The Calypso Independence 2006-02

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THE CALYPSO

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FFIIR R SSTT AALLLL--TTIIMMEE--HHIIGGHH AABBOOVVEE 110000K K

MMiinniinngg HHooFF wwiitthh 115588kk PPEEDD CCooppppeerr SSttoonnee

Leeloo’s All Time High entry

On Saturday the 6th

May Leeloo Leeloo Mountain fromBelgium Dutch Society broke the All-Time-High recordwith the unbelievable amount of 158000 PED. Thismining HoF occurred very well-timed during a mediaevent with a French film crew on CND. So rumours abouta predetermined HoF to commit a publicity stunt werespreading within minutes. But whether publicity stunt orcoincidence, we can hope to welcome a bunch of newplayers after the broadcast of the event.

The ATH drilling tower (picture provided by Entropia Forum)

IINN TTHHIISS VVOOLLUUMMEE::

PPooiinntt oof f VViieeww 22

HHooww aarree yyoouu,, HHUU??44

WWhhaatt iiss hhaappppeenniinngg

ttoo tthhee f f uurrnniittuurree

mmaarrkkeett 77

MMaarrkkeett TTrreennddss 88

OOvveerrhheeaarrdd oonn CCaallyyppssoo 88

HHHHoottMM 88

MMoottMM 99

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MAy 2006 The Calypso Independence

PPooiinntt oof f VViieeww

TThhiiss iissssuuee TTCCII iinntteerrvviieewwss tthhee

HHuunntteerrss UUnnlliimmiitteedd mmeemmbbeerr SSccaatthhaa

What is your full ingame name?

My name is Merhea Scatha Alweidfrom Hunters Unlimited.

What brought you to PE?

My sweetheart Orion got addicted toPE during pre-gold phase. The resultwas an everlasting ranting from meabout his permanent computer

gaming. It took me no more thenthree years while I was put off abouthow much time he spent online until Igot aware it would be a possibility totrain my limited English skills. With aninternational conference ahead andnoticing how Orion not only used thechat options in PE but although theVoiP program Skype to talk directlywith players all over the world Idecided to give it a try just to get

more used to the English language.

When did this happen?

I gave it a try in March 2005 andwithin few days the ‘I need to learnEnglish’ idea became absolutelysecondary.

What is your profession and why did you choose it?

I am mainly a hunter. It is the

profession I tested first and it is stillthe one I am enjoying most. I triedmining a few times but I have toadmit that I am a horrible miner. Thiscaused some amusement for thepeople who knew that I am a geologistin real life.

You are a member of HuntersUnlimited, why did you joined them?

It was mainly on Orion’s advice. He is

a former HU member and told me beit would be a good and well fitting socfor me. And what do I have to say? He

was absolutely right. I never thought Iwould meet so much people with asimilar sometimes off-key humour as Ihave myself, but there they are!

Describe either your earliest or happiest memory of PE.

Well, my earliest memory is runningaround in PA and trying to figure outhow to interact with all that new stuff I see around me while Orion standsbehind my chair and smiles in circlesbecause he finally managed to get meinto PE. As he knew me long enoughhe could be sure as soon as he would

have had me there I would beinfected with the PE virus….

But my happiest memory is not evenlong ago, when Orion and I had our 10years anniversary and his ‘I love you’advert was displayed all over Calypso.

Obviously, everyone’s long termgoal is to develop their character and try to profit, but do you haveany short term goals?

That question is easy to answer: I amjust trying to have a good time in thisvirtual universe as possible with mysoc mates, friends and anyone elsethat likes to join in the fun.

Which upcoming feature on the PE development roadmap or otherwiseare you most looking forward to?

The implementation of usable vehicles

is something I am awaiting eagerlyand I hope we will see something thatwould be comparable to a motorbikesoon.

How would you change PE, or whatwould you add, if you could decide?

I am not sure if it is already onMindArk’s roadmap, but I would liketo see more and bigger mobstameable and some real use for them.

I am dreaming of a Cersumon-pet atthe rig.



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What's your most memorable loot?

That is the 14.7k I got from a LonguAlpha. We had been to the restaurantbefore and some beer. I was thinkingabout going to bed already butdecided to get one last drink andlogging in meanwhile. So I got me anice Whisky and went after theLongus. Halfway the Whisky I heardsuddenly the trumpets while looting aLongu and I started to think “Oh, nicea global”. As it was late and I am notreally sober anymore this took mesome time and I couldn’t even finish

that thought when Orion next to mestarted to scream “Oh my god, I can’tbelieve it! That can’t be true!” Thatwas the point when I realised I shouldtake a look at the global message…

It was the next day when I realisedthat I got this big loot one day afterthe first year’s birthday of my avatar.So maybe some of the rumours aboutbig loots on birthdays are not sobaseless even if it is not always based

on the player’s birthday, but howknow maybe it was just coincidence.

Any humorous moments you'd like toshare?

You can experience a lot of humorousmoments when you are connected toHU’s soc chat but there is one Iremember very well because I was theone how dropped a brick due to atranslation mistake of mine…

It was a few weeks before Christmasand we were wondering about MA’spresent and what people would like tosee as present. I was telling in soc Iwould enjoy getting a rubber cock asa new toy. One that would deal onlyone or two damage points to hitothers with for the funny look of it. Irealised some irritation in chat. So Isearched for a picture of what I meant

and posted it in our soc forum. Andgot the answer: “Oh now I get it, youmeant a rubber rooster. Guess I don’t

need to tell what I thought.” I didn’tknow what he thought but afterconsulting an online dictionary Iknew….

Finally Scatha snared that rubber …

What one piece of advice would yougive a total newb?

First of all I would suggest searchingthe forums for as much knowledgeabout PE as possible. And then I wouldadvice depositing some Dollar afterreaching the sweatcap. The start of PE will be much easier and thereforemore enjoyable with some PEDs onyour card and if you are spendingthose wise (see suggestion No.1) theywill last a long time.

Is there anything you did in your PE past that you regret that you would care to share?

The only thing I am regretting is notstarting earlier. It would have savedme a lot of energy I used to scoldOrion and we could have all thatonline fun much earlier.

We thank you for taking the time toanswer our questions.



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WWhhoo aarree yyoouu,, HHUU??

HU - Hunters Unlimited

WWhhoo aarree wwee?? HHaavvee yyoouu bbeeeenn lliivviinngg

uunnddeerr aa rroocckk oorr ssoommeetthhiinngg?? SSeerriioouussllyy,, wwee aarree nnoott tthhaatt wweellll--

kknnoowwnn.. WWee aarree tthhee HHuunntteerrss UUnnlliimmiitteedd aanndd hheerree II wwiillll ggiivvee aa bbiitt oof f iinnf f oo aabboouutt uuss aass wweellll aass aa f f eeww ccoommmmeennttss f f rroomm ccuurrrreenntt mmeemmbbeerrss..

A bit of history before I get to thepoint. Let me take you back in time alittle, back to June 1st, 2003, the

creation date of Hunters Unlimited.(atleast as far as MindArk is concerned).

Hunters Unlimited was not the originalname of the society. The first name of the society was "Hunters n Tailors". Itwas begun as an ambitious projectstarted by the founder, Badboyz3584,to bring Hunters and Tailors togetherto better both sides of the equation.People joined and it seemed to be off to a good start, but the problemshone clear soon enough. What was ityou ask? We had 1 single tailor, thefounder; and many hunters.Obviously, tailoring was not a bigbusiness.

" " ......H H U U iiss oonnee oo f f tthhee bbeesstt aaccttiiv v ee ssooccss iinn P P E E " " -- V V iinneed d ii,, H H U U mmeemmbbeer r

So, eventually, the Tailors part was

cut, and a new name was caught outof the air "Hunters Unlimited"

The new focus was solely on Hunters.The advantage to being a part of thegroup was information sharing. Yougive me some info, I give you someinfo, and we're all happy. Stuff liketactics, creature locations, andanything else that was on your mind.At this point, team hunting was notimplemented into PE, so that was not

part of it. This went on for some time.There were no rules, anyone wasaccepted, and that's just the way it

was. The peak of membership reached153 members as I recall, lol. We werethe fourth largest society ingame. Thiswas not intentional, though. There

was a bug with the member kickfunction, so it couldn't be done safely.

HU lining up for a beacon trip

After awhile, it was discovered thatmany active members had establisheda bond. People didn't use the societychat for tactics and info, but to justhave a nice chat while blasting awayat whatever. This became like afamily to many people. Shortlythereafter, a light rule set wasintroduced. The main reason beingthat beggars ruined people's days, andno one wants to chat with a beggar

spamming about needing ammo orequipment. Plus, beggars in townswere giving us a bad name. So, orderwas finally established to keep thefamily happy.

" " J Juusstt w w aanntt ttoo ssaay y tthhaay y II eenn j jooy y tthhee SSOOCC hhuunnttss aannd d kkeeee p p tthheemm ccoommiinn g g.." " -- GGoo BBlluuee,, H H U U mmeemmbbeer r

There were a few leadership changes

made over the years. Members wouldleave for other societies, then wouldrealize how great HU was and ask toreturn. And they were welcomedback. Changes to the rules were alsomade over the years, and they havebecome more and more strict to keepthe quality of the members of HUhigh. As with any gathering of people,there have been instances of personalities grinding over the years,

and the situations have been dealtwith as best as we could. There werealso several "trims" done when MA



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finally fixed the kick function,keeping the member count down.

This is present day. Badboyz3584 isstill leader and HU is still going strongand we have many happy members(somewhere around 50). Quite a fewwell-known people got their start inHU. Some left all too early, and if they were to return to us now, I cansafely say they would not want toleave again. HU has gone throughchanges, changes for the better andthe things that made people leave inthe past have been cleaned up and

the good parts refined. You know whoyou are. HU would welcome you backif you are curious. Bring your newfriends, too. :)

Members of Hunters Unlimited

W W hhaatt d d ooeess H H U U d d oo??

Well, this webzine you're reading, forone. It was created by us. But ingame,we are very active.

" " II lloov v ee hhoow w H H U U ttr r aav v eellss iinn

p paacckkss...... p peeoo p pllee ttaakkee nnoottiiccee" " -- H H eeaa p p,, H H U U lleeaad d eer r aad d v v iissoor r

The biggest draw over the years forHU has been the society chat. Manywill vouch for that. It is a lot of fun.Lots of people making jokes, tradingequipment, although not much of that, talking about loots, long drawn-out discussions about how aim seemsto improve with alcohol, and

congratulating each other aboutglobals and HoFs. Another thing yousee is people hooking up to team

hunt.


Yes, team hunts. They are many andthey are fun. There are regularsociety hunts where lots of membersget together and reduce the creaturepopulation of Calypso. You haveprobably seen us, a big crowd of people standing around acting sillywhile we decide on where to go andwait on other members, or a hugeamount of green dots entering theradar with guns blazing ready for

action. Or the ever-popular "teamteleport".

W W hhaatt aar r ee tthhee H H U U ss lliikkee??

We don't put a lot of emphasis on skilllevels and equipment. That doesn'tmean we don't have rules. There hasto be rules. But, the main thing welook for is the ability to keep up witheach other, from a relative firepower

standpoint, and society chat activityand interaction. If you don't like tochat or join others for hunts, whywould you join a society? So, that'smainly what is important with ourmembers. We have members rangingfrom barely over the limits, to all-outuber with the finest death dealingequipment. Don't let the "lower" skilllimits fool ya, we have some verystrong members in our ranks. We alsohave serious players; even a few ATHentries.



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The nice people are what keep peopletied up with us. We like nice people.Rudeness will not be tolerated in thesociety chat or elsewhere. If members

are caught or reported as being out-of-line or just generally rude toothers, this will be taken intoconsideration on their future in HU.Our eyes and ears are everywhere.

" " SSoo,, ii f f y y oouu' ' r r ee ssllii g ghhttlly y ttw w iisstteed d ,, lliikkee mmoosstt oo f f uuss,, y y oouu w w oouulld d f f iitt r r ii g ghhtt iinn.." " -- BBii g g' ' nn,, H H U U mmeemmbbeer r

We have no special rules in this

society. I am aware of other societiesthat demand that their members sellto a certain person/group for acertain percentage. Not us. Go aheadand sell that Gazzurdite to a non-member, you are allowed. To demandotherwise is ridiculous if it is to bettera single person/group and not thesociety as a whole.

H H oow w w w oouulld d I I j jooiinn?? It's easy. Assuming you have enoughskills. We have a Website at:www.hunters-unlimited.com. Thereyou will find a link to the rules page.Give it a read and you will beinformed as to the levels required tobecome a part of our family. No, theyare not incredibly high. The next thingto do is to contact one of the leaders

on EntopiaForum, Entropia Pioneerswebsite, or on our own forum linkedto from the same webpagementioned. You can contact usthrough Private messages on EP andEF, or just post on our own forum.Private messages are a bit more"private", though (no pun intended),and this seems to be the preferredmethod.

If you are not a hunter, that's ok.Some of our members are solelymining these days and some crafting,so no problem there, but the reqs are

different, contact a leader for specialcases.


So, that is a little information on theHunters Unlimited. I hope I havecleared up any rumors you might haveheard. HU is not a society full of noobs, we are serious and dedicatedplayers (addicts) of Project Entropiaalways striving to be the best we can.Where will the future take us? Whoknows, but I think great things are instore for HU.

Long live Project Entropia and HuntersUnlimited

H H uunntteer r ss U U nnlliimmiitteed d

––

" " U U nnlliimmiitteed d P P ootteennttiiaall" "



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HHooww mmyy ggoodd,, wwhhaatt iiss hhaappppeenniinngg ttoo tthhee f f uurrnniittuurree mmaarrkkeett!!

by Kay (From Kay's Store)

I am following the furniture anddecoration items market since a verylong time now, and it is quite difficultto see predictable evolutions on thelong term! If we take the lightning forexample (table), we can see that fromJune last year to actual February, theprice of the Cayad lamp is increasing,

the Gulo lamp is stable and the Rolf lamp is decreasing.

What is happening? Severalassumptions can be made: a boost of certain items in the loot system (wasseen for Stink Tree Painting, and morerecently for Woody Logbasket) which

will bring more of those items in themarket, the traders (or morespecifically resellers) keep in storagea large amount of product in order to

control the market or/and theintroduction of all those apartmentson either Calypso or RealityPort bringnatural rarefaction of furniture sincepeople finally wants them. Maybe it isthe conjunction of all those factorsthat after all arbitrates the market of furniture at the auction. Therefore,furniture sellers and customers canfind their common interest in thismarket, and pleasure to find the rareitems is intact.

Market trends are: the prices of trophies are going up, same forbookcases and toys, and masks andpedestals are declining.

Items list June September November December January FebruaryBordo lamp 17 23 23 28 32 34Bruner lamp 10 31 31 31 24 24Cayad lamp 6 9 11 15 12 20Cosy candle 8 9 8 5 3 7Elegant candle 10 17 17 17 13 13Enra lamp 16 28 30 30 30 34Goth candle 30 18 17 19 29 25Gulo lamp 10 11 12 11 10 12Lila lamp 20 38 37 37 37 64Mars Globe lamp 125 124 117 60 80 80Reddo lamp 40 64 46 40 40 52

Ridge lamp 10 10 15 25 19 19Rolf lamp 50 37 42 42 42 15Saturn Globe Lamp 64 41 41 41Top lamp 15 14 17 20 18 21Turoc candle MentorEdition 38 42 42 25 33 46

Weeler lamp 10 13 13 25 21 21Itemlist



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MMaarrkkeett TTrreennddss

by Badboyz3584

Gazzurdite is up

The price of Gazzurdite has risenquite a bit since the arrival of miningamps. Many crafters are buying it upat high rates to cash in on this newmarket.

Mind Essence is down

The price of Mind Essence has fallenagain, thanks to the falling price of

sweat. After the crazy prices of sweatfell to a reasonable price, the price of 1K Mind Essence stabilized at around45-48 PED. Now it has gone down toaround 30-33 PED. For all you who likepercentages, this is 300%.

HHHHoottMM

HHuunnttiinngg HHoof f oof f tthhee MMoonntthh

Picture taken from: Entropia Pioneers' website

Looter: Joker Poker Uber SmokerMob: Gokibusagi YoungValue: 59 PEDCongratulations to Joker on gettingthis nice loot from a Gokibusagi. TheSalamander Thighs are Female, andtherfore worth a little less on themarket, but congrats anyway. Thetotal loot value was 59 PED, so the bigitems are not always in the big loots.

OOvveerrhheeaarrdd oonn CCaallyyppssoo RRuummoorrss aanndd ssuucchh hheeaarrdd aarroouunndd

by Badboyz3584

Pricedrop?Rumor has it that prices are droppingon various items. This is to beattributed to the arrival and passingof the initial stages of the most recentLand Grab. If this trend will continueremains to be seen.

Economical Mindforce?

The price of Mind Essence hascontinued to fall beyond thepredictions of some due to the fallingprice of sweat. The outrageous pricesbegan to fall sometime back andsettled, now they have fallen again.At this rate, Mindforce is going tobecome economical to use.

Mining amp madnessThe recent implementation of mining

amps has miners buying them up,eager to try them out. The tests seemto be going well, with larger depositsbeing found.

ShopsShops are now implemented. The firstbatch has been sold on Club Neverdieand in the Treasure Island Platinumapartment building. There have beensome grumblings from the community

about the tax system that was alsointroduced into the system. On thebright side, it is nice to be able to seeitems in front of you, rather than in aboring trade window. And the outsidedisplays are also quite nice.



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MMoottMM MMoobb oof f tthhee MMoonntthh -- FFoorrmmiiddoonn by Badboyz3584

Info: The Formidon is a slow-movingpowerhouse. It walks about slow andcasually and is generally non-aggressive, until it is shot at. It willthen speed up a bit to tear apartwhatever it was that hurt them. Evenwhen it does speed up, it's still notfast. It's faintly resembles a spinywalking log. The toughness of thiscreature is the only reason a person of lesser firepower might want to stayaway. With a team, you can easilytake one down, even with lower endweapons (not talking Opalos, here),but just stay away from it. When ithits you, it can hurt quite a bit, but asmentioned, it is slow, so you'd be bestto stay back. This creature is notoften mentioned for hunting. TheFormidon is one of the lesser knownspecies.

Formidon in his natural environment

Known loots: None. As I said, not a lotof people remember this creatureand, therefore, do not hunt it as muchas others. So there are few entries of notable items being looted.

Area: cK Rei has the only player-owned area with Formidon. Lots of low-level maturities. The only other

known areas are in the desert East of Twin peaks and somewhere inAmethera where there are Old Alphasand such high level ones. Not sure of

the exact location of this area.Overall, I would recommend cK Rei'sLand Area because of the higheramount that you will find in any onearea. They are also lower-level, soyou will be able to kill more than youwould if they were stronger, andrevival is right there.

Thanks to Zap's Loot Table for

providing loot info

You can find the table with up-to-dateloot info at:

http://loot.solja.net/loot.php

MMaasstthheeaadd

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Syran ‘Badboyz3584’ Corith

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Steph ‚Kay’ Kiokay

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Merhea ‘Scatha’ Alweid

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