Ravenstrider

Well, the graphics wouldn't be too hard to do, i guess (i presume you ment something like the liquid dust animation?), but there are other things to consider... Is weather in md even connected to the seasons? Or is there more to it than that... -cough-lands,elements-cough-just guessing-cough- Edit: Other than that, so haiku, I like it! x)

How do you feel about spy work? You'd have to supply your own tux and the only gadgets we have available are a tube of lube and a roll of duct-tape.(very high tech) You would have one of those nice code names like 520006258221073...

11gc, a pimpy with some age, a bp with some age, a joker with some age.

Found it! Gonna get it in a sec. Sent you a PM...

Well, wasted a couple of credits and didn't find it. Good luck.

8gc (edited because i didnt see it wasnt an auction)

[quote name='Muratus del Mur' timestamp='1291077652' post='73737'] so let me get this right, you are blaming me for not playing with you from characters like knaty or ss or whatever? because otherwise i don't see where i am hindering your creativity in play, or how i make things automated. Please detail how i make things automated or whatever you wanted to say. Please give examples so i understand in what you see this trend you fear of. I am serious, maybe i don't see it as you do. [/quote] No, I'm not blaming anyone, I'm just saying that characters like Knatty and SS make players that interact with them feel special. It's like interacting with a part of the world. Maybe I chose the wrong example in Knatty's quest. Hm, you can take Renavoid's quest as the other example... Quests that change the world are always more special than those that require you to solve riddles on clickies. That was my point. When you join MD now, and read the whole AL, see the newspaper, etc, it seems like that things were vibrant and alive back then and that they are quite dull at the moment... You go: I can be a part of this great adventure... Oh, wait, it's gone and it's not returning... But instead, you can gather branches and join the endless bickering that goes on in MD now. (It seems that all people can do lately is gnaw at each others necks) Let's take the Necrovion Rebelion... Something that could have been so much fun and has so much RP potential has been reduced to slinging insults. Same with this Drachorn Cave deal... (though there was the braking of the rules here, so not the best example) Automation of MD is not a bad thing, in most cases... But one of the things that makes MD special is a mix of the human factor... Automate too much and it's less "special"... That's what I was trying to say. One of the things that made me feel this way is the implementation of gathering professions... and later on, I'm guessing crafting as well...(not in a sense that's done now) Which would be more or less taking a feature most mmorpg games already have... It could be something else, probably, but from what I've seen of the Woodcutters, it's just a guild of alts that farm resources. With the implementation of the rest of the professions can you say for certain that MDP won't start being flooded with: WTS Branches, 5sc... WTS water, 1sc, etc. With raising the ammount of items, you raise the amount of trade goods, raising the amount of trade, which can lead to that situation... And just to wrap it up: My opinion isn't really based on facts, but a feeling, so it isn't too relevant. And I'm just one guy who likes to whine. (apparently) (Just for the record, I still think most of the recently implemented technical stuff is really good...) Edit: I was meaning to post this a couple of hours ago, but my internet went out... So I kind of missed the last few posts... ^.^

@ Mur: The point isn't Lifeline. Awiiya voices a legitimate concern about a direction this could lead to. You concentrated on lifeline's post because it was offensive towards you. My take: I really don't care about any of this (spell and lair related), but I do care about the direction of MD, and I agree with Kafuuka on this one. Making the game more automated and focusing on that part has made it less "special" lately.(I haven't been around for long, but I've heard stories about the past...might be exagerated, but the Knatty quest gave me a taste and I really liked it) We (the players) are partially to blame for that... partially it's the lack of people who stay in MD, partially the stars... partially the chickens... Now, it's easy to point out the problems, but how do we fix them?

Speach patterns and translation issues. Do I have to go over it? Not a native speaker, bla, bla. The reason I sound like Rheggs is probably because of the same culture/interests/mentality. I don't want to go down that road either... Personal? No... I just have an issue with your fun ruining a part of my gameplay experience.

That's like kings banning people for the fun of it... Uh, wait, never mind. *whistles innocently* (No, I'm not suggesting any of the kings *coughs* bans people for the fun of it...) Edit: I was trying to be formal in the PMs... And respectful... So I stated things clearly and concisely, without going around corners... Could you would you, why would you. I don't really like that kind of communication... And same type of agression can be found in your PMs... Or near it... (at least that's how I see it, but I can miss things).

[quote name='Burns' timestamp='1291060589' post='73716'] Actually, that is exactly what people with send to gazebo do in HC. Stop people from going to places where others can't go. You know, make things a little more fair and such. [/quote] I ment about the "just for the fun of it porting" part... And HC isn't fair. @ Yrth: Yeah, as I said, just my luck... You'll make me go and sleep in an internet caffee tonight. ^.^

Fine, then I'll throw a party in the Drachorn Lair because I was annoyed by the endless ranting you people did on the forums. (Yes, this was a joke... not a good one, but still...) If you want to be a mod, you have to deal with the people. If not, don't do it. I think I apologized for bothering you, but if not, I'll do it here: I'm sorry I didn't take my time to find a two year old topic that has a post that contains the rules on the HC that are applied from time to time and I continued to ask you to confirm them. And I'm not trying to be rude or disrespectful here, and we discussed this in the PM, and that was it. This is you messing with people and basically abusing the ability because we annoyed you. Not very nice. Do it, but give up your post as a mod of the HC afterwards, because mods shouldn't do that.

No life is meaningless. No death is worthy or meaningful.

1) To sit on this park bench in my home town, smoke a cig and play my guitar, with a pint of good, cold beer. Why Not: I don't know... I just know that I won't do it... Why it is easy: Self explanatory. Why: That place always gave me a sense of serenity that I couldn't achieve anywhere else... 2) To play "Oci Boje Meda" with the band from my home town. Why not: I never have enough time to practise my guitar... Plus stage fright... I'll never do it... Why it is easy: I could just ask the guys to let me play the song... Why: I need to loose myself. 3) To cook for someone special. Why not: I'll never learn to cook, I'd probably poison her... And I'm asocial, so the someone special part is hard to achieve. Why it is easy: I could learn how to cook, at least one kind of dish, and I could probably find someone if I got over some of my problems. Why: Same reason like the last two... To feel good...

[quote name='dst' timestamp='1290758724' post='73284'] Maybe it's time to share my opinion. I am one of the players that became LHO not because I like to help people. I did it to experience this side of the game. [/quote] Totally off topic: I thought you became a LHO to finish Renavoid's quest for the Leadership spell doc... You shatter my illusions.

@Chewett..was . You can remove the avatar from the system now, while it's waiting approval... (Not sure how it before) and then upload it being in the system twice. And I didn't get any kind of feedback, the avy didn't get approved, and my other avatars got approved... So I'm thinking it's not good enough... :/ Anyway, I'll upload a couple that I'm working on currently tomorrow. Edit: Thanks for the kind words, I know you're lying trough your teeth, but doesn't matter...

For some reason, that particular avatar (grave digger) still hasn't been approved, even though all the others have. I don't know if that's a way of saying: Fix that sword... I might try and do it later today and I'll reupload it...

Well, I've finally started drawing some decent avatars, and I thought I'd share them here. Also, I'm planning to make this a topic where I will add my work and let people suggest how to make it better... Or even make suggestions towards what I should draw. The work is not by any means high quality and I wouldn't call it art, but I think it is good enough for someone to make it their avy if it "fits them." I'll start with a couple that were already approved. [attachment=2204:matrixinspired.jpg] My current avatar. Drew it while watching The Matrix. The movie inspired me in some strange way. [attachment=2205:Monkish.jpg] Started drawing it as an angelic character but decided against it, and got this martial arts kind of feel. [attachment=2206:StaffandCloak.jpg] Staff and cloak. Overdid the shading a bit, didn't manage to tune it down during editing, but I guess someone might like it. [attachment=2207:Fool.jpg] The Fool. My previous avatar and the first avy I was satisfied with. Still waiting on approval, so feel free to suggest changes: [attachment=2208:gravedigger.jpg] Grave Digger. Inspired by the Caretakers, I couldn't manage to make the sword look as I wanted to no matter how much I tried... [attachment=2210:ethien.jpg] A coat and hat dude... Looks French to me, for some reason. [attachment=2209:seig2.jpg] Custom made for Seigheart, if he likes it... I was going for creepy... I'm not sure if I hit the spot. [attachment=2213:pirate.jpg] Pirate avy... Not much to add... Done during my insomnia run. [attachment=2299:atr.jpg] Custom made for Atrumist. [attachment=2302:oldman.jpg] Old man...

Well, here's my opinion on this... Since the bar for approving avatars has gone higher... (still not high enough if you ask me... and I am the guy who submits some of the worst work out there... sorry lol I try my best) And since the selection is shuffled to show at least 2 avy's (I think) from the older generation... the only thing that is the problem here is the repetition... Maybe instead of a random list of avy's every time, maybe a random list per character and then you could go trough the whole thing without seeing the same avatar twice.

As Amoran mentioned, they are line drawings. Add some shading to them... Also, the criteria for approving avatars has gone up recently, so there will be less bad quality avatars out there and avatars won't get approved as easily. One more note: Characters from movies/comic books/manga/ etc. aren't allowed. Characters need to be original. And objects are a no-no, even though they are easier to draw.

But I like eating paper. Meh, I started drawing a few months back... So I'm still searching for my style...and learning techniques, since I never really liked to draw, so I never bothered, until now... So that could be a part of it... And I was mostly joking in the above post. Great work, Espartano, btw...

May I suggest redoing the drawing, maybe using a ruler to make the lines less "bumpy"... (Edit the original drawing, then rescan it. If it's too faded, use the ruler tool in photoshop or gimp to emphasise the lines without the bumpiness, but in this case, add some shading to the drawing, so it doesn't look like it's done in photoshop) And I've gathered something from the comments on the avatars I've uploaded: The drawing should be complete (not cut) representation of a character, as detailed as you can make it, not too abstract, which clearly shows that it was hand drawn (shading, lines, etc). Representations of objects and animals don't get accepted generally... If it's a dragon, a wolf, a mythical being and if it's very well drawn, maybe it will get accepted, but in most cases no...

I'd just to state the signature was meant for all those people that come here only to argue and gnaw at each others necks. It was left in Serbian because it's (in my opinion) a piece of poetry and can't be translated correctly by me. I considered it short enough to be in both my signature, and in another language, according to the rules. And why open a topic about it anyway? Anyone who wanted to know what it means could have asked me. I even translated it in-game the other night. If you wanted to execute a punishment, again, it's nothing that should be handled in public... This just looks like a stoning for the amusement of the masses. I don't know what you find offensive. I was thinking people would like it, in a sense they can see the message behind it (even the google translation does to an extent). Guess I was wrong. Edit: Very loose translation for Firs and anyone else who is curious. Note: It's not even close to cover all the metaphors and subtle messages in the song, and I apologize to all of those who love EKV and Milan for translating this. "You blind, you deaf, you selfish people, making the noise, without order and sense, without why and because, for whom and how, without the question that maybe would dry out the prideful smile on the face without tears (as in crying tears), on the face that never turned the cheek. Tear (as in a rip, a scar), coffin, a worm, and face(or cheek) and hair and blood. You mute(or silent) players of your ritual dance, happy in trance in a world that exists only in heads of people without scrupuls, of the people without mercy, people without memory, you who don't know the showers(or storms, waves, tough to translate the message here) of sound, colors and smells. You foolish people. " [code]And here's the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMj4dn2Vd_o&feature=related[/code]

The problem with me is: I can't really draw... I mean, I can (poorly), but I can't visualize something and then draw it... it comes down to me drawing lines until I see a shape I like then going from that... And then my friend comes around and goes: "What is that? Is that a space monkey?" And I rip the paper in shreds... and eat it... without chewing... *sighs* I need some art-education...