Violet Pepper ==music management
Violet Pepper
Born: 1975 (Scottish)
Violet Pepper has been an established "music manager" for several years. Although this was started mainly as a hobby and also as a favour to some friends it has grown as her passion. She is an eclectic character and often has many guises as although strong character in her game she is also a very private individual, once allowed into her world one would be very privileged!
Over the years she has helped many young and sometimes struggling bands and musicians to recognise their dream and she has been with them, whether it be right by their side or in the shadows, every step of the way, to their ultimate goal. When they are near that goal, she sets them off on their way to their dream and then retreats back to start all over again with another up and coming artist, often by this time the band or musicians have very lucrative deals ahead of them, thanks of course to V. However on the other side of the coin there are the "artists" who dont realise what help they can have, or indeed who they are doing business with, these "artists" don't appreciate the help, and of course often don't get far on their own, although V wouldn't normally hold a grudge, she does not tolerate "greedy" artists, nor does she suffer fools gladly.
THIS ARTICLE IS "IN PROGRESS"
Violet Pepper
Born: 1975 (Scottish)
Violet Pepper has been an established "music manager" for several years. Although this was started mainly as a hobby and also as a favour to some friends it has grown as her passion. She is an eclectic character and often has many guises as although strong character in her game she is also a very private individual, once allowed into her world one would be very privileged!
Over the years she has helped many young and sometimes struggling bands and musicians to recognise their dream and she has been with them, whether it be right by their side or in the shadows, every step of the way, to their ultimate goal. When they are near that goal, she sets them off on their way to their dream and then retreats back to start all over again with another up and coming artist, often by this time the band or musicians have very lucrative deals ahead of them, thanks of course to V. However on the other side of the coin there are the "artists" who dont realise what help they can have, or indeed who they are doing business with, these "artists" don't appreciate the help, and of course often don't get far on their own, although V wouldn't normally hold a grudge, she does not tolerate "greedy" artists, nor does she suffer fools gladly.
THIS ARTICLE IS "IN PROGRESS"
An Managed Security Metrics Provider (MSMP) is an evolution beyond the traditional MSSP (Managed Security Services Provider). While the MSMP may occasionally be responsible for the ongoing management of security and operational functions, their primary function is to take responsibility for gathering and reporting on key statistics within the environment. These include Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are tracked around such items as viruses, worms, and trojans, total volume of email vs. total number of spam email, detected attacks, blocked attacks, etc. The overall goal of the MSMP is to "own" the statistics and provide ongoing consistency and reliability in the numbers themselves. The metrics provided by an MSMP are used by CIOs, CTOs, and CFOs for business decisions, and by other management and IT support groups to demonstrate compliance to internal and external auditors, as well as to justify purchasing decisions.
The MSMP may gather the statistics in a number of ways, including concentrating event logs from servers and security devices, reports that come from security and network monitoring systems, and even manually by logging into systems to retrieve the information. The key to success in the MSMP approach is to ensure that there is a documented process for gathering each statistic and that it is followed consistently. Organizations who engage an MSMP often already have a relationship with an MSSP who is managing components of thier infrastructure, but they are lacking the ability/time/resources to get the information out of their systems that they need in order to make business decisions around capacity and appropriate security and operational controls.
The MSMP may gather the statistics in a number of ways, including concentrating event logs from servers and security devices, reports that come from security and network monitoring systems, and even manually by logging into systems to retrieve the information. The key to success in the MSMP approach is to ensure that there is a documented process for gathering each statistic and that it is followed consistently. Organizations who engage an MSMP often already have a relationship with an MSSP who is managing components of thier infrastructure, but they are lacking the ability/time/resources to get the information out of their systems that they need in order to make business decisions around capacity and appropriate security and operational controls.
Overview
Star Wars: Sagas is a free, text based multiuser roleplaying game set in George Lucas's Star Wars Galaxy, as expressed in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The game is run on a Multi-User eXperience (MUX) server using a variant of Penn. Star Wars: Sagas is the first Star Wars themed MU* that uses pregenerated characters -- meaning characters created by the staff that players take, almost like movie roles. The playerbase is between 50 and 100.
The hostname address for Star Wars: Sagas is: mush.swsagas.net 1138.
Introduction
Opened to staff in October 2005 and then to players in February 2006, the game took a small hiatus in June 2007 to concentrate on creating in-game systems. The timeline was re-opened to new players in September of 2007, during the harrowing days between the destruction of Alderaan and the Battle of Yavin.
Sagas is primarily a D6, pre-generated character (see below) MU, with a fully stocked roster loaded with a variety of character types. From heroes to villains, military personnel to criminals, smugglers to pirates, Imperials to Rebels, there are over a hundred characters to choose from. There's even a chance the character a player picks may secretly be Force Sensitive.
In addition to the pregenerated character system, players may also choose to utilize the player chargen system as well, allowing them to make a character of their own choosing.
In addition to that code, the game has a coded reputation system, economics, space, IC communications, character advancement/+noms, and language. Star Wars: Sagas is not, however, a code-heavy game -- players need not maintain any sort of coded systems on a daily basis. The systems in place are there to further rp and add some interesting features, not bog players down with maintenance. There are also several feature characters, such as Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade, which are well in scale with the rostered characters, yet still true to their canon appearances.
Game Information
The theme of Star Wars: Sagas heavily mirrors the events that unfold in the movies Episoded IV - VI. Although the game will occasionally drift from these accepted events in Star Wars history, the goal is to stay as close to them as possible, while maintaining the "feel" of Star Wars and ensuring player characters can be involved. The goal of Star Wars: Sagas is to explore the lives and stories of the characters, not to re-type the scripts of the movies. As the game moves through the timelines of the movies, the goal is to create reasonable conflict in the Galaxy between all levels of factions - from the Imperials and Rebels to the various corporations, criminal organizations, and general people trying to survive it all.
Online Dice System
As noted above, the game utilizes the D6 System as published by West End Games (WEG) in an online format. Players use the +check ('roll their dice' on the game) command for their attributes or skills and then react/roleplay accordingly, based on the result the game automatically returns to them. Combat is turn based with results determined by the +check or +scheck (ship check) system currently. A more automated combat system is being created which will continue to utilize the +check and +scheck features.
Pre-Generated and Self-Generated Characters
Most characters on Star Wars: Sagas are pre-generated - part of a - this means the admin write their backgrounds, personalities, secrets, relationships as well as give them their starting stats. This is a rarity to Star Wars MU*s - and SciFi MU8s in general, and some people might not be comfortable or happy with it. However, there are a vast multitude of other Star Wars MUSHes out there, from all different time periods that offer you a chance to create and tell your own story. The admin on Sagas all started on those MU*s, some play on them, and are more than happy to help players find a pregenerated character that they might be interested in. There is also the option of creating a character of the player's own design as well.
Star Wars Sagas strives to create a world in which many stories are told, and all are woven together in the tapestry of the Star Wars Universe. The life of a smuggler may touch the life of a farmer, and that farmer may touch the life of a Princess, etc. As such, Sagas has many policies and rules which are unfamiliar to most standard issue Star Wars MU*s. The rules on consent are probably the most different, but they tie in with the idea of pre-generated characters the most. The characters belong to the MUSH - not the player. Although the admin turn the characters over to players to flesh out, roleplay, and build, they are all part of the overall story.
This does not stifle or limit the roleplay for players, however. Star Wars is a world where a farm boy rebuilds the Jedi Order, an Imperial officer becomes one of the most famous smugglers in the galaxy, a Princess defies an Empire, and a hero falls to the depths of darkness. There is room for players to explore this universe with their chosen character, driving them how the player sees fit through the many worlds of Star Wars. The administration strives to create as many different character types as possible for players to choose. From bounty hunters and pirates to diplomats and corporate executives. Pilots, thieves, smugglers, technicians, commandos, troopers, and miners. The goal is to have a character - a role - that fits the player. Again, however, should none of the pregenerated characters truly call to an interested party, they are welcome to use the player generated character system to create their own.
Coded Space System
Sagas has a comprehensive space system that allows players to use personal ships to travel around the galaxy. Sagas is likely one of very few games who can claim their space system was created by a real rocket scientist from NASA.
Planets have coded landing sites, atmosphere and local space systems that can be traveled and explored in a three dimensional coordinate-based grid. Hyperspace allows players to move within a planet's system, as well as between systems to other planets. Hyperspace times vary depending on the present ship position in relation to the planet being traveled to.
Players can not only roleplay while on their ships in space, but can roleplay with other nearby ships using spose and semit. Combat situations can be resolved using scheck piloting and scheck gunnery.
Independent Reviews, Listings
* [http://www.mudconnect.com/mud-bin/adv_search.cgi?ModeMUD&mudStar+Wars:+Sagas Listing on Mudconnector.com]
*
* on Mudconnector.com
* on Mudconnector.com
* on Mudconnector.com
* on Mudconnector.com
* on electricsoup.net
External Game Information
* Star Wars: Sagas Wiki:
* Star Wars: Sagas Forums:
* [http://www.electricsoup.net/sagaswiki/forums/viewforum.php?f6&sid607fe29e8ed889674b310f692c85927f Roleplay Logs]
Star Wars: Sagas is a free, text based multiuser roleplaying game set in George Lucas's Star Wars Galaxy, as expressed in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The game is run on a Multi-User eXperience (MUX) server using a variant of Penn. Star Wars: Sagas is the first Star Wars themed MU* that uses pregenerated characters -- meaning characters created by the staff that players take, almost like movie roles. The playerbase is between 50 and 100.
The hostname address for Star Wars: Sagas is: mush.swsagas.net 1138.
Introduction
Opened to staff in October 2005 and then to players in February 2006, the game took a small hiatus in June 2007 to concentrate on creating in-game systems. The timeline was re-opened to new players in September of 2007, during the harrowing days between the destruction of Alderaan and the Battle of Yavin.
Sagas is primarily a D6, pre-generated character (see below) MU, with a fully stocked roster loaded with a variety of character types. From heroes to villains, military personnel to criminals, smugglers to pirates, Imperials to Rebels, there are over a hundred characters to choose from. There's even a chance the character a player picks may secretly be Force Sensitive.
In addition to the pregenerated character system, players may also choose to utilize the player chargen system as well, allowing them to make a character of their own choosing.
In addition to that code, the game has a coded reputation system, economics, space, IC communications, character advancement/+noms, and language. Star Wars: Sagas is not, however, a code-heavy game -- players need not maintain any sort of coded systems on a daily basis. The systems in place are there to further rp and add some interesting features, not bog players down with maintenance. There are also several feature characters, such as Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade, which are well in scale with the rostered characters, yet still true to their canon appearances.
Game Information
The theme of Star Wars: Sagas heavily mirrors the events that unfold in the movies Episoded IV - VI. Although the game will occasionally drift from these accepted events in Star Wars history, the goal is to stay as close to them as possible, while maintaining the "feel" of Star Wars and ensuring player characters can be involved. The goal of Star Wars: Sagas is to explore the lives and stories of the characters, not to re-type the scripts of the movies. As the game moves through the timelines of the movies, the goal is to create reasonable conflict in the Galaxy between all levels of factions - from the Imperials and Rebels to the various corporations, criminal organizations, and general people trying to survive it all.
Online Dice System
As noted above, the game utilizes the D6 System as published by West End Games (WEG) in an online format. Players use the +check ('roll their dice' on the game) command for their attributes or skills and then react/roleplay accordingly, based on the result the game automatically returns to them. Combat is turn based with results determined by the +check or +scheck (ship check) system currently. A more automated combat system is being created which will continue to utilize the +check and +scheck features.
Pre-Generated and Self-Generated Characters
Most characters on Star Wars: Sagas are pre-generated - part of a - this means the admin write their backgrounds, personalities, secrets, relationships as well as give them their starting stats. This is a rarity to Star Wars MU*s - and SciFi MU8s in general, and some people might not be comfortable or happy with it. However, there are a vast multitude of other Star Wars MUSHes out there, from all different time periods that offer you a chance to create and tell your own story. The admin on Sagas all started on those MU*s, some play on them, and are more than happy to help players find a pregenerated character that they might be interested in. There is also the option of creating a character of the player's own design as well.
Star Wars Sagas strives to create a world in which many stories are told, and all are woven together in the tapestry of the Star Wars Universe. The life of a smuggler may touch the life of a farmer, and that farmer may touch the life of a Princess, etc. As such, Sagas has many policies and rules which are unfamiliar to most standard issue Star Wars MU*s. The rules on consent are probably the most different, but they tie in with the idea of pre-generated characters the most. The characters belong to the MUSH - not the player. Although the admin turn the characters over to players to flesh out, roleplay, and build, they are all part of the overall story.
This does not stifle or limit the roleplay for players, however. Star Wars is a world where a farm boy rebuilds the Jedi Order, an Imperial officer becomes one of the most famous smugglers in the galaxy, a Princess defies an Empire, and a hero falls to the depths of darkness. There is room for players to explore this universe with their chosen character, driving them how the player sees fit through the many worlds of Star Wars. The administration strives to create as many different character types as possible for players to choose. From bounty hunters and pirates to diplomats and corporate executives. Pilots, thieves, smugglers, technicians, commandos, troopers, and miners. The goal is to have a character - a role - that fits the player. Again, however, should none of the pregenerated characters truly call to an interested party, they are welcome to use the player generated character system to create their own.
Coded Space System
Sagas has a comprehensive space system that allows players to use personal ships to travel around the galaxy. Sagas is likely one of very few games who can claim their space system was created by a real rocket scientist from NASA.
Planets have coded landing sites, atmosphere and local space systems that can be traveled and explored in a three dimensional coordinate-based grid. Hyperspace allows players to move within a planet's system, as well as between systems to other planets. Hyperspace times vary depending on the present ship position in relation to the planet being traveled to.
Players can not only roleplay while on their ships in space, but can roleplay with other nearby ships using spose and semit. Combat situations can be resolved using scheck piloting and scheck gunnery.
Independent Reviews, Listings
* [http://www.mudconnect.com/mud-bin/adv_search.cgi?ModeMUD&mudStar+Wars:+Sagas Listing on Mudconnector.com]
*
* on Mudconnector.com
* on Mudconnector.com
* on Mudconnector.com
* on Mudconnector.com
* on electricsoup.net
External Game Information
* Star Wars: Sagas Wiki:
* Star Wars: Sagas Forums:
* [http://www.electricsoup.net/sagaswiki/forums/viewforum.php?f6&sid607fe29e8ed889674b310f692c85927f Roleplay Logs]
This is a list of internet Go servers used to play the game of Go. It is likely there are more servers than the ones listed below, but these are just a few of the most populated ones.
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* Supports 26 languages
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* Supports 34 languages
* With some simple translation facilities. Mainly Japanese players, all strengths. 500 Yen a year or free with more limited facilities
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