Posted by Elder Counselor Rune on February 10, 1999 at 10:55:22:

The Worlds Strongest Man!

One of the most lasting memories I have of counseling to date would definitely have to be patch day a while back. There are probably many who remember the patch that caused everything to decay at super speeds, as well as the existence of a problem whereby the players character would instantly gain 32,000 in one of their stats.

Now for a few a few people this was a heyday, because they had received 32,000 mana and were a super mage. Or had 32,000 dexterity, and were firing arrows at such astonishing rates that you didn�t only see one arrow come out at a time, but a steady line of arrows often taking out the intended target in a mere amount of seconds! Even Balrons!

In any case, I show up on a call that read something like �I�m in my house in a chair and I cannot move�, Well sure enough there is this fellow sitting in his house unable too move. I started speaking with him explaining that he had received 32,000 Strength and was too heavy to move, and as I was doing so items in his house started decaying right in front of our eyes. He said �Ya, and on top of not being able too move all my items are disappearing�. No sooner had he said that and his house just vanished and we were now outside flanked by the remainder of his items!

I placed a GM call to get this rectified, and while waiting two members of warring guilds stroll by and begin too open up on him with a barrage of arrows from their crossbows.

The warring guild members, apparently not informed of the various problems with that patch proceeded to blame their bows for not doing damage to this guy, and swiftly resorted to their attempt at his life with the standard mage slam. After unloading on him they were extremely surprised to find that they had not even taken any of the health away. The whole time the player who had the strength was lighthearted enough to play along and was saying �Muhhahahaa, I will crush you with my thumb!!!�.

The end result was, the fellow with the 32k strength said, �Don�t make me get up and whoop you boys�, and upon saying that the two guild members confused took to their retreat complaining of him being an exploiter. It was a funny event and I wish I had gotten some screenshots.

Thank you,

Elder Rune

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