(01/03 13:00:12) PodHopper says okay
(01/03 13:00:17) PodHopper: Welcome to the 189th All Guilds Meeting!
(01/03 13:00:26) PodHopper: By the D’ni calendar, today is Leevosahn 2, 9681 – 19:00:21
(01/03 13:00:37) PodHopper: If you are new to the Cavern or returning after being away for some time: Welcome! You have arrived at an exciting time in MOULa!
(01/03 13:00:48) PodHopper: All Guilds Meeting (AGM) meets from 13:00 KI – 13:55 KI on the first Saturday of each month.
(01/03 13:00:57) PodHopper: Times in MOULa are shown in KI Time [KIT] which corresponds to the Mountain Time Zone.
(01/03 13:01:18) PodHopper: ~~~ AGM Rules ~~~
(01/03 13:01:27) PodHopper: 1. Keep chatter to a minimum while the speakers are talking. Be respectful and let the speaker finish.
(01/03 13:01:39) PodHopper: 2. Hold all questions until after the speaker asks for questions at the end of their presentation.
(01/03 13:01:51) PodHopper: 3a. Speakers: please indicate when you are ready for questions. And indicate when you’re ready for the next question.
(01/03 13:02:04) PodHopper: 3b. Audience: please wait with your (next) question until the speaker has answered the previous question.
(01/03 13:02:16) PodHopper: 4. If a question requires a long answer, we may need to skip it to stay on track.
(01/03 13:02:25) PodHopper: In that case, please, DM the speaker after they’ve left the platform.
(01/03 13:02:37) PodHopper: 5. A summary and the chatlog of this meeting will be published within a few days on the Guild of Messengers website – https://guildofmessengers.org/
(01/03 13:02:50) PodHopper: As always, you can start your own chatlog by typing: /startlog
(01/03 13:03:03) PodHopper: ~~~ CAVCON ~~~
(01/03 13:03:14) PodHopper: Latest CavCon funding update: November 2025, CAVCON is 2.9; Donations covered 89%; Reserve is at 793%
(01/03 13:03:29) PodHopper: Remember CAVCON donations keep MOULa open.
(01/03 13:03:58) PodHopper: ~~~ Cavern Events ~~~
(01/03 13:04:12) PodHopper: Not all events are announced here, see https://guildofmessengers.org/calendar for a complete list.
(01/03 13:04:25) PodHopper: Minasunda also posts daily announcements on discord.
(01/03 13:04:44) PodHopper: ~~~ Wonky Talk & More ~~~
(01/03 13:04:53) PodHopper: Welcome to the stage, IwonK
(01/03 13:05:20) IwonK: I’ll be streaming my Wonky Talk on Friday, January 16th at 15 KI in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood (we sit near the heek table)
(01/03 13:05:31) IwonK: This month’s topic is “German games”! I have some titles in my mind already but if you know any interesting games I could talk about (and draw), feel free to throw them my way 🙂
(01/03 13:05:42) IwonK: join me on my Twitch channel (twitch.tv/yvonk), there will be cookies 🙂
(01/03 13:05:53) IwonK: In other wonky news, I’ve made some games of my own as a gamedev challenge, if you want to check them out, follow this link: iwonk.itch.io (I’m still making ’em!)
(01/03 13:06:02) IwonK: In other other wonky news, as I said last month, folks from Mysterium discord and I have this idea of organizing a Mysterium-like online event 🙂
(01/03 13:06:10) IwonK: Its work title is “Rivenium”, we are currently brainstorming ideas for the events and we are looking for people that would like to give some presentations or panels during the event 🙂
(01/03 13:06:18) IwonK: If you want to help, let us know 😀
(01/03 13:06:26) IwonK: For more details, ask me or Kefrith from Mysterium discord where we have a forum for the whole thing 😀
(01/03 13:06:30) Ereshkigal: I would like to help!
(01/03 13:06:39) IwonK: DM me then 😀
(01/03 13:06:45) IwonK: qny Qs in the Q? 😀
(01/03 13:06:53) IwonK: because I’ve got some As 😀
(01/03 13:07:02) IwonK is checking something out
(01/03 13:07:14) IwonK shrugs
(01/03 13:07:14) PodHopper: Thank you, IwonK!
(01/03 13:07:18) IwonK bows
(01/03 13:07:39) PodHopper: ~~~ Ancient Stories ~~~
(01/03 13:07:46) PodHopper: Welcome to the platform, Ereshigal
(01/03 13:08:17) Dreamer3: Maybe, but I can see Emor now
(01/03 13:08:24) Ereshkigal: Hi everyone! Are you fascinated by ancient mysteries? Does the ancient history of D’ni and our won world speak to you?
(01/03 13:08:41) Ereshkigal: Then join me at Ancient Stories every Saturday at 15.00 KI!
(01/03 13:09:12) Ereshkigal: I read stories from and about the Ancient world. We have had stories from Rome, Greece, ancient India, and even from D’ni!
(01/03 13:09:42) Ereshkigal: Tonight we finish the story of Flavia Albia, a Roman female detective. From next week onward, you can liste4n to a new story!
(01/03 13:09:55) Ereshkigal: We meet in Chiso Preniv near the ring of books
(01/03 13:10:00) Ereshkigal: Any questions?
(01/03 13:10:13) PodHopper: none so far
(01/03 13:10:23) PodHopper: Thank you, Eresh!
(01/03 13:10:26) Ereshkigal: Then thanks a lot, and see you later!!!
(01/03 13:10:29) Ereshkigal bows
(01/03 13:10:48) PodHopper: ~~~ Classical with Babbel ~~~
(01/03 13:11:00) PodHopper: Babbel has 2 announcements
(01/03 13:11:08) PodHopper: I’m relaying her message:
(01/03 13:11:18) PodHopper: 1) Birthday party Babbel
(01/03 13:11:30) Dreamer3: Yay!
(01/03 13:11:39) Thumbs up from AlanDJ
(01/03 13:11:56) Ereshkigal: Happy birthday!!!
(01/03 13:12:08) PodHopper: Januari 5, 2026 in the Kirel lightgarden
(01/03 13:12:19) PodHopper: with European Songfestifal music
(01/03 13:12:28) PodHopper: and the Cavern choir will make itself heard again
(01/03 13:12:36) PodHopper: The pre-show starts 20 minutes in advance.
(01/03 13:12:37) Lucario1829: sounds like fun
(01/03 13:12:46) PodHopper: 2) Classical music with Babbel
(01/03 13:13:09) PodHopper: Januari 19, 2026 in The Hall of Kings
(01/03 13:14:07) Calum Traveler: im gonna have to miss mondays thing due to IRL stuff :/
(01/03 13:14:16) PodHopper: Theme: “In Higher Spirits”
(01/03 13:14:29) PodHopper: The pre-show starts 20 minutes in advance.
(01/03 13:14:35) Mevvah: what time for these events?That is what will determine if I can be there
(01/03 13:14:36) Emor D’ni Lap: And what are the KI times for these two events?
(01/03 13:14:42) PodHopper: End of message.
(01/03 13:15:04) PodHopper: Januari 5 is at 12:00 ki
(01/03 13:15:29) PodHopper: Januari 19 is at 12:00 ki as well
(01/03 13:15:41) Thumbs up from Lucario1829
(01/03 13:15:43) PodHopper: Thanks Babbel
(01/03 13:15:46) Mevvah: well algae-doodoo. Kid has a doc appointment at that time.
(01/03 13:16:00) PodHopper: ~~~ Cavern Book Club ~~~
(01/03 13:16:08) PodHopper: Welcome to the platform, Augur
(01/03 13:16:29) Augur: Shorah, everyone!
(01/03 13:16:37) Augur: Our first book club meeting of 2026 will be a special one–we are reading The Book of Ti’ana by David Wingrove and Rand Miller.
(01/03 13:16:54) Augur: I believe there are now a couple of editions out there, so please grab whichever you have access to. It might be neat to chat about the differences!
(01/03 13:17:09) Augur: As always, EVERYONE is welcome! By no means do you have to read every selection and make it to every meeting to join us. If only once a year something is picked that piques your interest, by all means drop in just for that one meeting!
(01/03 13:17:35) Augur: We will meet in the same time, same place as usual. 12:30 KIT, January 24th, in the Eder Delin of Nezetahn’s Hood.
(01/03 13:17:52) Augur: Any questions?
(01/03 13:18:09) PodHopper: none in queue
(01/03 13:18:13) Augur: I hope to see you there!
(01/03 13:18:14) PodHopper: Thank you, Augur!
(01/03 13:18:33) PodHopper: ~~~ Ayoheek Night ~~~
(01/03 13:18:35) uru348: clap
(01/03 13:18:40) PodHopper: Come on up, Brooketh
(01/03 13:18:50) AlanDJ: ouch
(01/03 13:19:07) Dreamer3: 🙂
(01/03 13:19:18) Brooketh: Shorah everyone
(01/03 13:19:24) Mevvah waves hello
(01/03 13:19:30) Brooketh: The Competitive Myst Online group cordially invites all cavern dwellers to our weekly social Ahyoheek game night, every Saturday from 21-22KI in the Competitive Myst Online Hood. Ahyoheek is a D’ni game very similar to Rock-Paper-Scissors.
(01/03 13:19:39) Brooketh: We are a friendly, social group of Ahyoheek enthusiasts, far less “competitive” than our name would imply. We aim for a relaxed, casual hour of playing and conversation that is fun for all. We welcome you regardless of skill level. If you don’t know how to play, we can quickly teach you; or you may simply wish to hang out and observe.
(01/03 13:19:51) Brooketh: We use a combination of voice and text chat. You don’t need to use a mic, but you should at least have sound enabled so you can hear us.
(01/03 13:20:08) shokhootahn Rehn leans left
(01/03 13:20:08) Brooketh: We do hope to see you there!
(01/03 13:20:14) Mevvah leans right
(01/03 13:20:16) Brooketh: Any questions?
(01/03 13:20:30) PodHopper: none in q
(01/03 13:20:34) PodHopper: Thank you, Brooketh!
(01/03 13:20:38) Lucario1829: come to heek!!!
(01/03 13:20:40) Brooketh bows
(01/03 13:20:51) IwonK: what the heek? 😀 😀
(01/03 13:21:06) PodHopper: ~~~ Fan Age Expeditions ~~~
(01/03 13:21:10) PodHopper: Come on up, Korov’ev
(01/03 13:21:27) Dreamer3: Shor Kor!
(01/03 13:21:29) Korov’ev waves hello
(01/03 13:21:29) Korov’ev: Shorah bivrov!
(01/03 13:21:40) Korov’ev: I bring you a quick update on the Fan Age Expeditions, held on the Deep Island and the Open Cave shards.
(01/03 13:21:49) Korov’ev: We skipped last weekend, since it was the middle of the holidays 😉
(01/03 13:21:59) Korov’ev: The last expedition was in the Open Cave, so tomorrow we’ll be in Deep Island.
(01/03 13:22:13) Korov’ev: Now, as the year just started, I’m thinking we could do a mostly playtime expedition, kicking it off with a door run 🙂
(01/03 13:22:30) Korov’ev: After that, we could go back to a couple of large ages we’ve already visited in 2025, like Pre-Swaltu0 or Janga; we’ll decide at that time.
(01/03 13:22:43) Korov’ev: We may even try getting to the bugged ages, like Box Age or Eder Taygahn. We’ll see!
(01/03 13:23:00) Korov’ev: As usual, every other week we’ll be in the Open Cave; last time we explored the many dimensions of… the City of Dimensions.
(01/03 13:23:21) Korov’ev: We are now in Fan Age territory, so on the 11th we’ll visit the first ages that made it on MOULa – although not the first to appear on TOC! We’ll visit those soon.
(01/03 13:23:34) ScottMiller: I wish the hell I could get Deep Island to work!
(01/03 13:23:36) Korov’ev: And that’s all I got! Any questions?
(01/03 13:23:50) PodHopper: None in q
(01/03 13:24:00) Korov’ev bows
(01/03 13:24:00) Korov’ev: Back to my seat then!
(01/03 13:24:03) jtrigg: hear hear Scott, I can’t get access
(01/03 13:24:05) PodHopper: Thank you, Korov’ev!
(01/03 13:24:41) PodHopper: ~~~ Radio Free D’ni ~~~
(01/03 13:24:44) PodHopper: The stage is yours, Alan
(01/03 13:24:55) AlanDJ waves hello
(01/03 13:25:06) AlanDJ: Thank you Podhopper and ‘evenin’ folks.
(01/03 13:25:15) Emor D’ni Lap applauds the RFD team
(01/03 13:25:18) AlanDJ: I’m going to go on a bit longer than everyone has before me, so if I start boring you, just throw things 🙂
(01/03 13:25:29) Mevvah starts to laugh
(01/03 13:25:33) AlanDJ: First a brief introduction as it’s been a very long time since anyone from Radio Free D’ni addressed the AGM.
(01/03 13:25:34) *Jodok* shakes his head
(01/03 13:25:45) Mevvah: or kick them at you?
(01/03 13:25:49) AlanDJ: Radio Free D’ni is a music channel that broadcasts on an internet radio link every Sunday evening from 12:30 KI to 15:30 KI, with a main show, where we talk to you, from 13 KI to 15 KI.
(01/03 13:26:01) Claidi Song throws a nicely formed soft snowball lol
(01/03 13:26:12) AlanDJ: Each week we present a show with a theme, which might be a particular artist, or a genre, or telling a story.
(01/03 13:26:19) IwonK carefully throws a box of fine biskies
(01/03 13:26:27) AlanDJ: The shows are put together by our core team of five presenters with contributions from ohter listeners both inside and outside the cavern.
(01/03 13:26:41) AlanDJ: Other listers too…
(01/03 13:26:53) AlanDJ: So now I’d like to tell you about the upcoming Radio Free D’ni schedule.
(01/03 13:27:05) AlanDJ: We have a Remastered show about Jazz Fusion keyboard player Chick Corea tomorrow. Remastered shows are shows that were first broadcast five or so years ago which have been updated for the present day.
(01/03 13:27:25) AlanDJ: Then the Sunday after will be our regular annual look at musicians who left us in the year gone by, imaginatively titled “Lost in 2025” for this year.
(01/03 13:27:44) AlanDJ: On 18th January we have La Musique Tourne – a look at French Progressive Rock in the Seventies.
(01/03 13:28:08) AlanDJ: Secondly, I’d like to thank everyone who listened to the story show I did on Midwinter’s Day – we had lots of people in the cavern and a peak of 22 listener connections,
(01/03 13:28:22) AlanDJ: which is a good number for us these days, especially for a holiday weekend just before Christmas when many will have been travelling.
(01/03 13:28:25) jtrigg: R.I. P Ozzie
(01/03 13:28:41) AlanDJ: For links to Radio Free D’ni, use urutunes or go to our website, radiofreedni.org
(01/03 13:29:06) AlanDJ: While I did enjoy putting the story show together and telling the story, I’m not sure what to do for next year.
(01/03 13:29:19) AlanDJ: So far the only story that occurs to me is John Masefield’s The Box of Delights, which I’ll have to read again :)Suggestions will welcome.
(01/03 13:29:39) AlanDJ: will be welcome, too…
(01/03 13:30:00) AlanDJ: Lastly and slightly cheekily I did enjoy the actual presentation of the show, which for the first time included background music behind some of the narration.
(01/03 13:30:14) AlanDJ: Yes, that was deliberate 🙂
(01/03 13:30:19) IwonK: ;]
(01/03 13:30:21) Mevvah: well done on that, Alan
(01/03 13:30:28) AlanDJ: If you’d like me to do more, please let me know – we could perhaps doe a midsummer story. I’d not like to promise one every week though as they do take a lot of preparation.
(01/03 13:30:43) AlanDJ: Perhaps one per quarter? Let me know what you think, including if you’d rather I didn’t.
(01/03 13:30:46) Ereshkigal: Midsummer would be cool!
(01/03 13:31:00) ShilohOBrien: One each quarter would be cool!
(01/03 13:31:00) AlanDJ: I know that Ereshkigal has the Ancient Stories covered, and I’d not want to step on her toes.
(01/03 13:31:11) Ereshkigal: Don’t worry Alan!
(01/03 13:31:17) Mevvah: A Midsummer Night’s Dream isn’t ancient. ::smirk::
(01/03 13:31:26) AlanDJ: So, I’ll see what I can come up with 🙂
(01/03 13:31:26) Ereshkigal: There are so many ancient stories, you’ll never get in my way 🙂
(01/03 13:31:57) AlanDJ: Mevvah, I think Bill Wagstick was retelling an older story 🙂
(01/03 13:32:18) AlanDJ: Thanks for your attention, and are there any questions, please?
(01/03 13:32:30) PodHopper: None in queue
(01/03 13:32:48) AlanDJ bows
(01/03 13:32:50) PodHopper: Thank you, Alan!
(01/03 13:32:55) Cpt.Jericho: Can we now start through things?
(01/03 13:33:02) Mevvah: Ah. “Learn something new every day”
(01/03 13:33:02) Cpt.Jericho: *throw
(01/03 13:33:06) Claidi Song: Love “Bill WagStick”
(01/03 13:33:14) Mevvah laughs at “Bill Wagstick”
(01/03 13:33:16) PodHopper: ok, did r’Tay make it here already?
(01/03 13:33:23) shokhootahn Rehn: Yes!
(01/03 13:33:35) PodHopper: ~~~ D’ni Language Class and Story Night ~~~
(01/03 13:33:59) shokhootahn Rehn: As always, I have two separate announcements. One is for the D’ni Language Class and the other one is for r’Tayrtahn’s Story Night.
(01/03 13:34:13) shokhootahn Rehn: First, the language classes…
(01/03 13:34:22) shokhootahn Rehn: There are evening classes available on weekday evenings Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, starting at 20:00, 21:00 or 22:00 KI time, depending on the student’s schedule
(01/03 13:34:35) shokhootahn Rehn: (there already is a student scheduled for the Friday night classes)
(01/03 13:34:48) shokhootahn Rehn: There are daytime openings on Monday through Friday, starting at either 10:00 KI time, 11:00 KI time, or 12:00 KI time, again, depending on the student’s schedule. Contact me by PM to set up a day and a time, KI mail me at KI# 80428, or on Discord at r’Tayrtahn.
(01/03 13:35:11) shokhootahn Rehn: (Discord is best)
(01/03 13:35:19) shokhootahn Rehn: All classes are Monday through Friday, only. There are no weekend classes available.
(01/03 13:35:28) shokhootahn Rehn: If you are going to contact me by KI-mail, please remember to include your KI #.
(01/03 13:35:40) shokhootahn Rehn: As always, current students can find last-minute updates to class times on the left-hand imager.
(01/03 13:35:59) shokhootahn Rehn: Now for some exciting news…
(01/03 13:36:07) shokhootahn Rehn: Another student has started taking the classes last month!
(01/03 13:36:29) shokhootahn Rehn: (well, in late Novemner)
(01/03 13:36:43) shokhootahn Rehn: The Guild of Instructors’ Hood will be open and public unless a class is in session.
(01/03 13:36:47) Thumbs up from AlanDJ
(01/03 13:36:53) shokhootahn Rehn: I have one request for visitors: Please do not post pellet points into the Hood imager…
(01/03 13:37:08) shokhootahn Rehn: Are there any questions?
(01/03 13:37:19) Korov’ev: one at a time, until we’ll all speak D’ni here!
(01/03 13:37:22) PodHopper: None in queue
(01/03 13:37:25) shokhootahn Rehn: Moving on…
(01/03 13:37:31) shokhootahn Rehn: The second announcement is about r’Taytahn’s Story Night.
(01/03 13:37:46) shokhootahn Rehn: Today, we will tell the fifth and final story (#74 of 104) from the game of Riven! Starting next week (and for the following eight weeks) we will tell the story from the novel, “Myst: The Book of D’ni.”
(01/03 13:38:08) shokhootahn Rehn: Eventually, we cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at restoration.
(01/03 13:38:20) shokhootahn Rehn: There will be no story on Saturday, the 17th, due to family obligations.
(01/03 13:38:35) shokhootahn Rehn: Story Night covers the entire 10,000-year history of the D’ni plus all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D’ni!
(01/03 13:39:04) shokhootahn Rehn: I am recording Story Night for (eventual) upload to my YouTube channel (rTayrtahn). I have created an avatar for the purpose of recording. His name is “I’m a bot, do not message”. Please do not PM him during the story unless you want to see your message displayed for the entire internet. 😉 Also, please do NOT add him as a buddy. He has no special abilities and is there only to record Story Night.
(01/03 13:39:41) shokhootahn Rehn: As an aside, I am also providing caption translations into several languages: French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Since I don’t speak any of those languages, it will be up to my viewers to tell me how well that is working out. 🙂
(01/03 13:39:52) shokhootahn Rehn: Let me know if you would like to see any additional translations.
(01/03 13:40:05) shokhootahn Rehn: Story Night is held in the public neighborhood of Tsahno’s Hood every Saturday.
(01/03 13:40:12) shokhootahn Rehn: Original Story Night is held at 23:30 KI time on Saturday night. We start gathering at the hood’s fountain starting at 23:00 KI time.
(01/03 13:40:30) shokhootahn Rehn: Story Night – Europe is held at 14:00 KI time on Saturday afternoon. We start gathering at the hood’s fountain starting at 13:30 KI time except for AGM Saturdays, when it starts at 14:30 KI or 30 minutes after the AGM, whichever is later.
(01/03 13:40:50) shokhootahn Rehn: Lately, it’s been starting at 14:30 on AGM Saturdays. 🙂
(01/03 13:40:58) shokhootahn Rehn: I also post changes on the left-hand imager in the hood.
(01/03 13:41:05) ScottMiller: It takes guts to take a D’ni language class! They aren’t easy (I know)!\
(01/03 13:41:15) shokhootahn Rehn: Should I need to cancel one of the stories at the last minute, I will try to aprise one or two of my regular audience members of the situation so they can spread the news. 🙂
(01/03 13:41:51) shokhootahn Rehn: Minasunda is one of those members, as she runs the announcements channel on Discord.
(01/03 13:41:59) shokhootahn Rehn: The stories are told using voice so you will need to have your speakers or headsets on.
(01/03 13:42:12) shokhootahn Rehn: r’Tayrtahn announces the start of Story Night through buddy chat. If you would like to receive the announcements, please send r’T a KI mail (with your KI number included in the text) and he’ll add you to his buddies list. His KI number is 58324. KI mails do not identify the KI number of the sender. Though the sender is added to the Recents folder, it is still a good idea to add it to the body of the text. 🙂
(01/03 13:42:35) shokhootahn Rehn: We hope to see you there!
(01/03 13:42:40) shokhootahn Rehn: Any questions?
(01/03 13:42:51) PodHopper: None in queue
(01/03 13:42:53) shokhootahn Rehn bows
(01/03 13:42:57) PodHopper: Thank you, shokhootahn Rehn!
(01/03 13:43:22) PodHopper: ~~~ Miscellaneous ~~~
(01/03 13:43:24) PodHopper: ~~~ Mysterium & More ~~~
(01/03 13:43:31) Calum Traveler waves hello
(01/03 13:43:34) PodHopper: welcome Calum 🙂
(01/03 13:43:40) Calum Traveler: MYSTERIUM
(01/03 13:43:48) Calum Traveler: DATES ARE LOCKED IN!
(01/03 13:44:00) Calum Traveler: Mysterium will be held on July 24-26, 2026
(01/03 13:44:30) Calum Traveler: additionally, while registration with conroom rates are not available YET…
(01/03 13:44:34) Calum Traveler: the Hotel is identified!
(01/03 13:44:39) ScottMiller: Where?
(01/03 13:44:51) Calum Traveler: Mysterium 2026 will be at the DoubleTree Hotel by Lloyd Center
(01/03 13:45:06) Calum Traveler: here are critical details:
(01/03 13:45:08) Calum Traveler: Room rates are $139/night
(01/03 13:45:15) Calum Traveler: Includes free parking
(01/03 13:45:22) Calum Traveler: Includes free hot breakfast buffet (for up to two people/room. After that, the cost is approximately $18/per person)
(01/03 13:45:23) Mevvah: oooooooo
(01/03 13:45:31) Calum Traveler: Has a pool, and free wifi
(01/03 13:45:44) Mevvah: wish I could go. That’s a sweet deal
(01/03 13:45:49) ScottMiller: What city?
(01/03 13:45:55) Mevvah: Portland OR
(01/03 13:46:03) Calum Traveler: additionally, the location page has been updated- https://mysterium.net/location/
(01/03 13:46:20) Calum Traveler: yes, it’s in Portland, Oregon
(01/03 13:47:06) Calum Traveler: RESTORATION NEWS
(01/03 13:47:12) ScottMiller: Crap, not close enough! Wish they would hold it in Riverside,CA!
(01/03 13:47:17) Calum Traveler: Happy New Year, All!
(01/03 13:47:34) caver1: Take the train.
(01/03 13:47:35) Calum Traveler: we just had a Merry Christmas Update with bug fixes, and the revamped Chiso Preniv
(01/03 13:47:37) rarified needs restoration.
(01/03 13:47:39) jtrigg: It’s still 18 hours by air for me
(01/03 13:47:42) ScottMiller: or at least San Diego…
(01/03 13:47:42) Isa =^.^=: happy new year Calum 🙂
(01/03 13:47:59) Mevvah: revamped?
(01/03 13:48:02) jtrigg: what was the revision to Chiso?
(01/03 13:48:06) *Jodok*: Happy ne year calum 😀
(01/03 13:48:08) Calum Traveler: yes, Chiso Preniv needed to be completely rebuilt.
(01/03 13:48:17) Calum Traveler: we lost the build file for it, due to reasons I wont get into here,
(01/03 13:48:18) Mevvah: 😮
(01/03 13:48:29) Calum Traveler: and so I had to import from the last successful build and rebuild the age’s blend file
(01/03 13:48:29) Claidi Song: Happy New Year 2026 to Everyone!!!
(01/03 13:48:43) Ereshkigal: Chiso still looks amazing every Saturday I go there 🙂
(01/03 13:48:56) Calum Traveler: its because of this rebuild that we had some minor hiccups with getting Sameehn’s release not being in Chiso originally,
(01/03 13:49:01) ShilohOBrien: And for his next trick…
(01/03 13:49:04) *Jodok*: Love the new door animation
(01/03 13:49:10) AlanDJ: Understood, Calum, and well done.
(01/03 13:49:17) Calum Traveler: but, im happy to say
(01/03 13:49:18) jtrigg: I’m waiting to be able to open the back door
(01/03 13:49:23) Calum Traveler: Sameehn is NOW on the Book Ring~!
(01/03 13:49:28) Mevvah: same jt….
(01/03 13:49:37) Calum Traveler: and Trebivdil has ben moved to the shelf, next to Serene
(01/03 13:49:39) Ereshkigal: I still have to check out Sameehn
(01/03 13:49:48) Dreamer3: Love the new Chiso additions.
(01/03 13:49:50) Calum Traveler: on that note, ive received some feedback that there was some issues with finding the books on the shelves,
(01/03 13:49:59) Mevvah: Trebivdil? I think that’s a ndw one on me.
(01/03 13:50:13) Calum Traveler: i have some suggestions and ideas on how to remedy that, and ill be testing new signage on the Minkatas
(01/03 13:50:16) Thumbs up from Emor D’ni Lap
(01/03 13:50:22) Calum Traveler: Trebivdil was released after Serene, one of the first ages released,
(01/03 13:50:29) Calum Traveler: via Chiso, atleast
(01/03 13:50:40) ShilohOBrien: It’s the minecraft looking one.
(01/03 13:50:49) IwonK: Mystcraft ;]
(01/03 13:50:54) Calum Traveler: *ahhem*
(01/03 13:51:04) AlanDJ: wince
(01/03 13:51:14) Calum Traveler: additionally to this update, we now have the PREAFTER volumes,
(01/03 13:51:30) Calum Traveler: they have been added to the shelf with the Heritage Docs, and the Activity In The Cavern Books
(01/03 13:51:51) Thumbs up from AlanDJ
(01/03 13:51:54) caver1: Many thanks to age builders!
(01/03 13:51:56) Calum Traveler: this shelf will be, going forwards, called the “Explorer Retrospective” Shelf,
(01/03 13:52:15) Calum Traveler: it is on this shelf that volumes about our history, written from explorer perspectives, will be stored going forwards,
(01/03 13:52:31) Calum Traveler: on the opposite side of the entrance, I have plans for pure historical content to be added
(01/03 13:52:33) Thumbs up from Ereshkigal
(01/03 13:52:46) Calum Traveler: that is to say, archived forum posts from the DRC Forums, as well as our D’ni Explorer forums,
(01/03 13:52:58) Calum Traveler: i plan to also add chatlogs from the DRC era as well as our current Era of work,
(01/03 13:53:40) Calum Traveler: this is all in an effort to preserve not just the history of the cavern as we saw it, but as in as pristine of a condition as it originally was recorded,
(01/03 13:54:11) Dreamer3: Future generations thank you : – )
(01/03 13:54:11) AlanDJ: Lots of work, Calum
(01/03 13:54:13) Calum Traveler: it will be a bit of a work in progress, but hopefully, this will address some concerns i’ve heard regarding the Explorer Retrospectives not being “accurate enough”
(01/03 13:54:22) Calum Traveler: to which ill agree,
(01/03 13:54:37) Calum Traveler: the Heritage Docs, for example, were never meant to be the END ALL BE ALL of cavern history
(01/03 13:54:59) Calum Traveler: during the time I ran Heritage Night, i tried to get as many folks who were present for those events to give their perspectives on those events,
(01/03 13:55:17) Calum Traveler: it didnt work out so well as id hoped, so by trying to preserve the actual raw encounters in chatlog form, im hoping…
(01/03 13:55:18) Calum Traveler: well
(01/03 13:55:36) Calum Traveler: im hoping that it will atleast crystalize some element of the “truth” of our history here in D’ni
(01/03 13:56:07) Calum Traveler: as the dni explorer forums are easiest to back up at the present moment, those chatlogs and forum posts will be the first bunch added to Chiso Preniv, while I hunt down what i need for the DRC era
(01/03 13:56:45) neurovac: very good work!
(01/03 13:56:47) Mevvah: well done, Calum.
(01/03 13:56:49) Calum Traveler: finally, i did recieve a complaint that i’d removed a commentrary journal from Chiso Preniv, regarding the author of it.
(01/03 13:56:57) Calum Traveler: id like to say that its total erasure was not my intent,
(01/03 13:57:28) Calum Traveler: the chiso commentary, as well as the ‘original version’ of the Guild of Messengers Pub Commentary, will be added to their own shelf on the upper level of Chiso Preniv, for the sake of historical archiving,
(01/03 13:57:47) Calum Traveler: i just forgot to put the old chiso commentary up on the shelves during the last push for release ^^;;;
(01/03 13:58:06) AlanDJ says sad thumbs up
(01/03 13:58:15) Calum Traveler: im stating this simply as a historian,
(01/03 13:58:27) Calum Traveler: there are lots of people who have contributed to our cavern history in many ways
(01/03 13:58:27) shokhootahn Rehn: It happens, Calum. 🙂
(01/03 13:58:46) Calum Traveler: it’s something ive been tussling with with regards to his presence in the forum posts and chatlogs,
(01/03 13:58:59) Calum Traveler: in the end, i cant erase a person’s impact from history,
(01/03 13:59:17) ShilohOBrien: Nor should you.
(01/03 13:59:20) Mevvah: nor should we.
(01/03 13:59:20) Calum Traveler: the bare limit ill be doing is removing a legal real world surface name and replacing it with the known online handle.
(01/03 13:59:23) *Jodok*: Try to separate the art from the artist
(01/03 13:59:27) AlanDJ says positive thumbs up
(01/03 13:59:45) Mevvah: while acknowledging that not all of history is good history.
(01/03 14:00:01) Calum Traveler: not all people have affected the restoration of dni in good ways,
(01/03 14:00:04) Emor D’ni Lap: “Its disappearance was unintentional and it will return to the shelves”. All that needs to be said. The jury is still out, AFAIK
(01/03 14:00:08) Calum Traveler: but not all have affected it in bda ways,
(01/03 14:00:17) Calum Traveler: yes, emor, it was an unintentional disappearance,
(01/03 14:00:26) Calum Traveler: and it will return.
(01/03 14:00:26) Emor D’ni Lap: Got it, thanks
(01/03 14:00:40) jtrigg: excreta occurs
(01/03 14:00:45) Calum Traveler: one final note about chiso,
(01/03 14:00:57) Calum Traveler: the doorway in the basement
(01/03 14:01:03) Calum Traveler: i will not be opening those doors.
(01/03 14:01:12) Mevvah is sad
(01/03 14:01:19) Calum Traveler: i do not have any of the design plans for what was to go beyond them
(01/03 14:01:20) *Jodok* is sad
(01/03 14:01:33) Dreamer3: Also, it’s dangerous out there.
(01/03 14:01:33) Calum Traveler: i do not have any of the actual build files, otherwise my life this last year would have been easier.
(01/03 14:01:40) Emor D’ni Lap: but…at this point, ANYTHING can go behind those doors
(01/03 14:01:52) Calum Traveler: for the present build, I have put *something* behind the doors,
(01/03 14:02:00) Calum Traveler: but please do not treat it as a canonical ‘this is whats always there’
(01/03 14:02:11) Calum Traveler: some day, someone may be inclined to open those doors and create that path.
(01/03 14:02:14) Mevvah: of course. Understood
(01/03 14:02:14) rarified: Call Heraldo Rivera.
(01/03 14:02:15) Dreamer3: Schordinger’s doors.
(01/03 14:02:16) AlanDJ: Understood. Sigh. The Internet, for better or worse, is now part of Real Life and subject to legal issues. Would that it were not.
(01/03 14:02:22) Calum Traveler: but that will not be me.
(01/03 14:02:28) Dreamer3: Schrodinger . . .
(01/03 14:02:28) Mevvah: exactly dreamer
(01/03 14:02:42) Calum Traveler: for anyone inclined to explore with bot techniques,
(01/03 14:02:42) ShilohOBrien: You have enough on your plate, Calum.
(01/03 14:02:48) Diranda: Storage. Empty storage.
(01/03 14:02:48) Calum Traveler: i did leave a poem in there for folks to find.
(01/03 14:03:00) rarified: ^Geraldo Rivera.
(01/03 14:03:01) Calum Traveler: it might be a bit tricky to see in the dark tho
(01/03 14:03:10) Diranda: heee
(01/03 14:03:16) Calum Traveler: moving on from Chiso to lighter things, despite being ostensibly darker…
(01/03 14:03:16) Kayara: Something about a cake?
(01/03 14:03:18) Calum Traveler: DESCENT
(01/03 14:03:26) IwonK: the cake is a lie…
(01/03 14:03:28) Ereshkigal: Chiso is, in the end, an archaeological site; and many archaeological sites have riddles that remain unsolved
(01/03 14:03:30) Calum Traveler: PHASE 1 is now what id call “Feature Locked” in terms of walkable content.
(01/03 14:03:43) Calum Traveler: that is, from the Caldera down to the river channel.
(01/03 14:03:57) Calum Traveler: i have a rough sketch of what Phase 2 will be, but im not working on that until phase 1 is out the door
(01/03 14:04:24) Calum Traveler: i just this morning pushed the first build of 2026 to minkata alpha,
(01/03 14:04:25) rarified: Do you have any help with the future phasess yet?
(01/03 14:04:51) Calum Traveler: ill be continuing to work with ametist, tiki, ehren, tweek (as he’s available), and semjay and maurus with phase 2,
(01/03 14:05:20) Calum Traveler: theres still a few more months of hard polish work for descent before it’s ready for MOULa,
(01/03 14:05:30) AlanDJ: Good news
(01/03 14:05:38) Calum Traveler: but im confident the physical layout is intact for phase 1,
(01/03 14:05:53) Calum Traveler: and all intended features for phase 1 have been planned for, and accounted for
(01/03 14:06:04) Calum Traveler: i do have a few moving parts i need to wait for inorder to fully lock dwn its features, but
(01/03 14:06:18) Calum Traveler: phase 1 is in the final stretches.
(01/03 14:06:35) Calum Traveler: at this point, it is purely making sure things work as expected in a multiplayer environment,
(01/03 14:06:46) Calum Traveler: plus, hammering out textures, collisions, sounds, etc.
(01/03 14:06:47) Claidi Song: It is looking great, Cal!
(01/03 14:06:52) rarified hands Calum Traveler a bottle of Monster Energy and a couple of aspirin.
(01/03 14:06:57) Calum Traveler smiles in thanks
(01/03 14:07:02) IwonK has cookies for that
(01/03 14:07:06) PodHopper: 🙂
(01/03 14:07:37) AlanDJ says and there is always door rum
(01/03 14:07:45) ShilohOBrien: Gotta dip early. Will catch the rest on the log.
(01/03 14:07:48) Calum Traveler: im also hopeful that ill be able to get pod12 and reischu apartment hammered out this year,
(01/03 14:07:51) Dreamer3 looks forward to reenacting the pilgramage of Atrus.
(01/03 14:07:53) Calum Traveler: but no promises just yet
(01/03 14:08:00) Calum Traveler: on that note, ill leave it here
(01/03 14:08:09) Calum Traveler: any questions?
(01/03 14:08:11) PodHopper: wow!
(01/03 14:08:12) caver1: Is there any effort to allow books to be in a form that can be listened to as in End of Ages?
(01/03 14:08:15) *Jodok*: HOPE (TM)
(01/03 14:08:16) Mevvah: well done, Calum.
(01/03 14:08:19) IwonK: 2h down the stairs, dreamer 😉
(01/03 14:08:22) RedUhuru: Naybree telescopes – how many more day?
(01/03 14:08:24) RedUhuru: days
(01/03 14:08:30) RedUhuru: I love telescopes 🙂
(01/03 14:08:35) Calum Traveler: naybree telescopes, im waiting on chogon to install the hotfix
(01/03 14:08:42) RedUhuru: ohhhhhhhh
(01/03 14:08:43) Calum Traveler: ive finished it and pushed the build through minkatas,
(01/03 14:08:54) Calum Traveler: i believe chogon is still away from computer after the holidays
(01/03 14:08:56) Mevvah: [;ural?
(01/03 14:09:04) Mevvah: Naybree telescopeS?
(01/03 14:09:14) RedUhuru: Happy I looked through them today then, thanks Cal.
(01/03 14:09:14) Calum Traveler: i fixed the wayward SDL that was NOT meant to go live at all
(01/03 14:09:20) Dreamer3: Is Naybree in any danger from the meteors?
(01/03 14:09:25) Calum Traveler: i had plans for a meteor impact event
(01/03 14:09:29) Calum Traveler: but i couldnt get it to work
(01/03 14:09:32) Mevvah: oh dear
(01/03 14:09:36) Calum Traveler: needless to say i didnt scrap the controls for it well enough
(01/03 14:09:48) RedUhuru: lovely setup though
(01/03 14:09:49) Calum Traveler: and multiple someones found a trigger i thought was
(01/03 14:09:50) Calum Traveler: well
(01/03 14:09:52) Calum Traveler: Gone.
(01/03 14:09:53) ScottMiller: what telescopes? i only know of one…
(01/03 14:09:59) Mevvah: same
(01/03 14:10:01) Dreamer3: You can still birdwatch with them
(01/03 14:10:02) Calum Traveler: the telescopes and the stage on the beach are the intended feature of naybree’s update,
(01/03 14:10:05) AlanDJ: Telescope$ are like Microsoft minutes – somewhat flexible
(01/03 14:10:07) Calum Traveler: the crater impact was not.
(01/03 14:10:16) RedUhuru: Ohhh
(01/03 14:10:37) uru348: The “elephant in th garden”
(01/03 14:10:41) Calum Traveler: in the end, its an idea i might reuse someday somewhere else, but…
(01/03 14:10:42) Calum Traveler: yeah.
(01/03 14:10:42) PodHopper recommends wearingf a hard hat in Naybree
(01/03 14:10:44) Mevvah: what I am most curious abou tin Naybree is the *underground* whatever-the-heck. (architecture geek evil smile)
(01/03 14:10:46) RedUhuru: I love my Naybree therapeutic sessions.
(01/03 14:10:47) Calum Traveler: i scrapped that idea in naybree.
(01/03 14:10:55) Calum Traveler: no meteor impact
(01/03 14:11:09) Calum Traveler: meteor shower should be happening any day one once we get the hotfix in and i can tell chogon to flip the switch
(01/03 14:11:09) PodHopper: pfew! 😀
(01/03 14:11:20) Calum Traveler: any day now*
(01/03 14:11:26) AlanDJ: I have to say that the beach in Naybree is a most excellent place to chill 🙂
(01/03 14:11:31) Mevvah: pretty! Much better than destruction.
(01/03 14:11:40) Mevvah: agree with Alan
(01/03 14:11:47) RedUhuru: Alan, to find back your soul even.
(01/03 14:11:48) IwonK: that’s why I don’t sing, Mevvah 😀
(01/03 14:11:51) Calum Traveler: anyways,
(01/03 14:11:58) Calum Traveler: fix is inbound sooner than later,
(01/03 14:12:13) Calum Traveler: last question?
(01/03 14:12:26) PodHopper: none in queue
(01/03 14:12:31) Calum Traveler: alright, thanks all
(01/03 14:12:32) Calum Traveler bows
(01/03 14:12:34) PodHopper: Thank you, Calum!
(01/03 14:12:47) neurovac: Great work
(01/03 14:12:57) PodHopper: Final announcement: This year’s Summerfest will include a Story show by Alan from RFD 🙂
(01/03 14:13:06) Ereshkigal: Oh wow!!!
(01/03 14:13:17) Emor D’ni Lap applauds
(01/03 14:13:26) PodHopper: The next AGM is scheduled for the 7th of February, 2026
(01/03 14:13:34) PodHopper: Thank you everyone for coming to the AGM!
(01/03 14:13:42) PodHopper thanks you very much!
(01/03 14:13:45) shokhootahn Rehn: Great job, Pod!
(01/03 14:13:47) *Jodok*: Thanks pod
(01/03 14:13:48) PodHopper bows
(01/03 14:13:53) Claidi Song: Great job Pod 🙂
(01/03 14:13:57) PodHopper needs a moment to breathe!
(01/03 14:14:01) Babbeltje.40: thank you PodHopper well done:)
(01/03 14:14:02) uru348 thanks you very much!
(01/03 14:14:04) Dreamer3 kneels down…
(01/03 14:14:07) Ereshkigal: Great AGM, Pod!
(01/03 14:14:09) IwonK: thank you, Pod 🙂
(01/03 14:14:12) Calum Traveler: nicely done
(01/03 14:14:17) Calum Traveler: i gotta get going and get some food
(01/03 14:14:17) PodHopper: Can we Relax now?