Captured by Iroko in ATS's #atriarch (irc.stratics.net) channel on April 24, 2002 (edited by Herok)

SB Beta Scam
{Synon|FoA} Hiya Serafina!
{Serafina} heya!
{Serafina} I just got a notice for the Shadowbane beta.
{Serafina} Are they letting everyone in now?
{TheGoodReverend} did you get in serafina??
{Serafina} Yes, apparently I did get in
{Serafina} What a crack-up. Their NDA is narly.
{Serafina} or is it gnarly
{Serafina} whatever... I can't sign it
{Serafina} someone else want it?
{TheGoodReverend} does the nda say "if you are a developer then by betaing this game you agree to cede all rights to your games, past, present, and future?"
{Serafina} 14. Hiring of Employees. Tester agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, and for a period of one (1) year after expiration or termination of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its affiliates, clients, contractors or employers shall, except with the prior written consent of the other offer employment to or employ any person employed then or within the preceding twelve (12) months by Ubi Soft.
{Serafina} They refer to testers as "it"
{Serafina} I don't think I can sign it just for that reason right there... not that I have any money to hire anyone, but I can't be locked down by that.
{Serafina} I guess I'll just have to wait until SB releases to play it... too bad.
{Serafina} I was looking forward to it.
{TheGoodReverend} so i get you account then? :)
{Serafina} hehe... I would, but I think it is tied to my email account, so that would kinda mess things up.

New Gamespy Dev Journal
{Serafina} Well, back to writing my dev journal.
{Serafina} Synon|FoA... good, you are an excellent person to ask this then
{Synon|FoA} You have a question, I have an answer
{Serafina} What is the better way to say Player-content? player content? player-defined content? player-developed content?
{Serafina} or is there another way better to describe it
{Synon|FoA} player content seems best to me, its nice and simple
{Serafina} but will a person know what I mean by that?
{Serafina} player content could simply be content that a player interacts with, right?
{Synon|FoA} player content to me means anything created by a player
{TheGoodReverend sends serafina's words through the MARKETING-INATOR:
{TheGoodReverend} "Player-Inspired Content"
{TheGoodReverend} or perhaps player-derived content, but inspired is more marketingish
{Serafina} LOL! I was just reading my last design diary. At least twice in it I promise to write them more often... LOL! I suck.
{Serafina} hey, at least I've been updating the site every week. That is a huge improvement!
{Serafina} My next goal is to try updating it twice a week instead of just once. Baby steps... baby steps/
{Synon|FoA} whens the community calender start?
{Synon|FoA} and when is poq going to give out some points?
{Serafina} Synon|FoA... hehe... we've updated the website every single week. It has begun. LOL!
{poq} you asked me and i said "yes," syn, but you never replied!
{Serafina} We are starting slow and building up. I'm done with promising everything and then not having the time to follow through. This time, we are actually being smart about it.
{Synon|FoA} yes poq, but I was hoping you would give out some points now and then

New Screenshots: Trelos
{Serafina} On the community calendar are screenshots of Trelos
{Synon|FoA} when when?!!?!?!?!?
{Synon|FoA} And where is Trelos?
{Serafina} Along with those screenshots will be the next major Community Event.
{Synon|FoA} Eshlar continent?!
{Serafina} nope, Unarra *evil grin*

World Fusion Picnic
{Serafina} Anyway, TGR.. guess what is coming up?
{TheGoodReverend} e3!
{Serafina} before E3
{TheGoodReverend} another live demo for me?!
{TheGoodReverend} um
{Serafina} TheGoodReverend... we are having a World Fusion picnic.
{TheGoodReverend} cool
{Serafina} We are starting up the tradition again of having a picnic every three months.
{Serafina} We used to do it without fail... uh.. until we failed.
{Serafina} My personal belief is when we stopped having picnics, everything went downhill.
{Serafina} So, we are now having picnics again.
{Serafina} Anyway, everyone is invited to the picnics. I'm going to post a map for anyone who wants to come to it.
{Serafina} I doubt anyone will actually come, but I'm going to invite everyone to the picnic anyway.
{Serafina} Eyeke... are you coming to the picnic?
{Serafina} It is doubling as a birthday picnic for me :-)
{Serafina} It is the day before my birthday!

Construction Screenshots
{Korak} speak of the.. err, Aloha Serafina.
{Korak} http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/at/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=atopencon&Number=380208&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1#Post380240
{Serafina} more ranting about how Atriarch team is never around?
{Korak} so how far thee mucho Atriarch Serafina?
{Korak} more positive discussion on things.
{Serafina} I just sent in my design diary to Gamespy today. It will be up tonight at midnight for tomorrow.
{Korak} we're actually not getting all that negative/pessimistic!
{Serafina} woohoo!
{Serafina} There are some construction pieces that are shown in the new dev diary for the Drasius area
{Korak} okokok, I started my post out with "And then what?"
{Korak} but the rest is yummy korak-posting goodness!
{Serafina} IGN on Friday night will have new screenshots of Bolera Caverns (Atriarch's version of a dungeon) and possibly of Drasius itself
{Korak} what are the weight/texture/overall usefulness of them?
{Korak} did Iimzodar create the dungeon?
{Korak} methinks I know how it might look if he did, *grins*
{Synon|FoA} Serafina, what happened to Iimz anyway"
{Serafina} Korak... oh no, Mo did. I described it vaguely and Mo churned it out... looks great
{Serafina} Synon|FoA... iimz is still around. He is getting married this summer.
{Serafina} I was up all night writing my dev journal and it isn't all that good.

Behind the Scenes Look?
{Korak} Why was it so time-consuming?
{Serafina} hehe... because I threw out what I had originally wrote.
{Korak} send it to DQ
{Korak} so he'll have something that isn't copy-pasted from ATW to post.
{Serafina} I was in somewhat of a vile mood and my dev diary ended up being a rant of all rants about people with small minds and their love of mediocrity
{Synon|FoA} I think its exclusive to gamespy korak
{Korak} no, the original version Synon
{Korak} ok, maybe do it after ;)
{Serafina} When I came to my senses, I realized that probably wasn't the best way to start back up on Gamespy again.. hehe
{Speranza} come now, diversity is good Serafina!
{Korak} prolly should have went for a movie for the IGN thing
{Korak} seems they're whores for movies
{Serafina} So, it was due first thing this morning and I started re-writing it this about midnight. Well, I was unusually tired and it took me forever to write what would normally take me a much shorter time. LOL! I"m actually nervous to read it.
{Synon|FoA} Just include a part about "Wow! Atriarch! Wow! We made a community calender just for YOU, dont miss it! Atriarch!"
{Serafina} I'm afraid, I'm going to see it online and go OMIGOD! What the hell was I saying? make the rambling stop, pleeeeze!
{Serafina} make it all stop!
{Serafina} I still rant a little, but nothing like the vile stuff I wrote before. hehe... I was almost sounding like David Allen, but much more eloquent of course.. LOL

GDC Gossip
{Korak} so, when are you going to tell us about your time with koster(again)?
{Serafina} What do you mean?
{Korak} Did you change your mind about anything? Did you change his/someone elses mind?
{Serafina} He said the usual things.... same thing he's been saying every year at this talks and at roundtables... nothing much new.
{Serafina} Korak... yes, I did change some people's minds about something. When I showed them Atriarch, I changed their minds about what is possible.
{Serafina} Raph was upset at me.
{Serafina} He was whining at me because I didn't show him Atriarch, but I did show Mahrin Skel from Mythic
{Korak} Kinda sad.. If a few things were changed, you'd realistically have to worry about people evolving from Atriarch. But, you don't.
{Serafina} I did hear that they may charge for beta
{Speranza} it hasn't been stated
{Serafina} I heard it stated.
{Speranza} oh well i havn't seen it if it has been
{DavidQuick} You read about the EQ2 announcment Serafina?
{Serafina} DavidQuick... I saw part of it
{Serafina} Speranza... I don't know.. I even heard they were trying to bring back ME
{Korak} if I would be getting what I payed for, sure.
{Synon|FoA} if they can get people to do it... more power to them
{Serafina} I hear lots of rumors... rarely true
{Serafina} goodnight

Bolera Cavern and New Creature Screenshots
{Serafina} ok, I really am going to sleep before I accidently tell you about the first Atriarch "dungeon" screenshots we are releasing on Friday evening.
{Serafina} Screenshots of Bolera caverns will be released on Friday.
{Serafina} I don't quite remember, but I think there are some new creatures in the screens as well, including the Tonar Sloth

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