Muratus del Mur

function can be adjusted to return the path of the picture, but its risky because if not displayed image will remain active and will take up resources for nothing with a bad written script. If you think of improvements or other info related to this that you might need, let me know.

Wishing Star and Mr Mystery - baned for repeated abuse against new players. This is a one time decision, don't take it as a rule. They received info to contact a mod to get out, its up to you when that will be. note: this is according to the rules, more players complained, as dst pointed out.

mp3 cap for vp set to min zero, OR, based on active days, meaning players under X days will never get negative vp. That will protect new players but will also make md more unpleasant the more you stay in it. Anyway, as long as this is done only by two players , there two can be warned, then baned if they continue...BUT..this can get easy out of hand and become an easily abusable reason for ban and i don't like that. Anyway, keep an updated list, warn them, and if it turns to be an isolated event I will ban them for a while. I will be working on the general solution with the vp cap too but might not be done in time. p.s. ads are running like crazy and it would be a pity to scare newcomers away like that

Some time ago i posted an announcement for fighting schools to prepare tutorials to replace the one now linked in the interface (right column) Please send them to me, or send me link to them if they are on forum. I need only final material, not in work or unorganised. Also please include a list of people that worked on it and what exactly they did or how much their contribution was. Thank you

the browser check is there because some features don't work well on other browsers than the major ones. Its true this is like that for a very very long time and things both in game and in browsers changed a lot since last time i checked. I can remove the browser restriction and attempt to do a test again to see how some browsers perform..but i run only ff , ie and safari so if any of you is willing to do a complete test on a different browser, i will need the exact browser headers to allow them for the test.

Its mainly for GG king to decide. If you want gg weapon public place, or train in a very restricted area (that wont be seen very ok by many), don't ask me, thats why there are Kings and Queens now, so i can decapitate them if anything goes wrong

I surely hope you will pass by from time to time to see whats going on, in general. What about the Libs? Should i go on with making them a public army? Farewell

Buying something else has nothing to do with seeing gifts or not. The only reason is if you already got them last year. If you did a shop reset, you can see them again. If you used them already last year and you never reset shop since then, then you don't see them. They are like normal items just that they appear on these days only.

If your account was made in summer 2008 its likely you used them up at the end of 2008. The items in the shop get hidden by checking if you already have bought them. Its a bit difficult to check whats going on with one account because the info is not kept in clear, but if there are others that are 100% sure they should see the gifts there but they are not, please post here and if it turns to be a bug of some sort i will try to fix it in time. Unfortunalty i will not investigate this if its just one or two isolated cases, i am very very short on time, i hope you understand. Thanks

You probably have a dynamic ip that is changing very often (or each time you connect?) Be careful, playing with so many alts is dangerous, if you for any reason will get in trouble later and i will check you and find out you have to many it wont be good, so take it easy. I don't see what you could win for creating countless new accounts with 5 credits.

I don't think we can get enough preorders to reach that minimum order

@dst grido ailith For organizing this, or at least taking care of the event, you get a spell, acousticremains (or increased cast if you already have it) and a wp. For those that don't know , this is the spell for retrieving the chat in one location. I think an "organizer" should have it You also get a custom item that will be a surprise. Thank you p.s. i know you dont consider yourselves "organizers" but since you counted votes and there is no one else responsable in any way of the event, i do.

[b]MD Annual Awards 2009[/b] I must add that these rewards are important annual awards and maybe you should think next time of better advertising them in time and do everything possible to have more voters. Its both my fault for not realising in time that the in-game voting system could be used for this, but its also yours that you closed votings with only 24 voters. An other thing that i didnt liked is that some of the people voted or proposed for this voting are no longer playing. Some were not active in 2009 so how could they win a prize for 2009? In that regard, i will give the reward to Khalazdad only if he _personaly_ comes to ask it. An other thing, alt were not allowed, but i still see alts in that list. Because i don't want to disclose them, i wont, but its a public warning i give you that i know who your alts are, and if you claim you don't allow alts, then keep your word and don't. ..for the future at least. The good thing i have to say is that you managed to put up a good checking system and divide counting over 3 people to be sure its accurate, and it was. I double checked your counting, and unless other info appears about missed or wrong votes, you counted perfectly. The MD Awards votes were collected by Grido,dst and Ailith. Both nominations and votes were open to all. The people who voted, and by that determined the winners, were:<br> Zleiphneir, Chewett, Burns, Totenkopf, Master B, SageWoman, Cutler, Lifeline, Kafuuka, Aelis, Indyra, MRAlyon, Handy Pockets, Pamplemousse, Tarquinus, Peace, asryn, Marvolo, dst, No one, Grido, Ledah, Ailith<br> (If you voted and sent your vote to all 3 organizers and you are not on this list, pm me). The votes and the counting were double checked by me (Mur).<br> The winners list is: (numbers represent number of votes) [b]Best Back Story:[/b] *Indyra Sirenias* 7, ( Amoran K Kol 6, Innocence 6, Jose 1) [b]Best Debater:[/b] Grido 8 (Zleiphneir 5, Kafuuka 3, Malaikat Maut 2, Peace 1) [b]Best Fighter:[/b] dst 10 (Lifeline 4, *Clock Master* 2, Cless 1, Unknown Entity 1, *Burns* 1) [b]Best LHO:[/b] *MasterB* 9 (*Princ Rhaegar* 3, *Indyra Sirenias* 3, *awiiya* 3, *Burns* 2) [b]Best Personal Papers:[/b] Pamplemousse 6 (Shadowseeker 4, Akasha 3, Kafuuka 1, Rendril Revant 1, Ladytwin 1) [b]Best PL Entry:[/b] Zleiphnir 12 (*Burns* 5, Sagewoman 2) [b]Best Protector:[/b] Pamplemousse 8 (*Princ Rhaegar* 4, Lifeline 3, Ailith 2) [b]Best Quest: [/b]Cutler 11 (Shadowseeker 4, Zleiphneir 2, Akasha 1) [b]Best Quester:[/b] dst 8 (asryn 5, *Indyra Sirenias* 3, Eigger 2) [b]Best Role Player:[/b] Thomas the Titan 6 (Tarquinus 4, Granos 4, Zleiphneir 2, Ailith 2, *Sagewoman* 1) [b]Best Spell Caster:[/b] Shadowseeker 4 (*Clock Master* 3, MRD 3, Granos 3, Yrthilian 2) [b]Best Techie:[/b] Cutler 11 (Rendril Revant 7, dst 1) [b]Best Villain:[/b] Granos 13 (dst 3, Assira the Black 2, Ledah 1) [b] Most Addicted:[/b] Grido 12 (Sagewoman 5, Lazarus 1, Ailith 1, dst 1) [b]Most Influential: [/b]Khalazdad 9 (Peace 6, Granos 4, Akasha 1, Pamplemousse 1) [b]Outstanding Service to MagicDuel:[/b] Chewett 8 (Rendril Renvant 6, Grido 3, Ailith 3, Lazarus 1, Jonn 1, Glordamar 1) [b]Rookie of the Year:[/b] *Observer* 9 (Rhah de la Rey 8, Yoshi 2, Robin Mea 2, Milordo Zik 1, *Madalina Fitzroy* 1) [b]Veteran of the Year:[/b] Chewett 9 (Firsanthalas 5, Yrthilian 3, Demo Account 2, *Sagewoman* 1, *Burns* 1) Winners get a 2009 award medal, and those that won in two categories will get a gold one. Organizers will get also a reward for organizing this without any reminding or support from me. The medals will be given in the next days. Remember you need to have an avy to see the medal. --- The detailed votes (without names) are attached. Each column represents the votes from the same voter. P.S. @grido,dst,ailith: There was no need to send you this count as i initialy said, because my results were identical with yours.

we need to get at least 50 preorders and decide on one color, type, and design ( i will make the design if we conclude we do it). The other 50 i will cover myself.

Awsome , i can't stop laughing in a good way of course! Z , please supplement the rewards i'll back you up.

Listen to this ... i can make COINS, gold plated (24k), silver or bronze. I mean like REAL COINS with 3d engravings and writing, just like currency coins. Diameter of about 40mm (1.56'). Problem is that i need to do at least 100 or they wont create the dies, so i cant just do a few for those that want, i must do all or none. I can cover a big part of the cost myself, but i wont do them without first checking if enough people are interested in this and also take preorders. I have a few ideas, but remember, only one of them can be made real, i can't make one of each. 1) Matte or Shiny gold plated , marked with "1 Gold" or something similar, refering clearly to the gold coins in MD. 2) Silver with 1 Silver, refering to the Silver coins in MD. Silver looks better than gold it seems. Advantages of making them currency coins with a value is that people could get more than just one. 3) Bronze or any of the other options, with something generaly valid for MD, like log on one side and "something" else on the other (i have to think about it and it good). Maybe a thematic coin of some sort. If i am planning to make these in 100 coins series, each time i do a new series it could have the same main design but with one side changed (like Euro is in each country). Bad thing is that if its general , there is no reason to get more than one, and there won't be 100 individual buyers for sure. Other "communist" ideas: 4)put a tax/donation/optional payment of 3-5 credits for all players and then give these as awards based on different reasons (but not to those making the credit payment). 5)Use these both as rewards and purchased items (it wont be fair!) until i can get a second type of coin just for one of these purposes. Gold plating is more respectable, but in my opinion looks bad, contrast is low and if its matte its two faded (its also more expensive). Silver doesnt look like actual silver, its more like a grey (see pics) but keeps better contrast and resembles more actual coins that are in currency. Bronze is the cheapest material, and it has low symbolic value, but looks great and heavy, especialy the 3d one (thats almost as much as the flat gold one). Costs: I wished i could get these to you for free, but obviously i cant. I also have to make a price differentiation between those that preorder and those that will order later, or none will preorder at all. So i am thinking of this. The preorders will be priced at exactly the cost price. So whoever gets them with preorder will have the minimum price possible, but i can't guarantee a price because i have no idea what are transport and customs taxes exactly. So for preorder price will be a lot smaller, but might fluctuate a bit. Estimate price, without shipping from Romania to international: With preorder (actual coin cost from mint, plus shipping here, without any profit or taxes added by me) is about 7$ (+/- 1$) plus 1$ for gold matte plating (depending if thats the coin will be made or not). Estimate price after, without preorder, 12-16$ (includes MD profit part, handling) These are raw estimates, its first time i work with this provider and i have no clue what will be at the end. Shipping: They will have to be shipped here in Romania first, then i will send them to you. The shipping from me to you will be depending on location, i have no idea how much, but you can check out with your local shipping services to get an estimate quote. For more coins in same package the shipping will be almost null for the additional coins so you will get a much better price per coin if you get more. I am thinking maybe for people in same town you can join and get them all in one package to save shipping costs and then meet and get them in person. (In Romania you can come and get them from me if you are in Bucharest or domestic shipping charges via Fancurier, Cargus, etc) So, i am waiting for your opinions. Because this topic might get very big very soon, please write only if you are realy planning to buy. I am sure most of you have good ideas about this, but those that will actualy buy them should have a heavier word than others. Check out samples: [attachment=1332:coins.jpg] I marked them with letter so you can refer better to them if you want to indicate a certain model in the picture.

there are many things i want to reply to here, but i will reply for now just to this . Entropy in the universe IS caused by the expansion of the universe, and i say this not based on scientific research, it is just my own theory. I "bet" that if the universe was contracting and not expanding, the universe would be governed by syntropy not entropy and the ice cube in your example would require less energy to assamble back in place than to be destroyed.

i bet if i ask put a poll if santa is real or not and explain that those that say yes get santas gifts and those that say no get nothing ... i will get enough positive votes to have "scientific" proof that santa exists )

Thanks for you opinions, it gives me a clue about what you think about me I value most of the things you said, BUT the question was placed with one answer in mind and i will reward just that answer. (it doesn't mean i don't value the other things) Now, the winner @MRWander ..almost close but not there, sorry. Loyalty to self is not same thing with loyalty as i intended as an answer. @Fenrir ..i value loyalty in general not only towards md. Your clarification ruined it, sorry. The winner is [b]redneck[/b] , with the answer "Loyal". Perfect answer was supposed to be "Loyalty". It is a selfish thing to value. Caring more for loyal people is in a way a self preservation. Loyalty its also a base for honesty but it can also coexist with other good or bad features. One that is loyal, will always be there, good or bad, and that i value most. To share someone failure as well as success means loyalty. Loyalty is a form of love. I asked what i value most on someone not on myself or what should someone value on himself. On myself it would probably be creativity or "self".

one word please, repost with one single word ... specifications will probably destroy your answer anyway.

What is the one character feature that i (me Mur) value the most on someone? I will reward a wp for the first that answers in the first try. (why reward such a thing? because i can)

airmail a cookie LOL, i might do that ) now, serious. you can't have 0.333(infinity) in real world because 0.3 is a convention. Same as 1. BUT...but...1 is agreed by all, anyone can say there is ONE apple, but 0.3 , because of its imprecise roots in math maybe, will be subject to interpretation so to say. Split an apple in 3 parts to 3 people, they might agree that it is a fair split, but split one gold kg to 3 people and see if they all accept 0.3 of it . Its all about borders and where we decide the border is. If go out of the math realm, additional factors come in. The example above is not extreme because "outside" math, the human opinion factor is as valid as any other. Bottom line, you can have "full" 1 but you must agree in a more interpretable way to a third part of that "one". In a way its same as in math ..zero point "enough threes" is a third of a "full" even for computers. Even so, its a less "full" than a "full" one. Do i make any sense or its the wine speaking? lol

Yeah, blame the Salad! The Tomato is innocent.

[quote]now it's like you told a 10 years old there is no Santa [/quote] mmm ..we shall see about that one later...

unless some veteran jumps in to "help" clear the confusion , lol.