TMW-2024 news heads up (draft)

This is draft version of TMW 2024 news, "v2" attempt on this.

Compared to early in flight version of idea outlining events, shakeups and changes:

1. Sizable portion now based on @Ledmitz post at https://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?t=21699
2. Added @bjorn remarks around server shakeups to give due credits and thanks to admins and hosts.
3. Added new pseudo-commands.
4. Attempt to improve markup a bit and make changes classification less dodgy.

world/map/news.d/99-00-news-2024-05-03.txt

+{title:The Mana World 2024}
+{date:2024-05-03}
+
+Hello=).This is update from The Mana World Team.
+
+Many things happened since last news update. So many
+some could be forgotten. At very least:
+
+{ul}
+{li}TMW turned 20{/li}
+{li}Server shakeups{/li}
+{li}Monsters{/li}
+{li}Locations and NPCs{/li}
+{li}Items{/li}
+{li}FX and SFX{/li}
+{li}Quests{/li}
+{li}Spells{/li}
+{li}Mana client{/li}
+{li}Server{/li}
+{li}Respawns change{/li}
+{li}New commands{/li}
+{li}Misc{/li}
+{/ul}
+
+{b}TMW turned 20:{/b}
+    The Mana World achieved mindblasting feat!
+We've been up and running whole 20 years! Thanks
+everyone involved! Its really amazing miracle.
+
+Event had 3 parts.
+    Leprechauns made appearance, led by Rick Lime.
+Tricky and mischievous, fun and chaos ensued. So
+some players look like Leprechauns or got strange
+"rainerang" weapons now.
+
+    Next day pirates landed Tulimshar shores. But
+it wasn't as simple. They were coming from past
+where their fleet is intact and famous pirate,
+Blanc, leads numerous team to battle. Players put
+corrections to Blanc's plan, scuttling ships and
+dispatching team!
+
+    Along the lines ancient evil returned.
+Reaper crossed from world of dead! It attempted to
+collect souls and bodies for undead armies, taking
+on leprechauns, pirates and players. Reaper managed
+to acquire scary powers! But players were not
+scared. Enraged, Reaper sent them to Abyss! But it's
+been bad plan. Burned by rough travel and beaten,
+Reaper had to hide in shadows to recover.
+
+The Mana World became safe again. For now.
+Event summary and follow-ups:
+{link:https://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?p=165569}
+
+{b}Server shakeups:{/b}
+    Unfortunately it wasn't as simple as that.
+We faced server-related fallouts, but despite life
+giving us pressure, we survived and put 20 years
+event going anyway. So nothing we can't handle.
+    We had to reduce server VM specs to stay within
+budget. But its still more than enough to keep game
+server fast. Thanks to Freeyorp for wrangling this.
+    We had to move wiki into external resource, its
+now hosted on another host by miraheze.org. Data
+migration been done by thorbjorn.
+    We would like to thank jak1 for providing us
+powerful and nice hosting for CI builds, and we
+thank ko2fan for providing even faster replacement.
+
+If you notice any issues, contact staff.
+
+{b}Monsters:{/b}
+    Since last news record TMW got sizable number
+of new monsters originating from Evol or ML worlds.
+Some already put into various locations. Some are
+not yet in wide use - but present on server.
+    Now there're bifs to gather ores and related
+items - and even more bifs/slimes to come. Frogs
+and tortugas dwell near water, some crocs, and
+many other things. Ever fought Moubotaur? Or
+maybe took GM Tree for scenery? (Apr 1 joke)
+    Some new monsters were created specially for
+thematic eventing and hopefully would prove to be
+fun in future. Ever fought rough Emo or met
+treacherous Rick Lime? Mont Blanc (ship) also
+happens to be monster. Undead themed Rotter and
+rot got added.
+    Nerf MDEF for Poltergeist(-5), Lightning
+Ball(-15), The Lost(-10), Witch Guard(-20),
+JackO(-2), Zombie(-1), Fallen(-2), Terranite(-5),
+Reaper(-10), Nutcracker(-5), Swashbuckler(-2),
+Grenadier(-10), Anne(-5), and Tormenta(-20)
+    New drops added to existing monsters as well.
+E.g. drunken and tipsy skeletons rarely drop their
+hats.
+
+{b}Locations and NPCs:{/b}
+    Crypt got extended by some additional areas.
+On related note graveyard seen return of JackO,
+and Hurns mines got skulls haunting them again. 
+    Actually there are or were much more maps,
+just not all of them accessible and used yet.
+Stay tuned, because it all would eventually
+become available.
+    Music additions to Crypt, Moor, Candor
+and Sewers).
+    New Pink Flower hunting areas added.
+
+{b}Items:{/b}
+    Wumpus egg changed to Tomato by ID.
+    Cursed, silver and thorn arrow added.
+    Imperial bow, naftalin and dragon sword added
+    Witch hat stats same as Wizard hat.
+    Weapon levels added/fixed
+    Its also worth to mention some items
+descriptions were improved to reflect actual
+state of things.
+    Rainerang (rainbow version of boomerang)
+and leprechaun related items.
+    Eventer's amulet to make player (GM) controlled
+bosses bossy without items over impersonation.
+    Assasin set and Mana Pearl added. Assasin
+set got brawling bonus added. Female assasin
+mask added.
+    Crozenite, gold and bromenal items added
+    Enlightenment elixirs to boost M.Atk.
+
+{b}FX and SFX:{/b}
+    SFX added: Pumpkin, flame, Casket monster,
+Skel (all types), Fallen, Bee, Snail, Terranite,
+Mana Ghost, pollet, all pirates, Reaper, Ball
+Lightning, Scythe, Slimes and mothers, Luvia,
+Tormenta, doomsday mobs, Floyd.
+    Magic and punch SFX added, quest and skill-up
+SFX changed. Lum and inma spells SFX added.
+Grenadier SFX change from bell to boom. Upmarmu
+changes to SFX.
+    Barbarians.ogg(Kazai maps) and Sirens.ogg added
+    Imperial Bow SFX added. Gun miss ricochets added
+    Firetrail effect added. Snail trail reworked.
+    Zombies got blood trail effect.
+    Few new effects based on Illia particles.
+
+{b}Quests:{/b}
+    Boss BPs are scaled based on player level.
+    More mobs added to Evil Obelisk.
+    Luca and manaseed rewards added.
+    Daily points drain bug fix (Lv > 110 players)
+    Mana pearl quest exp reduced.
+    Chronos shop fixes.
+    Less eyes needed for crypt fights.
+    Nerf Auldsbell snake tongues 50 to 40.
+    Crypt boss drops all become 1 in 2000 chances
+    More alchemy recipes and hints added
+    Single player can now jump to swamp from Terogan
+    Blossom's petal shop quest added
+    Xmas dailies corrections
+
+{b}Spells:{/b}
+    To empower bosses and facilitate gameplay
+in between of Kill GM and Dungeon Master some
+special set of spells for boss actions been
+created. In future it would hopefully allow
+more interesting GM/Eventer based events.
+    Asorm lasts longer. Changes to betsanc and
+conc pots interactions (see Server).
+    Dark shroom spawns are better but more costly
+
+{b}Mana client:{/b}
+    Mana client became active again! It got
+support of current server protocol wired up,
+at least to point it can connect current TMWA
+server. It could need some polishing but its
+exciting to see it back in business!
+
+{b}Server{/b}:
+    Spell cooldowns added. Guardian/tyrant,
+frillyar and kaflosh status symbols added.
+    Max drops raised to 10.
+    Crit def added. 
+    Vuln/exploit (mass disconnect) fixed.
+    WIP: fix for scripts crashing map server.
+    Con pots no longer work for magic, but
+betsanc no longer hurts delay.
+
+{b}Respawns change:{/b}
+    If you'll die in some locations like Graveyard
+or Crypt you'll be respawned at your last save
+point (usually Soul Menhir). While it could be
+eventually annoying, it adds some thrill, making
+deaths not free lunch anymore.
+
+{b}New commands:{/b}
+    @mobinfo to show some info on monsters.
+    @dailypoints to see daily points.
+    @mobpoints to see monster points.
+    Also @bp, @dp, and @mp aliases.
+
+{b}Misc:{/b}
+    Some maps seen fixes. Several new attacks.
+E.g. Floyd now got its own attack (book of Floyd
+given to players reaching Lv 135). Texts corrections
+and minor edits. Added more minimaps. Mods support
+added.
+
+
+-- The Mana World Team
+
+{author:Ledmitz,Hello=),thorbjorn,...}