Pyroto (thing)

Pyroto Mountain was created (and is still maintained) by Timothy Campbell from Montreal, Canada. Originally a standalone BBS, it evolved into a BBS Door Game, now reincarnated in weblog format. It's still possible to find the old source code for Pyroto (written in Turbo Pascal), although it has little in common with today's mountain software.

Interesting features of Pyroto:

• Pyrotese: A language (more of an encryption algorithm) invented to obfuscate the names of things
• Writing quality evaluation: Each message posted on the Mountain Board is reviewed by TSOTL for quality. How it is done is one of the best kept secrets of the Mountain!
  
• Spells: E2 and Slashdot moderation -- with a vengeance! Trolls would not last 5 minutes on a Pyroto. Powerful wizards can litterally nuke annoying people off the mountain. Highlander type battles erupt (there can only be one!) when many people reach the top at the same time!
  Do not trifle with these wizards as they know 80 ways to kill you off and have 3000 mana points to do it with...