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DNS propagation can take due due to multiple levels of caching and bad ISP's not respecting TTL values. meaning: bad isp does bad things, meaning bad things. Try another browser maybe?

then its your upstream dns server and you need to wait a bit.

Yes, clear your DNS cache on your machine Windows can probably do ipconfig /flushdns

Not all DNS servers have updated the new information. For now you can probably access MD using the IP: 164.138.28.154

your browser has chached the loop. clear cache.

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MagicDuel is down for Maintenance Currently we are down for maintenance, We are working on the game on something that requires no one else to be playing. We Chewett (Mur doesnt... at all) tries and announce and minimise these occurrences as much as possible so to reduce the amount of time the game is down. Work Started: day 142 y 8 Work Planned Finish: whenever is ready Soon Try again later by clicking this link It wont work

THE SERVER BROKE

protip: scroll down, see pigeon.

When you have existed before and after the game exists.

The backups failed

Writing a new backend and just devising it will take time, But the main pain is taking all of the scenes from the base drawing and recreating them in a format that is modular and therefore easy to use. This could be done by those with skills with adobe fireworks and similar but this requires the HTML5 backend to be written.

BFH is the best to comment on specific ways of raising money/players, but from discussions i have had with him and Mur the topsites MD is on is by far the best, easiest and cheapest way we have in getting more players to play. Without pouring a large amount of money into comparatively useless advertising.

Water Guardian

Not very, you require flash to play MD for the most part, But removing flash is a mammoth task that could take 2-3 people at least half a year to do. The issue is that every single scene uses flash, so we would need a HTML5 backend and all the scene images moved over to a new format. There is a mobile site but thats quite limited in functionality.

As a piece of information, we are currently looking into reducing server costs and hopefully this shall be done soon.

This isnt an issue.

Wut? EDIT: to expand: What benefits should they get? What benefits do artists and coders get currently? Why is this being raised on a discussion about fundraising?

I have clarified what a "disposable razor" is above.

MD needs a disposable razor. EDIT: which apparently Americans dont understand the concept of. The idea off a disposable razor is that you buy a handle + blades. After time the blades become blunt and you need to throw them away and purchase more blades. The handle is normally a one off purchase and for the majority of companies its a loss leader (meaning they sell it for cheaper than they buy it for). The blades are the item that the user keeps coming back to buy. The item isnt needed, you can easily get by without shaving your face, but most people do. Its also a futile attempt, since hair grows and you will need to shave again. The idea of having a disposable razor is a product that the consumer keeps coming back and buying, because they feel they need to, without it actually doing anything useful in the long run at all. Items in the temporary shop do this some way but from discussions i have had most people dont use them/only use one to get to the other items in that branch.

Not at all, Its just that they havent been published. Only an oversight that they havent been :) Fang, Magistra and myself are going for MD Monarchy, i have suggested to them they write a forum topic detailing a bit about them but as yet this has not occurred.

Randomness and order can easily be seen in radiation. A radioactive source decaying is a random event, you cannot predict when an atom will decay and release radiatition, its entirely random. But take a group of a trillion atoms, and you know that within one half life, half of those atoms will have decayed. Its such as perfect measure that atomic clocks use this predictable pattern of decay to count time. So perfect in fact that these atomic clocks need to be adjusted to fit the inperfect rotation of the earth around the sun. If you look at single elements, without considering their outside interactions, things can appear random. However if you look at the greater picture then it becomes much more predictable.

Over the past weeks the new Marind Bell government structure has been planned and implemented. We are now having elections to elect a monarch so i thought it was time to inform not just those who have access to our private forum how Marind Bell works. This new governmental structure was initially planned by myself, reviewed by Rheagar and then discussed on our private forum by any citizens that wished to discuss it. The government is for MB, so MB shall decide how it functions. The primary govermental position is a monarch, This person will have all the tools and be able to delegate these powers as they feel fit. The monarch is voted in every 6 months by all the citizens of Marind Bell. Any MB citizen can be a Monarch no matter how long or short they have been in the land. Nominations last a week and then voting lasts another week. The monarch is aided by a council formed of 4 members, 3 alliance leaders and a forth important member, elected/chosen by the Marind Bell People. These council are people that you can go to, to discuss important matters of MB, and they have power over their respective alliance. This council represents the voices of the people, and if there is any issues you can go to the King or Monarch. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to ask them. I have detailed a number of questions that Dan asked me today (thanks to Dan for asking me them) FAQ: Q: How can you elect a monarch? A: Because the Marind Bell people decided you can. Q: Why are you telling this, isnt it secret? A: No, We believe that many people are too secretive to the detriment of many people. Marind Bell is the open land.. We do not wish to hide problems with our system, and we would much rather find and resolve them. If another land wishs to use a part of our system in their government then they should feel free. Q: What happens when a council member goes for kingship? A: Nothing, the council stays as it is. Q: Does land loyalty factor into voting? A: No, the land should not be run by those with large land loyalty score. Those that have been in the land longer already have the massive bonus of being in the land a long period, and therefore are well known in the land. Adding on Land loyalty to a vote makes it even more unfair. Each member of Marind Bell has one vote.