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[quote name='Rhaegar Targaryen' date='08 April 2010 - 10:35 AM' timestamp='1270722955' post='57833'] ok, cutler please make a deadline based on server time. matter settled [/quote] For me right now server time is April 8th 14:32. The deadline is April 9th server time. After that the auction is over once there hasn't been a bid for 2 hours. Wow, I never knew this could be so complicated. Cheers, Cutler

Ok, That sounds fair. So bidding ends today at midnight (forum time) with a snipe protection of 2 hours after that based on the last bid time. The current highest bid is: Shemhazaj 8 gold 61 silver (181s) Cutler

I am not sure what sniping is, but clearly there was a problem with my suggestion. The timestamp on the forum posts is what I was thinking since it is the same for everyone and shows right on the post. So how about we try this again. The last post today (forum time) will be the winner. Cheers, Cutler PS If you two prefer to use the no post for 24 hours ending I would be fine by that as well.

[quote name='Yoshi' date='07 April 2010 - 06:49 AM' timestamp='1270622945' post='57770'] After reaching the 100 game limit, I played one game. After that game I can no longer play. I'm at the score page, I click " Let the games begin! " And it takes me to the ctc adding area. And it says: You cannot edit the deck while you are playing a game. I go to play, and it takes me to the very last move I did in game 101. Making the only thing I am able to click being the "Winner Yoshi". It then takes me to the Astral Project scene. I click the lightning bolt, takes me to the score page and repeats the process. [/quote] Once you have played 100 games you can't play anymore until the competition is over. I have enabled the deck builder page for people who have completed all 100 games and removed the play CCG link so you won't go to the game when you can no longer play. I also simplified the color scheme. There is now an orange line. People above the orange line are eligible for the WP and people who have played all 100 games are shown in MD red. Finally people eligible for the 1 Gold challenge are shown in gold. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Yoshi' date='07 April 2010 - 04:23 AM' timestamp='1270614213' post='57768'] Jumbled as in the cards that get picked for me, and the cards that the AI pick are shuffled between us. I would like to try a few rounds starting with JUST the cards that I choose. No compulsory starters, no cards from the computers deck, just mine. Oh, -How long with the contest run? is on the score section. [/quote] I have updated the first post on this thread with the complete set of info for the CCG game so people no longer have to read through everything to find the game rules. The current jumbling as you call it is what makes the game fair. If you only had the cards from your deck, people with rare and upgraded creatures would have a dramatic advantage over others. As it stands now "New players can beat older players with the correct strategies", this is what MD fighting should ideally be about. For the competition, that won't change. After the competition is completed, I could put up a CCG training link that lets you play with different card arrangements such as the one you suggested. Expect the competition to evolve over time and feel free to make suggestions even if they won't be implemented like this one. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Yoshi' date='07 April 2010 - 02:25 AM' timestamp='1270607144' post='57765'] -How long with the contest run? >-How long WILL the contest run? Simple typo ^^ And I still would like to pick out my OWN cards to use and not have them get all jumbled up EDIT: Is the AI different by person, or is it general, and is it the same for each MP? [/quote] The AI is the same for everyone, but it will be changed after this round of competition is over to improve the play experience. This round started on day 93 and runs until the end of day 100. (Updated on the info page as day 4 to 11). Cutler PS What do you mean jumbled up?

[quote name='Elthen Airis' date='06 April 2010 - 07:51 PM' timestamp='1270583499' post='57751'] Well if you have 60% chance, what about MP4s without the regeneration stat, or even more MP3s without power. Then again, everyone has the same difficulty so i guess it's quite alright. But getting 100 wins is absolutely impossible in any case. [/quote] I wouldn't say absolutely impossible, there is a chance. But I feel confident enough to "put my money where my mouth is" that the computer player is good enough to beat everyone at least one time in 100 games. The 1 Gold bounty is still there for anyone who is able to play 100 perfect games. Cutler

[quote name='Shadowseeker' date='06 April 2010 - 09:09 PM' timestamp='1270588181' post='57758'] Wrong..after the first 20 turns you may get annihilated. Because once your card is unable to win in any stat, it's over at times. [/quote] True, except for MP3 its only 10 turns. The default plays also have a large impact on how "well" the computer is able to play blind. The better able you are to rank the different stats compared to the composition of the play deck, the more educated your guesses can be. This allows the computer to modify its play style based on what has been played. What some of you point out is also true. If I were to build in a "known" card order then the computer would have no guessing required. So it could play even better than it does now, but the ability to rank the current card compared to a default deck as well as the current deck does well enough. The first time I released the CCG many people complained that the play was too easy when I had built in a gentle learning curve for how quickly the computer increased in difficulty. Also I had set the computer to not go for the kill. This round, I made the computer ability increase much more steep and the computer is now set to go for the kill, no more mister nice guy. But with that all said, if you understand how the cards are distributed you can still beat the computer most of the time. If people still think it is too easy though, I can make the computer player better. Cutler

Well it seems like the two of you are both very determined. So this doesn't go on indefinitely how about we say whoever has the highest bid by midnight on April 7th will win the auction. Cutler

[quote name='Grido' date='06 April 2010 - 04:48 PM' timestamp='1270572500' post='57737'] Could there be some counter for how many card rounds have been played, to see how long the game is? [/quote] Yes that could be added. After this round of the competition is over I will look into adding something like that. I have been working on upgrading the computer player some more. I had some mislabeled cards before which was making it play strangely. Hopefully that should be all fixed now. From the scoreboard though it looks like the computer was holding its own even before the update. Cutler

I want to thank the people who sent me PMs concerning ways to exploit the creature card game. I really appreciate your integrity in not just using what you found to bypass games you were losing. So a few minor changes to hopefully eliminate ways to cheat. It is no longer possible to edit your deck while you are playing a game. This option opens back up when you win or lose a game. It is no longer possible to insert javascript commands to either fake winning a turn or to restart the whole game. Hopefully once this first round is completed all of these types of exploits will be ironed out. Otherwise you should be able to keep playing uninterrupted and the competition is still in full play. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Sasha Lilias' date='06 April 2010 - 03:23 PM' timestamp='1270567422' post='57726'] Umm what exactly is the Ctc section for?I tried adding my drach ctc and it did not do anything. [/quote] When you enter the CTC (in any clicky) don't enter the whole thing, only the first characters from CTC up to MDC. If you type in the full CTC your creature it will not work. The routine requires you to only enter part of the full CTC for your safety. Cheers, Cutler PS When you enter the CTC correctly the creature cards up to your current creature level will be added to your deck.

[quote name='Yoshi' date='06 April 2010 - 12:25 PM' timestamp='1270556731' post='57714'] Suggestion: Those that are able to get both, gold coin and able to place should get their name changed to another colour. or alternate color scheme: Once you surpass the contender amount, your name changes to Blue. Names that are able to win the gold coin turn to Yellow. Those that are able to get both, change to Green. blue + yellow = green [/quote] Not really necessary, but easy to add. I kept it with the MD color scheme though gold/orange - eligible for WP red - eligible for WP with no losses yellow - no losses not eligible for WP Cutler PS Does anybody you have ever known implement random changes that quickly?

I just went through and changed the computer strategy some as well as discovered a way to get automatic wins (which is now fixed). The computer will now go for the kill even on a weak card. Previously I had forced it to tie for weak cards so it wouldn't lose the card but it doing that is a bad play in both respects. Now it will try to win and if it loses, the player gets the bad card to deal with. I also updated the stats for a few cards that were incorrect. If you see any cards that don't have the correct stats or have all zeros (incorrectly) please PM me with the proper stats. If you saw any errors popping up with the game, that was just me making changes so wait a minute and reload and it should be fine. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Shadowseeker' date='05 April 2010 - 05:56 PM' timestamp='1270490175' post='57678'] Actually, I still get the error with no stats in my games. I'm not sure whether this is due to my win streak or something else, but it's annoying. Edit: nvm, keep it imo..claim it's a strategic element, because it keeps saving my ass at times, though having it in my deck is the annoyance. Somehow it always starts off in mine, and ends off saving me.. [/quote] The no stats card is showing up for one of the rare creatures I don't have the stats for. I have limited the deck building to only the cards that are complete since I wasn't aware of people owning some of the rarer creatures that you have in your deck. This error will not pop up anymore after the current game. Cutler

[quote name='Chewett' date='04 April 2010 - 10:10 PM' timestamp='1270419051' post='57640'] and opera users cannot even use the asteral plane... its not very standards compliant. [/quote] Yeah, I have never used opera. If it gives you an error message feel free to PM me with it and I will have a look though. Cutler

[quote name='Shadowseeker' date='04 April 2010 - 08:20 PM' timestamp='1270412457' post='57631'] Cutler, seeing as you do not react, is that a feature you added on purpose, to have me lose at least once, or is that a bug? You didn't reply yet...even though my post was above your replies. [/quote] No of course not (really lame statement by the way ... very lame feel free to apologize). Mur was working on the scriptable items and for most of yesterday I couldn't edit any of my scripts. The item scriptable errors should be all fixed now and the scripts should all run fine. Most likely you had added one of the rare creatures that didn't have all its stats put in yet. You shouldn't get the error anymore, but if you do post the error here. There are a couple of bugs that popped up and allowed people to keep winning games if they were about to lose. One of those was to use the drop all cards button which also reset the game. This option has now been removed. Another way people could cheat is if they used CTCs from alts or someone elses account to get creatures for their CCG deck they don't own. This type of alt abuse is mentioned in the stats page: "No alt accounts are allowed to play the contest. If any alt use is discovered this will be considered theft and will be dealt with as such." We haven't checked on people doing this yet, but it will be added in the near future. As always feel free to post any bugs or questions you have and we will look at it. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Redd' date='04 April 2010 - 03:41 PM' timestamp='1270395678' post='57624'] After further investigation, it appears as an IE glitch. Tried and worked in FF. EDIT: Found new Problem Dropped crits x and y, but they still appeared while playing. Their names were blacked in the deck list.. [/quote] I would suggest to go back and read how the play deck is created again. That is entirely possible. There are other intricacies you might have missed as well. To summarize, 1/2 of the play deck comes from your deck and 1/2 from the default deck for your MP level. So it is entirely possible to have 2 copies of a single card, or a card you dropped. Cheers, Cutler

The current highest bidder is : Shemhazaj 7 gold 46 silver Cutler

[quote name='Redd' date='04 April 2010 - 02:14 PM' timestamp='1270390465' post='57618'] This error appears when I try to drop a card: I added cards before trying to drop any, and tried dropping from both my added cards and the basic deck.. (And posting a screenie is hard work so I just copy-pasted the error message) [/quote] It looks like mur is doing some work with the scriptable items and it is messing up other scripts. I will try to get in touch with him about it. Cutler

[quote name='Yoshi' date='04 April 2010 - 10:35 AM' timestamp='1270377330' post='57611'] Hmmm... at the Check Score section, says name will turn orange after you play 40 games, I think it turned orange after only 11 or 12 games. Also, the colored names are clickable, but it just brings you to the top of the score page. Perhaps some crazy suggestions from me, make it so there's no set number of starter cards that have to be in the deck, basically make it so someone can create their own deck filled with every card that they want themself, with no unwanted ones. Possibly make this deck able to play with against others, instead of a computer. Or so that they can test their deck against the computer, then play against other people with their made deck. This would allow more strategy instead of having it based solely off of luck. I do like the idea of the gold coin if someone manages to win all 100 games, but I highly doubt that winning all 100 is possible [/quote] Thanks for pointing out the orange coloring limit. I had set it for 10 to test since people hadn't played that many games during the first release. It is now properly enabled to turn orange when play count hits 40. The deck construction is a major component of the CCG game. It is possible to choose exactly which cards you want by dropping the cards you don't want. You just need to add other cards using the CTC creature add option so you stay above the minimum number of required cards. Just click any orange creature card and it will be dropped from your deck. Yes, I highly doubt anyone will be able to win 100 games with no losses which is why I put up a 1 Gold bounty for anybody who can do so. I only have 23 gold coins at present so if a lot of people are able to beat the game resoundingly I may end up poor but I feel rather confident it won't happen since I spent a lot of time on the logic programming side of the computer player and it is quite good at this point. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Chewett' date='03 April 2010 - 11:22 AM' timestamp='1270293731' post='57452'] what is actually wrong with it? why cant the competition go now? (i havent seen if there is anything wrong with it lol) [/quote] There wasn't anything wrong with the CCG system, it was the new location requirement which messed up a lot of my scripts especially the astral plane which was set up to be accessible from many different locations. Anyway the issues for the core of the astral plane should be resolved now. SO ...... drum roll !!!!! The CCG is back on as of 00:00 on day 93. The competition will run for one week from that point. Once the new day comes, the entrance at the combat arena will open. Good Luck everyone. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Handy Pockets' date='02 April 2010 - 04:57 AM' timestamp='1270184241' post='57403'] This link, when in the free credit links, freezes my browser (I think that is how I want to say what it does) . I would suggest no one clicks on the link you provided . When I clicked your link to be sure it was the same one I had trouble with, it made my browser freeze again. Kets [/quote] Yup, that site has been hacked and should be removed from the site list at least for the time being. Cutler

[quote name='Pipstickz' date='02 April 2010 - 01:48 AM' timestamp='1270172880' post='57398'] Will there be more ways to earn coins? [/quote] I had been envisioning a wide range of interactive systems which would build upon the interactive inventory. For example a cooking system where you can find/buy items and then combine/cook them to make new things like cookies or more complex items. If you develop a new recipe you could then sell those items or give them away as quest rewards etc. Its just a matter of getting enough interesting things people want to buy or make and people to sell or spend time making them. The fishing is one way new items could also be found for cooking recipes. You might need a rare fish to make certain dishes so you would need to go catch it if you want to make a rare food item. Of course you could replace food/cook by any type of item/mix/create so what I am describing is a general way to create new items based on a recipe or set of directions. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Pipstickz' date='01 April 2010 - 11:12 PM' timestamp='1270163553' post='57391'] I believe you made a typo As a sidenote...There's silver coins? Oo [/quote] Thanks you are correct it should be Loreroot. Unfortunately there is no water in Necrovion so no fishing. Yes, the exchange rate between copper coins and silver coins is 1 silver = 10 copper coins and 1 copper coin = 100 pennies. My long term plans are to have more items and shops available in the future and to allow people to convert money back and forth between copper coins and silver. So fishing will be one way to be able to earn money to support your MD habit. There will also be some more interesting things to spend your money on with the next few releases I have planned. Stay Tuned! Cheers, Cutler