Dreamscape Town Meeting - January 30th, 2000

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Original article by Shawnee Chance 2, courtesy of the Virtual Planet newspaper.

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The following is an edited transcript of today's town meeting.

Oracle Electra: this will last one hour, no more, because of the events today

Oracle Electra: and I will be answering the questions from email first

Oracle Electra: I have my ESP blocked because I cannot answer questions properly while receiving ESP

Oracle Electra: so I hope you will all excuse me for that

Acolyte Voodoo Cat: Sorry, that avatar is not currently in world.

Acolyte Skinner: All the ghosties say HUUGGGSSS and HI Electra

Caretaker Jal: better move on the sidewalk before the bus goes by

Acolyte Evil Shell: sure, leave E out there

Acolyte Evil Shell: alone

Oracle Electra: first, a note from the Member Support folks

Acolyte Evil Shell: to get hit by the buss

Acolyte Evil Shell: bus

Acolyte Fuggly: buzz

Acolyte Spidey: you aren't gonna protect E.. sheeeesh. some guard dog

Acolyte Spidey: <VBG>

Oracle Electra: requesting that everyone check account info often, and change passwords regularly

Oracle Electra: the URL is

Oracle Electra: http://www.vzones.com/members/accounts/index.htm

Oracle Electra: and be sure to write down passwords and account info somewhere besides on your computer

Oracle Electra: they get a lot of requests for this info

Oracle Electra: okay, the first question from email

Oracle Electra: When will Blasted Heath open, and will there be Dragon heads/items

Oracle Electra: Blasted Heath *will* open sometime, but no time is set at this time

Oracle Electra: when it's ready <G>

Oracle Electra: and what will be there.....hmmmmmmmmm....well........

Oracle Electra: no, not going to spoil any surprises

Acolyte Skinner: Tease <g>

Oracle Electra: you just have to sit on the edge of your seats waiting to see <G>

Acolyte Saffron: no fair

Oracle Electra: Next Question

Caretaker Chameleon: he heh

Oracle Electra: will there be more Caretakers now that I have become an Oracle

Oracle Electra: no, there are no plans for that at this time

Acolyte Fuggly: but they will make fuggly an oracle? <g>

Oracle Electra: I will retain most of the duties I had as a CT

Acolyte Skinner: Jal needs more work anyway. We all know Suz really does all their work

Acolyte Evil Shell: ack

Oracle Electra: well, not quite

Oracle Electra: Cham and I shared duties, as many of you kow

Oracle Electra: know

Oracle Electra: so they have been divided between us

Oracle Electra: that gives me less of those, and more time for Oracle duties

Oracle Electra: Cham will continue with all the other things we did as a team

Oracle Electra: so I don't think we need more CT's at this time <grin>

Oracle Electra: Next Question

Oracle Electra: Will we ever have head painting sessions or cans to paint heads

Oracle Electra: the answer is no

Oracle Electra: heads are much harder to do than bodies

Oracle Electra: and they would be too hard to check each one to see that it's suitable

Oracle Electra: HOWEVER

Acolyte Bolti: HIHOO <wave>

Acolyte Spidey: Bolti.. Huggggggs <grin><grin>

Oracle Electra: if you have good codes that you would like to see used so you can have them on your head

Oracle Electra: you may send them to Jal and Suz

Oracle Electra: they are the ones in charge of Vmart, as you all know

Oracle Electra: and they can see if the codes are suitable additions to Vmart selections <grin>

Oracle Electra: Jal, can you tell them where they should be sent, please?

Caretaker Jal: jalsuz@home.com

Caretaker Jal: i never go to work so dont send to @work.com

Oracle Electra: thanks <grin>

Oracle Electra: LOL

Acolyte Doc X: lol

Acolyte Spidey: ROTF,L

Acolyte Joscelin: ehehe

Caretaker Jal: never see it then

Oracle Electra: but the body paints will continue as shown on the schedule

Oracle Electra: and you will find me in the locale <------ filling paint cans during those weeks

Oracle Electra: along with all the other CTs around DS at various times

Oracle Electra: Next Question

Oracle Electra: Will you still be in charge of the acolytes now that you are an Oracle? if not, who do we send comments to?

Oracle Electra: Yes, I will still be the one to sent comments to regarding staff

Oracle Electra: my email address is attached to the suggestion box in Elevator 2

Oracle Electra: so you don't have to remember it <grin>

Oracle Electra: there were also questions about what the jobs of the CT's are

Oracle Electra: which fits in here

Oracle Electra: Rabbit is in charge of the Jungle and the Mages

Oracle Electra: see him with suggestions, comments, complaints about the Jungle <grin>

Caretaker Rabbit: and Infonet and Cweb

Oracle Electra: Jal and Suz are in charge of all things Vmart

Oracle Electra: see them for requests in that area

Oracle Electra: Lynx is in charge of events

Oracle Electra: see him for anything relating to events

Acolyte Skinner: I still think Suz does all the work

Caretaker Chameleon: LOL

Caretaker Jal: shhh<react> dont tell

Oracle Electra: he has also begun a forum in Delphi for Event questions and help

Caretaker Rabbit: http://www.delphi.com/dsevents

Oracle Electra: Chameleon is in charge of everything else <G>

Acolyte Saffron: URL for that is http://www.delphi.com/dsevents/start

Oracle Electra: all locales outside the Jungle and Vmart

Oracle Electra: the Museum

Oracle Electra: new locales

Oracle Electra: vendos

Caretaker Chameleon: she makes me wash her robes<sigh>

Oracle Electra: I will retain the staff duties, AAC items and Monthly Prize heads

Acolyte Fuggly: LOL

Acolyte Kashmir: least you didn't have to clean her locker

Oracle Electra: in addition to my new duties of supporting the Dreamscape and it's members

Oracle Electra: so, you should now have a good idea who to go to with questions about a specific area

Oracle Electra: or vendos

Acolyte Joscelin: Hmmph, try being at her beck and call when her salad needs a little extra something! *G*

Oracle Electra: Next question was a suggestion for an Oracle Electra doll made from the Oracle statues in the Memorial area

Acolyte Fuggly: oops

Oracle Electra: no, this would not be appropriate

Oracle Electra: and I really don't want my name on items <G>

Acolyte Evil Shell: LOL

Oracle Electra: but thank you for the thought <grin>

Acolyte Fuggly: LOL <grin>

Caretaker Rabbit: I told Kahoona it wouldnt fly

Oracle Electra: LOL

Acolyte Skinner: Pokemon Electra

Acolyte Spidey: ROTF,L

Acolyte Kashmir: there goes Kahoona's shrine

Acolyte Joscelin: ehehe

Oracle Electra: Next question had to do with host gifts or recognition items

Caretaker Jal: Its not the job, its the marketing $$you make.. Electra Tshirts, bumper stickers, and coffee mugs

Oracle Electra: as noted above

Oracle Electra: event items are Lynx's responsibility

Oracle Electra: we will discuss this, however

Oracle Electra: we do value those citizens who give of their time and tokens to bring joy to ohters

Acolyte Fuggly: btw... I get many congratulations for you Electra <grin>

Oracle Electra: others

Oracle Electra: <please ignore my typos, my fingers are frozen>

Acolyte Fuggly: especially Flo wants to congratulate you <g>

Oracle Electra: we know the Dreamscape would not be the same without youo

Acolyte Spidey: ok.. who froze an oracle? <VBG>

Acolyte Evil Shell: my book is tucked away

Acolyte Fuggly: dumdedum

Acolyte Evil Shell: don't look at me

Caretaker Rabbit: And believe it or not she is nervous.

Caretaker Rabbit: <g>

Caretaker Jal: yah right

Oracle Electra: you sacrifice both inworld time and RW money to make this a better place for all

Acolyte Doc X: Blame Jal <grin>

Caretaker Jal: come to toronto, i will show ya froze

Oracle Electra: that fact has not, I assure you, been overlooked <grin>

Oracle Electra: I personally extend my thanks to all of you

Oracle Electra: Next, is the biggie <grin>

Oracle Electra: the economy

Time Travler, Duckolyte: HA

Caretaker Jal: hehe

Oracle Electra: the single largest response

Oracle Electra: why are some items/turfs/etc priced out of the range of some avatars

Oracle Electra: why are the doors priced so high

Oracle Electra: why are there items that newbies can't afford

Oracle Electra: when will there be enough tokens taken out

Oracle Electra: these are representative of those questions

Oracle Electra: first, for the tokens

Oracle Electra: the numbers of tokens are stable and is in good shape

Oracle Electra: we do not wish to "mess with the economy" but rather, let it take a natural course

Acolyte Daemonium: Hiya all <g>

Oracle Electra: towards this end, our turfs/items/etc are patterned after what you would expect in RW

Oracle Electra: when you first leave your parents home, you do not expect to own a Rolex or live in a mansion

Oracle Electra: at least most of us don't <grin>

Oracle Electra: and it's the same here

Caretaker Jal: mansions cost too much to heat

Oracle Electra: there are items that are reasonably priced that are aimed at newbies

Acolyte Doc X: is that why your so cold jal ?

Oracle Electra: there are turfs in all price ranges

Acolyte Joscelin: wall to wall cheesecloth is too expensive in a realy big place <shrug>

Oracle Electra: everyone WANTS to have everything, but in any economy, we must wait and save for the very best things

Oracle Electra: this is natural and normal

Oracle Electra: so we have attempted to structure the same here

Oracle Electra: with things for all income levels, and an incentive to work your way up

Acolyte Fuggly: that's why i will always be an underduck

Time Travler, Duckolyte: Really

Oracle Electra: we will, however, because of their special nature in the overall "personality" wanted by an avie

Oracle Electra: try to keep heads at a reasonable price

Oracle Electra: one that is well within anyone's budget

Oracle Electra: heads are an important aspect of an avatars overall view of him or herself

Oracle Electra: this, of course, means vendo heads

Oracle Electra: we cannot control, not do we want to, what a private avatar asks for any item

Oracle Electra: you, the community, has total contol over that

Oracle Electra: if you pay it, they will charge it

Oracle Electra: if you refuse, prices will drop

Oracle Electra: again, this is like a RW economy

Oracle Electra: next question

Oracle Electra: Being named an Oracle puts a lot of pressure on you to bring back some of the mythology to DS

Oracle Electra: How do you see your new role?

Oracle Electra: and do you think being a Mystical figure will help you influence and direct the community?

Oracle Electra: as for bringing back the mythology

Oracle Electra: I think we have made a huge step in this direction with the Mages

Oracle Electra: and we just got a new one last night

Oracle Electra: MysticCinnamon Mage

Acolyte Fuggly: may I mention... sisters....?

Oracle Electra: anyone who hasn't gone to talk to the Mages in the Jungle should do so

Acolyte Spidey: a very tasty mage.. I might add <VBG>

Acolyte Galaxxi: Tsk .. anything in a robe <shrug>

Oracle Electra: the Mages are right in line with the mythology of the Dreamscape

Oracle Electra: but it's you, the citizens, that must help with bringing back the mythology

Oracle Electra: My being in robes cannot do it

Oracle Electra: nor can I influence it

Oracle Electra: I can offer my help and support

Oracle Electra: but this is more a question of voluntary involvment by those who want it

Oracle Electra: if the mythology aspects are not of interest to someone

Oracle Electra: the Dreamscape has enough other facets to offer something for everyone

Oracle Electra: but for those that enjoy the mythology aspects, we will do our best to keep that alive

Oracle Electra: another big contribution in that area has come from Alayne and her quests

Oracle Electra: the goal there is not the be *the* winner

Oracle Electra: everyone who participates can reach the goal

Oracle Electra: with a bit of work and help from others

Time Travler, Duckolyte: <grin>

Acolyte Daemonium: Alayne for Prez!

Oracle Electra: and everyone who finishes gets the "badge"

Oracle Electra: I won't call them prizes

Oracle Electra: because I don't think of them as prizes

Caretaker Jal: who can fix my leaking kitchen facet?

Time Travler, Duckolyte: Rank<grin>

Acolyte Brownie: don't forget that hunk Questmaster

Acolyte Daemonium: lol

Oracle Electra: they are badges, awards, for participating and completing the quest

Oracle Electra: yes, we can't forget the Questmaster, Alayne's partner <grin>

Oracle Electra: the Quests have been VERY successful

Oracle Electra: and for those wondering, they will continue

Time Travler, Duckolyte: Yep

Time Travler, Duckolyte: cool

Oracle Electra: in fact, I think Alayne is warming up now and there should be another one very, very soon

Acolyte Daemonium: Alayne is still cute being that old.

Oracle Electra: so be ready!!

Oracle Electra: if anyone has not participated in previous quests, it's never too late to begin

Oracle Electra: everyone can work their way up in the ranking <grin>

Oracle Electra: so yes, we do hope to continue with the mythological aspects of dreamscape for anyone who enjoys that

Oracle Electra: and that's my last mailed in Question

Oracle Electra: I'll now see of any Acolytes have questions from the cloud

Time Travler, Duckolyte: I would like to ask a question

Acolyte Brownie: Step right up and esp an aco a question <G>

Oracle Electra: but only a few, because I don't want to run over my time

Oracle Electra: when I've already disrupted the events

Acolyte Daemonium: Feel free to ESP us for Questions<grin>

Acolyte Joscelin: E? Abbi Bi SeXXy asks when we will get anime items?

Oracle Electra: I don't have a time frame on that

Oracle Electra: they need to be loaded into the database here

Oracle Electra: until then, we can't say

Acolyte Skinner: Minkyboodle wants to know if there might be an ArgoII to bring aboard newbies to the Island of Kymer

Oracle Electra: When will the Sema Head be in the vendo

Acolyte Daemonium: The longer you wait, the longer you'll enjoy <g>

Oracle Electra: don't hold your breath waiting <G>

Acolyte Skinner: It would bring back the theme of and Island

Acolyte Skinner: an

Caretaker Jal: Question about the doors.. Why taking tokens out of the world, when the Tokens are ok, you said..

Oracle Electra: Prices have gone up a lot, but not our income. Will we get more tokens?

Caretaker Rabbit: Rowena wants to know if there can be an ADH vendo?

Oracle Electra: adjusting prices is easier than adjusting income

Oracle Electra: we have been gradually reducing vendo prices, and will continue to do so

Oracle Electra: all the oldbies, for instance, will remember that the normal price of a chest used to be 500T

Acolyte Fuggly: urgh.. yes

Oracle Electra: Acos need more power to deal with theives, will they get it

Oracle Electra: in a word, no

Time Travler, Duckolyte: Read door URL please says the doors are for removing T's now that is not the case how about lowering them to 995T<shrug>

Acolyte Skinner: Good!

Oracle Electra: you all have that power yourselves

Oracle Electra: we do not wish to be a controlling police state

Oracle Electra: the main function of an Acolyte is a helper

Oracle Electra: education is the key to solving theft

Oracle Electra: being sure we each no how to secure our own items

Oracle Electra: in that regard, yes

Oracle Electra: acos will be contributing in many ways to that education

Oracle Electra: will we get new shoes <G>

Oracle Electra: I wish <G>

Acolyte Evil Shell: LOL

Acolyte Brownie: D'Jay asks if the acolyte application form will be back on the forum and if so when?

Acolyte Evil Shell: noone can see your shoes now, E <G>

Acolyte Fuggly: also my size? <g<

Oracle Electra: the DS token rate will not change to match VZC

Oracle Electra: it's true they get more per hour, but they earn them for fewer hours

Oracle Electra: will there be more usable items like the fireworks?

Oracle Electra: I assume that means the one use items?

Caretaker Jal: Question can we get our token max at login, instead of parking all day

Oracle Electra: not at this time

Acolyte Kashmir: some bunny pinched me

Acolyte Cou: <g>

Oracle Electra: when we have items that are suitable, we will have them

Acolyte Daemonium: We need bubble gum!

Acolyte Evil Shell: LOL

Oracle Electra: will there ever be larger than 10 item containers?

Oracle Electra: no

Oracle Electra: that is a fixed limit and cannot be changed to a larger number

Caretaker Rabbit: 12 item containers use two 6s inside a two

Caretaker Rabbit: <g>

Oracle Electra: info about the doors can be found on the URL on the sign

Oracle Electra: read the FAQ on that page

Oracle Electra: if you still have questions, ask one of the CT's

Caretaker Jal: Question about door pricing, can it be lower

Oracle Electra: will there be an Argo II?

Oracle Electra: that is not planned at this time, but that does not mean never

Oracle Electra: and now

Acolyte Evil Shell: as long as Hermes stays stuffed <G>

Caretaker Jal: Question will 7 rooms turfs ever return?

Oracle Electra: it is time to let you all get back to your events <grin>

Oracle Electra: I thank you all for coming

Acolyte Evil Shell: thank you E <bow>

Oracle Electra: and I will try to schedule at a better time next time <grin>

Aunt Pearl: thank you <grin>

Acolyte Pookie: Thanks Electra<jump>Huggs

Acolyte Fuggly: thanks for sharing this with us <grin>

Acolyte Doc X: TY <bow>

Acolyte Skinner: Thank you Oracle Electra<bow>

Acolyte Brownie: hugggs all

Acolyte Zoe: well done, Electra! thanks!

Oracle Electra: I appreciate all the messages of support I have gotten from everyone <grin>

Acolyte Daemonium: Last question from smeone anonymous... can we lock up Spidey and Rabz?

Acolyte Spidey: Hugggggggggggs E.. thanx <grin><grin>

Acolyte Galaxxi: WTG E<jump>

Acolyte Evil Shell: ROFL

Acolyte Joscelin: Thank you Electra

Oracle Electra: dream well, all <wave>

Acolyte Pookie: together?

Acolyte Bolti: Thank you very much Oracle Electra <bow>

Acolyte Doc X: <wave>

Acolyte Daemonium: Thx E<jump>

Acolyte Saffron: also, what ya done with ya old head?

Acolyte Pookie: <wave>

Caretaker Chameleon: Quick announcement.. Something special comming in the Valentines vendo!

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