IntroComp 2007 - Games Now Available!

[Jacqueline A. Lott]

It is with extreme pleasure that I announce the release of seven
entries in the 2007 IntroComp, sponsored by XyzzyNews:

- Folkar Station, by Doug Jones
- Jack in the Box, by Marius Mueller
- Jacob's Travels, by Anssi Raisanen
- The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher
- Three Princes, by Alex Godofsky
- Tin, by Jim Aikin
- Trainstopping, by Ben Collins-Sussman

Information on downloading the games and submitting your votes will
soon be available at http://www.xyzzynews.com/introcomp but in the
meantime, the games may be downloaded from the following site:

http://www.allthingsjacq.com/IntroComp07/IntroComp07.zip

VOTING DEADLINE: Friday, August 24, 2006, at 11:59 EST.

Winners will be announced live, on ifMUD, at 4:00pm EST (9:00pm GMT),
Sunday, August 26, 2006.

Information on ifMUD can be found at:
http://ifmud.port4000.com/

A beginner FAQ about ifMUD is also online:
http://diden.net/~maga/ifMUDfaq/

Thank you to Eileen Mullin and XyzzyNews for sponsoring IntroComp for
another year, and to everyone who entered this year's comp.

Thanks also (in advance) to everyone who participates in the voting.
Please feel free to send feedback to authors as soon as you're done
playing their introduction, but hold off on posting public reviews
until after the results have been announced. Thank you for your
cooperation.

Regards,
Jacqueline A. Lott
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[Jacqueline A. Lott]

In the previous announcement, I listed various deadlines as being in
2006. That was an error, obviously. While the months and days were
correct, the year should read 2007. So...

VOTING DEADLINE: Friday, August 24, 2007, at 11:59 EST.

Winners will be announced live, on ifMUD, at 4:00pm EST (9:00pm GMT),

Sunday, August 26, 2007.

Sorry 'bout that, folks!
- Jacqueline