Ackshan Bemunah

The curse word and smiley at the end clarify the derisive nature of the post.

I have added a transcript of Chewett's Proof of Pain for those reluctant to download a pdf from storenow.

Hmm, a viscosity-reduction amplifier wouldn't be so bad. Whether targeting a player or a location. What would that conceptually mean, though? (And the same regarding simply a large reduction in visc.)

You measure your absorption in the game by your ability to forget about a quest? That seems contrary.

Alright, here goes. Primary reward is a wish point, so be careful. Entries follow. I will not be responding to any but the most essential posts. Entry 1 [spoiler] Player Name to receive reward: Chewett Period of Trial: 14 March - 22 March Proof of Pain: http://storenow.net/my/?f=7af90b8346b340ed9630868e21ded749 Transcript (for those who can't download): [spoiler] Pain 1: Telling Murry about it that i couldnt do any work [spoiler] (email to Manuel Tanase) im participating in a "dont go on the forum quest" for a wish point becuase i really want more wishpoints and therefore will have to forsake all of my forum work for many months. Just telling you since i know you also have no work to do whatsoever so you could manage the forum. Cool story bro. [Signature blurred, starts with a C] [/spoiler] Pain 2: Peace forum work delayed for 3 months [spoiler] (chat transcript) lashtal: *nods to Peace* Kalimera Chewett: Yo peace, the addition of the user to the necro forumns will have to wait Chewett: until i finish with the "DO NOT GO ON THE FORUM" querst Chewett: if you have issues please feel free to raise then with numerous felix or whatever his name is *Peace*: That is accepted, Chewett. Chewett: its appearntyly going to be at most 3 months Chewett: which isnt going to be fun, but meh Chewett: its a wishpoint, so clearly worth it? :)) *Peace*: Three months? Chewett: yup *Peace*: *chuckles.* Anything for a wishpoint, I guess. Chewett: indeed, quite a lot of pain for you guys ofc... DARK DEMON: *yawns* Not sure if this is worth Black Water Syrian: we can be the proof of pain you need to win that WP then chew [/spoiler] Pain 3: Murries reply to it [spoiler] (email) (thumbnail picture of Manu, left hand over right) Manuel Tanase to me (presumably Chewett) I am nowhere near a computer right now...so he did a QUEST that asks you not to be on the forum? Like for how long? And how is even possible to check that.. I don't understand whats in his mind, is this a joke? Manu (blurred sequence of 2 and 3 digit numbers) .. sent from mobile device, excuse typos [/spoiler] Pain 4: A letter to council [spoiler] (email, through what seems to be the MD email system) Message 1 of 542 From bugs@magicduel.com To contact@magicduel.com Date Today 15:25 I am participating in a quest to try and get a wishpoint which means i an not allowed to use the forum until the end. This means i wont be able to do any forum work, nor bugs related work like checking bug reports. Feel free to discuss the quest on the forum (for i wont be able to see it) or send recommendation as to what i should do as i wan to participate in this quest. Ackshan is running it so you can talk to his if you want Thanks Someone who wants a wishpoint for specifically not doing his work [/spoiler] Pain 4: The council are not amused [spoiler] (another email through MD system) Message 1 of 14 Re: No forum work until quest ended From contact@magicduel.com To bugs@magicduel.com Date Today 11:25 Hello Chewett, Good luck with the quest although we highly discourage such types of quests. We can't stop the quest since no rules were broken but we encourage you and the community not to participate in it. The forum is a very important part of the gane and encouraging players to stay out of it is definitely not how we want things to run. If you feel this quest is wrong, then don't encourage it (we feel the same way so we night think of adding new rules in order to prevent them - bit this is also up to the community and their feelings towards this type of quests). Please keep us updated regarding your availability. MD Council [/spoiler] Pain 6: Felix asks me about my progress [spoiler] (chat transcript) Chewett: (crappy) Chewett: (harder to work with MD not being able to access forum) Chewett: (can't actually talk with public properly, cant ask for opinions...) Syrian: (more pain? :p) Chewett: (features i want to discuss, are now being left for months because I cant actually discuess then, just means that the things get delayed further) Chewett: (no skin off my back, just means you guys dont get input on features nor get features at all) Syrian: (well done felix) : lashtal passed Skin to Chewett Numerius Felix: (ironically Chewett seems to be the only one participating...even the people who actually understand it aren't going the distance. 3 months is a lot...which is why I didn't ask it) [/spoiler] Pain 7: Update to council [spoiler] (another email through MD system) Message 1 of 543 Endless No Forum Quest From bugs@magicduel.com To contact@magicduel.com Date Today 21:46 You requested that i update you as and when and i have recently been informed of the fact that the quest is actually meant to be endless and that it wont end until numerius deems there is a good enough submission. I did not know this when i started and would not have started the quest if i knew this. He has stated that there wont be any judging for at least 3 months, this means i might be not reading or doing forum for much longer than the 3 months. If you have any comments on my suggested action it would be useful. Mainly since i do not want to break my word on this quest and therefore will be unable to discuss some of the features I was discussing such as (blacked out phrase) which needs the publics view. This means the (blacked out word) will need to be delayed for a while. Thanks Chewett [/spoiler] Pain 8: Forum spammers attack and i am powerless [spoiler] (another email, this time not through MD system) 17 Mar (1 day ago) Magicduel Forums via sh06.lw.ipslink.com to me Chewett, Burns has replied to a personal conversation entitled "spammers". Burns said: ===================================================== http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/user/19006-lenapalkhes/ ===================================================== PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL! You can reply to this personal conversation by the following link below: (link not included) (18/03/13 11:18:03) (blacked out text) we're being invaded by bots/hackers/whatever again (on the forum) [/spoiler] Pain? 9: Instead of forum work, i code MD [spoiler] Items worked on for peoples roles and allowing a more flexiable item creation role for the future. (text on black background, invert screen for best effect) chewett@mars: /var/www/html/magicduel$git log commit b57e22ca92dfaa2556c81b7a8941499d1517☉647 Author: C . Hewett < > Date: Tue Mar 19 22:5☉:28 2☉13 +☉☉☉☉ Moved item creation to new bar and made it nice $db code. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [/spoiler] Entry 2 [spoiler] Player Name to receive reward: Lord Tipu Period of Trial: (3-04-13) - (7-04-13) Proof of Pain: From the time i joined MD Forum i have created this Epic eternal relationship with the forum mods. The Bond is soo strong that with just 4days of inactiveness i had felt severe pain. The Pain of not receiving any warning PMs from the mods. Yess thats right ..i can't sleep ..i can't poop and even i can't fart without reading their Awe inspiring lovely response for my posts. [spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler][/spoiler] And now iam back ...i hope i can receive their blessings and continue on my path defeating Fennir and to become the next Forum Legend. [/spoiler] Entry 3 [spoiler]Handy Pockets Period of Trial: August 2012 to 6/16/13 Proof of Pain: Still recovering from pain Could not remember my password, I missed out on so many things in MD. I missed all the fun :cool: [/spoiler] Entry 4 [spoiler] Player Name to receive reward: Fang Archbane Period of Trial: One second before you reading this, to the end of this. (time of posting: 17 June 2013 - 12:33 AM) Proof of Pain: Shortly after starting this quest, i had a panic attack of epic proportions and had to quit it immediatly, only to return. As i could not bear to leave it for even a minute, i feel that my pain is the truest, strongest, most relatable pain that there is. The pain of a true MD Addict. [/spoiler] Entry 5 [spoiler] I think I started on the 20th March and ended it until recently. I didn't keep track perfectly, so pardon me if the timing is wrong. Player Name to receive reward: Shadowseeker Period of Trial: (20.03.2013) - (16.06.2013) Proof of Pain: There's not too much for this, just a few notes. I also did get demoted from being a forum mod after a very long time of being one. (And while this is partially due to me leaving the forums for a while, I did hand it a notice of future resignation a long long while ago. Just kept delaying it and lurking while doing some mod work.) At some points I almost clicked on the links in the mood panel in MD too. And seeing the post your info there etc announcements ingame didn't really help either. [spoiler] 25.03 I want to go see the day of fear analysis the most. I miss the forums, though I'd skip over things anyways. 26.03 Wanted to put my bookmark back to realize I wouldn't. 29.03 Realized I wanted to check on day of fear info. Curiosity about the ward, results, etc...can't go check. 05.04 Being unable to check on quests and the likes sucks. 14.04 MD Anniversary and I'm missing out on quests and everything....but I'm busy with other stuff too, can't be helped. 28.05 Been a while, less busy, but I feel like I don't really want to return to the forums anymore by now. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] Entry 6 [spoiler] player name: Rophs Period of trial:may 30-jun 1 evidence of pain: I cannot give any true evidence other than my word but I was constantly panicking that I might die in the DoM quest [/spoiler]

Shush.

Yes, No One. Fixed. So this would apply only to posts given reputation during the "likes only" era?

With the new transparent reputation -- I can see all votes, but it seems that only the positive votes are counted in the final tally. So, for instance: http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/13872-forum-death-quest/ First post: Negative one rep (+5, -6) but it shows only the positive (+5). I actually really like this a lot, but is it intentional? (Also, apparently storenow won't let me post a screenshot, saying that the link to the posted image is "not a valid storeNOW URL." http://storenow.net/my/?f=a2860862643f244f462d6365f8c53614 Probably should make a separate thread about this... It was working a minute ago? I'm confused...)

Doesn't stand a chance, not even the right format, but I would like to introduce some ideas for you to play with. http://storenow.net/my/?f=5061b048c1a2d8a8884158b671339c04 http://storenow.net/my/?f=6389c5dd7aae0a3690aea53467b3043a http://storenow.net/my/?f=3f52d451d8f6bcb82cab219e1ed497af To be clear, each link contains angles and positions of one cow. These are "concept sketches". I'm not an artist.

Uhh, right, entries are closed. Poll will be coming up soon.

Ackshan Bemunah -- active days: 222 (65%) -- No current affiliation -- East: Land Loyalty 48 I have very little else to do in the next few days (besides putting up that poll) and would be happy to help. AD% added no current roles

I remember it used to make sounds, now it doesn't. Bug, or did something happen?

It's working now. How do you intend your game to calculate vitality lost? I'm not sure of the intention, so can't tell if there are bugs.

Seems the +/- transparent both was and is a clear dominator. On a side note, it seems the issue with having to log out to see likes is fixed now.

It's biased toward what the members want, which is probably not how the decision should be made. What we want is biased by what we've seen -- the opaque +/- system with all the curiosity it causes. Also, the +/- system with its implication for what neg rep means, making it less of a weeding tool and more of a way to express disagreement. Edit: This is not to say that you're WRONG...

OK. Did you ask them to change the announcement?

Could you post all the pictures please? *rubs hands together*

Take a breath... 1. Did prior to your response. This is common sense. 2. If someone for some reason misses what "little" I've done, just PM me and we'll sort a solution. I've been posting updates, I've used the calendar, I've done what little I can from a "weak" position to make sure the quest is known. I will not baby anyone in what should be a difficult process. This was NOT an easy quest, whatever delusions people might have gotten from skimming. The bulk of the work is and has been laid out for participants, and good entries will be rewarded.

I should hope that people read the rules.

Pouring gallons and gallons of water into existing tunnels

Oh. Yeah, forgot those existed, plus recent changes...okay.

http://storenow.net/my/?f=3cd5282650c95c898edd9a9533f7db42 what is this I don't even... That's not how it read when I typed it. "Anyone up for some Battle Cards?" "top left rock/stone" (I don't even remember which I wrote!) etc.

In other words, moat, fort, oil moat, wall of fire, etc.

:unsure: I hope this isn't an issue. If it is I'll deal on an individual basis: PM me here, on the FORUM. Likewise, entries must be posted here, as per the rules since draft 1.

A reminder that the window for quest-related actions closes tonight. You will have one more week to render and complete submissions.