Fyrd Argentus

Child of the digital age..... (shakes head) I just have to ask..... is there something wrong with just mailing a check?

Aug 24th is marked as a reserve date on the calendar. Something big is brewing in the MDA. That's a poor example of foreshadowing.... but I'm tired.

A brain is like a violin. The exterior shape only determines which wavelenths/frequencies will find resonance therein. The electrical impulses racing around the neurons will leave little permanant footprints on the well-worn paths, much like a holographic recording. No two brains with different shapes will resonanate with the same experiences the same way. No two beings ever experience the same thing anyway. It would take an incredible coincidence (or miracle) for different brains with different experiences to self-select their memories to end up with the same recordings of their experiences.

This is a corporate US technique called "sand-bagging". Always promise less than you really can deliver. Makes you look better. I thought I might be more swamped on my return than I really was.

If somebody gives Mur money to get credits to pay another player, this is a good thing. Buying something directly with cash (or equivalents) is the no-no, as it does not benefit MD (which needs all the financial support it can get, or we will lose it...). My experience is 15sc = 1gc = 3 credits. However, it is sometimes hard to find people willing to part with credit codes (which might have to be generated using hard cold cash), so the last equality is very subjective and will probably vary over time.

Nope, spent a week plus with my parents, siblings, nieces and nephews in Colorado, and am back in the Appalachians on schedule. I couldn't even get cell phone reception up in the Rockies....

Princess "interference" has been found in the Piano Room, and it might be awhile before I can get over there and fix it. The song that starts EFEDC.... the next note was maliciously raised by a whole step. So try entering the "messed-up" version of this song (next note raised a whole step) to progress on the quest. Sorry, and thanks to Esmaralda for calling me to the mat on this one.

I'm baaack.....

I'm sure you'll all carry on without me, but I didn't want anybody to waste time searching for me.... (Don't confiscate my avys or items!)

The MD spirit is shaped by every one of us who brings something to the party. Some are as crass as Vicarious/Sig suggests, struggling for supremacy at all costs. I group myself with the artistic types, struggling for creative originality. The rewards you receive are those you pursue, providing you have enough stick-to-it-ness. Some aspire to honorable nobility and a sense of community and team spirit quite unlike what Sig describes. Look at the different lands through this lens - you will see that "birds of a feather" DO "flock together".

There is a lot on the horizon, but the biggest changes during stage 10, which do now seem to be complete, are the changes to the combat system. - Click-and-drag interface - Species Limitations - Aimed Hit changes - Angien changes - UP/Vampiric Aura changes - Other minor adjustments - Lots of bug resolution You could declare the combat system issues resolved, and move on to stage 11 where all that other good stuff awaits us.

I will find some sort of prize for close runners-up, should that situation occur. Your efforts WILL be recognized. Write enough, and the pickles (converted to credits....?) could be worth more than the wp.... well, maybe not.... hmmmm.... And no, your presence on the 15th per se is not required to win.

Very helpful, thank you!

The evil ones have buried the Fountain of the Lost Path under viscous slime, in an effort to prevent us from stopping their power play. Fortunately, I have found that the ethreal nature of the viscous slime makes it conduct magical transmissions quite well. I have been able to forge a telepathic link between the fountain and the hut north of Wind's sanctuary. It will no longer be necessary to break trail through the slime every hour to pursue the Adventure of the Lost Path. I am using the viscous slime to make a few other improvements in my spells, strengthening connections and the like. Happy adventuring!

Alternatively, you could catagorize by biological anatomy -- flowers, leaves, bark, root, fruit, nuts/seeds. Fodder is another name to use for dead weeds. Compost generally includes garbage and scraps too. [Per Rumi's note - add resin/sap/extract to the list].

How about this - you go to the "herb patch" and as part of the gathering process you state what sort of herb you pick, and thereby what tag the herbs you are gathering will have. Each "bundle" of herbs you carry would then have a different tag giving its name (text string). Handle sort of like ID numbers. Cauldron looks at the tag that the bundle carries to see if it has the right name. An herb would only have a name in raw form. Recipes and tools would exist in wide variety to convert them to something useful. You could let ANYBODY collect herbs, no tool required, but to convert to something useful takes skill/equipment/knowledge.

May your shrooms ever circle and their caps always keep off the rain... Happy Birthday!

Rather hard to test when people get kidnapped to GG and used as grist for the mill. Being stuck in GG is rather de-motivating to keep on trying. I was one of many that got this treatment.

Any place that is site of a social event could be used. The GGG story is really about a phenomenon, not the place. You could do it on Wind & Rain Pub for instance. Or the GoE (and what goes on there) etc. This is all to inspire new players to get involved in the realm.

Well, to get into the spirit of Mur's announcement, maybe viscosity should be shown by big black dots, BIG ones, so that the only part of the map we even SEE is the clear part..... sigh. Readjusting to the new reality....

Hey Mur, I'm trying to SELL these cure-all pickles, don't mess up my "snake-oil" sales pitch. They not only solve the problem of viscosity, they are also good for bad breath, rudeness, brain farts, flat feet, poor eyesight, the heartbreak of psoriasis, noobism, crossed fingers, blue screen, planned obsolescence, death, taxes, body odor, poor memory, and empty pockets (mine). They have been known to counteract the effects of over-indulgence, hubris, lack of sleep, too much sleep, excessive static cling (i.e. pet hair), and low vitamin deficiencies. More people who have eaten spicy pickles have survived than not. Everyone should try one! Or two! (Yes, this is intended to be humorous. Also to point out that what I CLAIM to be, "ain't necessarily so". Caveat emptor.).

The problem I see is it builds too quick, and it is too hard to clear. MDA index room filled up overnight, for instance, and we don't have enough active players to drive it down again.

So Granos, you’ve got Shadow’s submission “All to be taken humorously”, you’ve got Tipu’s “Anti-farting nose clip”, and Mur saying he has “no clue what this quest is about”. This quest went 10 days before I was the only one with the courage to try to get you to explain what you were talking about. For that I get insulted in your tag line. Thank you very much. You have shown us where your interests lie. Fyi – 16 very active months in the realm and I have never seen an rpc or spell doc. Note that all we’ve got from the obsolete description of Inner Magic is “create a good logic for the spell and back it up with research about the parties involved and it will happen”. Your response to my PM was to tell me to post on the forum, so here it is.

Seems to me that abdicating citizenship should automatically be considered abdication of a throne. There ought to be elections, or whatever it is necrovions use to put a new dictator on the throne. You can't join an alliance without being the right citizenship - how can alliance membership be held to a higher standard than the kingship? Can a non-citizen BECOME a king? Shouldn't this whole thread be under the BUG section?

So this is inner magic? We design something that logically should work, then hope and pray that Mur will facilitate it actually working?