We saw some truly glamorous performances at the last Omnidancer Gala - Truly, some of those booty bounces will stay with me long after my 'sim has crusted down to base parts - and yet I find myself wondering how many other talents might be burgeoning out there in the stars. 

It is this wondering which inspires me to announce the next competition to entertain and masses - "The Stellar Spectacular" 

Participants in this show can enter any kind of skill or performance that they want to show off to the sector. Are you a word smith? A fighter? A nanite sculptor? A holo-performer? Dancing is still permitted, of course, but we want to make sure everyone has the chance to show us what they've got! 

Now, I know what you're all wonderin' about. Yes, preliminary prizes are already in the works! Thank to our amazing early sponsors, the following prizes are up for grabs. 

   1st Place: 200 credits, 500,000 marks

   2nd Place: 150 credits, 300,000 marks

   3rd Place: 200,000 marks

- PERFORMERS -

If you are looking to join the ranks of participants, send me a message confirming your interest and proposed talent. Everyone to perform and/or attend the show will receive a giftbag of delicious goodies and trinkets. 

- JUDGES -

If you believe you will be able to act as an objective third party in this endeavor, message me to confirm. An interview may be required. 

Join us on Ansday in the 1st week of Abyss, 962 A.E. The location is yet to be determined, but there are many details left to nail down. (// The show is tentatively scheduled for May 15th at 7 pm, sync)

Best of luck to all of you spacers. I look forward to seeing who will shine brightest of all. 

- Lupi

      Special THANK YOU to our preliminary sponsors! 

              * The Mournal Kombat Clan *

    * Keiko's Candyland and New Dikamazi Shipyards *

               * The Matari Dynasty *

        * Holgorath and the Ironbound Dynasty *

             * Omnifarious Productions *

(side note, there is probably even more optimal routes than this but im just sharing mine.)

Section 1: AREAS

20-30-------------------------------Goribar Farm

30-40-------------------------------Goribar Farm *See note 1

40-50-------------------------------Pylos

50-75-------------------------------New Dikimazi

70-75-------------------------------Ixsei, New Dikimazi

Section 2: STATS

No matter what your class is, You should put 50 Lifeforce, Then max out Regen, After that take note of what damage your main skills are using and max out your main damage stat.

An example would be something like this *See note 2

----------------------------------< Player stats >-----------------------------------
Stat            Base      Assigned  Rewards   Bonuses   Artifacts Total     Effective
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Psyche          150       250               0         5              0         265       301
Techcraft      150       0                   0         5              0         155       155
Lifeforce       150       122               0         5              0         405       238
Evasion         150       0                   0         5              0         155       155
Regen           150       250               0         5              0         405       301
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Section 3: NEWBIECHALLENGE *See note 3
In the newbiechallenge you have 3 main objectives:

Level:                         (1/75)
Deposited comms:     (0/300)
Battle Participation:    (0/25)

Your main focus should be getting your battle participation out of the way, as it is a challenge that requires you to get a spar once a day. Multiple duels will not count for this challenge and you can use the command COOLDOWNS to check when you are able to duel again. You may also get completion for this challenge by participating in COSMPIERCERS and ARENA EVENTS like FFA, or RAMPAGE. I would highly suggest anytime you see a FFA or a RAMPAGE that you hop onto it Immediately.

Your secondary focus should be getting to level 75, to achieve this goal You can follow the leveling area I put above, or you can have a friend help you level.

Your third focus should be getting the commodities, I put this as third focus as you dont want to spend time getting commodities that you can just buy with the marks you will get from leveling to 75 if it is going to eat up alot of your time you could be spending getting to level 75. Once at 75, you should look to complete this challenge either by collecting them in your ship or just buying them and depositing them to your faction. (I chose to just buy and deposit but its up to you.)

Section 4: NOTES

*Note 1: Level 30-40 Is quite terrible, Its probably the hardest gap in game. I would very highly suggest asking for someone of higher MIL(level) to party level with you at a place like New Dikimazi

*Note 2: The stats you see here are from my leveling of a nanoseer, for you I would suggest asking someone of your class what your main damage stat is and making an informed decision

*Note 3: There were some negative responses to the challenge at first, mostly such stating that it would be impossible to complete for a veteran let alone a newbie I wrote up this guide to dispel that thought.

Day 14 of the challenge for me, I had 10 duels left to do, with a total of 4days 12hours put in. this would mean If I were to have just put in roughly 3 hours and 30 min a day Id have achieved it within the 30 day requirement. Any day that you put in more time than 3 hours and 30 min is less days it will take you to complete the challenge. I completed this challenge while working 12 hour shifts and 46+ hours a week. This challenge should be easily doable for most people.




ENDING NOTE: Its a game, Have fun. Don't be afraid to ask for help.

This is a collaborative effort to create an NPC who will be settled somewhere in Starmourn! See http://forums.starmourn.com/discussion/156/you-make-the-mob-s01e01-pilot for the original thread.

Thus far we have a bookish Amaian scholar whose makes her living as a zhubeast wrangler. She enjoys taking things apart (which she is absolutely terrible at putting back together again, despite her insistence otherwise) and ancient earth memes. But of course she hates zhu meat. Where is she from? Nobody is quite sure... she's incredibly secretive about her past and invents a different, greatly detailed origin story each time she's asked.

In this thread you have the opportunity to do some writing. Description, attacs, and interactions are the three main things that need to be composed for any NPC, but if you are familiar with the way IRE's denizens work (or even if you're not) and have some ideas beyond these, feel free to chime in!

Description - What do you see when you look at her? What is she wearing? How does she carry herself?

Attacks - Does she rope and hog-tie her opponents? Skewer them with an ancient, rusty sword that she keeps by her side? Scratch them with envenomed daggers? Call her zhubeast herd for dinner and in the process, run over everyone in their path? We'll need several of these.

Interactions - What does she do/say when you say hello? What if you ask her about zhubeast? Maybe she's holding a book, what does she say if you ask what she's reading? What are some of the backgrounds she invents when you ask about herself? She can respond to a variety of topics. And if you can somehow work in ancient earth memes that would be great...

Here we are voting on her dislikes! So far we have voted on a bookish Amaian scholar whose makes her living as a zhubeast wrangler. She enjoys taking things apart (which she is absolutely terrible at putting back together again, despite her insistence otherwise) and ancient earth memes.

Next up we'll get more into her background. Where is she from? Small town, large city, tourist trap, garden satellite? I'm looking for more of a description of a place rather than a specific city or planet or whatever (as part of her background it may not be somewhere you can actually visit), though you're free to suggest that as well if it works.

So far we have voted on a bookish Amaian scholar whose makes her living as a zhubeast wrangler. Here we're choosing her "likes!" Only 10 options are possible so I've grouped more concrete things here. I'll put up a second poll with the rest (http://forums.starmourn.com/discussion/174/you-make-the-mob-s01e04-likes-2-of-2). We'll see how the votes turn out and use a few from each poll.

The next thread will be her "dislikes" so comment here with suggestions.

I'm going to run a series of polls here, in which you guys can vote on (and suggest) various attributes for a denizen/NPC/mob in Starmourn, and eventually you'll see him/her/it in the game! Kind of making a collaborative character sheet.

BUT you won't have to wait until opening day for a preview - at the end I'll put together a log that shows just what happens when you greet, flirt with, start a fight with, or otherwise interact with them.

Feel free to call me a lazy builder, but it actually takes way more time to do it this way, especially for a single character. So know that this is all for YOU, our treasured community of early Starmourn fans.

In each thread I'll take suggestions for options in the next poll. But for now we'll start out with some stock characters to turn into something awesome.

We'll add race/gender next, so comment with combo(s) you would like to see! They can be player races or not.