ANNOUNCE NEWS #925
Date: 10/1/2007 at 3:55
From: Estarra, the Eternal
To : Everyone
Subj: Lusternia Turns Three Years Old!

On the heels of Iron Realms 10 year anniversary comes Lusternia's three
year anniversary! Yes, we first opened our doors on October 7, 2004, and
things have been going strong ever since. Sure, there's been a few bumps
in the road, but I have had a wonderful time throughout and expect to
have many more wonderful years ahead of us. Viva Lusternia!

To celebrate, we will be hosting a series of games on the day of our
anniversary, Sunday, October 7:

11:00 a.m. PST - Quiz
1:00 p.m. PST - Scavenger Hunt
3:00 p.m. PST - Hamster Hunt with Chaos Hamster
4:00 p.m. PST - Death Worldgame
5:00 p.m. PST - Harmony Worldgame
6:00 p.m. PST - 3 man Wargames

All games will have 3 winners: 1st place 300 credits, 2nd place 150
credits, 3rd place 50 credits.

That means I've been playing for three years. Oi.

No free-pk Death Worldgame, please.

FREE PK PLZ

Yes, Free PK makes it interesting! No PK is lame

Yay, I think I can actually make it for these games!

Argh! Time conversions! My true weakness!

I never have any idea if these timetables count for Daylight Saving Time or not, so I (and others, I'm sure) would be very grateful if someone could write up a list of when all these are in GMT/BST, whenever.

Whoa, that means I started playing when I was 15?

Craaaaazy.

I always remember Lusternia's anniversary because it's 2 days after my birthday

It's three days after my anniversary (ten years this year). My wife's not buying me credits, either!

The day after my birthday. Nice.

Excellent, now if I dont lag...

ITS TIME TO GET 300 CREDITS!

Man, I started playing Lusternia when I was 16. I will be 20 in two weeks, time flies.

Hard to think alot of us stuck around for so long

I still remember hearing about Lusternia when it was brand new (I think it was closed beta or some such time?) and thinking "hmm, this sounds interesting. Lemme try it out."

...And I'm still here.

Oh man, I started playing when I was 14. I'll be 18 in a few months.

Egads... I started playing at... 19?

Three years, and I still can't fight!

Must've been 15 here. Yeesh.

I remember first discovering that Lusty had gone to open beta. I was at one of the computer labs on campus. I made it halfway through the month of Estar. I would have been newly 16 then.

I made a character back in Estar. Can't remember for the life of me why I didn't/couldn't keep him. I remember being vaguely upset that Xavius was made literally hours after everyone was bumped up to CR2 because Daevos was overly ambitious and influencing villages single-handedly.

And I remember all the anticipation leading up to it. An Occie friend of mine made it as a builder, my Achaean's child made it into closed beta, and I checked Lusty's website every day looking for its opening. I don't think they could have advertised it any better.

And I remember where I was when I first logged on. That was a long time ago!

Damn fine job admin, divine, builders and all.

So where is Lusternia going in the next year and what new things would you like to see?

I’d love to see some new paradigm shifts like aetherships, construct battles and such, but at the moment I can’t think of anything ground shaking that Lusterina can add.

Only thing I can think of at the moment is a new higher-level influencing area. Perhaps something similar to a Roman Forum with Senators and lawyers that cause dramatics afflictions.

Or the tropical jungles of Jojobo mentioned in the Book of Aslaran.

Or anything to drive on the Soulless Illith plot. Love it.

Thoughts?