Just to clarify on the new bug-tracker. Old bugs, that are currently in old bugtracker will be transferred to the new system. It will be connected with clearing obsolete things and verifying the existing database. So, don't worry, old reports aren't lost or discarded.

Heidel was awarded 15 levels today, 5 for new, innovative, and creative developments to the world of BatMUD, and 10 for having a name that rhymes with "idle".

One of Bat's servers is currently having problems with its storage system. This causes problems with www.bat.org and some other services, but the MUD and HCBat are unaffected. We are working on the problem.

Oh, and some really unknown coder mudder chick Targa has got some too, to complete the night of upgrades.

A group of very anxious active wizards whose names were undisclosed but included Ne..th, Ena...ndor and Man...drake have received minor (or major) uptunes in their levels. We would like to thank them for their contributions and hope they will continue for centuries to come.

You can now lite "report" channel separately from party channel too, same goes for its channel tag. lite report , lite chantag report . Quit/re-enter to use.

Qazar, the adept, has been reinstated to the Realm of BatMUD. Expect for him to become as resourceful as he once was.

In celebration of Christmas, I have placed a few taskpoints, and ten+ items of interest within the street lamps of our major cities. These items include for example, youth vials, free reinc pendants, taskpoints and powerful items, such as an old Tiamat item. Happy hunting, and once again, Merry Christmas from the Wizards of BatMUD!

All hail Sirdar the Magus

Aleksey will come back tomorrow with a renewed sense of Christmas spirit, by which I mean his "I follow Santa with triggers and chain-sit-on-lap in violation of help robot" turned off. Also, he'll probably stop peeing on Santa or he'll get coal in his stocking. Ho ho ho.