IMPORTANT GAME UPDATES
Perhaps of most importance to players is the fact that the BBS is no longer accessible from your hotel room. You must now go to the diskette in your occupation's office to read or post to the BBS.
The second most important change has to do with entering your assignment answers. You might remember that in the "Getting Started" section, I mentioned that assignment answers should always be entered in all lower-case. This is NO LONGER TRUE! In MOST places in the game (detective sketchpad, court, etc) it is still true that one should use lower-case letters only. However, many assignment answers now contain capital letters. Be wary!
Many of you will have noticed that the Community Center is closed for public chat now. My guess is that this is so that the guys at General Rubric can use it to test certain technical changes they plan on implementing. How long it will remain closed to the general public is unknown. However, it can still be reserved for private functions, just like any of the other chat sites.
If you haven't been to Table 13 in a while, it's a good time to pay a visit. Vulgarian Agent has gone into hiding (or may be dead.) The new format allows you to talk privately with another player and transfer money back and forth between players. I suggest that you enter your "guest's" name and room number in lower-case letters, though I'm not yet certain if that is necessary. And while you're at the Swizzle Stick, you should order something to eat. Alice's tune has changed considerably.
Finally, we have a new phone system. Although more cumbersome than our old system, it DOES permit you to see copies of messages which you sent to other players. Also, the "Send Message" button has now been auto-linked to the "Search Room" function to get around the bug which had disabled it.