Muratus del Mur

[b]I will give a try to all recipes (that make sense in md) posted in the format i requested ! [/b](The php array thing). Its not THAT hard to edit , all you need to do is to keep the right quotes and brackets where needed. I will fix mistakes ofc, but if you post the text in list format or simple text i will ignore it, I wont be writing the recipe for you based on fairytales. the will be ran in a public test next week. [color="#FF0000"]PLEASE HIDE the majority or all of lines in the "$instr['step_lines'] " array.[/color] Post your recipe on this topic but send the full version to me via forum pm. Name the pm like this: [color="#FF0000"]RECIPE - your player ID - recipe name in full (as named in the first value of the array)[/color] i hope all its clear. Like i said i will test all recipes presented in this way, because its easy to do it and will be fun. If you dont present it like that however, they wont even have a chance. After the test, i will pic the recipes i consider most interesting and well done and start on building the requirements for them to actualy work. Many good ideas will get wasted if you just mention them here without actualy preparing a "recipe" for them too. I will edit your posts and say if its acceptable or not to start making a recipe file for the suggested idea, but if you think it is, dont wait for my confirmation..i might not answer to all questions (dont get upset)

[quote]And now come on you IMPORTANT people. Start blubbering about how wrong I am[/quote] I fell importand so here is what i have to say about how wrong you are or are not. First of all, thank you vey much for posting your opinions so honeslty up and not just leaving without any remark. That is very valuable to me and even if i am right in what i will say next (or not), i basically failed to ensure you as a MD player to achieve something out of it , so bad point for me. Anyway here it is .. the blubbering: 1) The way you behave to others is relevant for the way you respect, control, and value yourself, not them. If you have to be polite to idiots you learn to control yourself and still achieve your goal without crossing your ideals and ways..polite means diplomacy, you learn something, or you dont. In RL you are surrounded by idiots you need to be polite to but there you are not a character you can learn from , you take the hits directly. The people that reach leadership positions are not idiots in md..that should make you think..what was it that you missed when considering someone an idiot. This can make you learn something...like for example to understand those you usualy judge first, and only judge or label them after you understand them fully... Again, this is not for them, is for yourself, for the way you respect yourself and your judgement. Its a mirror, everyone around you might be you , how can you understand yourself when your eyes can look only outside and you are unable to understand others? 2) Taking md to YM is something i was against and still am and will always be. If you take this beyond the virtuality border, md is no longer a training field or a learning experience , it becomes an extension of the reality you live in, so become the things that happen in it. I keep saying (with words or actions) that a character in md should not be bound by the person behind the keyboard. I use PLAYERNAMES with everyone, and i do mind when called "Manu" since you actually dont know manu at all. Same applies to each one of you. My advice..if you decide to go outside MD borders, keep being your character, or be ready to face whatever will come. Your character is NOT you , is ALSO you...big difference. 3) creation is perfectly possible, md is not only about understanding it..thats optional. In fact if you would look around, so many create rather that understand what i created. I don't mean roles, i mean ideas, discovering things, new things. See MD as a foundation that gives a start, a unwritten book. Its true you cant be as creative as you wish in md...just imagine the chaos. MD "goal" is not making you understand it..stop making assumptions to what md is. Anyway why do you believe "understanding" hinders "creativity" ? 4) true, a virtual world amplifies any traits , any character features or flaws. If assholes are 4 times more assholes as you claim, then you should think you should have been 4 times more resistant to assholes in this "virtual world". However you can't do that since you moved MD to messenger..your fault only. You think it give you the illusion of being different? well , in my opinion , if that illusion stands in front of others that judge it (in-realm) then its not an illusion. If you end up loved or important for some, its your merit, not an illusion. The fact you discover in RL that you fail badly at it its because the outer-world as influences you miss to consider. Lets assume you are a fat ugly pig with the most hideous face humanity ever saw (example), then you are a charming guy in a virtual world (ANY). Ofc this creates a gap between your daily reality and your virtual character, but also allows you to see things from an other perspective and learn about things you could have never knew existed. Me for example, i am a skinny littly guy, yet I once played the mighty Knator Commander, a strong beast (not so strong anymore at all but eh..). Being in a way in rl affects your judgement in a direction, making you miss things about yourself due to the way people see you. MD allows you to evaluate what might be if people would see you different. If you are a charming jonny bravo in RL, and everybody moks you in realm, you might think about why too... I should write a big waranty note at login: MD experience waranty lost if YM opened. Thanks again for your observations, very useful to know, the replies too. PS: dst, how true ..sadly this was my painful lesson in md, i cant get attached to anyone because of what is described in the quote below. TTL at least you can run, I cant. [quote name='dst' timestamp='1311177321' post='88358'] ..there is an user life cycle which I've learned to respect ... [/quote]

It incorporates the secret ingredient/clue to the SotIS symbols challenge ..its actualy highly related to that. The ends of the MT lines end in 8 points, placed strategically to for a square and its middle points. The eight point that was supposed to be on top is replaced by the tiny circle you compared with an 8. Its not 8 but its all about 8. For whoever knows about seals and such, the placement of those line speaks for itself. Not only this one is highly difficult to "break or "seal" but with the snake/dragon heads around it and the missing point above, makes it brag about this particularity in a very arogant way. The wings mean something else not flying, its a trait of a certain type of nobility, protective power, supremacy. The slight angle down and not perfectly horizontal is essential to the meaning i wanted. It takes out the "hope" part and gives the symbol more raw power. [img]http://www.urbanlifestyle.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Rio-Jesus1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/images/isis5.jpg[/img] (in general in Egypt the :attitude: of the wings was however different, i inteded a more masculine/warrior attitude, but wings still mean that noble supremacy. same: [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu9IPI9bqyg/SoBL4ioTAQI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/JcHQbDl16zs/s1600/nazi+eagle.gif[/img] Anyway.. some things could be better but hey its just a land, not a nazi coat of arms prepared to takeover the world :|..lol.. For its purpose is perfect. Oh and the decorations in Tribunal land, the 3 stripes, fit perfectly with the 3 lines in the coat of arms. 3 is a deceiving number here because it stands out but as soon as you look better you notice its 5, then its 7 then its 8, then 8+1 . chained reaction

no. soubtle differences, a lot more power to the meaning, more elaborated and less clean than the "snake thing". notice the 8+1 (you see it?, what about blue and black? not colors, or the connection between 3&4), anyway a lot more i can say, this is a masterpiece at symbol level and i am not shy to brag about it. The problem is that the meaning of the M&T, even if they fit both with Tribunal and Mur and with my name initials, they are not letters. The lines have an other meaning, one that is so powerful that i am sure this symbol was used before, probably in religious context. Therefore, i will start a challange..offering a nice reward for whoever finds the MT combined in exactly this way somehwere else. Don't worry about the wings and such, the angles come from Egypt i think i will tattoo this one

Tribunal - Dominion of Mur - Coat of Arms [attachment=3061:MagicDuel_Dominion_of_Mur.png]

Entries need to keep same format. Limiting your device to existing resoruces and situations will give it a much better chance to be implemented than if you make up new resources. For a device with new resources to be implemented (and maybe awarded to you directly), the needed resources need to be implemented too, and assigned to a guild to collect , or to individuals (like the stones). If they make perfect sense i will do this fast but still not as fast as using what is already there. Devices that support long time estabished roles will have priority. There is no limit how many items i will accept, but there is a time limit when i will say stop-enough and start adding only my items for guilds and such..so there is no time to waste. More info: Potential resources that will be acceptable (because i am planning to add them for some time): bilogical materials like leather, horns, hair, etc, from existing creatures only metals or metal as a general resource herbs, in detail or in general unusual but very md style things like color in a bottle, or get inspired from things like the memory stone and current resources Understanding what i mean by md spirit/style is obviously essential to create a suitable item. Amaze me.

You probably know already that i've been playing for the last few days with a new "toy", the Cauldron. Today I made it public, and I will post here the sameple recipe that is currently using. The device is not yet ready, and when it will be ready it will have so many uses that it will totally change gameplay You can see it in work at Tranquil Plains, someone will be there to use it so you can see what it does, compared to the recipe loaded here. This sample recipe is for cooking a random thing, but you could design recipes for a lot of things, from building machines to processing basic resources into advanced resources. Currently the sample cauldron consumes no resources or items and you can load anything in it (that it requires) even if you don't have that item. In a few days this test is OVER and it will actualy cost those items to be functional The recipe is easy to follow if you have a bit of imagination, the phrases used to trigger the events and the steps to finish a described process need to be explained in the main description. You dont need to use the exact same words as this is not funcioning based on copy paste. The device will actualy listen to what you say and approximate what you might mean based on the phrases defined in the recipe file. Try variations you will be amazed. Build your own recipe, with things existing in MD already plus some resources you can invent yourself but they need to make sense as a resource in the context of the realm. The phrases that trigger a step need all to be first person. YOU are TELLING the one holding the device what to do. you are not "role-playing" it as if you were doing it yourself. There are so many questions yet all answers are in the file below or in the actions you will see the Cauldron can perform (tranquil plains). This will end in a few days, maybe monday, so you don't have much time to figure it out. Cooking recipes are the easiest to do because the example is like that, but the device could also support a lot a lot more. You have freedom to name the device, it doesnt need to be a "Cauldron" , it could be anything else (in md spirit and suitable). (example, joker de-painting factory, to make color flasks out of colored jokers and turn them into b/w jokers...just an example that could work too) The device uses HEAT plus several other materials to start working. The cauldron for example is set to use water and branches, of course. Other things like lets say a "factory", could use iron ore and coal, or whatever. These materials are needed to operate the device and should not be confused with the materials defined by the recipe/instructions set to use for creating a result product. Be creative, use the chat to discuss this if you have questions, i wont have much time to tell you more. I am building this sort of devices to finally create some things i always wanted like guilds that will be able to further process resources, items that will allow you to achieve/create things impossible till now, to support a new sort of resources and consumable items , etc. I am open to implement any recipe and device that makes PERFECT sense , that is not godmoded and has a fair balance of values, requirements vs output. Most important is they are suited to md. For example a cocktail mixer that will have as a recipe several creature related drinks, made with materials talked about or found in md at this moment, will have a huge success chance. But..if you start inventing things not backed up by current md style, if you dont care where the resources might come from, and so on, and you just go wild inventing stuff not fit got md..you will be just wasting your(and my) time. If you are uncertain if a device is acceptable or not, ask me here on this topic and i will tell you if you should go on with it and prepare all those phrases and texts, or not. It would be best to create things suitable to your role, then you have a higher chance to get it! THIS IS A CONTEST. I WILL PROBABLY IMPLEMENT THE THINGS YOU CREATE IF THEY ARE AWESOME, OR AT LEAST REWARD YOU FOR CREATING THEM IF THEY ARE GREAT BUT YOU ARE NOT SUITED TO MASTER THEM YOURSELF. For example if you come up with a great "Angien Tainter" it might get implemented but you will probably not get it, i will ..instead i might give you a suitable reward and/or the instructions file so anyone that wants to use the device will need you to do so. These items will revolutionize the "values" in md, its time you use your brain to get some of the most valuable things ever for free. [code] <?php //adapted to md world $instr['title'] = "Stuffed Eyeballs"; //the description will be the only thing to describe the needed steps to the ones that try to help you prepare the recipe //be sure you include all steps in it but tell it so that they wont be identical words with the steps defined below $instr['description'] = " Ok first of all you need to spread some of the crackers on a greased dish, the sort you use for baking. After you've done that, top it with cheese and lizard tongues. They might not seem too tasty at first, i know. Let it stand about 1hour, then sprinkle a little parsley on top then a drop or two of Tabasco. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Remove from oven and top with red caviar. "; //what words you want to use to start the preparing the recipe $instr['startline'] = array( "Lets cook some ".$instr['title'] => $instr['title'], "Lets prepare some ".$instr['title']."" => $instr['title'], "I want to make some ".$instr['title']."" => $instr['title'], ); //what words you want to use to stop the process $instr['endline'] = array( "Stop cooking" => 'end_failed', "Lets stop this " => 'end_failed', "Thank you for assisting me in cooking ".$instr['title']."" => 'end_success', "This is going nowhere i give up" => 'end_frustration', "Look a flying elephant, its PINK!" => 'end_crazy', ); //what are the texts for different steps or events $instr['step_replies'] = array( "start" => 'starts cooking eyeballs', "stop" => 'gives up cooking eyeballs', "current" => 'currently prepares '.$instr['title'], "device" => 'cooking using the '.$item['name'], "end_success" => 'shouts happy: WE ARE DONE!', "end_frustration" => 'is upset and stops cooking', "end_failed" => 'stops cooking, recipe failed', "end_crazy" => 'starts throwing things around randomly, recipe failed', "ingredients" => 'To prepare this awfull dish you need: %s ', "ingredients_status" => 'We are currently preparing %s. We still need: %s. (Already provided: %s)', "steps_status" => 'We are currently done with these steps: %s. We still need perform these steps: %s. ', "1" => 'greases a dish', "2" => 'spreads some crackers', "3" => 'adds some cheese and lizard tongues', "4" => 'waits', "5" => 'puts salt', "6" => 'sprinkles some parsley', "7" => 'ads a drop of Tabasco', "8" => 'prepares the oven', "9" => 'waits', "10" => 'removes it from oven', "11" => 'ads some red caviar on top', "random" => 'sings LA LAAA LA..I have no clue what you mean', "random numbers" => 'picks a random number: '.rand(1,99), "description" => $item['name'].': '.$item['description'], "provide_rainbowcandy" => "%s unwraps some rainbow candy", "provide_sand" => "%s offers the sand", "provide_goldcoin" => "%s provides the needed Gold", "provide_zircon" => "%s provides the Zircon", "provide_sawdust" => "%s helps with the Sawdust", "provide_bloodstone" => "%s offers the Bloodstone", "provide_branches" => "%s gathered the Branches", "provide_water" => "%s brings the Water", "provide_deadknator" => "%s slaughters the Knator (you killer you!)", "provide_undefined_item" => "%s tries to offer something but its not perfectly clear what (%s)", "provide_otherway_item" => "%s tries to offer something the wrong way (%s)", "provide_existing_item" => "%s tries to offer something (%s) that is already provided", ); //what phrases will it recognize and what step will it run (from above values) //the more variations the better, think what people could say //always use first person, not "RP" blue text third person line please $instr['step_lines'] = array( "What is current recipe?" => 'current', "What's cooking doc?" => 'current', "What are you playing with?" => 'device', "Tell me a random number" => 'random numbers', "Describe the ".$item['name'] => 'description', //step 1 "Grease a baking dish" => '1', "Prepare the dish" => '1', "Butter a baking dish" => '1', "Get a greased dish" => '1', //step 2 "Spread some of the crackers on it" => '2', "Lay crackers ontop" => '2', "Gently Crumble crackers in pan" => '2', //step 3 "Put cheese and lizard tongues" => '3', "Now top it with cheese and lizard tongues" => '3', "Throw cheese and lizard tongues on top." => '3', "Toss some grated cheese and diced lizard tongues" => '3', //step 4 "Let it stand about 1 hour" => '4', "Let it cool" => '4', "Leave the dish for an hour" => '4', "Wait an hour" => '4', //step 5 "Put some salt" => '5', "Sprinle salt on top" => '5', "Pour salt on top" => '5', //step 6 "Sprinkle a little parsley" => '6', "Add a dash of parsley" => '6', "Garnish parsley" => '6', "Add a sprig of parsley" => '6', //step 7 "Add a some Tabasco too" => '7', "Pour some tabasco" => '7', "Dab some Tabasco" => '7', "Spice with a bit of Tabasco" => '7', //step 8 "set the oven at 400 degrees" => '8', "preheat the oven" => '8', "set temp at 400 degrees" => '8', "Set Oven to 600 Degrees F" => '8', "Heat up the oven" => '8', //step 9 "bake for 10 minutes" => '9', "Cook for 10 min" => '9', "Oven it for 10 minutes" => '9', "broil for 10 min" => '9', "Leave in oven for 10 minutes" => '9', "bake until perfect/golden brown" => '9', //step 10 "Remove it from the oven" => '10', "Take it out from the oven" => '10', "Take it out" => '10', "Turn off the oven and leave it rest" => '10', "withdraw the dish from the oven" => '10', //step 11 "Top it with red caviar" => '11', "Add red caviar" => '11', "Garnish with red caviar topping" => '11', "Add some red caviar on top" => '11', "finish with red caviar" => '11', //step 11 "kill someone" => 'random', "I am awesome" => 'random', "random stuff" =>'random', "What are you doing" => 'random', "Mur" => 'random', ); //NOT IN USE YET $instr['step_actions'] = array( "1" => 'start='.$instr['title'], "2" => '', "3" => '', "4" => 'wait=3600', "5" => '', "6" => '', "7" => '', "8" => '', "9" => 'wait=600', "10" => '', "11" => '', ); //what lines should be used by participants to offer their resources for the preparation //each line also has the target resources it will work on //for example you could pour water, but install mechanisms $instr['provide_ingredients'] = array( "/I will provide the (.*)/is" => 'Rainbow candy,Sand,Sawdust,Branches,Zircon,Bloodstone,Water,Dead Knator', "/I will bring the (.*)/is" => 'Branches,Sand,Dead Knator', "/i will donate the (.*)/is" => 'Gold Coin,Bloodstone,Zircon', "/Here are some (.*)/is" => 'Branches', "/Here is some (.*)/is" => 'Sand,Sawdust,Water', "/Here is a (.*)/is" => 'Gold Coin,Dead Knator', ); //what ingredients does this recipe require //feel free to use existing resources or items but you can also invent new //as long as they fit perfectly with md and the device $instr['ingredients'] = " Rainbow candy=1; Sand=2; Gold Coin=1; Water=20; Zircon=1; Bloodstone=1; Sawdust=1; Branches=5; Dead Knator=1; "; ?> [/code]

This is a public reply to the concern of more people that think viscosity is destroying MD viscosity won't change. it is a change that cant be fully understood by old players that knew things one way, but its inteded to change the way md is perceived. The viscosity increases basically distances in the realm, traveling from one place to an other is equivalent to a larger distance, the feeling of "discovery" is strengthen when you adventure in a place harder to access. You complain this is destroying the game...lets be honest, how much have you traveled till now , when there was no viscosity? You notice its hard to reach certain places only now that you got scared they might become inaccessible but while they were accessible nobody visited them. Traveling to get heat is not what i intended traveling for. Quest makers that find it difficult to sustain their clickables will receive a new way to do that much much easier, hopefully within a month, depending on how well my other work (new items and such) goes. Keeping clickables active won't depend on viscosity or far away inaccessible locations. Pickles are not the solution to viscosity, Fyrd is just one man, his items are more intended for special occasions not for "solving" a realm wide "issue". Visc is not a problem/issue that needs solved, it is a concept change that you will have to deal with. There are countless reasons and _side effects_ i am counting on, many of them are not the obvious ones, and i will not detail them. The settings for viscosity might change over time, such as the speed it increases at, but the changes are not inteded to keep ENTIRE md fluid. Those that hope to achieve that have very noble intentions but i advise them to focus their efforts in keeping certain paths open rather than entire areas. Under these updates everything will change, especially things like head contest, quests but also, very important for me, i will be able to keep certain places theoretically open while practically closed at the same time. This means the potential will be there, for who cares. I am sorry I can't tell you more of my reasons, but i am even more sorry you didn't get used already to the fact i actualy think ahead when throwing apparent wild random changes into play like this.

just to mention this, i have absolutely nothing to do with these death. So really dont look for answers or reasons with me as i have no answers to that nor time to investigate. My top priority at this moment (and i mean TOP priority) is to finish the cauldron.

i think a remote item picture upload feature is needed so that artists can enhance items not in their inventory. Uploading art that is not yours is something i won't agree to so for now either transfer the item temporary to the artist or wait for this new feature. . For security reasons the artist should know a portion of the ITC but that will also allow him to remotely alter item image at a later time.just so you know.

only some resource types are affected? (i cant check this myself till monday thats why i ask such questions)

[quote name='lone wolf pup' timestamp='1310835093' post='88078'] Ah well, I will have the answer to if they still have fractions tomorrow. Long as no one find my secret stone spot *holds stones close to his chest while shiftily looking around for xrieg and Aranna* pretty pretty stones.. [/quote] yes pls if u see fractions popping up when collecting resources let me know. it might be a bug with the gathering tool or with the regen..idk yet if someone gets resources with fractions thats bad and i should be informed of it asap (like 1,15 stones) thx

I wish to sponsor this quest (as ruler of the Tb). The sponsorship will vary depending on the winning item. Let me know when a winner is named and i shall decide then a suitable sponsorship. I wish to have no involvement with the progress of this quest or any decision regarding the winning item, thats Granos business. If I consider the item to be "not worthy" i will stil sponsor, the quest, as i said. I need to make all these empty specifications because some tend to think that if i sponsor it means it will be functional or that they get in my grace somehow, or that its involved to inner magic or whatever... "for the record", i have no clue what this quest is about but i appreciate that part where it sais "item be functional in md"..something so many forget when roleplaying nonsense.

from 0 should be .25 from anything else should be minimum 1, and no fractions. (i hope its working as it should, didn't tested anything yet after the recent changes)

A little spoiler from the upcomming future... Stage11 that will be announced this year, maybe after i finish my dev rampage, will bring a new, perfectly integrated way for people regardless of mp, role or citizenship, etc, to unlock the spelldocs. There will be new additions to the ancient spelldoc collection. Finally i have a way to integrate spelldocs the way they should be, as research and not as rewards. More about this in stage 11

if requested i can look that up and tell you what the lowest id coin is...unless this is a quest of some sort..i don.t want o spoil anything if someone doesn.t want me to. a bit of history: the markings on the coins were supposed to serve for a future role/item/ability that would allow someone to identify collectable coins among common coins, and convert or mark them to show that somehow. That role/ability/item was never done but coins are still marked differently and one day that info will serve for such purposes (coin marking, authenticating, dating, etc - role based) (i am currently away with no way to check that id from here but i can do that monday)

I am looking to buy any regenerable materials that I don't already have in my inventory. Buying only from TB citizens, i can't risk to have some non-citizen pass me some timeless dust pretending its simple sand and such, might affect my demonic eternity you know. No need to post here, i will not hold an auction and I will only buy it while in realm. I need the resources for testing so even if i already have them now, it might happen that i will run out of them. I am looking for resources, byproducts but also heat stones (no other stones for now). I will not be considering real market price when purchasing these, this is a limited time need for my demonic purposes and i will not be needing a constant supply over time. citizens only

@Menhir, ..why i ask..well because in a vast complexity of questions and answers that sometimes looks like a dark impenetrable "forest", some questions aim to the end of the road in a straight line. While some questions find their answer fast or get lost in a pool of randomness, other questions take you further and reveal much more. I find this particular one (Why the sun?) to be aiming further away than my current borders. Isn't it then just normal to target outside the borders to see what is out there? For me that's a way of life.

yeah, i'll make sure jester will be packing it carefully, specially, for, you.

[b] Jester can claim the ally back and assign it to whoever he wants (maybe this time he will be there to take care of it)... at the cost of one penalty point. [/b]

I was kind of late so i had to pick from those present. I included Eon too because he has no citizenship and he is a very experienced fighter. I believe this ability will require a long time to fully test and understand so i might need more people for this sort of test. Unfortunately if you people are so slow at getting organized i will need to work with whoever it is. Now i managed to keep this LR only, plus neutral, but next time i will avoid limiting such tests to citizenship because ..because.

the fact that some resources got a seriosu hit from the recent update (some places being on zero already), is balanced by the fact that i increased those resources repeatedly or given them out for testing during the initial period when they were implemented. Its not that tragic and it is a good opportunity to see how painful it is (for the land at least) to gather the entire amount of resources.

1) it could be cause by the delay from when you load the page to when you actualy try to login 2) i experienced the same issue several time, it made me write down what letters don't let me in so to say. Problem is that as soon as i started to do that, it started to work ..so i don't know what is wrong with it. so far these letters were not working: DH, DL, EE ..add yours when its happening but be sure you are 100% sure of them.

they behave the same both in realm and in the outer world. if you deplete a place of water, it will come back eventually. letting resources stay forever at zero would cause a big mess over time. one thing i can do is to make a huge delay till they start over from zero

hold any enchantings till this gets solved. I will pass a bunch of stones to Grido and he will return them to those affected by this bug that announced it here. At this moment i have no idea why its not working ..mine seem to be working fine..so it will beed further testing. Grido meet me in realm to get the stones and also help me test this fully.