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<html> <head> <title>UnPalace</title> </head> <BODY BACKGROUND="gif/hbg.gif" BGCOLOR="#F0F0F0" text="#000000" LINK="#4040A0" VLINK="#E00000" ALINK="#00FF00"> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=5> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=144><img src="gif/exx.gif" width=127 height=142 alt="X"></TD> <TD> <h1>The Palace That Never Was... the UnPalace!</h1> <h3><font color="#FF0000">Now in Living Color</font><br> <font color="#00AF00">Now in Living Color</font><br> <font color="#0000FF">Now in Living Color</font></h3> </TD></TR></TABLE> <p> Yes! At long last <a href="house2.html" target="_top">The House o Props n Bots</a> has its very own <a href="palace://finchnest.com:9876">Palace Site,</a> complete with a fixed address and its own list of banned users. Why do we do this? As an excuse to unleash more <a href="upmore.html">dopey scripts</a> on the world, of course! <blockquote> <em>"The heavens are but a channel for cyborg consciousness"</em><br> - Some Robot </blockquote> <p> <dl> <dt><strong>What else is <a href="#new">new?</a></strong><p> <dt><strong>What's the address?</strong> <dd>It' temporarily <a href="palace://finchnest.com:9876">finchnest.com:9876</a> <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> port 9876. <dt><strong>Are guests allowed?</strong> <dd>Yes. <dt><strong>Who are the wizards, and the gods?</strong> <dd>Ask around. <a href="mailto:bjorke@botzilla.com">Dr.X</a> is the #1 god. Some areas are <a href="hsall.html">"Free-for-allscray"</a> zones, so that anyone can experience some of the fun & terror of wizardship... <dt><strong>Where are the GIFs and Sounds?</strong> <dd>There are none required <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> the UnPalace requires only the GIFs and sounds that your Palace client was born with. <dt><strong>Didn't that sentence end with a preposition?</strong> <dd>Shut up. <dt><strong>So if it's the same stuff as the Communities.com Mansion Palace, so what?</strong> <dd>It's not the same, and most rooms have some surprising scripts. Ever seen <a href="http://www.filmscouts.com/intervws/dav-cro.html" target="_top">Dead Ringers?</a> (Just kidding... really...) <dt><strong>Such as?</strong> <dd>Most rooms have been designed as party and game rooms <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> they're all best with a friend or ten in tow. Some in particular <em>need</em> multiple occupants to do anything at all. <dd>If you're stuck alone, try... <ul> <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>PsyChoDeLic</em></font> When "mosh" is not enough <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Jetstream</em></font> For prop-driven airplanes. <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Illuminati</em></font> Pssst.... <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Portes du Paradis</em></font> Smells like Nirvana <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Bar Henri</em></font> Quelque poseur <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Maze Gate</em></font> Tell yourself to get lost <li>Or see how long you can hold your breath in <font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>L'Outre-Espace...</em></font> </ul> <dd>If you're with friends, try... <ul> <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Masquerade</em></font> <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Flock Your Wheet</em></font> Me! Me! Me! <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Gare du Wacko</em></font> Don't sneefleebeedweleep <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Wuthering Heights</em></font> The Shoutfest <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Le Spa</em></font> When your ears have been ringing <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Dressup!</em></font> The <em>original</em> <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> the one at Communities.com Mansion's a mere copy.<br> (BTW, all the lockable *rooms* off <font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Nexus</em></font> also have "dressup" scripts, for private prop swapping... and built-in <a href="iptzombie.html">zombie</a> commands too, with the password <strong>";ao"</strong> <li><font size="+1" color="#003000"><em>Nrutas</em></font> also has the same <a href="iptzombie.html">zombie</a> commands, along with a free-to-everyone "allscray" </ul> as well as the rooms above.... <dd>and then dig around some more! <dt><strong>I don't speak French</strong> <dd>If you ask <em>some</em> of my French friends, neither do I. It's not neccesary at the UnPalace. <dt><strong>I keep getting lost! Is there a map?</strong> <dd>Not yet, but I'm working on it. It's not that large (I mean, except for that extra hundred or so rooms in the maze). Useful trivia: Except for a few "dead end" rooms with one door (like <font color="#003000"><em>Flock Your Wheet</em></font>), all of the rooms are arranged in interlocking loops. <dt><strong>Will you publish the scripts?</strong> <dd>Eventually. Check the <a href="hshs.html" target="_top">House o Houses.</a> <dt><strong>What about that hidden room #888?</strong> <dd>That's a dead end. <dt><strong>What all this about a "Love Shack"?</strong> <dd>That's another palace on the same server, <a href="palace://jitter.rahul.net:9996">port 9996.</a> I don't run it, but it's fun <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> check it out. </dl> <table bgcolor="#d8d8c8" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=12 border=0> <tr><td> <a name="new"><font size="+2"><b>What's New?</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr><td> <font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>Double Trouble</b></font><p> Sept 97: Check out Room #48, "Double Trouble" <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> it's a new highly-competetive <b>two-player</b> game.<p> Watch this space for a new web page listing the winners (and losers!)!! </td></tr> <tr><td> <font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>Name Your Favorite Rooms</b></font><p> Feb 97: We're undertaking a project that will dynamically rename rooms according to requests from you, the users. All rooms should now support the "vote" command <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> say<br> <img hspace=8 src="gif/dot_clear.gif"><tt>vote some name</tt><br> to log your vote for the room to be called "some name." Room names will change to the most-popular voted entry about once per week... </td></tr> <tr><td> <font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>New Room Pics</b></font><p> Feb 97: A few as-yet-unscripted new rooms have appeared. </td></tr> <tr><td> <font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>The Maze</b></font><p> Jan 97: We've upgraded the maze at <a href="palace://finchnest.com:9876">The Palace That Never Was.</a> It's been switched to "champ" mode <IMG align=absmiddle width=13 height=1 SRC="gif/dot_black.gif"> no hints!<br> <img hspace=8 src="gif/dot_clear.gif"> To enter the maze, just click the entrance doors at the gate or in Cheesehenge; or use "Go To Room..." and jump to the Maze Gate.<br> <img hspace=8 src="gif/dot_clear.gif"> The UnPalace Maze is computer generated, and the solution changes every few days (sometimes faster). Rooms, pathways, features are all fluid, so <a href="book/thebook.html" target="_top">let us know</a> what you like, dislike, or wish you had when lost in there....<p> </tr></td></table> <p> <hr> <p> <h6>Last Update: 22 July 1999<br> <a href="mailto:bjorke@botzilla.com"><address>bjorke@botzilla.com</address></a> </h6> <a href="upmore.html">UnPalace Suggestions?</a><p> <a href="book/thebook.html" target="_top">General Feedback/Guess Book</a><p> <font color="#003000">The Palace That Never Was</font> is a service of <a href="house.html">The House o Props n Bots</a> and <a href="index.html">National Pixel Products.</a><p> </body> </html>