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Qalias, posted on Mon May 3 04:24:29 2010
Posted by: Presto
Category: Special
The qalias command has sprouted additional syntaxes for listing aliases by category.

Retrophrenologists Getting Retrophrenologized!, posted on Fri Feb 12 17:04:06 2010
Posted by: Trilogy
Category: Special
We got the master retrophrenologist to adjust the bumps of the other retrophrenologists so now you don't have to wait 20 weeks in between switching stats anymore, but it'll cost you a pretty penny to have your head fiddled with sooner! Status quo has been maintained though, so if you do wait 20 weeks it'll cost the same as it did previously. It works on a sliding scale that involves the number of previous visits and the amount of days sooner they want it.

Retrophrenologists also handle rearran...
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Quests Command, posted on Mon Feb 1 07:16:33 2010
Posted by: Kaylar
Category: Special
You can now use the "quests" command to get hints and solutions to quests in a way similar to the webpage.

Rub A Dub Dub, posted on Sun Jan 10 17:09:30 2010
Posted by: Carmine
Category: Special
You can now use cotton bathrobes to dry yourself with.

Musical Instrument Cases, posted on Sun Jan 10 15:50:08 2010
Posted by: Carmine
Category: Special

If you are a starving musical genius, you may want to consider laying out your instrument case in public to attempt to attract donations from pleased (or displeased) passers-by.

If you see someone playing with their case laid out, consider tossing some coins into it to encourage them to go on (or to stop).

Quills And Nicknames, posted on Tue Jan 5 18:24:19 2010
Posted by: Touchstone
Category: Special
When you scribble on something with any writing implement (quills, pencils, fountain pens, crayons, &c.) it will now automatically expand nicknames - for instance, "scribble jpoct on paper with pen" will write the text "Jogloran's Portal of Cheaper Travel". Assuming that that was what your nickname expanded to, of course. Bear in mind that it will use the same capitalization as you originally used when adding the nickname.

This doesn't affect the "write" syntax - that will work as it did befor...
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'remote' Color, posted on Sun Jan 3 04:09:00 2010
Posted by: Presto
Category: Special
remotes should now correctly use the color as set in 'options colour

remote' rather than being forced to magenta.

Never Enough Options, posted on Sun Dec 13 05:39:06 2009
Posted by: Presto
Category: Special
A new option has been added: options colour groupmember

Setting this option causes the names of group members to appear in your chosen color in location descriptions. This option overrides the setting for 'options colour playername'.

Discworld MUD On Twitter, posted on Fri Nov 13 15:08:12 2009
Posted by: Taffyd
Category: Special
Discworld is currently automatically syndicating all creator blog entries to twitter, accessible via the #discworldmud tag. Feel free to link your own Discworld MUD related tweets with #discworldmud. You can also follow the user "discworldmud".

If you have any ideas for future twitter integration, or have other feedback (such as "Wow, what a stupid idea!") then please mail them to me.

New Word Game, posted on Sat Oct 17 07:25:22 2009
Posted by: Kaylar
Category: Special
A new word game called quick categories, has been added to the games shop in AM.

It is a 2-4 player game based on listing words in DW categories, but potential is there to add your own categories.

It also counts towards the word game achievements.

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