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  1. You know you've been on MD too much when...

    in Offtopic

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    When you're working in the lab, and you hear somebody mention that the viscosity is way too high and you literally [i]freak out[/i] because you have places to be and you won't have enough time to make it to them and then you'll be late and get in trouble and everyone will be mad at you and dear lord, why doesn't anybody in this room have tea on them… then you realize that they were talking about the viscosity of their liquid solution and this is real life.

  2. Streamlined Bulk Money Trading

    in Implemented or Dismissed

    Posted

    [quote name='ChildOfTheSoul' timestamp='1327295878' post='101940']
    I remember during BHC there was a blue text interface to transfer heads. I wonder if there's a similar way to do that with silver coins. Probably not adaptable, but it seems like it might be something that eventually becomes possible. Haha, "MD of the future".
    [/quote]


    "Soon" ;)

    [quote name='Seigheart' timestamp='1327289611' post='101937']
    I think the reason it hasn't been done so far, is the way the system recognizes and groups them together.

    For resources, it essentially becomes one item.

    Where as gold/silver, the system can't tell what the next ctc is. A new one is generated every time a new coin is added. So mur would have to make considerable changes to the item console. Just for conveinence sake.
    [/quote]

    I know there's a way to identify items by name instead of by id, so shouldn't it also be possible to check how many of that item someone has in their inventory? Can someone with more coding experience clarify this?

  4. Streamlined Bulk Money Trading

    in Implemented or Dismissed

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    [quote name='Juni0r' timestamp='1327287399' post='101929']
    *Beats Grido and posts*

    [url="http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/3862-transfer-more-coins/page__hl__coins__fromsearch__1"]http://magicduel.inv...__fromsearch__1[/url]
    [/quote]

    Darn.
    So, only a year and half before I joined the game.
    Circumstances have changed a little bit though and my suggestion is a little more fleshed out than Grido's. Yeah, let's go with that. :ph34r:
    And I'd definitely like to see the idea revisited.

  6. Streamlined Bulk Money Trading

    in Implemented or Dismissed

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    After numerous trades involving large amounts of silver coins, I wondered why there isn't a better way to do this.

    We've all gone through the process of coin counting and interrupting conversations with large blocks of text that look something like this:


    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]AmberRune passed Gold coin to Brulant[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    [b]: [/b][color=#1D6D94][i]Brulant passed Silver coin to AmberRune[/i][/color]

    My suggestion is to add two new text fields boxes underneath the "Item to Give" drop-down menu in the Inventory sidebar that correspond to amounts of silver coins and gold coins. You would just enter the amount of silver and gold that you want to trade into the boxes, enter the name of the recipient, and click the "give" button (as per usual trades), and instead get a message like this:

    [size=4][b]: [/b][color=#305681][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][i]Brulant passed 15 Silver Coin(s) and 2 Gold Coin(s) to AmberRune[/i][/font][/color][/size]

    In chat.

    Faster, less chat destructive, and you easily know exactly how much coin was transfered.

  8. Illusion Masquerade

    in General Forum

    Posted

    [quote name='ChildOfTheSoul' timestamp='1327222932' post='101781']
    Could you potentially add public logs to other players, and papers to your "temporary" self? Would you be able to hold new items? Would it be like having a "fresh" account, or drastically different?
    [/quote]

    I was hoping that it'd be like having a "fresh" account, but I'm not sure how much extra strain that would place on the database.


    [quote name='Atrumist' timestamp='1327250629' post='101846']
    I thing that this illusion is missing the point of the originial idea.

    Making an illusion has nothing with starting again from scratch, it is some kind of 'safe' forgetting about our exterior. Making an alt is also wortheless, only the change of the original character can do any change on its development.

    I don't support this useless illusion, but if a group decides to dive into an MD asceticism I maybe will consider such an action. For inner good.
    [/quote]

    This is an event suggestion, not a suggestion for a new illusion to be added. I'm saying use the preexisting mechanics of the illusion system, because it's a tool that already exists, to accomplish the effect, not that this idea really fits in with the theory of illusions or should be a permanent thing. Think of it like an Italian Carnival.


    [quote name='Grido' timestamp='1327252155' post='101852']
    The "main" issue with this idea, which generally speaking people seem to like, is that currently if you have an illusory name, that is then the name you have to use to log in. People, if they use their name to log in (you can also use email or ID), they will be prone to get confused I suspect, thinking they're unable to log in for some bug or something.
    [/quote]

    I had forgotten about that. Could everyone be sent an automated email that has their temporary username in it? Or an announcement placed on the login page to use your ID/email to log in? Or could the mechanic be tweaked slightly? Or, we could just have no one log off for a week ;)

  9. Illusion Masquerade

    in General Forum

    Posted

    [quote name='Brulant' timestamp='1327121612' post='101562']
    Everyone could be put into an illusion that, say, changes their name, hides their papers and inventory, removes their creatures, and otherwise "resets" their profile.
    [/quote]

    Everything hidden.

  10. Illusion Masquerade

    in General Forum

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    [quote name='Dragual' timestamp='1327218474' post='101769']
    Ehh.... I don't really like that idea... Maybe... You get to choose a name, then it give you a random number?
    [/quote]

    No, that was my point. I don't want to have anything to do with numbers. If everyone in MD suggests two names, we should have a pretty large pool to choose from. Say I suggest Aprins and Ardente, and you suggest Mragual Donarth and Maul, and someone else suggests… etc etc, and then all of the names are randomly assigned to people.

    [quote name='Falronn' timestamp='1327218669' post='101770']
    Or everyones names get jumbled up. Dragual might be named Brulant for the time being, Brulant might be named Falronn, and so on. Basically you only know who the person isn't and even then who knows? What if Brulant was still Brulant but decided to act differently? Just an idea I had but probably not the best way to handle it.
    [/quote]

    I actually kind of like that idea, although I'd like to shake the connotations that are already associated with our already existing characters.


    [quote name='Falronn' timestamp='1327218669' post='101770']
    How long would the illusion last? How often could it be used?
    [/quote]

    I was thinking a week, and it would be applied to everybody all at once. It'd be an event, not really a typical illusion spell. I suggested illusions because that seems the best mechanic we have for making it happen.

  12. Illusion Masquerade

    in General Forum

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    Well, there's the always boring "Mask ###", OR we could have everyone suggest two or three names which would them be assigned to everyone randomly when the illusion is activated. Something like that?

    Edit: I don't think we should be able to chose our own names, because I know I probably wouldn't be able to resist doing something clever that links back to Brulant somehow. And it'd be interesting to see how we adapt our temporary roles to the names we get. Feel free to disagree.

  13. Illusion Masquerade

    in General Forum

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    I'm splitting this from [url="http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/11486-connections-to-the-realm/"]this[/url] because I really do think it's an interesting idea and want to see if there's any discussion to be had about it.


    [quote name='Brulant' timestamp='1327121612' post='101562']
    I think it would be interesting to have a period of time that acts as a Masquerade.
    Everyone could be put into an illusion that, say, changes their name, hides their papers and inventory, removes their creatures, and otherwise "resets" their profile. No one would know who each other are after the reset takes place. Then, for that period of time, the game could be played as if everyone had started at the same time.
    When the illusion ends, everyone would return exactly to normal (as has been demonstrated recently) and the Masquerade would be over.
    Of course, there would probably be a few spoilsports who immediately tell everyone who they are, but, overall, I think that could be fun. Or at least interesting. ^_^
    [/quote]

    The opinion has been expressed that if you want the effect of starting fresh, you could just make an alt, but to that I have this to say.

    [quote]

    [b]Player X: [/b]It's interesting but I think I'm with whoever said "Just get an alt"
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]See, the problem with "getting an alt" is that everyone else hasn't changed.
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]You're still operating in a world with characters that are already defined.
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]There's something to be said for the fresh-slate-for-everyone approach, I think.
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]Because, let's say that I make an alt right now and walk over here.
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]I see you, and I know you're you, because I ([i]as a player[/i]) know who Player X is.
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]I won't be able to not treat you like Player X, unless I'm consciously trying really hard to do so.
    [b]Player X: [/b]*[i]mumbles[/i]* not the first time that's happened this week
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]That's what makes playing an true "alt" so hard.
    [url="http://magicduel.com/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=9Ddr5Q7p3rciYB2mlzfMWA,,"][b]Brulant[/b][/url][b]: [/b]It'd be fun to see if the same people became friends, if the same enemies hated one another, or if the die would roll differently.
    [/quote]

    Is the type of mass illusion I talk about mechanically possible right now? Would it be interesting? Thoughts?

    Edit: Disclaimer: This is a suggestion for an event that would last for something like a week, NOT a suggestion for a new type of illusion. Think of it like a Masquerade Carnival, I'm just piggybacking on the system that's already in place to see if we can make this work.

  14. Connections to the realm.

    in Groups and Factions

    Posted

    When I read this earlier in the evening, I dismissed it out of hand. As I've thought about it though, the idea, or something similar to it, has grown on me.

    I think it would be interesting to have a period of time that acts as a Masquerade.
    Everyone could be put into an illusion that, say, changes their name, hides their papers and inventory, removes their creatures, and otherwise "resets" their profile. No one would know who each other are after the reset takes place. Then, for that period of time, the game could be played as if everyone had started at the same time.
    When the illusion ends, everyone would return exactly to normal (as has been demonstrated recently) and the Masquerade would be over.
    Of course, there would probably be a few spoilsports who immediately tell everyone who they are, but, overall, I think that could be fun. Or at least interesting. ^_^

  15. Item gathering/LR guards

    in New Ideas

    Posted

    [quote name='Burns' timestamp='1327097214' post='101499']
    That'd have another interesting effect, which is probably a little destructive...
    Cauldrons are built to be used by groups of two, would that mean that you need to team up with somebody else to solve one of the hardcoded quests?
    [/quote]

    What about an MP3 and a vet? That way the MP3s learn sort of how to use the cauldrons, and they start making connections in the Realm. The MP3 would still have to gather all of the stuff and learn the steps to brew it, so I don't see any obvious reason why a vet couldn't help them.
    And wouldn't that also solve the heat problem?

  16. Global Mute Button

    in New Ideas

    Posted

    [quote name='ChildOfTheSoul' timestamp='1326935960' post='101123']
    Now I regret posting it. Will a mod please lock this topic?
    [/quote]

    Whoa, whoa, whoa. Never regret posting an idea that you sincerely think would improve MD. Mmkay?

    I really like the idea of a global mute button, or at least some more mute functions, in MD. As Pip said, it should be pretty easy to integrate and would really improve things for me. I like to be online as much as possible, but the sounds can get really distracting. Especially when you're trying to work :P

  18. How Teapot works?

    in Questions and Answers

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    Okay, I've gotten this question… a lot. So I'm going to make a comprehensive list that I can just link to for future reference. If I misremember anything about making tea (it's been a while) or details get too specific and it's considered a spoiler, let me know. I hope this helps all future tea-brewers! ;)

    - B

    P.S. [url="http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/10398-tea/page__p__90279#entry90279"]Here's Mur's original post[/url], should you want to read it.

    Here's how you run the teapot. (Full step by step instructions)[list=1]
    [*]Collect a teapot, tea recipe book, water, branches, tea leaves, aromatic herbs, and tea cups from their various locations.
    [*]Gather enough heat to fuel the teapot in a heat storing device (i.e. a heat jar).
    [*]Open your inventory
    [*]Open the teapot.
    [*]Load the required heat into the teapot. [i]Warning: When the heat that you have loaded into the teapot reaches zero, the branches and water will be consumed and you will have to reload them[/i].
    [*]Load the required branches and water into the teapot.
    [*][b]FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO BREW TEA WITH[/b]. This is necessary because the teapot holder [u]cannot[/u] provide ingredients for making tea nor can they give themselves the instructions. Cauldrons were meant to be community items, use them in groups! This should/could be step number 1!
    [*]Give your tea making partners the tea leaves, water, aromatic herbs, and tea cups you will be using to produce tea.
    [*]When the water, branches, and heat are loaded and you click continue you should get a screen like this.
    [*][attachment=3589:teapot3.gif]
    [*]That little countdown timer next to "Next instruction in…" tells you how quickly and when the teapot is checking chat for instructions. [i]Warning: If they are large amount of people talking where you are trying to prepare tea, things could get a little sticky[/i].
    [*]Now you must clearly say [color=#000080]"[/color][color=#0000cd]Lets brew some tea.[/color][color=#000080]"[/color], "[color=#0000cd]Lets prepare some tea.[/color]", or "[color=#0000cd]I will prepare a nice cup of aromatic tea.[/color]" You should get a green message in chat that confirms that you are now brewing tea and states what the necessary ingredients are. At this point your, the teapot holder's, part in this is nearly done. Now your tea making buddy (TMB) steps in.
    [*]The tea recipe calls for specific resources; aromatic herbs, water, tea leaves, and tea cups. Your TMB(s) must possess all of these ingredients in their necessary amounts and "give" them to the teapot by using the words, "[color=#0000cd]I will provide the [blank].[/color]" Where you substitute the name of the item in place of the blank. [i]The ingredients do not all have to come from one person nor do they have to be provide in their full amount by a single person.[/i]
    [*]The teapot will then tell you in chat and in green text that all of the ingredients are loaded and it's ready to go. If you have not provided all of the ingredients it will tell you what you still need to provide.
    [*]At this point your TMB(s) have to give you, the tea-brewer, the Instructions. The Instructions are basically (sort of) the steps you would need to brew tea. They need to be stated one at a time[i] per one cycle of the "Next Instruction In…" countdown timer[/i]. If you feed the teapot too many instructions at once, it will miss some of them.
    [*]The instructions are as follows:
    [/list][indent=1]1. "[color=#0000cd]Spread the leaves over the teapot's base[/color]."[/indent]
    [indent=1]2. "[color=#0000cd]Add some water.[/color]"[/indent]
    [indent=1]3. "[color=#0000cd]Boil the water.[/color]"[/indent]
    [indent=1]4. "[color=#0000cd]Pour the hot water into the teapot[/color]."[/indent]
    [indent=1]5. "[color=#0000cd]Wait for five minutes.[/color]"[/indent]
    [indent=1]6. "[color=#0000cd]Serve up the tea.[/color]"[/indent]
    [indent=1][size=2]note: There are other phrases that work for each step, those are just my favorite.[/size]
    17. The teapot will dispense a red completion message and you will smell a wonderful smell. There will be tea in your inventory.
    18. [b]Divide up the tea with your TMBs! [/b]They helped you, they deserve some of the tea too.
    [/indent]

  19. Wedding Invitation

    in General Forum

    Posted

    [quote name='Shadowseeker' timestamp='1326446975' post='100620']
    Actually using a silence spell and leaving it openly in chat afterwards at an RP occasion
    [/quote]

    I would like to apologize for leaving the spell in chat. A couple of you know that I've been sick the last couple of days with a, "head thing," but, sometime during the wedding, it decided to turn into a, "stomach thing," and my head was in the literal toilet shortly after I silenced Eon. Having just lost my lunch, I returned to chat rather irritable (and still am due to lack of sleep from said "stomach thing"). I really didn't want to bring it up during the wedding because, well, it's a wedding and no one needs to hear about me being sick.

    Again, I am sorry for leaving the spell in chat.

  20. Pen tablets

    in MD Artworks (former Artisans Guild)

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    I'm not what I'd define as a graphic artist, but I've seen people do really successful tablet drawing.
    For example, here's an image done by someone with a tablet that has selected a pencil-emulating brush.
    [url="http://www.henningludvigsen.com/index.php/henning/tutorial_text/043_ifx_tutorial_digital_pencil_drawing"][img]http://www.henningludvigsen.com/images/uploads/tutorials/pencil_drawing_main_image.jpg[/img][/url]

    [url="http://www.henningludvigsen.com/index.php/henning/tutorial_text/043_ifx_tutorial_digital_pencil_drawing"]Image grabbed from here[/url], I do not own the image, etc, etc.

  21. Problem with Notebook

    in Resolved Bugs

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    My content was fine until I added something to it and saved, now I'm having the same problem as Quas.

    [log Example]
    [color=#000000][size=3][font=Times]\r\n[/font][/size][/color]
    [color=#000000][size=3]\r\n[/size][/color]
    [color=#000000][size=3]:[/size][/color][size=3][url="http://magicduel.com/%22/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=YGBZ1ZNsmZAUcSTPbXL1Xw,,%22"][color=#000000]Brulant ....are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today? ::::::::\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n[/color][/url][/size]
    [color=#000000][size=3][url="http://magicduel.com/%22/dlg/dlg.userdetails_arena.php?eid=YGBZ1ZNsmZAUcSTPbXL1Xw,,%22"]\r\n[/url][/size][/color][size=3][/size]
    [/log]

  23. Avatar Shop

    in Central Market

    Posted

    [quote name='Tal' timestamp='1325880571' post='100159']
    I want to buy this avatar
    [/quote]

    Please see the post above yours.

    [quote name='DarkPriestess' timestamp='1325178421' post='99032']
    These avatars are all bought and stored in Asterdai's vault or on other player's vaults, like myself. I have not managed to get in contact with Asterdai still and I am afraid that those of us holding his bought avatrs should not sell them without his permission. After all, he payed for them, not we.
    [/quote]

  25. Cowardice seasoned with a bit of hypocrisy

    in General Forum

    Posted · Edited by Brulant

    [quote name='ignnus' timestamp='1325813710' post='99947']
    Needle..he'll just log out when there is a serious threat.
    [/quote]

    Doesn't that mean you win? If you can threaten Eon enough to make Eon log off, then you're definitely accomplishing something.

    Edit: Also, now that I've commented, allow me to make a suggestion. Everyone keeps talking about evidence, but what would actually constitute as evidence in a case like this? You're obviously not going to get a written confessional from Eon, so maybe you can start making a file of eyewitness testimonies (If enough people say that they've crossed one of Eon's alts in a remote location and then Eon appears minutes later, it sort of points to some kind of trend, yeah?). And screen caps definitely still carry weight. If you can get a long file of being "stalked" somewhere incredibly remote, then being attacked by Eon, it'd help your case, should you chose to actually start a case…. In a court of law, you still have to prove what is sometimes obvious to you. So, start gathering!

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