Kyphis the Bard

When is the Deadline for this quest?

Chewett IX - Humour article. As this is not a factual article, I request it be excluded from winning a prize in this quest (I do still want to compete for the Chewett IX prize though) I'll possibly do a drawing later on and edit it in here.

Assira the Black and I would like to extend an invitation to all the dancers of MD to join together and show their technique, on the second last day of the Anniversary. Beginning at 2:30ST on the 21st, we will be hosting a dance competition at Wind's Game. Come join us in celebrating the Anniversary in movement and music. Judging will be based on the following, and will be out of a total of 20 points: Quality of the Roleplay Dance techniques used properly Suitability of music Overall impressiveness Dancers are encouraged, but not required, to put their work to music (utilize a youtube link). If you have a piece of music in mind but can not find it, let us know and we will see what we can do. (if you are unable to find suitable music, you will be given 2 points for that scoring category by default) While many dancers are well versed in solo work, we would love to see people dancing in pairs. Just be prepared for how much more technically challenging this can be. This is a contest that benefits greatly from preparation. As such, we encourage all those who are interested to sign up in advance (post in this thread). You will be able to sign up until the last scheduled dance has been performed, at which point we will make a final call for dancers to come forward. If time is a concern for your availability do not hesitate to say so, and we will see what we can arrange.

The PM timer which counts down to the PM windows expiry is still based off the MDST hour, and not the time that the PM sending interface is opened.

How odd, as I saw the image on Awiiya's one myself. I've figured out how it all works and emailed you the file in 80x80 .gif/.png with transparency, as well as a .gif with transparency and no adjusted size.

I supplied an image for the Wiiya Bubble weaver to Awiiya back in April 2012, just noticed Mur's weaver lacks the image. http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/11903-picture-for-the-bubble-weaver/?p=108213. Awiiya did the Alpha adjustment and final upload. I'm also emailing this information to Council and ccing in coder, as per Announcement 2943.

I'm quite familiar with that charity - One of the organizations I worked with donated to them regularly, and their work is good so I am happy to help. I've shared your story as well on Facebook.

Count me in, I love baking. Especially fancy foods :P

Almost definitely a bug on my end, just reporting it in case. When purchasing the Regeneration Ritual of Vengeance (ID 35) I get the following: [spoiler]Warning: mysql_query(): Unable to save result set in /home/magicdue/public_html/lib/mysqldb/class.mysqldb.php on line 270 BIGINT UNSIGNED value is out of range in '(`magicdue_rpg`.`creaturelevels`.`vitalityMax` - `magicdue_rpg`.`playercreatures`.`vitality`)'BIGINT UNSIGNED value is out of range in '(`magicdue_rpg`.`creaturelevels`.`vitalityMax` - `magicdue_rpg`.`playercreatures`.`vitality`)' Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/magicdue/public_html/ui/itemshop/itempayload/itemtemplates/heal_creatures.php on line 21[/spoiler] That is displayed instead of the normal list of creatures it has effected, however it is still healing creatures, increasing my stats, and activating the trigger.

Hello and welcome to the first Y9 Anniversary Quest from the MDA! Your task is to write two reports on the various events occurring over the anniversary - One a factual report, and one in a creative writing style of your choice (poem, first person narrative, meme pics, etc). You may enter as many entries as you like in either category, but to compete you must enter at least once in both. Entries can be submitted however you wish (except in-game chat, haha), but Forum PM is the best method. As this quest spans the entire Anniversary from start to finish, you will have until Day 115 begins to get your entries in. Chewett has suggested this quest continue for the time being. For now, there is no timelimit, however it will not run forever. The quest is now concluded. Judging criteria is as follows: Accuracy - did the events described happen? Well Written - grammar, spelling, paragraph breaks, etc Engaging - how well it grabs our attention, is it funny, is it exciting, etc Length - is it a suitable length for a newspaper article? Too short/long? Three winners are going to be chosen from each category. You may not win a category twice, but you can win both the Factual Report and Creative Writing categories. Lastly, after the Anniversary ends, participants will be asked if they want their entries used in a new edition of the Golden Globe Gazette. For inspiration, here are some past editions of the Golden Globe Gazette: Issue #1 Issue #2 Issue #3 Issue #4

A solid day (16 hours) of traveling in which, aside from when I logged in at the start, I never had full AP yielded 4.44 volition. The vast majority of locations I traveled in where at maximum volition.

MagicDuel Quest Manager no-reply@magicduel.com via server.mdrpc.com 3:00 PM (23 hours ago) Kyphis, The script you placed at has not been maintained for 14 days and has gone inactive. You can reactivate scripts from the [Quest Clickables] interface on your sidebar or by editing and saving the content manually. This notification can be disabled from the [Options] menu in game.

Just got a message from Contact that my scripts had gone inactive. No location for the script was supplied in the email, and all scripts that should be active are (and with 11 days on them). No real inconvenience, mainly reporting as it may be symptomatic of other work you are carrying out, and I know a full picture of impact is always helpful. Good day.

Like whether or not MD is a cube or not, to take an easy example.

So to update: AD are now 1786 (that's 140 days later) Volition is now 18.4! (a lofty 16.98 points gained, vwoot!) Not actively grinding, although I do travel a lot (not a big fan of teleporting, I'd rather walk if I'm able to) *cough* >.>

The log of the final decision can be found here.

This is the log from the meeting with Mur in the Tribunal Throneroom that goes along with Ann. 2947. Sadly darkraptor was not able to be online at the time, so there are no responses from him in this log. [spoiler] [12/03/14 01:25] Kyphis:Hey [12/03/14 01:25] Muratus del Mur:hi [12/03/14 01:25] Muratus del Mur:hellooo [12/03/14 01:25] Kyphis:'lo [12/03/14 01:25] Kyphis:Hows'it [12/03/14 01:27] Muratus del Mur:i came to a conclusion regarding mda, and i guess it is the time to explain it [12/03/14 01:28] Kyphis:I'm all ears. Its a little hideous, but at least I hear really well [12/03/14 01:28] Muratus del Mur:hahaha :)) [12/03/14 01:28] Muratus del Mur:can you keep a log of this so that darky reads it too ? [12/03/14 01:28] Kyphis:Yup [12/03/14 01:29] Muratus del Mur:i don't think i can catch him online, but he needs to read this, and he should send me any questions..if any [12/03/14 01:30] Muratus del Mur:there was basically no audience...it was a sort of test. I invited here all the people that deserved a chance. A role in md is something you get when you already have it... [12/03/14 01:31] Muratus del Mur:this is something a KING should know, or any old time player [12/03/14 01:31] Muratus del Mur: (i think this log needs to be public, so please post it on the forum once done) [12/03/14 01:31] Kyphis: (will do) [12/03/14 01:32] Muratus del Mur:Each one of you had a certain particularity, that would have changed MDA one way or an other [12/03/14 01:33] Muratus del Mur:one thing however is badly needed to survive this role, patience [12/03/14 01:33] Muratus del Mur:you all had it [12/03/14 01:33] Muratus del Mur:then ..the next thing ...activity. [12/03/14 01:34] Muratus del Mur:what use do i have for a king that i can't even contact during such a loooong audience [12/03/14 01:35] Muratus del Mur:i did NOT try ...i left things go as they are, i came online when i could, asked questions in chat that apparently not all saw, or i did not see the answers...overall.. there was no communication betw [12/03/14 01:35] Muratus del Mur:between me and the other participants [12/03/14 01:35] Kyphis: (may I interject?) [12/03/14 01:35] Muratus del Mur:I will not select a Land leader that will be a person that is not arround and active [12/03/14 01:36] Muratus del Mur:yes pls [12/03/14 01:36] Kyphis:In regards to your first question, I saw answers from Pip, darkraptor, Ivorak, and myself. I do not recall seeing a response from Awiiya [12/03/14 01:37] Kyphis:I chatted with all the people in the hall at various times over the period [12/03/14 01:37] Kyphis:Predominantly Pipstickz, dst, No one, and darkraptor [12/03/14 01:37] Kyphis:I had a few opportunities to talk with Ivorak, and I believe only heard from awiiya twice [12/03/14 01:38] Kyphis:I also received multiple PM's from Ivorak and darkraptor over the period [12/03/14 01:38] Kyphis:That is all I have to say on communicativity [12/03/14 01:39] Muratus del Mur:as you see, the only from this list is darkraptor, and obviously yourself. I was online at all possible hours of all timezones, just to check [12/03/14 01:39] Muratus del Mur:i came to same conclusion, awii was missing , ivorack i saw just traces [12/03/14 01:39] Muratus del Mur:the others where not here for the MDA audience so no need to talk about them [12/03/14 01:40] Muratus del Mur:I don't want someone that will stay stay non stop online "to catch me" ... no no .. but also its absurd that i don't see them at all [12/03/14 01:41] Muratus del Mur:pecially when its about such an important role [12/03/14 01:41] Muratus del Mur:don't get me wrong, i am not angry, i was expecting that, actually counted on it..eventually even if all of you where online, some would have "crashed" [12/03/14 01:43] Muratus del Mur:mda are the ARCHIVES ...those are things that happen over long periods of time... [12/03/14 01:45] Muratus del Mur:now..the conclusion... [12/03/14 01:46] Muratus del Mur:MDA will have a joint leadership. Being almost at the opposite end than Necrovion, that actually makes more sense than expected [12/03/14 01:47] Muratus del Mur:you two, Kyphis and darkraptor , will split MDA in two as you wish..and you have total freedom for that [12/03/14 01:47] Muratus del Mur:when there will be decisions that influence common "jurisdictions", you talk, if you can't agree to something, you ask me [12/03/14 01:48] Muratus del Mur:but do not waste my time by being shy, you are two very valuable characters in md, you know what to do, and as LAND LEADERS you can do as you wish [12/03/14 01:50] Muratus del Mur:I will answer any question regarding symbols and meanings in your land, you will receive tools to help you rule the land, chew will provide them [12/03/14 01:51] Muratus del Mur:you are called land leader as i said, not king, but the difference is just the name, ..as a hierarchy there is no difference, absolutely none [12/03/14 01:51] Kyphis:Excellent. I already have a fair idea of the sorts of tools that I was planning on requesting, however I'll need to discuss with Darkraptor first before any of that goes forward [12/03/14 01:52] Muratus del Mur:no not like that, the tools i am talking about are the existing tools kings have [12/03/14 01:52] Muratus del Mur:thats what i am talking about [12/03/14 01:52] Muratus del Mur:if anything customized is needed, we need to discuss it first [12/03/14 01:53] Kyphis:I know [12/03/14 01:53] Muratus del Mur:i am no longer coding and chew has lots of things on his head at this moment, so don't count on custom tools for now [12/03/14 01:54] Muratus del Mur:darkraptor has a very interesting potential...his enthusiasm surprises me to be honest, and just by my instinct, i do not believe it is the sort of enthusiasm that fades easily away [12/03/14 01:55] Muratus del Mur:Kyphis, you are "steady", i saw you in previous activities, and overall during all this time, you are very steady, thats essential to mda [12/03/14 01:55] :Kyphis bows [12/03/14 01:55] Muratus del Mur:i think you two are the perfect team to be honest, IF you learn to use your advantages together [12/03/14 01:56] Muratus del Mur:if somehow there will be some conflict between you two, you will both fall, and remember that well. I am more willing to divide mda in two lands than give up a joint leadership, [12/03/14 01:57] Muratus del Mur:btw thats something i am ok to do if you two wish, although it will cause massive headache and its not needed, but its within your decision power [12/03/14 01:57] Kyphis:I'd personally hope that doesn't happen [12/03/14 01:58] Muratus del Mur:initially i wanted to do an experiment, to be honest, i wanted a rotating leadership ... but you two fit too well together at once [12/03/14 01:59] Muratus del Mur:the option remains if you wish to discuss it, leadership in turns.. and i am not sure where or when i will ever have this chance to try this..heh..we shall see [12/03/14 02:00] Muratus del Mur:i believe that what we will dicuss next doesn't need to go public, but darky needs to hear it too, so cut the record here, including this last phrase, for the public part REDACTED [12/03/14 02:32] Muratus del Mur:btw mda is already divided in two technically [12/03/14 02:32] Muratus del Mur:the building and its surroundings [12/03/14 02:32] Kyphis:Internal and external, yes [12/03/14 02:32] Kyphis:3_ and 4_ [12/03/14 02:32] Muratus del Mur:just a coincidence :)))) same coincidence with necrovion , inner and outer, and its two leaders... [12/03/14 02:33] Muratus del Mur:coincidences are just event collisions, in a closed system they become predictable and unavoidable....but thats an other story [12/03/14 02:34] Muratus del Mur:include this part in the public log please, there might me a clue in there for people lookign for a connnection between necro and mda, two very opposed lands [12/03/14 02:34] Muratus del Mur:now they finally have the link they deserve REDACTED [12/03/14 02:37] Muratus del Mur:any questions about this new title? [12/03/14 02:38] Kyphis:What description will it use? [12/03/14 02:39] Muratus del Mur:you mean "you" not "it" , or? [12/03/14 02:39] Kyphis:What wording will the role description use? [12/03/14 02:40] Kyphis:ie, Chronicler's description is "A traveller who enjoys observing quitely, taking notes on all he sees and hears. Has a long memory, and enjoys a thoughtful question." [12/03/14 02:40] Muratus del Mur:i guess you need to talk to darky and establish your roles in this joint leadership, if they are the same , you should have similar description, if they are different, then different [12/03/14 02:40] Muratus del Mur:its up to you [12/03/14 02:40] Kyphis:Fair enough [12/03/14 02:40] Muratus del Mur:should be clear from the tag or description that you rule the land (without mentioning the other leader, or joint leadership, or such) [12/03/14 02:41] Kyphis:No questions really from me, then. I've worked closely with several of the land leaders during their time, and been working towards this for so long I have a good understanding of what I am getting... [12/03/14 02:41] Kyphis:... into [12/03/14 02:41] Muratus del Mur:i don't see you as a "council" of sorts, even if you should and might behave like that, i see you as two leaders [12/03/14 02:42] Muratus del Mur:my battery is running out, my personal one :)) i am so sleepy [12/03/14 02:42] Muratus del Mur:i will write the announcement now , think of any question till i get back [12/03/14 02:43] Kyphis:I doubt I will have any questions until I have discussed it with darkraptor [12/03/14 02:53] Muratus del Mur:ok, then that is all REDACTED [12/03/14 02:54] Kyphis:No worries. [12/03/14 02:55] Kyphis:I'll likely stick around here until I have discussed all this with darkraptor and we have sorted ourselves out [12/03/14 02:55] Muratus del Mur:gnight, sleeping pills effects too strong , and we are finish anyway :) [12/03/14 02:55] Kyphis:Make sure we are ready to hit the ground running, as it where [12/03/14 02:55] Muratus del Mur:alright [12/03/14 02:55] Kyphis:cuO! [12/03/14 02:56] :[Spell] Echo [/spoiler]

I completely agree, that's why I made a suggestion for an alternative system when I stated my misgivings about the proposition. If your accounts are going to stay active and separate, then they should abide by the same rules as everyone else re alt abuse. Unlike in the real world, paying does not give you the privilege to ignore the rules. If you don't want the alt account anymore, that is fine it would be fair to transfer the credit value over - but your decision not to use that account anymore is going to be enforced. Either way, any alt abuse is (largely) avoided, and people who are eligible for getting rewards are able to get them still, for all eligible accounts. Being a paying player in MD does not give you exemptions or authority. You still have to respect the same rules.

Abuse is quite possible - say for example someone has run an alt for a long time, but is getting bored with it. Suddenly, Tokens are introduced. Someone offers that player to put credits onto that alt in exchange for a large portion of those credits getting used to put tokens onto their creatures. Do that a couple times and you are looking at a couple hundred credits with no alt abuse occuring - no payment or proceeds of payment went to an account of the player other than the one it was generated on. There are multiple threads in the marketplace to this exact effect right now. How are you going to track it? are you going to be the one to go through all their credits usage, determine the percent of credits spent on tokens? How about tracking how many of those creatures that recieved tokens remained in that players inventory, or the speed with which they where transferred? Or better yet, how are you going to determine that the creatures that where tokened where not purchased by the tokener, tokened to raise value, and then resold? Or originated with the tokener and then sold to create real profits? If that's something you want to go through than by all means, go for it - but I can assure you there will be a lot more accounts than you expect. Hell, I could even apply for it! (I wouldn't, because I consider that abuse as stated by the rules, but I know I would qualify) I even have recollection of certain higher authority people being involved in such services, although I won't name-names as I haven't relocated hard evidence (not going to make an accusation, even if no crime is involved, without being certain)

Interesting idea. If went that route it would be good if there was a separate despawn time for an empty one (say, three months) vs a filled one (say, twelve months beginning at the time it is filled). If a filled one is "despawned" it could release the stored credit value into the credit pool of whoever is holding it, to prevent credits being lost like this.

I'd have to object to combining credit values for multiple accounts - It is a bit too much like alt abuse. On the other hand, if the account that the credits value was being taken from was "permanently" locked, that should get rid of the abuseability. This would let people who have invested cash into an account they no longer use to still benefit from their contribution to the game. If the alt is still going to be played as a regular account, then anything earn't from the shop that is account specific should remain so and not go to a different account, as per the alt abuse rules. So anyone who has an alt they want to keep useing and have invested a lot of cash in (I am in this situation myself) can still benefit from the shop and enhance their alt account; and anyone who has an alt they DON'T want to play that has a significant investment can still profit, but at the expense of removal of access to that account (to prevent alt abuse). Would still need a minimal value before transfer and locking was considered.

Credit Codes for MD Subscribers

Suggestion: Credits currently have very little value to most older players, however, newer players get a lot of value out of credits. In the past (very long time ago) it was possible to transfer credits. However, since this was easily abused in conjunction with the voting credits, this had to be removed. We currently have payment options which allow people to directly send credits to people, which is useful for rewarding quests, however there are more efficient ways of getting credits for rewards (on a cash to credits basis). Sending Money through paypal or Western Union allows Mur to generate Credit codes for people on request. People can also request their credits turned into codes by Mur (although this is hard since you have to find Mur and convince him to spend time on it) What I propose would allow the same level of value for creating credit codes, encourage people to become sponsors, and, while needing a bit of coding work at the start, reduce the work Mur ever needs to spend on credit codes. I propose that people who subscribe to MD be given the option to generate credit codes upto the value of the credits their subscription rewards them within a given payment period. Those who have subscriptions in the $5-$15 range would be able to generate codes for 1 or 5 credits, and those who have the a subscription of $20+ also be able to generate codes for 10 credits. Every code generated costs an amount of credits equal to the codes value. The interface for this would ideally be located within the MD Shop. In this way, only the credits gained through subscription, and never through voting, are able to be transferred. This would make it easier for older players to support quests without giving away things they might have an attachment to, easier for newer players to earn credits for things in the shop, and easier for people to find immediate sponsorship for quests. It will hopefully also encourage more people to sign up for subscriptions, generating more revenue to support MD. EDIT: Just to clarify, the creation of credit codes is based on current subscriber level. So if you cancel your subscription you loose access to it again - not a "one time unlock"

Yes. There is nothing wrong with calling your portion of the LotE the Dominion of Mur, and refering to it as your Dominium.