Correction Notice: Project Entropia Development Report #6
It has come to our attention that our editing of Tuesday’s Project Entropia Development Report #6 resulted in a statement that is likely to be interpreted incorrectly. In reference to participants in the upcoming Commercial Trial phase of beta testing receiving the client CD, the sentence "In other cases, we know some testers have simply not confirmed getting it until we asked them." suggests all testers were asked to confirm, which is not the case. It should have said "In other cases, we know from spot checks that some testers have simply not confirmed getting it until we asked them." The article has been corrected accordingly. We accept full responsibility and offer our sincere apology to MindArk, the testers and our readers for any confusion caused by our poor editing.

Addendum: For the sake of clarity, this section of the article has now been updated with wording provided by MindArk. “We have through spot checks realized that a fairly large number of testers are still waiting for their CDs.”
9:53 AM - Jonric

Morrowind Infobits
The Morrowind General Discussion Forum remains a popular place with the Morrowind Development team, as team members Douglas "affamu" Goodall, Mark "BlueDev" Nelson, "MrSmiley FaceDude", and Gary "WormGod" Nelson, have all visited in recent days:

affamu on Daggerfall’s spellcasting "trick": 1. It is harder to do that than it used to be. 2. But it is still possible. I figure if you're the kind of person who like to push a single button over and over, go for it. 3. One reason this was popular in Daggerfall was that spells raised so slowly compared to other skills. This has also changed.

one-handed vs. two-handed weapons: I'm testing House Telvanni and the Morag Tong and the moment so I have an Assassin and a Battlemage. The Assassin has a shortblade and a shield and is quite effective. The Battlemage has a two-handed axe and a lot of summoned Daedra which is also quite effective.

BlueDev on multiplayer: *takes off dev hat* Personally, I'm a big fan of multiplayer games. I like the ability to get on and just hack and slash, trade stuff, go on a quest, whatever, given the time I have. I still like to play single-player RPGs, but I've found there are interesting communities that grow up around MMORPGs. Wish I had more time to play.

*puts dev hat back on*
Ack. Nightmare in design. However, I'd like to do it one day. I, of course, have no say in this matter, but I'd like to do an Elder Scrolls MMORPG. If done well (and having learned lessons from other games), it could be a great challenge. Extending the political intrigue and faction play that's already present in ES games could be a lot of fun. Since the story is so important traditionally for our games, I'd think an evolving storyline (a la Asheron's Call) could be a blast to work with. But, this is just my daily incoherent rambling. I've gotta get my Morrowind stuff working first.

MrSmileyFaceDude answering multiple questions: [vampires] Nope. Vampires are NPC's with special abilities.

[soul gems] Several different soul gem types with different capacities. You can have only one soul in a soul gem, but when you cast Soul Trap & kill the target creature, its soul will automatically be placed in the smallest empty soul gem in your inventory. Any remaining capacity is unused and unrecoverable. No, the enchanting effects should cost much less in terms of magicka than the total spell points available from the trapped soul. That way you can cast the enchantment more than just once. For example if a soul gives you 200 spell points, and your enchantment ends up costing 20, you can cast the enchantment 10 times before it runs out of charge.

[draining enchanted items’ power into soulgems] Nope.

becoming blind: Blindness isn't all or nothing -- it's a percentage. If you're 100% blind, you can't see anything -- the screen is blank (except for the interface). If you're 50% blind, there's a 50% opaque "sheet" over your view of the world. This is true for both first and third person. In addition, you get a penalty against hitting things in combat and aiming projectiles based on the percentage blindness. NPC's get that too, plus a penalty on detection. So how blind you or an NPC get is dependent on the magnitude of the blindness spell. As far as I know, the Boots of Blinding Speed are at 100%

WormGod updating on his condition: Surgery was a little over a week ago. Wrnt off without a hitch, but I have been bed ridden since then. I ended up with 8 screws and a plate in my foot. I am suffering from a badly sprained ankle and 3/4 of my foot is paralyzed at the moment. Hopefully, most of this is temporary, but time will tell. The pain is something that is hard to deal with. I am on many meds and they all have intense side effects. I have been in and out of the hospital many times in the past 2 weeks for complications, but all is fairly well. I am still off my feet, and 90% bed ridden, but have been able to get up and about (around the house) on crutches. It's nice getting back to my computer desk at home so I can at least check email and such. I see the surgeon again this Friday and hopefully he will have some good news. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Hopefully, the stitches are coming out and I can move on to the next stage of recovery. Most everyone at work has been very supportive also, and this is extremely appreciated. The phone calls and gifts cheer me up and make me push myself to recovery, simply so I can get back on my feet and back to work. I miss work and the crew. The Gameboy Advance was a lifesaver and became my best friend while trapped in my bed for all those weeks. Thanks. And for the collective of fans who showed their care for my situation, I extend my appreciation to you also. It's a long hard road I am travelling, but your kind words and thoughts soften the trip. Thanks.

I hope to catch you all soon, from the comforts of my ZeniMax cell block.