Ivorak

Thank you all!

Disagree with this part, but I like the first part (negative effects for the slave). Could be lower AP, movelock, even skill damage. If 10-15 silver coins doesn't make this a worthwhile use of your time (as Aeoshattr suggests), then set a higher reserve bid or don't join the auction. If this results in fewer slaves, fine by me.

1. I believe players should be able to nominate those from their own land. It's more expedient and prevents mistakes where someone breaks this rule and the mistake is not caught until the end of the nomination period, and then that player is not eligible because no one else thought to nominate them a second time (because they had already been nominated). 2. I would propose that all categories go to vote, even if only a single nomination. But I would also allow a null vote and require a minimum percentage of votes to be attained. 3. Agree that a player should not be able to nominate themself, but feel strongly that they should be able to vote for themself. Definitely disagree with invalidating all of their other votes because of this.

I may be dense, but I'm afraid I don't follow the logic. I'm reading your statements in this manner: 1) Slaves don't get paid. Slaves may even end up paying their master. 2) Slaves shouldn't get a leash because it's beneficial to the slave. I must be missing something, because I don't see how anyone would volunteer to be auctioned off otherwise. They put up with a few months of inconvenience and then receive a leash that can be passed to a friend for use as a convenient "teleport" (that is what leashes do, right?). In the absence of such a trade we would need some way to forcibly compel a player to be a slave and that's not in the spirit of MD (and, moreover, would likely simply result in the loss of a player).

There is absolutely no sense to Dark Demon's second line, but as for the prices he mentioned, they're totally in line with what that post indicates for the past auction. Only one bid of more than 2 gold. Edit: I missed Aethon's post of the 1/3/5 rule. Those numbers seem more sensible than the one's suggested by Jester.

Yes! Something similar was mentioned in http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/5453-clickable-objects-features/page-2?hl=%2Bspells+%2Bclickables#entry45881. And lots of other possibilities. And perhaps for useable items as well, http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/10538-merge-of-usable-items-feature-and-enchanted-stones/?hl=%2Bspell+%2Btrigger.

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Happy birthday, Kyphis!

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I think the stone's mine, Miq. I was third and claimed that a month ago.

I have a Google doc where I organized a long email thread between Mur and Eagle Eye about the awards. When I sent it to Mur I saw subsequent forum posts about awards being granted/received, but there must have been some quests missed. I can clean that up and post it somewhere if someone wants to check on the status of the awards. But it won't include rewards for this quests, Dark Demon, because Pip never publicly posted winners or arranged for awards. If you'll read above, Pip said "All participants will be rewarded from my personal stock in due time." I was under the impression that he had already done so, from when I last talked to him, but cannot find record of said conversation so I may be mistaken.

Could this topic be moved to the "MD Title Discussion" forum? Would make organizing this a bit easier as it would be easier to find and point to.

Sorry Mur. I will start working on this again this weekend. I'm going to need an assistant or two. If anyone's willing to help with some things, send me a PM.

This opens other possibilities; for example: Multiple keys per strong box (alliances, and any other group, could share a strongbox) Or you could have a combination / pass phrase instead. This could be shared by code in a clickable to automatically award prizes. Escrow. Pay a silver for a strong box, lock something in it, pay an additional silver to a TK and hand them your key and a document stating under what publicly verifiable circumstances that key should be passed on to another party. Leave a will should you disappear from MD for a while. Would only apply to items in the strong box.

Perhaps you could add what happens when each item expires. Are there other items that expire besides those listed here? Am I correct in my recollection that memory stones expire?

A lot of moralism in your post, Sasha, when the action of resource depletion is simply another part of the game. I find it hard to see how right and wrong plays a part in this issue (at least here on the forum). That said, I look forward to seeing some creative "punishments" enacted.

I'll take Chaoticboost. Thanks for inspiring some mischief.

Mur, resent the doc I had organizing the email thread with Eagle Eye. The awards for this quest were listed as follows, but I think some of the descriptions need to be fixed. I'm especially unsure of what AmberRune's book is titled/about... Perhaps the winners could chime in with their IDs and if anything needs to be fixed with their book's title/description. [spoiler] Lashtal (ID: TODO) - Unnamed book Description: A book with black letter covers. Has 153 blank white pages. AmberRune (ID: 202358) - Tracing spells guidebook by Golemus hunters on Loreroot heads Description: A book full of practical solutions on how to track Lorerootian troublemakers and spies. Has a cold and contemptuous tone in its narration. The book has hard covers and is in very good shape. Contains sketches. Eara Meraia (ID: TODO) - Cult of the Damned Description: A book about various magic rituals and dark contemplations on the meaning of life. Dusty and old with black covers. Soothing Sands (ID: TODO) - Loreroot Flora Description: A book about various plants found in Loreroot with their uses and effects. Green covers with wreathe decorations. TheRichMerchant (ID: TODO) - Of Knights and Voyeurs Description: A book about various events that happened in the Marind Bell streets and its parks. Be careful, voyeur section has a few sticky pages. Book covers missing. [/spoiler]

Thanks, folks!

I'll insert an s after my offer as if I'm still a bit confused by the format, and then when it comes time to pay up I'll say the pipe means "or" and give you the second silver amount but not the first. But really, I don't think this is something that needs to be standardized. Leads to more confusion, not less.

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I like the general concept, but if I was, say, the King of ______, I might refuse to ratify this law, and perhaps even offer asylum to assassins in exchange for their future services. It's therefore important that a treaty precedes the implementation of such a role.

Could not one arrange for deferred payment? Or obfuscate payment by indirection via a series of underlings? Edit: Also, why would contract killers be exempt from sentencing?

Phantasm, I'm not sure why I'd be on your black list, but could you at least make the list public? Otherwise it seems like your just playing games and cluttering the forum in the process.

2 gold, 6 silver for Al Capone 4 silver for Day Dreamer