Avlis launches its 7th server, The City of Kuras!

Post by **Orleron** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:29 am

It is my pleasure to announce the opening for the seventh and newest Avlis server, The City of Kuras!

Unlike our current areas in Southern Avlis, this place was once capitol of the majestic Kurathene Empire, which has long since crumbled into a group of warring fiefdoms. Only this city remains as a bastion of the old glory that once ruled, and only here can you still find the remnants of the old imperial guardsmen who hold stewardship over the capitol until such day a true emperor can re-unite the fiefdoms and claim the throne.

You will find this place a far cry from the culture of the south. Toran and Senath's followers, both human and dracon, rule here, and they tolerate little sway from those who ascribe to chaos. Order is the Word and the Law, and its solidity is represented by the fortress city that is Kuras.

If you are new to Avlis, fill out an application at http://www.avlis.org and get ready to play! If you are already a member of our community, you should be getting a note on the mailing list with the server's address and password (which is the same as it was for the beta test).

TiVO25 · Post by **TiVO25** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:32 am

Do I get to be the first to say it?

WOOT!!

Significant Owl · Post by **Significant Owl** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:37 am

w00t

Zahn · Post by **Zahn** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:38 am

Woot!
Woot!!
Woot!!!

Jonezie · Post by **Jonezie** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:40 am

Welcome, everyone.

A few things to note about the server:
- There is no sever hopping between Kuras and the other servers.
- There is a character customizer golem in the start tent, a la Le'Or. However, only the races that are prevailent in the Kurathene Empire can be created there.
- This is by no means a 'final' module. It will continue to expand as time goes by, just as our other servers have, building from the basics that exist at the moment. Watch the development updates thread for details on new inclusions.

Many people have put in a great deal of effort to make this happen. I'd like to thank all of the Avlis team, and especially PJ, Mistcaller, and Orleron for getting Kuras off the ground. Also, thanks go to all my beta testers - JJJ, Aldinvineda, Plethora and Dimotane. To frogmella and beezel-bug for building the temples. To Kreetogg, wherever he is, for getting things started many months ago. And to everyone that joined in the open beta, provided feedback and reported bugs.

So, have fun, and game on!

Jonezie

Game-Extremist · Post by **Game-Extremist** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:41 am

Cool

Vergilius · Post by **Vergilius** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:46 am

wahoo!!!!!!!

Snow · Post by **Snow** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:48 am

W00t!

Gairus · Post by **Gairus** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:59 am

argh. which races? Wemics and...?

Curious custom race fanatics demand to know.

Jonezie · Post by **Jonezie** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:02 am

Gairus wrote:argh. which races? Wemics and...?

Curious custom race fanatics demand to know.

Wemic
Orc
Goblin
Kobold
Changeling
Gnoll
Half-orge

At the moment, anyways.

Post by **Orleron** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:03 am

And we all can't forget to thank Jonezie for the fantastic job he did of running with this. The mod would not have gotten online without him, and to be honest, it would have gotten online much much sooner had I thought to take him onto the team earlier! Silly me.

Look forward to having more stuff added to this mod, now that Jonezie is an official Module Coordinator for it.

Congrats!

choraldances · Post by **choraldances** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:09 am

Yay Jonezie!

Gairus · Post by **Gairus** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:12 am

thanks jonezie

crestu · Post by **crestu** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:22 am

Bravo!

ReallyStupidGuy · Post by **ReallyStupidGuy** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:03 am

I am glad I got a good coordinator like him to help with my Valokian party, guess he has "coordinator" written across his forehead hehe.

Manuel the White · Post by **Manuel the White** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:44 am

Well done!

Ragin · Post by **Ragin** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:14 am

Jonezie wrote:Welcome, everyone.

A few things to note about the server:
- There is no sever hopping between Kuras and the other servers.
- There is a character customizer golem in the start tent, a la Le'Or. However, only the races that are prevailent in the Kurathene Empire can be created there.
- This is by no means a 'final' module. It will continue to expand as time goes by, just as our other servers have, building from the basics that exist at the moment. Watch the development updates thread for details on new inclusions.

Many people have put in a great deal of effort to make this happen. I'd like to thank all of the Avlis team, and especially PJ, Mistcaller, and Orleron for getting Kuras off the ground. Also, thanks go to all my beta testers - JJJ, Aldinvineda, Plethora and Dimotane. To frogmella and beezel-bug for building the temples. To Kreetogg, wherever he is, for getting things started many months ago. And to everyone that joined in the open beta, provided feedback and reported bugs.

So, have fun, and game on!

Jonezie

No server hopping, what does this mean exactly?

Our current characters cannot travel there, or we can't just log in?

Midknight · Post by **Midknight** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:15 am

So this begs the question - what's next?

TheElvenKing · Post by **TheElvenKing** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:18 am

*cheers* FUN!!!

loki70 · Post by **loki70** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:28 am

*Goes off to build a straight cleric of Toran*

I love the concept, and look forward to seeing how long the law and order last when the masses start the migration.

Jonezie · Post by **Jonezie** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:29 am

Ragin wrote:No server hopping, what does this mean exactly?

Our current characters cannot travel there, or we can't just log in?

It means that to get there with an existing character, you have to take the boat. You can't just log off of Mikona, and log into Kuras like you can with other servers. Nor can you server hop out of Kuras.

Jonezie · Post by **Jonezie** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:30 am

Midknight wrote:So this begs the question - what's next?

Next for me? More quests, more areas, and more 'stuff' for Kuras.

Final Shinryuu · Post by **Final Shinryuu** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:40 am

I'll be digging in some time there soon enough.

Thank you everyone for making this new server live! I love you all, and would hug you, but my monitor, and many miles, are in the way...

apandapion · Post by **apandapion** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:46 am

loki70 wrote: I love the concept, and look forward to seeing how long the law and order last when the masses start the migration.

Some members of the masses are rather fond of Law.

GHENGIZ.KHAN · Post by **GHENGIZ.KHAN** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:02 am

Fantastic Jonezie and the team, well done.