http://www.shartak.com/news.html News from the island en-gb Copyright 2006, Simon Amor Wed Jul 28 16:03:31 2010 game@shartak.com game@shartak.com Shartak News 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 daily http://www.shartak.com/news.html#1 News for 28 Jul 2010<ul><li>Just a reminder that the Peninsula Federation will be holding a three day gladiatorial contest starting this Friday night/Saturday morning in Derby. Please head over to the gladiatorial arena by 31st July 2010 00:00 GMT/UTC</li><li>Other timezones:<br>30th July 2010 20:00 EDT<br>31st July 2010 09:00 Asia/Tokyo<br>31st July 2010 03:00 Europe/Helsinki</li><li>See this <a class="txlinkplain" href="http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,2935.0.html">forum thread</a> for more information</li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#2 News for 26 Jul 2010<ul><li>In Dalpok a native hunter has emerged from the jungle screaming of a horrific monster that ate his fellow hunters. Despite being somewhat sedated with a large number of alcoholic drinks, he continued to rant about it for several hours to anyone who would listen.</li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#3 News for 26 Jul 2010<ul><li>After many positive comments regarding the fast-switch bar, it has now been added to all accounts with donated-for characters. You will still need to enable the bar within your <a class="txlinkplain" href="/editaccount.cgi">account settings</a> page since it's not enabled by default.</li><li>If for any reason you have a donated-for character but cannot see the option to enable the fast-switch bar, please <a class="txlinkplain" href="/feedback.cgi">contact us</a>.</li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#4 News for 22 Jul 2010<ul><li>Any account with at least one donated-for character can now have access to the latest feature - a fast-switch bar. This provides a quick way to switch between multiple characters and can be turned on/off from within the <a class="txlinkplain" href="/editaccount.cgi">account settings</a> page. A screenshot is shown below.<br><br><img src="/images/fastswitchbar.png" alt="Image of fast-switch bar"></li><li>Please note that at present this is not globally available and must be requested (use the <a class="txlinkplain" href="/feedback.cgi">feedback page</a>). Once more feedback has been received, it will be enabled for any account with a donated character.</li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#5 News for 17 Jul 2010<ul><li>A fisherman has reported seeing a giant squid to the north of the first <a class="txlink" href="http://wiki.shartak.com/index.php/Western_Islets">Western Islet</a> (known to some as Rodrigo Island). Naturally, he headed straight back to the safety of the beach and reported the sighting to a <a class="txlink" href="http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,668.1140.html">Kraken Hunter</a> found in a bar in Durham.</li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#6 News for 13 Jul 2010<ul><li>As previously announced, the premium <a class="txlinkplain" href="http://www.cafepress.com/shartak/">Shartak Shop</a> has been closed. However, it's been recreated as a basic shop (free to run, but only one product from each category allowed) and currently has the Giant Squid image on a range of items.</li><li>We'll be updating the image used from time to time - if there's a particular one you'd like to see next, please let us know using the <a class="txlinkplain" href="/feedback.cgi">Feedback page</a>.</li><li><img style='vertical-align:middle;width:150px' src="tee-elephant.png" alt="Elephant"> <img style='vertical-align:middle;width:150px' src="tee-minimal.png" alt="7 Squares"> <img style='vertical-align:middle;width:150px' src="tee-squid.png" alt="Giant Squid"></li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#7 News for 10 Jun 2010<ul><li>Due to lack of interest, we will be closing the Shartak shop within the next few weeks. If you want to get a Shartak t-shirt, etc then you'd best get over to <a class="txlinkplain" href="http://www.cafepress.com/shartak">the Shartak shop</a> soon!</li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#8 News for 5 May 2010<ul><li>Just a quick reminder that the contest to design a graphic for the Old One achievement is nearly over. The closing date is this Friday (although I'll probably accept anything up until early Saturday morning UK time).</li><li>In case you missed them, the contest details are at <a class="txlinkplain" href="http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,2792.0.html">http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,2792.0.html</a></li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#9 News for 5 May 2010<ul><li>As discussed on the forum <a class="txlinkplain" href="http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,2681.0.html">in this thread</a>, people have been busy updating the <a class="txlinkplain" href="http://wiki.shartak.com/">Shartak wiki</a> with all the latest changes and enhancing the existing content.</li><li>There are still things that need updating - either sign up for a wiki account and make the changes yourself or post suggestions or content on the forum for someone else to action.</li></ul> http://www.shartak.com/news.html#10 News for 16 Apr 2010<ul><li>As visible on some profiles, there are now achievements to be gained. You can configure up to 5 of these to be shown on your profile page using the <b>Edit Achievements</b> button from the <b>Edit Settings</b> page. The first of these is Easter 2010 which was gained by anyone active on Easter Sunday, 2010.</li><li>Additional achievements will be added over the coming months - for example, the &quot;Old One&quot; achievement to be gained by anyone who was active in Shartak v1.</li><li>The contest details are at <a class="txlinkplain" href="http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,2792.0.html">http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,2792.0.html</a></li></ul>