Contests, Quests and Adventures

Since I am the kind of guy that gets inspiration from everything, reading about the Golden Lily Operation gave me an idea for a contest (what can I say, god works in mysterious ways...). This will probably run on the 24th (or maybe even 25th), in the evening. The story is that Santa has hidden his sack somewhere and now has to dig to get it. The exact location of the sack, however, is unknown, so he has to dig and dig...and dig. The participants will be divided into two teams, given five minutes to decide on the route and the initial position of Santa and then go for it, announcing number and letter (example: square B2). Between the moves, each team has a 2 mi…

(post will be updated with rewards, stay tuned) We have, more or less, an idea about Santa's residence in the outside realm, but what about MD? Where does Santa live all year round, to conveniently appear _only_ at Christmas? What does he do all year, how does he prepare for Xmas, does he live alone or in company, how does he keep himself hidden? Write a short essay (350 words minimum) in which you answer these questions, adding whatever you feel necessary to describe MD's Santa Claus. The last day for submission (by forum PM to yours truly) is 24th Dec. here be rewards here be added answers to whatever questions you have about t…

Here's another challenge to those of you who're creative. Fuse Santa with another (in)famous character! (of some antiquity - say, Robin Hood or Emperor Nero) Shortly describe the new persona (or draw it), also detailing what he/she does and add one or two stories involving the character (100-200 words for the stories). Last day of submission: 24th Dec. Post your character here, because prizes will be awarded based on forum reputation only. UP votes will count more than DOWN votes. (will update the thread with prizes)

I'm not at the age where I can receive gifts from Santa anymore (although I write him yearly, asking for a winning lottery ticket), so I've forgotten all about it. I suppose once you don't get your free gifts anymore, you don't care. This year I asked myself - who is that guy? One answer is 'the reason why shopping malls and stores are filled with moronic items and fake discounts to create mass consumer hysteria, akin to black Friday where servers shutdown from overload (NOT, just a marketing strategy) and old women trample each other to death for a 20% off to pans'. Another is 'the hostage to Coca-Cola ads, who managed to create such a brand that inmates condemned to l…

First things first, the reward: A wishpoint for whoever can design and build a working fenth altar Secondly the timeframe:: This quest expires the moment the currently existing fenth altars become functional again. Thirdly, some questions you might want to consider: What does a fenth altar need to work? What do all of the existing fenth altars have in common? What are their most important differences? What thing the other fenth altars all have would this one need to lack in order to work while the others do not? Where is the best place to build it? Would a fenth altar that works when the others do not b…

October and Haloween are fast approaching! During October I will be hosting a few extra (in addition to the weekly ones) Spooky Seedwalks. Participants will tell pre-written (or improv, if that's their style) scary stories and petrifying poems. People will be able to just show up and perform but those who have signed up beforehand will be given priority over those who just stop by. What I need is participants and judges. Judges can't participate but people who want to be judges and aren't can still participate. Post ITT if you are interested in being either, you can be interested in both judging and participating. edit: I also need spon…

Parallel to this announcement, I hereby put out a disband contract out on all alliances (and no, I don't distinguish between alliances and guilds, in case you care to wonder) with a reward of one gold coin. Plans must be presented, discussed, and approved with me BEFORE you disband the alliance to gain any reward. I may throw in a bonus if you impress me (keep in mind, I've been part of more than my fair share of takeovers). Plans must at least include the following information: Which badge are you ridding us of? Why this badge in particular? (don't be bothered if you can't think of something good to say here) How many members (min 1, max 3) does your team have, wh…

Hi all, I always wondered how the sky is observed in MD. Thei notes of sky scouters mean weather has a place in the realm, so their observations are essential. Your task is to imagine a sky scouter's outfit, complete with tools/gadgets. Drawings will help, and all gadgets need (short) descriprions. You have 24 days starting today to work on it, and submissions can be posted here or as PM. First place gets 2g, one imp and a mildrain spellstone; second, 2 g and a heavyrain spellstone; and third 1g and a teleport to pc stone. You can ask for actual sky scouters expertisr or, even better, you can be one and create your outfit now! Good luck.

Earlier today, My dragon Draconas, accidentally *coughs* consumed some Tequila and after a strange turn of events, started hearing voices! I tried to probe his mind to assess what might be the probable reason for hi discomfort and found out that there was a voice whispering in his head commanding him to drown! I am FURIOUS assuming that this is an attempt to murder him or play with his mind or something more! He has been trembling since then and i have never seen him like this before. Not even when he was youngun... Hence I humbly request the help of this community in sorting out Draco's problem along with me so that I can get to the bottom and uproot it forever! 1. …

Rewards: One Wiiya bubble rewarded to the uploader of every emoji which becomes a server emoji. Sponsors: Me Feel free to sponsor whatever rewards you please, sponsors are responsible for making sure their rewards are given out. Upload your submissions for custom server emotes to the #emoji-competition channel in the official MD Discord Server. Vote for your favourites by reacting with the :md: emote Whichever ones get the most votes will become emojis on the MD Discord Server! Discord link to the emoji competition channel: https://discord.gg/zfg6Vhq

Today i come to you with a simple question. If you had to use any combination of the known principles to create a revival process, how and where would you do it? All participants will be given some sort of reward for their participation, but age as well as reasoning and level of work put in will all be factored in when assigning rewards. For any and all new/young participants who lack one we will be rewarding an Angien for your hard work and dedication. If you already have an Angien or do not want one, you can pick between an Unholy Pope, a Tormented Soul, or Silver. Thats all without sponsorship of any kind. If sponsors do appear we will update the rewa…

Hello, I will be attempting to run a Heads Contest each month starting on the first (12th) day of tranquility and ending on the second (24th) day of tranquility. All participants must apply here in this thread by stating your playername, ID and mind power level. After doing so, if there is at least 3 players in your mp level, the contest will start for that mp level on the first (12) day of tranquility and all participants will be given an amount of heads. These heads must be returned on the second (24th) day of tranquility of that month. How to turn in your heads for the contest: Basically come find me at the GoE throughout the day. Returning: Come to the Gazebo of Equ…

For a long time now, i have considered myself both a poison and a medicine to this world. Like a burning fire in the woods, i equally destroyed and simultaneously helped make room for regrowth. At times i did this knowingly, other times i did it against my better knowledge. I am here today to let MagicDuel as a community know, that it is time to fully and truly dedicate myself to the Path of Light. This is not to say that my prior attempts were invalid or simply an act to mislead, as i have been genuinely trying to regress myself back to what i once was in the beggining for many many moons now. I feel like a broken record, but every new realization also gets me closer to …

In the spirit of Murmas, I wish to run a quest, and seek sponsorship for the quest rewards. Rewards thus far: 1 Voice stone (donated by Burns) 6 Heat stones (donated by Lintara) 630 Iron Ore (donated by Fang Archbane) 6 gold coins (donated by Treasury - 3 to first, 2 to second, 1 to third place) 1 Petrify stone (donated by Jubaris - for the scariest entry) As it were that Murmas approacheth, so must good spirits. Thine quest were so: Write a Murmas poem, or song, or chant. Thine offering must rhyme, and reference the realm in some way, either of the land, or its beings, or otherwise. Magic-speak, or archaic-speak, is encouraged, as w…

The ghost of Murmas arrived just in time to see how life is going in the Lands of Magic Duel. From now on and until the end of the year (31. January) make sure you behave well! What do you need to do? Simple: do something nice to somebody you know or you don’t know in MD. It can be anything – a present or a journey or a nice surprise, conversation, help in distress...pretty much anything that is not your direct duty, anything that makes other person happy. Be original, be creative, be attentive, check on people's needs, find out what they really wish for and how can you help them. After it happened report it yourself or let the person you showed your kindness to rep…

Hello, This contest will allow you to bring a certain christmasy-quality to MD. Your task is to 'decorate' an MD scene with lots of snow and one or more snowmen. The overall feeling should be of it being buried in snow. You can draw, paint, photoshop. The deadline is 8th of January. As prizes, first place gets Santa! + 10 silver, second gets 2g and third 1g 5 silver. Post your submissions here. Good luck.

Greetings all this Christmas we shall celebrate life by embracing it while we dance with death. therefore we will have a combat tournament. Jubaris has granted me the honor to take over the torch of hosting his Equilibrium tourney so below you'll find the description in short. The rules: - Statless, tokenless, comboless, knockout tourney (offensive and defensive win) - Allowed creatures: Recruitables (NML, MB, NC, LR) + Imps, Pimps, Sharpshooters, Soulweavers, jokers, Blood pacts and anniversary creatures. - Max 2 freeze auras per ritual - Only mind power 5 this time. (if people of lower mindpowers want me to hold a tou…

Ok, 007, here's the plan: You must infiltrate one of the heavy guarded locations we'll describe below, using common items. Do that, and you will be rewarded. Fail, and we don't know you. If you choose Marind Bell, you must reach Wind's Sanctuary, starting from the gates. The place is interwoven with Carmival Guards and clowns with huge mallets. If you choose Loreroot, remember you must reach Oak Fort, starting from the lr guards. It's swarming with Knators, so be careful (however, they're missing their commander). If you choose Golemus Golemicarum, you must reach Tempest Fort interior, starting from the beach. You will evade (or maybe clobber, gut, crush, slice…

Hello there, whimsical writers! We are looking for a Sir Clerihew in MD, so for that we put up the following contest: write three clerihews on MD characters and post them in this topic. No alts, please, and no editing. Post all poems in one go, so think well before you do. You have time - deadline is...24th of December. Don't know what a clerihew is? Do a little research; besides, it's easy - here's an example: Ungod is best friends with a hog. Yet some people retain they're one and the same! Forum reputation will complement the judges' opinion, so get ready to upvote or downvote! (rewards: santa for first place, 1 g 5 s for 2n…

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Hello, athletes of MD! I come with a challenge: get 100 volition in 7 days. It shouldn't be too hard, but neither easy. All those who manage to get that score get as reward: 7 silver + 1 mineral water + 1 mirroritual stone. Top score will get 1 extra gold piece. Also, a tombola will be held for 333 water (we'll decide on the method later). So pick an interval of a week somewhere between now and the 24th (24:00 being the deadline). When you have decided, pm me (or add here) a screenshot where I can see current volition and date/time. When you finish the marathon, pm with a new screenshot. That being said, good luck!

The old woman living at Heresy Lane approaches you, visibly shaken. She tells you of a dream she started having yesterday, of a blind boy who leaves a set of clothes at her doorstep, then dissapears. She is afraid, since that dream, she says, killed her mother - and it was around Christmas, too. Dream it for three days, then you die... The rules are simple: solve the riddle and roleplay your solution at Heresy Lane. The first person who guesses i…

Hello, musicians and wanna-be stars! We have a contest with guaranteed wins (if you're not terrible, that is). Play a rl instrument and the TKs are going to make sure you get your instrument as an in-game item! Just post you vids here - or the link to where you posted it - and make sure we can see your playername and MD in the video. If you also combine it with an MD themed text, you could get a WP (if you're not terrible, that is). So get your harmonica, trumpet, guitar, cello, ukulele, drum, harp or WHATEVER and play it so we can all see...I mean, hear...Deadline : end of this month Good luck!

Greetings MD brothers and sisters, this year I am going to hold the tombola event again. Do you like getting presents? Do you like being surprised and surprise others? Then this event is for you! Rules are simple: till 25. December (13 pm), send me forum or ingame pm with ITC/CTC of something nice and valuable. I will gather all that treasure and randomize it, so that you get something nice and unexpected back, something that another participant has donated. Please note: I will not accept each and every CTC/ITC. While accepting a lot I will take into consideration player’s age and size of his/her inventory. Talk to me and we will work it out! Maybe it sounds a …

Hello! How about a play, huh? This time, I'd like teams to roleplay an event/series of events from the AL. History can be...distorted a little, if it makes it all funnier. I cannot ennumerate the rewards, but I'll add details later...the problem with this is that as far as teamwork is concerned, it might be hard to get people online at the same time...so maybe you can decide on a day yourselves and act, then record with acousticremains and post it here. We'll see. For now, if you'd like to bring some history back (or in a new light), make a plan!