
                      Why this FAQ?

    Having examined several players guides to L.O.R.D., I have found
    them to be severely lacking in several areas and most are hopelessly
    out of date.  Since nobody else seemed to be able and/or willing to
    do better, I decided to do so myself.

    Besides being out of date and incomplete (only vague information
    about weapons/armor, and no mention of Olivia, for instance), the
    existing FAQs seemed to be poorly organized in the sense that a lot
    of useless "fluff" was mixed in with the valuable information.  They
    also included a lot of questionable tips which can best be described
    as "rumors" or perhaps "myths".  This is why this FAQ contains
    several main text files:

                       mylordxx.txt
    These files will contain the bulk of the FAQ. This is material
    which is verified and, with a couple of exceptions which will be
    noted later, is truly useful.
    The page numbers in these files are designed so that they show up in
    the upperleft corner of the screen when they are viewed with
    LIST.COM, a popular text file viewer. Results with other text file
    viewers will be unpredictable, though they should work as long as
    they show 23 lines at a time.


                        rumfluff.txt
    This contains information which, while it may be interesting, is not
    especially useful. I put it in a separate text file for reasons
    mentioned above.

    I have made every effort to verify tips that I've heard from other
    people.  I have heard a lot of stories about hidden keys, bugs, etch.
    and much of it has turned out to be nonsense.  There are some things
    which I haven't been able to verify, but haven't disproven either.
    These are also contained in this file.

                 "Just who are you?"

    Many of you are probably wondering just who I think I am to be
    writing a FAQ about L.O.R.D.  What makes me such an expert? What
    experience do I have that qualifies me to set about such a task?
    By what authority do I take up space? (yes, my sense of humor is
    somewhat similar to Seth Able's)

    Like many of you I am an avid L.O.R.D. player. I am also a former
    sysop of a BBS that had over 140 doors. L.O.R.D. was one of the more
    popular doors on my BBS.  My BBS was called STEREOWORLD and as sysop
    I was known as "3DHAM".  As a former sysop I have a registered copy
    of L.O.R.D. and have used it to verify several "theories" as well as
    to gather specific information.

    I have also had experience writing door game FAQs before.  When
    someone suggested I write a FAQ of my own about PC in TW2002 after I
    pointed out several blatant errors in "the" FAQ about PC, I proceeded
    to do so.  When a new version of TW2002 came out, I started writing
    a short file about some things others had missed and  this soon
    turned into a fullfledged FAQ for the new version. It was called
    MYLIST.  Though it wasn't as widely distributed as some of the FAQs
    others had produced (which were already badly out of date and
    becoming moreso), it was posted twice a month on the FIDO TW2002
    conference and was often referred to and quoted in messages. In my
    experiments I discovered several new bugs and also developed new
    strategies. Many hotly debated subjects and "what if" situations
    were settled once and for all by my exhaustive experiments.

    If You're still not convinced that I am qualified to write this FAQ,
    that's your problem!  I guess you'll have to settle for the less
    than adequate and badly outdated FAQs others have produced. Good
    luck!

    Finally, if you've heard of my work with TW2002 and you're expecting
    me to reveal several hot bugs or "cheats" for L.O.R.D., you'll be
    disappointed. The only major bug I've found involves the bank and
    it isn't useful.  The only other bugs I've come across in L.O.R.D.
    involve the message base and those cute little messages the games
    shows at various times. I'll go into more detail about that later,
    for now let's just say that if you get "romantic" mail from another
    guy, don't read too much into it! Apparently Seth Able is not
    perfect, but he is a much better programmer than Gary martin!

    What you will find in here is a lot of hot tips not found in other
    FAQs, including stuff that very few people know about. I will also
    go into more detail on subjects that have been only scantily covered
    before.

    If you have suggestions, criticisms, compliments, etc. please send
    them to me via 3dham@softcom.net

             John Alan Elson  WF6I A.P.O.I.
             3dham@softcom.net
