Muratus del Mur

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To clarify this. 
It is intentional, to let YOU (population of md) do whatever you wish and adjust the resulting value of whatever happens on your own. On my part i am ready for anythibg you may throw to me (=>MD) ..for example you might decide that you s8xh not to continue the bloodline of any kitties..or to infest md with as much cats as possible..i am ready for all.
 
The current female is (will be) in Handy Pockets hands, as the initial gift i made (so much fun it was). The male and female must me under the same account , its your responsability under what terms you do this. MD tribunal will judge the eventuality of such fraud keeping in kind that the tlrisk exists, but the people involved are honorable.
Right now, the cats CAN NOT REPRODUCE , this is future work, and the cats will be the prototype of a new series of functions in md game dynamics.
I can not estimate when this will function, but i am very motivated to do this. 
In the beginning, to speed up things, i might provide an other female for experiments only, to see how this works  but i will try not to dirsupt the "cat economy" with my experiments.
*there might be undisclosed good things for the winner of the auction, but i can not tell them because i am righr now not sure i can provide the things i am planning. The value of the auction is for me an indicator of how much interest it is for this feature and this is proportional to my motivation to work on this further. Right now, the value exceeds any expectations.
 
To be fully honest with everyone  once this auction is over , there will be an other auction with a very cool item, so that rhe top gold holders in md will be less rich :))) and my stock of gold for random gifts will be replenished. (Next year)

In addition to this, i want to say something about mentoring new players when they are in fact undercover vets, as this happened to me many times and i admit its frustrating.
 
It is frustrating, but if you think about it better, an "OK" alt, should be allowed to go through this process to. In many cases there are fossilized vets, that suddenly realize they lost connection with how md works, and want to experience it allover again, including how to it is to be a noob and work their way from the ground up..and this is fully allowed. Maybe one day you will want to experience this yourself, and you will understand why i support this kind of thing.

While an altcheck will never happen out of public curiousity, it can certainly happen out of abuse concerns, but even so, the outcome of the check might not be publicly disclosed (maybe only if it ends up with a sort of punishment for the involved parties)
Alternate identities to play alternate roles, is a sacred concept here in md, and any alt abuse should be regarded through this perspective also.
 
I will conduct a search when and if i consider needed. If you find additional abuse proof please publish here or send to me, but for now this only looks to me like you grabbed onto a minor thing to try to confirm a suspicion, and i can't help you about that.

In addition to this, i want to say something about mentoring new players when they are in fact undercover vets, as this happened to me many times and i admit its frustrating.
 
It is frustrating, but if you think about it better, an "OK" alt, should be allowed to go through this process to. In many cases there are fossilized vets, that suddenly realize they lost connection with how md works, and want to experience it allover again, including how to it is to be a noob and work their way from the ground up..and this is fully allowed. Maybe one day you will want to experience this yourself, and you will understand why i support this kind of thing.

In addition to this, i want to say something about mentoring new players when they are in fact undercover vets, as this happened to me many times and i admit its frustrating.
 
It is frustrating, but if you think about it better, an "OK" alt, should be allowed to go through this process to. In many cases there are fossilized vets, that suddenly realize they lost connection with how md works, and want to experience it allover again, including how to it is to be a noob and work their way from the ground up..and this is fully allowed. Maybe one day you will want to experience this yourself, and you will understand why i support this kind of thing.

Aia won this auction!
 
CONGRATULATIONS!
 
I will arrange transfer of cat and associated things once i find my brain after yesterdays party

One would merely make the player-name in this scenario "steven the cat", surely?

In any case, I am sure that the population of MD will continue to amuse in unforeseen ways, and I will look forward to any such amusement.

This is a detailed list of all the current chat commands as of today. Its likely that i will add many more over time and that this post won't be updated, but for now this is the complete list:
 
All the green text is to be replaced by actual values
 
/play tictactoe with playername
opens a dedicated interface to play tic-tac-toe, experimenta game interface so demonstrate interactive capabilities of chat commands
 
/match with playername
opens a dedicated interface for an experimental, nonfunctional minigame, its where i work on chatcommants interactivity experiments
 
/buzz playername
opens a very annoying popup to the target player the also buzzes acoustically, do not abuse
 
SHUT UP playername
classic to MD, the ability to silence anyone you consider for whatever reason you consider, the right to have silence is fundamental in MD
 
/shutup playername
same effect, shuts up the target player preventing him from talking in chat, casting spells, etc
 
*gives number trophies to playername*  [unfinished]
gives trophies (heads) to target player. We call it tophies here, and not heads, to avoid obvious linguistic issue
 
/givetrophies number to playername*  [unfinished]
same effect, gives number of head trophies to target playername
 
/giveitems numberxitemname to playername*
transfer given number of items to playername. Example /giveitems 5xStone to Muratus del Mur
 
*presents itemname for price*
present the item as if you would want to sell it for the given price. Many do not know to sell their wares, so AI can help
 
/presents itemname for price
same as above, presents item for sale in a nicely formulated text
 
*looks for playername*
enquire about a playername
 
/seen playername
same as above equire about when player was last seen
 
*asks about playername*
different syntax for whois
 
/who is playername
different syntax for whois
 
/whois playername
find out some details about a player, to help you better understand who you are dealing with
 
/whereis playername
info about the whereabouts of a player
 
/where is playername
different syntax of whereis
 
/mood playername
use advanced AI to determine the current mood of a target player based on his recent interactions 
 
/isdoing playername
use AI to determine what a player is currently doing, only using info from the chat not actual activities 
 
/joke subject
Advanced AI to tell a joke about a subject, in the context of the recent chat discussion
 
/reply
Use AI to quickly reply to whatever was spoken in chat 
 
/reply playername
Use AI to reply just to a specific player in the context of the current discussion
 
/sum
Use AI to summarize the current discussion
 
/whatsnew
tell a summary of what was officially announced recently
 
/whatsnew week
tell a summary of all announcements within a week
 
/whatsnew month
tell a concise summary of all announcements within a month
 
/ann subject1,subject2, etc
Highly advanced AI to process the announcements in a given context or timeframe about a subject
Example: /ann what happened to Blackshade Rider, within a year
If this command does not work, it means the subject and context are not specific enough. The AI can not learn the entire announcements list but it can parse it in steps, first finding all the announcements in a given context, then processing them logically. 
 
/how question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /how
 
/what question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /what
 
/why question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /why
 
/adventure Story name, first logic to filter, more specific question, short keyword
/adventure Story name1|Story name2, first logic to filter, more specific question, short keyword
story name = the name as it is written in adventurelog, or similar
first logic =  extract a first round of results to learn from
second, more specific question = a question asked in the context of the first logic results
short keyword = to further limit the query and help the AI grab only the relevent context, you can specify a word that must be contained in all the records if looks for. Don't make it too complex, as it will search for the string as is. A good ideea for keyword is to use a name, something that shows up in all the story pages you are interested to analyze
Use advanced AI to go through the adventurelog and solve a mistery, or even compare a complex situation. The syntax is more complex than other chat commands, but this is very very powerful tool
Example usage: /adventure the traveler|tales of the cube, how does the Traveler or the Shade Sentinel change, How did the traveler meeting the shade sentinel in Story 1 affect both of them? /adventure the traveler, How did the traveler meeting the shade sentinel affect both of them? Wodin seems to be a good fit for the compare type of question as he shows up in "The Shade Ballance" and "Golemus Wizard quest" /adventure The Shade Ballance|Golemus Wizard quest, what does Wodin do in this story, What relation is between what Wodin does in Story 1 and what he does in Story 2,Wodin  /adventure The Shade Ballance|Golemus Wizard quest, Wodins summoning, Who knows how to summon Wodin Ullr?,Wodin  
 
/trade itemname for price
write a sales pitch for selling the item for the desired price
 
/solve
Use advanced AI to determine what could be solved from the latest chat lines, maybe a riddle, or a puzzle or question, then answer it
 
/help
show a limited list of all the chat commands, i say limited because there is a technical limitation of how much text can be shown there, and it can't fit all info
 
/help question
ask a specific question
 
/howto question
answer a specific question
 
/pm playername: message
send a personal message to the target playername, directly in their inbox, and leave a roleplay remark about this action in the chat
 
/msg playername: message
same as /pm
 
Note some are in roleplay syntax *...*
 
 
 

and its done!
 
syntax is double asterix in front of the trigger word: **silver
the output contains asterix in front and at the end (*message*), to be similar to how you would write your own mood texts, hopefully this will be a hint
there is also the option to add a word or more after the trigger word, and for some moods this will direct the text towards that target, for example **greet nobody 
 
@jakubhi very nice ideea btw!

and its done!
 
syntax is double asterix in front of the trigger word: **silver
the output contains asterix in front and at the end (*message*), to be similar to how you would write your own mood texts, hopefully this will be a hint
there is also the option to add a word or more after the trigger word, and for some moods this will direct the text towards that target, for example **greet nobody 
 
@jakubhi very nice ideea btw!

and its done!
 
syntax is double asterix in front of the trigger word: **silver
the output contains asterix in front and at the end (*message*), to be similar to how you would write your own mood texts, hopefully this will be a hint
there is also the option to add a word or more after the trigger word, and for some moods this will direct the text towards that target, for example **greet nobody 
 
@jakubhi very nice ideea btw!

This is a detailed list of all the current chat commands as of today. Its likely that i will add many more over time and that this post won't be updated, but for now this is the complete list:
 
All the green text is to be replaced by actual values
 
/play tictactoe with playername
opens a dedicated interface to play tic-tac-toe, experimenta game interface so demonstrate interactive capabilities of chat commands
 
/match with playername
opens a dedicated interface for an experimental, nonfunctional minigame, its where i work on chatcommants interactivity experiments
 
/buzz playername
opens a very annoying popup to the target player the also buzzes acoustically, do not abuse
 
SHUT UP playername
classic to MD, the ability to silence anyone you consider for whatever reason you consider, the right to have silence is fundamental in MD
 
/shutup playername
same effect, shuts up the target player preventing him from talking in chat, casting spells, etc
 
*gives number trophies to playername*  [unfinished]
gives trophies (heads) to target player. We call it tophies here, and not heads, to avoid obvious linguistic issue
 
/givetrophies number to playername*  [unfinished]
same effect, gives number of head trophies to target playername
 
/giveitems numberxitemname to playername*
transfer given number of items to playername. Example /giveitems 5xStone to Muratus del Mur
 
*presents itemname for price*
present the item as if you would want to sell it for the given price. Many do not know to sell their wares, so AI can help
 
/presents itemname for price
same as above, presents item for sale in a nicely formulated text
 
*looks for playername*
enquire about a playername
 
/seen playername
same as above equire about when player was last seen
 
*asks about playername*
different syntax for whois
 
/who is playername
different syntax for whois
 
/whois playername
find out some details about a player, to help you better understand who you are dealing with
 
/whereis playername
info about the whereabouts of a player
 
/where is playername
different syntax of whereis
 
/mood playername
use advanced AI to determine the current mood of a target player based on his recent interactions 
 
/isdoing playername
use AI to determine what a player is currently doing, only using info from the chat not actual activities 
 
/joke subject
Advanced AI to tell a joke about a subject, in the context of the recent chat discussion
 
/reply
Use AI to quickly reply to whatever was spoken in chat 
 
/reply playername
Use AI to reply just to a specific player in the context of the current discussion
 
/sum
Use AI to summarize the current discussion
 
/whatsnew
tell a summary of what was officially announced recently
 
/whatsnew week
tell a summary of all announcements within a week
 
/whatsnew month
tell a concise summary of all announcements within a month
 
/ann subject1,subject2, etc
Highly advanced AI to process the announcements in a given context or timeframe about a subject
Example: /ann what happened to Blackshade Rider, within a year
If this command does not work, it means the subject and context are not specific enough. The AI can not learn the entire announcements list but it can parse it in steps, first finding all the announcements in a given context, then processing them logically. 
 
/how question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /how
 
/what question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /what
 
/why question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /why
 
/adventure Story name, first logic to filter, more specific question, short keyword
/adventure Story name1|Story name2, first logic to filter, more specific question, short keyword
story name = the name as it is written in adventurelog, or similar
first logic =  extract a first round of results to learn from
second, more specific question = a question asked in the context of the first logic results
short keyword = to further limit the query and help the AI grab only the relevent context, you can specify a word that must be contained in all the records if looks for. Don't make it too complex, as it will search for the string as is. A good ideea for keyword is to use a name, something that shows up in all the story pages you are interested to analyze
Use advanced AI to go through the adventurelog and solve a mistery, or even compare a complex situation. The syntax is more complex than other chat commands, but this is very very powerful tool
Example usage: /adventure the traveler|tales of the cube, how does the Traveler or the Shade Sentinel change, How did the traveler meeting the shade sentinel in Story 1 affect both of them? /adventure the traveler, How did the traveler meeting the shade sentinel affect both of them? Wodin seems to be a good fit for the compare type of question as he shows up in "The Shade Ballance" and "Golemus Wizard quest" /adventure The Shade Ballance|Golemus Wizard quest, what does Wodin do in this story, What relation is between what Wodin does in Story 1 and what he does in Story 2,Wodin  /adventure The Shade Ballance|Golemus Wizard quest, Wodins summoning, Who knows how to summon Wodin Ullr?,Wodin  
 
/trade itemname for price
write a sales pitch for selling the item for the desired price
 
/solve
Use advanced AI to determine what could be solved from the latest chat lines, maybe a riddle, or a puzzle or question, then answer it
 
/help
show a limited list of all the chat commands, i say limited because there is a technical limitation of how much text can be shown there, and it can't fit all info
 
/help question
ask a specific question
 
/howto question
answer a specific question
 
/pm playername: message
send a personal message to the target playername, directly in their inbox, and leave a roleplay remark about this action in the chat
 
/msg playername: message
same as /pm
 
Note some are in roleplay syntax *...*
 
 
 

This is a detailed list of all the current chat commands as of today. Its likely that i will add many more over time and that this post won't be updated, but for now this is the complete list:
 
All the green text is to be replaced by actual values
 
/play tictactoe with playername
opens a dedicated interface to play tic-tac-toe, experimenta game interface so demonstrate interactive capabilities of chat commands
 
/match with playername
opens a dedicated interface for an experimental, nonfunctional minigame, its where i work on chatcommants interactivity experiments
 
/buzz playername
opens a very annoying popup to the target player the also buzzes acoustically, do not abuse
 
SHUT UP playername
classic to MD, the ability to silence anyone you consider for whatever reason you consider, the right to have silence is fundamental in MD
 
/shutup playername
same effect, shuts up the target player preventing him from talking in chat, casting spells, etc
 
*gives number trophies to playername*  [unfinished]
gives trophies (heads) to target player. We call it tophies here, and not heads, to avoid obvious linguistic issue
 
/givetrophies number to playername*  [unfinished]
same effect, gives number of head trophies to target playername
 
/giveitems numberxitemname to playername*
transfer given number of items to playername. Example /giveitems 5xStone to Muratus del Mur
 
*presents itemname for price*
present the item as if you would want to sell it for the given price. Many do not know to sell their wares, so AI can help
 
/presents itemname for price
same as above, presents item for sale in a nicely formulated text
 
*looks for playername*
enquire about a playername
 
/seen playername
same as above equire about when player was last seen
 
*asks about playername*
different syntax for whois
 
/who is playername
different syntax for whois
 
/whois playername
find out some details about a player, to help you better understand who you are dealing with
 
/whereis playername
info about the whereabouts of a player
 
/where is playername
different syntax of whereis
 
/mood playername
use advanced AI to determine the current mood of a target player based on his recent interactions 
 
/isdoing playername
use AI to determine what a player is currently doing, only using info from the chat not actual activities 
 
/joke subject
Advanced AI to tell a joke about a subject, in the context of the recent chat discussion
 
/reply
Use AI to quickly reply to whatever was spoken in chat 
 
/reply playername
Use AI to reply just to a specific player in the context of the current discussion
 
/sum
Use AI to summarize the current discussion
 
/whatsnew
tell a summary of what was officially announced recently
 
/whatsnew week
tell a summary of all announcements within a week
 
/whatsnew month
tell a concise summary of all announcements within a month
 
/ann subject1,subject2, etc
Highly advanced AI to process the announcements in a given context or timeframe about a subject
Example: /ann what happened to Blackshade Rider, within a year
If this command does not work, it means the subject and context are not specific enough. The AI can not learn the entire announcements list but it can parse it in steps, first finding all the announcements in a given context, then processing them logically. 
 
/how question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /how
 
/what question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /what
 
/why question
Use the knowledge learned from the Questions and Answers -> How do i? forum section, to answer whatever question you have about the game that starts with /why
 
/adventure Story name, first logic to filter, more specific question, short keyword
/adventure Story name1|Story name2, first logic to filter, more specific question, short keyword
story name = the name as it is written in adventurelog, or similar
first logic =  extract a first round of results to learn from
second, more specific question = a question asked in the context of the first logic results
short keyword = to further limit the query and help the AI grab only the relevent context, you can specify a word that must be contained in all the records if looks for. Don't make it too complex, as it will search for the string as is. A good ideea for keyword is to use a name, something that shows up in all the story pages you are interested to analyze
Use advanced AI to go through the adventurelog and solve a mistery, or even compare a complex situation. The syntax is more complex than other chat commands, but this is very very powerful tool
Example usage: /adventure the traveler|tales of the cube, how does the Traveler or the Shade Sentinel change, How did the traveler meeting the shade sentinel in Story 1 affect both of them? /adventure the traveler, How did the traveler meeting the shade sentinel affect both of them? Wodin seems to be a good fit for the compare type of question as he shows up in "The Shade Ballance" and "Golemus Wizard quest" /adventure The Shade Ballance|Golemus Wizard quest, what does Wodin do in this story, What relation is between what Wodin does in Story 1 and what he does in Story 2,Wodin  /adventure The Shade Ballance|Golemus Wizard quest, Wodins summoning, Who knows how to summon Wodin Ullr?,Wodin  
 
/trade itemname for price
write a sales pitch for selling the item for the desired price
 
/solve
Use advanced AI to determine what could be solved from the latest chat lines, maybe a riddle, or a puzzle or question, then answer it
 
/help
show a limited list of all the chat commands, i say limited because there is a technical limitation of how much text can be shown there, and it can't fit all info
 
/help question
ask a specific question
 
/howto question
answer a specific question
 
/pm playername: message
send a personal message to the target playername, directly in their inbox, and leave a roleplay remark about this action in the chat
 
/msg playername: message
same as /pm
 
Note some are in roleplay syntax *...*
 
 
 

There are multiple ways to get revived, however none should be easy. There are hardcoded quests that end up in you being revived, but also a variety of reviving tools other players might have acquired. Seek for help, explore on your own, eventually there is a way out of death. Some clickies do other things while you are dead. Look for clues on the forum, and ask other people about more specific tips on where and how to start your journey for revival. You might want to look for the Caretakers guild, they know much about death and revival.

fixed a lot of the above due to changes that affected most.
main issues came from restrictive mysql modes - fixed
some issues came from missing php settings, like zlib output buffering for example that gave errors on opening items - fixed
i will check recruiting crits next

Dream mode is one custom ability coded for a specific role at some point (Morpheus). It then became part of the realm. 
Without a dream master, people in MD can't 'dream', but in this world, dreaming is not what you might hope it is. 
I could say dreams are more of nightmares , where the dreamcatcher holds you captive in a dream until you solve his quest or riddle. While in a dream, the dreamcatcher has full power over your existence, so you should listen to what he has to say, or suffer unimaginable consequences (mostly unfun).
From time to time I code custom stuff for random people that deserve such a feature. Once coded, the feature remains in the realm, and if its a powerful feature such as this one, it can become a public role when the initial owner fades away becoming highly inactive. 
At the time i am writing this, I don't know what happened to this role, and who currently holds it. It might be out there, i don't know. I know that the interface still exists for it.   

A couple days ago... give it a few more years for the 1,000,000!

Getting this in here before @Ledah and @Aia del Mana

Getting in this year before @Chewett and @Aia del Mana.

AND THE WINNERS ARE:
 
Wishpoint for discovering interesting ways to manipulate the heatflow, and by that helping me better understand what possible uses this interface could have:
Ailith, Aelis, Aia, Iashtal, Kyphis, Sunfire
 
And the top score for the positive reactions to your creations posted here on the forum:
 
Aelis: 17
Ailith: 9
Aia: 9
Iashtal: 8
Kyphis: 7
Sunfire: 2
Ledah: 1
chriselnenepr: 1
 
The heat spell goes to Aelis!
I was not convinced by your GOTR coat of arms attempts, but some of you got 90% there. I will not give a reward for that yet, because i am sure someone some day, will create it better, and the reward for that would have been a 'joker card' for place in the ally... but next time.
 
Thank you all for participating, i will start dispatching the rewards in-game, and announce it.
 
 

AND THE WINNERS ARE:
 
Wishpoint for discovering interesting ways to manipulate the heatflow, and by that helping me better understand what possible uses this interface could have:
Ailith, Aelis, Aia, Iashtal, Kyphis, Sunfire
 
And the top score for the positive reactions to your creations posted here on the forum:
 
Aelis: 17
Ailith: 9
Aia: 9
Iashtal: 8
Kyphis: 7
Sunfire: 2
Ledah: 1
chriselnenepr: 1
 
The heat spell goes to Aelis!
I was not convinced by your GOTR coat of arms attempts, but some of you got 90% there. I will not give a reward for that yet, because i am sure someone some day, will create it better, and the reward for that would have been a 'joker card' for place in the ally... but next time.
 
Thank you all for participating, i will start dispatching the rewards in-game, and announce it.
 
 

AND THE WINNERS ARE:
 
Wishpoint for discovering interesting ways to manipulate the heatflow, and by that helping me better understand what possible uses this interface could have:
Ailith, Aelis, Aia, Iashtal, Kyphis, Sunfire
 
And the top score for the positive reactions to your creations posted here on the forum:
 
Aelis: 17
Ailith: 9
Aia: 9
Iashtal: 8
Kyphis: 7
Sunfire: 2
Ledah: 1
chriselnenepr: 1
 
The heat spell goes to Aelis!
I was not convinced by your GOTR coat of arms attempts, but some of you got 90% there. I will not give a reward for that yet, because i am sure someone some day, will create it better, and the reward for that would have been a 'joker card' for place in the ally... but next time.
 
Thank you all for participating, i will start dispatching the rewards in-game, and announce it.