Today as everybody thought the devs would have disappeared totally Wintermute made a short appearance. For your pleasure we bring you the complete chat log:
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You invited SorchaRei.
SorchaRei has joined the conversation.
SorchaRei is away: "Orbiting the planet with Johnny's mother"
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Serenity: did the game shut down?
greywolf has joined the conversation.
th˙mīc: yup
th˙mīc: it went down
greywolf: mute's on
You invited Wintermute.
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th˙mīc: he is :)
greywolf: hi mute!
Wintermute: server got restarted?
Wintermute: hi everyone
greywolf: needed it badly
You invited Benny.
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greywolf: it threw us all of about 10 minutes ago
greywolf: are you back to us yet?
Wintermute: me personally you mean?
greywolf: yes, you
Wintermute: I've been working on the client lately
Wintermute: trying to learn actionscript quickly :)
Wintermute: there are new things on the server but we haven't deployed yet
greywolf: well we all miss you
greywolf: tomato juice?
Wintermute: NPCs are one of them
Wintermute: I'm going to try to add a secure container also
greywolf: cool ;)
Wintermute: so people can store stuff
th˙mīc: yeah we need that :)
greywolf: yay!
Wintermute: not quite houses but could be usefulo
Wintermute: useful..
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hopkapi: hey
greywolf: that's ok, right now some of store things on the other island because not everyone can get there
greywolf: us>
Wintermute: good idea :)
hopkapi bows to the mighty mute
th˙mīc: well most of us frequent players can go there :)
greywolf: that will change soon, they're picking away
greywolf: we know where you've been, thymic ;)
th˙mīc: do you? ;)
greywolf: you leave signs
greywolf: lol
th˙mīc: ;)
greywolf: are you going to give us anything new, soon?
Wintermute: hopefully yes
th˙mīc: what are NPCs anyway?
greywolf: I'm maxed on everything, except catching
Wintermute: robot characters
th˙mīc: ah ok
hopkapi: so we can auto pick?
th˙mīc: yeah i'm maxed too ... you have to set your own goals ... that's what i've been told ;)
greywolf: no, you should still have to pick, just like the rest of us
Wintermute: um no auto-picking :)
Wintermute: but they will be able to do certain things
Wintermute: some might buy certain items for gold
hopkapi: like ask for new items;)
th˙mīc: uh finally some use for the ingots ;)
greywolf: ohhh, stores!
Wintermute: very limited stores
Wintermute: no UI for them yet.. but some npcs will give you gold if you give them items
Wintermute: some may follow you around if they like you
greywolf: uh oh
th˙mīc: as long as they don#t tape me up ;)
greywolf: stalkers
hopkapi: can you drop water on them?
Wintermute: I gotta go work on them though :)
Wintermute: see y'all later
hopkapi: bye
greywolf: bye mute, see you soon
th˙mīc: take care
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