Amoran Kalamanira Kol

Happy birthday!

I'll be doing it this year since I'll have the funds to do it. I might be making my own! If anyone wants to exchange cards, pm me on the forum or in game!

[quote name='Grido' timestamp='1290874010' post='73417'] frell....i kindly request people to undo the editing i did to their posts....ie edit your posts back re-adding all the nominations. the top...err...4/5 people who get nominated the most will be put forward to the vote please state objections to this, apologies for the *cough* up [/quote] I will do this for you once I have my nomination list. (it's on my laptop, which the screen is cracked, so I can't get it currently.) As to your thoughts on the people who were nominated most.. part of me feels that this is fair, and part of me feels that this is not fair towards the people who may have only been nominated twice. This tends to turn the awards into a popularity contest rather than an awards ceremony for people who deserve to be recognized for certain things they may or may not have done in game over the past year. If I may suggest that you make a separate thread for each category so that all of the players who were nominated are able to have a vote cast toward them. Perhaps a temporary forum section could be placed in order to do this without creating clutter?

Happy Birthday!

Happy Turkey Day! My family is lazy so... we went out to eat.

Most of the LHO I have spoken to aren't in it for personal gain, and I'm not entirely sure that's what Sparrhawk meant by his post, I would have to re-read it. The point is, not everyone in MD is completely selfish, though greed is certainly a highlight in MD. (Please remove the post below. That was an accident.)

[quote name='dst' timestamp='1290614237' post='73064'] One thing: please nominate just 1 (ONE) person for each category. Amoran, please edit your post and choose just one. [/quote] Fixed. I forgot that we can only nominate one person, either way I hope that others will nominate the ones I had to remove. They have all done well. [color="#0000FF"]Thank you Amoran dst[/color]

In regards to the artwork quest, I have judged the entries and have picked three entries that I found to be unique but equally well done in different ways. I had great trouble choosing these top three because there were so many wonderful entries! [size="4"][b]The top three best artworks are as followed (in no particular order):[/b][/size] [size="3"]Yoshi[/size] - His entry was a cup that had been decorated with images of fall-themed things. [i]Comments: I found his entry to be creative in that he chose to use something somewhat different, an autumy-colored cup, as a base for the drawings, which were well done considering that they were drawn in marker.[/i] [size="3"]Zleipheir[/size] - His entry is what looks like, to me, to be a winter wind blowing the leaves away from trees. [i]Comments: I thought this was kind of cool, considering that very few had thought up this idea, and the artwork was well done too.[/i] [size="3"]Marvolo[/size] - His entry reminds me of autumn leaves in the sunlight. He showed great skill in drawing the details of the leaves, as well as creating a suitable background for the image. [i]Comments: I liked the realistic sense that was shown in his drawing, it created a certain atmosphere to the artwork and.. over all, it was beautifully done.[/i] [size="4"][b]Honorable Mention:[/b][/size] [size="3"]Mr Mystery Ravenstrider Shadow Seeker Adiomino Assira the Black[/size] [b][size="4"]Rewards:[/size][/b] -Wishpoint -Gold Avatar -Aged Pimped Grasan, 12 branches -Gold coins -Aged creatures -Silver Please note that every contestant will get ~something~ from this quest, no matter how small the reward may seem, you will be rewarded.

Welcome Syruny. Find me or another veteran in game if you have any questions! We're willing to help in any way we can.

Happy birthday!!

Adventuring Award (quester) - Yala Sviseusen Best Back Story / Paragon Papers (back story and quality of papers) - Innocence ([i]Read her papers in the Indexed Room of Memories[/i]) Elite Evil Villain of the Year - Manda ([i]Drachorn Cave shenanigans.[/i]) Helper of the Year (Grido can't be nominated) - Curiose ([i]For her hard work on Story Night and for her work in the Legend Speakers[/i]) Pre-eminent Role Player - Tarquinus ([i]For continuing to impress me with his ability to role play and role play very well.[/i]) Prime Quest (best quest) - Crazy Mike([i]Trivia quest[/i]) Rookie of the year (20 - 365 AD) - Esmaralda ([i]For not only being a decent role player, but for listening well to her protector and learning her way (mostly) on her own![/i]) Superlative Orator (Debating) - Pamplemousse ([i]For her debates and amazing abilities in public speaking at the Howling Gates[/i]) Top Techie (technical knowledge as well as technical help or script help) - Chewett [size="1"](Edited: Edited heavily by a very mean frog mod.)[/size]

Art education isn't the answer in this case. Try meditation and looking at amazing photography for a month. I don't think you can really be 'educated' in art.. I think it's just something that some people slowly learn how to do, while trying to make the images in their heads real. Sometimes it's not even an image in their head, sometimes it's just drawing and whatever comes out on paper, comes out on paper. Most of the time what I draw isn't intended either, it just turns into what it turns into and I play and poke at it until I feel that it's finished, which most of the time the art isn't.

I feel your pain! One thing I've learned not to do, is show someone your artwork BEFORE it's finished! You end up with all kinds of comments. The end result looks good!

MD style likely refers to the fact that you have sent in what appears to be line art. And 'too bumpy' may mean that the image is not of high quality. I would suggest adding a bit of shading to the blade, and perhaps add something to the subject with a bit more personality to your character in game. I don't think a sword and a shield are suitable alone to represent an avatar, but maybe an item perhaps. Keep trying. Don't give up!

Happy Birthday Mr. Potato head.

Upon testing the two spells with *BFH LIGHTHING* and *Clock Master* in the Marble Dale Park, we discovered that two protector spells do not appear to be working properly. The two spells that are damaged are prot-freeze and prot-nomulti. Could someone please check these? Are they not working due to the changes in the combat system?

I've got a couple of old ones, not really funny ones. Since we're talking about waking the dead... How about Kalamanira Kol's first walk through Necrovion?

Personally, I see nothing wrong with young mp5 gathering together in a difficult to reach location for an hour or two to train their creatures. So long as it doesn't break any rules regarding alts or otherwise, there should be absolutely no reason to go and destroy what they are doing. I would like to ask the veteran mp5 to do something. Create an alt, train it to mp5, and see how well you do currently in the game. Many seem not to understand exactly how difficult it is to train as a new mp5, or how difficult it can be to even keep yourself balanced. You don't enter as a new mp5 with all of the fun toys such as drachorns or angiens, maybe not even booster creatures. You enter with basic creatures and perhaps a few shop creatures/shop abilities (depending on whether or not the young mp5 in question goes through a daily round of free credits) and are forced to face a group of experienced players who more often than not have tokens, who are constantly attacking you with big flashy creatures. Sure, maybe the GGG system has caused problems in the past, but a group of players who are simply attempting to get to a level in which they can battle properly should not be a terrible issue. I would suggest doing something like this only a couple times a week, for a limited amount of time, say.. two hours. That aside, I feel it is a good idea to have something like this occasionally. The veterans of old certainly had to do it the difficult way, but keep in mind that it is more difficult to tread through the game now than it was in your time.

[quote name='Espartano' timestamp='1289952973' post='72277'] I like this [/quote] I quite like the category of 'best artist' too.

The Artwork Contest has ended. Thank you all for your entries, now judging will begin throughout the next week.

Unfortunately the quest is closed now, Elthen. If you have any answers to the quest, please PM them to me. Please, for any who may have participated: Of those I have gathered the names Yala, Peace, Ratbert, Doije Krus, and others, please send in your remaining entries for judging. Via PM in game or via forum PM. Thank you all for participating, I hope you enjoyed the quest despite it's difficulty.

Would you like the tree to be bare of leaves, or full of foliage? I've seen the tree near the maple in two ways so far.