John Constantine

Happy birthday! I, for one, salute your death-evading, life-saving ways.  :))

I enjoy quests with hedonistic tendencies. Let me be 10th member in this merry company.
 
ID:247317; I'll try to fit with other players requests. I don't think something'll came up all of a sudden for me.

I sponsor 10 silver for first place, 5 for second place, and 3 for third place.

These quest is close to my heart:) Count John in.
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John Constantine (ID: 242609)
 
I have free time: Sunday: 18:00 - 23:00 and Monday: 15:00 - 23:00.
 
PS: I hope I will manage to find out the portal code of Pillars of Harmony first (to get out of GG...)

These quest is close to my heart:) Count John in.
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John Constantine (ID: 242609)
 
I have free time: Sunday: 18:00 - 23:00 and Monday: 15:00 - 23:00.
 
PS: I hope I will manage to find out the portal code of Pillars of Harmony first (to get out of GG...)

i will sponsor 5 pickles and 3 heat stones, to be given out as you see fit 
 
Sy

Good day to everyone!
 
I'll start off by saying that this is more of an unpredictible contest than a quest, and here's why...
 
Requirements:
- all the booze you can get my hands on, which I will ditribute at the appropriate moment;
- the chat log, after the event is over.
 
Rules:
- no alts;
- sponsors can't compete. (thanks DD!)
 
Place:
- above the Paper Cabin Study Room.
 
Time:
- september 6th, 21:00 server time (Saturday) - september 8th, 24:00 server time (Monday)
 
Instructions:
- players will sign up by replying to this thread; the order in which they will participate is the order in which they sign up;
- contestants will gather at the designated time and place;
- when the time comes, each participant receives a drink, a sentence/phrase and 3 chances to utter it as clearly as possible, while drunk, through letter permutations.
Note: Please include in your reply the ID you will be participating with, along with a time frame in which you are available.
 
Example:
 
Player gets a bottle of rum and the sentence: "I can write well, while drunk." Player drinks the rum and begins.
Try 1: "Ia cn rwite, elwl whed linurk." --- 14 points
Try 2: "I nac ,twie relwl dhlier uwk.n" --- 11 points
Try 3: "I can wtirell e,w dnile wruh.k" --- 16 points
 
The points are given according to how many of the characters landed in their right spot. Player final score will be the highest of the 3 tries. It's possible that multiple players will get the same score, so I'll ask people with experience in these things to send me some suggestions via PM (in-game or forum, doesn't matter which) concerning prize distribution in such cases.
 
I'm aware that booze is meant to randomize letters in chat, even add the occasional "hic" every now and then, and that this might make this quest seem difficult, but it is meant for a bit of fun, nothing serious.
After everything is over, I'll ask someone for the chat log, enter every try in a excell spread sheet and calculate the score manually.
 
Participants will be added under this line via post edit. Signups have ended!
 
01. rikstar
02. Sir Blut
03. Rophs
04. John Constantine
05. Kamisha
06. lashtal
07. AmberRune
08. Intrigue
09. TheRichMerchant
10. Gljivoje
11. WittyLeWat
12. Samon
 
Prizes:
 
1st place:
- Angien Egg, age 1900+ from me (Mythrandir);
- 10 silver from *Dark Demon*;
2nd place:
- Pimped Grasan, age 1800+ from me (Mythrandir);
- 5 silver from *Dark Demon*;
3rd place:
- Blood PactHeretic Archer, age 1800+ from me (Mythrandir);
- 3 silver from *Dark Demon*;
4th place:
- 1 pickle + 1 Heat Stone from *Syrian*;
5th place:
- 1 pickle + 1 Heat Stone from *Syrian*;
6th place:
- 1 pickle + 1 Heat Stone from *Syrian*;
7th place:
- 1 pickle from *Syrian*;
8th place:
- 1 pickle from *Syrian*;
Extra (if any):
- 1 silver coin to every participant from me (Mythrandir);
 
 
Have fun! :)

To prove there is no such thing as god, because a god can't die, and Mur died

This is meant to be a little in between entertainment for those who enjoy music of all kinds.
 
In this tiny quest you have a chance to be both – participant and a judge at once. You have to be able to think musically and know a couple of songs to fulfill the task.
 
How does it work?
 
Sign in in this thread (until  Aug. 29, 23:59 ST)
Get a randomly assigned person (from the pool of people who are also participating)
After you found out the name of that person (name must be kept in secret) you have exactly 1 week of time (Sept. 1 - Sept 8.) to find a song that characterizes this person best of all (we are talking about MD characters, not real people!). Both music and lyrics will be counted.
During the week you send me the link with the song and a short paragraph (up to 150 words) explaining why this particular song matches the person so well.
The song and explanation will be forwarded to a person and 2 more judges, who will decide how much does your song matches the character. (judges will have a number of criteria)
You will have to judge a song and a passage somebody else (persons name will be hidden until the end of the quest) wrote about you.
After all judges and participants made up their minds the scores will be counted and the winner announced.
You have to be ready that both - songs and explanations are to be posted on forum for amusement of the rest of the audience.
Songs should be in English language.
 
Updated final list of rewards:
 
Place 1: melodic charm, imperial aramor, 3 GC
Place 2: 2GC, imperial aramor, toadspeak stone, mirrorritual stone, teleportpapercabin stone
Place 3: 1 GC, toadspeakstone, mirroritual stone
 
ATTENTION: players who get to places 2 – 4 have a chance to win the second melodic charm!
 
For that they will have to participate in the second round of the challenge with a quite difficult task to fulfill (which will be the same task for each of them and the same kind of task they had in the first round. The exact details about the second round challenge will be announced after the first round results are published).  If somebody of those who got rank 2-4 refuses to participate in the second round, the player of the rank 5 will have a chance to do so.
 
Final list of participants
 
Lania dst Aeoshattr Rophs rikstar Sir Blut AmberRune JadenDew lashtal Intrigue Marvolo Menhir Lazarus Ars Alchemy Assira Valoryn Princ Rhaegar darkraptor Eagle Eye Change Krioni powle

By killing a god (demi etc) the killer tried to free himself since humans are made to be dependent, God-worshipping beings.
Removing (killing in this case) a god, opens up for human creativity to flourish and fully develop. Instead of always turning their eyes to a supreme being and a supernatural real, they will start acknowledging the current world aka  killer aspirating to become hmmm...an Ubermensch :D

Wait... What??? Mur has been murdered??
Blasphemy!!!
 
Who could be so insane as to kill the creator of this world?
Who could be so stupid as to waste his powers on a Demi-God, who can probably revive himself by just snapping his fingers?
 
The author of this action claims he had reasons to do it, and offers a Wind Dragon to whoever guesses the most of them. 
 
Deadline: 1 month from now.
 
Limitations: your theories must be posted on this thread, no private messages or forum messages.
 
Hint: there are 5 reasons. 
 
How this works: I will periodically read your entries (which may contain 1 to 10 reasons) and for each post containing at least 1 correct reason, I will quote your post stating how many are correct. Mind this: I will tell how many, not which ones.
As the deadline expires, the one who figured out more reasons wins. In case of tie, who posted first wins.
 
Enjoy!

See, THIS is what we need. People being helpful and finding stuff rather than just complaining about something.
 
Iv installed the hook. Thanky. I wont be installing the other one, dont want more flaming of peoples.

I've talked to Chewett and apparently the following reputation options are possible:

    •    'Like' system—what we currently have. You can now view who likes what posts, by the way; thanks Chew!
    •    Positive and negative, transparent rep
    •    Positive only, transparent rep—almost the same as the like system, but you have to click to view who liked what
    •    Negative only, transparent rep
    •    Positive and negative, opaque—what we used to have
    •    Positive only, opaque
    •    Negative only, opaque
    •    No reputation system at all—means what it sounds like.

Transparent means you can see how people have voted on posts; opaque means you can't.
 
Options such as making negative but not positive votes transparent or vice versa aren't supported by the forum software.
 
Some discussion has already taken place on this topic, but it's been over a month and people's opinions may have changed.
 
Lastly: I have an opinion about this topic. If you consider this poll biased, say so and we can go from there.
A tiebreaker poll could be used in case of a runoff, but that may be unnecessary—we'll see.

Wahoo, congratulations!
 
Awesome event, Lania, you just made Lin and I realize that we can do poetry! :))
 
Thank you so much, and please do hold more of these in the future :)

The judges are done and.... The results are here! 
 
 
The winners are as follows:
1st place: Team Dartara (Dark Demon and Lintara) - (Contact the TK's for the Rusties and for 2 gold each. For the third gold, sponsored by Soothing Sands, and the Wiiya bubble,from Rophs, you will contact me. ) 
 
2nd place:Team Assittr (Assira the Black and Aeoshattr) - (Contact the TK's for 2 gold each. For the third gold, sponsored by Soothing Sands, and the Wiiya bubble, from Rophs, you will contact me)
 
3rd place: Team Richant (Rikstar and The Rich Merchant) - (Contact the TK's for 1 gold each and me for the silver.)
 
 
 
The poems:
 
Team 1 (Sunfire and ZulNaar) Topic: Abandonment. Quote: "Sometimes a person needs us to abandon them, but we hang-on anyway, which can be devastating for both parties.” ― Bryant McGill
 
Loneliness is a state of mind
it brings us to the darkest places
But also makes us kind
when seeing friendly faces
We are their poison, yet they say nothing
a pain, not physical, but burns inside
It poisons everyone, but none says anything
it fills us with a feeling of loss from which we cannot hide
We only sigh, stabbing our heart with another rusty needle
whether we stay behind or depart
Our souls are getting feeble
our only hope, every end is a new start
 
 
Team 2 (Dark Demon and Lintara) Topic: Childhood. Quote: “Everything is ceremony in the wild garden of childhood.” - Pablo Neruda
 
Covered in the morning rays of sun
Jump, roll, play, run!
On the grass before the heat of day
No burdens, no rules to obey
One afternoon a dozen fields of different color
Oh, how beautiful they look together!
Then dusk slinks in and colors change
And the innocent mind thinks, "Oh, how strange!"
Night steps out and calls them home
Sealing another chapter from their tome
Another morning flips a new page
Until you pass that wonderful age.
 
 
Team 3 (Assira the Black and Aeoshattr) Topic: Fear. Quote: “A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
 
Turning in the mist, your eyes play tricks
The wind rustles, a crow mourns and your heart leaps
Delving deep within the darkness your emotions do mix
Wrung like a spring, you hear spiders sing with sticks
A chill raises from the base of your spine
You dare not turn your head, but take more steps – nine
Your throat holds your breath trapped
You try to scream, but your lips are chapped
If only death would come quickly instead of being held captive
One last step, one last glance as the shade remains ilusive
Its building, its closer, there is no space.
Around you turn, to see a bloodied, grinning face.
 
 
Team 4 (Rikstar and The Rich Merchant) Topic: Friendship. Quote: “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” - Helen Keller
 
As I set my step, so did he.
i”ve never known him to be
I drowned him, so that I could see.
i lost him, so i then lost ”me”
 
He set a step, so did I.
he asked for truth, he needed lies.
The lies for which he asked me why.
to which i have just one reply:
Would you rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light?
the mirror nodded and dissapeared from sight
 
 
Team 5 (Sir Blut and John Constantine) Topic: Living. Quote: “Don’t die before you’re dead.” - Rachel Wolchin
 
Laid desolately in my last hour, on my last day
the things that could happen, weaved nests in my brain.
All of the champagne, I told myself the rest to blame
but Truth like a lightning bolt - has struck my veins.
This is not the deepest that I have bled
I looked in the mirror to see the flesh.
An old fart looked back at me, I can't wait to rest
rejection was futile, my grave have to wait.
 
 
I would like to thank and congratulate all participants!
Also, many thanks to the judges and the helpers! ^^
May the verse be with you! :D
 
 

I had some time on my hands so I made a very unprofessional S&L game 
 http://storenow.net/my/?f=fa11bf8686bd58d1bfb6696715afde66 , 
http://storenow.net/my/?f=40c8b718050ef711d94619f37dfaaf2a 
 
I will use this topic for posting stuff - maybe some will turn out to be useful.

Hello! Hello, one and all!  I thought I should give a try and prepare a small quest for the upcoming Summer Festival. 
 
What will happen? 
1. We will gather up at a scene (most likely at the Necrovion Gates, but it's not certain now so stay tuned for updates) on 16th of August. (probably around 22:00 server time - again, stay tuned for updates)
2. Each team or couple will have to compose a poem together, with a topic given by me on the spot + a quote (also on the spot) that they will have to take into consideration when making the poem.
3. The length of the poem will have to be min. 8 verses, max. 12. 
4. Rhymes are a must! (I don't care if they are one after the other or entwined, they just have to be there)
 
The poems will be made in the form: 
 
Player X: One verse
Player Y: A second verse
Player X: Another verse
Player Y: Another verse and so on.  
 
So:
 
1. Team up with someone (each team will be of only 2 individuals);
2. Sign up your team here (you can chose a name for the team if you like)
3. Sign ups will end on 15th of August 00:00 server time. 
 
Rewards: 
 
1st  place team (each member): Rusty, 3 gc, 1 Wiiya bubble;
2nd place team (each member):  3 gc, 1 Wiiya bubble;
3rd place team  (each member): 1 gc, 5 sc.  
 
(Thank you TK's, Soothing Sands and Rophs for your sponsorship! ) 
 
Edit : The criteria the poems will be judged on are as follows: grammar, proper language usage, usage of given topic + connection to the given quote, originality, style and expression. 

Let's do a bit of work out. Let's assume you (you=general you=any MD player be it new or vet) are given MD to manage. Also you have unrestricted access to coding (let's assume you can either code  yourself or have someone 24 hours at your discretion to ask to code stuff for you).
 
What would you do? What would you change? What would you add? What would you remove? What roles would you create? What roles would you remove? Things like those.
And I want exact ideas like: I would add chasekhalazdad spell as a wish in Wishshop, I would create a colored version of angien that would do the opposite of current ones (aka instead of losing ve while attacking, they would be gaining the ve of the crit they are attacking).
 
Don't think about the lack of money or players.
 
Also if it's too much to write about maybe it's better to focus on an area: for example battles or spells or the influence of the sun on the mind of the noobs..I don't want to see overpowered items/roles/whatever just for your selfish you. I don't want to see  "Mur like"  ideas like: I am making this role for this person because I dreamt of a black cat last night.
 
Basically what would you do if you were given a dieing game like MD and you'd want to revive it?

I would implement an item that turned a dead character into a ghost, giving them some limited abilities in game. Walk around, maybe haunt (movelock/curse/whatever temporarily) someone, and let out a ghostly wail when he/she tries to chat.

Even bigger boost. Plus this would be a single, personal item.

I would implement something that gives me a huge temporary AP boost.

Thank you captain obvious.

There obviously has to be investment, dst...

Because there are no money available you noob!

So why not question the obvious.... why isnt advertising taking place atm?