Last 10 Announcements:
Thursday December 19, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Announcement: Just five more minutes!
Thursday December 19, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Announcement: Combat Day ends in about 30 minutes!
Thursday December 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Announcement: Miriani has turned 18 years old! As per usual, albeit a bit late, we'll be celebrating with Combat Day. You don't know what that means? No problem, I'll tell you! It's a friendly out of character competition in the form of merciless space combat. Starship stores are giving out free starships (sponsored by Merv's Hotdog Emporium) known as Contenders. Simply buy the free ship, hop inside, launch, and find another Contender to fight with. This is a fantastic opportunity to improve your combat skills without any risk of retaliation or financial ruin. There is a scoring system where points are awarded for each opponent you destroy and points are lost when you yourself get destroyed. You also lose a point for every hour you don't fire a shot, so get shootin'! You can see your current standing by typing COMBATDAY and see other people's by typing @COMBATDAY. (Note the @ symbol in the second commant.) If you're out of comms and your blood burns for violence, you can type COMBATDAY to return for the day. Finally, as usual for weird days, you can be out of character on communicators today. Just make sure you follow the other policies. One last note! Contenders enforce 'repair supply', which is a notion that starships only carry a limited amount of material to conduct repairs. You can see your remaining repair supplies by typing ENGINEERING. Each time your ship repairs a component, it loses supplies. If you find yourself running low in an emergency, you can type CANNIBALIZE <component> to instruct the ship to eat a healthy component to add to its stores of raw materials for future repairs. Good luck, have fun, and sorry for being so late this year!
Saturday December 14, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Announcement: Ho ho ho! The clock is ticking to get your gift requests submitted. There are about 36 hours remaining for first attempt requests, and if you've had a request denied, you'll have gotten a letter detailing why. Second chance letters still have until Friday to resubmit. Message board post 100700 has helpful information, and we beg you, please follow the rules outlined. One further note, please, for the sanity of the elves, do NOT capitalize item names. We already have more than enough to work on without having to fix those as well.
Friday December 13, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Announcement: Bah! Humbug! This is your two day warning. If you have not yet requested a gift from Santa, you're coming down to the wire. Please see message board post 100700 for all the rules and details. Please note that anybody who does not follow the rules will not get a gift.
Wednesday December 11, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Announcement: Ho ho ho! There are four days left to request a gift from Santa! We elves strongly urge you, if you have not yet done so and wish to receive a custom gift to get your request in sooner rather than later. If you wait to the last second, it will not be guaranteed that your gift request will be filled. Message board post 100700 has all the details you need to get you started on this holiday journey, as well as HELP CHRISTMAS.
Sunday December 8, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Announcement: Ho ho ho! You have seven days left to request your gift from Santa. Message board post 100700 has all the details. You might also take note of some other things, such as HELP CHRISTMAS. They may even be enlightening. Just like Rudolph's nose.
Saturday December 7, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Announcement: Toastsoft is now on Bluesky! Much like our existing presence on Mastodon, changes and other important information will be posted here as well. Responses to mentions and direct messages are not guaranteed. You can follow us at: https://bsky.app/profile/toastsoft.net
Sunday December 1, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Announcement: Bah! Humbug! You kids have two weeks from today to get your gift requests in. Message board post 100700 has all the details you need. Have a happy holiday season or else.
Friday November 29, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Announcement: Ho ho hoooo! If you have not yet sent in a gift request to Santa by either mail, lab or wish, you have 17 days left to do so. Anything submitted after December 15 that is not a second chance request will be rejected. Get those gift requests in!