From: conner@qucis.queensu.ca (Mike Conner)
Subject: [ADMIN]:FAQ
Organization: Computing & Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:17:28 GMT


                       FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
                       A.P.C-S - Alt.Pub.Cloven-Shield

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                         Compiled By Michael Conner

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History: In the beginning someone created alt.dragons-inn ... and then they
         forgot about it, neglected it, discarded it like some trash,
         leaving it to rot in the polluted decay of all abandonded ALT groups.

         But then some bright spark thought they would tack the name PUB 
         before the Dragon's Inn in order to attract a crowd. Well somehow it
         worked and ALT.PUB.DRAOGNS-INN has been up and running ever since.

         Poor old ALT.DRAGONS-INN, nobody loves it, but wait [KNOCK, KNOCK
         KNOCK, SSSSQQQQQUEEEEKKKKKKK] someone has openned the Dragon's Inn's
         door and breathed a breath of fresh air inside. In the imortal words
         of someone I can't remember ... "It has begun ...".

         We will soon be moving our posts to alt.pub.cloven-shield.  This
         group was created to put all dragons-inn groups under the PUB
         heading and to give us our own identity.  Two Dragon's Inns is a
         bit much for such a small universe.

Present: Well it's now official, alt.pub.cloven-shield is now open for
         business.  We will still crosspost to alt.dragons-inn for the
         benefit of those that can not receive alt.pub.cloven-shield.
         Never forget your roots ...
         
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Subject Format:  Inorder to keep things running smoothly, use the following
                 subject format for each of your posts to this group:

                 {RE:}{[ADMIN]}[Thread Name]:Brief Description

                 Meaning: {~~}          - Optional components of the subject
                                          header.
                          RE:           - Refers to an old post.
                          [ADMIN]       - Administrative post outside of the
                                          game.
                          [Thread Name] - A brief (2 word) thread name.
                          Brief Desc.   - A brief description of the contents
                                          of the post.

                 An important thing to remember when using RE: is not to
                 include the ENTIRE old post.  Just include those lines that
                 are relavent to your post.  By keeping the bandwidth low
                 we keep sys. admins. happy and don't draw too much attention.

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         (Some questions/answers may be offensive.  Read at own risk.)
 
FAQ: Q: Where am I?
     A: You are in the ALT.PUB.CLOVEN-SHIELD adventure group.  A fully automated
        gameing adventure that takes place in the Kingdom of Ull in a village
        called Trelham.  We will assume a time period around the Dark Ages.
        See [ADMIN][LANDS] for a complete description.

     Q: How do I start?
     A: You must do two things.  One, introduce your character in the
        Dragon's Inn.  No. No. complete handshakes all around are not called
        for but a brief description of yourself and your intentions is a
        must.  Two, E-MAIL me (Mike Conner) a COMPLETE description of you.

           Include the following:

           1. Real Name: (Your real identity)
           2. E-Mail: (Your e-mail address)
           3. Character: (Your Character's Name)
           4. Race: (What are you?  human, elf, etc.)
           5. Type: (What do you do? warrior/fighter, mage, Theif, etc.)
           6. Physical Description: (What do you look like?)
           7. Appearance: (What are you wearing, carrying, holding etc.? )
           8. Other Comments: (Anything you wish to note about yourself.)

     Q: Who is in charge?
     A: No one.  Everyone is in charge of their own character.  Anyone
        posting [ADMIN] information is doing it for your sake so NO FLAMES
        ALLOWED.  Basically, if you don't like how things are run, GET THE
        HELL OUT.

     Q: Is there really an ED-209 factory inside the stables of the
        Dragon's Inn?
     A: No. There are no beings with an almighty ability to destroy all
        that are around them.  Just the same, you simply can't open the door
        to the Inn, toss in a nuclear warhead, and the run and hide in the
        nearest fallout shelter.  There will be great battles fought and
        many will feel the touch of death but any interaction should be dealt
        with through E-MAIL to all those involed first.
  
     Q: How do I know where to go and who everyone is?
     A: See [ADMIN][LANDS] article for a complete description of the known
        lands in ALT.PUB.CLOVEN-SHIELD and [ADMIN][CHARACTER LIST] for all
        players in this game. [ADMIN][TOWN] will give you some detail about
        the village of Trelham and the Dragon's Inn pub.

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NOTE: The following is a list of other articles that should be read by all
      new adventure hungry characters of all shapes and sizes:

      [ADMIN][FAQ] - Frequently Asked Questions (Your reading it now).
      [ADMIN][LANDS] - A description of all known lands for ALT.DRAGONS-INN.
      [ADMIN][TOWN] - A description of the Dragons-Inn for ALT.DRAGONS-INN.
      [ADMIN][CHARACTER LIST] - A list of characters and thier descriptions
                                for all those currently active in
                                ALT.PUB.CLOVEN-SHIELD.

      These articles will be posted regularly (exactly how regularly will be
      determined in the near future).

      E-mail all your comments about the game to me (Mike Conner) and I will
      deal with them appropriately.

***** If you FLAME me for whatever reason your character will suffer an
      unspeakable death never before witnessed in the history of this game.
      I'm not in charge, I'm just being helpful.

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Keepers:

FAQ,LANDS,TOWN: Michael Conner conner@qucis.queensu.ca

Still Available:

CHARACTER_LIST,CHARACTER_REF: ? ? (Someone did ask me about this, please
                                   refresh my memory, did you want to do
                                   both or just one?)
ARCHIVES: ? ? (This involves a bi-weekly report on what is going on.)
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