(03/26 14:13:16) Calum Traveler: just finishing some minor prep on my end then ill be fully here to chat
(03/26 14:13:48) Tek-rc: hello. just popping around and was surprised to see someone on. its been a long while since I got in
(03/26 14:14:14) Baldric The Dung: hi tek-rc
(03/26 14:14:17) Baldric The Dung:
(03/26 14:14:22) Calum Traveler: welcome, Tek-rc
(03/26 14:14:31) Calum Traveler: this is our attempted monthly 'end of the month' town hall,m
(03/26 14:14:32) uru348: You came at the right time.
(03/26 14:14:45) Tek-rc: lucky me being home sick from work then
(03/26 14:14:54) Calum Traveler: normally there's more than just me being on stage, but looks like its just me today
(03/26 14:15:14) Calum Traveler: that's fine, though, only got a few things to cover.
(03/26 14:15:28) Calum Traveler: well, sometimes being home sick from work is a blessing, eh
(03/26 14:15:34) Calum Traveler sighs
(03/26 14:15:37) Tek-rc: true enough
(03/26 14:15:45) Baldric The Dung: i arranged to get off early to be here
(03/26 14:15:49) Calum Traveler:
(03/26 14:16:44) Calum Traveler: right then, tek-rc, has it been a while since you've last been in?
(03/26 14:17:20) Calum Traveler: if it's been a few months you may have missed the last area/age release, the Explorer's Emporium, back in December.
(03/26 14:17:39) Tek-rc: yeah. few years since I really did anything. once in a while I talk a friend into playing some. I have a few things to do on my own account still
(03/26 14:17:53) Tek-rc: havent heard of the emporium
(03/26 14:17:58) Calum Traveler:
well, then if its been a few years, then there's quite a bit to explore(03/26 14:18:06) Baldric The Dung: if you need door runs, lots of us willing to help
(03/26 14:18:15) Calum Traveler: i'd suggest heading to the Watcher's Pub and checking out the alcove right behind the link in point, if you havent yet
(03/26 14:18:54) Tek-rc: might take you up on that. I never had people to do the garden ages either
(03/26 14:19:32) Calum Traveler: ill have to pass on that today, i have some work to get done after the Town Hall is over.
(03/26 14:19:38) Calum Traveler: Restoration waits for no-one,
(03/26 14:19:42) Tek-rc: all good
(03/26 14:19:45) Baldric The Dung:
(03/26 14:20:00) Calum Traveler: speaking of, Town Hall starts in about 10ish min
(03/26 14:20:37) Tek-rc: my main short term goal is I need to go unlock kveer. could have sworn I did that ages ago but I guess not
(03/26 14:20:50) Calum Traveler: ah, K'veer,
(03/26 14:20:56) Calum Traveler: as noble of a short term goal as any
(03/26 14:21:23) Calum Traveler: if you haven't started on that path yet, I'll, sounding like a broken record, suggest you start with The Watcher's Pub
(03/26 14:21:54) Calum Traveler: there's a lot more past that point, of course, but i shan't spoil it if you haven't gotten that far, or need a refresher of where to begin
(03/26 14:22:37) Calum Traveler checks the time...
(03/26 14:22:51) Calum Traveler: man, is it just me, or are the minutes taking forever, eh?
(03/26 14:22:51) Tek-rc: I did do pots already. I just needed someone to drop a thing for me so I can get the imager code
(03/26 14:22:55) Calum Traveler: ah
(03/26 14:23:04) Calum Traveler: well, that's definitely something someone can help you with very easily then
(03/26 14:23:36) Calum Traveler: i'd suggest also taking a look around some familiar areas, incase you havent been recently
(03/26 14:23:56) Calum Traveler: it seems someone has been sneaking some goodies when nobody was looking. hehe
(03/26 14:24:08) Tek-rc: yeah I was doing that some today. just not entirely sure where I should be looking for stuff
(03/26 14:24:37) Calum Traveler: hm, well, i'd suggest starting with a kitchen, or maybe a cold freezer...
(03/26 14:25:00) Calum Traveler: perhaps someone has left something in some tiny spaces, or, well... maybe you'll find something in places you need to still unlock
(03/26 14:25:25) Calum Traveler: sorry, im trying to be cryptic so you have some fun puzzling it out XD
(03/26 14:25:40) Tek-rc: all good
(03/26 14:26:06) Thumbs up from Calum Traveler
(03/26 14:26:19) [BUDDIES] To Buddies: town hall starts in about 4 min
(03/26 14:27:00) Buddy: Shorah y'all
(03/26 14:27:16) Calum Traveler: also, Tek-rc, not this weekend, but the next saturday after, the first saturday of April, is our monthly All Guilds Meet,
(03/26 14:27:22) Calum Traveler: held in Kirel at 1300 KI time.
(03/26 14:27:47) Tek-rc: saturdays im free so that I should be able to do
(03/26 14:27:51) Calum Traveler: shorah, Buddy!
(03/26 14:27:57) Calum Traveler:
(03/26 14:28:21) Calum Traveler: the Town Halls and AGMs are kinda like siblings in intent,
(03/26 14:28:52) Calum Traveler: the AGMs cast an immediate look forwards into the nearish future, while the Town Halls recap events and cover planned new things in the distant future.
(03/26 14:29:36) Calum Traveler: i dont have much to generally recap here this month, a lot of boring background stuff has been happening in that regard since january, really.
(03/26 14:29:40) Buddy: Ah, AGM's for "SOON" stuff.
(03/26 14:30:04) Calum Traveler: if you want to recap on past Town Halls or recentish events, check out the transcripts section of our forum: viewforum.php?f=8
(03/26 14:30:45) Calum Traveler: alright, the Time is now 14:30 KI time, so we'll begin our Town Hall for MARCH, 2025
(03/26 14:30:56) Calum Traveler rolls shoulders and stretches arms
(03/26 14:31:28) Calum Traveler: Not a lot has happened publicly with regards to Restoration Activities since the last town hall, or the Explorers' Emporium release before it,
(03/26 14:31:39) Calum Traveler: but there's been some movement of things in the background side of things,
(03/26 14:32:17) Calum Traveler: I'm pleased to announce that a new Age, Sameehn, is in the testing phases, and a planned release is going to be through the Book Room in the Emporium, rather than the usual migration of new ages to the Ring in Chiso Preniv.
(03/26 14:32:42) Buddy: Why is that?
(03/26 14:32:47) Calum Traveler: Ametist has been working hard on it and has collaborated with Ella Darrington, owner of the Emporium, to handle such a link.
(03/26 14:33:08) Calum Traveler: why, Buddy? I'm told that Sameehn is going to be a source of some kind of product for the Emporium to sell.
(03/26 14:33:22) Buddy: Oh!
(03/26 14:33:55) Calum Traveler: im not sure what, but since it's a production to selling pipeline sort of thing, I can only imagine it makes for having an easy link.
(03/26 14:34:16) ural: how would we use it?
(03/26 14:34:40) Calum Traveler: the Link to Sameehn would be found in the Emporium's Book Room, i'm told.
(03/26 14:34:55) Calum Traveler: i dont know what the product is so i cant answer
(03/26 14:34:57) Calum Traveler shrugs
(03/26 14:35:07) Calum Traveler: i still need to go visit the shop since it was fully stocked,
(03/26 14:35:18) Calum Traveler: i havent been there since before we finalized the stability papers. hah!
(03/26 14:35:48) Calum Traveler: moving on from exciting news to something a little more somber,
(03/26 14:36:06) Calum Traveler: just today the Veelay Memorial Books were updated with new entries for the dearly departed.
(03/26 14:36:31) Calum Traveler: we're still waiting on information for one more person before we can add it, however,
(03/26 14:36:46) Calum Traveler: but there was no sense holding up the others until we had that, so.
(03/26 14:36:49) Calum Traveler shrugs
(03/26 14:36:52) Buddy: So sad
(03/26 14:37:51) Calum Traveler: on a similar note, I've been unable to contact one of the restoration teams working on a specific project, and been unable to access their survey results, so I'm sending Ami and her work crew from the Overflow Station to survey this other project's progress and let me know what the situation is there.
(03/26 14:38:04) Calum Traveler: and no, I won't name names on the project because if I do, I know y'all will throw a tiny riot.
(03/26 14:38:36) Calum Traveler: yes. this means the overflow station will *continue* to be stalled. I wish it wouldn't be, but this task takes priority, im afraid.
(03/26 14:39:02) Calum Traveler mumbles to self about fate seeming to want a place not visited...
(03/26 14:39:14) Buddy: We need more help!
(03/26 14:39:19) Calum Traveler: that we do, Buddy.
(03/26 14:39:29) Calum Traveler: and trusted hands are in short supply right now.
(03/26 14:39:43) Calum Traveler: as a Volunteer effort, it's always a matter of who has free time,
(03/26 14:40:05) Calum Traveler: and unfortunately time has not been kind nor free to us the last... yearish, or so.
(03/26 14:40:11) Calum Traveler sighs
(03/26 14:40:21) Calum Traveler: good grief, has it really nearly been two years of chaos delaying folks?
(03/26 14:40:28) Calum Traveler shakes head
(03/26 14:40:54) Calum Traveler: on another note, yes, we are still aware of the Kirel and Chiso podiums having low audio playback on the most recent tracks,
(03/26 14:41:10) Calum Traveler: i'm working on figuring out how to fix that at the moment, so ideally, I'll have a patch for that ready to go soon.
(03/26 14:41:45) Calum Traveler: ill be testing it on Chiso first, and then exporting that effort to Kirel once I know what I'm doing.
(03/26 14:42:22) Calum Traveler checks notes with a muttered "Let's see now..."
(03/26 14:42:42) Calum Traveler takes a card, folds it, and shoves it into a pocket with a 'not yet.'
(03/26 14:42:53) Baldric The Dung: haha
(03/26 14:43:01) Buddy: SOON!
(03/26 14:43:05) Calum Traveler: yes yes
(03/26 14:43:08) Calum Traveler: "Soon" TM.
(03/26 14:43:15) Buddy:
(03/26 14:43:28) Calum Traveler: on semi-personal note,
(03/26 14:43:44) Calum Traveler: i've begun letting our testing crew through Pod 12's initial areas to gauge for stability
(03/26 14:43:52) Calum Traveler: given it's a volcanicly active area, that has not been...
(03/26 14:43:57) Calum Traveler: the *most* stable?
(03/26 14:44:45) Calum Traveler: well, at any rate, my hopes are that I'll be able to shore up the cliffs and rocks enough that if a quake blows through it won't send the place into a molten pit.
(03/26 14:45:02) Calum Traveler: it is a *goregous* view, just let me tell you that much.
(03/26 14:45:48) Calum Traveler: on the subject of Pods, I also recently had a string of Pod-related Books pass by my desk in recent days.
(03/26 14:46:11) Calum Traveler: some of them are quite impressive views, and I believe atleast two of them are intended for proper restoration efforts.
(03/26 14:46:40) Calum Traveler: one of them, well... if that one makes it past Phase 5 approval, let me just say,
(03/26 14:46:46) Calum Traveler: *Y'all are in for a treat*
(03/26 14:46:59) Buddy: On Reziksehv or elsewhere?
(03/26 14:47:07) Calum Traveler: a mix of locations
(03/26 14:47:24) Calum Traveler: some are on the Great Pod Age,
(03/26 14:47:27) Calum Traveler: others are not
(03/26 14:47:42) Calum Traveler: the aforementioned 'treat' is one such "Not the Pod Age" Age
(03/26 14:47:51) ural: wow
(03/26 14:48:11) Calum Traveler: and one of them was constructed on a certain Explorer Written Age, as well.
(03/26 14:48:17) ural: pass phase 5 to be on minkata alpha?
(03/26 14:48:36) ural: interesting
(03/26 14:48:39) Calum Traveler: passing phase five is a guaranteed public release in Chiso or elsewhere
(03/26 14:49:06) Buddy: Are you talking about Pod 12?
(03/26 14:49:09) Calum Traveler: but as of the moment, none of those ages have even begun formal restoration efforts.
(03/26 14:49:15) Calum Traveler: no, Pod 12 is on the great pod age.
(03/26 14:49:22) Buddy: Right
(03/26 14:49:55) Calum Traveler: anyways. let's see... is there anything else in my notes I'm forgetting...?
(03/26 14:49:59) Calum Traveler checks the note cards again....
(03/26 14:50:01) ural: look in museum for them?
(03/26 14:50:29) Calum Traveler: they're nowhere near far enough along to decide that, ural,
(03/26 14:50:42) ural: kep eye out?
(03/26 14:50:47) Theo: I would see that as unusual.
(03/26 14:50:51) ural: oh?
(03/26 14:51:05) Buddy: It'll probably be in Chiso when finally done.
(03/26 14:51:06) Calum Traveler: at *best* you might eventually see Todelmer up there in the Museum,
(03/26 14:51:15) Calum Traveler: but that's for other reasons.
(03/26 14:51:33) Calum Traveler: nobody has gone back to Todelmer to survey it in...
(03/26 14:51:33) ural: that would be fine...
(03/26 14:51:34) Calum Traveler coughs
(03/26 14:51:38) Theo: You get into the Watcher's Pub, you read the statement in the Chiso Preniv book....
(03/26 14:51:55) Calum Traveler: well, let's just say that if anyone is going to see any of the Myst V ages facing a public release first, it'll likely be Direbo,
(03/26 14:52:01) Calum Traveler: as that's gone through some back and forth in the past.
(03/26 14:52:02) ural: read it many times over
(03/26 14:52:27) Calum Traveler: i've still got my safety concerns over the rock pillars there, but the person looking at it now assures me they wouldn't set it forwards for testing again without those being made extra secure.
(03/26 14:52:40) Calum Traveler: so, *if* we see Direbo,
(03/26 14:52:45) Calum Traveler: it'll be set as Kirel's garden age.
(03/26 14:53:19) Buddy: With the linking book in Kirel?
(03/26 14:53:23) Calum Traveler: yes,
(03/26 14:53:36) Calum Traveler: ideally, if i get my way, it'll be centered between the Gahreesen Wall and a Jalak book.
(03/26 14:53:51) Calum Traveler: but we're still in the hypothetical stages,
(03/26 14:54:06) Buddy: On our Relto shelves... got it
(03/26 14:54:14) Calum Traveler: ...no?
(03/26 14:54:31) Calum Traveler: i plan on putting in a Gahreesen Wall and Jalak Book pair in Kirel someday.
(03/26 14:54:40) Buddy: Oh!
(03/26 14:54:49) Calum Traveler: i just need to get approval consensus for it as Kirel is a public space.
(03/26 14:54:49) ural: bout time!
(03/26 14:55:13) Calum Traveler: if we ever get Direbo, it'll go inbetween them along the back wall of the book room.
(03/26 14:55:21) Theo: So you're talking about Public Instances of those Ages?
(03/26 14:55:48) Calum Traveler: assuming I don't accidentally grab someone's private copy of Jalak by mistake.
(03/26 14:56:46) Calum Traveler glances to where Robert would be standing, about to ask if anything was forgotten, then sighs.
(03/26 14:56:55) Buddy: My goodness... we do need to find you more help!
(03/26 14:57:08) Calum Traveler: we're particularly short staffed right now,
(03/26 14:57:34) Calum Traveler: like I said, I'm pulling Ami off of the overflow station because of it.
(03/26 14:57:38) Calum Traveler: there's.... reasons for that.
(03/26 14:57:56) Calum Traveler: i'm basically handling a lot of stuff for other people to take the loads off of their shoulders for the time being.
(03/26 14:58:20) [PRIVATE] From Theo: I know nothing of Ami.
(03/26 14:58:21) Calum Traveler: hopefully things will settle soon and I can begin delegating things properly.
(03/26 14:58:43) Calum Traveler: ah, Theo asked about Ami in DM,
(03/26 14:59:10) Calum Traveler: she's... the person who was helping keep the overflow station's damage to a minimum when it was being sabotaged by some nefarious folks,
(03/26 14:59:34) Calum Traveler: once that situation was resolved, I hired her on to take over finishing the Overflow Station's restoration for me.
(03/26 14:59:54) ural: found a book that mentioned that in naybree
(03/26 15:00:01) Calum Traveler: and right now, due to another project's leader going awol and my being unable to find the assigned work-crew roster for that project...
(03/26 15:00:18) Calum Traveler: i need people I can trust to survey the situation and make sure the site was left in good condition
(03/26 15:00:40) Calum Traveler: right now, Ami's crew, though they do have a propensity for teasing with weird Union Group Name propositions, are people I can trust right now.
(03/26 15:00:54) Calum Traveler: Overflow Station has made better progress under them than it did under me.
(03/26 15:01:18) Calum Traveler: ...ah,
(03/26 15:01:24) Calum Traveler: i hope i didn't just say too much just now.
(03/26 15:01:28) Calum Traveler sighs
(03/26 15:01:47) Calum Traveler: on that note, I'm going to wrap it up. are there any last minute questions?
(03/26 15:01:49) Buddy: You have too many "irons in the fire" as they say.
(03/26 15:02:12) Calum Traveler: yes, i do, Buddy. In fact, I had several shoved into my fire last month in a quite annoying manner.
(03/26 15:02:20) Calum Traveler: ...phrasing.
(03/26 15:02:26) Calum Traveler: couldve phrased that better.
(03/26 15:02:30) Calum Traveler winces
(03/26 15:02:33) Calum Traveler: anyways, questions?
(03/26 15:02:35) Buddy: It's good to have people like Ami.
(03/26 15:02:51) ural: whats this bout keeping some age secret an coming soon... how soon is soon?
(03/26 15:03:10) Calum Traveler: im sworn to secrecy on "Soon (TM)"
(03/26 15:03:16) Theo: Of course I was late. Updates. Where do we find the ChatLogs for these meetings?
(03/26 15:03:28) Calum Traveler: theo: viewforum.php?f=8
(03/26 15:04:06) Tek-rc: once more so its fresh in my mind... where did you tell me to go look for the stuff recently added in december?
(03/26 15:04:26) Calum Traveler: Watchers' Pub, Turn around, Alcove behind you has a book next to a box of books,
(03/26 15:04:36) Tek-rc: ok
(03/26 15:04:39) Calum Traveler: use that book (or take a copy for your relto shelf) to go to Chiso Preniv.
(03/26 15:04:48) Buddy: Click on the books too
(03/26 15:04:57) Buddy: It goes to your Relto
(03/26 15:05:09) Calum Traveler: there you'll find all of our explorer-restored ages, areas, and projects,
(03/26 15:05:37) Calum Traveler: Chiso Preniv ("Another Library" in a bit of cheeky D'ni punnery), is basically our restoration hub for projects and associated work,
(03/26 15:05:50) Calum Traveler: in the basement is an Audio Podium like the one behind me, which has stored logs on it
(03/26 15:06:08) Calum Traveler: audio logs are first posted to Kirel, and then migrated from there to Chiso.
(03/26 15:06:24) Calum Traveler: for the latest restoration news, check Kirel's podium first,
(03/26 15:06:28) Calum Traveler: ...although as I mentioned earlier
(03/26 15:06:39) Calum Traveler: the latest recordings are playing back very quietly on both Chiso and Kirel's podiums
(03/26 15:07:01) Calum Traveler: i'm hoping to have a fix for Chiso's, atleast, pushed through to the testing cycles sometime either this week or the week after.
(03/26 15:07:51) Calum Traveler: if all goes smoothly, we'll have that podium working at full volume again and I can start applying that same effort to Kirel's.
(03/26 15:08:12) Calum Traveler: last call for questions?
(03/26 15:08:41) Theo: The only restoration content that can't be reached directly through Chiso are the Gahreesen Wall and Eder Bahvahnter.
(03/26 15:08:51) Calum Traveler: and soon, Sameehn,
(03/26 15:08:58) ural: reeishus linking book wen?
(03/26 15:09:08) Calum Traveler: cant give a date for that, ural,
(03/26 15:09:18) B.Lestrange: Thanks Calum, Good day all
(03/26 15:09:27) Calum Traveler: a lot of my plans got shoved back due to those aforementioned new irons in the fire.
(03/26 15:09:37) Calum Traveler: thanks for visiting, B.Lestrange
(03/26 15:09:54) Calum Traveler: alright, thanks for listening, everyone
(03/26 15:10:01) Buddy: Interesting meeting... thanks Calum!
(03/26 15:10:05) Calum Traveler: i've got to go post this chatlog and then i've got work to get back to
(03/26 15:10:06) Theo: Thanks for hosting this.
(03/26 15:10:18) Buddy: Cheers!
(03/26 15:10:20) Calum Traveler: -_-; work waits for no explorer...
(03/26 15:10:22) Calum Traveler waves goodbye
(03/26 15:10:32) Calum Traveler reltos out...