TRANSCRIPT OF MEET THE DEMI-GODDESS SESSION Friday January 30 Your comm unit comes to life with a Public Service announcement from Hazed, "Tune to channel 19 to ask Hazed your questions. Starting in 5 minutes" Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "I'll give ya this hazed.. when you rumble.. you rumble.... ". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "Are we asking questions yet?". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "hazed did you make fed crash again? ". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Not yet Bobbyr, we're waiting a few more minutes for late-comers". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes Readerboy, I was so nervous about this that I deliberately crashed the game to avoid all your questions". Your comm unit relays a message from Evilfreak, "<--- looks at Hazed's Crash button". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Windyman, if we knew the cause of the crash, we'd fix it :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "doing a who 19 is like c pri commod sol heh". Your comm unit relays a message from Retusafsp, ":::Checks Hazed's crash button::: Nope, still cold. :P". Your comm unit relays a message from Speedyx, "why the crashes so much?:P". Your comm unit comes to life with a Public Service announcement from Hazed, "Starting now - meet the demi-Goddess - tune 19." Your comm unit relays a message from Chockey, "Hazed, How can fed be out of beta- testing if the WB has bugs in it frustrating PO's and other problems like that for an example the duke puzz if it's down then isn't fed's still in beta-testing right?". Your comm unit relays a message from Zzz, "Hazed, why does the game run so much faster now??". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Ok, a few rules for you guys - don't TB me cos I will ignore it. Cut out the chit-chat and hellos please.". Your comm unit relays a message from Wednesdey, "I like the crashes.. it actually gives me RL time ;)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hip, "who/what is the demi-Godess ?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "And don't all shout your questions at once!". Your comm unit relays a message from Retusafsp, "Ah, the crashes are the fun part. :P". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "first question why does fed crash so much? :P". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Ok, let me tell you about the crashes - shut up and listen :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We put in a major new piece of Fed code, and a new version of the database, AND changed the web site last Friday.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "BTW I will gag anyone who doesn't keep quiet.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "These three things were all needed as part of the billing software. And all three things had to talk to one another.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "So, a problem in one tended to bring down all three. And it was sometimes hard to discover where the problem was - which piece.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Over the past week, Crypto has fixed most of the problems, but there is one bug left in the Fed code, which is making the game crash every 8 hours or so.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "He needs it to crash a few more times so he can actually see what's happening, and then fix it!". Your comm unit relays a message from Biederman, "I have the same problem with my car...". Your comm unit relays a message from Danny, "You need Fed to crash? Such irony...". Your comm unit relays a message from Chockey, "Hazed, How can fed be out of beta- testing if the WB has bugs in it frustrating PO's and other problems like that for an example the duke puzz if it's down then isn't fed's still in beta-testing right?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Chockey, during beta-test the game was horribly unstable and we couldn't guarantee that things would last from minute to minute.". Your comm unit relays a message from Windyman, "Hazed, when are you planning on giving POs the ability to kick facs off their planet? Will this all be part of some gigantic new code?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Once we were over that part, we considered it to be out of beta-test. Barring the little glitch due to last week's new stuff :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Merlin, "So... that means when we have to pay, it'll be perfect?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "It doesn't mean that all the problems are fixed - far from it!". Your comm unit relays a message from Xian, "Do you plan any changes in requriements once billing starts?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Windyman, that's on the list of stuff to do, but I don't know how near the top it is.". Your comm unit relays a message from Retusafsp, "That is my only gripe, Hazed. It'd be nice to have the Duke puzzle working to establish some standing, in pay2play. :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes the promotion requirements will be changed when we start to charge.". Your comm unit relays a message from Chockey, "I personally think your starting to charge to early you should fix all the bugs and glitches and bring the duke puzz back then start to charge i think your going way to fast (:". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Duke puzzle is at the top of the list once we have all the charging software in place.". Your comm unit relays a message from Balinbb, "will builds be the same length when we charge? :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Ameoba, "DEPORT will be included also, in the next few weeks, correct Hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Chockey, you've all had nearly 6 months of playing Fed for free. How long do you think we can keep going not taking in any money?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Builds will probably go down.". Your comm unit relays a message from Lukeskywalkero, "ok, Hazed, how are we going to solve the problems of too much alts. It's making all the navigator's perinoid, I for one have witnessed there acusations. I've been kicked out a lot and I only have one alt, and it's rarely on.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Deport is on the list of stuff to do but not at the top so I can't say when it will be in.". Your comm unit relays a message from Danny, "Deport? Like ostrasize from a planet. Cool. Usefull. Mischevious.". Your comm unit relays a message from Salva, "wouldnt it have been better to fix the oldest problems first before starting to charge?...namely the duke puzz?". Your comm unit relays a message from Ezcob, "Will we have a media for questioning charging that we think is wrong?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "hazed...will there be a limit on alts if so how many?". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "how are the martian invasions going to work?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Luke, when we start to charge, I am sure most of the alts will disappear. Numbers will certainly go down, so the game won't fill up.". Your comm unit relays a message from Danny, "As many as you can afford, 007.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Salva, we considered it was more important to sort out security issues like letting you change your password, first.". Your comm unit relays a message from Zingaro, "Then start charging when you feel you have to but at a reduced rate until you get Fed right. ;o)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "hazed you might have already answered this but do know around what time in feb fed will start to charge". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "There will be no limit on alts because you'll be paying for each character you have in the game". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "mid-Feb - I should be able to give you something more definite in Sunday's news". Your comm unit relays a message from Slicer, "Hazed, how many newbies do you expect will come into Fed per day after charging?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We'll be recruiting new Navs in approximately 2 months - but don't hold me to that as a definite date :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "what happends when we dont have money in the fed account will we be locked out or not". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No, charging is mid-Feb :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jer, "when will you have the stuff to be able to pay by credit card??". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "hazed---how are the martian invasions going to work--like wut will be the planet effect, dutchy effect?". Your comm unit relays a message from Danny, "Ok, I'll follow the crowd and ask anyway. DO we get some incentive for putting IB links on out pages? Especially if they've had over 50,000 hits?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Slicer, I have no way to predict that. We've got an ad campaign starting in mid-Feb so we'll just have to wait and see". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Spoony, it's too early for me to give details about the Martian Invasion - Bella hasn't done the design work yet". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "hazed, will we be seeing a new improved Duke puzzle in place, or the old one?". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "but WILL there be the Martian Invasion?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes Danny, we're going to work out something like that but it will be a few months before we can do it". Your comm unit relays a message from Ezcob, "Is there going to be a way of questioning the charge if we fill it is not right?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Wait and see, Foam :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "But when the ARE coded, you'll regret skipping security!". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamestkirk, "will the sol planets be redesigned?". Your comm unit relays a message from Strmtrooper, "Hazed -- easy question, can we pay by check?". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "::grins::". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes there will be a Martian Invasion but there's quite a lot of stuff we have to do first". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "At first, how much will IBGames be charging per hour of fed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No, the SOl planets will stay as they are". Your comm unit relays a message from Chockey, "will the duke puzz be up before you start to charge?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes Storm, you can pay by check :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jer, "Hazed, When you will you have the stuff to pay by credit card?". Your comm unit relays a message from Strmtrooper, "ok". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "60 cents an hour". Your comm unit relays a message from Danny, "Ok, that's cool. I put a link on my page and got like 54,000 hits and it's cool that I'll get rewarded.". Your comm unit relays a message from Evilfreak, "Hazed, are you going to change the time of how long builds take?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Jer, we're working on that". Your comm unit relays a message from Retusafsp, "Hazed, why not try getting some Dukes in place to alleviate the Sol clutter? Is there any way to try? Just curious.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes we will reduce the time for builds". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "Hazed, will the price of builds go down?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "There's a fair bit of work needed before we can make the Duke puzzle work again. It's not a case of just throwing a big DUKE PUZZLE switch". Your comm unit relays a message from Xian, "Are you thinking of any kind of bulk discount (like by 9 blocks get one free etc.)". Your comm unit relays a message from Strmtrooper, "::throws the Big Red Switch::". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We haven't finalised all the changes to promoition requirements but yes I think build price will go down". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "Hazed-what is the martian invasion I have been hearing about??". Your comm unit relays a message from Danny, "::flips a big DUKE PUZZLE switch and watches nothing happen::". Your comm unit relays a message from Huntress, "why is that haze? has it been altered?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hiker, " :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "Will you have ads popping up in the middle of the game to help alleviate the cost for the players?". Your comm unit relays a message from Chockey, "Will the duke puzz up before yall charge?". Your comm unit relays a message from Huntress, "the Duke puzzle that is". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "Woohoo! Shorter time and less money!". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We don't hve any immediate plans to put ads into Fed.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No the Duke puzzle will not be up before we start to charge. Sorry.". Your comm unit relays a message from Slicer, "As if we don't have enough high-ranked POs as it is...". Your comm unit relays a message from Danny, "You should have immediate plans. That'd lower the price.". Your comm unit relays a message from Huntress, "if you had a Duke puzzle before ,why is it not simple to put it back?". Your comm unit relays a message from Erakose, "so, what your saying, Hazed is that you're gonna ask us to pay full price for a partial game?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "The reason why the DUke puzzle isn't there is a long story... too long to go into now". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Erakose, Fed has always been a "partial game" - it's the nature of this kind of game. It's always being modified, new things put in. It will never be "finished"". Your comm unit relays a message from Salva, "can you put the reason into the news letter this week so we all know the reason?". Your comm unit relays a message from Retusafsp, "When you get time, can you include it in the news, Hazed? It'd be appreciated.". Your comm unit relays a message from Almandot, "HAzed, will we have to pay for Limbo?". Your comm unit relays a message from Huntress, "May I make a comment regarding data organization?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Ok Salva :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Agilder, "yes, do we pay for limbo and wb time?". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "How will the promotion requirements for FO's be reduced when you begin charging?". Your comm unit relays a message from Deepspace, "Hazed, will links for planets be shorter?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes you'll have to pay for time in limbo.". Your comm unit relays a message from Erakose, "but if something is working and then isn't working, that's hardly considered evolution". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "And workbench". Your comm unit relays a message from Erakose, "ti's considered fixing broken things". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "You pay for EVERYTHING cept the website". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "The profit you need to promote to JP and Gm will be reduced but more importantly we are getting rid of company cycles so you can take as much time - or as little - to do it as you like". Your comm unit relays a message from Jer, "will they change the WB?". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "If you're in the game, you pay". Your comm unit relays a message from Agilder, "Hazed, will there be less crashes in P2P?". Your comm unit relays a message from Huntress, "Hazed, would it be possible to organize duchies into quadrants, so that a di quandrant would be possible, di duchies is quite imposssbile these days". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "The WB needs a complete overhaul and we do plan to do it - but it won't be for a while. However...". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "but how will you promote will there be a command? hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We plan to put an enhancement into FedTerm Loaded - an offline planet writer". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "When you make the right profit, you'll promote.". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "::::grins at the offline writer thingy::". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, "cool, i like that idea hazed :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "The DI DUCHIES command needs to be changed - it's useless right now. We'll do that.". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "hazeed WILL THERE EVER BE A FEDTERM LOADED for mac i know all us mac users want to know..". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "She means you'll promote that day at GMT". Your comm unit relays a message from Almandot, "Will you make an offline writer for MAC?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Probably not James". Your comm unit relays a message from Encott, "modest proposal fer down the road.. 1200tn ships fer pos and 2400 ton ships at technocrat... wot d'ye think?@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@". Your comm unit relays a message from Huntress, "thank ye, may help your SOL problem as well, alpha, beta etc quadrants". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "It's no good TBing me, I am ignoring TBs". Your comm unit relays a message from Encott, "think?". Your comm unit relays a message from Agilder, "i second that, encott :P". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We don't have any plans to put in larger ships.". Your comm unit relays a message from Deepspace, "Hazed, will the time for links be shorter?". Your comm unit relays a message from Slicer, "Hazed, considering the Groats-time spent in Fed ratio, why do you have an hourly charge? Will people with more RL cash get more groats?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Or - before anyone asks - to put in a new rank above Duke. NO plans whatsoever". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "yeah hazed, huntress had a good idea. like an additional rank after duke, to own a group or 4 or 5 dutcys". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "what about a chat room on the Web page". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "cuz when feds down we need a place to go". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "how about less build commodities?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes, it won't take so long to build your link". Your comm unit relays a message from Balinbb, "hazed maybe instaed of larger ships there could be an add on cargo hold that costs like 40 megs or somthing". Your comm unit relays a message from Agilder, "Will there be a command to separate bays? In case we add too much?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Slicer, probably. But that's market forces. You get what you pay for.". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "Hazed- Is there any way to promote earlier then 20 days if you already have the need profit". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We plan to put up message boards and a chatroom... but we can't do everything at once :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No, at the moment you can't promote early, you have to wait for the 20 day cycle to end". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "hey hazed, wuts yer favorite food?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jer, "Will we be charged for that chatroom?". Your comm unit relays a message from Merlin, "Hazed I'm wondering how many Baron/esses will pay for Fed with no guarantee of the duke puzz up soon?". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "She already answered that. Yes". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Probably no command to separate bays - but we may put in a command to destroy bays". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Chocolate :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "can this be about anything not just fed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "will you have to be paying to get in to the chat rooms Hazed????". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I don't know, Jer.". Your comm unit relays a message from Evilfreak, "Hazed, I understand that you make the web page, right?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Merlin, we'll have to wait and see". Your comm unit relays a message from Jer, "oh, well i hope not". Your comm unit relays a message from Moki, "in the mean time can we have larger duchies?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I don't know if we will charge for the chatroom". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "Will Icedrake be cutting down on his planet diet when charging starts? :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Merlin, "I agree we need something to deter a lopsided rank system... too many high-ranking players is bad, but not letting Barons promote after months of waiting is just cruel". Your comm unit relays a message from Firemaster, "Hazed, what does it mean if in the WB i get a message saying "movement to spaceship location" ?". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, "james, why not give some others a chance to ask questions, please :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "He'll have to, Krose :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "what about costs for stats?". Your comm unit relays a message from Icedrake, "Hey! I heard that!". Your comm unit relays a message from Evilfreak, "Hazed, I understand that you make the web page, right?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "ok". Your comm unit relays a message from Zzz, "HAZED--should i hang my toilet paper overhand, or underhand?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Firemaster, it probably means you have a movement link between a space location and a ground location". Your comm unit relays a message from Ameoba, "Does IB plan to charge for Groundhogs-Trader's? There will be a major shortage of them soon.". Your comm unit relays a message from Merlin, "I thought it was hell waiting at Explorer to make Squire, but not being able to make Duke for this long... ouch". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes I made the web page". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Whatever takes your fancy, Z". Your comm unit relays a message from Jer, "i think Fed should offer a 30 day free trail for newcomers :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "yeah, hazed, why are there two senators in the game? i heard there used to be that rank after duke". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes, all ranks will be charged for". Your comm unit relays a message from Plboy, "why do we no longer need to log on the page". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "That would not be profitable". Your comm unit relays a message from Firemaster, "Hazed would you please tell me how do I fix it? :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Nice idea Jer but how many of you would set up alts if we did that?". Your comm unit relays a message from Icedrake, "Senators are a special rank that aren't used for people playing the game; Senators are performing specific functions for Federation.". Your comm unit relays a message from Evilfreak, "Hazed, is there anywhere I can send suggestions on the web page?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I changed it so you can read the Fed page without having an account.". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "Just for general thought.. a question is a statement designed to sollicit an intelligent response.. :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "act likes being able to not have an account to read the web page...". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "However I'm going to be over-hauling the web site completely in the next few months, to make it less confusing". Your comm unit relays a message from Emia, "Hazed -- Will there be some kind of directory so we can find out email addresses of other players?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "hazed@ibgames.com - actually it's best to send mail to feedback@ibgames.com". Your comm unit relays a message from Hip, "hazed, can u answer the question with a lil reference, i dont know what u are saying unless i scroll each time to find the question". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No, we will be keeping email addresses confidential. Not everyone wants to receive mail, or to have it known who they are". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, "emia, i think that NOT a good idea...". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I'll try, Hip :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Moki, "will limbo be charged?". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "yes moki..". Your comm unit relays a message from Vrmeyers, "Good question". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "when i use the say command with other people and they talk back to me, sometimes it says "", SMILES (whoever) how do i get my self to smile?". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "Hazed, there was talk of a command to allow PO's to dissolve FO facs on their planets, is that still in the works?". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "will fed put in the duke puzzle the same day they start charging?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "yes Limbo will be charged. If you don't want to sit in limbo, either log off, or use the emergency exit". Your comm unit relays a message from Slicerclone, "Hazed, if the names aren't as obvious as mine, can you know how many alts are on?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "You can make yourself smile when you talk by putting a :) at the end". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "The emergency exit to limbo is SW x3". Your comm unit relays a message from Zzz, "Hazed, why does the Nationalize command appear in the commands list...". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "Hazed who created Fed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "yea, that's another thing, i thought the deport and nationalize commands were going in". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathiscome, "who cares how many alts are on if they pay?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No we can't tell who is an alt of whom unelss the names are obvious, or we know from past experience". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "Alan Lenton". Your comm unit relays a message from Firemaster, "not always admiral :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "Hazed, there was talk of a command to allow PO's to dissolve FO facs on their planets, is that still in the works?". Your comm unit relays a message from Tickenest, "What can a player do if he feels that he's been wrongly charged due to a problem with the server?". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "hazed---are yew going to bring back that factory thing where if yew were on fer 10 hours, after yew left, the facs would operate for 10 hours also?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "The nationalize command is in the commands list because it will be coming... eventually!". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "but you can tell from Email addresses right hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Rpknight, "what kind of ways do you plan on having to earn some free hours and how ill that be credited?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "That's right Death - when we charge, all alts will be paying, so we won't mind". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamestkirk, "what is the nationalize command?". Your comm unit relays a message from Plboy, "what is nationalize mean?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "Hazed- will there be a new fed term when fed starts to charge". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Foam, yes we still plan to give POs a command to get rid of unwanted facial hair... erm.. I mean factories.". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathiscome, "and ya can't tell from e-mail less ya use same one all the time :) I don't". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No we are not going to bring back time in hand". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "sometimes i've seen people get kicked offline or their computer freeze or something, and they stay in fed, will we be charged for that too?". Your comm unit relays a message from Mrstrike, "Hazed, Will FED ever go flatrate?". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "Will Fed ever have a flat rate?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "it happend to me and it repeated what i said last and i got locked". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We'll have lots of ways to earn free time - the weekly events, special contests, Walruses and Carpenters for good planets, a monthly contest on the web site... the free time will be credited to your account for you to use in Fed". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We will put in some kind of time-out so if the game doesn't hear anything from you in a certain length of time, it will disconnect you". Your comm unit relays a message from Poof, "I think you said one day that while macros arent supported by ibgames, it isnt against the rules to use them, is this correct". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "That is correct Poof". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "Hazed-do you think that there will be a major decrease in players when fed charges". Your comm unit relays a message from Spoony, "fed cant go flat. a penny a minute is the minimum they can charge". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "I read before Fed became WebFed that you would be able to buy blocks of time in advance for a flat price. Will we, the paying customers, have that option?". Your comm unit relays a message from Krose, "Will Fed go back to its old AOL amount of players?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "There will definitely be a decrease in the hours everyone spends in Fed. I don't know how much, this is uncharted territory. I don't think we'll lose many players completely.". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathiscome, "gonna bring back fighting in sol :) (has to ask)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hellbug, "Will the Price of Builds go down and or amount of builds go down???". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No there will be no flat rate.". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiraljohn, "Or the time for builds?". Your comm unit relays a message from Wogg, "NEVER, Hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "why is that hazed why not a flat rate?". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiraljohn, "Basically, we'll be paying $2.40 for each build". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No we won't bring back person-to- person fighting in Sol.". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "Hazed already said that time and cost of builds would go down". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "But if anyone wants we can sick Pegasus onto them more often than usual :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Mrstrike, "Hazed-Will FED ever go back to AOL?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "Hazed-I played a game called sub space once and they had a flat rate and the game was much more complex why does fed have to charge by the minute". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "By the way, while you do a build you also do other things I believe... talk, trade, fight, sex, whatever!". Your comm unit relays a message from Jennysstar, "is the event problem going to be fixed? the one where you can't see the descriptions if an event is going on in the same room as you". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "Or fight and have sex at the same time even ... :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Gorgon, "why cant they go flat there are others doing it and they have video". Your comm unit relays a message from Wogg, "What I'm going to do is do a build, and then haul the next build commodities.". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiraljohn, "Hazed, there are many other muds out there, some just as complex if not more than Fed, do you think you'll lose people to those?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "It costs us for every minute you spend in the game. To recoup those costs we can either charge you for the amount of time you use - by the minute - or we can set a flatrate high enough to make it profitable for us even with people spending 24/7". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "in the game". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "hazed can you put a chat room on telnet or not?". Your comm unit relays a message from Wogg, "Such as how much, Hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "You get what you pay for. What more can I say?". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "how high would it be if it were flat rate?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We will be putting a chatroom up". Your comm unit relays a message from Xian, "How about deals like buy 9 blocks of time get one free type stuff?". Your comm unit relays a message from Gigfog, "you could make a time limit hazed....". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I don't know how high it would be - we decided not to do it". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "please don't charge for the chat room...". Your comm unit relays a message from Agilder, "hazed, what kind of chat room? AOL? Telnet? Java?". Your comm unit relays a message from Almandot, "Hazed, I play the fight events a lot, and was wondering something. Say I was in the middle of an event and my credits ran out. Is there something that you'll do to prevent something like this?". Your comm unit relays a message from Agilder, "or do u not know yet?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I don't know what kind of chatroom". Your comm unit relays a message from Wogg, "I also suggested a tiered pricing structure. What did you think of that?". Your comm unit relays a message from Macro, "Will we be charged for the Chat room ?". Your comm unit relays a message from Moki, "will the chatroom be charged as well". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "yes Al, there is something. You can pay attention to how much time you spend in the game, and make sure you don't run out.". Your comm unit relays a message from Coolstuff, "if fed gets popular enough, and has up to 1,000+ players in (if you raise the cap.), can it go flat rate?". Your comm unit relays a message from Gehn, "Hazed, how will the billing work? Will we get sent a bill if we use any more time than what we pay for or will we ont be allowed it?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Guys, we are going to charge an hourly rate, and that's that. It's no use you arguing". Your comm unit relays a message from Wogg, "Hazed-What did you think of my idea for tiered pricing? Where you can buy more hours by how much you buy.". Your comm unit relays a message from Jennysstar, "is the event problem going to be fixed? the one where you can't see the descriptions if an event is going on in the same room as you". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "You will buy time credits, then as you play the game they will be used up. When you use them all up you won't be allowed into the game until you buy some more.". Your comm unit relays a message from Wogg, "For instance, 20 for $12, 50 for $24, 100 for $48". Your comm unit relays a message from Zedan, "Hazed, how does fed plan on marketing itself so as to keep the flow of new players at a constant rate?". Your comm unit relays a message from Adora, "Hazed, could the listing under time, telling us how much time we've been charged, be changed to how much time we have left instead?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We will not be doing tiered pricing - it's an hourly rate, the same for everyone.". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "hazed i think adora has a good idea". Your comm unit relays a message from Magesmiley, "or have it say how much time we have left when we log on?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We have ads starting on... erm.. I can't remember if it's Excite or Netfind! Whichever... in about a month". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Adora, I don't know, I will talk to the programmer and see if that is possible.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hadin, "will there be unlimited monthy pricing ever hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Adora, "It would help us regulate our own time more easdily. ;)". Your comm unit relays a message from Rpknight, "would the chat room also be pay per minute?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "hazed we need a chat room on telnet in like a diffrent port but it will be free". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "The programmer tells me it's not possible for the game to tell you how many time credits you have left - you'll have to check the web page to see that information". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "will there be one like that?". Your comm unit relays a message from Xian, "Can we get free time for getting other to play fed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Valdemon, "60 cents an hour is really a cheap price, dont complain". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I don't know if the chat room will be free or charged.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We will be setting up some kind of buddy system so you get credits if you introduce a friend". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "will it be on the home page or telnet?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "You'll be able to look at your full billing history on the web site.". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "i agree 1 a penny a minute is not bad at all-penny for your thoughts?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "For the last time, I DON'T KNOW what kind of chat room it will be!!". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "will new players get a free trial period?". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "When will the chargin start?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We won't give new players a free trial but we will be looking at some way to let them into the game as guests so they take a look around". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "like a couple hours free?". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, "bobby, mid-feb, read sundays news..". Your comm unit relays a message from Uniquette, "Hazed if time remaining in our account is listed at the website, will that be updated once a day or per session or how?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Charging will start some time in mid- Feb". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "If we gave free time to all nebods, how many alts do you think would get set up :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "hazed-when will you update the whats- new and the fed news?". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiraljohn, "Hazed, what's your favorite color?". Your comm unit relays a message from Macro, "Is Fed going to stay in Telnet ? or are there plans to evolve it to Java/Web fed as originally planned ?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jamesbond, "nice one uni". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "As it's used - you will keep refreshing the page to see the up to date figures.". Your comm unit relays a message from Xian, "You should get until you make commander free just so people can see what it is like.". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "well like you guys could set it up so they have a certian number of hours like 2 or 1 or soemting like that..". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "Will it crash this much when you have to pay?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Fed News gets updated every week on Sundays. What's New gets updated whenever there's anything new. It's about 2 days old now I think.". Your comm unit relays a message from Marble, "So it is updated Realtime Hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jennysstar, "is the event problem going to be fixed? the one where you can't see the descriptions if an event is going on in the same room as you. sorry for asking again but I never saw an answer". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "If you are seeing older versions you need to REFRESH or RELOAD the page". Your comm unit relays a message from Foamfollower, "Hazed, RE: MARTIAN INVASION, you originally said the playing field would be level fro all Dukes/Duchesses, and security is still dependant upon POP, is that still the plan? To make all duchies, even the new ones equally secure?". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "thnaks hazed". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "yes, the billing history will be updated realtime". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Bobbyr, I hope Fed won't crash much at all :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Jackyl, "hazed-could you explain the martian invasion thing". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "The Martian Invasion is a long way down the line and we haven't designed it yet so no, I can't give you any details now". Your comm unit relays a message from Pppme, "Hazed is there any salt in the rumor that your getting married?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "None whatsoever. I am allergic to marriage. Surely you've noticed I never go to weddings". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "The Martian Invasion has been in the planning since the original Fed days way back on AOL in 1993". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, "hazed, once, you made mention that security builds would be useful, is it going to be used to counter-act the martian invastoin or something else :)?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hyperboy, "Are there going to be new rank requirements and, if so, when will they be put into effect?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Fed was not on AOL in 1993 - it came to AOL in Spring 1995 :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Probably to counteract the Martian Invasion". Your comm unit relays a message from Marble, "Secruity builda counteract Disaproval". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, ":) ok, so they WILL be useful... thanks :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "why are there so many planets in SOL?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We will be lowering most promotion requirements, they will go into effect when we start to charge, details will be in the news before then". Your comm unit relays a message from Ameoba, "What online service did fed originally begin on?". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "That's right, it was on Genie". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Reader, you might as well ask, why are there so many stars in the sky!". Your comm unit relays a message from Blueblaze, "i'm sure this has allready been asked .is there a way to earn free time and how?sorry late comer.:)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Fed was originally on a network in the UK called Compunet. Almost exactly 10 years ago :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Ddaaff, "hazed once charging starts, will fed still be shutting down at 7 in the morning?". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "Why do you have to wait two cycle to promote to GM even if you have enough to promote in the first cycle". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "okay why are there so may stars in the sky? (just a rhetorical question)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We will be awarding free time for various things - weekly events, special promotions, planet reviews, there'll be a monthly contest on the web site, and so on". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Bobbyr - Because :0". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Any more questions, or shall I wrap this up?". Your comm unit relays a message from Zedan, "How much longer will JP's be glorified merchants? in other words, will Snark ever be reinstituted as an obstacle to advancement to GM, and if so - when? ;)". Your comm unit relays a message from Almandot, "Was the events question answered?". Your comm unit relays a message from Marble, "How did you get through this Hazed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Xian, "Did we get an answer to the question about a mac version of the client?". Your comm unit relays a message from Ddaaff, "hazed once charging starts, will fed still be shutting down at 7 in the morning?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Snark Puzzle will not be put back as a promotion requirement". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "It's a good job I can type fast :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We don't have any immediate plans to do a Mac version of FedTerm - given the state of Apple at the moment we just can't justify putting in the resources". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "Hazed do you ever get on fed besides to do things like this????". Your comm unit relays a message from Ddaaff, "hazed once charging starts, will fed still be shutting down at 7 in the morning?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Because we don't want bigger ships". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I prop up bars a lot :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Almandot, "Hazed will the problem with descriptions in events not showing be fixed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Sweet, that will get better when the Duke puzzle goes back in". Your comm unit relays a message from Xian, "Did we get an answer to the question about a mac version of Fedterm?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Alm, that's on the list of bugs to fix but I gather from Crypto that it's a tough one :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "well i never see ya i think ya should get on a lot..especialy at night...". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Yes youdid Xian - scroll up!". Your comm unit relays a message from Ddaaff, "hazed is there going to be a bay subtraction command". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Timezones make that difficult - right now for me it's gone midnight". Your comm unit relays a message from Sllimj, "So I'm not the only one with an EVENT problem, I'm relieved". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Probably not, but we may give you a command to destory bays". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "Is it FOR SURE it will cost to play in Mid-Feb?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "London". Your comm unit relays a message from Ddaaff, "hazed once charging starts, will fed still be shutting down at 7 in the morning?". Your comm unit relays a message from Ladyhawk, "When will the Snark Puzzle be fixed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "That's London, England". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "Add anti to it". Your comm unit relays a message from Zedan, "Are there any plans at all then to have another puzzle in the game -as an obstacle to advancement- besides the Duke puzzle?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Well right now it shuts down at 8 in the morning not 7 :) That will probably continue". Your comm unit relays a message from Slicer, "Umm.. don't we already -have- a command to destroy bays, called Fetch?". Your comm unit relays a message from Valdemon, "can the add command be modified to work on ship bays?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "No Zedan - it wouldn't take long for the answer to become public knowledge, as happened with the Snark puzzle, and then it be worthless". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "you should get on around 7 8 or even 9 in the morenign your time hazed..". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Well I don't generally get up till 10". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "demi-Goddesses work late and sleep late :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Ladyhawk, "Speaking of snark! ****** When will the snark puzzle be fixed?******". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "LOL-that's what happens when your the CEO". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "::would love to learn more about hazed..:::". Your comm unit relays a message from Ameoba, "A build which affects Agricultural commodites would be nice :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "For me, this is being at work!!". Your comm unit relays a message from Blaze, "::glares at Death:: What? And cut into my all-nighters??". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Snark puzzle will be fixed... soon! It's on the list of stuff to do - that mythical list I keep talking about". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "So you get paid to answer questions?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Well it is part of my job. My actual title is Director of Game Management. Which means I am in charge of every aspect of the day to day running of the game, outside of technical stuff.". Your comm unit relays a message from Slicerclone, "When you say "soon", do you mean in normal human time, or sequoia time?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I am also CEO of the company, so when people say "call her goddess" they mean it :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Soon in Rigellian time.". Your comm unit relays a message from Rpknight, "Hazed, you mentioned something about Fed records, a few months back, and posting them in the news. Is that still in the works?". Your comm unit relays a message from Magesmiley, "so what is currently top priority on the to be fixed list after the charging stuff?". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "Is fed charging FOR SURE in mid- February?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I don't know Knight, you'll have to ask Uni - she's the News Editor". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Duke puzzle is top priority". Your comm unit relays a message from Icedog, "whens the duke puzzle gonna be fixed??? before or after we get charged.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I am not going to say anything is FOR SURE - you know my record on making those kind of definite predictions :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Duke puzzle is top of the list after we get all the charging stuff sorted". Your comm unit relays a message from Readerboy, "Hazed and for sure? What a combo... ". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "hazed when will there be another thing like this to ask you questions..is there any date soon before charging??". Your comm unit relays a message from Plboy, "any ting in fed for sure? must be a newbod". Your comm unit relays a message from Uniquette, "Record keeping will start as soon as Fed starts charging.". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "yes, it will be AFTER we start to charge.". Your comm unit relays a message from Zedan, "Will there be any changes to any aspects of the duke puzzle? :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Blaze, "Hazed, any plans to go back to 15- planets-per-duchy once the universe rebalances?". Your comm unit relays a message from Blueblaze, "hazed or anyone else.where can i get a list of the events for the free time?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I will have another one of these things a few days before we start to charge". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "hazed when the chat room comes in to affect wil you pop in there?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I don't know Blaze, let's wait and see". Your comm unit relays a message from Juellippa, "Will those of us who missed the snark have a chance at it?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "What free time will be awarded for events hasn't been published yet. Wait till we start to charge". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Death, I don't know". Your comm unit relays a message from Ddaaff, "what happened to Alan Lenton, does he still work on fed?... does he play?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Snark will be fixed and put back in the game - but not as a promotion requirement - so anyone can do it if they wish". Your comm unit relays a message from Freakgod, "Hazed is Ming your or Bellas alt?". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, "ddaaff, alan is Bella :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Alan is still here :)". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Ming is the Emperor of the Galaxy!". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "Is he your son?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Is who my son?". Your comm unit relays a message from Freakgod, "Ok, are you are Bella Mings alt?". Your comm unit relays a message from Icedog, "ok better question.. who is ming in rl?". Your comm unit relays a message from Admiralsisko, "Ming". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "I am the demi-Goddess, I am nobody's alt". Your comm unit relays a message from Smurfy, "hazed, i saw ming in fed once.... is he/she an actual person that works at IB Games?". Your comm unit relays a message from Peggysus, "Bella, Ming, Hazed... all the same person? That's a joke!". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Are you implying I'm old enuff to be Ming's mother? Humph!". Your comm unit relays a message from Zedan, "And how does L. Ron Hubbard fit into all this?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "Ming is the Emperor of the Galaxy. That's all anyone knows.". Your comm unit relays a message from Deathwalker, "::doesn't think hazed is that old::". Your comm unit relays a message from Bobbyr, "HOw many people are there that actually program fed?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "As opposed to virtually programming it?". Your comm unit relays a message from Icedog, "what exactly did you do when ya closed fed down for a day?". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "We put in new code, new database, and new web stuff - all in prepartion for charging". Your comm unit relays a message from Hazed, "And that's it! Thank you all for coming. I will post a log of this on the web page ina few days". PRESS THE BACK BUTTON IN YOUR BROWSER TO RETURN TO THE ODDS AND ENDS PAGE