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That's all the update was about. Also, that people who are found by all moderators to cause a thread to derail into insults will be given a warning. The thread essentially derailed into a discussion on how certain words/sayings are insulting/profane to certain people. The whole argument being that why should the mods disallow English swear words and allow sayings that have just as profane or moreso meanings to some people. "You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law." (emphasis added). The problem comes in determining if someone has knowingly said something profane. Sometimes it's pretty obvious, but sometimes it's not.

@Kyphis The rule against roleplaying makes much more sense to me now. :P Actually, patting someone's head in response to someone stating an opinion is used here to say, 'You're like a child, and therefore your opinion is cute, ignorant, and worthless'. The other interpretation is quite interesting. Maybe I'll major in insults. The problem is though, even with actions such as *shrugs*, *shakes head*, etc., gotten rid of, there's still the matter of metaphors being used in relation to people (such as saying that someone is like a sheep). What needs to be asked though, is how far does the player base want us to go? Should we give friendly warnings to people if they accidentally post culturally specific insults that are usually hidden to native English speaker eyes? Obviously if they use those insults again, then they might be doing it intentionally. Or, are you and dst saying that since someone can be deeply insulted by any word in the English language that's used in the wrong context, that Western/English insults should be allowed too?

That was a result of the thread going offtopic. Sorry, Tom Pouce. I never said that rudeness equals insults. As for the send me messages thing, I never said that I'll say to someone what to say. I said that I'll say if it comes across as rude, sarcastic, etc. Some people do come across as rude when they genuinely don't wish to come across as rude. It was more related to dst's post saying that she's not sure about what is rude or not. It wasn't meaning that you'll be banned if you're just rude. I don't know what's so difficult to understand. How is not saying racist, sexist, etc., remarks so hard for people? Does myself or one of the mods need to get rid of every offtopic post in here so that it's clear? How does 'not saying racist/sexist/etc., things' translate into 'one can only say approved words?'

Have any of you read the original post? The changes only include: If us mods decide that you've caused a conversation to descend into insults, the topic will be locked and you'll be given a warning. If you use a racial/sexist/homophobic/etc., slur then you will be banned for a period of time. Calling someone a troll is an insult, but it isn't a racial/sexist/homophobic/etc. remark. There's also the whole problem with certain synonyms of stupid being offensive to intellectually disabled people. No, I don't mean stupid, I mean the synonyms. When in doubt, don't call someone names. Instead of saying, "You're stupid", say, "Your idea makes no sense. Here's why:"

Okay, well maybe you were being sarcastic. My point is, it's impossible to tell if someone is being sarcastic or not nowadays--especially on the internet. Sarcasm itself is fine, but the problem is that sarcasm can often lead to insults. No, I'm pretty sure that we're not banning sarcasm itself. :P

See, now this thank you could easily come across as sarcastic where I come from, and not genuine. However, I think that's mainly because (as always, where I come from) we tend to interpret literally everything said as being sarcastic. It's actually really bad. :P But yeah, this is getting kind of offtopic.

For my, and everyone else's, clarification, what do you mean by 'or similar'? I'm hoping that this includes any slur that's directed at something that someone can not change (e.g. "race", gender, ethnicity, mental and/or physical disabilities, etc.). Also, dst, in the part of Canada that I'm in, almost all if not all kinds of mockery/bullying is considered rude. I'm a native English speaker who is majoring in English and even I have tons of trouble with English. :P So I do feel for you. The problem is, it's hard to tell if someone is truly ignorant, or they're pretending to be ignorant. When in doubt, don't. Anyone can feel free to PM me text to ask me how I interpret it.

I really really really take issue with the whole concept of "trolls". Yes, trolls exist; however, too often people call other people "a troll" because they disagree with them. Then they're able to say, "Well, you're a troll. Therefore, your opinions are worthless and I'm right." Hopefully these changes will stop making some posts that I read feel like an internal court case. :P

Hmm, it seems that MD is revealing itself to be more and more like real life. The rule benders and breakers get rewarded, though they pay the price of being disliked or hated by most of the community. Maybe jail is meant to be just a roleplay device. There's often corruption in prison systems. Perhaps Phantom Orchid was given the choice to either stay in jail, or become a postwoman. (Pratchett reference. :P). If you were offered ultimate power, but in return, everyone hates you, would you take it?

Welcome back!

Happy Birthday!

So... no forum upgrade? :(

A cat sat on Zleiphners face and then died... Zleiphner woke up he said, "WHY!?" He shoved the knife into its sheath, slapping DD who's a GoB onto a bee. Zleiphner, thought that this was bizarre So he kicked the puppy Fang and Fang cried... hell broke loose! and licked BoB, poor BoB always whipped by demons. Then came Eon who finally said, "Enough you people!" and killed DD. DD's blood flowed down and down until it reached a river of chicken fat. Change with Lord Tipu is a good pair of idiots. After Eon's retirement, they decided to kill each other but were unsuccessful, so they slept embracing one another's anime collections. Meanwhile, Peace declared war to avenge DD and all bees, headed by *MasterB*'s biggest CrAzY BeE Eff Eff. The war was won! DD's revival was forever postponed but finally happened in his dreams and reality too! But! DD mutated into a glow, eventually becoming human 9000.1 years later. He killed Change's cousin named Chaos with bread knives and a toothpick killed DD again. This time Permanently. With no way (pickle radish turnip) to not revive without dying again. Peace killed Pothos with his scarf and disappeared. DD trains hardcore despite nadrolski copying him. Except DD's dead dog is revived and it kills DD, starting an apocalypse of pretty rainbows indeed. THE END is not here b̷̿u̘̦͈̺ͯͣ̏͑ͯ̃̊͞t̪̀ ͙̘̲̚͠s̸̲͎̳̬̣͉͂̄̇͋ͬͭ̃ͅo̷̳̣̬̺̹ͤ̌̓̅͊̎o͈͎̖ͣ̃͑̽͆̑ͣn̵ͭ ͮ̐́̉͗i͈̘͉̲͇̜̯͂͐̇͟t̞̲̱̰̪̏̓̚ will begin. "Hurdurdur" by syrians balloon that Jester popped, "NO" screamed Syrian, "STOP! HAMMER TIME!" Hammer time commenced

We can make new ones! ... There were that many bugs on the forums? Or am I misunderstanding MD's roots?

The red button was fake pushed to test our reactions. Given all the positive feedback, MD will actually be reset in a few days, and no one will be the wiser. ;)

The end? But MD is still here. It's just gone back to its origins. Now the newbies like me can't complain about not getting to experience the 'good old days'. Ironically enough, this has happened right around the time when I was thinking that MD would be better off being a forum 'game' again. Oops? :P

There's tokens on all of them, thus the title. ;) I'll check exactly what ones when I get home.

Yeah, I found that out, but thanks for telling me. I still want them for battles outside of the mini BHC. I should probably put the note about being able to find replacements in the original post.

Knator: Claw II, goldtear, antifreeze. LR Archer: Jewelshards, goldtear Bird (668990) claw1, kellethafire, blackdiamonds, stardust Bird (669901) claw1, osirisbelt. Bird (669444) antifreeze, stardust. And Grido, I wish, but no.

Imp 1: stardust, kellethafire, jewelshards (3) Imp 2: claw 1, blooddrop 1. (2) Imp 3: osirisbelt, goldbelt, blackdiamonds (3) Archer 1: stardust, antifreeze, claw1, purpurmoon, onyxfangs (5) Archer 2: claw1, jewelshards, onyxfangs, claw3, blackdiamonds, stardust (6). Note: I might hold off on selling some of these until after the Mini BHC if I can't find old replacements in time.

I don't think tokens or stats should be ever able to trump a strategic ritual, so I wouldn't want something like token shield. Chewett, I mean that MD shouldn't worry about giving artists and coders more rewards. (Artists get 3 credits if they create and sell an avatar to the shop, for instance). It was more of a sidenote than anything. Let me clarify. I'm only suggesting that another section should be made for decorative tokens. That is, tokens that only serve to decorate your creatures. Perhaps when you buy a decorative token, you get it in your inventory. You can then use them to decorate your creatures. This could maybe take place under 'advanced creature actions'. This would also allow for people to trade for these tokens. The functional token designs can be used and new designs can be added periodically. Creating new decorative tokens will take far less effort than creating new tokens or creatures, because you don't have to consider fight balance implications. More custom decorative things could be added in the future, but I don't think that this would take too much effort to impliment (considering there are dozens of token designs already).

I think the reason why not many people have subscriptions is because credits are useless to many people. I've heard of lots of people who have tons of unspent credits. What do I think MD needs to improve its finances? Collectables. There are three main things that I get in the shop. Tokens, creature slots, and coins. Tokens are nice looking, but you can't buy them if you want some specific creatures to be tokenless. I'm in that situation now, and so I won't be buying any tokens for awhile. Coins? They're nice, I guess, but gold coins are really difficult for me and other non-grinders to get. Also, silver coins always make me feel like I'm being ripped off (because I don't use the other reward you get when you buy them). Creature slots? My browser is now extremely slow when I load my creature page, and so I don't really want to buy any more. I'm guessing that other people with tons of unspent credits are in similar situations. Here's how I think that these three things can be improved. Coins: Make the rewards given for buying them more varied. Tokens: Have another section of tokens that are purely for decorative purposes. Make lots of these tokens. Perhaps you can choose which creatures these tokens go on? You can easily make this by copying the existing tokens onto this section. Then, you can add more. Using existing token designs could serve to deceive someone in battle as to what functional tokens your creatures have. Creature slots: Have the option to show only 10/20/50/custom/all creatures at a time. Also, have the option to display only certain types of creatures. So, if I selected 10 and 'trees', I could flip through a collection of 100 trees while only showing 10 trees at a time. Basically, have more organizing in general. In short: MD needs more pretty/cool looking stuff! The stuff doesn't have to be functional at all. Other games have beautiful cards, creatures (not saying MD's aren't also beautiful), clothes, and other collectibles. I'd much rather spend my money on MD collectibles than those other game's collectibles if MD made collecting easier. Also, MD artists and coders need more benefits available to them if they want them.

Happy birthday Shadowseeker! Happy birthday Dragonrider!

Happy Birthday! :)

I have 3 imps, 4 sharpies, three grasans, three birds, two archers, a tree, a LR archer, a knator, six priests, two hollows, three guardians, and a joker up for grabs. My other creatures were given, not sold to me, by others, and they have too much symbolic meaning for me to sell. :) Please PM me for more details. I'm specifically looking for black and white, untokened creatures, that have enough age and heat for easy upgrading. I'm also willing to sell and buy creatures for coins too.