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Castamir has been nuked!
Castamir was nuked at 22:48 12/21/06
Castamir asks Boromir about orc archers, and Theoden about eorling riders
Rank: Overlord (male)
Departed from Arda
Age: 120d 17h 34m 54s
Info: Die die die!!
Client: http://kbtin.sourceforge.net/ (for Un*x systems)
Maps: http://urukpr0n.angband.pl/
Plan:
Castamir had not long sat upon the throne before he proved himself
haughty and ungenerous. He was a cruel man, as he had first shown in the
taking of Osgiliath. He caused Orendil son of Eldacar, who was captured,
to be put to death; and the slaughter and destruction done in the city at
his bidding far exceeded the needs of war. This was remembered in Minas
Arnor and in Ithilien; and their love for Castamir was further lessened
when it became clear he cared little for the land, and thought only of
the fleets, and proposed to remove the king's seat to Pelargir.
Nuke Reason: See news 58.
Note 58 Draugluin (12/21/06 22:49) Travesty
Dear Ardans,
"And behold! in our need chance brings to light the Ring of
Power. It is a gift, I say; a gift to the foes of Mordor. It
is mad not to use it, to use the power of the Enemy against
him. The fearless, the ruthless, these alone will achieve
victory. What could not a warrior do in this hour, a great
leader? What could not Aragorn do? Or if he refuses, why
not Boromir?"
--Boromir
As many of you saw, or heard by now, Melkor on behalf of
the Administration was forced to delete the Overlord known
as Castamir today.
Let me say that, personally, Castamir is someone I met when
I first came here, and someone I spent countless - countless
of my hours with, playing, coding, t2t-ing in general. To say
that this is a sad day for our entire community is a drastic
understatement - not only because of the person involved, but
whoever assisted him and his grossly treacherous acts.
All ainu agree to a set of rules, and know that they must
abide by them. They range from not helping mortals, to
protecting how things are done, etc. They also include the
promise that all code not deemed publically available is the
property of the Valinor community, the mud, as a whole.
Castamir broke this trust by stealing a good portion of the
T2T code, and attempting to use it as a bargaining chip to
force Valinor to do things his way. He also wanted to rally
others to his cause, toward whatever end.
Clearly, Castamir lost sight of the community as a whole,
no matter how strongly he felt about how town entrances or
the whip or whatever else should work.
Because of this, Castamir has violated the trust placed in
him by all of us, in a way that ensures we couldn't ever trust
him again...because clearly, if he were willing to do something
so treacherous, then any other type of cheating you see
somewhat regularly: multiplaying, gold passing, stat altering,
who knows what...would be but a drop in the bucket.
I mourn for Castamir, because he could find no better way to
express himself, no more productive outlet for his talents,
many of which he shared with me over the years.
I mourn for The Two Towers because our community has been
betrayed, in a way most foul, by some of our own.
But we'll recover. Valinor is currently looking at different
plans to change how development is structured on T2T, to
attack the core issues of code trust, copyright, etc, to ensure
no future Administration is forced to do things to your game
based on the extortions of any outside influences.
More info to come in the coming weeks.
Thanks,
Draugluin
on behalf of the Powers