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[quote name='dst' date='18 August 2009 - 03:36 AM' timestamp='1250591778' post='39766'] One thing about the over-power: it does have a downside. It's hard to get victories. You need to adjust proportions and that is not always easy. I might say that sometimes it's the hardest thing. [/quote] You aren't really asking for sympathy, are you? As non-spam: I'd like to see all veterans able to mess with the contest, though rewards to go only to the top-scoring new entrants.

Happy Birthday, Lib.

There are some better machine translators than google's, though not for all those languages. None of them is adequate for more than basic comprehension. They generate word salad in every language, which is annoying to read. And there are problems also with charsets. Please don't implement this feature. Note: I tested specifically in polish and spanish, but I've also worked professionally as a computational linguist so it's not a naiive opinion that they can't work.

[quote name='awiiya' date='14 August 2009 - 12:53 PM' timestamp='1250279617' post='39393'] I'm going to go ahead and say no to Lightsage. If there is only one person who can tell me what his role was, then I don't think that qualifies as a broad impact. Stormrunner I am considering more. We'll see. I'll contact some people. Awi [/quote] Clearly Lightsage's role was as a bit of a troublemaker. He was a great fighter, and liked to test things, which is what got him banned. He was not, however, malicious. The last few months he really showed another side with Camilla. They had many adventures, pure RP, and he even wrote her poetry. He was always helpful to new players, and spent many hours training me and others in fighting and strategy. I'm sure DST and other friends will have plenty to add. Not that I think Light really was one, but is there some reason not to memorialise villains? The circumstances of how people leave oughtn't reflect now on how they played and what they've meant to others in the game.

I agree he should be punished. I do not agree this punishment fits the crime. I also think rules should be enforced with a least a small bit of consistency, which is not the case now.

[quote name='Grido' date='04 July 2009 - 01:58 PM' timestamp='1246741103' post='36149'] [font="Verdana"]FACTS: [list][*]He has cheated in (at least) two previous HC's [*]He was warned that should he continue along that path, he would get banned. [*]He (and his alts) got banned/warned due to cheating in this latest HC. [*]Stopping him from competing in the HC, or removing reward from it would not affect him as he could then just use a different alt. [*]This punishment is not exclusively for Lightsage, under the same, or similar circumstances, the punishment would be the same.[/list] The following are personal statements: [list][*]The statement that "nobody was competing, it needed spicing up" doesn't count for anything, we have HC's every few months in which nobody competes, doesnt mean cheating is needed. [*]"nobody was harmed" doesn't count for anything. Me robbing a bank is still against the law even if i dont hurt anyone (extreme i know, but the point stands). [*]Banning all the accounts is perhaps the only thing which might make him realise what he has done on numerous occaisions was wrong. [*]There is no justification in joining late and cheating because otherwise people would accidently win. Things don't need to be "spiced up". [*]Stating things like "if he doesn't get unbanned i'm leaving MD!" doesn't help. At all. [*]"He had a well-developed char." Even if someone has the best developed role in the game, perfection in rp, and they do something they're told previously will get them banned, they should still get banned. [*]Winning the HC in this mannor is for personal benefit, the character that places in the HC gains from it. [*]Banning is appropriate punishment because there is no other punishment which would affect him in the same way as that. [*]Cheating is not enthusiasm for the game. [*]Other people, they get warned, they learn, and don't do it again. [*]Just because you're able to cheat, doesn't mean you should. [*]A stat reduction as punishment, he would just regain the stats, and quickly. [*]The rules are not selectively enforced, they're just enforced upon those that ignore them. [/list][/font] [/quote] Grido, your points are more confusion and handwaving over the real issues here. We're talking about banning a char, and some alts, not banning a player. You seem to mix the two. I don't agree that removing a main char is appropriate. But that's what is at issue here. The player is still in the game as Mur said he's allowed new accounts. The char this poll concerns did not in any way gain from the HC, and couldn't have done as he'd won it in the past.

[quote name='Kriskah Arcanu' date='04 July 2009 - 12:46 PM' timestamp='1246736768' post='36144'] why are we discussing this? Mur already took a decision. If he wanted our opinion in this matter he would have ask us. [/quote] Mur did ask us. He suggested this poll.

Let's be clear on what we're voting for. Lightsage the char in no way benefitted from any action in the Heads Contest. Lightsage's player is accused of using alt accounts to benefit other chars. So the punishment in question is for not only the alts but also the main developed char of this player to be banned from the game. Mur has said the player however is free to play another account. I object to this poll because it too much must reflect the experiences people have had with a char who as part of his role is not always nice. I'll admit my own bias as I've a char very close to Lightsage, and know another side of him well. Nonetheless I don't think anyone can deny the contributions he's made to the game. We all get to take some advantage of the results of bug and rit testing, even if occasionally we are victims of it too. My perspective is that this is a rare player who also makes a contribution as a role-player. Losing a well-developed char from the game entirely imo is too severe a punishment for a crime of using alts in an HC, which we all know many people have done. I agree there should be consequences, but those should be weighed on the chars that participated and with respect to HC, not to the rest of the game. In this case, there's too much collateral damage with this action for innocent players such as myself who've chars developed in the game, in role-play, very much in connection to Lightsage the char. Mur is allowing new chars for this player, but the consequence for my chars in game remains.

I don't think anyone's complaining about the possibility of neg xp/vp, but lately there has been a spate of mp4s [i]Attacking[/i] other mp4s with regen rits out of purely malicious intent. Coupled with the new skill damage, and perhaps a seasonal lull, it's pretty dead out there lately. It's hard to believe you are seriously saying that it's a "filter" to discourage less adept players from staying in the game. That's not a feature. But that is the current problem. Maybe it oughtn't work the same way on lower mp levels.

This is a great idea, but 04:00 server time isn't (not even here on the pacific). Couldn't you take a poll, against another time like 20: or 21: ?

Me too: Czez ID:138776

[quote name='dst' post='33372' date='Jun 12 2009, 02:53 PM']One question: as a fighter why stay at mp4? All the good things happen in mp5. So unless you are a RP-er you have no reason not to advance. And if you are a RP-er you don't care about crits and stats and fights.[/quote] It's a false dichotomy, dst. You roleplay whether you've ever used blue text to emote or not. And you're not the sort of player I'm worried about. You know what you're doing. I'm never going to invest into my chars what would make them exceptional, at any mp level. But I'm not interested in rp'ing a char who cannot fight. And I don't want to keep repeating what little I do find the energy for in their training because just anyone too easily removes it.

I have to agree that it's too easy for just anyone to do damage this way, and they do, whether accidentally or maliciously. Especially for mp4 chars, it doesn't feel worth the time spent training when it's undone by so little effort. Relying on good sense or goodwill of players isn't enough. And I don't really believe there exists a choice between training and roleplaying. The overall effect here is not any incentive to spend more time socialising in sanctuaries. Trained fighters should be able to do all the damage they like, but this should be more difficult than it is now for most people.

Happy Birthday, Light!

I'm still confused about something. When jazira asked me to post for her in the forum regarding dojo violators, in a very jazira-like way, her flag was still philippines. Can someone explain how this works?

Reporting by request from jazira: ChromeZoltan - Messaged Gothic Goddess - To be Messaged

[quote name='Gauge' post='30133' date='May 3 2009, 07:01 PM']"Warning: Division by zero in /home/magicdue/public_html/core/class.combat.php on line 371"[/quote] I got this same error, attacking a player (tinylips) with many unusual tokens. Reported also to Live Help, but I've not seen it any other time.