"An Adventurer is You!"...these guys kick it way old school. Nice touch. Is Kin Korn Karn a playable character? 

posted by natedogg at 04:39PM CST on April 10

Collect items:
Meatloaf Helmet

This is a helmet made out of meatloaf. You feel like a Bat out of Hell when you wear it. You would do anything for this helmet (but you won't do that.) 

posted by natedogg at 04:45PM CST on April 10

Whoa! That's way better than L.O.R.D.!!!111wikiwikiwiki 

posted by javelina at 11:51PM CST on April 10

Although maybe not as good as Peasant's Quest. 

posted by habcous at 08:24AM CST on April 11

If you get stuck, you can always read the KoL Wiki. 

posted by doncarlo at 01:05PM CST on April 11

Well doncarlo, look what fine company you have us associating with now! 

posted by habcous at 11:56PM CST on April 26

For those who are jealous of my super-dope now GoogleTalk avatar, you can get your own custom KoL icon here.

An icon is you! 

posted by habcous at 12:06PM CST on May 25

If you like KoLMafia, you're sure to love Progress Quest, the world's best hands-off RPG. 

posted by natedogg at 05:52PM CST on July 20

Man, blast from the past. I got this e-mail the other day:

Subject: Are you there, Protolinx? It's me, Kingdom of Loathing.

Dear Protolinx,

Okay, I'm not good at this kind of thing, but I feel like I have to give it a try. So, here goes:

I was hanging out the other night, listening to some old mp3s, and I was just overcome with memories of when we used to hang out all the time. Remember? You were an intrepid, fearless adventurer, and I was the free-to-play, fun-and-funny online role-playing game that won your heart. Do you still remember those good times? I can't stop thinking about them.

I mean, I know things got kind of messed up at the end, and believe me, I'm sorry. If I could take any of that back, I totally would. And I know people grow and change, and you're not the same person you were then, but hey -- I've changed, too! I thought and thought about how to win you back. I figured I'd make you a mix CD, but I couldn't decide what "our song" was. So I just concentrated on becoming a better game for you, and here's what I came up with:

Remember how much fun you used to have with your clan? Alternately, remember how you never joined a clan because you didn't see the point? Either way, clans now have clan dungeons, group zones where your whole clan can work together. Crawl through sewers to Hobopolis, a vast underground vagrant vacation vista! Slide into the slime tube, and stir-fry sassy slimes!

I know I wasn't the prettiest game when we were together, so I had some work done. Almost every interface got an interface-lift. You can even manage most of your inventory via chat commands! I also came up with a way for you to automate some of the things you don't love about the game, so you can spend more time with the parts you do love.

Not only that, but there are way more animated .gifs than there were before. Don't worry; I haven't lost that low-fi edginess you love, but I'm a lot easier to play with now.

You can also have a custom title now, just in case you didn't feel like I appreciated what made you unique as an individual.

I should also say
Haiku Dungeon's been revamped.
See what I did there?

Maybe you quit because you got sick of always adventuring above the water. I admit that seems unlikely, but I fixed that, too -- there are a bunch of underwater zones with new food, equipment, mechanics, and challenges.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg, trust me. I'm still the silly, clever, deceptively-complex game you fell in love with, only with about 95% more awesome.

So, I'm just sayin', if you can find it in your heart to give me another chance, I won't disappoint you.

If you don't drop by, I promise I won't bother you again. I just really felt like we deserved one more try.

Love,

The Kingdom of Loathing.
http://www.kingdomofloathing.com

Anyone else get random contacts trying to entice them back to KoL? 

posted by doncarlo at 01:39PM CST on June 30

No, I haven't. I couldn't even remember my login name. But in searching my email account, I found perhaps the longest email thread I have been involved in: 65 emails discussing KoL Cool Stuff.

Kind of makes the bowling dinner emails seem paltry in comparison 

posted by NanoCindy at 04:39PM CST on July 02

I got it too! Such memories...I actually logged in and it all rushed back: my weird familiar names based on the GI Joe PSA's, trying to log in on holidays to do weird special stuff for trophies, the works....

NanoCindy: looks like your account was deleted because you never paid for a Mr. Accessory and you had more than a year of inactivity. Sorry! I know you were dying to get back into it! At first, I thought your name was just nanocindy but now that I think about it more, I seem to remember that it had an unusual word like "stars" or "sparkles" or something in it.  

posted by natedogg at 11:31PM CST on July 02

Static Electricity Girl, duh. :) 

posted by habcous at 08:25AM CST on July 03

YES 

posted by natedogg at 08:27PM CST on July 05