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    Table of Contents
    1. ADAM'S COLUMN - ADAM PARK ................................ 1
    Land of Devastation Grind Guide Pt6 ...................... 1
    2. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 4
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 4
    3. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 7
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 7
    4. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 8
    5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 15
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 16
    6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 18
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 20

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Monday, June 21, 2021 02:11:52
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    ADAM'S COLUMN - ADAM PARK =================================================================

    Land of Devastation Grind Guide Pt 6
    Adam Park 1:134/302

    ****
    Welcome to our continuing series examaning the epic door game from the
    90s, Land of Devastation. Check out previous issues of Fidonews for
    parts you may have missed!
    ****


    Coming/published sections:

    1) About
    **In Issue - Volume 38 No. 20**

    2) General Gameplay Guidelines
    **In Issue - Volume 38 No. 21**

    3) Shopping Recommendations
    **In Issue - Volume 38 No. 22**

    4) Stat Points
    4a) Overview of Sources of Stat Points
    4b) How to Distribute Stat Points for this Build
    **In Issue - Volume 38 No. 23**

    5) Combat Strategy
    **In Issue - Volume 38 No. 24**

    6) Tables
    6a) Leveling Order
    6b) Key Purchase Order
    *We are HERE*

    7) Grind Guide
    7a) Zone 1
    7b) Zone 2
    7c) Drugs: Everything in Moderation
    7d) Zone 3
    7e) Zone 4
    7f) Zone 5
    7g) Shrine of Hercules
    7h) Zone 6
    7i) Endgame content

    8) Supplemental Information

    ** And now for this week's content, it's a big one! **

    6) Tables

    6a) Leveling Order
    Level 2: +5 dex
    Level 3: +5 dex
    Level 4: +3 dex, +2 agl
    Level 5: +3 dex, +2 agl
    Level 6: +3 dex, +2 agl (First clone)
    Level 7: +2 dex, +2 hp, +1 agl
    Level 8: +3 dex, +2 hp (Fountains/Tetris about here +9 dex, +5 agl)
    Level 9: +3 dex, +1 hp, +1 agl
    Level 10: +5 hp (Drug bonuses around here, +31 dex, +13 agl)*
    Level 11: +5 hp
    Level 12: +5 hp
    Level 13: +5 hp
    Level 14: +5 hp
    Level 15: +2 dex, +1 agl, +2 hp
    Level 16: +5 dex
    Level 17: +5 dex
    Level 18: +5 dex
    Level 19: +5 dex
    Level 20: +5 dex
    Level 21: +5 dex
    Level 22: +5 hp
    Level 23: +5 hp
    Level 24: +5 agl
    Level 25: +5 agl
    Level 26: +2 agl, +3 hp
    Level 27: +5 hp
    Level 28: +5 hp
    Level 29: +2 hp, +3 agl
    Level 30: +5 dex
    Level 31: +5 dex
    Level 32: +5 agl
    Level 33: +2 dex, +3 agl
    Level 34: +2 dex, +3 agl
    Level 35: +5 hp (Shrine of Hercules +25 Strength)
    Level 36: +5 dex
    Level 37: +5 dex
    Level 38: +5 dex
    Level 39: +5 dex
    Level 40: +5 dex
    Level 41: +5 hp
    Level 42: +5 hp
    Level 43: +5 hp
    Level 44: +5 dex
    Level 45: +5 agl
    Level 46: +5 agl
    Level 47: +5 hp
    Level 48: +5 hp
    Level 49: +5 dex
    Level 50: +5 dex
    Level 51+: Focus on strength, maybe a touch more in other stats.

    *Note: Please see the detailed grind guide for my results with the
    drug grind; this level-by-level order has been, to some degree,
    influenced by my luck there. Unless you get literally no stats from
    drugs (exceptionally unlikely), you will want to raise HP for quite a
    few levels after you use them, as it's the only stat you can't get
    from drug use, and thus you will want to raise it for several levels
    to bring things back into a proper ratio after the drug grind.


    6b) Key Purchase Order (Note: Prices go up by 10% at level
    10 and 25% at level 20, I will list what I pay on an average run, but
    obviously you want to try to time major purchases around those
    landmark levels correctly when possible).

    1) $2500 - Buy razorlance
    2) $5800 - Clip pistol + ammo
    3) $43,000 - Comp blaster + ammo
    4) $10,000 - Plasma Shield
    5) $40,000 - Electrolance
    6) ~$10,000 - First clone (Level 6) Continue cloning every level
    7) $250,000 - Combat Phaser ($250,000) -> ACME (Coordinates: 5, 4)
    8) $100,000 - Plasma Armor (Buy Recharger/1000 for $250k to
    recharge it)
    9) $1,020,000 - Devastator + Grenades @ ACME/Sacre Base
    10) $750,000 - Fire Sabre + Vortex Cell @ EEEE
    (Coordinates: 26, 39)
    11) $450,000 - Fortress with teleporter
    ($450,000 minimum, consider SFG)
    12) $2,500,000 - Try to buy this before you hit level 10 to save
    $250,000. -> EEEE (Coordinates: 26, 39)
    13) ~$2,000,000 - The drug grind (Drugs + clones)
    14) $5,000,000 - 30% Accurize Devastator @ ACME
    15) $5,000,000 - 30% Intensify Devastator @ ACME
    16) $3,000,000 - 30% Intensify Fire Sabre @ ACME
    17) $3,000,000 - 30% Accurize Fire Sabre @ ACME
    (Somewhat optional purchase)
    18) $13,500,000 - 30% Targetting Array upgrade to Phase Armor @ ACME
    19) $46,870,000 - Fully upgraded Nuke-o-Matic @ EEEE*
    20) $13,500,000 - 30% Servo-Augmentation Unit on Phase Armor @ ACME
    21) $13,500,000 - 30% Exoskeletal Augmentation on Phase Armor @ ACME
    22) $17,500,000 - 30% Intensify A-Mk II @ ACME
    23) $17,500,000 - 30% Accurize A-Mk II @ ACME
    24) $54,000,000 - Fully upgraded Dreamblaster: No Uni-ammo,
    must use Dreamstuff
    25) See section 7i) for endgame content suggestions for ridiculous
    overkill

    *Once you have enough for Uni-Ammo, 3-round, grenade launcher and
    Accurize ona Nuke-o-Matic, it should be overall more of a combat asset
    than your Devastator, even without stunner and shockwave. (And
    obviously without intensify since it already does more damage). I say
    Uni-Ammo is necessary because the regular ammo takes up so much
    inventory space per usable piece it interferes with proper grinding
    not to have it.

    *****************************************************
    Stay tuned next week to start the actual grind!
    *****************************************************

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Monday, June 21, 2021 02:11:52
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    LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

    List of IPv6 nodes
    By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

    Updated 5 June 2021


    Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

    1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
    2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
    3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
    4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
    5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f
    7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
    8 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
    9 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
    10 1:154/10 Nicholas Bo‰l Native Spectrum f
    11 2:203/0 Bj”rn Felten T-6in4 he.net
    12 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
    13 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
    14 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
    15 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    16 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
    17 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
    18 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    19 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
    20 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
    21 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    22 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    23 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native TTK-Volga f
    24 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    25 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    26 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
    27 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    28 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
    29 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    30 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    31 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    32 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    33 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
    34 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    35 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
    36 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    37 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    38 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
    39 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    40 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
    41 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    42 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
    43 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    44 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    45 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-6in4 he.net 6DWN
    46 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    47 2:467/239 Mykhailo Kapitanov Native Vultr f
    48 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
    49 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
    50 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
    51 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
    52 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
    53 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
    54 1:135/367 Antonio Rivera Native RRSW-V6
    55 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
    56 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
    57 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
    58 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
    59 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
    60 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
    61 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
    62 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus OO
    63 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
    64 2:5053/400 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
    65 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox Cmmunctns
    66 2:421/21 Stepan Gabriel Native NETDATACOMM
    67 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
    68 1:220/70 Joseph Werle T-6in4 he.net
    69 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
    70 2:2452/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
    71 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
    72 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 NOVATOR
    73 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
    74 1:102/127 Bradley Thornton Native Hetzner
    75 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native IT-ALBACOM
    76 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
    77 2:5020/843 Peter Antonov Native BelCloud
    78 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC-NET
    79 1:153/146 Erich Bublitz Native LINODE-US
    80 1:106/633 William Williams Native LINODE-US PM *1
    81 2:263/5 Martin List-Petersen Native TuxBox DOWN
    82 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
    83 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers
    84 1:142/103 Brian Rogers T-6in4 he.net
    85 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead Native Hurricane El. f
    86 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
    87 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
    88 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
    89 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    90 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass T-6in4 he.net f
    91 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f HOLD
    92 1:105/5 Michael Pierce Native Comcast
    93 1:218/401 James Downs Native ORG-TT1
    94 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
    95 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
    96 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
    97 2:301/113 Alisha Manuela Stutz T-6in4 he.net
    98 2:5035/63 Vladimir Goncharov Native RFEIV6NET
    99 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead Native Hurricane El. f
    100 1:134/102 Shelley Petersen Native Hurricane El. f INO4
    101 1:134/103 Gordon Muirhead Native Hurricane El. f
    102 1:134/302 Adam Park Native Hurricane El. f
    103 1:134/301 Brandon Moore Native Hurricane El. f INO4
    104 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms.


    T-6in4 Static 6in4
    T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
    T-6to4 6to4
    T-6RD 6RD

    Remarks:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    (zone, net, node in decimal notation)
    IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
    OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls).
    INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls).
    PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
    but is configured to try IPv4 first)
    6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
    NO6 The node no longer presents an IPv6 address in the nodelist
    and will soon be removed from this list.
    HOLD The node is temporarely off-line. Mail may be routed.
    DOWN This node is Down for both IPv4 and IPv6 and will be
    removed from this list if the condition pertains.
    PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
    capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
    IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.

    PM *1 [2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe2b:c319]


    Notes:

    To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
    one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
    node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
    and up when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). If the destination address
    is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
    an IPv4 address is present.


    Submitted on day 171

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Monday, June 21, 2021 02:11:52
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    SPECIAL INTEREST =================================================================

    Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
    By EchoTime, 2:203/0

    (Some nets may have lost their last
    digit for technical reasons)

    pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
    nodes mean dev no mean dev no

    154/* 6.9m 5.0m 449 1.2h 4.3h 449
    221/* 0.7m 0.5m 599 4.3h 6.3h 608
    280/* 0.6m 0.4m 607 5.7h 5.5h 606
    292/* 4.2m 4.8m 36 2.2h 3.1h 35
    320/* 2.1m 1.3m 168 3.1h 6.8h 168
    502/* 0.6m 0.3m 6 3.1h 3.7h 6

    Sigma 2.4m 3.7m 1865 3.9h 5.9h 1872

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    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.169
    size 188.8kb
    date 2021-06-18

    The nodelist has 1041 nodes in it
    and a total of 1501 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    33 regions
    175 hosts
    69 hubs
    admin overhead 281 ( 26.99 %)

    and 110 private nodes
    33 nodes down
    36 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 179 ( 17.20 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 45 ( 4.32 %)
    9600 = 194 ( 18.64 %)
    (HST = 3 or 1.55 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 82 or 42.27 %)
    (V32B = 18 or 9.28 %)
    (V34 = 94 or 48.45 %)
    (V42 = 82 or 42.27 %)
    (V42B = 19 or 9.79 %)
    2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 801 ( 76.95 %)

    ISDN = 34 ( 3.27 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 809 ( 77.71 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 87 ( 8.36 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 60 ( 5.76 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 170 ( 16.33 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 18 ( 1.73 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 4 ( 0.38 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 4 ( 0.38 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 898 ( 86.26 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 325 ( 31.22 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 23 ( 2.21 %)



    [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
    [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
    [ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]

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