MARNIE Archives November 2015

This page holds archived editions of the MARNIE newspaper which is published every Monday. The Archive contains at least four-week-old issues, and links are clickable despite what the Editor's Notes of the paper editions say. In order to keep the reading content manageable, each month will have its own page.

Midgard's Alpha Realm News
International Edition
November 2nd, 2015

Editor's Note:
Links can NOT be clicked but all lead to this server's wiki, and all photos are in the same Imgur album. Some of them are bigger files due to picture collages.

In Worldwide News:
Peace Treaty Proposed, page 19

In Regional News:
Russian Walls, page 31

In Local News:
Battle Books Released, page 33

Worldwide News

Addition to Battle Rules
(ar) As a result of the first battle in the Second Ender-Commonwealth war, the UFO Invasion of Nova Bydlograd, a new rule has been added to the Rules of Engagement page https://dev-urandom.eu/battles:rules_of_engagement in the Autism Almanac.
Since some participants inquired about the lawfulness of killing Yevs, as of October 28th it is now explicitly forbidden to do so even while in a state of war or during a battle itself.

Cake Festival
(ns) From October 27th to November 5th, Resident Kagrenac sponsors a cake festival in a small stall in front of the Admin Office. The background for the event was not announced publicly.

Oblast Page
(ab) King Shakomatic of the Apostolic Kingdom of Breshik created a page in the Autism Almanac for one of his nation's new oblasts. In typically redundant Breshikan fashion, the description for Hungariastan Oblast is limited to 'Oblast of Hungarians'. Its nominal governor Zsombiepancake is rarely seen these days.

Administration Change in Ender
(er) On October 28th, Prime Minister Sikandar Khan of the Republic of Battkhortostan announced “changes in the organization and leadership of Battkhortostan/Ender” after the UFO Invasion of Nova Bydlograd. As a result, “any decisions regarding the war must go through me,” he stated.

Skeleton Guard
(ne) In an effort to promote interspecies cooperation, wither skeletons were recently contracted as decorative guards on the Nether side of the New Spawn portal. A cavity was also added on the opposing side, allowing travelers to more easily walk into the wrong direction. This change was effected by Moderator Koduck, who is speculated to have taken lessons about portal directions from Duke June of the United Duchy of the Two Sorras.

BellTower Renamed
(bt/mc) Since BettTower acquired NebisTown, his leader Emissario Paper decided to give the combined lands a new name. Former Città-Stato democratica di BellTower is now known as Mercymnius in the Autism Almanac.

Apolitical Aresea?
(at) On October 29th, Cleric Tomo of the Aresean Technocratic Republic noted on his nation's page that Aresea might not be officially apolitical since he is “not the sole leader of the nation and has no right to declare war or apoliticalness on his own. All decisions will be debated in the Technogrammaton.” Results of the mentioned discussions were not yet published.

Scheduling the Second Battle
(er/cw) Prime Minister Sikandar Khan of the Republic of Battkhortostan proposed the next battle to be held on January 3rd or 10th, with the Enderians “on the defensive this round.” High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia objected that this would be too long a time to wait, which was not further reacted to, to date.

Peace Treaty Proposed (cw) Three day after the UFO Invasion of Nova Bydlograd, Kaiser P_P_A of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth published a proposal of the peace treaty he had mentioned already at the end of said battle. Within two days, the draft underwent various changes and ridiculous additions by President Hinoarashi of the Republic of Ender and King Shakomatic of the Apostolic Kingdom of Breshik, making it clear that it was not being considered a serious option by either one of them. At the page https://dev-urandom.eu/talk:nations:ender:congress in the Autism Almanac, the most current (comic) versions can be read.

New Tracks From New Spawn
(ns) On October 25th, Superintendent Tablecat of Calis established a narrow underground railway to his house near New Spawn. The entrance is located across from the Kriegstein Side entrance to the Hall of Kings and as yet unlabeled, and carts should be brought along. The tracks lead east halfway to Slavia Confederation territory, where a modest, wooden, windowless one-story house was erected the day before. While it seems to function mostly as a storage barn, the building is proudly named Tablecat Manor.

Recognition of Efforts
(er) For his outstanding performance and bravery during the UFO Invasion of Nova Bydlogard, Speaker BearMonger of the Republic of Ender was awarded the 'Grand Order of the Temple of Solomon for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty' by President Hinoarashi on October 25th.

Freed Nerd
(ar) On October 28th, news were spread by High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia that, “Nerd is free.” Indeed, the supposedly 'lifelong ban', as stated on Resident TheNerd96's page in the Autism Almanac, was lifted barely a week after being issued by an to date unrevealed party. While this is not yet reflected on the resident's page, the very next day he started right in with the creation of two more huge 3D monuments on New Spawn, this time depicting the Russian communist symbol Hammer and Sickle next to the symbol of Anarchy, to both sides of the bridge leading to Slavia Confederation.

Loli Complains
(ai/ns) Likely attracted by the battle noises, on the eve of October 31st Caliph Lolibernd Al Nuaim of Adschman Al-Ilol visited just long enough to litter New Spawn with a sign asking for a better one.

Regional News

Russian Walls
(ar) The small northern village that has been taken care of by a small Russian group for the past months was outfitted with sturdy walls on October 25th by Resident Nick4629. They are aesthetically pleasing and feature a walkway, a small entrance to the east and an opening for river travel. While the village has already lost its population, the new fortifications speak of hopes to resurrect the place.

Local News

Battle Books Released
(mm) Due to the overwhelming content resulting from the various actions and recordings of the battle titled the UFO Invasion of Nova Bydlograd, the book compiling the account had to be divided into two parts. The books 'Rearing to Fight 1' and 'Rearing to Fight 2', subtitled 'Attacks on the City' and 'Attacks on the UFO' respectively, were released by AMUN Publishing with small delay on November 3rd, to be sold at the United Book Store located on the lower level of the New Spawn Marketplace, in the southern annex beneath the cinema.

Midgard's Alpha Realm News
International Edition
November 9th, 2015

Editor's Note:
Links can NOT be clicked but all lead to this server's wiki, and all but one photos are in the same Imgur album. Some of them are bigger files due to picture collages.

In Worldwide News:
Vacation Mansion, page 18

In Regional News:
Brazil Cooperation, page 26

In Local News:
Carpeted Hotel Rooms, page 32

Worldwide News

Rise to Modhood
(ar/er) As of November 7th, Resident GlitchyBat's page in the Autism Almanac officially reflects his promotion to moderator status. New Moderator GlitchyBat states in regard to his “Ascent to Madness” that he actually received the promotion in late October 2015 from God AlphaBernd.
This may or may not be a result of the Enderian complaints about having 'all' moderators in one nation (the Commonwealth), following their recent loss in battle. Moderator GlitchyBat was included on the Staff Page moderators list a day later.

Pride Event Scrapped
(wl) The Winterlynian Pride Event which had first been proposed at the end of June, and promoted by a widespread campaign, seems to have been officially scrapped on November 11th. At the very least, the Kingdom of Winterlyn will no longer be hosting it. While the promotion page for the event still exists, it has not been updated since July 1st. It might be concluded that the very promotion campaign itself was the event.

'New Adventures'
(er/ns) The 'new adventures' promised by Moderator GlitchyBat's street hustler on New Spawn since November 2nd 'in a few hours', have yet to actually be released. Adventure Bernd and his ass remain a decoration thus far.

Placing Telendil
(cw) On November 7th, King Niller of Winterlyn proposed in the Commonwealth's Reichsrat the Bill C.R.R. 26 titled 'Absorbing Telendil/Aineias into the Commonwealth'. Resident Telendil, who has been absent for some months, while not listed as a citizen on the official Commonwealth page, is currently still listed as resident of Karak Khaldun, which is located in the Breshikan Khaldun Oblast.
Since Resident Telendil asked to found his own settlement within the Commonwealth borders, the bill proposes that he should have free choice regarding the location. It was enacted the same day through the agreement of Winterlyn, Klamdau and Badface.
However, by that time Resident Telendil had already chosen a spot slightly outside the Commonwealth borders, right to the east of the Breshikan border. He plans to start out independently and began clearing the area with Resident Mae on November 8th after expressing ideas about “a norse/early medieval town” with a “romanesque/gothic mix like crusader castles.” Earlier notions of underground dwarfish structures seem to have been postponed or dismissed.

Move Operation
(ar) On November 4th, God AlphaBernd cleaned up some pages in the Autism Almanac, reordering a few of them which resulted in a major link adaptation on many other pages connected to those. Most affected were orders and guilds.

Bat GlitchyBat
(er/ns) Following his promotion to modhood, Glitchybat proofed his otherworldliness by showing himself in his more vulnerable bat form around New Spawn during daylight. Grand-Duke Carluga of the Grand Duchy of Orcaella had the presence of mind to snap a photo which can be vied at http://i.imgur.com/VUNXBVl.png. The bat has not been seen since and it is unclear what happened to it, but the human form of GlitchyBat is still around.

Vacation Mansion
(wl) During his time in the Southrim jungle where King Niller of Winterlyn escaped for a vacation from his royal duties, he took the opportunity to establish a spacious and luxurious Victorian styled mansion to leisurely relax in. “It's so secluded,” the King stated proudly, “but so civilized.”
On November 7th, a dirt road was paved leading to it from the King's first shelter. He stated plans about creating a hedge-maze and/or garden in front of the building where currently a fountain dominates the place, and started on November 8th with a fence to secure the area around the building from hostile creatures.
The mansion itself is built largely with red bricks and quartz stone with a dark oak wooden roof and features a small clock tower on its southern side. It is charmingly asymmetric and cheery in appearance, much like a fairytale castle.
Due to the materials required and the interior decoration, the mansion proved to be a rather expensive and work-intensive project for the Kingdom of Winterlyn. Even so, once everything was gathered and bought, the structure itself was raised on November 4th, followed by two days of interior design, thus keeping in tune with King Niller's usual building schedule. Some photos of the mansion can be viewed at https://imgur.com/a/NKMgW#61.

Re-cycled Moon
(ns) For unknown reasons and by unknown parties, the red woolen platform floating in the skies above New Spawn has been recycled at some point during the past week. Originally created by Carluga on September 28th and titled 'The Moon', it had been conquered by Russians before being demolished. It is now restored to the point where Resident TheNerd96 pronounced it 'shit' on October 14th and wished it destroyed.

Regional News

Brazil Cooperation
(bc) As of last week, a big group of Brazilian immigrants lighted upon Alpha Realm. They chose to explore the largely untouched northeastern corner of the continent Ur, and decided upon a thickly forested valley between two medium mountain ranges to settle down.
The various new residents each started in their own small spot of the area, sporting different styles and preferences and a great deal of creativity that does not in all cases allow for logical interpretations.
Whether or not the big group will start a nation remains as yet undecided, as does a name for the settlement (or individual settlements). Keeping with the character of the fast developing area, permission was given to the MARNIE editors to temporarily refer to it as 'Brazil Cooperation'.
Some residents in Brazil Cooperation show signs of Nazism in their name and actions; and Residents CacauxX and Sabota at least demonstrated disrespect regarding other people's property by barricading Tablecat Manor's entrance on November 8th for unstated reasons.
Resident Sabota erected a building in Brazil Cooperation proudly displaying a swastika on its western wall, and Resident Danico summoned a huge floating specter of Hitler's face. At the page https://imgur.com/a/NKMgW#62 some photos of the area can be viewed.

Local News

Carpeted Hotel Rooms
(mm) Going with a suggestion of Kaiser P_P_A of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth, who recently visited Midgard Municipality, the owner of Seainn Hotel decided to afford all rooms with carpets, providing guests with a warmer sensation and a quieter surrounding as of last Sunday.

Midgard's Alpha Realm News
International Edition
November 23rd, 2015

Editor's Note:
Links to pictures still cannot be clicked in the paper issue. They lead exclusively to this server's wiki and its media pages.

In Worldwide News:
New Spawn Project, page 33

In Regional News:
Brazilian Split, page 43

In Local News:
Connection to New Braziltown, page 46

Worldwide News

Ironed Out
(if) In the middle of the night on Novemver 9th, Residents Sabota and Perovsk of the Brazil Cooperation explored the public iron farm, damaging its functionality by impairing the water flow, and went on to steal the iron blocks used as flooring.
On the evening of that same day, Resident Zylix visited the farm and patched the floor up with dirt. He placed two signs explaining that; however officially reported was the damage only on November 16th by Resident Bazooka_Joe.
Moderator GlitchyBat conducted the investigation around the iron farm and repaired the damage early in the morning, upon which Resident Bazooka reported it was working “good as new”.
During the investigation of the scene, it was also discovered that Resident AdamJensen established an iron vendor in a corner of the storage room, as well as a small storage basement, on October 27th. While its merit is debatable, at least in times of the farm not functioning a desperate builder might buy 14 iron ingots for an emerald.
That same evening, the farm was reported broken again. This time, Moderator Niller1703 was on duty and discovered only changes made by new Brazilian Resident Gabe69. After some connection trouble, said resident explained that he had already found the farm nonfunctional and been attempting to repair it. With his insight into the workings and some donated materials, the waterway and glass elevator could be restored into working order.

Yeti's Ice House
(sr) Choosing a location befitting his name, Resident Yeti30 created a small ice house in Southrim's majestic snow plain on November 16th. It is currently inhabited by his friends the snow golems.

Stuck in the Dark Ages
(td) Resident Telendil seems to have lost both his stride and the support of Resident Cat during the past week. Albeit he visited his area in order to “work on the castle” (which was supposed to be a medieval town), no progress could be observed in the as yet unnamed settlement beyond the outline created during the earliest days. Most of the construction site remains insufficiently lit, so currently, the area certainly fits its proposed theme.

Elkkuton's Wall
(ek) On November 16th, Creator Tangaloa of Elkkuton announced that he had “surrounded Elkkuton with a wall to keep immigrants out. I'm going to make Elkkuton great again,” he added. In spite of that ambition, 'great' is not a description likely to be attributed to said wall. Standing at a mere three blocks tall next to a slabbed road, it is easily traversed and likely exists more for decorative purposes. The wall follows the southern border of the Elkkuton settlement only along the Kurwa Highway, actually extending the border much further east than outlined on the settlement's page https://dev-urandom.eu/nations:elkkuton and effectively annexing the settlement of non-citizen Resident Laki.

Rounded Station
(at) Despite being the Duke of Sidonia settling in Den Faag, Resident Tomoko continues to build in Arianapolis. On November 21st, he adapted the design of the space station Areios hovering above the area to a rounder shape. As had been revealed by his carelessness, the changes could be effected within a few hours thanks to a temporary gift from God AlphaBernd, which has since been rescinded due to complains from other residents.

House Northway
(wl) The Victorian styled mansion King Niller of Winterlyn built in the Southrim jungle has been named The House Northway Estate. On the grounds surrounding the building, King Niller planted in the southwestern corner hedges that finished growing into maze on November 16th. It has two entrances with only one way to the center and presents an enjoyable challenge.
East of the house, guarded by an angel sculpture, generations of non-state leaders rest in the family cemetery. Next to it, a quiet Zen park allows for philosophy and romance above a trickling stream, and a little further south more vigorous visitors can enjoy horse races on a modest track.
In the northern part of the estate, a lake was created by importing sand all the way from Tur-del-Achbad. Across the west entrance, a Sauerei memorial statue was built.
https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:001.png and ...002.png show views of the estate.

Dual Tomoko
(sd/up) On November 18th, Duke Tomoko Kuroki of the Duchy of Sidonia mentioned in an interview that he “resigned Winterlyn since [the] COM[monwealth] is dead too.” While he technically retains his citizenship and title, he joined the Nederland clan and “settled with Harc since he kept asking me to […] a few days ago.” Neither area has since seen noticeable development, possibly due to both leaders repeatedly demonstrating an unwillingness to build on their own, openly preferring creating structures in more populated areas such as the next New Spawn. It might be this tendency that leads to many abandoned projects upon co-builders vacating a site.

Southrim Fortifications
(sr) The area first populated by Residents AdamJensen and Mimokrokodil this summer and connected to the netherrail network by Resident Zoythrus has been discovered and seized by Austrian immigrants during October. Claiming the mountain biome directly west of the snow plains, Resident PizzaTeig666 has been working on a great fortification around that area as of the first weeks of November. The wall, reaching heights of twenty-five blocks depending on the terrain, is broadly traversable, curved and gently slanted where needed, with the occasional watchtower and access to the inner settlement.
The settlement has not been given an official name, nor have its borders been publicly marked in the Autism Almanac, but on the map page https://map.dev-urandom.eu/#/3500/64/5800/-3/0/0 the entirety of the colossal projects can be appreciated.
Inside the borders, Residents Balli666 and Pwnisrufezeichen are working on farms, buildings and roads.

Suntopia Settlement
(st) Two new residents settled on the westernmost savannah peninsula on the southwestern corner of Ur. Having started with a basic shelter and small farms, Residents CorruptedPants and Passaia opted to fortify their home in plain, medieval fashion and decided on the name Suntopia for their budding settlement. It lies directly adjacent to Resident Opti's settlement Psydonia and has not yet been afforded its own page in the Autism Almanac.

Southern Frame House Village
(sr) During the first week of November, High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia quite secretly followed King Niller's example and took off from his homelands to Southrim, where he built a small coastal settlement on the southeastern corner. At https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:003.png one can view the charming yet unnamed frame house village which is intended to remain apolitical and self-sufficient.

New Spawn Project
(ns) Having finished a first outline of a (later to be protected) rectangle area for a New Spawn, Resident Tomoko of the Three Bases asked various residents for opinions on late morning of November 19th. Incurring mostly favor with just small, aesthetic considerations, he adapted the spawning platform and allowed changes of the inner walkway.
During the following day, God AlphaBernd approved the New Spawn, changed the spawn point accordingly and placed a building protection on the square just as promised. However in the evening, while various residents from all around the realm gathered there to assist the road constructions, attacks from a troll as well as other hostiles caused Resident TheNerd96 to die on the protected square where he later could not access his death chest.
Realizing that would require added attendance, and also fearing sanctions from outside forces greater than himself, God AlphaBernd lifted the protection, allowing Moderator Koduck to alter the pond symbols.
At that same time, various residents from all around the realm gathered to assist in paving roads in a grid pattern. While Moderator GlitchyBat ignored those efforts in order to build his own house, and workers on the eastern side just simply did not know how to count out a grid, the results of the efforts, mayhem included, were generally approved.
God AlphaBernd himself helped out by securing the nether side of the portal; in vain as it turned out since that same portal was later moved by Moderator Koduck, who also prettified the corridor leading to it on November 21st.
Around New Spawn, various buildings are eagerly being erected, while the area which was known as 'New Spawn' until now has been renamed to Second Spawn.
Some snapshots of the project can be seen at https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:005.png.

Regional News

Cooperation Development
(bc) The few Brazilian residents who remained in Brazil Cooperation, still without choosing a suitable name for the settlement, recently started creating more architecturally sound and aesthetic structures. Particularily Residents Sabota and M0n5tr1nh0 created residences and fortifications, respectively. In doing so, they partially or completely tore down their own previous buildings but left alone those of their landsmen.

Brazilian Split
(nb) During conversation, Resident Cavisk aanounced on November 19th that a big part of the Brazilian settlers from Brazil Cooperation moved east to found another settlement. With permission, it will be referred to as New Braziltown in this newspaper and on station signs until a more suitable designation is chosen. The settlers banded together in a clan called 'HUE', distinguishing them from the comrades who remain in the original place. The page https://dev-urandom.eu/_media/books:newspaper_pictures:004.png shows some views of the more sensibly planned and constructed new settlement.

Local News

Connection to New Braziltown
(mm) Having offered the settlers in New Braziltown an extension of the existing railway to Brazil Cooperation, Midgard Administration decided to expedite implementation in order to ease the MARNIE reporters' journeys too. The new line to station N13 and proper gate access were completed the following day, on November 20th.

Newer issues are not yet archived but can still be bought at the New Spawn Book Store.