Kaya

Minor issue. The item owners list seems to be ordered by total items now, rather than unique items like it's supposed to. Now it shows little more than who has the most silver.

Some of the most fun time I've had in MD was during HCs, and I'm all but a fighter. There are two problems with HC, first there aren't enough participants, second it takes to long and during it no spells can be cast. The first problem can be split in two problems, there are more winners than there are new players, and we're out of players who haven't won HC yet. The first part has been pretty much solved by stopping HC or mp3 and reducing the amount of winners to only those who reach a certain score (although decreasing the maximum amount of winners to 3 might be good.) The second part however is a bit more difficult, unless someone is able to bring a few dozen of new players too MD we will have to get new participants from within our community. To do so I think a full reset would be fairest, but a partial reset might work as well, combined with a [url="http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/13071-discussion-about-hc-and-bhc/#entry123741"]ranking system like Fyrd proposed[/url] to be sure we won't be out of players again. It's either that or putting HC on a hold completely for a few years. The second problem will be mostly solved when we have more participants, but can also be solved completely by removing the spell restrictions during HC. Spells nowadays are so common anyone can get them. If this isn't enough then they could be restricted only to players who have more than a certain amount of score/heads. P.s. MP5 is now saver than it has been in a long time, so I recommend everyone who has been waiting to come up now, so you'll be able to get accustomed to it before a new danger arises.

You should be able to do as you want, but that doesn't mean everyone should like it just because they're doing what they want. I dislike depletion. Taking things just for the sake of taking them, to prevent others from having it. If they want to play that way, fine, but people shouldn't like it. Out of character I'm not completely opposed to depletion for the sake of depletion either, because it gives a common goal to fight against. In character I wouldn't leave a chance untaken to fight the depletion of my homeland. The resources belong to the lands, and we're allowed to harvest them, however after a while the more we take the less we get.

I can't believe I forgot probably the most important game of all, Pokémon! Black and White didn't interest me much though, and I'm not going to buy a 3DS to try Black and White 2, but still the series is epic. Furthermore for the WII Mario Cart, Super Smash Bros brawl and Okami are quite good. Also I thought I should leave [url="http://pgt-5b.blogspot.nl"]this[/url] here, someone might be interested.

Samon

Bastion was awesome, played through the entire game thrice and still pick it up occasionally and there's Limbo, really loved that one. Both are worth checking out. Furthermore I've had some fun a while back playing Shogun and Tropico. Used to be a great fan of Age of Empires (the original) and the Setlers (4) as well. Skyrim was nice, but I didn't quite love it as much as Oblivion, and although I haven't played Morrowind much myself I can see why many people deem it better then Oblivion. It isn't as refreshing any more, it's still nice, but not miles ahead of everything else out there like it's predecessors were. Still I'm curious what the Elder Scrolls Online will bring us. Catan, Chess and Go are awesome, though I'm terrible at Go. I also really love Machiavelli (the cart game, though the philosopher himself is quite interesting as well)

Happy birthday! (even though I'm late)

I agree drinking to much should trigger something. Right now tea is more dangerous than alcohol.

Looks like this is a topic without any winners, but only losers. I apologise in advance for the over all negativity of my post. First of all, I generally tend not to vote for those that feel the need to campaign for their cause more than others. Asking for votes to me is like admitting you think the original idea isn't enough to be able to win on its own and therefore you need to use other methods to get your votes. Dark Demon, what is your reason to want the CoE to return? I'm with Nimrodel on this one. Tarquinus, I'm starting to wonder if you actually want the CoE to be revived. Every time someone tries to put in some effort you seem to step back and say you should prove to deserve getting back the CoE. Wouldn't it make more sense to pick up every opportunity that arises to let it be known you are still alive? Support your cause. You shouldn't deserve back your alliance because of some popularity contest, but you should be able to win some popularity contest because you deserve back your alliance. (At least in this case, the CoE is rather popular.) Although I don't really like the way DST handled this, I do think it's a good thing she brought it to attention.[size=2] If only she were able to do it in such a way that it doesn't ruin the mood of all those somewhat involved...[/size] Regardles I would really love to see the CoE return, so please do continue trying to bring it back.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday

I guess I'll put my wish up here as well, even though I'm not sure this is the way to obtain it. I'm wishing for an item/ability to make cauldron recipes, if possible with a testing cauldron and an alchemist tag. Cauldrons are awesome. They let players make things, sadly there are only 3 recipes I know of, of which only two are freely available. Willing to keep myself to pretty much any limitations you put up.

Another idea: A reoccurring journey through the east. Pretty much [url="http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/12885-expedition-through-the-east/#entry120553"]the way Ackshan organised it[/url]. The east is the hardest land to travel through, but holds lots of interesting secrets. It could be used as a nice way to fill up for example two Days of Tranquillity, holding one journey in the summer and one in the winter.

Happy Birthday!

For contests/events spread over several days, should we ask for the starting date to be added, or the last day or perhaps both?

[i]"Tistou, the boy with green thumbs"[/i] seems to be the English title for those interested. I had some trouble finding it myself so I thought I would share.

Congrats, and good luck

A number of ideas: A scavenger hunt, several items hidden all over MD, each item gives a certain reward, and the player who collects most items gets a bonus. -I will leave it up to someone else to work out the details, if they're interested. General scene/creature makeover contests. While for some the theme could be announced long before for others it might be announced only 2 days before the deadline, or perhaps if you hold several over one day you could hold contests during only one hour. -Feel free to pick this up, though I wouldn't mind working it out myself either. Recipe making contests, get people to write a cauldron recipe for a certain item and the best will get his recipe implemented. Alternatively, get people to cook/make something in RL and describe how they did it, accompanied with some pictures, as a reward the best results will get the means to make their creations in game. -Going to work this out some more myself, though any comments are welcome.

Happy birthday, bunnies!

Happy birthday!

The link in the footer of the [url="http://magicduel.com/new_begining.php"]current homepage[/url] to the Terms and Conditions seems to be broken. It should lead to: http://magicduel.com/index.php?pag=terms Instead of: http://magicduel.com/new_begining.php?pag=terms

[quote name='Liberty4life' timestamp='1357230405' post='129611'] t&c (tou) aint written [/quote] It is, only the link on the current main page is broken, and it's there: [quote][b]10. Property[/b] All code, design, artworks and content on Magicduel, with the exception of links, images, texts hosted on third parties, are fully owned by Magicduel Adventure LLC and/or individualy by its shareholders. [i][b]All the accounts created are the property of MagicDuel[/b].[/i] Magicduel Adventure is a registered mark, nothing on Magicduel may be used without written permission.[/quote] And when signing up: [quote]Grab a fraction of who you are and give it a character name[/quote] 183) The Terms and Conditions link at the bottom of http://magicduel.com/new_begining.php has intentionally been broken to hide the above and other dubious terms.

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4][cquote] We've gathered a bunch of ideas and quotes from you and we've tried to answer them. When something was not clear, we've asked you to elaborate. Please find few of the answers and questions below. 1)[i]"Theres no reason for them to continue being protected after they're no longer on the council."[/i] Please explain your reasoning for requiring this? 2)[i]"Unbiased people"[/i] As you cannot see the reasoning behind decisions we can understand this statement. If there are particular incidences you would like us to elaborate on we will be happy to, Please keep the list to specific incidences of interest that you feel could help you understand our decision making rather than any situation that might have irked you. We cannot answer all but we will answer some if they are asked. 3)[i]"Having more open forums in which the Council discusses exactly their plans for things and how they make decisions."[/i] We rely a great deal on the coders. Their schedule is set but is changed when things break (server broke a few times, e-mail had issues a couple of times) or when players break things, when large events are needed and when emergencies come up. As you know, big changes like citizenship was discussed with you by bugs@ through Crash Test Dummy which is something that should have helped. We make our decisions based on the MD set of rules and the guidelines set by Mur. We discuss options and try to find the pros and cons. When we reach an agreement, that idea is scheduled for implementation based on its priority and severity. We cannot open up the full discussions due to anonymity and time. 4)[i]"People vote on who gets a items/tags - Perhaps it could tie in with heat or one of the other ways we have of expressing ourselves (items?)."[/i] 'Tags' is something that we listed in projects available to be worked on, but it was not a popular choice and so is not a main focus. One of the things involved in this area would be a more automated tag system. For some tags and items however, they are given strategically or at a whim based on lots of factors, some of which we have announced. Heat voting is not something that will be used in this area. You as a community already have the vote power to lift someone into a role should they so wish to be, it has always been so, support and action and movement. 5)[i]"A division of council duties and more openness in some of the decision making process might be the best way to go."[/i] Please explain. 6)[i]"Council forum account would be nice"[/i] There already exist: they are called Voices on the Forum. 7)[i]"Council needs to be changed somewhat frequently, with the old members in it being revealed when it does change."[/i] It takes time for a new member to accommodate and gain enough knowledge to start functioning properly. 8)[i]"Now with the council I feel that its some "greater force" that decided, passes judgement, and acts all on its own, often against the people opinions as has been seen several times in the forum."[/i] This is correct. Whilst we listen and fight amongst ourselves to remain fair and objective as much as we can, this is not a democratically ruled system. We believe Mur has gone over this one a number of times himself over the years. 9)[i]"You put a group of those with the same general views ans you get a one sided council."[/i] If we had the same views you would get instant replies to e-mails and we could actually be removed and replaced by one of us or we would work a lot faster. 10)[i]"If someone in the Council steps down, how do they decide a new Council? I would like all the inner workings of the Council revealed. None of this secrecy. It just makes me feel like we are not smart enough to handle these decisions if they are being made for us."[/i] It's not a matter of being smart, it's a matter of privacy for council so that they don't have to be afraid of making decisions against people they know individually and so forth. New members are decided primarily by Mur. 11)[i]"Council should contain an equal proportions of a fossil, a vet, and a new player with basic understanding of coding and mechanics."[/i] The structure of the council is Mur's decision, we cannot comment on this. 12)[i]"IF we will have a council who will be anonymous in the future why they don´t have trust points like the kings and special players always had?"[/i] We are the body awarding trust points, hence Mur is the only one who can judge us at that level. You can of course judge us, as you are doing now. 13)[i]"A secret organization or government always leads to conspiracy theories which is always leading to distrust - there must be the biggest change. If MD is THE community based "game" then MD should be in the "hands" of the community."[/i] Lots of features were done/change/influenced by the community and inspired by the players. Almost all changes are done because players request them directly or indirectly. You might not think we pay attention, but we do, and we have long debates about some of the things you discuss and do in the game and on the forum. We then weigh that against current plans and requirements and MD's structure and meld them into an output. The output isn't always exactly what you asked for, because it can't be, but it is inspired by you. 14)[i]"So I suggest everyone with a proper Age ingame needs to do some kind of job matching his/her time limit he/she has."[/i] Please come up with a list of proper and decent roles and we'll analyse them. We've outsourced as many job as possible and we have plans to outsource even more but for that to happen we need the coders help. Also please take into account players that are active age-wise, but not active action-wise (you can check the Active Vet List to see what we mean). 15)[i]"The council should not make some decisions which can be made by the Community."[/i] Please elaborate. What decisions can be made by the community (and should) and which should be made by the Council? 16)[i]"On every single major announcement, open up a thread in the forum for discussions about it."[/i] That is something you can do by yourselves. Besides, all major changes are usually accompanied by a line along "Please discuss this here" or "please open a forum thread for discussion" 17)[i]"I'd also like to see more members of the council with specialized roles."[/i] What specialised roles do you think would help us? Do you feel comfortable knowing just one person will make a decision in a given area? Would you like us to try this for a while to see what happens? [/cquote][/size][/font]

Death in and of itself is not bad and banning death from MD would be one of the worse things one could do. Death gives meaning to life, it urges one to be careful, yet also to strive forward as one day that will no longer be possible. Furthermore death brings people closer together.Basically you won't realize what you have until you lose it and if there isn't even the risk of losing it, it is completely meaningless. But that's all about the concept death, the way death works in MD at the moment it's little more than an over powered spell. A combination of Lock in Chaos and a repaired Attack Lock that doesn't end automatically, but only after someone ends it. Death isn't bad, only the way it works seems to be wrong. You can try making revival easier, but as long as death is the way it is it will solve little and breaks things further. As to how it should work, I have a few ideas, but want to do some work them out some more before posting them.

The site seems to be working or me, perhaps it was down for a moment, if you keep having the problem clearing cache/flushing dns might help.