nadrolski

The recent changes to the popularity poll made in Announcement 6231 have, to my perspective, made the popularity poll even more frustrating to engage with. I've personally never liked the idea of giving a "disliked" vote to someone, and feel like I'm arbitrarily downvoting people because I have no option not to.

To combat this, I'd like to propose a change to how the votes are actually carried out - instead of voting one person up and one person down, why don't we use a ranked voting system? Pick three names from the list, and place them in the order of most liked (value of say 3 to the first choice, two to the second, and 1 for the third).
I do recognize being able to say you dislike someone is valuable, so we could perhaps also have an optional option to rank upto three people negatively (-3 through -1), with the option to not fill out all three slots (so you might vote -3 for one person, -1 for another, and leave -2 blank but the system still accepts it as complete).

Thoughts? Something like that would probably take slightly longer to complete, but only by a few seconds and we'd no longer have to say we don't like people that we in reality just don't have an opinion on (while still having the option to express our selves if there are actual issues in the community).
Does anyone have alternative ideas on the popularity voting?

Oh man, I should have read your reply here before doing anything else, Ledah. I just did the sacrificing traditional way, directly sacrificed a 3,000 days old creature on an altar, and I was like "What the". 
That process you mentioned still works.
Poor me.

Greetings (and high five) from The Water Dowsers!
Effective today, Day 117 of Year 19, for every $5 credit bought from the shop, either from the Monthly subscription or One time payment packs, I am giving 1 Gold Coin as bonus, until my supplies last. Currently (Day 118, Year 19), I have 221 worth of Gold (30 Gold Note x3, 10 Gold Note x9 and Gold Coin x41). Please message me here or in-game (nadrolski) proof of your purchase, and I will send corresponding amount of Gold as soon as possible.
Thank you!
nadrolski

Greetings (and high five) from The Water Dowsers!
Effective today, Day 117 of Year 19, for every $5 credit bought from the shop, either from the Monthly subscription or One time payment packs, I am giving 1 Gold Coin as bonus, until my supplies last. Currently (Day 118, Year 19), I have 221 worth of Gold (30 Gold Note x3, 10 Gold Note x9 and Gold Coin x41). Please message me here or in-game (nadrolski) proof of your purchase, and I will send corresponding amount of Gold as soon as possible.
Thank you!
nadrolski

Greetings (and high five) from The Water Dowsers!
Effective today, Day 117 of Year 19, for every $5 credit bought from the shop, either from the Monthly subscription or One time payment packs, I am giving 1 Gold Coin as bonus, until my supplies last. Currently (Day 118, Year 19), I have 221 worth of Gold (30 Gold Note x3, 10 Gold Note x9 and Gold Coin x41). Please message me here or in-game (nadrolski) proof of your purchase, and I will send corresponding amount of Gold as soon as possible.
Thank you!
nadrolski

"There also needs to be some more incentives for fighting for alliances, it could be something simple tied to sacrificing, maybe there is a service offered that alliances uniquely posses. Any alliance with a high enough score (of some variable?) can provide the usage of altars for people who are not balanced - that player would need to give the alliance some offering for their usage, that will then go to the respective stock."
Here is the basis for a new idea surrounding alliances. It could be a clickable item in your land that is unique to it, it may have multiple functions. One such may interact with heads, others described above. Overall I think there needs to be some agreement between alliance members in their land as to what the function should do for them. Here we may discuss this.

The Tag Dispatchers have new features, that will completely reshape the future of things in MD.
Roles can be unlocked sequentially, you need to open them in order. You can only follow a single branch and once you picked one direction, the other options get locked.
Absolutely any data that exists in md can be used as unlock rule for a tag. We will be able to use all those fancy things such as the daily voting and a lot of other stuff that was there but was never used for anything.
At the "end" of the "tree", there will probably be insane rewards, such as god mode powers (you know them as A25 , but god-mode sounds a lot better right? 😛 )
 
Multiple option trees for multiple dispatchers are possible, so its not just a single one and a single path.
 
The tag structure editor is done and functional, its a super powerful tool that now needs to be put to good use.
I intend to collect the best of your suggestions and make them real in md .. so let me know what you think and what sort of tag structures do you can think of.
 
What i need:
- tag names and descriptions and a vague ideea of what they are supposed to unlock
- images 150x150px hand drawn md style
- tag structure suggestions, for example what sort of tags would a merchant role imply, and what choices (names to be picked after)
- places for tag dispatchers, where do you think they should be in the realm.
 
Sample tag dispatcher 'trees', the names are kind of random, just so you understand visually how these will look.

[2022-11-03 00:45:21 - Stage 16] Posted By Chewett
MD Birthday Anni shop completed
Everyone who purchased something on the MD Birthday Plushie shop should now have a forum PM with their rewards. Please check this and reply back if something has been missed. The shop will remain open for anyone else to spend their plushies.
CODENAME: MD ANNIVERSARY

Delivered
@Fyrd Argentus please let me know if you did not approve the plushies to be used. I will assume it is fine.
Delivered.
Note this only costs 25 plushies, so I have only taken 25!
You seem to have 126 so I have just taken the 125 from you.

Delivered
 
Delivered
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Sent
 
Sent   

Done
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Everyone should have their rewards  

The manager of the Three Coin Hotel in the tribunal (Lands of the East) has been called away and wants YOU to cover for him.  There is no salary, but you can get various rewards as tips from the hotel guests (mostly skills) and a even a wish point if you stick with it long enough.  Besides - what could be more fun?!
If interested, read the message left by the manager on the wall at the Three Coin Hotel.

And we've a fourth winner - Ledah!

And to confirm, yes, Stava is #3 to win the 3 Coin Hotel Quest.  Please congratulate him!

So, congratulations to Chris - second to win!

And we have a first winner!  Please congratulate Invie!

Most of the items you can buy as many as you want, some of them are limited and noted below. The shop will stay open for as long as needed for those to buy the items. You may consider spending your plushies on the limited time Auction.
To help me, if with your "orders" you can total the amount of plushies it costs to speed up delivery.
Item 1: Anni creature 2022. Price: 25 plushies (limit: 1 p.p.) Item 2: Anni creature 2022. Price: 80 plushies (no limit) Item 3: Anni custom pin badge (third of a collectable series). Price: 25 plushies (limit: 1 p.p) Item 4: Avatar goldening Token (can be used to make any avatar gold), Price: 200 plushies Item 5: 1 Wiiya. Price 5 plushies Item 6: 1 token (of your choice) applied to one creature, Price 25 plushies Item 7: random rp item. Price: 15 plushies Item 8: 17th anniversary spicy pickle. Price: 15 plushies Item 9: 17th anniversary piece of cake. Price: 15 plushies Item 10: 10 creature slots. Price: 100 plushies (limit: 3 p.p.) Item 11: Lock in chaos stone. Price 25 plushies Item 12: Petrify Stone. Price 35 plushies  

As you may know, I have been super busy the last year and its primarily because I have been arranging my wedding! Well this Saturday is the day  
I'm planning to make a guest book of MD'ers wishes so if you wanted to leave me a message send it on the google form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZPPhiOkxAt19Nxbvgl-xmzj1WduUeSIfiKYSSuG868Ts0Bw/viewform?usp=sf_link
It was streamed and I can link you to it if you message me!
Anyway, hope you are all doing well!
Chew

Each wp spent could increase weapons and armor upgrade by something like 20% of their effect (additive, not factors).
Current best armor is about +85% of base, best weapon is about +35% of base.  1 wp -> 100%/42%, 2wp -> 115%/49%, and so forth.
You could have weapon & armor upgrades sold separate.
You might sell such upgrades in the shop, but I'd make the price per upgrade percentage point quite high, like 1% per credit.

[11/07/21 17:15] :Fyrd Argentus shuffles up, head bowed, fingering his prayer beads. 
[11/07/21 17:15] Fyrd Argentus:A prayer in honor of Chewett's Day Off. 
[11/07/21 17:15] :Fyrd Argentus raises his arms above his head. 
[11/07/21 17:16] Fyrd Argentus:Oh great administrator, we beseech thee, hear our prayer 
[11/07/21 17:16] Fyrd Argentus:We know you would make the realm perfect in a single day 
[11/07/21 17:16] Fyrd Argentus:While answering all our inane requests at the same time 
[11/07/21 17:16] Fyrd Argentus:But know that we wish you would maintain your own health 
[11/07/21 17:16] Fyrd Argentus:Better than the realm could ever be maintained 
[11/07/21 17:17] Fyrd Argentus:That you will continue to care for us, your children, for all time 
[11/07/21 17:17] Fyrd Argentus:Do not allow the realm to crash and burn due to your absence. 
[11/07/21 17:17] Fyrd Argentus:Otherwise there would be a great gnashing of teeth. 
[11/07/21 17:17] :Fyrd Argentus displays his chattering teeth, on his open palm, while keeping his head bowed, then shuffles off. 
[11/07/21 21:58] Ungod:that's a real prayer 
 

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Part II:
???? Filtering seems important. How can you achieve this?
Here are two images showing a filtering pipe and a filtering box:


Filters must be cleaned permanently, else they won't...well, filter. They can also become breeding grounds for pathogens. 
???? Why treat rainwater? Isn't it supposed to be purer than water?
As a raindrop falls and comes in contact with the atmosphere, it dissolves naturally occurring carbon dioxide to form a weak acid. The resultant pH is about 5.7, whereas a pH of 7.0 is neutral. Also, fine particulates can be emitted by industrial and residential combustion, vehicle exhaust, agricultural controlled burns, and sandstorms. As rainwater falls through the atmosphere, it can incorporate these contaminants.
???? How to treat rainwater, then?
There are a number of possibilities, but two simple methods should be talked about: boiling water and...letting it in the sun? The UV light kills more microorganisms than you'd think.

In the interest of water preservation, and the hope there will be demand for such a system one day, I shall lay down some important points to follow when designing a rainwater harvesting system. Also, for portable water harvesting portable systems, there's an active quest you might know about.
 
???? Why harvest rainwater?
Rainwater is valued for its purity and softness. It has a nearly neutral pH, and is free from disinfection by-products, salts, minerals, and other natural and man-made contaminants. It must be treated, however, to kill microorganisms and some chemicals.
???? What are the components of a rainwater harvesting system?
A catchment surface (like the roof or, in the case of a portable system, an umbrella) , gutters and downspouts; leaf screens/first-flush diverters (components which remove debris and dust from the captured rainwater before it goes to the tank) and one or more storage tanks/ cisterns.
???? What materials are needed?
A roof can be made of metal (55% aluminium/45% zinc alloy steel sheet), clay (painted with special sealant to prevent bacteria growth on porous surfaces), asphalt (not recommended), slate or wood/gravel (suitable for irrigation water).
The most common materials for gutters and downspouts are half-round PVC, vinyl, pipe, seamless aluminum, and galvanized steel.
The funnel-type downspout filter is made of PVC or galvanized steel fitted with a stainless steel or brass screen. Filter socks of nylon mesh can be installed on the PVC pipe at the tank inflow. You may experiment with leaf screens, but remember they need constant cleaning.
Storage tanks must be opaque, either upon purchase or painted later, to inhibit algae growth, and should be protected from direct sunlight, if possible. They’re made of fiberglass, polypropylene, wood (pine, cedar or cypress), concrete, metal, ferrocement.