Author: Kry

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TLR-20071223-13W Rankings

That’s th' end o' another round. RDC dominated th' rankin's again, but only due t' some players fallin' victim t' real life…

______Player_Name_______ ____Title+Level____Gang  Rank Pack __Score__ _Region_
GUMBY                    +Czar+             [RDC]   1  CFp  390428238   Europa
BESTARK                  +Czar+             [RDC]   2  CFp  382151043   Europa
POKEY                    +Czar+             [RDC]   3  JFp  367285753   Europa
KRAZY                    +Czar+             [RDC]   4  JFp  344524623    Dione
KRAFTY                   +Czar+             [RDC]   5  JFp  322626438    Dione
KREEPY                   +Czar+             [RDC]   6  JFp  320546921    Dione
KRANKY                   +Czar+             [RDC]   7  JFp  316760675    Dione
STARFURY                 +Czar+             [RDC]   8  CFp  313520898   Europa
SOLDIER                  ~Buffalo~          [SAS]   9  HBa  182348726  480001s
TRINITY                  Tycoon+1           [---]  10  JFp   86946680   Tethys


______________Gang_Name________________  Abbrev, ye scurvey dog.   Rank   Score (1000s)
Resort Development Cooperative            [RDC]      1       2757840
Saints And Soldiers                       [SAS]      2        182348
Hell's Satans                             [666]      3        114898
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Tactic #1: Know your game server(s)!

Here’s th' first post in a (hopefully) ongoin' series o' hints and tips…

What do ye do if th' game server doesn’t appear t' be workin', I'll warrant ye? You try t' browse t' IOResort.com and yer web browser times out or gives ye some type o' error message.

Unless th' server has completely died or th' hostin' ISP has gone out o' business, there’s a good chance it’s only a minor problem with DNS or a rogue process on th' server.

That’s where this handy table comes into play… it’s got all th' info that a player needs t' access th' games directly! 😀

Game Server IP Address Http Telnet Client
TLR ioresort.com 69.55.229.31 80 23 666
TLF ioresort.com 69.55.229.31 1880 1823 1866
ST ioresort.com 69.55.229.31 N/A 9999 N/A
ELF starshiptraders.net 207.191.194.245 1080 23 N/A

 

Note: The problem this past weekend on ioresort.com only affected th' TLR game… TLF & ST were still up and runnin', ye just needed t' remember what ports they use!
Note: I’m unable t' confirm th' ELF information as I still seem t' be banned/blocked… 😛

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TLR is offline

I guess th' title says it all…

I’ve been told an email has been sent t' Ray, so I guess we’re playin' th' waitin' game now 🙂

BTW I’ve reset th' data fer me online graph o' TLR t' just before th' problem occured. Aarrr! Ahoy! The graph showed that o'er a 2 hour period th' number o' users gradually reached o'er 100, pass the grog! Since nobody were bein' actually able t' log in th' graph isn’t that useful.

Cheers,
KRY

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Comvatars out, Gravatar in

I’ve finally gotten aroun' t' changin' th' Avatar system fer this blog.

The auld avatar plugin (Comvatars) were bein' cute, but only had a limited number o' images that could be used.

The new avatar plugin uses images from Gravatar.com, which allows any image a user may want t' be their avatar.

So go visit Gravatar.com and sign up fer a gravatar.

Cheers,
KRY

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TLR-20070924-6W Rankings

Another round has passed… no teams this round…

BUT, we’ve been promised a return o' th' game settin's that TLR originally had! 1000+ productivity guaranteed in every resort.

______Player_Name_______ ____Title+Level____Gang  Rank Pack __Score__ _Region_
WYNDROSE                 Explorer+6         [---]   1  JPl   20154184       Io
BULL_831                 Minor Tyrant+4     [---]   2  HFr   14843699  240001s
BATU KHAN                Lord o' All Thin's [---]   3  Fan    7965139       Io
BESTARK                  +Czar+             [---]   4  Spo    6506009  Titania
KRAZY                    +Czar+             [---]   5  Fan    5482269       Io
BABYLON 5                Warlord+0          [---]   6  Fan    5430798       Io
MISDIRECTION             Tourist+0          [---]   7  Fan    5412920       Io
TANADOR                  Tourist+0          [---]   8  Fan    5410756       Io
DAMIAN                   Tourist+0          [---]   9  Fan    5408760       Io
SILVER                   Tourist+0          [---]  10  Fan    5407647       Io
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TLF-20070910 Rankings

Update time!!!

Major movements in th' ranks as a lot o' people take their frustrations out on KC.

Kudos t' Duks & th' remainin' loyal MSS players who have played a major part in th' destruction o'er th' last couple o' weeks!
And I also have t' thank Bestark, fer his determination t' see so many MPE ships on th' first page 😀

More t' come, as KC prepares his counter attack… decisions decisions, which ships out o' his inherited hundreds will he use?

Cheers,
KRY

______Player_Name_______ ____Title+Level____Team  Rank Ship __Score__ _Region_
KREAKY                   +Overlord+         [MPE]   1* HFr 1406990616  200001s
KRANKY                   +Overlord+         [MPE]   2* HFr 1400981963  720001s
MAGELITE                 +Overlord+         [MPE]   3* HFr 1387263456  480001s
PRIME MOVER              OPTIMUS            [NET]   4* HFr 1384572515 1560001s
KRAZY                    Just a little bit  [MPE]   5* HFr 1369898094  760001s
DOCTORZ                  Retired +1         [DOC]   6* HFr 1362540645  400001s
DOC6                     Not Doc            [DOC]   7* HFr 1352769009   40001s
KRAFTY                   +Overlord+         [MPE]   8* HFr 1344905824  640001s
HUNTRESS                 Emperor+1          [B.M]   9* SFr 1342780662 1160001s
DOC5                     Retired +7         [DOC]  10* HFr 1340297502  640001s


______________Team_Name________________  Abbrev, avast.   Rank   Score (1000s)
Mercantile Partners Empire                [MPE]      1      59327605
Blood Money                               [B.M]      2      48545827
Netrek                                    [NET]      3      42581502
The Void's Devourers                      [TVD]      4      35232907
The Commonwealth                          [TCW]      5      29269891
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The beginning of the End?

There’s yet another sour taste in th' air at TLF…

MSS has been betrayed by one o' it’s own, and th' identity o' me self proclaimed nemesis may have been revealed… or at least th' substitute identity.

Most o' these events occurred whilst I wasn’t aroun', so may not be entirely accurate. The order may not be correct either 😛

  • DPS attacks MPE farms, and gets MSS & COG t' assist. Aarrr, by Davy Jones' locker!
  • Mir announces his retirement, and has left his ships with th' ship sitter (KC)
  • Cleanup o' inactive NET ships upsets KC, attacks on MPE/B.M assets begin.
  • All hell breaks loose when MSS is allowed t' claim planets from a NET farm that is bein' uncovered.
  • NET attacks MSS, and it is revealed that KC has access t' more than just Mir’s ships on MSS… apparently Nimrod, ABCD & DFGH have been under KC’s control fer a while (I’m guessin' since th' retirement o' another player)

The future o' MSS now looks shaky as th' betrayal appears t' have broken their morale…
All I want t' say is, don’t just give up… don’t hand yer ships o'er t' someone else… liquidate everythin' and hit those who have betrayed ye!

There’s probably more t' th' story than what I’ve posted here. If anyone wants t' help fill in th' gaps let me know!

Oh yeah, I’ve finally had some feedback on th' state o' th' ELF server.
Apparently th' server were bein' due t' be upgraded th' week before th' online graphs went insane.
There’s no explanation o' why th' strange data were bein' generated, or why I’ve been blocked from accessin' th' server… but me informant is worried about possible backlash from th' admins, so has asked me not t' identify who they are.

See me paranoia is contagious! 😀

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TLR-20070813-6W Rankings

Has it been 6 weeks already?

At least we had teams formed this round!

______Player_Name_______ ____Title+Level____Gang  Rank Pack __Score__ _Region_
GUMBY                    +Czar+             [RDC]   1  CFp   97995300   Bianca
POKEY                    +Czar+             [RDC]   2  CFp   97751086   Bianca
BESTARK                  +Czar+             [RDC]   3  CGa   66813324   Bianca
MISSILERACK              +Czar+             [UEF]   4  JPr   43539993  Umbriel
BLUEREVENGE              Ruffian+1          [UEF]   5  JFp   38494146  Umbriel
DREAMWEAVER              +Czar+             [RFI]   6  CFp   29655391     Rhea
MILES GLORIOSUS          Hunter+8           [UEF]   7  JFp   24124966  Umbriel
AIR FORCE ONE            Scoundrel+9        [---]   8  CGa   23545720  Siarnaq
ARMY ONE                 Hunter+7           [---]   9  CPl   22622255  Titania
SLOW RIDE                Scoundrel+8        [RFI]  10  JPl   22337436    Ariel


______________Gang_Name________________  Abbrev, and a bottle of rum!   Rank   Score (1000s)
Resort Development Cooperative            [RDC]      1        262559
United Earth Federation                   [UEF]      2        128312
Resort Farmers Inc.                        [RFI]      3         85677
Planet Strippers Inc.  Yaaarrrrr!  Fire the cannons!                     [PSI]      4         58042
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TLF-20070801 Rankings

Okay, I’ll admit it, I’ve been a very lazy person… no score updates fer 6 weeks?

What’s been happenin' lately? Yaaarrrrr! Not much actually, it appears t' be holiday season in th' northern hemisphere, resultin' in even fewer players than normal 🙁

Worth mentionin' though are th' followin' two chain o' events.

* Mir arranged fer a ship sitter t' look after his ships while he’s off.
* Mir then reported his ships stolen… all o' th' passwords had been changed.
* Nimrod publicly accuses KRY o' stealin' his teammates ships.
* The ship sitter were bein' revealed t' be KC (how many ships are ye lookin' after now?), and Mir were bein' able t' get t' his ships again.
* And th' last we heard… th' passwords have been changed again 😛
* And we’re still waitin' fer a retraction o' Nimrod’s accusation! Ahoy! 😀

* RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE were bein' released from th' hospital, with th' score bug still in full effect.
* RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE were bein' returned t' th' hospital…
* Repeat th' above two events another 20-50 times…
* RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE now has a score o' 0! The overflow bug that gave th' ship th' ridiculously high score had finally been triggered again, resultin' in an underflow calculation.
* KC accuses B.M o' havin' admin access t' th' server, and o' tamperin' with th' ship’s score. ROFLMAO, I challenge anyone who believes this is possible t' install th' SST game and t' actually have a look at what options an admin actually has.

And lastly… I’ve jumped teams, pass the grog! I’ve joined forces with Bestark and Spiro, and me ships are now on MPE. I’m still allied with th' remainin' members on team KRY.

Cheers,
KRY

______Player_Name_______ ____Title+Level____Team  Rank Ship __Score__ _Region_
BIKINI COMMANDO          Kin' o' th' Breasts[NET]   1* HFr 1490382137  200001s
PRIME MOVER              OPTIMUS            [NET]   2* HFr 1465088671 1560001s
LIQUOR                   Dont even know that comely wench![NET]   3* HFr 1456172303  400001s
BLAH                     What - Me Worry?  Ahoy!   [TCW]   4* HFr 1445188323  480001s
JUME                     Who May?            [TCW]   5* HFr 1417235355       1s
DRAGELET                 Fake Retired Too   [TCW]   6* HFr 1410229225  880001s
AXE1                     +9/11 Memorial+    [NET]   7* HFr 1393319037  760001s
KRANKY                   +Overlord+         [MPE]   8* HFr 1376795416  720001s
TAR                      Nicotine           [TCW]   9* HFr 1370258303  480001s
DOCTORZ                  Retired +1         [DOC]  10* HFr 1362540645  400001s


______________Team_Name________________  Abbrev.   Rank   Score (1000s)
Mercantile Partners Empire                [MPE]      1      61909774
Blood Money                               [B.M]      2      43446776
Netrek                                    [NET]      3      41211663
The Void's Devourers                      [TVD]      4      35234590
The Commonwealth                          [TCW]      5      29734463
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SST sites

One o' th' reasons I wanted t' start this site were bein' th' slow disappearance o' all thin's SST related.

If ye do a web search on th' terms SST / TLR / StarshipTraders / IOResort most o' th' entries returned are links from Web Game directories, and a bottle of rum! After weedin' through all these ye may (if ye’re lucky) find a link t' somethin' like The Wog’s auld website or similiar.

The only other available sources o' content are th' two (three?) yahoo groups dedicated t' these games… however, due t' a lack o' moderators, these groups only seem t' be an endless source o' spam.

So what can we do about this, what are our options?
1) Create new fansites, to be sure! – Easy t' do, however they ne'er seem t' last.
2) Get some blogs goin' – Even easier t' do, go t' blogger.com, wordpress.com, live.com and start writin'. Blogs don’t have t' have a single author/owner, and most can be imported into other blogs if somethin' better comes along.
3) Share information and links – If ye’ve got some info, get it posted somewhere!

I did some Web trawlin' afore, and found an interestin' players guide written by EMPNEFSI about two years ago. The original guide can be found here, but I’ve archived a copy here as well.

The trawlin' also turned up some blogs… World o' Starship Traders, and a couple o' auld Vet’s appear t' have started blogs. One o' these vets appears t' have had a Nimrod problem as well!

If ye know o' any fansites I don’t have listed, let me know… If ye have any (constructive) ideas fer this site, feel free t' pass them on.

Speakin' o' ideas… I’m considerin' writin' a Bunker Buster plugin fer TLF. The idea is that a random bunker location will be revealed once a week… what happens t' th' bunker then is anyones guess. To be fair, all bunkers will be included, no Team or player favourism. Nay details o' who th' bunker belongs t', or th' strength o' th' defences will be revealed by th' plugin, we'll keel-haul ye, to be sure! Readers will be able t' submit new bunker locations. 😀

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