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I agree with Burns, a creature would have to have almost no benefits besides the negation of auras. Or perhaps it not only negates your opponents auras but ALL auras. That would be a pretty big downside. But you'd have an advantage, because you'd know not to use birds with it... it would cause for some interesting situations... Awi

Actually, I'm in support of a creature that negates auras. Not exactly what RJ was talking about, but I think it would equalize the playing field. We have a creature that removes stats (theoretically) and vitality, now we need a creature that removes those pesky freeze, regen, and bonus auras. Awi

Yeah, I am Bored, 0 ID bug? I'm thinking that as well. I'm fairly sure this is how it works: When you're writing long mails, your Magic Duel refreshes while you're writing it. This assigns you a different parameter that you had when you first started, which brings up the missing parameters screen. Just be careful when writing long messages, or type entirely in a word document and copy and paste into your message at the end. I know, not a bug fix... but... I think this one might take a long time to fix. Awi

I agree with Metal Bunny. Unless you're good at resurrection, Renavoid is already long gone, eaten by as much the liquid dust as by himself... A phrase comes to mind. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." Awi

Those drawings are REALLY good Amoran, good job. Will they become avatars? Awi

While I enjoy the systematic (and witty) insulting of a number of the people in our community, the last few posts are off topic. If you would like to discuss Renavoid's mental and pyschological characteristics, even though I find that to be a waste of time and effort, then make a topic for it. This topic is to help Renavoid, and as much as the unrelenting insults towards his ego might at first appear to be helping Renavoid get out from Necrovion, shockingly they do nothing. Awi

Just a heads up, this bug is NOT resolved. Every so often while I'm roaming MD or reading a pm, it will suddenly decide I'm using two windows and send me into idle mode. I use Firefox, and have cleared both my cache and cookies multiple times. Awi

Liberty, about the message to Shoeps... check the message again, but this time check the tags on it. Likely Shoeps marked it as ms3. That is what he did for my message when I thought he didn't read it. He reads all pms, it's just the important ones he marks as unread so that he knows that he needs to keep them. Awi

Don't listen to Glai. Don't give into the peer pressure! If you give in now, before you know it you'll be a coke addict serving time in Jail. Yup, that's exactly what will happen. Glai has that effect on people. Awi

I gave healing as one reason, there are many others. The most important for me is a more emotional connection to my homeland. Necrovion is naturally my favorite place in game, my homeland, and why should it be that I cannot access my home? I have a sentimental loss when I cannot freely enter my homeland. If you want other reasons, besides my emotional attachment, think of meetings. In all the other alliances that have access to their homeland, they have a place where they meet and discuss, a central location. The Sentinels do not, and the places we do congregate are often in others homeland, and a sense of unwelcome is always present. Is it the burden of the Sentinels that we should never feel at home? Awi

I really think you are underestimating the judgment of the players on this one. It is not that difficult to see who is loyal to the Sentinels and who is not, and if you would like more security, there are requirements that can be added. In fact, the key could be coded so that when a player leaves the alliance they lose their key as well. This, along with a 50 day (in the alliance) requirement would stop all those wishing to simply get the key and then split. Awi

I agree that if the sword was made in way that allowed dst or other very strong members to take the sword it would remain with them forever, there are ways to make it slightly less desirable or make it more volatile. For instance, a sword that when you hold it, it at first grants you an increase in stats, but the longer you hold it, the fewer stats it gives, until it starts giving negative stats. The Tainted Sword, if you would. Of course if you were to give the item away, and then give back, the negative counter should not reset. This would create an item that has nice benefits, but can often become a burden. And then imagine this, if you know someone has used the sword too long in the past, and you now possess the sword, you can fling it at them and then reap the benefits of their lowered stats. In fact, it is possible that instead of going into the negatives, when the sword stops giving benefits, it simply takes away ALL your stats. Also, a quick way to ensure that high people do not take the sword is to place a Mind Power requirement on it. Awi

I am very wary of items such as jewelry crafting... MD is supposed to be different then any other RPC game out there, and to me that is very similar to systems already present in many other games. As much as I love inventories, we need to be careful of creating items that can be accessible to everyone. I think items should be given very selectively to very few people, and if there is to be a smelter for example, there should be one true smelter. I would like inventories to strengthen roleplaying, not become another access of the game separate from it. If you would like to pick a fruit... just *pick a fruit*, I truly do not see a large need for objects for everything in game. Possibly eventually, but right now items should be personal. Item uses I would like to suggest: A crown, symbolic for the leader of an alliance. It can be taken only by someone in the same alliance, with greater loyalty, and by a victory in combat. A key, able to be given to anybody, that opens the door to a place. An example of this would be a key to Sage's Keep. I would suggest that certain items be able to be taken, and not just given. Items that work similarly to heads would make for some very interesting situations, not to mention an increase in combat. For example, a sword that increases stats. However, of course, there needs to be restrictions. For example, the person needs not just a victory, but a 100% to 0 % win, or some other similar defeat. There could be items that act as books, and whose description contain links to a body of text, or you could create another action (read item). For example, a book of secrets about Loreroot, or a book about the Sun. A few ideas, I'm sure I'll come up with more. Awi

In my early days as a Sentinel, I was annoyed by a rather glaring problem with the Alliance system. Why is it that some Alliances can visit their homeland freely (Loreroot, Marind Bell, and Archives Alliances) while the Alliances from Golemus Golemicarum and Necrovion cannot? To me, it seemed unfair that some members can freely heal themselves, while the rest of us are constantly hurt and penalized for not being in a place that we cannot even get to. It is true, there are ways to go to Necrovion and Golemus Golemicarum, such as spells cast by Grido and Khalazdad, however there are problems with this as well. Khalazdad can open the gates to anyone, and cannot stop people from flowing in, as opposed to being able to selectively grant access to the Sentinels.. The leader of Necrovion, Marvolo, cannot even open the gates for his followers. Also, there have been times where I desired access to Necrovion, and Khalazdad was idle or not present, and I'm sure the same goes for members of the Fraternity and Guerrilla Golemicarum. I truly believe that all Alliances should have the ability to visit their homeland freely. This problem can be solved one of two ways: 1. Give automatic access to Golemus and Necrovion to Alliances of the respective homelands. 2. Give the ability to a player to give the key to the gates (open the gates permanently for that player) to anyone (or you could specify and say any alliance member) This is not a huge coding nightmare, I know for a fact that the mechanism for permanent keys to places already exists. Awi

Grido has Invisibility 4, I think... but what does Yrthilian have? Awi

I don't have access to the places accessible only by storymode, and so I was not aware that there are even letters in those places. I agree with Wander that placing letters there is not exactly fair. Awi PS 100th post.

Perles, we truly don't know how gravity works. All we have is a formula for how much force two objects exert on each other, and a model proposed by einstein which deals with matter making dents in space. What gravity actually is, we don't know. Awi

For now, it's not up. It's not that it isn't working, it's that it currently does not exist. Awi

[center]Awiiya[/center] [center]Where I have gone I have come back alive and bearing gifts. So too do I expect to enter this forest and come back among the living. Choose me because I am not afraid.[/center]

I'm a firm believer that science and humans in general cannot explain all that exists, just as we cannot fully understand ourselves. We cannot fully understand our minds, we can only fully understand things that reside on a simpler plane that our brains. For example, animals, and even more simple, such as flies, we can get a good idea of what controls their genes, their thoughts, emotions, etc. As for the human body, there are as many mysteries, if not more, as there are answers. So, it makes sense that there would be things [i]more[/i] complex than our minds, and that we would be unable to understand them. I believe Ghosts, higher powers, among other phenomena (gravity) are impossible for the human mind to comprehend. It's interesting that we know more about the force between the smallest molecules than we do about the force that keeps us on this Earth. If you're into physics, I'm talking about the Grand Unifying Theory. Awi

Yes, I too feel like the balloons do not do what they are supposed to do. A better alternative would be to create a voluntary group of quest solvers whose sole purpose would be to solve the quests of aspiring MD members. They would report the good quests to a Quest Team Leader, who would report that to Shoeps or Mur, and the voluntary quest solvers would be given rewards based on how many quests they evaluate (not how they evaluate the quests). Awi

Ah, Jack Willow, I never made the connection. A good theory. Awi

I have a theory about all of this... humor me. Akasha approached the pyramids in a very concrete manner. She took each piece of paper, and looked for the physical Book of Principles. On the pieces of paper was nothing (or perhaps... something hidden, but who is to say, I've never seen them), and furthermore when she saw they were blank she refused to accept the obvious lack of physicality of the books, and proceeded to write them herself. Alche took a slightly less concrete manor, realizing that the pages might be a red herring or perhaps have deeper than face value. He, however, still believed in a concrete book, only this time he took a less concrete path. By entering the middle pyramid and imagining he was in the fire, he was, although what he found came close to the truth of the Book of Principles, it was not fully realized. The Cube carried by Knator Commander was another such physical presence, and in my opinion, another red herring. The Cube itself holds no power, the power of suggestion, rather, is what attracted the Shades. Knator Commander believed they held something important, and so as a result the Shades believed they did as well. Continuing on this path, let's think for a moment of the Golemus Wizard, who claimed that there is no Book of Principles. Akasha, of course, could not believe this, and as a result began making his claim false by creating a Book where there was none. However, I think the Wizard stumbled on to the truth. There is no physical Book of Principles, just as there is no physical form of love, innately given to this world. The Book needs to be created or imagined, but to search for it will lead only to nothing. The Book exists somewhere on the Mount because we all imagine it does, and it will exist within the hands of an adventurer when we all believe that he possess the book. This tale of the "second cube," I believe, is another such thing. The Shades were sent after the "Cube" that Knator Commander had for one of two reasons. One, they believe along with Knator Commander that the cube holds a deep secret, or two they realize that the true power of the Cube is not the Cube itself, but what it represents. Therefore, it would make sense that the Shades do not need the Cube, the Book of Principles, or any other such item, because it is not the item from which power comes, but from the individual and the idea formed within the individual (often inspired by the item). Although it is likely that the Shades would want to give the Illusion that they are indeed after the Cube so as to keep the Myth of the book alive and running, and to let it hide the truth. The Book of Principles holds power because of the Principles it represents. If you understand the Principles, you can control and change them. If you can control and change them, you possess in your hands the Book of Principles. Do I make sense? Awi

I'm from California... so... I NEVER get snow... It's a running myth that if we ever get snow, then we get a week off. Though, I doubt it'll ever happen.