What Was New In 2022
This page generally only reports the most notable changes. You’ll have had to explore to find the additions to the world.
What’s Even Newer in 2023 ... and Beyond!
2022-12-07 v1306
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
- Happy Bawkmas! Merry Skristmas! Happy Thoomas! Season’s Beatings!
- Sundering stones no longer instantly heal themselves.
- Ranger befriends stay friendly again when the ranger dies.
- Don’t forget to explore to see what’s new!
2022-11-02 v1301
“Enough” is a feast. — Buddhist Proverb
- You’ll need to explore to see what’s new this chaos storm, too.
2022-10-05 v1297
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
— Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
- You’ll need to explore to see what’s new this chaos storm.
2022-09-07 v1293
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
— Confucius (c. 551–c. 479 BCE)
- The Ancient spelling- and grammar-checking machine awoken by the previous storm has corrected a number of Ancient grammar errors. The device has now returned to its age-old slumber and will not be making any more changes.
2022-08-03 v1288
Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance.
— Anthony De Mello (1931–1987)
- The Chaos Storm has revived an Ancient spelling- and grammar-checking machine. Its first effect has been to restore a number of words that had long ago been erased or obscured by the ravages of time.
2022-07-06 v1284
Our task must be to free ourselves … by widening our circle
of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole
of nature and its beauty. — Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
- Healers can now cad other peoples’ pets using /use /pet (which heals the healer’s pet, but if the healer doesn’t have a pet, then the closest pet is healed instead). Pets are burstable, as well.
6/1/2022 v1279
I hate being on my best behavior. It brings out the absolute worst
in me. — Colleen McCullough (1937–2015)
- You’ll need to keep exploring to find this Chaos Storm’s changes.
5/4/2022 v1275
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree;
I’d hoped, of course, that there would be
A tree still left for me to see;
Some lumber firm from out of town
Has chopped the whole darn forest down;
But I’ll show up those dirty skunks—
I’ll go and write a poem called “Trunks.”
— Frank Jacobs, Mad Magazine #181 (March 1976)
- You’ll need to explore to find this Chaos Storm’s changes.
4/6/2022 v1271
Books are a uniquely portable magic. — Stephen King (b. 1947)
- Fixed a bug that was interfering with the normal function of ethereal amulets.
3/2/2022 v1266
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional
and are the portals of discovery. — James Joyce (1882–1941)
- Sandglasses should now behave properly when using /show and /examine.
2/4/2022 v1262
Life is an experiment in which you may fail or succeed.
Explore more, expect least.
— Santosh Kalwar (b. 1982)
- Sorry for the delay!
- Here’s wishing everyone a healthy and happy computer!
1/5/2022 v1258
Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.
— Robin Sharma (b. 1964)
- Here’s wishing everyone a healthy and happy New Year!