It's rare that a revolution comes along in the video game industry, let alone the game of TradeWars 2002 itself. So blessed are we today that such a revolution should happen while all of us are still living. What is the revolution that I speak of? I recognized it when the sysop of the ClockWork Orange BBS made [an annoucement](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://groups.yahoo.com/group/tradewars_2002/message/2904) about his upcoming game. He's successfully managed to turn TradeWars into Trade-Magical Happy Fun Land where Everyone Gets Along With Each Other-Wars. Observe: Gameplay: A period of 6 months shall exist where all players MUST observe manditory interstellar peace. No player shall attack another player regardless of alignment .... ONE fighter may be deployed for the use of transwarp, it must not be Toll or Offensive. Once you leave the game it must be removed. After reading this game description, I feel like my beloved game has been turned into the equivalent of a Happy Meal toy. Apparenly that "Attack" action that was put into the main menu isn't supposed to be there. I guess it's just a bug that was never taken out. Same with being able to deploy offensive fighters and, oh yea, those Quazar Cannon things. You play Tradewars to **blow stuff up**, not sit around and [watch a meter go up](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.everquest.com/). I suggest that if you can't handle it, then try a game that is better suited for you. I suggest the [Sailor Moon Collectable Card Game](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.sailormoonccg.com/) or [Princess Maker 2](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.theunderdogs.org/game.php?name=Princess+Maker+2). But I digress, I actually like Princess Maker 2.

Dell Bond has started a TWGS called the [**InsynQ War Zone**](telnet://63.201.228.233/). Here's the information he sent me: >I have 3 games op. there are 7 games on my server game b is called blue's dream game it's the best game for blue players but red players can play it too. the next game I have it is game d dragon killer which is made by GAMI hestity, and it is a very good game to play. the next game in line is called silver future (f) which is made by lilrogue still working on that game, so far it is looking good. next game is called InsynQ War Zone (I) which is named after the server, lot's of edits . next game is Star Wars (S) a game that is made by Sojourner still in the works but looks good so far, lot's of edits. next game is called tournament game (t) this game have 850 turns 20k sectors and also who ever win this game gets to make his/her's own game on this server. the last and final is War Zone (w) it is all that poeple want's the game to be it has lots of edits and planets and everything. the add to my server is 63.201.228.233 the server is called the InsynQ War Zone. -dell Lots of games to choose from! Check it out!

Here are some new games coming up:Stardock BBS will be rebanging/starting a few games THIS Friday!! We're looking to rebang a couple of the current games that have been completed and also start a couple of NEW originals! More details to come. Hekate will be opening a few news games tomorrow at [**twgs.twlinks.com**](/files/Site%20Caps/TWLinks/index.html) around 10pm Pacific time! Here is the post: *"Game L: Lounge Lizards (rebanging - 20k sectors, 5k turns) Game K: Karma (3500 sectors, 750 turns) Game A: Alarm! (5k sectors, 900 turns, MBBS)"* *These will be competitive games and will not have betatest logins. Dupes are NOT allowed.* *telnet://twgs.twlinks.com* *Hekate hekate@twlinks.com https://www.twlinks.com ICQ: 10370329* Check 'em out!

If you haven't already checked out this Web Browser-based helper, **[do so](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.goosemoose.com/tradewars/connecttw.htm)**! For more information, check out **[this thread](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://groups.yahoo.com/group/tradewars_2002/message/2392)** which has started today in the **[tradewars_2002](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://groups.yahoo.com/group/tradewars_2002/)** YahooGroup.

This should also be a very interesting game to say the least! 60 players may enter and 10 teams will be chosen randomly from those 60 names! Here's more information that Jackal has posted: *Ok I know most of you are still enthralled with the USO, However there's still open spots for the Lethal Lottery over on Silver Wings. First 60 spots get in. Here's your chance to corp with people of varying skill levels. No one will know who they are corped with until start of the game. At present expected settings ( not written in stone so may change) CFS, Havoc, IC, Colt and ISS will be slightly modded. 2 Planets will be slightly modded. Turns will be somewhere between 850-1200.* *Settings that are definate are 60 day game. MBBS mode. 7 death limit.There will be a 5-6 hour time limit for the game. In the event that there is no clear cut winner, most L6's will break any ties, if still tied from there most figs. will determine the winners.* *This tournament is to provide more competition for other games and tournaments, since you won't know who your corpmates will be until the game opens it is set up to promote teams that have players of varying skills to learn from each other and hopefully get better players for better competition in the future. At present we have 25 players signed up. 35 more spots need to be filled. You can sign up for the [**TW anon forum**](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.publicatlarge.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi) on the Silver Wings site, or you can ICQ/Email me or Soul to get entered.* They still need players to sign up! There are some big names that are planning to play this game. This is your chance to team-up with someone that you've always looked up to!

This looks to be a VERY interesting game. This is not based on your normal TW2002 gameplay/strategy. The object of the game is to build empires from pre-placed planets throughout the universe.For more information check out the game's [**description page**](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://playground.homeip.net/games/corpwars/) over at [**Kitty Moon's Place**](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://playground.homeip.net/). SIGN UP NOW! You can have a corp of 8-12 players (by the description on the link above). This should make for some fun!

Stonewall has made good use of his donation money and has purchased 100% more RAM for [**The Deep South TWGS**](telnet://thedeepsouth.yi.org). The server is now at a whopping 392 megabytes of RAM and Stoney has boosted the node count to 38. And THAT'S why you give [**donations**](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.tradewars.ws/donations.htm) folks.

The Rebel Alliance for winning this year's **Haunted Halloween Tournament**!

Our very own Aitvo, of [**Intergate Technologies**](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.intergate.cx), has released the newest version of Fusion MBBS!He informs me that this new released adds skin support, @codes in all prompt and text files, and fixes a new user password creation bug! Looks like Aitvo has been busy the past day or so! [**Click Here**](https://web.archive.org/web/20010000000000*/https://www.intergate.cx/downloads/FusionGS-3.0RC2.tar.gz) to download!

For winning HHT 2000. See graphic [here.](/category/TW_Gazette) It is too big to fit on this column. Those of you on slow dial up like Cruncher, I apologize in advance for the size of the graphic. [www.booinc.com](/files/Site%20Caps/BooInc/news.html) has full stats of the tournament.