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A hat tip to Kafuuka's old torture device contest here, which I so loved. Miss you dude. Design a deadly weapon to destroy your most hated adversaries in the most horrible of ways! Explain in detail how it works and who it was made for, why is your weapon a good fit to kill this/these person/people. Include sketches and diagrams, and if possible pictures of a scale model. A deadly 'weapon' can be just about anything so long as they die in the end Quick and painless, or long a painful, how does your weapon exact and ensure its final result A deadly weapon is a great story - so how does your weapon display flair on the battle field, or give you time to give a villain speech at a dinner? Liquid is important. How much blood and bile have you caused to splatter about? Humour is a good thing, i mean...how disparaging for your victim if everyone is giggling... The weapon needs to be entirely unique, no copying existing weapons. Godmod all you like with your design. Submit your entries direct on to this thread up until April 21st. Judges: Z & Phan Rewards: 1 x anni aramour for most horrific 1st: 1WP from DD & a sword shade 2nd: Darkling 3rd: Shade

Create a deadly potion! Carry out a deadly ritual! Step 1: Research the common herbs and vegetables you use in the kitchen, and design a deadly potion out of their supposed magical properties. Post your list of ingredients and required tools on this thread to sign up. Step 2: On day 8 of the MD Birthday, April 21st, you will be requested to choose a willing...or not so willing...victim from the group in attendance, and carry out a live RP ritual of death! (live in game) make your potion live use the people there as helpers should you choose to Pick a victim and carry out a deadly ritual in public, using your potion Judged on: Research, How well your design concept works, Creativity, RP flair, Audience participation Judges: Z & Phan Rewards 1st: tainted angien 2nd: Morph 3rd: 100 tea leaves & anniversary aramour We can tailor the time and place to you so these can happen at random points, just let me know when you're going to be live.

Record and post a tavern song that is MD related. Can be about a character, Can be an adapted birthday song Can be about a land. can be with or without music Judging by forum rep - ANY rep made counts. That means even a neg rep is a +1. Submissions can be made on this thread until April 20th. You don't have to be good at singing, Not expecting beauty here :)) Rewards: 1 x anniversary aramour for best soundtrack 1st: 5 x permanent casts of voice spell 2nd & 3rd: 1 x voice spell stone

For this quest you will need: a candle stick/ a stick of chalk/ a wooden stick a carving tool. You must carve an MD icon (examples: an avatar, a scene icon, an alliance logo, a left navigation button etc) Submissions can be made on this thread up until April 20th. Judging by forum rep - ANY rep made counts. That means even a neg rep is a +1. Rewards: for every entry, you will receive an inventory item replica of your design! 1st: Darkling 2nd: TAINTED Angien 3rd: 100 timeless dust & anniversary aramour

...but that's the problem. It is increasing workload for you, and increasing frustration for us quest makers. I end up in a 3 way conversation back and forth because Ive asked for something specific that you don't accept, then I offer options and get told to be specific. I can't win in that game, nor can you, we end up in an annoying loop. I'll just forge ahead and stick TBC on rewards for now but my concern with TBC on birthday stuff is that some quests require a big reward to fuel activity and if it isn't stated outright in some way, many probably wouldn't be bothered to put the effort in - is that a flaw with the quest design, the community, or the rewards? Not sure right now, but motivation to carry out a task is certainly a factor fueled by rewards. Z

There is no structure as to what is and isn't acceptable for what, nor what is and isn't available to be requested as far as I can tell. Some people may be too nervous to ask for a rare creature for example, yet it may be totally appropriate for them to. Some things might need too much work to implement, but how can a non-coder know that. Some things might be considered totally overblown in your eyes and not in the eyes of the designer. Some people might think you can't ask/its rude to ask for big things, so never will. Z

April 16th at 12:00st at Willows Walk (I think that's where you meant Rophs...post if not..) You will be requested to recite a poem written to or about your favorite MD character. Judges: Z & Rophs Rewards: Anniversary aramour (if they are available) to the winner & Wiiya Bubbles (Rophs to specify who gets Wiiya bubbles).

Quest: Castle of Epicness Task: Build a fort that a person can fit in. Must be able to hold a person Can be built out of any material Can be built in any location Can have as many oddities as you like, for example a moat, or an ensuite bathroom... Must have a flag on it that says Happy MD 10th Birthday Judges: Z & Blackshade Rider Judged on: Scale, Uniqueness of design, ridiculousness, location, small details Rewards: 1 sandcastle for every submission. 1 x anni aramour for worst submission 1st : WP or Wind Drach (their choice) 2nd: WP or Wind Drach ( which ever is left) 3rd: 1g Submissions: 3 photos from different angles of your fort, one must have a person inside and visible, sent to myself and Blackshade Rider via forum PM. Great reveal to be carried out on the final day of MD Birthday sometime after 15:00st, location the aramoury, where winners will be announced.

Might be to put a fire under people's butts, right now the calendar and the forum is not exactly an apparent hive of activity despite the event being 10 days from starting? I'm also finding personally that getting the rewards isn't simple. No guidelines have been laid out for requests and the day hosts don't seem to have been given any either. I'm sometimes having to wait for people to come back to me, and I'm finding with some people, this is taking a very long time, and sometimes involves a three-way back and forth discussion. I don't quite know what's wrong, but the organisation isn't making things easy. Z

Quest: En Guard! Task: Build a wearable Aramour armor, including helm... out of cardboard. Must be made of cardboard as a base. Embellishment is encouraged (eg: tin foil for metal) Should be as close to an Aramour armor as possible Must be wearable Can be modeled by yourself or by someone else. You can colour it in, draw on it, add fabric, etc. The closer it is to being a realistic copy of the armor your design is based on, the better Judges: Z & Blackshade Rider Judged on: Detail, colour/texture, similarity to actual Aramour armor, sharpness, fit Rewards: All participants will receive a little something yet to be defined. 1st : WP or GG Drach (their choice) 2nd: WP or GG Drach (which ever is left) 3rd: 1g Submissions: 3 photos from different angles of you or your model wearing the armor sent to myself and Blackshade Rider via forum PM. Great reveal to be carried out on the final day (April 23rd) of MD Birthday at GoE at some time after 15:00st where winners will be announced.

Birthdays are banned ;) Z

happy bifday Z

If they aren't moderators of some form, then why do they (as a group) vocally enforce rules and have tools at their disposal with which to do so? If we are going to grow then I disagree, in a small world you can afford to have this sort of mish mash half and half authority figure, in a big game, you can't - it has to been defined. To me, the more everyone talks about this, the more it comes across to me that the vest majority think of and want an official buddy system, and nothing more than that. In which case, sure a vague idea of rules is important, but knowing them well wouldn't be as you'd come under the same scrutiny as any other player helping another player. Only difference being you agreed to do it officially. Its not how I see LHOs, I clearly give them way too much credit, but I have no argument if that's how they are supposed to be other than that it needs to be a lot clearer. Z

Im intrigued too. Not like Mur or Chew at all. They are not judges. They can pass judgement, not the same thing. Again, are you suggesting a buddy system? Z

What an odd comment...in what world is a judge supposed to maintain an air of mystery whilst offering support? I do like Eagle Eye's definition. This all sounds a lot more like a buddy unit than something I'd refer to as Live Help, is that what we're aiming for? Genuine question. Z

If you dont consider LHO a particularly powerful position, then I'd agree with you BFH. If I considered an LHO just some random player who could get wings and give advice just like any other player can, then I would say the same. But I don't. if I did, I'd be an LHO. I basically am an LHO. I'm at the point all newbies come to and get stuck at, and I have constantly given a lot of LHO style support over the years....but i don't consider myself an LHO because I see them as more than that. Your valuable time is worth nothing if the duty you stand for allows a player to make a move so bad you both get banned for it. As for no discussion, there is a forum and you have hands to type and petition your case. It is a job, you have to apply for it, lack of payment is irrelevant, charity workers still get fired. That being said, I do think the rewards LHOs get are possibly underrated now. Once upon a time the authority and spells were a massive thing. What they represent now has not been topped up to match the current world and should be perhaps. After all, you should be able to scare the hell out of anyone, you're the law to some degree. However, if LHOs are to be considered nothing more than helper bees, sure, keep the rule as it stands, and frankly if that's all they are then I should be one automatically, and should have been for years. Z

If you create a guide, then you need someone to keep that guide up to date. If Grido doesn't have time, then you need an assigned person to do this. I would suggest this person then create a post with what they suggest for the guide as designing it is a task in and of itself which I wouldn't expect the playerbase to just come up with. Z

I believe an LHO should be an authority on game rules and functions, with a demeanor that encourages mystery whilst remaining supportive. They should be visible, which right now I don't really think they are unless you already know or get told how to look for them. The little orange flashing button is not particularly attractive, it looks more like an advert and I'm sure some people won't want to click it. Either this should be improved, or something should be set into the MP3 characters to make it obvious. A big question mark on the left scroller would work better, or a little sos flashing icon or a small support buddy (like the word paperclip) or something else. Better still would be that when 'on duty' their name changes to 'Live Help' with a fitting description, and they could log in and out of that status. Z

Awesome. Righty ho then. Chew: myself & blackshade rider are a team. Z

I'll play but I have no partner right now, anyone want to team up? Z

Sure thing. I'm with Nim. Z

I'm in Z

Happy Bifday! Z

Thank you for clarifying Chew. Appreciated, and alleviates the concern I had. I agree with Aeo, the laby map was a poor choice especially to get Dst to do it, and I totally understand why DD is annoyed. However, similarly, its arguably the most obvious one. Ive already stated my view on spoilers elsewhere. That being said, I appreciate the philosophy behind the concept being put forward here. No One I don't see it as the Dark Ages, but then I'm not a cattle herder so I wouldn't. IE: I've never been big on amassing people, I like amassing very specific things and I'm quite happy in a small clan or even as a hermit. That makes me great for keeping the heart of something true, but rubbish for making something hugely popular in a particular sense. Have any of you ever played an old game called Myst? It has, imo, a similar feel to MD, and whilst it doesn't have a community, it does have very complicated puzzles and a hidden subset of information overlaying it. I loved Myst, but some parts required extra effort that I couldn't be bothered with. Yes, sheer laziness on my part, but at the same time, getting the next step and then carrying on meant I kept playing it whilst otherwise I probably would have stopped. At the same time, if Myst had a community I do think it would have been better that you could ask people and get support but that the spoilers did not get released, as that would force me to develop. Z

I cordially request when looking at this that whatever has already happened be left alone in terms of the specific situation, because frankly its a mess. My only concern is the consequence of what has happened for future situations, To be clear: I'm entirely disinterested in lynching anyone. The recent discussion about spoilers aside, my concern here is that the rule itself, no matter how you step around it, in my eyes was broken. Had the same thing been done with the buying accounts rule the person would have been lynched, but because spoilers to some people are less detrimental, instead it sparked a discussion. The part that concerns me is that what appears to have happened is a fall back on to future events for justification of the action. That is to say, the spoiler rule and how spoilers are to be considered in future will not be as it is now - and therefore, the rule has not been broken as such and there is no reason to look in to it or act on it. This is not acceptable to me. How can we justify allowing a breach of rules due to an action that hasn't been taken yet or even mentioned? I may be totally wrong, but that's how it has come across and I'd like some clarity. Z