Another week in the Wastes has come and gone, and a fresh one lays ahead! Well, as fresh as anything can be in a desert or swamp. Here’s this week’s rundown of past and pending events:
UPCOMING EVENTS: NeoBokrug Elytis’ Pathfinder pen-and-paper roleplaying group got off to a solid start last Saturday, and after an intriguing cliffhanger, the adventure continues this week! Spectators are invited to gather around the temporary playfield near the Hambone Slash arena this Saturday from 10am SLT to 2pm to watch the tale unfold.
Not long afterward and not far away, Fight Night will take place at 3pm. The Healing Machines will be up and running for the duration, so feel free to step on as many landmines as you like. After all, they contain sweet, delicious candy*.
Once all the other Saturday events are finished, probably around 7pm SLT, Aposiopesis Fullstop will be DJing from The Pipe Bomb in Malady Bog.
Sunday will see the return of Swamp Rats Fishing! Float, chat, and generally chill out in the waters just beyond The Pipe Bomb. The tournament begins at 12pm SLT, lasts until 1pm, and will also feature a Bounty Hunt — meaning that a special prize goes out to anyone lucky enough to catch a specific kind of fish. The regular prizes will be L$1000 for first, L$600 for second, and L$400 for third place, with bait buckets for the fourth and fifth place finishers. Non-tournament open fishing is available 24/7 — just try to not entangle your line in those pesky “NO FISHING” signs.
EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS: While the Spring Break season kept the Wastelands mostly quiet on Saturday, Aposiopesis Fullstop raised the volume a bit with an extra-long DJ set atop the billboard of Syruss Constantine’s Sledgepile.
PROJECTS: Still more ideas and expansions are filling the Wastelands-themed glyphs and symbols thread on the Forums. Join in and add more ideas to the growing pool! Specific concepts still in the works are a simple symbol for Mutants, symbols for various emotions, and possibly an alphabet and number system.
ESTATE NEWS: The new Healing Machines are still in the trial phase. Located in Hambone Slash, the Great Fissure, and Fort Stygian, they run for 10 seconds per point of Barter Value in the scrap you rez near them. For complete details, see this Forum thread — which is also the optimal place to leave your feedback, suggestions, or error reports.
The salvage spawn rate has also been recalibrated for a 10% increase in crates. It’s also now based on the number of HUDs equipped instead of on sheer traffic — however, the general principle is the same as before: more players means more crates which expire a little faster; fewer players means fewer crates which last a little longer.
RP NAME-DROPS: The Paw Tribe is now defunct, many of its members moving on to forming the Ashfall tribe or join up with the Artful Dodgers.