hackmud News

We had an absolute blast watching the chaos unfold. Thank you and congratulations to the community for an incredible show. The takers made off with a solid chunk of change, and a boat load of upgrades!
A sneaky BINMAT update shook things up, and a massive surge of activity spun up the MUD for a fantastic end-of-year PvP raid.

We have put together some highlights for you to watch, and an intrepid investigative journalist has written up an awesome in-game post with quotes from participants and organizers alike. Fire up those clients or kick back and relax while you watch the highlights.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw3Ex4vMY8

In-game news post: `buffer.overflow read 3efo48`

NOTE: player scripts can potentially be dangerous.
Always check security levels before running unknown scripts

scripts.get_level { name: “buffer.overflow” }

See you next time, in the MUD

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[h2]~~=ｔｈｅ ｔａｋｅ=~~ event update[/h2]

Yesterday our community began their coordinated attack on zez for our live community PvP event, The Take! Players heated up the war machine, and brought new players into the attack as people took the first day to get up to speed as zez and marto traded blows. It took a bit to warm up the engine

It is estimated that somewhere around 70 Trillion GC has been redistributed around the playerbase.

Some incredible developments, more than 62 Trillion GC has left zez’s hands. Watch this INSANE clip of a 30TGC heist being pulled off in real-time!

232TGC has also gone missing from the user risk, the whereabouts of which are undetermined, and the rumor mill continues to swirl.

Multiple players reported the existence of brand new glam upgrades, the validity of which is still being debated by some players,

All of zez’s previously distributed wealth (which is down approximately 40T at the time of this writing) has been consolidated on a single user, making the attack surface much more focused. Players from the Takers side are expressing that this could be the moment that everyone has been working towards.

We are approaching the halfway point for this PvP event; do the Takers have enough resources to keep the concerted attack going for another ~36 hours? Can they drum up enough support to get the loot?


[h2]Join in the action![/h2]

• Stream the game with our new skins
• Become a supporter
• Watch the streams and Share the streams

[h2]BINMAT DEFENSE CHANGELOG[/h2]

`accts.xfer_gc_to` && `accts.xfer_gc_to_caller` will be disabled while sender is connected to an ongoing BINMAT session. Inbound GC is not affected, but calls to `market` and usage of `escrow` will fail during BINMAT sessions.

These changes to BINMAT will go live at ~~=ｔｈｅ ｔａｋｅ=~~ event start time.

See our previous post or FAQ for event details.

Come join the action! All skill levels needed!

[h2]Goals[/h2]

• Steal as much as we can from the Raid Boss — Zez! (experiment_zezo on corps.top)
  
• Try to land hackmud on the Twitch Trending or Main Page
  

[h2]Event Time Frame[/h2]
Recon and Prep starts NOW!

Stream event START
2024/12/27 - 1800 UTC

Event End
2024/12/29 - 2359 UTC

[h2]Event Rules[/h2]

• hackmud rules
• PvP attacks are allowed in hackmud so the PvP part of this event never starts or stops
  
• “Participants” will be those participating in The Twitch Stream Event
  
• Frequently Asked Questions

[h2]Rewards[/h2]

• Zez’s Loot + Certified Bragging Rights™
  

[h2]Expected changes for event[/h2]

• new Streaming QoL features
• ComCODE's first foray into PvP balance, with a specific and targeted update - more details to come
  

- Added: Client notification controls `gui.notifs`, useful for streaming
- Added: Chat pings now respect `gui.quiet` settings
- Changed: retire_user text updated for marks
- Changed: marks scripts now autocolor with `Q`
- Changed: `#edit` with no filename now displays a better error message
- Fixed: The shell would sometimes stop displaying text
- Fixed: The badge and status displays would sometimes stop displaying text
- Fixed: `flush` formats `shell.txt` as a script
- Fixed: Certain script outputs could cause errors during autocoloring

Thank you to our ComCODE volunteers and staff for their contributions! @ActualRemy @ast @chirp @fayti1703 @flora @kb @marto @seanmakesgames @spanospy @sudonym @tukib

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