RANT MARCH 30, 1988 AC RANT
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o Index to this Issue: Page 2
o Stump the Sheriff: Page 3
o Play the Lottery Page 5
o Second-Hand Store Opens: Page 6
o Gary/Becky Contest: Page 7
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MAR. 2, 1988 RANT INDEX
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ITEM PAGE Ú ITEM PAGE
Stump Sheriff Ú Avatar Rescue-12
for Prizes!----3 Ú Pet Shop
Lottery!--------5 Ú Scandal------16
Second-Hand Ú Letters to
Store Opens----6 Ú the Editor---18
GaryM/Becky Ú Birthday
Run Contest----7 Ú Party--------20
"Describe Ú IT (Interesting
Habitat" Ú (Times)------21
Contest ----10 Ú Rumour Page---23
BBS Habninks---11 Ú Rant Info-----24
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ÍÛÛÖ STUMP THE SHERIFF FOR PRIZES ÕÛÛÎ
ÚÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÚ
Ú Due to rain or something, the "Stump Ú
Ú the Sheriff" event held last Sunday Ú
Ú in the Quiz Shows, Inc. office had Ú
Ú to be postponed. Ú
Ú Ú
Ú That gives everyone another chance Ú
Ú win lots of prizes (including plus Ú
Ú time and software like 'Maniac Ú
Ú Mansion' from Lucasfilm's Games) by Ú
Ú stumping Sheriff GaryM and his girl Ú
Ú Friday Becky on Saturday Night at Ú
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ÍÛÛÖ WIN GAMES, PLUS TIME & MORE!! ÕÛÛÎ
ÚÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÚ
Ú 9:30 pm HST (that's Saturday at 9:30)Ú
Ú on trivia questions about the world Ú
Ú of Habitat. Ú
Ú Ú
Ú Rant Publisher Bahia will be on hand Ú
Ú to MC the event, and door prizes Ú
Ú will be given out as well! Ú
Ú Ú
Ú So here's your chance to show how Ú
Ú much you REALLY know about our fair Ú
Ú towne...come and play! Ú
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$$$ ANNOUNCING THE HABITAT LOTTERY! $$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Come one, come all! Win $25,000, $2500
or $250 prizes.
New game EVERY Friday! One week to cash
in winning tickets!
You can't win if you don't play!
Only $50 each! Come to the Old Stock
Market at the intersection of 42nd and
Broadway!
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ÍÛÛÖ SECOND-HAND STORE OPENING ÕÛÛÎ
ÚÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÚ
Ú QWOP (owner of the Populopolis Ú
Ú Second-Hand Store), caught by Ú
Ú surprise as much as anyone by the Ú
Ú creation of his new store, is having Ú
Ú an official Grand Opening Gala at Ú
Ú shop on Saturday at 3:30 pm HST! Ú
Ú Ú
Ú You'll be able to get up to 50% off Ú
Ú the used (but almost new) items in Ú
Ú his store, so mark your calendars Ú
Ú this important event! Ú
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ÍÛÛÖ GARY & BECKY SPONSOR CONTEST ÕÛÛÎ
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Sheriff GaryM and leading citizen Becky
are running a contest starting
Wednesday Night and running through
Sunday at 6 pm HST.
Custom Designer HEADS and MANY TOKENS
to be given. The items to be searched
for will be posted on the BBS Boards
on Main Street and also on the
Habitat Pilot Tester's Comment Board.
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ÍÛÛÖ CONTEST PRIZES ÕÛÛÎ
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The prizes will be as follows:
# items # $;s/Heads # Winners
10 choice of 1 HEAD 9
9 $1750 5
8 $1500 5
7 $1250 5
6 $1000 5
For Grand Total of $27500 & 29 Winners.
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ÍÛÛÖ HUNT CONTEST RULES ÕÛÛÎ
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1) You can only win ONE Prize. Ú
2) Even if all the slots are filled forÚ
the 6 items winners, send Habimail Ú
to GaryM or Becky to reserve your Ú
slot in that level. Even if 5 entries
are received before yours, one of Ú
those 5 may go to the next winning Ú
level and you'll be next in line! Ú
3) The HUNT will end Sunday, April 3rd,Ú
6:00 pm with prizes awarded at 7:00pm
after the ITEMS have been VERIFIED by
Gary M and Becky. Ú
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ÍÛÛÖ "DESCRIBE HABITAT"CONTEST ÕÛÛÎ
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Ú Through inside sources, The Rant has Ú
Ú learned that Avatar Janet is planningÚ
Ú a "Describe Habitat On One Piece Of Ú
Ú Habitat Mail" contest for prizes of Ú
Ú $okens, Designer heads and maybe Ú
Ú even merchandise.... Ú
Ú Ú
Ú Seems she's trying to tell a friend Ú
Ú what it is, but can't find the words.Ú
Ú Ú
Ú Details to follow.... Ú
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*Û*Û*Û*Û* BBS HABNINKS *Û*Û*Û*Û*
Lawsuit Fever! In response to the sudden
malfunctioning Oracle Wands which were
purchased in the Dungeon of Death
adventure, Cetus is trying to get a
Class Action suit going against the
Oracle. Beware the wrath of the Oracle!
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Destin and Thistle are battling for the
consumer $. Both have started a Turf
Redecorating Service! Ah the neverending
story of AD WARS!!!!
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ÍÛÛÖ AVATAR AT LAW DARINGLY RESCUED ÕÛÛÎ
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SkyLine, of SkyLine and Chameleon,
nearly came to a tragic end recently
when he went into the Dungeon in search
of an Oracle wand and lost his way (for
at least the second time that week.)
His long-suffering partner, shopping for
new furniture downtown, answered his
urgent summons, located him, and led
him safely to the double doors leading
either outside or to Death's Abode.
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ÍÛÛÖ DARING RESCUE AT NIGHT!! ÕÛÛÎ
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SkyLine insisted that since he had come
that far, he wasn't leaving without the
wand, the purpose of the expedition.
But after the duo entered the door on
the right, SkyLine suddenly veered off
in the wrong direction, before his
partner could give him the escape
device he had asked for. He assured
Chameleon that he was all right, but
later ESPed that he had stumbled into
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ÍÛÛÖ LIFE IMITATES READERS DIGEST ÕÛÛÎ
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ
an escape-proof cavern. LLynx and
Thistle made up one rescue party,
entering the Dungeon from the Back 40,
while Chameleon and new Avatar Elbmurc
took the route through the Woods.
LLynx found the lost lawyer first,
but unfortunately his Oracle wand had
stopped functioning. Thistle managed
to find both of them and send them back
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ÍÛÛÖ ALL'S WELL AS ENDS BETTER ÕÛÛÎ
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to town, leaving Chameleon and Elbmurc
to purchase the Oracle wand.
Reportedly, The Oracle is adding a
new category to the Habitat Book of
Records: Most Times Rescued in One
Evening. Knowledgeable sources say
SkyLine is expected to hold the new
record at least as long as the Tome has
stayed hidden where he put it.
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ÍÛÛÖ DUCKIE SCANDAL BEARED!!! ÕÛÛÎ
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All Avatars are warned to beware of
the rubber duckies and teddybears for
sale in the new Populopolis Pet Shop.
The expensive "pets" ($3004 for the
duckie, $3002 for the bear) do absolute-
ly nothing. Rumors that they talk were
proved unfounded when The Rant sent
investigative reporters to check.
The same animals are available at
Kerrie's Knick-Knacks for far less.
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ÍÛÛÖ ANIMAL INFLATION SPIRALS ÕÛÛÎ
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Co-owner Lyric said, "We can't even
afford to buy our own wares, to see what
they do, if anything. We've asked The
Oracle to lower the price on those items
but he's not talking to us."
Sources say the defective animals
were not gifts from The Oracle at all,
but were introduced into the Pet Shop
by a notorious revolutionary who somwhow
invested in hundreds of the ducks and
wants his money back to finance a coup.
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******** LETTERS TO THE EDITOR *********
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The following article was found at the
oracle fountain. <note lower case...this
is mainly due to the broken promises and
the poor way the o handles crime and
murder>
I hope you post this in the next issue
of The Rant so that all know what the
KIF stands for and what they intend to
do...create more trouble.
Thanks!
Aggie :)
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KIF Proclomation #1, So shall it be
written, so shall it be done!
A Public Killing will take place once
a week at the KIF furniture store
located on the newly renamed KIF Street.
Please be prompt... a dead body stinks
if left unattended for a period of 6
solar days...
All new proclomations will be posted by
the oreo fountain, KIF claims this
fountain as the public waste facility
please leave all refuse here...
Thus ends the decree...
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ÍÛÛÖ FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER ÕÛÛÎ
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MoonBrite's Surprise Birthday Party was
held last week, a first for Habitat.
Lyric kindly removed the Walk- Backward
Spell that Moon was under. She received
many other presents: a torch (which she
had to blow out), and a wind- up doll
(promptly named 'moonwalk') among them.
Tivolli's provided the main dining room
for the affair. Rider was heard to say,
"at last all those 'walk like me' jokes
are over!". A FUN time was had by all.
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ÍÛÛÖ INTERESTING TIMES by JzerO ÕÛÛÎ
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ÚRAOULTFOOL's recent change of heart Ú
Úmay be due to a certain avatar of the Ú
ÚFemale Persuasion. They have been Ú
Úseen at various social events around Ú
Útown. AND, Raoul has resigned from theÚ
Ú'Play-Avatar Club! Ú
Ú Ú
ÚA new Avatar in town was heard to say,Ú
Ú"I am a 'BAD' girl...got any drugs?" Ú
ÚLet the citizens be aware of a Ú
Úpotential problem here. Ú
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ÍÛÛÖ A NEW COLUMN FOR THE RANT ÕÛÛÎ
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ
Head librarian, Shadi Lady found 2 new
books to read, "Yuckelberry Finn" by
MarkT and "1001 tricks your Yuck can Do"
by Scregie. "Habi-Deco, Apt. decorating"
by BZippy. She advises that they were in
the back room. BACK ROOM???
BRATPOP advises that Ted d. Beer has
been returned. Some STRANGER left him
at BRAT's door, refusing reward. Ted
is much weakened by the ordeal.
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ÍÛÛÖ RUMOUR PAGE ÕÛÛ
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Friendship blooms in Habitat, 'specially
if you're rich! Last week, a certain
Avatar whose name appears on one of the
permanent plaques downtown was giving
away 100 tokens to every Avatar. When
questioned about why he was doing this,
he replied that he wanted to make new
friends. He claims to have over 5000
tokens worth of friends!
Money can't buy happiness, but I
suppose it can buy friendship.
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