From Fraggm Wed Jul 28 12:02:07 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:02:07 +0100 Subject: Core patch upcoming Next monday, august 2nd, we will be performing a core update of our main re= alm. This change puts live the update already applied on our role-playing r= ealm. Since it has been running stable on our RP server for the past wee ks = we are confident the update will not cause much inconvenience, while a ddres= sing certain critical problems.

Be aware this update will take anywhere from half an hour to an hour to app= ly, during which ti me the main realm (and at times the test and RP realms) = will be offline. We will also be performing some regular server maintainanc= e while updatin g, so in all downtime will be slightly longer than usual. We= hope for you r understanding and apologize for any inconvenience this may c= ause.

What: core update + maintainance
When: Monda y, august 2nd.
How late: around 20.00h CET, but to be anounce in-game.
How long: anywhere from half an hour to several hours .=20 From Nicci Tue Jul 13 12:33:08 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Nicci" Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:33:08 +0100 Subject: Winner of the Excalibur Video Competition Hi All,

Firstly, Id like to thank everyone who took the time to partake in the Exca= libur Video Competition. Each and every video was u nique in their own way, = but sadly, there can only be one winner, and by j oint staff decision the wi= nner is:

Ashbringer aka Zyppobo y

Here is the Winning Video:

http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=3DefsGI3BDhmc


Congratulations Ashbringe r, you are the winner of a Swift Spectral Tiger as= well as 100 Gold and 1 0 BOJ. Please ask a GM ingame for your prize.

Each person who entered will also receive 100g and 10 BOJ. Please ask a GM = ingame to han d you your prize.

Once again Gratz to everyone.

Phoebe=20 From Fraggm Tue Jul 13 01:20:30 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:20:30 +0100 Subject: Netherspite and Nightbane skilled up The dragon bosses in Karazhan now have both been given some additional skil= ls. While not fully scripted yet, they should be at least somewhat interes t= ing, we hope you like them!=20 From Fraggm Mon Jul 12 18:11:19 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:11:19 +0100 Subject: Sathrovarr and Nightbane ready and waiting The issue with Sathrovarr being enslavable has been resolved, as well as Ni= ghtbane being unattackable, so both these bosses are now available again.< b= r />
We are still working on Nightbane's script (as well as Net herspite's) so fo= r now he is rather easy, but he should at least put up a bit of a fight - a= nd loot of course! From Fraggm Mon Jul 12 18:08:51 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:08:51 +0100 Subject: World vmaps reenabled As you might have noticed we temporarily enabled vmaps in certain outdoor r= egions again. These make sure line-of-sight works and, to some degree, hel p= with skills like charge and blink.

We are still evaulat ing this change to make sure no negative side effects a= rise (like lag at startup or crashes) but so far things look good, enjoy fo= r now! From Fraggm Sun Jul 11 23:41:16 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:41:16 +0100 Subject: Double Rates weekend over As of now the rates are back to normal. We hope you enjoyed getting twice t= he normal amount of loot and experience!

We also updated ou r RP realm again with some minor fixes and are still test= ing this core up date - so keep an eye out on this website for more informat= ion on when it will be deployed! From Fraggm Sat Jul 10 15:45:47 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:45:47 +0100 Subject: Server crash It would appear the server just crashed, resulting in a corrupt database. W= e have restored a backup, but this does mean a rollback of a few hours. To = compensate, this weekend is double rates! From Fraggm Fri Jul 09 11:05:38 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:05:38 +0100 Subject: Maintainance run upcoming We will be performing some much needed generic server maintainance later to= night. This does not include updates to the primary gameserver, although w e= will be patching the RP Realm with an updated core to test over the nex t w= eek or so.

Maintainance can be expected around 04.00am CET and as usual it will be ano= unced ingame well in advance.

Expected downtime:
Main realm: ~ 15 minutes.
RP realm: ~ 45 minutes.

Update
It took a bit longer than expe cted, but both realms are now back online. From Fraggm Wed Jul 07 20:41:20 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:41:20 +0100 Subject: Characters restored For those of you who have requested a character restore in the past few wee= ks: check your accounts, all known restore requests have just been handled .=

Note that the restore process is not perfect, sometimes not all your gear i= s restored. There is very little we can do about this so make sure you don'= t accidentally delete your characters! Alternatively you can try sending an= e-mail with a screenshot to the address listed at the bottom of this page,= though keep in mind the GM's are very busy.

If you accidentally deleted your character recently and want it back, we mi= ght be able to help. Just send an e-mail or create an in-game ticket mentio= ning the character name and the account it used to be in and we might be ab= le to get it back. Keep in mind though, restores are limit ed to once per ch= aracter only! From Johannes2 Thu Jul 01 14:15:16 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Johannes2" Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:15:16 +0100 Subject: Fern\'s back Small update on the staff :)
Fernando is on holidays atm, and is will ing to spend his free time as a GM = again, so he's back as a full GM as lo ng as he got holidays!

Also, Elvenstart decided to retire bec ause she doesn't have time left to be= a GM, and Cain/Cornmaze isn't a GM anymore either.

~Ames From Johannes2 Tue Jun 22 13:32:22 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Johannes2" Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:32:22 +0100 Subject: Trial Period\'s over As you all know, Minerva and Minato were merely level 1 GMs with hardly any= options to help you, giving the other GMs a good chance to evaluate them a= nd see if we keep them to keep serving this server as a GM or not.

I will, as usual, be the first to congratulate Minerva in being pr omoted to= a full level 2 GM! She will now be able to provide you all the help that t= he other GMs provide aswell.

Unfortunatly, Mina to is no longer a GM from this point.

~Ames From Badbollen91 Tue Jun 08 13:27:28 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Badbollen91" Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:27:28 +0100 Subject: Sisters Removed The Sisters in swp has been removed till they can possibly be fixed. It occ= ured that they were spawning every hour which made it very easy for people = to farm them.

~Fony~ From Nicci Thu Jun 03 12:33:46 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Nicci" Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:33:46 +0100 Subject: ExcaliburWOW Video Competition 2010=20

It=E2=80=99s that time again for all the players to partake in our Excalibu= rWoW Video Competition!!! Great Prizes are up for Grabs a nd we encourage e= ach and everyone to partake!

The Rules:
- The competition will run from 18th June 2010 to 09 July 2010
- The video is bound to a maximum length of 10 minutes and minimum o f 2 min= utes
- The video MUST be recorded on ExcaliburWoW.
- You MUST post it on www.youtube.com or Google Video with a link to our we= bsite!
- When you post a video, post the link in the Video Contest t opic on the fo= rum
- The video can be about everything at Excalib urWoW (ingame), like PVP, PVE= ,
- Every person can only post one ( 1) video!
- Voting will be done by the GM Staff and we will look at e ffort, creativit= y, and the promoting of the server
- The judges de cision is final and no transfer of prizes are allowed


The Prizes:

- The Overall Winner will receive a Swift Spectr al Tiger Mount
- Each person that enters the competition and that pos ts a video that compl= ies with the rules will receive 10 badges of justice and 150g

~Phoebe

From Johannes2 Thu Jun 03 12:19:21 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Johannes2" Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:19:21 +0100 Subject: Bad news As everybody knows, most staff members are still studying and everyone who = studies is entering a period filled with exams.
I'm afraid there w ill be less GMs available the next few weeks to help ever= yone out with th eir trouble.

Our apologizes for this, and thank you for unde rstanding.

~Ames From Johannes2 Sun May 30 07:38:27 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Johannes2" Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 05:38:27 +0100 Subject: Spawnkilling allowed everywhere Many people of you have voted, thank you all for this.
Since 57.45% o f the votes were to allow spawnkilling everywhere, it is allo= wed to spawn kill anyone everywhere without getting a chance to get a GM on = your ass a fter doing so.
This change will get us a little closer to being a bli zzlike TBC PvP server= .

It will be cut from the rules as so on as there's someone around to do so, b= ut it's already allowed now.

~Ames From Johannes2 Tue May 25 15:41:10 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Johannes2" Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:41:10 +0100 Subject: Vote for the spawnkill rule. People can currently vote to keep, change, or remove the rules about spawnk= illing on this server.

You can find all the info and vote a t http://www.excalibur-nw.com/forum/ind= ex.php?showtopic=3D40278 From Johannes2 Sat May 08 07:36:19 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Johannes2" Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 05:36:19 +0100 Subject: Dusk is back Dusk (Evil) has decided to come back as a GM once again!

Welc ome back Dusk!

~Ames
From Johannes2 Sun May 02 07:40:46 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Johannes2" Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 05:40:46 +0100 Subject: New Trial GMs Minerva (Phoebe), and Minato (Chronos) have been accepted as Trial GMs! The= y will be followed by the other GMs and it will be decided in a few weeks i= f they should be promoted to full GMs or not. Don't be too harsh on them pl= ease ;)


~Ames From Fraggm Sun Apr 11 15:42:35 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:42:35 +0100 Subject: New online players record! It seems all the clicking on vote buttons has helped: today we broke the on= line player record that has been standing for nearly half a year, when thi s= afternoon 282 users were online!

Of course we can alway s use more players, so don't stop voting just yet and= be sure to tell all your friends to come join the server! From Genwolfe1 Sun Apr 11 15:08:39 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Genwolfe1" Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:08:39 +0100 Subject: Mob Spawned The mob Ethereum Jailor, has been spawned, now you can complete quests like= "A Thousand Worlds", "Purging the Chambers of Bash'ir", "Ethereum Secrets "= and "Ethereum Prisoner I.D. Catalogue" which require his loot. Enjoy! : )