I think I've mentioned before that I am a sucker for a swashbuckler, especially when given a backdrop of stars.  Meet Sabre, a heroine with shady business practises, a fast sword and a ship of her own ...

... the Pegasus.

Now meet Drake, a straight-laced lawman with a mission, a fast gun, and something that Sabre needs ...

... a key to open a case that she has "appropriated." 

Our two protagonists meet up ...

and the rest I'll let you discover for yourself as wild west meets deep space.

The art is generally well done, despite the artist's penchant for drawing water underneath the Pegasus .. let's call it a quirk that we can live with.  The story seems well paced.  It publishes Mondays and Thursdays, but is on a bit of break until the beginning of July while they get their next chapter ready for publication. They seem interested in keeping their readers interested, however, and have ongoing postings on their blog component.  In the meantime, catch up on their backlog .. which is not that long.   I've bookmarked this for my reading.

ScumFlash: No more touching Power

Sadly, MaxPower hasn't logged on for over a week now, without informing us about his absence. We hope he is alright and just decided one day to stop playing. Whatever the reason is, more then a week's absence without information is too long. So I decided to remove his toon from the guild. If he comes back and this was all a misunderstanding, we will do our best to invite him back as soon as we can.

Scum, if you can't be online for more then a day, please let Tofurkey or myself know. Not only might we be able to arrange a babysitter for you for that period, but we will at least know what's going on! And on a similar note: if you decide to stop playing, don't just disapear. At least leave us a message like Bain did, so we know you are allright. Most of you have been members of this band of lowlifes for a very very very long time, so make sure you say goodbye to us if you leave.

To end with Max's "own" words: "He's the man whose name you'd love to touch... But you musn't touch!  His name sounds good in your ear, but when you say it you mustn't fear because his name can be said by anyone!"

No more touching...

Thinking up poems

takes a lot out of a gnome.

I should just say "boobs."

- sbbenhcs, short and sweet (no wait... that's aa.)

I know, I know... three weeks off, and THIS is what I come back with? Well, it's tougher than it looks, having such a naughty mind. The limerick is getting too long (that's what she said!), I find I'm just going through the motions (also what she said!), so I'm going to have to work harder to focus my attention and refine my technique... (actually, she's quite pleased with my technique, so... BAZINGA!)

ScumFlash: Goodbye to Bain

Good news and bad news. The good news is, we heard from Bain. This time there was no burning boat engine in the middle of nowhere  or a helicopter that couldn't bother to stay airborne. The bad news is that he is going to stop playing. To put it in his own words:

Hey Ghetto,
Sorry for not logging in sooner.

I dont think Im going to play shakes any more. No real reason, I just missed a couple of days, had intentions of logging in, all of a sudden its been 3 weeks. I had a pretty good 3 year run. Enjoyed being part of the guild. Dont think Im gonna be on much in the future.

Thanks for the memories,
Bain.

It was great having you here Bain. If you ever reconsider you know where to find us. And be carfull out there, especially when it comes to transportation!

Bazinga!

Birthday Bashes & More

Valley of Awful XP

Condolences to you scum.For you have reached an epic level, but will have to beat many dungeons to get out of this XP Valley.

• 300 - Redwood18
• 250 - Usturarch, Ciciz
• 225 - Kamisama, ziglabeu, Scrubby, Valind, Neithe, Srike

Nice Round Numbers
Congratulations to you scum, your level looks nice and round.

• 310 – Quilp
• 290 – Alyzyn
• 240 - Masterdodo
• 230 - Ziglabeu, Revliss
• 220 – Srike, Bakryu, Moora
• 210 – Kossar, Ahkdar

95% Club
No new members of the 95% club in this period. But still 2 lowlives below 75%. Come on scum... work on that, it is getting shamefull.

Random Data of the Week

Something Important to get you through the week.

• 50 scum
• 30 95% +
• 18 80% +
• 2 75% -