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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?     2010 SmartMonsters, Inc. All Rights are Reserved. "But even as Eliot graphically depicts the modern, secular city in his poems, that city takes its meaning from Saint Augustine's City of God." -- Richard Lehan, The City in Literature (info)

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