cutler121

Just to throw a quick word in. My puzzles are completely separate from the broken gazebo puzzle. They are additions to MD I have coded and like any complex piece of code bugs will pop up. If people PM me with an instance of a bug (that they can describe in enough detail so I understand what happened) I will try to fix it for my puzzles. In almost all cases it is much easier to track down what is happening in Firefox (FF) since it has an error console which tells you exactly what went wrong (if its in the page code). Often though it is just problems with IE and not a problem with the page which is why many people suggest to try running the issue with FF. I am not a fanatic about what browser to use or not use, but many MD related things really do work much better (and more quickly) using FF. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='dst' date='10 March 2010 - 02:38 PM' timestamp='1268231888' post='56161'] In case you wonder:DS is a guild created for one character. That character is called a Role Leader. Simplyzero, former ruler of the DS, was such a leader. In theory he can ask for his guild back. In practice, he will not get it. [/quote] I only have one thing to say Cutler

The first week of the March Madness Fishing Tournament has now passed and I thought I would put up some stats for people to see how things are progressing: Here are the current top few players: Contestant (Money Earned, Time Spent Fishing) Land Mighty pirate (3707,26h 21m) Golemus Golemicarum Aelis (2866,11h 30m) Lands of the East *burns* (1184,9h 50m) Golemus Golemicarum Pazur (519,9h 12m) No Homeland Cless (213,3h 4m) Marind Bell Firsanthalas (78,3h 57m) Loreroot Yoshi (68,2h 38m) No Homeland As you can see from this currently noone from Loreroot is placing in the contest (except Firs) so that WP is currently not up for being rewarded. There are 3 weeks to go for the competition so it is still anyone's game. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Jester' date='09 March 2010 - 04:46 AM' timestamp='1268109967' post='56054'] An entire ritual with parasites in it would never do anything unless an enemy creature is dying. This would only be useful on lower MP levels and against dummy rituals that the enemy was too lazy to heal. [/quote] Right so it sounds like it could be a strategic creature. Use 5 parasites and one creature that can damage all and you have a way to keep it functional. Cutler

I just posted a new update to the Creature Card Deck Builder page. It now has a new format for the display of the premium and rare cards. All of the premium, rare creatures, and max level basic deck creatures can now be added by using the CTC for the appropriate creature. Until a CTC has been added for a creature type only the creature type name is displayed. Once a CTC has been activated the enabled levels are shown in orange and the CTC used to activate that creature is shown to the right. This CTC can then be used to reactivate any cards which were dropped. That should make it much easier to drop and add cards to make new decks to play. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Rhaegar Targaryen' date='07 March 2010 - 03:56 PM' timestamp='1267977387' post='55925'] hmmm but what about decentralizing that astral plane a bit, don't make it as world within world, how about cooperating with Mur (I guess if he likes that kind of things) to put games under certain clickables (not that you can access each and every one from GoE for example... and also all locations open are a bit spoilerish, I myself visited location or two that I never visited before). example, creature card game (didn't try it out but I plan to! ) can be used... hmmm in tribunal's pub, let's say, as a device for bets? that sort of stuff would surely bring the community back into other locations such as those pubs created specifically for making people enjoy and gather for RP activities or just talking and exchanging infos [/quote] Yes, you get half of my point, but the thing is the astral plane is just a big clicky system. Whether it is set in a clicky in the tribunal or the GoE, while people are playing my logic games, chatting in a private chat box, fishing, playing the CCD, or just exploring the astral plane they aren't out and walking around MD talking to others. In a sense by giving interesting alternatives to just standing around and chatting (RP) people are amusing themselves with those things and not out talking to others. With the completely unworkable fighting system as it stands right now, there just aren't that many interesting things to do in MD. I tried to change that by making a bunch of interesting things for people to do while in MD and that has been enjoyable for me and from the feedback I have gotten many others. The point is though while people are doing things in the Astral Plane (ie any of my creations) they aren't sitting at the GoE talking to others like before skill damage was implemented and the tokens further ruined fighting. I actually have several new things I have developed but not released (in addition to a few new quests made in conjunction with others) since there are so few people around best they spend time on the last few things I released (if they are interested). I don't see a solution to this, MD has gotten boring in a lot of respects, and the things that are less boring about it tend to drive people away from each other. In looking back at what I have created in MD, I can see that many of my puzzles and games are contributing to the situation, but on the other hand, if there was nothing interesting around to do how long will people sit in the GGG before just getting bored of MD completely and giving up? Also playing devils advocate to my own position above, there have been some very interesting in game conversations about the astral plane and my games which I have watched and participated in so this doesn't have to be all black and white. I guess when MD got to the point of being so boring I wasn't going to stay around anymore, I just decided to make interesting things for me and others to do within MD and not worry about "In game problems". It would be great if this trend in MD could turn around, I am a very big fan of MD which is why I spend so much time developing stuff for it. But as to your comment [quote name='Rhaegar Targaryen' date='07 March 2010 - 03:56 PM' timestamp='1267977387' post='55925'] how about cooperating with Mur [/quote] I have tried to talk with him and asked him to look at what I have done, but Mur has never even entered the astral plane. There isn't much I can do to cooperate with that. Cheers, Cutler

MD really does seem extra dead recently and I might be a little bit to blame for that. With the addition of (arguably) interesting things for people to do in MD such as play the MD Creature Card Game or go fishing in the astral plane, that does mean that people are spending less time interacting with others. With that said, I was impressed (shocked) by the amount of time some people were spending fishing. Combining the time spent fishing for the current top five ranking players, they have spent in total 148,795 seconds fishing. That is more than 41 straight hours of time spent fishing a total of 1,725 times. Well, that is impressive. So I hope that people are enjoying themselves. I am also thinking about an update for the MDCCG which would allow PvP battles (but that is at least a month or two away). At least that would allow people to interact one on one with others and not be completely solitary. Cheers, Cutler PS If people have ideas for more social-type games/additions to MD/the astral plane, feel free to message me your ideas. I am always up for working with people who are enthusiastic and have good ideas.

I have just updated the Creature Card Game with two new features. 1)Deck Creation Page 2) Deck dealing method 1) When first starting the game from the arena link, you will be directed to a Deck creation page. At the top of this page there are three columns containing the Basic Decks for the MP3/4/5 mind levels. There are 16 additional cards in these decks for each of the mind levels. From this page you can drop cards by clicking on the orange links. At the top of this page there is also a box to add new premium and rare creatures to your deck by inputting a CTC. After choosing the creature cards you want in your deck you can then play the game by clicking the play game link at the top of the creature deck page. 2) The play style for the game has also been updated. At the start of a new game half of the cards are chosen from the players deck and half of the cards are chosen from the default deck for the players MP level. In addition, the computer play style has been improved so it will make less "noobie" mistakes. Once the current system has been tested to make sure there are no new bugs, a competition for MP3, MP4 and MP5 will start sponsored by Yrthilian the King of Golemus. Feel free to test out the new additions and add your premium and rare creatures by using the built in CTC checker. Cheers, Cutler PS. Post any additional ideas for improvement or bugs which pop up here.

One more change to the fishing system to make it less random and more logically solvable. I made it so that there will be one square initially visible that has no fish next to it. That will give all of you fishermen a chance to start clicking without having to worry about clicking a fish by accident and letting it get away before you have any information about the location you chose to fish. Cheers, Cutler

Happy Birthday. Cutler

Just an update on the fishing competition, there are three WP rewards being sponsored for this competition. One will go to the top scoring individual. One will go to the top scoring person from Loreroot and one will go to the top scoring person from Marin Bell. There will also be 2-3 premium creatures given as rewards to the top scoring individuals who do not receive a WP. At present Mighty pirate (with over 13 hours played so far), Aelis and *burns* are in the top 3 positions. The top loreroot and marin bell scorers will begin to be announced on the Tournament rankings page later this month. There will also be a countdown to the end of the competition on that page so it will be possible to track who is currently slotted to win a WP and when the competition will end. If no loreroot or marin bell people compete in the competition, those WP's will be forfeited. Cheers, Cutler

Yeah it is a good idea to combine a basic hook, with your pole if you are going to sell it. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Yoshi' date='04 March 2010 - 09:41 AM' timestamp='1267695718' post='55714'] If you go into the astral plane from the GGG, and then the equipment box for the bait shop, then click on any of the pages, when you go to leave to the astral plane, it takes you to Willow's shop. Oh, and when you reset the account, you took my striped lure away [/quote] Got it, that is fixed now as well, you will now reenter the astral plane correctly in loreroot. Also I didn't change any of the lures only added the money back in to your account so it wasn't negative anymore. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Yoshi' date='04 March 2010 - 01:07 AM' timestamp='1267664867' post='55706'] Yeah, I uh got the -2 copper aswell, somehow I was able to buy the fly fishing rod. I then used it, realised that the stupid water fills in faster So I sold it and am now -1 copper 30 Pennies, not sure if the pennies will go up or down if i catch and sell a fish though. Tried buying the fly fishing rod again but to no avail. [/quote] I found the bug, thanks for letting me know exactly how it happened that helped alot. This bug let you buy a fly fishing pole with less money than it required which is why your copper is now in the negative. I found that this problem affected ladytwin, yoshi, and pazur and reset your copper and item status back to normal. You should be all set. If any other bugs or suggestions pop up please post them here so I can get them fixed right away. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Aelis' date='04 March 2010 - 12:16 AM' timestamp='1267661761' post='55703'] It's not a big thing... but what if once you caught a rare fish its image would remain in the page even after you sold it?Sort of to show that you've already seen that fish. (right now the image goes back to Rare Fish once you sell it, right?) Other than that I think the game is great the way it is ~Aelis [/quote] Nice idea, Done. Cutler

[quote name='Totenkopf' date='03 March 2010 - 03:47 PM' timestamp='1267631249' post='55680'] maybe you should increase the chance of catching stuff for beginners - i get how the system should work, i've tried in several fishing places several times, i've even done a "perfect" game once, marking everything correctly (although usually I only mark 4-6 correctly), and it still says i didn't catch anything ps - using the free stuff (combined them) and attempted prolly 12-15 games or so [/quote] Actually the chance has been increased greatly for beginners already. If you are only marking 4-6 fish correctly then you are incorrectly clicking 5-10 fish which is why you aren't catching anything. This is a game of skill which requires you to not let the fish get away. If you mark all of the fish correctly you will catch something, each time you incorrectly click a fish and let it get away your chance of catching a fish drops. It takes a little bit of getting used to, but once you get a handle of what you have to do to play, the game play style changes alot as you progress (for your enjoyment). It does require you to use logic though otherwise you wont be able to catch anything. Cheers, Cutler

So people have had a few days to go fishing and at least a handful of you have been able to upgrade your fishing lures and poles a time or two. Any suggestions or ideas for improvements to the fishing system? ( No the water refilling won't be done away with ) At present the following three people are in the lead: (Contestant)(Money Earned)(Times Went Fishing) Aelis 672 219 *burns* 379 184 Pazur 115 414 Cheers, Cutler

Since it looks like people have been using my Angiens Taint detector to test and check creature info for transfers, trades, and other reasons, I have updated the script. New Additions: User Id: Next to the user id the name of the player is now shown. Creature type: Next to the number is the creature type name Make sure you only enter (or giveaway) a partial CTC so your creature cannot be stolen from you. This script resides at the Angiens signpost in MB. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='ladytwin' date='01 March 2010 - 09:42 PM' timestamp='1267479745' post='55589'] lol iam so bad at this game i a have -2 copper and few cents *wonders if culter will ask rent for being in the red* [/quote] Hi, If you could PM me what you did to get the minus copper, I will go fix that. It looks like people are beginning to catch some rare fish, that's great. If you are having difficulty catching fish all the time, the main thing to focus on is marking as many fish correctly as you can. There is no need to rush (except for the refilling water). If you mark a fish incorrectly that subtracts one from the correctly marked fish. The more fish you mark correctly the higher the probability is you will catch something. Cheers, Cutler

[quote name='Shadowseeker' date='01 March 2010 - 01:39 PM' timestamp='1267450755' post='55561'] Hm.. So it costs coins? Not going to bother then, since I don't have any. If you give a few free ones to try it out, I would though. [/quote] Shadowseeker, you need to read a little bit more carefully. You earn coins by selling the fish you catch. You can then use those coins to buy things like improved poles and lures. Improved poles and lures enable you to catch more expensive fish thereby letting you earn more money. Your fishing score is based on how many coins you earn. (100 pennies = 1 copper coin) Cutler

[quote name='Yoshi' date='01 March 2010 - 12:20 PM' timestamp='1267446020' post='55549'] Will certain lures catch certain fish better, or only certain type of fish per lure? [/quote] Yes, the biggest effect is with upgraded poles, but it takes some time to earn enough money to buy one of those. If you look closely at the lures there are 7 different "levels" of lure and a few different types within each level. As you upgrade to different levels the chance of catching rarer fish improves. The main difference within level is how quickly the water refills and changes for each lure at different types of fishing locations from more quickly to more slowly. Cheers, Cutler

[b]March Madness Fishing Tournament[/b] The interactive fishing system has been released as the Month of March Madness Fishing Tournament. On the first of March, the Bait and Tackle shop became available in the MB (real and astral) Willows shop and the Loreroot astral Defensive Quarters. The bait and tackle shop has many fishing related items for sale. There are 5 different fishing poles which can be purchased with proceeds from selling the fish you catch. Each improved rod will change the fishing game play and make it possible to catch better fish. There are also 19 different lures and each one also changes the game play and rewards depending on the level of the lure and the type of location at which people fish (ponds, lakes, streams, ocean) using the astral interactive inventory. Everyone who wants to compete will be able to buy a tournament pass (for free) in the extra section of the bait and tackle. This will reset your tournament fishing stats as well as give access to the Loreroot astral plane. The fishing system is based loosely on minesweeper with a few twists. :-) This month long tournament will have several rewards for the people who are able to earn the most money catching fish including WP's and creatures. (Money spent on fishing items doesn't reduce your total earnings.) This quest / system was developed in cooperation with Capital who also drew all the new artwork for the fishing related items. Nice work Capital!!! A Few Suggestions: If you buy a new lure use the astral interactive inventory option "combine" to add the new lure to your pole. The old lure on the pole will be returned to your inventory. It is possible to sell used lures back to the bait and tackle store for a reduced price (50% off). There are additional items (bait) which can be combined with the pole which help catch fish (change the play style). Once you join the tournament by buying the tournament pass, you can check your winning rank by clicking the Tournament Rankings link in the bait and tackle. In a few weeks, I will post the rewards for the top ranking fishing positions. The player positions can change and you will be able to track how well you are doing. Once you have a pole and lure combined all you need to do is find a location somewhere in MD which has a stream, pond, lake or ocean. (Big Hint: just for those who read all the way here different lures work better or worse at different locations. Try new lures at several types of locations to see where it works the best) To get the best rewards from fishing you want to have the most fish correctly located (by right clicking). If you click a square containing a fish, that fish will escape and no longer reside on the board (changing the surrounding numbers). There is no time limit and you can take a chance at catching one of the fish you marked by clicking the "Reel in Line" or clicking away all of the water squares. Good Luck and Happy Fishing !!! PS. If there are any bugs which pop up please PM me in game and I will check it right away. I am usually idling in the Paper Cabin.

[quote name='Amoran Kalamanira Kol' date='26 February 2010 - 11:19 PM' timestamp='1267226376' post='55364'] I spotted Simplyzero online yesterday at wasp's totem, Simply also appears to be the leader of the DS... is it possible that Shoeps escaped by having Simply send him an invite? [/quote] If you are in jail you can still be part of an alliance? That would be a large oversight! As I said earlier this player has no respect for others, don't expect him to act or speak in an appropriate fashion. Maybe an IP ban would work better. Cutler

[quote name='Muratus del Mur' date='26 February 2010 - 11:19 PM' timestamp='1267226363' post='55363'] ITS NOT MANDATORY! clicking the Tell / Continue button will "continue" regardless if you write something or not, i thought is obviousl because of the name of the button. [/quote] Nope it looked like you were required to write some kind of comment to continue. If there were a button labeled skip or no comment that would cut down on people just filling something in to move on. Cutler

[quote name='Shadowseeker' date='26 February 2010 - 11:55 AM' timestamp='1267185303' post='55284'] Hm..tried 3 games and won each, what's the limit for computer AI in difficulty, 30 wins? [/quote] At present the AI improves from completely random stat choice at 0 games played to a close to optimal strategy (based on a random deck) at around 20 games played. When the MD CCG competition starts you can expect the computer play style to change somewhat to make it a challenge (but hopefully still fun). The play style and strategies are also different for the 3 MP levels due to the different deck compositions and stats available. Cheers, Cutler PS I developed several play strategies for the computer, but it wasn't as much fun when the computer always beats you. I hate it when my creations make me feel dumb.