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First batch of invites just got sent! Check your emails, folks!

Figured I'd share a nice little(True) story to pump up the hype train!

I had a dream.. a dream where the starmourn beta came down to a live contest of "skill?" out of like 5 contenders I think.

Challenge #1:The first challenge was to sit on chairs and figure out whose chair was spraying water from the bottom onto the floor.
Results: No one got it right. The water was literally spraying from thin air, I dont even know.

Challenge #2: Running in a circle while holding our breath. Last person to start breathing wins.
Results: I dont remember too much of the event, but in no understandable way, it was a three-way tie(myself being one of them). I only remember the result and the explanation.

Challenge #3: Eating super spicy ice cream 😂. Whoever eats the most before quitting and running out of the room.
Results: 2 people ran out of the room immediately, literally crying on the way out. It was my turn but then my alarm started going off.

The proctors told me if I wake up, then I'll be forfeiting the chance to be in the beta.. unfortunately that damn alarm wouldnt shut up.

Winners of the Dream Beta Sweepstakes!!

Inconclusive

I guess the moral of this story can be taken from the inspiring words of Shia LaBeouf. 
"Don't let your dream be dreams. Just DO IT."Even if we dont get in the beta, we've got it in December! Aw yeah!

Anyone else dreaming of starmourn yet?

Teotwauki said:

I've got a few questions I haven't found answers to from general reading. Forgive the lack of focus on game content, I'm satisfied IRE will produce something awesome, I'm more so curious about some of the things that deterred me from other games.

1. I recall Achaea implemented a balance queue command from memory. Will there be something similar for various balances (Not just the main ones like Equilibrium and Balance) in Starmourn? For example ONBAL WEST as opposed to spamming WEST, preferably with the ability to queue multiple commands for example ONBAL WEST:SHOOT DEATHLASERS EAST AT TECTON. This makes huge difference for someone with high latency and at times is what stopped me bothering to play. I see this as a really important way to bridge the gap between continents when local servers or client side handling are not possible.
2. The "Power Level" in Achaea in my opinion was just way to high, especially towards the later period of the game where there were a lot of dragons and a lot of people with all the level 2/3 artifacts that effected combat and also world events. Meaning that for your normal level 80 guy running around with a few thousand credits with of investment, it was quite one sided. Even though I could fork over the money and buy equality, I didn't feel it was very worthwhile, and preferred to just leave and find a game with a more equal playing field. Is Starmourn going to have level 2/3 artefacts for various class abilities,  stats, weapons, health recovery, etc etc... or is there a possibility of sticking to level one, or lowering their effect or number. I'm aware a Pay to Play system isn't going to be in place (Which I think would be a great option, perhaps just for one of the games), but I would love to have divide bridged between low/mid/high tier investment in the game (It seemed to me people still invested loads in cosmetic and utility artifacts anyway).
3. Will character retirement from other games for credits be available initially, will there be any chance to extend the 30day new character limit while people decide if they want to play the game? I would hate to retire my main character and find Starmourn doesn't end up with a high enough player base to make it interesting to play. Although I would also hate to have to re-roll a new character in three months time after I decide I want to stick to the game.

Anyway, I'm really keen to try Starmourn, I've tried getting back into IRE games on and off and I have never got the same enjoyment I used to get, can't wait!

1. There's a queuing system to run commands as soon as you regain balance, if you try to run them off balance.
2. We're doing things like offensive artefacts a little differently here in Starmourn with weapon and armor dropping from mobs (and no artefact weapons), so you can get the best weapons and armor in the game without purchasing it.
3. There's an article about retirement here: https://www.starmourn.com/2018/07/05/retirement-and-starmourn/

For those who may not have noticed, this thread was created before the beta announcements, which is the reason for Traveler's post.

Thank you for the amazing amount of interest - I'll be collating all the entries and letting people know in the next day or so! If you haven't, please make sure that the email address connected to your forums account is current and accurate, as that is how I'll be contacting you if you win.

I think I'm more excited about this:

Oryx said:

>>> survey

You are currently in Main Camp of Usum Usutti.

You have explored 100% of this area.

Than I am anything else in this post