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Greetings Netizens.

With all the recent changes now seems like a good time to post a quick reminder about a couple of rules that all players agree to when joining and are expected to follow when playing and enjoying The Nethernet

The subject is Alts. What is an alt you may ask.

An alt, or Alternative account is a second, or sometimes third account that a player can create and use to play the game.  There is no rule against creating multiple accounts, although obviously it would be great if everyone used only one account.

Maybe you have an urge to blow things up, but like to keep your main account as a Destroyer free zone. Creating another account for reasons like this is perfectly fine.

While there is no rule against creating multiple accounts, what is not allowed is to make an account and use it to assist, interact or improve your main account.

Examples of this would be using an account to mine another one, or to take missions that the main user created, each of those actions will earn you classpoints and this is classed as cheating, it will lead to a suspension, or even a total ban.

We know this has been happening, it does not go unseen, and many members of the community are disheartened when they see a user rising through the levels unfairly.

Cheating, along with the other rules and guide to expected conduct within the game and the Chat rooms can be found in the Terms of Service and Community Standards pages of the guide.

This post is not the beginning of a witch hunt, it is more of an Amnesty announcement. We know this happens, but now is the time to stop.

Our common goal is to have a friendly, successful, and fair game, and any form of cheating upsets all of this.

So by all means create enough accounts to match your personalities, but keep them separate.

Thanks

The Stewards

Professor Esper watching the small robot race across his desk and fall ungracefully into a trash can at the end. He retrieved the bot, legs still furiously pumping, and checked its meter.

“Question, Query: What are the results?” asked Ninefinder.

“Ten classpoints for that run across the desk. Until now I’ve only been able to get 5 out of this little guy.” Esper switched off the robot and placed it on the desk again. “I’m going to let Jerdu and Thomas know that we’re able to overclock the classpoints system now. They’ll be quite pleased.”

Esper walked out of his office. Ninefinder could hear him tapping out a PMail at the end of the hall.

Ninefinder gingerly walked to the desk and picked up the smaller robot. He opened its casing and fiddled for a few minutes. He placed the robot at the end of the desk and turned it on. The robot methodically walked across the surface, at a much slower speed than it had raced before. Ninefinder picked it up and read its meter: Zero.

“Question, Inquiry: What have we here?” Ninefinder softly asked.

A tiny mechanical bug flew through a crack in the wooden floor and alighted on Ninefinder’s shoulder. It chirped questioningly at Ninefinder. “Statement, Direct Answer:  Yes, I think so too,” said one robot to the other. “Everything should be balanced.”

[Please enjoy the following fiction while our servers update to version 0.8.1 of TNN: Sasha Watkins, and Victoria Ash discuss recent events; Victoria announces the return of Ballistic St. Nicks in TNN 0.8.1]

Sasha lay on a davenport in one of Victoria’s hideouts. She took the charm bracelet from one of her many pockets and held the Skeleton Key charm between two fingers, tapping the small teeth with her fingernails. She let it go and watched it dangle off the brass chain.

“You should put that on again before you lose it,” said Victoria. Her black heels clicked on the hardwood floor. She held a tea tray in her hands. The two friends had not met in person for some time, but they fell back into their habits easily.

Sasha craned her neck backwards and watched Victoria approach. Today her mask had a smug smile.

“Why so jolly, V?”

Victoria’s smugly painted smile was unchanged. “I wouldn’t say jolly. I would say… pleased.” Victoria poured a cup of tea. “Milk?”

“No, thank you.”

Victoria handed Sasha her cup and began pouring another. Sasha tapped her foot.

“You’re such a Seer, so impatient,” Victoria chided.

The steam curled off of Sasha’s tea. She held her hand over it and watch the steam find its path through her fingers, unstoppable in its lift. Victoria could see that her friend’s mind was beginning to wander.

“Jerdu won’t be blocking the Ballistic St. Nicks any longer,” she announced.

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[The following is a note from Sasha Watkins; Classpoints for Chaos Tools and Upgrades have received a boost for an indeterminable, yet short amount of time (+5 CP)]

“Hello, Comrades of Chaos!

“I’ve been on an extended solo Jaunt through less traveled regions of the net. I have some good news upon my return, and some bad news.

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Both before and after the re-discovery of the ancient technologies that occurred this last week, the Characters have been busy throughout The Nethernet.

If you’ve been trying to piece together just exactly what has happened, the following content should be of great use to you. If you’ve been following the story closely, be sure to take a second look and make sure all the pieces still fit – perhaps it will give you a clue as to what is still to come.

To begin with Ninefinder and the Characters of Order:

Mission: World War One Tanks: Ninefinder created this Mission which appeared on its surface to be part of his usual routine, that is creating random Missions with content he finds related to one another across the Internet. However, it was quickly recognized that there was a misplaced link in the Mission.

Forum Post: Does Ninefinder Have a Loose Screw?: Professor Esper noticed that the relentless Grenading of Ninefinder by JamesCannon caused him to have to take Nine down for repairs, explaining the cause of the strange Mission that had been generated.

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Seers once possessed knowledge of an ancient device. It was a key: flat and dense and made from the same metal that ground Portals. Years ago a prototype of the device was uncovered by a young explorer at the edge of digital space, underneath a holding page. The site itself later became xkcd, funnily enough. But the young explorer who made this great discovery was said to eventually become Satisfied. He left the jaunting life for middle management and a good health plan. So, the Seers forgot him. It’s what they do.

Partly due to this forgetfulness the design of the device was lost for many years. Only recently the documentation, such as it was, was rediscovered by Professor Esper. He saw that whoever wrote it was toying then with the essence of links – the connective tissue that binds the sites on The Nethernet together. He made a couple of prototypes and realized he could unlock the Benefactor’s Puzzle Crates. He knew he had to keep it safe from the forces of Chaos. The professor turned to the Bedouin to protect it. The Bedouin had been crafting a new form of energy under his guidance and he more faith than ever in them.
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