Muratus del Mur

this was supposed to be an article for the Council, as part of the info i sometime share with them. These are things relevant for ruling MD not playing it. Why i share this ? because it does no harm and shows you certain things that might be needed to known publicly (about the level of things i consider when i talk about authority and decisions in md) Price price is an illusion in itlsef. Value does not exist. There is a minimum of "USABILITY" but that comes free. Its only rarity that puts a price on usability and "need". THis is no novelty for most of you. Value only exists in comparison to something, never alone. There is an illusion that some things are valuable on their own, but its an illusion. What happens actually is that these things compare their value to other things than the common ones but they still compare in order to obtain a value. When ruling and deciding in a closed system such as MD, one must consider the values. What makes drachs valuable? their attack? no that one is just a usability part. It is their rarity. To prove that the usability of drachs is not relevant i will give you next example. The usability of drachs can be obtained by converting a useless but rare item into its value and then buying the drachs for their usability. Basically , where the value originates, is not usability but RARITY. "Mastering the "void" so to say, to make an analogy to the book, means not to master the wealth of md, but what is missing. This concept applies to a lot more things in MD and in RL very much alike. Christmas in MD represents an intentionate ripple. The things gifted during this event get balanced by other things that i consider more valuable to me. For example, it is useless that everyone in md gets a drach right now, if after 6 month only very few will be around. That is the way i balance certain , otherwise hard to balance, events. No i win't give drachs for chrismas, i just gave an example. Lack of weath or of a certain value is what puts things in motion, not the value itself. I go buy cola, make money to get it, move my ass from computer to the shop, all because i don't have it not because i have it. When a rarity limit its reached, some things cant get more "value" added to them. For example, state can make money out of plain paper, but if it makes it out of degradable buscuits, it wont work. The same way, morphs might be the rarest thing around (or not) but because they are basically unobtainable by normal ways, their value suddenly drops because people no longer see them as a target. Its this sort of things to consider with pumping something with value (like closing the cave) or reaching certain lower limits of interest while keeping rarity (unachievable creatures). THe beauty is that these things apply even when they reach out of our view/understanding range. For example, one can make something scarce for increasing its value (diamon mining corporations destroy diamonds to increase their value) , but ... things can go further. Something can reach zero and maintain its value. It happens with extinct things, where rarity went to zero limit. It happens when a person dies and suddenly his ignored work becomes "valuable". There is also a hidden use of this. This is the way to create attractors. It seems our mind is sensitive to more information that we are conscious about. Making a piece of info hard to get is one thing, it will defenetly attract, but consciously. Making a piece of info unobtainable, under the right conditions, will act as an invisible attractor. Spelldocs (now on hold) have just 5 (was it 6?) public levels. Yet it is for their 7-9 levels, the secret levels, that a certain category of people get unexplicably "attracted" into md. A lot of you know the strange feeling i am talking about. This can reach extreme limits, i could for example dictate the preferences of people by taking certain things beyond the unachievable limit. For example, you have not way of realising this now, but if i move mprphs entirely beyond the achievable limit, make them gone from md, it will create a unconscious need for color and every single things talking about color or having a little bit of color in it will become suddenly more appealing to you. This is like homeopathy just not with chemicals but with ideas, unseen ideas, and NO these are not subliminal messages, is something different...i dare to say unexplored before. The build materials of an arhitect are not bricks and mortar, they are lines on a paper that make those brinks and mortar to be a certain way. I hope you found this article usefull, and my "excuses" to the council for making such things public, but for them i reserve better 8 fold balance, one day, but it wont be me telling it, it will be them grasping it.

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that would be correct ONLY if the cave were closed by the GG king, but it was not. This was not something to solve between the lands. The matters to be solved between the lands/kings were left untouched by the decision.

just a thought: what if members can donate from their loyalty to the leader, except alt. That way the ally can support its leader in case its needed, or maybe as a condition set by the ruler to join.

@point 1 again, i am not playing dice with md destiny. Council is not just fair and "blank" but understands these way of "allowing abuses for creativity". I am training them well, maybe one day they will be able to predict things as well. I cant give you examples from the council for obvious reasons, but i can explain you a similar thing regarding Rendril. In requires certain understanding that no regular programer has, its why it took me five years to find one, and it was not his experience that i selected, but his understanding. What programer will understand why to use certain numbers even if it makes no apparent sense, or to allow certain bugs instead of fixing them ? none. The more perfect they are the more useless they are for me. It requires things that are commonly not seen in other programming work. Of course i take care of such things. Neither the council nor rendril are just a bunch of assigned people to manage a site. No, they learn to play with same things i did. Sadly, some things in md future will not be as i intended, but maybe this is what md needed. Consider all projects i did so far died, so my perpetual intervention is not something to desire too much.

The meaning of the word itself is about a group of people, not an individual able to debate in any talk. I did not and I will not assign a public voice for the council. All you will ever see are the announcements they will make. Just so you know such a topic goes one way not both and i am the most appropriate to reply considering I assembled the Council. You say they are fairly new... hmm.. let me put it this way, do you really believe I would allow such a decision power to exist in a world i care so much for, if i wasn't 110% sure of its capability to judge things? I became increasingly subjective, i want to be so, but for that to happen i need an alternate option. This option is a group of people that will always remain anolimous, regardless if they will be the same or not over time. They understand how things work in md, what things are valued and what things are not, but lack my recent instability and subjectiveness. Council will never get angry on players, retaliate like i do or pardon people just so and brag about it. The council is that final voice behind the courtain that decideds things. And I made it clear already, it is not negociable. Maybe i didnt made their authority clear enough, but its not like they are my hounds that i use to scare you or anything like that, no, they have access to everything i have in md, and are allowed to take any administrative decision regarding game politics, funds, and development trend. Finaly i will be a spectator, and i will afford to care less about the things i say as seen official or such. Also, regardless what happens to me, md is now able to move one because of this council. Same like i picked rendril as a programer and things stopped to be a "one man show" with me doing all, in the same way i picked the council to sustain and complete the authority part. I guess you should accept it as it is or leave (not that i want to!) but things are as they are. In my opinion things are far better than before. I know I am asking you to obey blindly an authority that you do not see or know...but what do you think, you know me? you just see me thats all. In essence it is not big difference, it is just different flavor.

so let me get this right, you are blaming me for not playing with you from characters like knaty or ss or whatever? because otherwise i don't see where i am hindering your creativity in play, or how i make things automated. Please detail how i make things automated or whatever you wanted to say. Please give examples so i understand in what you see this trend you fear of. I am serious, maybe i don't see it as you do.

I find it amuzing (i am sorry i find it so when it actually hurts me), that you forget the cause of all this whining and cries and you take the opportunity to complain about a more conceptual thing that never happend. Don't worry, i still remember the initial cause. Its been an abuse, its been punished, and an admin spell that i allowed was taken back for good this time. thats all. I am shrinking the cube? I am limiting your freedom and i am taking away what makes md special? Customizations as opposed to AI? I am at the edge of flipping and losing my nerve here. You considered this a "show of power" as malaikat said? It was a show of weakness or mercy of me and still is. I should have done much much worse just because of all this offtopic crying. I give you an example Lifeline, or anyone considering this incident to be a lowering of MD "special" flavor, or your liberty. Consider this and be very honest withyourself. What would have you invented if i were to take your spell and give it to someone else? heh? You try to make it look as if THE GAME has to suffer, "oh my", but..face it, its you not md. If you want to have a decent talk about concepts and md development trend, i am always open, just don't insult my intelligence and pretend its about this incident. A crime is a crime. I always leave open opportunities for people to abuse, or customize things based on individual, look around, or kingship blinded you? Oh or wait, maybe if it is not a player that deserves your royal gaze upon him you won't consider it part of MD existance? I've been around more than any of you, and i see this pathetic story every time. Remember the spell casting panel? those very few of you that had it started to cry that md is not playable without that panel, cried and whined about it in the same way, trying to point out how much damage i did to their role or to md by removing their toy... imagine the horror, they had to gain heat to cast spells, oh my, how could i do such a horrible thing to them. And back to reality please ... you are wasting my time with all this shit because of what? because an overpowered spell? because a kingship point you don't even care about? because being inactive in jail instead of a cave? The rule restricting the cave was there for ages, you had plenty of time to complain about conceptual things if your opinion was that closing the cave is a bad thing to do. You just reacted when you account was affected so don't get me more angry than i am.

oh you mean i should step back and let people do what they can? ...Like taking away GODLY POWERS SUCH AS CHASE and let them walk allover where their tiny mortal feet can take them? Yeah, its exactly what i did.

I am not sure if anyone mentioned it already , but ...isn't this topic itself a md record? 365 replies and over 14000 views.... Oh my.... take a look at the first posts of this topic ... people like omegaweapon that was a legend in his time.. check out what stats were considered huge some time ago...this is hilarious now Its nice to see history like that, from 2008, just 2-3 years .. i am sorry there is nothing like that from 5 years ago Makes me worried how things will look a few years from now. PS: don't go offtopic by replying me, keep it for important and relevant "extreme magicduel" things.

topic closed. will take me about three days to name the winners, after carefully reviewing each of your entries. Thank you for participating, i hope you enjoyed it (i sure do!)

topic closed. Thank you for your answers, both your votes and your explenations are meaningfull its an answer interesting to remember

I saw that now, it seems what you want was not on the picked list, so everything should be happy. I will announce it here after we finish talk on email. LE: don't worry, i am evil just when i punish, when i reward i am more than understanding

I will be gathering here info for the second tombola, for whenever it will happen. First of all there are sme rewards left from the first one, they will be used for this one. This is a secondary tombola because it will not have new rewards, just the ones left from the first one. It will happen on a much shorter interval, followed by an other wave with what will be left then, untill all major rewards will be given to someone. Previous winners may participate again. I will announce it when it will become active, with updates as needed. MAIN REWARDS REMAINING THREE WINNERS ARE TO BE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM ALL PARTICIPANTS REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF TICKETS, IN PUBLIC EVENT - Usable item, type: gathering tool (probably for water) - 100 credits, on the account of your choice - Get full tokens on a creature of your choice, regardless of current owner. - 3 shop resets (to be used anytime) - a tour for TWO people (at the same time) to various limited access places, including prison, locked places, unreleased locations and such. (no screenshots allowed, time limited, escorted by me) (one of these items is still to be selected by one of the current winners) REMAINING SECONDARY REWARDS TO BE GIVEN ON A MANUAL SELECTION DONE BY ME, FROM THE PARTICIPANTS 5 cr 5 cr, 10cr, 15cr, 20cr, 1 magic CTC on cr id, 1 magic CTC on cr id, 2 magic CTC on cr id, +20k max Ve, +30 briskness, +5 cr slots, +5 cr slots, +1 gold in cash, +3 gold in cash, +10 silver promisory note, +10 silver promisory note, +20 silver promisory note, -200 combat wins, +200 combat wins, +500 honor over zero, name cosmetics request 1000 to one of the principles you have 2000 to one of the principles you have 4000(max) to one of the principles you have 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman

except the four MAIN lands no other land has a ruler. KC is not ruler of tribunal, it just pulled some strings to get it closed and used force for a temporary millitary dictature archives never had a ruler, only the archivists had one.

don't ignore the dangers about that plant. It is highly deadly. While its symbolic/secret value remains valid, considering this is a place where many childred might come, it is important that the "DEADLY" part is put forward and not "MARMELADE" if you get my point interesting info anyway

These are the secondary rewards. The list of winners is not random, it will include just the people from the paypal logs that i consider, based on their payment ammounts. Only people present at the event will get a secondary reward, if you are missing from the event you won't get anything, regardless of your total payments. Main winners of the tombola will not be selected for secondary awards. Each winner picks one from the list, and then that item is no longer available for the others. 5 cr 5 cr, 10cr, 15cr, 20cr, [b]20cr, - [i]CrazyMike[/i][/b] 1 magic CTC on cr id, 1 magic CTC on cr id, 2 magic CTC on cr id, [b]+1 shop reset, - [i]Zleiphneir[/i][/b] [b]+50% max Ve, - [i]Eon[/i][/b] [b]+50% max Ve, - [i]dst[/i][/b] +20k max Ve, [b]+100 attack, - [i]Yala Sviseusen[/i][/b] +30 briskness, +5 cr slots, +5 cr slots, +1 gold in cash, +3 gold in cash, +10 silver promisory note, +10 silver promisory note, +20 silver promisory note, -200 combat wins, +200 combat wins, +500 honor over zero, [b]name cosmetics request - [i]Dark Mystic[/i][/b] name cosmetics request [b]XP reset to zero - [i]BigC[/i][/b] 1000 to one of the principles you have 2000 to one of the principles you have 4000(max) to one of the principles you have 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman 1 random item selected from postman inventory, by postman THIS POST WAS MADE WHILE EVENT WAS ONGOING. It is for the people at GOE to know what to pick from. P.S. Do not dare to complain about anything regarding secondary rewards. They were not supposed to be there at all, I just made most of you a gift. Just making sure you won't ruin my fun with idiotic comments like some lately.

Winners are: ORDED EDITED [b]Adam D'Orazio Robert Prigmore David Park[/b] CONGRATULATIONS! additional secondary rewards will be dispatched directly to those present at the event today. SElected items won't be available for the next tombola. When or if the next tombola will take place , idk yet. It depends on what you will pick from the list. Some are more unbalancing than the other rewards.

topic gets closed tomorow. winners will be announced.

To clarify this sort of actions from an official point of view: unless announced as such on rules, announcements or detailed in a forum announcement made officially, there is no "rule" to ensure qualities, advantages or disabilities of a role. Jesters action was "valid", as a king he could do that, locations was not specifically locked and his spell allowed him to perform it. Awiiya was also right to be upset as this threatens his seriosity and his role. My point is not from a moral perspective, JUST FROM A LEGAL ONE. From a moral point of view , you are exagerating. awiiya knew better than to complain for a 5min event, than apart from appearences it could have been actually fun. The only thing i could object to, not in official quality, is that jester used summon on a non-citizen, and that is legal..but makes me think.."for now"

Now this is so interesting to read.. i feel forced to increase number of rewards so that more will get one, but not too many. In any case, don't post for the reward, post for yourself. some of the wishes i saw here i acomplished before, other suddenly made me wish them too remember its about acomplishable wishes, so no impossible things, just the things that very easy to do but somehow you know you won't do them because of various reasons. and write short, no novels, so that its easy to read, or my third wish will be not to have to read all this

its 10am and it seems i cand sleep at all, again, so here i am imagning things, and i thought why not to make this contest. Wish season is comming so who knows, maybe ..maybe... What are the most achievable 3 things that you wish the most, but you didn't manage get them and it seems its not likely you will achieve it ever. Keep in mind i said the most achievable ones. Feel free to detail why you wish them or why they are unachievable bit also why they are achievable. My entry (oh yeah i am competing too, but i won't win): 1) A trip alone to a remote village in Europe without anyone asking why, or investigating why after. why not: i do have a family, i do have things to keep me here, it will never happen why yes: i have the money, i have the time, i want it why: because 2) A fully isolated empty room, absolutely no light, no sound, and electromagnetic isolation (faraday cage) Why not: it means to mess an entire room, to create a lot of disconfort and argues Why yes: i have the room, i can aquire all materials needed, i live in a low noise area why: because 3) 3rd ... maybe later, its nice to know there is one wish left unexhausted Good luck. Reward is for simplest wishes with most reasonable reasons 1 reindrach egg, ancient (hey, what can i do, i know its exagerated reward but ..poor me..its not my fault I have just ancient things in my inventory ... good excuse heh? )

Yet wouldn't using death to conclude and complete your life also mean a way of giving up? Don;t get me wrong, i would answer the same (YES) but i am trying to see all aspects of it unlived life can be just assumed to be meaningless, right? even under clear proof (for example someone becomming vegetable after an accident) , even then, unlived life can hold unknown surprises. I believe meaningless life after (AFTER, not allover) is less wrong than selfdestructing life that would destroy what was BEFORE that moment. Now question still remains, but i would like, in case you comment your vote, to focus on "valuable" .. valuable for who? for that person? for its image and effect on the others around? valuable just so in general? It makes yes/no more interesting don't you think.

Now check this out, MD server seems to have 11 cores now...idk how that is even possible, or what happend, it should have 8 , but i don't mind. looks nice .. And i won't ask hosting what happen or they might just fix it. I know they migrated hardware that day when MD was all day down. We are probably hosted on one of their infernal monsters because the company is no longer offering dedicated servers but was keeping us still. Since my deal with them is for dedicated server they won't place restrictions on resources. It might be cpanel error, i really don't know..but sounds good [quote] Server load 0.97 ([color="#FF0000"][b]11 CPUs[/b][/color]) Memory Used 51.69% (4227140 of 8177256) [/quote] (taken from server admin page)

ah perfect! now i can say the names too! hala.hic.sana ..samblablalhasana.hic.