concerned about 
getting social RP, other than the extremely obvious option of wearing little 
disguises when you go out of doors to spy, like the Robot Masters have almost 
/always/ done, is to.... claim you've been cured. Who's gonna know? Especially 
if you haven't done anything particularly Maverick in a while.
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Message: 2/82                      Posted        Author
E-ring                             Thu Jun 24    Gemma
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This just a general announcment for OOC purposes.

The Robot Master E-ring system is down. No e-ringing for the forseeable future.

What does that mean? Well, Masters. If you die, you gotta retreat or be 
dragged away like everybody else.
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Message: 2/80                      Posted        Author
Jennifer Cain                      Fri Jun 25    Gemma
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She's off the FC lists.

ICly, she's most likely been fragged by internal Yakuza assassins who don't 
consider her function nessicary. That can change, if, say, someone really 
wants to app her. She'll be an OC then, and she can miraculously come back 
from the dead. Otherwise I don't really see the point.

App Yakuza OC! ^^
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Message: 2/80                      Posted        Author
MUSH Meeting                       Fri Jun 25    Duo
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There will be a MUSH meeting within the next week or so as soon as I get back 
home and have my work schedule in order to get it scheduled. But I mention it 
now because of the mass amount of hysteria and irrational hatred for an idea 
that hasn't fully met fruition (that being the Sigma Virus).

Thus, I humbly request you naysayers please jump off the hate boat for now, 
assemble your rational and logical ideas and arguments for and against it, and 
have it ready for when I do schedule this MUSH wide meeting. Understand that I 
do not intend on retconning anything, nor do I intend on letting off my intent 
on making the Mavericks an actual evil faction that is to be feared instead of 
mocked or taken lightly as a sideshow to the Robot Masters as they have been 
for the past few years.

If you dislike my idea, bring it to me personally at the meeting. I'd prefer it 
if you guys stopped backbiting and irrationally whining about how I'm turning 
my MUSH into a subMUSH that was based on my own idea, which, for the record, 
failed in the end. Ask yourself why I would do such a thing. Why I would model 
my MUSH, after an idea, that I know won't work, that I've watched not work, 
and an idea that I ALREADY DID.

Thank you, drive through.

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Message: 2/81                      Posted        Author
Shout Out                          Sat Jun 26    Scorpio
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I'd like to give a bigass shoutout to the tempers for Gareth & Berkana for 
doing a totally ASSKICKING job playing those characters.


                        Scorpio, first boss of Megaman X7

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Message: 2/80                      Posted        Author
Headsup, on Attack Lists           Sat Jun 26    Gemma
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News Overdone is being revised. Don't look at it now. It's blatantly wrong.

One thing that is very important which is being added is:

BANNED: -- Characters with more than 49 secondary attacks.

50 attacks is the maximum we are going to start allowing. The attack lists 
here are really getting a bit out of control.

That does not mean that you should app for 50 attacks on your OC exactly 
because that is the maximum. About 30 or 35 should be enough for anyone.
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Message: 2/81                      Posted        Author
Sigma Virus (additional)           Sat Jun 26    Gemma
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Here's a question about the Sigma Virus that I missed the first time. Adding 
it now.

If you contract the virus, discover you are initially infected, and need to 
get it cured, the full infection does not sit in right away. The grace period 
is different for everyone, but assume it is a reasonable amount of time, for 
PCs.

If you contract the Sigma Virus, and are cured, or, fight it off because you 
discover you have system immunity, you ARE immune to the virus and cannot 
catch it a second time.

Again, this is not IC knowledge.
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Message: 2/82                      Posted        Author
Re-Virus-infection                 Sat Jun 26    Gemma
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Okay.

Update.

Some of the admin are telling me you CAN get re-infected if you are cured once. 
Others are saying you cannot.

The admin are only human. I'm not sure which way we're going here. I'm waiting 
for Duo's call on it.

Try not to, um, get infected twice before we have to themecheck you.
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Message: 2/81                      Posted        Author
Clarification                      Mon Jun 28    Arcturus
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Since I've gotten a lot of questions on this in the last couple months.

The Civ statistic levels have not been raised.

The racetype restrictions on stats are just functionally gone.

People who are not humans or cyborgs, please stop asking.

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Message: 2/82                      Posted        Author
VIRUS NOTICE                       Mon Jun 28    Gemma
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....

....

.... Ha, ha, made you look.

Or DID I?

What was I going to say? Oh, yeah.

Notice: Tengu Man has two-hundred, that's 200, cookies! Congrats to our 
favorite Robot Master demon!

This has nothing to do with viral infections whatsoever.

So you think.

(**** acting director's computer explodes KABOOM ow)
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Message: 2/81                      Posted        Author
Re-infection compromise            Mon Jun 28    Gemma
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If you are infected with the Sigma virus, there is a buffer of time, which is 
a reasonable time, before the infection totally sets in, though you are still 
experiencing some symptoms.

After it totally sets in, it can't be cured.

After being cured from pre-infection, you aren't totally immune, but it will be 
slightly harder for you to catch it again. However, because the virus mutates, 
it is possible, though harder, for a person once cured to contract it a second 
time.

If you fight it off on your own, which means you discover you are actually 
naturally immune, then, you are immune and can't contract it a second time, 
but if you need the -cure-, you might get re-infected. No one can fix the 
Virus /yet,/ but they are working on it.

This ruling's from Duo, so it's the final one about re-infections.
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Message: 2/81                      Posted        Author
File updates                       Tue Jun 29    Gemma
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The news files are being updated.

Upated: news types, news Yakuza
Added: news creation

You have seen the news creation file before. The other two are repaired from 
their old version.

Revisions for the other civ faction files, and a news neo-arcadia, are 
underway. There is no news power armor yet, despite it being referenced; it is 
being added in the next update.
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Message: 2/82                      Posted        Author
We are getting aggreviated.        Wed Jun 30    Leo
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Yes, we are.

Oh, wait! Cookies! All is well.

Why?

Because TWINS LUV COOKIES.

Gemini Man has achieved nirvana with 600 cookies. He can bend the Matrix to 
his will.

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Message: 2/82                      Posted        Author
Global Gag                         Wed Jun 30    Arcturus
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Just come to me if you have globalgag issues. I know how to fix them now.

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