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Sunday, December 31, 2000 |
Two New Fan Missions - Happy New Year! - 9:38:39 PM - Dan |
Start off the new year right with two new Thief 2 fan missions, from Steven Hindley and Robin G. Enjoy, and thanks!
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Sunday, December 24, 2000 |
Merry Christmas - 10:41:22 PM - Dan |
Merry tidings from the Circle of Stone and Shadow development team. The Christmas season meets us all well. While some of the CoSaS team is still hard at work, others of us are taking some time off to spend with friends and family. A scant few, however, are up to something quite interesting. One of those such people is Steve, one Finial's trustworthy assistants.
Here is Steve: Digi: Hello, Steve, how are you this Christmas Eve? Steve: Doin quite well, guvnah. Though tis a bit drafty up 'ere on this ledge. But somebody's gotta do it, that's right. Digi: What exactly are you doing up here? Steve: Why, watching for Stante Clause of course. I 'ere 'e'll be comin through 'ere 'round this time o' night. I'm gonna be ready for 'im. See, my boys are down there on the ground, and when I see 'im, Clause that is, I'll radio to one of the boys and the'll catch him on film. Digi: I see. Can you tell us a bit about where you are standing right now? Steve: 'ere? Well, it's really big, and really top secret. Finial's been working really 'ard on it, and were all really proud of et. Sorry, can't tell ya much more then - whoa! I think I see him! Hey Johnny! *picks up his radio transmitter* Johnny me lad, can yea get a shot at him from where yer at down there? Johnny: *radio squalk* Yeah Steve! I'm not sure how well he'll show up though! Taking a snapshot now! Steve: That's right! Got 'im! Now we can all go 'ome and drink egg nog around the fire. See ya mate. Digi: Thank you, Steve. Well, there you have it, folks. Santa Claus caught in action somewhere north of NewMarket. And it looks like Rudolph is with him tonight!
Before I say goodnight, I'd like to take time to mention two new members of the CoSaS development team. Screech, whom many of you know from the TTLG & Eidos forums, as well as the #thief chatroom, is onboard as an all-purpose artist. Her gallery of quirky sketches may be perused right here. Our other new team member is none other then Purah, of Lampfire Hills and Calendra's Cistern. Purah will be designing one of CoSaS's many missions. In case you don't know who he is, Purah's display of many creative works may be glanced at right here.
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Saturday, December 23, 2000 |
Review Revision for Equilibrium - 6:38:35 PM - Dan |
In light of reanalysis, David Riegel has opted to revise his review of the recently released Thief 2 FM Equilibrium (by ScilentSleep). The new score finds the mission with one more hammer then it had, bringing the total to 9 Hammers (four silver). The FM's other two reviews rank this mission at 9 and 10 hammers. making this FM very highly celebrated. Congrats again, Conor, and thanks, David!
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Fanfic: A Thief in Sheep's Clothing - 6:29:47 PM - Dan |
Keeper of Legends has sent us a short tale, entitled 'A Thief In Sheeps Clothing'. A taste:
It was the end of the day. Night was slowly descending on The City. Now, only a lone servant, returning from Stone Market, walked down the empty cobbled street. He turned the corner and continued walking until he seemingly vanished into the shadows, as I have done so many countless times. I continued my errand to Farkus' shop. I needed some new lock picks. The other pair I had, wore out after looting a local noble. Every door in that blasted place had one of those new locks that the Mechanics keep making. As I started to enter the shop, I heard a noise coming from the other side of the wooden door.Thank you, Keeper of Legends, for your donation. |
Christmas Fanart - 6:19:19 PM - Dan |
Chiefdreams was in Cragscleft Prison last night when he happened upon a scene up in the barracks. A band of fellows were gathered merrily for a game of poker.
Also, Cody Bedingfield has sent in proof that Garrett has gotten into the Christmas Spirit. Or maybe the spirit of the Grinch?
Thanks, guys. :)
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'The Prodigal Corpse' for Thief 1 - 5:53:36 PM - Dan |
Pseudonymouse's "The Prodigal Corpse" was originally released as an unrated mission. Now it's back, reworked and finished, as a full fledged fan mission for Thief 1/Gold, ready for download and your enjoyment. Thanks, Pseudo!
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The Rital Reviewed - 8.5 Hammers - 4:51:20 PM - Dan |
The venerable Frobber has sent in a review of the recently released The Ritual by Twisty. No one will be surprised at this fan mission's very generous score and review. Congrats, Twisty!
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New Thief Music Mix - 4:15:45 PM - Dan |
Picklocke presents an original Thief music mix, starring everyone's favorite spook, the Haunts. Download Thief Haunted (2.4 Meg) and enjoy!
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Crazy Review Mumbo Jumbo - 3:16:57 PM - Dan |
Marecki has updated his review of Rouges Honor (for Thief 1) (one false rumour removed, one detail added, a few changes in wording - nothing that would affect the score), sent in a very short review of the Thief 2 version of Lady Whitman's Disease, meant to be an addendum to the existing review of the Thief 1 version of that fan mission. Finally, he looked over Lord Burkhard (for Thief 2), desciding to put it into the unrated section.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2000 |
'Embracing the Enemy' is Here - 5:33:48 PM - Dan |
Garett (Kung Fu Gecko) Choy's latest fan mission is finally here. Embracing the Enemy, for Thief 2, from the author of Bloodstone Prison. Will it live up to Gecko's reputation? Only one way to see! :)
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Artwork from Air Gecko - 1:42:19 PM - Dan |
The fanworks keep on flowin.
Now we have a bit of artwork from Air Gecko. Behold, Showdown. Thanks!
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Sypha Nadon's Fanfic - 1:27:51 PM - Dan |
Sypha Nadon has sent in a comical contribution to The Circle's library of short tales: 'Lord Garrett's Manor'
It was a sunny day in the City, a very rare thing indeed. Five months ago the Mechanists had vanished from the City, and peace reigned. |
Stronghold Review Revision - 1:04:26 PM - Dan |
In light of the recent update to version 3, David Riegel has updated his review of JohnEric's Stronghold. The new review raises the score to 4.5 Hammers. Stronghold's other two reviews rank the mission at 8 Hammers each.
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Tuesday, December 19, 2000 |
Equilibrium Reviewed: 8, 9 & 10 Hammers - 5:20:33 PM - Dan |
Equilibrium, by SilentSleep was released less then a month ago, and already it has inspired three glowing reviews. The fans are in a rave about this new FM, and the scores prove it. Equilibrium has been rewarded Eight, Nine, and Ten hammers (that's Three, Four, and Five Silvers). Congratulations, SilentSleep, for a blockbuster!
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Artwork: 'Chiefdreams, An Indian Thief ' - 4:31:02 PM - Dan |
Unless I am very much mistaken, Chiefdreams has send in a self portrait. This piece of original artwork is called "Chiefdreams, An Indian Thief ".
The image is in responce to the mission Masks.... caption: 'That's for making me come here twice!'
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Making Thief 1 Look like Thief 2 - 1:03:11 PM - Dan |
oRGy's Guide to Making Thief 1 l33t is now up in its fully glory, sporting patches for textures as well as characters. Here's the low-down:
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New Tools for AI & Object Tinkerers - 12:46:52 PM - Dan |
Randy Sybel has some bright shiney christmas gifts from an anonymous LGSer to all of us more groundbreaking FM authors. Randy does not know much about them himself, but he does know that they are used in the making of custom AIs and Objects.
A Collection of Object Tools (object_tools.zip) - (578 K) |
Wednesday, December 13, 2000 |
Thieves Chapter 7 - 6:49:11 PM - Alex |
Cpt. Sqweky has released Chapter 7 of his tale Thieves. Below be there a peeky sneeky.
The guard was about to jump down into the canal, when the Hammer noticed a ladder. "Wait but a moment, there doth be a ladder over there. T'would be much easier for getting up and down. I do apologize for not seeing it earlier." |
We of The City, A Poem by Naartjie - 3:24:40 AM - Dan |
We of The City is a poem written by Naartjie. It has been added to the halls of The Circle's library. A taste...
Do stand in shadow and glyphs do forge Balance is our trust and secrets we do lock In tomes stored on shelves, locked in vaults beneath rock. |
Monday, December 11, 2000 |
Willow Island, 2nd Review - 9 Hammers - 5:53:55 PM - Dan |
Gonchong's latest, Willow Island has been given a second review by Frobber. Frobber has awarded the mission Nine Hammers (4 Silver), one rank above the previous review (by yours truly). Congrats on another great review, Gonchong, and thanks again, Frobber.
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Stronghold Gets an Update, and a Review to the Update! - 3:03:17 PM - Dan |
JohnEric's Stronghold has been updated to version 3! This new version features fixes to many things previously criticised. Frobber has done a new review of this mission in its updated form. While the fixes do not pull the sore higher then the first review, it definetly counteracts the much lower score given to it by the second review. Congrats, JohnEric, and thank you, Frobber!
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Sunday, December 10, 2000 |
'Equilibrium' by SilentSleep and 'The Ritual' by Twisty - 1:27:39 AM - Dan |
Deserving equal jubilant reception are the fan-made missions Equilibrium by SilentSleep and The Ritual by Twisty.
As always, thank you for your submissions!
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Saturday, December 09, 2000 |
New Menus & Conversion Tutorial by Gonchong - 11:59:40 AM - Dan |
Gonchong has graced us today with a custom Dromed 2 menu, which I've tested out and seems really nice. To install, place the file menus.cfg (it is a good idea to name your existing menus.cfg file something else so you do not overwrite it) into your Thief 2 folder.
He's also sent us a tutorial on converting a Thief 1 mission to Thief 2. Maybe some of you FM authors will be inspired to convert your Thief 1 missions into Thief 2 missions, eh? Thanks, Gonchong!
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Wednesday, December 06, 2000 |
Four New CoSaS Screenshots - 1:49:17 PM - Dan |
Crawling forth from our dark cave, the Circle of Stone and Shadow Campaign team is pleased to dash out four new sneak peeks at our project's development.
The CoSaS site has been updated with four new screenshots showing off some of our favorite areas. We hope you'll like them too. :)
Don't know what CoSaS is? Our Questions & Answers page will help you with that.
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COT Finale - 10:18:32 AM - Alex |
Well, it's been three weeks since I posted a chapter of COT, which means I'm owing you 3 new chapters, all of which are now up. Below is a snippet from the first of the new chapters. I hope you enjoy the end of our tale!
- Jyre: Incomplete Sacrifice - Day 10: 11:38pm |
Tuesday, December 05, 2000 |
Benny's Dead Reviewed - 10 Hammers - 12:02:00 PM - Dan |
Benny's Dead for Thief 2, by Gingerbread Man, has finally been reviewed! And what a review it is... here's the lowdown:
You counted right... that's ten hammers you see there. Way to go Gingerbread Man! By the way, GMB is one of the project leads on the T2X project. :)
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New Artwork - Saturnine's 'A Keeper' - 11:12:10 AM - Dan |
Kleptomaniac: The Not-So-Bright Project - 10:59:59 AM - Dan |
G'day folks!
KLEPTOMANIAC: THE NOT-SO-BRIGHT PROJECT has come to ThE CIrcLE! Lone Coyote's hillarious parody of Thief has been added to the fanworks section. Here's a taste:
Not for the lesser folly of indecision, But the greater folly of megalomania. His mind was foggy. His intentions were good, But his incompetence was unmatched. Even then, we knew to watch him most carefully (lest by his bungling he bring ruin to us all). - Keeper Anal Retentives And, of course, the Kleptomanic thread is still alive and well in the forum. Join in! |
Monday, December 04, 2000 |
Hammerite SunCatcher For Sale - 11:59:53 PM - Dan |
Do you need a christmas gift for your favorite taffer?
How about a real Hammerite Stained Glass SunCatcher?
I'd say it's well worth the price of $60. Oh yes, and there is only one, so if you want it, don't delay.
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News on Thief 3 From Randy "Return to Cathedral" Smith! - 8:22:29 PM - Dan |
Huge Annoucement by Randy Smith! This is a must read if you care one bit about Thief 3:
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'The Varyx Obelisk' Gets an Update - 1:45:52 PM - Dan |
Xarax's 'The Varyx Obelisk' has been updated yet again. The mission had eight hammers before, so now it can only be better, right? :)
Thanks, Xarax!
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New Garrett Voice Set for BG2 - 10:40:41 AM - Dan |
More Thief meets Baludr's Gate goodness today. Alan "Itsatrap" Au has sent in a voice set for your BG2 protagonist, using Garrett voice clips.
Thanks Alan!
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Saturday, December 02, 2000 |
Hard Luck: 6 ... Thieves Quarter: 6.5 ... Night at the Theatre: 1.5 - 8:29:05 PM - Dan |
David Riegel has been busy - he's reviewed three of our newer missions. Thanks, Dave!
The Thieves' Quarter: 6.5 Hammers (1.5 Silver)
Hard Luck: 6 Hammers (1 Silver)
Night at the Theater: 1.5 Hammer (1.5 Bronze)
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Owen's Archer Tutorial - 6:25:07 PM - Dan |
Owen McLaughlin has sent in an Archer Tutorial, which does not tutor you in archery, but rather explains how to make any NPC or enemy in Thief into an archer.
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More Keeper Theses, by Aaron Graham - 6:03:03 PM - Dan |
Aaron Graham has another one of his Keeper Theses for us. It's called Crime in The City It's about crime in the city. Below is the first paragraph.
There are many professions that claim to be the oldest. Thieves say that they are the oldest profession, prostitutes that they are, cutpurses that they are, and smugglers that they are. There is no evidence to support any of these claims. However, all of the claimants belong to what the City Watch prefers to call 'the criminal underworld'. It is perhaps this 'underworld' as a whole that is the oldest profession - whenever the City is spoken of, a mention of crime is sure to follow. It is irrevocably entwined with the history of the City.Mr. Graham has also written a FAQ about his Theses, which you may find right here. This FAQ answers frequently asked questions. |
I Am Way Behind in my ToDo List. - 3:02:06 PM - Dan |
Currently I am up to November 15th in my to-do list. If you emailed me with content AFTER that date, then I have not gotten to it yet, but I do have it and I will get to it. If you emailed me BEFORE that date, and I have not gotten to it yet, then it means your email got lost in the works, so please try again.
Things will pick up as soon as this sever move debacle is done with.
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Guide to Doors & Secret Doors - 2:46:32 PM - Dan |
We have a great (I just love it when people send me things already in HTML!) new tutorial added to our archive of Dromed Guides. Tips & Tricks from St Patrick is a guide to the finer points of door making, with lots of useful info on secret doors. Thanks, St. Patrick!
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