Here is a little news update about what happened today.
Today Darwoth came to look for easy kills at Utopia and got 2. He killed Hawk123 (Berserk) and Methuzelah23 (Methuselah) who is one of the fighters of Utopia's security force. Darwoth also managed to join the town and used a key that he attuned to his main with a spy character tp get through the gates and into the Slums area. We didn't expect this and that's where Hawk123 got killed. I am very sorry for his loss, but this is the kind of thing that can sometimes happen if you play in a public city. We have to trust people to some extent and the Slums is our recruitment area. We knew that something like this could happen and we always warn people and ask to them to be careful and logout or teleport when they see someone approaching that they don't know.
Well, the locks have been changed now and nobody except the leaders of the town have a key now. So Darwoth would not be able to enter the Slums and citizens of the Slums are now relatively safe there. Unfortunately, one of the players in the Slums is a spy or Darwoth's alt so we're going to do different things to try and find out who he is and limit the damage he can do. But as I said, this is a public town for better and for worse and you should remember that. The good thing about it is we allow strangers to become a part of a city and have fun playing Salem in such a cool place together with others and the bad part is that enemies can sometimes be accepted into the city. That's why we have a security force of good fighters that protect the city. We lost one of those fighters today (Methuselah), but he has another character that is a little weaker that he is now training to get to the same strength. And normally he wouldn't have chased Darwoth alone into the forest, which is what happened and why Darwoth managed to kill him. However a family member of Methuselah's girlfriend is staying over for christmas and used his character without permission like a complete noob while Methuselah was afk, so that was very unlucky. Sadly, this is what can sometimes happen.
Anyway, we're in good spirits and nobody is considering quitting Salem over this except for Hawk123 (Berserk). It does present a challenge for Utopia, I won't deny that, but it also spices things up for the citizens and it motivates the security force members and the newbie citizens to work harder to make this city project a success and a fun experience for the people living here. So far it's been really fun and we have more than 10 people living here now who like it. The city is great and we'll continue working on it because it's worth it despite Darwoth's shenanigans. And sooner or later Darwoth himself might be the one dead on the floor if we manage to catch him with some of our security force members together. And what a hilarious victory that would be. Besides, you can't fight a war without some casualties. So if you're a citizen or an aspiring citizen of Utopia, I think you should remember that. Be proud and ask yourself what kind of man you want to be. Nobody can break you unless you let them.
Merry Christmas
ZtyX
Slim the Slumlord