What Was New In 2019

12/3/2019 v1149
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. — Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970)

• Happy Bawkmas! Merry Skristmas! Happy Thoomas! Season’s Beatings!
• Some areas now make a little more sense, skristally speaking.

11/6/2019 v1146
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. — Will Rogers (1878–1935)

• Monsters should no longer spawn within inaccessible areas in a certain haunted woods.
• Morphed rangers should no longer turn invisible when suffering the effects of deadly poppies.
• Certain sticks are now more fragile.
• One confused gerbil miscounted his fingers and toes, which is why this is v1146 instead of v1145.

10/2/2019 v1140
“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.”
— Douglas Adams (1952–2001), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

• Enjoy exploring...

9/4/2019 v1136
Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few. — Joan Aiken (1924–2004)

• We expect that the next major version of macOS, Catalina (10.15), will be released in the next few weeks. The current Clan Lord client will not work with that system, and we don’t have any plans to produce a new, compatible client.
  Those of you who wish to continue playing the game have a few options — none of which, regrettably, are ideal:
  • Refrain from upgrading; stick with macOS 10.14 or below.
  • Run one of those older system versions within a virtual machine or emulator
  • Switch to the Windows client, either in a VM or on real hardware (although that client has its own geriatric issues as well)
• Made a change that may help prevent certain overzealous modem/routers from prematurely closing communications between client and server.

8/7/2019 v1132
At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. — Toni Morrison (1931–2019)

• Some Fens have been trained not to juggle their weapons while walking.

7/3/2019 v1127
To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie –
True Poems flee –
— Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

• Work continues on a new (old?) project.

6/5/2019 v1123
Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous. — Bill Moyers (b. 1934)

• Nothing to see here; move along.

5/1/2019 v1118
For when a child is born the mother also is born again. — Gilbert Parker (1862–1932)

• Reminder: starting this update, we’re shifting to a slightly more leisurely release schedule, with updates appearing on the first Wednesday of each (RL) month. Thus today’s v1118 will be followed by v1123 on June 5th, v1127 on July 3rd, v1132 on August 7th, and so forth.

4/10/2019 v1115
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers,
Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.
I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal-cakes.
— Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

• The GMs are outside enjoying the spring weather (no significant updates this time around).
• As noted above, the v1118 update is scheduled for May 1st. Thereafter, though, we plan to shift to a slightly slower release cadence: specifically, on the first Wednesday of each (RL) month. Thus v1118 would be followed by v1123 on June 5th, v1127 on July 3rd, and so forth.

3/21/2019 v1112
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. — Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916)

• Apologies for the lateness of the updateness.
• What’s that smell?

2/27/2019 v1109
For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

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2/6/2019 v1106
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. — Zsa Zsa Gábor (1917–2016)

• Certain containers have been expanded, both in capacity and in variety.

1/16/2019 v1103
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. — Dr. Martin Luther King (1929–1968)

• We hope that everyone had fun this past update; thanks for your continued support for Clan Lord!