Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 9 – 31st March 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 9 - 31st Month 2004

Contents

1. Introduction
2. News
3. Upcoming Events
4. Help Wanted
5. Help Offered
6. Useful Links
7. Acronym Buster
8. Messages
9. Feedback

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1. Introduction

Another Wednesday arrives - and another quiet week on EQ in terms of play time, and a busy patch period means there's not much to talk about again. Hopefully Sony are nailing the graphics problems one at a time, and those of you struggling to get into the game will be ok and back with us soon.

Normally, I'd keep this bit for the news section, or the links section, but I know how much pink buff icons can injure the eyes - if your buff icons are pink - check out this link www.eqgui.com/showthread....genumber=1 for the fix (although suggestion is that it's been fixed already by Sony so you may not need it).

No one replied with anything about their favourite zone, so I guess we'll drop that idea.

Anyway, on with the content.

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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2. News

DING! Glaeken dinged 65 - grats Glae.

[Know someone who dinged something significant? Let me know - I'm not always on (no, honestly) so sometimes don't get to see dingage]

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3. Upcoming Events

PoH - Zashir is running a PoH raid - meet at PoK port in - Meeting time: 7pm PST Monday, April 5

Chardok - Belkhanu is trying again (and now has all the shards, so let's make this work) - Raid is leaving the OT stone in PoK at 10am AST / 11pm PST / 2pm EST / 8pm BST on Sat 3rd April.

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4. Help Wanted

None this week.

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5. Help Offered

None this week.

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6. Useful Links

Sony have increased the number of messages boards on their site (after closing them all done a little while back). You can check out their class based, server based and other message boards here - eqforums.station.sony.com/eq

Playing a Necro? Want to find out more? Check out this Necro class based website - necro.eqclasses.com/forum/default.asp

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

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7. Acronym Buster

I'm working on it - honest.

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8. Messages

No body wanted to say anything.

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9. Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 8 – 24th March 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 8 - 24th March 2004

Contents

1. Introduction
2. News
3. Upcoming Events
4. Help Wanted
5. Help Offered
6. Useful Links
7. Acronym Buster
8. Messages
9. Feedback

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1. Introduction

Another week on, more levels gained, more mobs whacked, more corpses summoned, and rumours of WoW on the horizon. I was on holiday last week, and conseqently played a hell of a lot of EQ, even if I did spend most of it sitting around doing nothing, sadly back to work this week, so less EQ and more real life for me.

I was thinking about another section in future newsletters, called 'Favourite Zones', which is about your favourite zones, and why :) Feel free to send a few lines about your favourite EQ zone, whether current (i.e. somewhere you hunt now) or past (somewhere you hunted and have fond memories of). Just send them to this e-mail address tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk

Major patch on EQ yesterday, very long outage, and you're now required to have DirectX9 to play the game.

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.


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2. News

Chardok Rampage - well it was an event to remember. The Troop took on Chardok, to get Belkhanu's epic drop. We didn't get it - but we did have 8 hours of fun, two corpse runs, and some memorable moments. We averaged about 6 mobs in the camp at any one time, got lost twice, went hunting for auto-follow-corpses a few times, picked up some weird aggro, and wiped twice. But boy it was fun. We also got a bunch of spells, research words and various bits of mid-level loot. Thanks to everyone who came and stayed relaxed.

DING! - Famanes hit 60 this week, congratulations!

[Know someone who dinged something significant? Let me know - I'm not always on (no, honestly) so sometimes don't get to see dingage]

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3. Upcoming Events

Return of the (Over)King - Saturday 3 April - 11am AST/12pm PST/3pm EST/8pm GMT - Chardok Revenge for Belkhanu's Epic drop. The time stated is when the raid will leave the OT stone in PoK to make their way to Chardok, so if you're coming along, be there about 15 minutes before that please. We had a blast last time, should be a fun outing - sign up here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=171.topic

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4. Help Wanted

Anyone need any help?

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5. Help Offered

Anyone offering any help?

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6. Useful Links

Content in the Tome of Knowledge continues to grow, I urge you to take a look pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm20

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

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7. Acronym Buster

More soon (when I get around to it!)

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8. Messages

None this week :) It's been quiet.

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9. Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 7 – 17th March 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 7 - 17th March 2004

Contents

Introduction
News
Upcoming Events
Help Wanted
Useful Links
Messages
Feedback

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Introduction

Well, it's Thursday 11th march, and I'm already working on the newsletter for this coming Wednesday 17th, plenty of news already (dings and right-click action), and hopefully more to come with a HoT raid scheduled between the last newsletter and this one.

The guild seems to have jumped a hurdle of some kind - suddenly people are breaking the 60 barrier left-right-and-centre, we've epic'ed four (five?) clerics in less than that number of weeks. The mobs in HoT suddenly became trash mobs after only a second raid and we wanted to know where the named were. It's like a watershed.It's not easy levelling characters in EQ, no matter what some folk say. It's certainly not easy doing it while running a home or holding a job down. Sometimes it's a chore, sometimes a joy, and most often a mix of the two things. I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate anyone who ever dings any level in EQ, they're all fantastic achievements. Hitting 65 might be magic, but hitting 2 for the first time was just as fun. Keep it up folks - we're climbing quick let's stick together, support each other and get ready for the plunge into new content.

One thing I wondered about - did we want to invite members of the Lightkeepers of Gaia into the list for the newsletter, it would allow them to keep up-to-date on our raiding schedule?

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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News

DING! Sileldar dinged 60 about 10 days ago, sorry for the late grats, but here they are - GRATS :) Thorix hit the magic 60 as well, and is way on his way to 62 by the time you read this, grats Dye Pimp.

CLICK CLICK - Another epic cleric in the guild - grats to Thorix on his Watersprinkler - at this rate we're gonna need sandbags to protect us from the flood ;) Grats Thorix.

DKP - The officers have posted the DKP system to the board, here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...208.topic, and are asking for your comments on it here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=209.topic - please go and read both and take part, your views are important.

Gone and Come - everyone please welcome Krokker back into the family :) Welcome back O' Lucky Frog.

HoT - The troop raided the Halls of Testing, and got one leather, one plate and one chain drop (no silk you note), DKP was in place, and the kills went well, although time was a factor in the end. Another solid performance with a mixture of different folk from the normal raid turnout, which was nice. More soon hopefully.

Elemental Down! - Ixiblat Fer did the deed and died for us (eventually) giving Belkhanu another step in his epic. Some screen shots of him in here - www.darkstorm.co.uk/galle...me=album07

Yes Maam - Serayus has posted the latest list of TNT Officers on the boards, you can check that out here - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=202.topic - but in summary, (where A is active, and M is missing in action), Belkhanu (A) - Raid Leader, Chillek (M), Deerrunner (A), Eloina (A) - Raid Leader, Elorana (A) - Assistant Guild Leader (Creator of Guild), Frappo (A) - Assistant Guild leader, Fuzzybutz (M), Leafia (A), Moonebeam (A), Rifraf (A), Serayus (A) - Guild Leader, Skollin (A)

5 Years of EQ - Everquest is five years old, and Sony are running several GM events (duration unknown). There are regular skeleton attacks on newbie zones, during the night-time hours, with commanders and other mobs dropping reasonable loot, there are Fabled versions of well-known named mobs spawning and dropping some very nice loot, and there's an ongoing scavenger hunt.

Congratulations to Moonebeam, Teeliana, Babybleu, Krokker, Nevarre, Andlin on getting their Staves and solving the quest. Full details of the quest (spoilers included) can be found here on Allah - everquest.allakhazam.com/...quest=2850 - if you don't want the spoilers, go to your home town and await a message
........

Congratulations to Vaanen of LoG who won a Fabled Robe of the Ishva in Split Paw - lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=68233

Congratulations to Gnomtrix who won a Bile Stained Robe during a GM event the previous day - lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=26528

[Know someone who dinged something significant? Let me know - I'm not always on (no, honestly) so sometimes don't get to see dingage]

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Upcoming Events

Chardok - Belkhanu invites everyone to a Chardok picnic and Overking Bash. Saturday 20th March is the day and the start time is 11am AST/12pm PST/3pm EST/8pm GMT. More details here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=166.topic

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Help Wanted

Read it in the runes - Laanyan is still looking for some runes - more details here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...D=25.topic let him know if you find them.

Spellerific - Moonebeam is searching for the following 63rd level Druid spells - E'ci's Frosty Breath, Blessing of Replenishment, Nature's Infusion

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Useful Links

Learnin' - TNT has added a new section to the boards, where folk may pass on what they have learned, take a chance to take a read - it's good stuff - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm20

Roster - Torelian has worked his shiny metal butt off and got a roster on-line, along with DKP information - you can check it all out here trulynaughtytroop.eqguild...ustom.html

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

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Messages

Leaflighter asked me to include this,

I would like to give credit to the people who have come up with UI ideas these last few weeks. As well as to note the artists I ripped off making them.

TnT inventory 1 (darkwood with gold trim)
TnT inventory 2 (red theme, three nudie ladies, Boris Vallejo artwork)
TnT inventory 3 (red theme, four dudes, Boris artwork)
TnT inventory 4 (Boris's Psylocke, w/fake 'underpants' & 'tonguering' slots') "The Dominatrix"
idea by Belligerant
TnT Necro inventory (grey toned, dripping blood)
TnT Druid inventory (Tokien's Tree of the High Elves)
requested by Zyzyx
TnT spellbook 1 (darkwood with gold trim)
TnT spellbook 2 (red theme, with long haired nude at the top)
made for Torelain
TnT spellbook 3 (grey toned, bigbook with diamond buttons)
TnT Duid spellbook (two ithildin Trees appearing)
requested by Moonebeam
TnT Necro spellbook (gravestone grey with horned skull)
The TnT "Spank Me!" targetring v1
Idea by Kishere
The TnT "Spank Me!" targetring v2 (symetrical)
requested by Occaul

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Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 6 – 10th March 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 6 - 10th March 2004

Contents

Introduction
News
Upcoming Events
Help Wanted
Help Offered
Useful Links
Acronym Buster
Feedback

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Introduction

Two weeks in to March, and the 6th regular weekly TNT newsletter. Plenty of activity on the boards this week, some of it calm, some of it not calm (and some of that my fault). I try and catch everything I see on the boards to include in here, but don't always manage that. Feel free to send me anything you want including. Short one this week.

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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News

DING! Snowfyre, oldest of Maeven's characters finally hit the magic FIVE ZERO - grats! Chanticlair has hit the big SIX ZERO - congratulations Chanti :)

(corrected)
H4t3 - TNT went to the Plane of Hate and wiped the floor with a bunch of mobs. Sounds like it went well and was pretty easy. More fun to come according to the raid leader. Frappo took some pictures, www.infoloco.com/gallery/album66

Not the plane of Fear as I originally wrote. Considering I did two ports up with the raiders (along with Montigo) you'd think I'd know where I'd been.

DKP - The officers have posted the DKP system to the board, here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...208.topic, and are asking for your comments on it here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=209.topic - please go and read both and take part, your views are important.

[Know someone who dinged something significant? Let me know - I'm not always on (no, honestly) so sometimes don't get to see dingage]

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Upcoming Events

March 12th is HoT - another raid on those pesky dragons. 12th March, meet in ToV at 2pm AST/3pm PST/11pm GMT/9am (Sat) AusEST. Hopefully you can make it, if so, get more DKP by signing up on the board - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=162.topic

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Help Wanted

Read it in the runes - Laanyan is still looking for some runes - more details here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...D=25.topic let him know if you find them.

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Help Offered

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Useful Links

Not Alone - we're not alone folks, the Lightkeepers of Gaia are our allies, why not check out their EZBoard - pub50.ezboard.com/blightkeepersofgaia

Roster - Torelian has worked his shiny metal butt off and got a roster on-line, along with DKP information - you can check it all out here trulynaughtytroop.eqguild...ustom.html

Desks - Leaflighter wants to know what your desk looks like, but so far, only he has been brave enough to post a pic - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=211.topic

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

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Acronym Buster

A partial collection of acronyms that may or may not help you get through your EQ time. Some of these vary per server, and some of them vary in understanding even on the same server, let me know if you have any others.

Firstly - EQ expansions,

RoK - Ruins of Kunark
SoV - Scars of Velious
SoL - Shadows of Lucling
LoY - Legacy of Ykesha
LDoN - Lost Dungeons of Norrath
GoD - Gates of Discord

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Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 5 – 3rd March 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 5 - 3rd March 2004

Contents

Introduction
News
Upcoming Events
Help Wanted
Help Offered
Useful Links
Feedback

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Introduction

So, another Wednesday arrives, another newsletter is born, and it's gonna be a big un. It's been a bad EQ week for connectivity, some lengthy outages, problems with the patch server, international network connectivity causing problems, and the odd zone crash, but addicts don't let those small issues get in there way, and there were still plenty of you on-line, don't pretend otherwise, I saw you ;)

This is our 5th newsletter, so they've been going for just over a month. I'm keen to find out if you think they're worth continuing, or if I should just put up my electronic pen and do something else at work on Wednesday lunchtimes. Let me know - replying to the newsletter e-mail is as good a way as any. You don't need to say much, just 'shut up' or 'keep going' would do. Any feedback appreciated.

We have 47 readers now taking the mailing list, which is cool. If we each have 8.5 characters in the guild, then everyone in the guild is reading the newsletter, if not, then some people still aren't subscribed, if you know someone who isn't, then let them know :)

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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News

EPIC! - we have Epic clerics forming queues now! Orth got his clicky and has been asking people to die for a week so he can use it, and Nevina got hers as well. I've helped kill Ragefire (both forms) 3 times now, and he really is a gimp - I know now why people say he no longer drops the CoF. Grats to both of you, and good luck to Sileldar who's now very close. I got a screenshot from one of Ragefire's deaths - which you can gaze at here - www.darkstorm.co.uk/galle...ragefire_1

Chardok - of course, in order to get those epics, TNT had to take out the King in Chardok again a couple of times, and by all reports, it was a good raid, and the king obliged twice, leading to Nevina getting her epic and Sil being able to get closer to his. I hear Thorix picked up a pretty 1HB of some kind, grats Thorix.

Ding! - Grats to Deerrunner who hit the magic 60, and is now I believe at the slightly more magic 61. One more level and we'll have another BoT capable slower. Grats Deer - keep up the good work. Also, congratulations to our latest Lord Protector - Lyhom dinged 65 today!

HoT Rocked - TNT took time out of it's messing about to go and kick some Dragon ass in HoT. Considering it was the second full raid that TNT has carried out in HoT, it was amazingly successful. Some loot dropped, lots of dragons died, and we only suffered one bout of deaths (6 I think) when one of the gits gated. Recovery was swift, and revenge was swifter and deadly. I managed to get some screenshots of the raid this time, and you can check them all out here - www.darkstorm.co.uk/galle...e=album09.

/wave - Ganaye has decided that life in the 50's isn't fun, and is dedicating more time to real life, promising to be on every now and then with a lowbie alt - full post is here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...D=93.topic

Hmm, upgrades - Congrats go to Rifraf who managed to lose a /random and got promoted to guild officer status. Must have been a sucky roll ;o)

Gone and Come - Kishere came back to the guild after a short departure - she doesn't read the newsletter (she reads the boards instead) - so we should start up a gossip section about her soon ;) (Several people have left and come back recently, including me, but rather than repeat them all, I thought I'd just start with those that did so recently).

[Know someone who dinged something significant? Let me know - I'm not always on (no, honestly) so sometimes don't get to see dingage]

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Upcoming Events

Love 'n Hate - Plane of Hate Sunday March 7th - Meeting time: 2pm AST/3pm PST/7pm EST/11pm GMT/9am MONDAY Australian time - come along and learn to love hate, full details of the raid are here - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=153.topic

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Help Wanted

A Rune, a rune, my kigdom for a rune - Laanyan is searching for some runes, zephyr, synergy, tempest, impulse (sounds more like a range of perfumes!), full post is here if you can help pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...D=25.topic

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Help Offered

UI Fun - Leaflighter is still offering to do some UI mods for the TNT guys - check out the post here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=200.topic visit his website and provide feedback.

Don't be so Idol - Serayus is seeking help to kill some giant clerics - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=157.topic - and needs help getting his last idol.

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Useful Links

Camera Never Lies eh? - Izaeldore (Delevish in TNT) wants to know what you look like - check out the link and post your picture if you dare - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=193.topic

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

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Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 4 – 25th February 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 4 - 25th February 2004

Contents

Introduction
News
Upcoming Events
Help Wanted
Help Offered
Useful Links
Feedback

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Introduction

Welcome to the fourth edition of the TNT Newsletter. Is anyone still reading? Is it covering what you need/want to know, or is it just a waste of electrons? Even shorter this week, as news is getting a bit thin on the ground. Next we, hopefully, we'll have some raid reports for you. Anyway, on with the meat.

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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News

EPIC! - Serayus is now the proud owner of the Cleric Epic - congratulations from everyone in the guild, and thanks to everyone who killed Ragefire.

Did we mention Serayus got his epic?

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Upcoming Events

HoT HoT HoT - Saturday 28th February TNT Raid HoT for the second time. Gathering at Tower of Veeshan 11am AST/12pm PST/8pm GMT. There are level/faction restrictions and resist recommendations for this raid - please check out the board posting - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=150.topic - you must be non-KOS to CoV to attend this raid. Ask in guild chat if you need help with faction. HoT loot rocks - so please come along if you can.

Chardok Revenge - Sileldar is trying for his epic piece in Chardok again this coming weekend, full details can be found here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=152.topic

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Help Wanted

Anyone need any help? Anything? Anyone?

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Help Offered

Cleric Crown Turn-in Offer - Annalyse is offering assistance with this turn-in, she has the crown, you have to meet her exacting standards ;) Check out this link, pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=199.topic

Priest Spells - you a priest class? found that your high level spells can be researched as well as dropped? don't know anyone who can research them for you? Esmerlis can! Other folk in the guild also have high research skills. So, feel free to contact Esmerlis (or more often, Gnomtrix), and ask about research combines - you bring the stuff and with any luck you can get your spell. (Don't forget, as with all tradeskills combines, failures are inevitable)

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Useful Links

LDoN Loot - there are a couple of LDoN loot search engines out and about on the web, but the one hosted at EQ Diva seems like the best by far. It allows you to search for both dropped, and purchased LDoN loot - check it out - www.eqdiva.com/eq/items/LDoN.aspx

Music to your Ears - speaking of bards, and EQ Diva, which we kind of weren't, www.eqdiva.com is an excellent resource generally if you're thinking of taking up RSI as a hobby and playing a bard.

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

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Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 3 – 18th February 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 3 - 18th February 2004

Contents

Introduction
News
Upcoming Events
Help Wanted
Useful Links
Feedback

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Introduction

And from the mist came a white glow.

Bobbing, gently, without caution or concern.

A message, from beyond the boards, the 3rd TNT Newsletter is here. (short one this week)

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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News

DING DING - Both Torelian and Belkhanu have hit the magic 62, granting them access to the Bastion of Thunder and the Halls of Honor (sic). Grats you two.

Raid Loot - the guild's officers are reviewing the loot strategy during raids, and are suggesting a move towards a DKP system. Constructive feedback on this direction is always welcome, please head along to the boards and take the time to take part - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=190.topic

Behave! - Eloina took the time to remind us about the guild's charter, specifically the section on respect. Serayus followed that up with the following quote from the charter,

        Respect: Hands-down, the single most important thing.
        Treat everyone in the game with the respect you'd like to be shown.

the full thread can be found here, pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=192.topic

Gates of Discord UK - Occaul posted to let folk know that the Gates of Discord is now out in the UK, priced 9.99 pounds at play.com

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Upcoming Events

Picnic - Taamar is planning a Shadow Shifters Memorial Picnic - at the moment she's just gathering ideas and times, so pop along and let her know - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=146.topic

Chardok - Laanyan is running a Chardok raid, the main aim being an epic piece for Sileldar, full details of the raid (which is this coming weekend) can be found here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=148.topic

Dark Elf Corrupter - Zyzyx is looking for help to take out the corrupter, on Sunday 22nd at 11am EST - full details in this thread pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=124.topic

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Help Wanted

Auby is after assistance setting up a Plane of Fear raid - check it out here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=145.topic

Taamar is looking to sort out a Plane of Hate raid - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=137.topic

Serayus is putting a spell check list together - bug him about it in this posting pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=185.topic

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Useful Links

Gone Berserk? Then check out www.goberserker.com - new site, so not full of info, but seems to be a nice gathering point for berserker info.

If you undertake any tradeskills, you just must hang out here - www.eqtraders.com - *the* best tradeskill information anywhere on the web. They suffered a hard disk crash a while back and LDoN recipes got lost, but they're being added back in. Join up, take part, improve the information, and help all tradeskillers.

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

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Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 2 – 11th February 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 2 - 11th February 2004

Contents

Introduction
News
Upcoming Events
Help Wanted
Useful Links
Feedback

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Introduction

And so a bright new light dawns over the second edition of the TNT Newsletter. Thanks to those of you who've stuck with us over the last edition and welcome to those of you who are new to this, the sparkling new 2nd edition. The plan is to send one of these out each week, on Wednesdays, containing any news about the guild. If there's not much news, it'll be a short one. Wednesday seems a good day, since it can help you catch up on any activity over the last weekend, and prepared you for anything coming up next weekend.

The newsletter is not a replacement for the board, and more often than not will just summarise something and provide a link - so, go sign up and take part - pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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News

More levelling goodness - Teiry hit the magic 65 last week, grats Teiry, meanwhile the guild gained it's latest 60th level character when Belkhanu dinged 60, grats Belk.

400's the Magic Number - as Serayus explained in this post (pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...187.topic) the guild has exceeded more than 400 characters (including alts) for the first time since it was created. Yay us. He doesn't mention that most of those are his, Moone's and Frappo's ;)

Gates of Discord is out - as if you hadn't noticed. Also, by the time you read this, the new tradeskill UI should be live (yay), the casino is back (er perhaps yay), and 'Zerkers are wandering the land. Why not post your first GoD experiences on the board (assuming you got the expansion).

I've been to a couple or three of the GoD zones, and took some screen shots (these are from the next zone on from Natimbi, I can't recall the name!), www.darkstorm.co.uk/galle...me=album06 Reports suggest the mobs hit for around 500 and are about the same toughness as PoV mobs. Every mob in those screenshots was dark blue at level 65.

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Upcoming Events

Plane of Sky (PoS / Plane of Air)
Torelian has scheduled a raid on the Plane of Sky for Friday 13th February. No detailed information as yet, but Tore has said he'll be updating the post soon - here's a link to the raid posting itself - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=144.topic

The Hole!
There are rumours starting of a TNT raid to the Hole! Check out the info here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=143.topic

Picnic - Taamar is planning a Shadow Shifters Memorial Picnic - at the moment she's just gathering ideas and times, so pop along and let her know - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=146.topic

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Help Wanted

Auby is after assistance setting up a Plane of Fear raid - check it out here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=145.topic

Taamar is looking to sort out a Plane of Hate raid - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=137.topic

Serayus is putting a spell check list together - bug him about it in this posting pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=185.topic

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Useful Links

Missed the previous edition of this newsletter? Deleted it and want to read it again (to assist with getting to sleep perhaps?), check out the previous editions here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...troopfrm19 thanks to the Keeper of the Boards.

Strapped for cash? Again? Where does it all go? Well, Eloina wrote an excellent post on the boards covering how to earn a little bit of cash on the side. This won't make you a million plat, but it will help cover your outgoings, buy your spells and get you some upgrades or resist gear - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=142.topic

Torv boards - some people may consider this link useful, some might consider it the cesspit of the 'net, but here you go - pub173.ezboard.com/btorvboard - that's the location of the semi-official Torv boards. Sometimes there's something useful, mostly it's retirement messages and flames, caution is advised. Oh, and wear your flack jacket.

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Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.

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Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter – Edition 1 – 4th February 2004

These posts are archives of forum / blog entries I made on my EverQuest guild website. The website won’t be around forever, and I wanted the posts all in one place so I didn’t lose them, this blog seemed like as good a place as any.


Truly Naughty Troop Newsletter - Edition 1 - 4th February 2004

Contents

Introduction
News
Upcoming Events
Help Wanted
Useful Links
Feedback

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Introduction

Welcome to the first TNT Newsletter. Not all of our members have web access as often as others, and for some people, the EZBoard site isn't easy to visit regularly. The aim of this newsletter is to provide a summary of what's been going on in the guild over the last week, point out any upcoming events, and post links to useful information. It isn't intended to replace the EZBoard forum, and you are still strongly encouraged to visit and sign up to the boards (pub21.ezboard.com/btrulynaughtytroop).

You've already signed up to get the newsletter, obviously ;) , but I'd like to encourage you to get your guild-mates to sign up as well. The more folk signed up the better. E-mail addresses will be kept private, and will only be used to send out this newsletter on a weekly basis, so it's safe to sign up. Spread the word!

If you feel like contributing something to the newsletter, or have any feedback on it, please drop me a mail at tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk and I'll see what I can do.

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News

Chardok Fun and Cleric Epics - TNT carried out their first raid to the Overseer King in Chardok (with the help of one or two friends). For a first raid against the King it went well, and two clerics (Orth and Serayus) are a step closer to their epics. The fighting was scrappy and there was one wipe with a long CR, but we still dropped the king twice, and we still kicked their asses. Next time we'll be more focussed (repeat that mantra!)

TNT folk have been levelling like crazy :) Every level is sweet, but some sweeter than others. Krokker hits 60 :) Congratulations to the latest TNT member to hit the 60 mark. Echinaccea hits 65 :) Congratulations to the latest TNT member to hi 65 :) Earlier in the month, Torelian made 60 (and more ....) - congrats Torelian.

Not really news, not really a useful link, so I'll drop it in here. On two of the Kael raids, towards the end, I took some screenshots of the Troop in action, you can find them all here - www.darkstorm.co.uk/galle...me=album01 and here www.darkstorm.co.uk/galle...me=album05

I did try to take some shots during the HoT raid, but there was never a good time - boring without any mobs present, and far too busy while they were there - perhaps another time when we have more folk and I can stop the DPS for short while.

Duplicate Spells - you only have until the 8th of February to claim the duplicate spells that Moonebeam has posted on the board - you can find the full list here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=181.topic but some highlights, Improved Invisibility, Call of Earth, Tears of Druzzil, Bristlebane.s Bundle, Splurt, and many others. Head along to that posting and claim those spells before they go to a vendor. Only four days left - hurry.

Leaflighter is a new addition to the guild, but he has already worked on some nice UI changes with TNT in mind, you can check out his work here users.hcis.net/parisforge/Leaf.htm.

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Upcoming Events

Plane of Sky (PoS / Plane of Air)
Torelian has scheduled a raid on the Plane of Sky for Friday 13th February. No detailed information as yet, but Tore has said he'll be updating the post soon - here's a link to the raid posting itself - pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=144.topic

Halls of Testing (HoT)
There isn't currently a scheduled HoT raid, however, it's still very much worth your while checking out the HoT section on the guild boards and familiarising yourself with the area, because there will be more raids soon, and the more people we have the better we'll do. The board has a specific section for HoT here pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...roopfrm18. It's also worth your while to improve your CoV faction (by killing giants in GD, EW, Kael) - non-KOS is enough to raid in HoT, but you need ally in order to hand in the armour which drops in ToV. Grab some guildies and go waste some giants - it's your duty :)

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Help Wanted

Krokker is looking for someone to help him put a Hole raid together. It's for part of his epic, but he's not that familiar with the hole, so is looking for a raid leader to step forward from our ranks and help him out. Full details on the board, at pub21.ezboard.com/ftrulyn...=143.topic

Let me know if you're looking for assistance - but post it on the ezboard as well - you'll get better coverage that way.

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Useful Links

Hopefully in this section we'll be able to provide one or two useful links per newsletter, providing additional background information to the game.

Firstly, a hint about eq.crgaming.com - generally this website is out of date and contains old and incorrect spell information. I would strongly urge you to be cautious when using this site for research. Some of the information is useful (for example, which ingredients are required for spells), but some information is just totally out of date (they still don't have the spell Dead Men Floating listed at all, and Strike of Solusek is described as 'causing damage to the caster as well'). The news section is usually up-to-date but can go for a while without any additions. Generally, Caster's Realm is behind the times and should be dealt with carefully.

Allakhazam on the other hand (everquest.allakhazam.com) is much more up-to-date and is being updated constantly. Sometimes the information is buried deep on Allakhazam and is hard to get to, but when you do find it, it is mostly accurate and very useful. Unfortunately the most useful information on Allakhazam is for premium members only, but the cost is very small and well worth it if you want to be able to search on items and other information. Allakhazam's spell list is up-to-date and accurate (although it's still not 100% accurate).

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Feedback

Please feel free to send all feedback about this newsletter to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk.

Let me know if you'd like to see any additional sections or content, and if you have any content to contribute. The best way to get content into the newsletter, is to post it to the boards, and I'll pick it up. If you like, send me a pointer requesting it be added, but the board is the first place you should stick it :)

If you would like to stop receiving the newsletter, or would like to change your e-mail address, or any other administrative mail should also be sent to tnt-newsletter@darkstorm.co.uk - please remember to include your character name and e-mail address.

You can also send me a tell in game as Gnomtrix if I'm on.