Yoric

I guess the main point that I would like to get across is that a lot of the "riddles" posted here are more like guessing games. No offense, MB^H^H Morgana Le Fey, but same goes for your in-game "riddle." A question is asked, and there could be many possible answers due to imprecise language. It all turns into Bilbo Baggins asking "What have I got in my pocket?"-- The guesser knows several things about the answer (ie, it's something that fits in a pocket, it isn't too heavy for a hobbit to carry it) but nothing in the question is precise enough to narrow the possibilities. This leaves the door wide open for me to tell a story about how There's nothing in the riddle to rule this out, except that you've heard the only answer that you'll accept-- you know what you have in your pocket. Again, I will agree that Trahern's answer is wittier, but there is nothing in the riddle that necessitates that his is the only possible answer.

Trahern's answer seems witty enough (and fits), but I would like to hear why my answer doesn't work... Or is it just not the answer that you've heard?

Fixed that for you. The answer is:

I've reached a point in Chapter II that is under construction. While I'm really excited to see where the story goes at this point (and what cool stuff I get), I'm also a little upset that I'm not moving ahead day-to-day like my compatriots. I was in a race with freakidz and now I'm losing! ;-) My question: any indication of when the story will move on from here? I searched the forum for Under Construction and found nothing (lots of "under"; no "construction").

lol that's a sweet riddle, phlegm. i'll message you the answer in-game because i'm betting none of these nerds get it... especially not MB ;-)

Chewett, I assume you are asking me. I did not do anything. Prior to May 29th (when I made my "me too!" post above) I had been experiencing this issue at all times. I upgraded to Firefox 3 Beta 5_r4 before that date and was still experiencing this issue. I was on vacation between June 5th and June 9th. While on vacation I was playing a little bit on my friend's Ubuntu install. I do not know which version of Firefox he is using, but that is when I first noticed that the bug had been fixed. When I returned home and played on my system again, I was unable to replicate the bug. At no time did I upgrade or re-install my Flash player.

I'm at Wind's Crossing and I'm getting this message when I click on Speaker for the Dead's name. I do not believe I should be getting that message, and neither does he.

I am no longer experiencing this issue using Firefox on Gentoo Linux.

Everyone's heads have NOT reset to 0! MRG is at Fenth's Press, and was showing 19 heads until just a moment ago, when I beat him and took a head. MRG, if you see this, I'm more than willing to help you get a victory to balance that one out-- I just wanted to see if the no-sanctuary rule still applied ;-)

I am playing the game under the ongoing impression that balance is something to strive for, given that that is the entire unique selling point of this game. Note I said "balance" and not "a massive ratio of wins to losses." Therefore, maintaining a balanced profile is one of my goals. I believe that at some point the system will be updated so that balance is again more important than logging losses until one has 5k honor (I've been right around there for several days now--entirely unintentionally). I'm well aware of the added xp bonus, and have been enjoying its effects on my creatures. Yet I cannot help but be concerned about how balance will be returned to MagicDuel, and how that return will affect my situation.

My private hypothesis has been that this system was created for the older mp5s, and that it completely ignored the situation of the lower level players. You say that the object of the update was to make profiles more balanced--> I've struggled to balance my profile since my introduction to the game, and I've almost always had more losses than wins. In the days before the update I was maintaining my w-l record. Now, I have twice as many losses as I have wins. As has been noted in other threads, if balance is the goal, this system is mathematically doomed to fail.

Another question about Stage 2-- The rules say "When one player in each group reaches a certain amount of heads, stage II of the contest comes in." Does this mean that all groups will begin Stage 2 at the same time? Or that each group will move to Stage 2 when one of the people in that group has >5000 points?

@MB-- Oh, sorry for the double posting. And you're right about the sexytime: I'm sorry that I doubted you; I was so unfair.

The timer problem is a common one. The way to get it back on track is to reload your browser window-- probably a good idea when you're going to build up VP through sacrificing creatures or getting the free credits. I have no idea why you wouldn't get VP for clicking the links, though...

@MB's sexytime riddle--

@Metal Bunny's paragraph riddle-- I guessed the answer about halfway through and skimmed the rest to make sure ;-) I'm pretty sure I've seen something like that before, though. Also @MB-- I think the word you were looking for in your riddle was "baleful". @Rendril re: marble riddle--

OS = Operating System. I'm guessing XP? These pieces of information (browser and OS) are necessary for the developers when you talk about browser rendering issues.

That's a good point. When the game is no longer Alpha, then, perhaps fair warning...?

^-- Spelling and grammar corrected courtesy of the new forum Thrall, what is your browser and OS?

Updating in the middle of the contest without warning (and while certain people with heads are idle in a sanctuary) is not particularly fair either. Perhaps for future updates to integral parts of the game (for example, the win/victory change...) you could announce that the change will be happening at a certain point in the future. Server time, or GMT, could be used to designate when the update will occur. Very few sour grapes from me on this one since I'm so far behind in the contest already, but still-- I was really happy to have any heads at all!

All of the enemy's forces had ~20 life, but apparently life stealing doesn't do anything if the creatures have that little health? I should've had 60 heads!!! YOU LOST enemy gets a victory Combat details (under construction). 'A' is you, 'E' is enemy Honor reward for this battle: 0 Loyalty reward for this battle: 0 *** todo help after fight Casualties: Enemy:-89.898989899%, You:100% heat You: 0, Enemy: 0 logsize:491 usevitality:0 strategy:171136 looser:A actionnr:65 rounds:6 E lost: -178vit; A lost: 1957vit; FULL LOG: JeffHooray is preparing new random strategy Load Yoric creatures Load JeffHooray creatures Influences for Yoric: ###### Influences for JeffHooray: ###### Applying 0% of Yoric's energetic influence Applying 90% of JeffHooray's energetic influence JeffHooray's Dark Archer II does damage to dying creature(s) of Yoric and: - Grasan II receives 138 damage and remains with 619 vitality Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Aramor and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 21 vitality JeffHooray's Aramor Warrior does damage to weak creature(s) of Yoric and: - Elemental II receives 1 damage and remains with 599 vitality Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Aramor and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 21 vitality JeffHooray's Aramor does damage to random creature(s) of Yoric and: - Elemental II receives 1 damage and remains with 599 vitality JeffHooray's Elemental I does weaken to random creature(s) of Yoric and: - Weaken defence effect: -60 - weakens Grasan II for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -60 and remains with 619 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-60 ) Yoric's Grasan II does weaken to multirandom creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Weaken defence effect: -29 - weakens Aramor for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -29 and remains with 21 vitality - Weaken defence effect: -35 - weakens Dark Archer II for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -35 and remains with 85 vitality - Weaken defence effect: -26 - weakens Grasan I for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -26 and remains with 24 vitality - Weaken defence effect: -30 - weakens Aramor Warrior for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -30 and remains with 20 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-26 ) JeffHooray's Grasan I cant find any enemy creatures to target, skipping turn JeffHooray's Barren Soul does heal to random creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Heal power: 30 - heals Aramor and recovers 30 vitality and remains with 51 vitality ###### START ROUND 1 ###### Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 5 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-35 ) JeffHooray's Dark Archer II does damage to dying creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) - Grasan II receives 198 damage and remains with 421 vitality Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 1 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-30 ) JeffHooray's Aramor Warrior does damage to weak creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) - Grasan II receives 93 damage and remains with 328 vitality Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Grasan II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 4 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-29 ) JeffHooray's Aramor does damage to random creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : - Grasan II receives 78 damage and remains with 250 vitality JeffHooray's Elemental I does weaken to random creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : - Weaken defence effect: -60 - weakens Grasan II for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -60 and remains with 250 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-60 ) Yoric's Grasan II does weaken to multirandom creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : - Weaken defence effect: -26 - weakens Grasan I for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -26 and remains with 24 vitality - Weaken defence effect: -27 - weakens Barren Soul for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -27 and remains with 23 vitality - Weaken defence effect: -25 - weakens Elemental I for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -25 and remains with 25 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-26 ) JeffHooray's Grasan I does haoticdamage to multirandom creature(s) of Yoric and: - hits haoticaly and does 1 damage to Elemental II and remains with 598 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) - hits haoticaly and does 154 damage to Grasan II and remains with 96 vitality - hits haoticaly and does 2 damage to Elemental II and remains with 597 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 3 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-27 ) JeffHooray's Barren Soul does heal to random creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Heal power: 30 - heals Aramor and recovers 30 vitality and remains with 81 vitality ###### START ROUND 2 ###### Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 5 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) JeffHooray's Dark Archer II does damage to dying creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 1 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) - Grasan II receives 258 damage creature DIES! Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 1 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) JeffHooray's Aramor Warrior does damage to weak creature(s) of Yoric and: - Elemental II receives 1 damage and remains with 596 vitality Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 4 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) JeffHooray's Aramor does damage to random creature(s) of Yoric and: - Elemental II receives 1 damage and remains with 595 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 2 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-25 ) JeffHooray's Elemental I does weaken to random creature(s) of Yoric and: - Weaken defence effect: -60 - weakens Elemental II for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -60 and remains with 598 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : JeffHooray's Grasan I cant find any enemy creatures to target, skipping turn Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 3 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) JeffHooray's Barren Soul does heal to random creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Heal power: 30 - heals Dark Archer II and recovers 30 vitality and remains with 115 vitality ###### START ROUND 3 ###### Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 5 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) JeffHooray's Dark Archer II does damage to dying creature(s) of Yoric and: - Elemental II receives 100 damage and remains with 495 vitality Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 1 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) JeffHooray's Aramor Warrior does damage to weak creature(s) of Yoric and: - Elemental II receives 1 damage and remains with 494 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-60 ) Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 4 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) JeffHooray's Aramor does damage to random creature(s) of Yoric and: - Elemental II receives 1 damage and remains with 493 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 2 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) JeffHooray's Elemental I does weaken to random creature(s) of Yoric and: - Weaken defence effect: -60 - weakens Elemental II for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -60 and remains with 493 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : JeffHooray's Grasan I cant find any enemy creatures to target, skipping turn Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 3 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) JeffHooray's Barren Soul does heal to random creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Heal power: 30 - heals Aramor Warrior and recovers 30 vitality and remains with 50 vitality ###### START ROUND 4 ###### Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 5 : JeffHooray's Dark Archer II does damage to dying creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-60 ) - Elemental II receives 160 damage and remains with 333 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 1 : JeffHooray's Aramor Warrior does damage to weak creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) - Elemental II receives 55 damage and remains with 278 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : - Steallife power: 2% - steals 0 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 24 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 4 : JeffHooray's Aramor does damage to random creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : - Elemental II receives 40 damage and remains with 238 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 2 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) JeffHooray's Elemental I does weaken to random creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) - Weaken defence effect: -60 - weakens Elemental II for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -60 and remains with 598 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : JeffHooray's Grasan I does haoticdamage to multirandom creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-60 ) - hits haoticaly and does 119 damage to Elemental II and remains with 479 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : - hits haoticaly and does 57 damage to Elemental II and remains with 181 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 3 : JeffHooray's Barren Soul does heal to random creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Heal power: 30 - heals Grasan I and recovers 30 vitality and remains with 54 vitality ###### START ROUND 5 ###### Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 5 : JeffHooray's Dark Archer II does damage to dying creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : - Elemental II receives 160 damage and remains with 21 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : - Steallife power: 2% - steals 1 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 53 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 1 : JeffHooray's Aramor Warrior does damage to weak creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) - Elemental II receives 115 damage and remains with 364 vitality Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:1 weaken: persisting) effect ended) Yoric's Elemental II does steallife to weak creature(s) of JeffHooray and: Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : - Steallife power: 2% - steals 1 vitality from Grasan I and gives it to Elemental II and remains with 52 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 4 : JeffHooray's Aramor does damage to random creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 3 : - Elemental II receives 40 damage creature DIES! Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 2 : JeffHooray's Elemental I does weaken to random creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : - Weaken defence effect: -60 - weakens Elemental II for next 2 rounds and lowers its defence by -60 and remains with 364 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 6 : JeffHooray's Grasan I cant find any enemy creatures to target, skipping turn Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 3 : JeffHooray's Barren Soul does heal to random creature(s) of JeffHooray and: - Heal power: 30 - heals Aramor Warrior and recovers 30 vitality and remains with 80 vitality ###### START ROUND 6 ###### Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 5 : JeffHooray's Dark Archer II does damage to dying creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:3 weaken: defence=-60 ) - Elemental II receives 280 damage and remains with 84 vitality Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 1 : JeffHooray's Aramor Warrior does damage to weak creature(s) of Yoric and: Applying temporary effects for Yoric, slot 2 : , weaken (round:2 weaken: persisting) - Elemental II receives 175 damage creature DIES! Applying temporary effects for JeffHooray, slot 4 : JeffHooray's Aramor cant find any enemy creatures to target, skipping turn ... JeffHooray WINS! Creature Experience reward for Yoric - Losing player No creatures survived the fight for this player, no xp reward Creature Experience reward for JeffHooray - Winning player Aramor Warrior gaines 326 Xp and a won battle Elemental I gaines 326 Xp and a won battle Barren Soul gaines 326 Xp and a won battle Aramor gaines 326 Xp and a won battle Dark Archer II gaines 326 Xp and a won battle Grasan I gaines 326 Xp and a won battle Winner gets won fights counter incremented!

I have the same problem, using Firefox on a Gentoo Linux install. Also no idea what the issue is.