I've decided that it is time for me to move on, and put CF in my past. I haven't played a mortal in CF for years, and I'd rather spend my time creating the kind of game I'd want to play again. The changes I want don't necessarily line up with the rest of the staff anymore. This really isn't a new decision, I haven't put any time into CF since the end of January. I thank everyone on the staff and all the players for being part of a fantastic time in my life.

Zulghinlour the Ebony Warlock, Dark Dream of Emperors

Stop back and see how it works out. =/

NT

come back. Please. If you can of course, we all know how life goes. Would be f'ing sweet if you came back. Either way thanks to you for what you gave to us during your ride.

B?

Nt

n/t

nt

It's very easy to be an Immortal who is Immortal because he wants to have the powers to reward/punish and feel himself almighty.

But it's almost impossible to be an Immortal who is Immortal only because he loves CF.


I wish you good luck, but i know how hard it is to live while being really good and kind person in RL.

Hey,

Came back just to post farewell man. You were one of my favs. Luck in the future.

-Death_Claw/Greg

Thank you for everything you have done, and especially for your tiny fugue setup as that is what I am still using today. I hope you will be having a good time and one of my greatest memories is when my entropy assassin snagged your axe in galadon and the rp around giving it back was fun.

We'll miss ya while you're gone.
Thanks.

Edit: Was too Voss, just too lazy to look up the login.

You do realize you're not off the hooks for Fantasy Football. You were a founding member, it would be a shame if you stopped!

I hope you got the gift I sent you.

I'll never forget when I lurked back here after a 5 year hiatus and saw Santa Zulg, and here was an imm *responding* to people's ideas, even putting in some of them. No project plan, no red tape, just yes or no!

I'd been gone for awhile, and just said wth and asked to add back in the numeric attribute for stats at low levels, what I thought represented this whole philosophy of intentional mystery/confusion/rewarding-vets, and boom, you did it! (and i've been ever grateful). Those little details (felar faceslash ftw) have made huge differences.

The staff as a whole has been more transparent on the forums and to an extent in the helpfiles on how things work the past few years, and I hope that will continue.

Thanks for your efforts, and more than anything, for listening.

All the best for your future endeavours. :)

never happened. I'd love to check out whatever you do next. Maybe this will ruffle too many feathers, but if you do get involved in something else that you find fun to play...can you let us know? That being said. Thank you so much for everything. Santa Zulg was awesome and probably only a very small drop in a very large bucket.

Thanks,
Aaron

Mine is the saddest face. You will be missed...

CF might not die without you, but boy will you be missed. You put in so much for us players, and I appreciate all of it.

Honestly, what will we do without Santa Zulg? All the things you do probably kept this game trucking hard.

Good luck with whatever you do, hope it rekindles your own fun stick. I do hope you'll be back someday, but it's less work and more play for you.

Good luck and thanks for everything, man.

I know you don't think this will be the case for you, but I hold out hope that you'll be back someday. There was a time I thought I was done and was gone for about two years, and then one day I didn't want to be gone anymore. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.

Retiring from CF feels good, man. I wish you the best, and if you do come back to this game for some reason, do it with a mortal and have some fun.

Zulg:

I have been playing since December 1994. I hope you just take a break and then come back.

You killed me when you were a mortal.

I am part of the silent group that has been playing for years but never post.

Thanks for all you do and did.

If you do not return, you will be missed.

Matt (aka. a lot of characters including bevrolmx, nakader, polmier, etc., grumpy)



>I've decided that it is time for me to move on, and put CF in
>my past. I haven't played a mortal in CF for years, and I'd
>rather spend my time creating the kind of game I'd want to
>play again. The changes I want don't necessarily line up with
>the rest of the staff anymore. This really isn't a new
>decision, I haven't put any time into CF since the end of
>January. I thank everyone on the staff and all the players
>for being part of a fantastic time in my life.
>
>Zulghinlour the Ebony Warlock, Dark Dream of Emperors
>

You have made a huge contributions and also seemed like a stand up guy. Good luck and I do hope you roll something up some day.

Best of luck. Maybe one day we can have that (those) beer (beers) and swap stories.

Just started lurking around here again and I see this. Wow this has gotta be the end of an era. I know we haven't talked since like 2007 but man you've been an institution in this game and have done a ton for the game. Glad to see you kept this place alive and ticking and saw it weather plenty of storms. In an era of watered down mechanics in MMO's and crappy freemium games it's good to see an RP/PK enforced MUD still has legs.

Good luck out there in the industry. What kinds of things do you develop now? I saw somewhere you were developing for mobile platforms? Hope that goes well. Stay in touch if you want, I found my way back into the industry as well.

>Just started lurking around here again and I see this. Wow
>this has gotta be the end of an era. I know we haven't talked
>since like 2007 but man you've been an institution in this
>game and have done a ton for the game. Glad to see you kept
>this place alive and ticking and saw it weather plenty of
>storms. In an era of watered down mechanics in MMO's and
>crappy freemium games it's good to see an RP/PK enforced MUD
>still has legs.

Thanks Arvam!

>Good luck out there in the industry. What kinds of things do
>you develop now? I saw somewhere you were developing for
>mobile platforms? Hope that goes well. Stay in touch if you
>want, I found my way back into the industry as well.

I was working on Windows Phone (http://www.windowsphone.com) for awhile, then I was working on XNA for Xbox LIVE Indie Games (http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-us), and tomorrow you can watch the reveal for what I've been working on lately (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hub/reveal).

That's awesome! Having dealt with both MSFT and Sony platforms from the developer side for years...I can say without hesitation it is 1000% easier working with the Microsoft side of things. I would be a very happy man if I never, ever had to deal with Sony's submissions process, paperwork and...just all of that mess ever again. Very awesome to hear you're working on that stuff.

Hell, maybe we'll cross paths sometime.

Any email or instant messenger you can be reached on? Send me a private message or something if you don't mind, this forum nick might ring no bells but we used to chat once upon a time.

I'm not able to send a PM. I don't recognize that name and I'd rather not give out my contact info here. Is there another account?

Spam away, spammers

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Thank you for all the memories.

One of my fondest goes back 13 years, when a lowly elvish bladesinger brought down the great Z. :)

Best of luck in all you do, hopefully I'll be in a position to do something back for you one day.

When you joined the Carrion Fields world of warcraft guild, way back in the day. Thank you for your efforts and hard work, take care.

>When you joined the Carrion Fields world of warcraft guild,
>way back in the day. Thank you for your efforts and hard
>work, take care.

World of Warcrack...there's two years of my life I'll never get back!

Thanks!

From a player perspective your contribution to CF over the years has been amazing, from huge but important code changes such as the dual wield, resistance and shifter revamps, to name a few, which without your efforts probably would never have seen the light of day, to smaller bug swatting and the greatly appreciated yearly Santa Zulg. You will be sorely missed, but I'm sure we all wish you the best of luck in everything. Take care!

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away....

I was searching for some warcraft pud's on the ole interwebs and I happened upon this website that had a bunch. I was waiting for them to download on my screaming fast 14.4k modem of doom and I checked out more of the page. There was a link for some game called Carrion Fields and I clicked it, launching telnet and flushing a large portion of my time over the next nearly 20 friggen years down the drain. The site was Strahd's Unofficial Carrion Fields HomePage and if not for those maps I would have never been able to find my way around.

I had Immed Phenolphox like a month or so before Zulghinlour did. I remeber you kicking the every loving #### out of me when we were both morts.

I only ever had one follower of yours, some ####bag drow healer but it was fun.

So thanks for the warcraft .pud's!
Thanks for introducing me to CF!
Thanks for helping me kill Maceath meltyface when we were heroImms.
Most of all, thanks for all the changes you made to CF to make it more fun and playable.
Thanks for keeping the playerbase informed on all those changes and how they would affect gameplay.

Good luck in your future endeavors.

>A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away....
>
>I was searching for some warcraft pud's on the ole interwebs
>and I happened upon this website that had a bunch. I was
>waiting for them to download on my screaming fast 14.4k modem
>of doom and I checked out more of the page.

Holy crap that takes me back. I'd forgotten about that, I did have a great time building maps for Warcraft and making my friends playtest them for me!

>There was a link
>for some game called Carrion Fields and I clicked it,
>launching telnet and flushing a large portion of my time over
>the next nearly 20 friggen years down the drain. The site was
>Strahd's Unofficial Carrion Fields HomePage and if not for
>those maps I would have never been able to find my way
>around.

20 years...seems like just yesterday...

Zulghinlour the Ebony Warlock, Dark Dream of Emperors
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Level    : 60           Sex      : male         Race     : fire        
Ethos    : Orderly      Align    : Evil         Class    : necromancer 
Exp      : 829999       To Level : 1            Sphere   : Knowledge
Age      : middle-aged, 17289 years old (31896 hours)

>I had Immed Phenolphox like a month or so before Zulghinlour
>did. I remeber you kicking the every loving #### out of me
>when we were both morts.

And when you were an Immortal too!

Zulghinlour's suit of black mithril platemail lies here.
When you look inside, you see:
A suit of black mithril platemail contains:
( 2) a steak of the corpse of Leika
A shattered dwarven horn
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Valguarnera
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Rhycyn
( 2) a steak of the corpse of Nol
a cardboard sign with the words 'I crashed the mud'
a cardboard sign with the words 'I crashed the SQL server'
a cardboard sign with the words 'I sent the mud into an infinite loop'
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Garenth
a cardboard sign with the words 'I gave everyone set'
( 8) a steak of the corpse of Shenara
a steak of the corpse of Savraeth
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Trasthe
a steak of the corpse of Nicolette
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Arvam
(12) a steak of the corpse of Zulghinlour
a steak of the corpse of a spotted toad
a steak of the corpse of NEpenthe
a steak of the corpse of Amlaruil
( 5) a steak of the corpse of Ishmael
( 2) a steak of the corpse of Grylon
( 9) a steak of the corpse of Eryndorial
( 2) a steak of the corpse of Septach
( 9) a steak of the corpse of Jacynth
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Ashaxreyn
a steak of the corpse of Macheath
a steak of the corpse of Vilhazarog
a steak of the corpse of Talia
a steak of the corpse of Gareth
( 3) a steak of the corpse of Jaldean
a steak of the corpse of Stellyx
a steak of the corpse of Taerin
a steak of the corpse of Teiphicker
a steak of the corpse of Segyll
a steak of the corpse of Astein
a steak of the corpse of Eyllivea
a steak of the corpse of Zargu
a steak of the corpse of Jarindyl
a steak of the corpse of Aliuyud
a steak of the corpse of Braerus
a steak of the corpse of Caecus
a steak of the corpse of Phenolphox
( 8) a steak of the corpse of Kastellyn
( 6) a steak of the corpse of Thror
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Tathlyn
( 3) a steak of the corpse of Quinthen
a steak of the corpse of Agathocles
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Pikel
a steak of the corpse of a tall refreshing mug of ale
( 2) a steak of the corpse of Quintius
( 4) a steak of the corpse of Gadinias
( 2) a steak of the corpse of Proserpina
a steak of the corpse of Cartherlen
a steak of the corpse of Dyston
a steak of the corpse of Scaurus
a steak of the corpse of Raisa

>I only ever had one follower of yours, some ####bag drow
>healer but it was fun.
>
>So thanks for the warcraft .pud's!
>Thanks for introducing me to CF!
>Thanks for helping me kill Maceath meltyface when we were
>heroImms.
>Most of all, thanks for all the changes you made to CF to make
>it more fun and playable.
>Thanks for keeping the playerbase informed on all those
>changes and how they would affect gameplay.
>
>Good luck in your future endeavors.

Thank you!

I can only echo the sentiments of the others. Hope you'll be back someday. Best wishes to you and yours.

n/t

I always respected and appreciated your view of the game and the work you did. Hope you roll up a mort one of these days, get the burn for CF again and come back. :)

"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun – for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax – This won’t hurt."

A true inspiration as a mort, and even more as an imm. A voice of reason in Asgaard. Be well.

For the first time I am worried for cf!

Thanks for all you've done for us.

Word of advice though... Remember we players can cheese you off fairly regularly.
Don't scrap your new venture the first time that happens, please!

Ive had concerns about cf too but it's more that game balance isn't regulated in the way I'd like. Some stuff like anti gang code is great. But sometimes I think the
pendulum needs a nudge back to the centre, whichever way it's swung.

If you start something new, any chance it could make grouping more attractive? As it is, grouping comes at the price of much lower skills and spells.

Best of luck!

There's nothing to say that hasn't already been said, but I look forward to having another drink with you in the future. You're a good man, Z.

>There's nothing to say that hasn't already been said, but I
>look forward to having another drink with you in the future.
>You're a good man, Z.

Next time you're in the neighborhood let me know. I'm sure the wife and I will be down in your neck of the woods to catch a MLB game sometime, I'll let ya know.

:)

We all float down here now. You were one of my favorites because you always listened to real complaints and you always told it like it was.

CF will truly miss you. #### Xoltrindar though :)

>:)
>
>We all float down here now. You were one of my favorites
>because you always listened to real complaints and you always
>told it like it was.
>
>CF will truly miss you.

Thanks!

>#### Xoltrindar though :)

Yeah...of all my creations...he has killed me the most! #### that guy!

nt

But I always thought of you as the cool coder who put a lot of work into a game that we all love. I just have to say thanks for all the work you put in. ... so thanks. :-) I wish you well in whatever you choose to do now.

Zephon

Edit: phone typos

I'm saddened to see this, but I wish you the best. You were great for CF, I hope we were able to reciprocate for you in some way.

I'll also echo what others have said about your next project, whenever it may coalesce. Please keep us informed.

Thank you for all your help. It meant a lot any time someone as busy and important as you took the time to show me or help me with something.

Take care.

I never realized I'd miss you, I guess because you were always there
and so we all assumed you always would be. :) I know we never really
interacted much but I am aware that you benefit (yes present tense is on purpose) this game tremendously. So I'll be having a drink in
zulg's memory. Not today because the liquor store is already closed
and I'm out of scotch. Maybe I'm using your death thread as an excuse
to buy scotch, so what... Hehe You still get a drink in your honor.

Enjoy whatever it is you move on to man. I'd have to grow an extra
thumb to give you the three thumbs up you deserve, so you just get
the two.

-Bajula.

But we played fantasy BB one year, and you were always awesome with my posts on the Official Forums as well. I could tell that our "Cf values" lined up pretty well, and I know in my bones how much you've done to keep this place what it is.

Its been hard when you as a player seem to align with certain imms, and then they leave. I do hope you come back - I'm a stubborn SOB and I'm not going but that's only because it would break my heart to see something I've put 16 years into fade away. I do hope you come back.

You've done a lot of good for a game we all love and grew up with.

I owe you a beer. If you're ever in South Wales, collect.

...such a great figurehead for the immortal staff. We all appreciate the "can-do" attitude despite how sharp it may have felt at times. You've done amazing things for the game and many of us will miss your leadership in what we only hope to be a temporary absence.


Good luck with gaming, programming and in general with life. If not through the game, let FB be the medium to keep in touch!

You took on some of the really onerous tasks in keeping CF alive, and I'm sad to see you go. For what it's worth, I don't think your vision for the game is really all that different than that of the rest of the staff--but I also like the variety of different perspectives that the staff bring to the table, so I probably have a different experience of that.

There will always be a seat at the table for you, man!

n/t

Thanks for all the masterful code.

What would be the best way to follow your future projects?

Thanks man.

...and it's raining outside.

Getting pretty somber.

Will miss Santa Zulgh, good luck with your next :)

Come back some time and let us know what you're working on. I can't speak for anyone else, but if it's coded by Zulg, I want to try it.

has been, always will be.

if you work on a new game, whether mud, mmorpg, or mobile, let us know. i'll play any rpg you work on

you've always been the best at walking the fine line of designer and player. kudos and cheerio zulgh!

I enjoyed working with you and appreciate everything that you have done. You were always like the mysterious wizard behind the curtain.

Good luck with whatever path life takes you on, you will be missed in this community.

Always felt like you could count on Zulg being straightforward about whatever you spoke about, whether or not we liked the answer we got. Best of fortune in all your future endeavors!

Loved knowing you were around...felt it was coming due to the fact that you'd be a bit more visible or vocal other than Santa Zulg. But hey! I'm sure your next project shall be a success. You're awesome!

Take care and don't be a stranger!

You'll be missed, big Z.

For all the time, energy, ideas, and fun that you allowed all of us to have over the years. You dedication was above and beyond anything a free to play games sees, and it did nothing but enhance every single one of our experiences. Come back and visit every once in a while. You will be missed.

Granted, I think as all of us begin to find other things in life, CF has just sorta dwindled with very little fresh blood being added over the years. CF would not be even close to what it is and I have a hard time believing it will last much longer if you're leaving. Good luck with your future endeavors! (P.S. Come play Darkfall with us. :P)

Nyet tekst

nt

Very sad to see this.

I've been out of the game for 4+ years. I appreciate all the hard work you put into this game. Good memories. Hats off to you.

Wowza. This is a huge loss. Thanks for all the hard work and incredible determination/drive. Good luck in all your future endeavours.

The amount of time you put into this game, all the work you've done, I can't find the words to properly thank you for all you did. Knowing you were there to be the guiding hand and voice of reason among the staff was also an extremely reassuring feeling. Thank you. The sinking feeling I have reading this and knowing it's not a joke, it hurts a lot, but I think it is probably a giant weight off your shoulders. GLWYN *wink*


Best wishes to you and your future endeavors.

I guess not, huh?

So....now what?

Also, I really always have you to thank for Strahd's page which was how I finally became good enough at CF to compete while I played a lot. Thanks. I hope being an immortal again was worth it, and GLWYN?

As a side note, very classy to quote Douglas Adams on your way out. I liked that.

That website was what really helped me get good at cf when I started out. So double thanks to you Z! You've been helping us since pretty much the beginning!

>I guess not, huh?

I believed it when I said it, multiple times. We all grow and change.

> So....now what?

Not sure, I've got a handful of ideas, but mostly I'm just not going to think about things for awhile and relax.

>Also, I really always have you to thank for Strahd's page
>which was how I finally became good enough at CF to compete
>while I played a lot. Thanks. I hope being an immortal again
>was worth it, and GLWYN?

Being an Immortal and being an administrator taught me a lot. There's things I'd do differently a second time, and maybe someday I will.

>As a side note, very classy to quote Douglas Adams on your way
>out. I liked that.

One of my favorites, and it just seemed right.

nt

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Nt

We can't thank you enough.