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Frequently-Asked Questions In the future, we'll provide a bulletin-board allowing you to easily add your own questions and answers to this list. Meanwhile, here are answers to the questions we hear most often: How do I play? What's the point of the game?, or, what am I trying to achieve? How many players are there? When's the best time to find other players on? How do I get help when I need it? What tips can you suggest for newbies? Where should newbies explore first? How do I take an Item out of a container? How do I get Items from the donation room tables? How do I get money? How do I buy Items from merchants? What Items do the merchants buy? Triad characters have several "attributes"; what do these mean? These attributes seem to change around a lot. What causes that? There are a number of "chat channels" available; what's different between them? There are a number of unfamiliar genders available to Triad characters; what do these mean? What are "Levels"; and how do I gain them? How do I answer survey questions? How do I talk to NPCs? I have a personal firewall at home. What port must I open to play TriadCity? Why am I not seeing the signs that are supposed to open in new windows? Will TriadCity always be free? Why isn't TriadCity graphical? Why is TriadCity a Java applet, rather than a stand-alone application? What's the difference between my SmartMonsters membership and my TriadCity character(s)? Does TriadCity work on the Mac? Does TriadCity work on Linux? Can I play TriadCity from behind a firewall? What browsers are supported with TriadCity? What screen resolution is best with TriadCity? Can I disable that dumb backspace key? Does Sun's HotSpot technology work with TriadCity? Why the hefty plugin download? Why is every page on your site a JSP?     © 2012 SmartMonsters, Inc. All Rights are Reserved. "What above all makes [adventure games] worthy of study is the fact that they present an alternative mode of discourse; a different type of textual pleasure." -- Espen J. Aarseth, Cybertext (info)

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