Maebius

hey, Happy anniversary of being You!

Cluedo is being broken and apparently 'won' by myself and other names while they are not actually in the scene. I've discovered the issue and taken steps to prevent remote guessing in the future. Unfortunately, this means[b] all names will be reset [/b]as if they first started. If anyone has traded Clues with another player for "reward" such as coin or resources, please contact me. I will arrange to cover any losses, or provide additional clues, if you can confirm the deal to me. I am very, very, VERY sincerely sorry for the reset. I will add additional prizes to the winner to make up for the extra work involved. Forgive me. -Maebius

Double-eek! Even though I tested this for a good month or so, something odd happened today. There was no winner, but the @stored clues got wiped out and "I won" when I went to check how things were coming along. (since null = null, my "non-guess" matched the answer and yay me?! ) I'm trying to restore the values I saved yesterday, but also want to find out WHY it got cleared so it does not happen again. Cross your fingers.... and I'm REALLY sorry about this. Anyone who traded clues with folks for resources or coin or such, please let me know and I'll see about refunding it, in case the backup is corrupted and the clues change. (which I'm trying to avoid now) [b]UPDATE[/b] - the saved clues for participants backed up fine. The "answer" did [u]not[/u] and keeps getting overwritten as if a new round started...... GRRR. I may have to 'restart' the round with fresh clues for everyone.. I really want to avoid that though, so am still fiddling.

Eek, I've had some folks able to save them each "morning", and a fair few not able to. Have not seen a pattern yet, for some reason, either. Very much sorry about this! I reflagged everyone to be able to save again (those not bugged out may get two saves today?). Looking into why that is, but it never came up in testing, so I'm almost stumped. Please keep me posted if you are not being able to save more clues each day. In the meantime, there's always paper and pencil to use as a workaround. The code does not actually care if you tick the actual "right answer". The only thing it's worried about is your final "guess" which can be guessed any time.

Got a few interesting submissions so far, I'm curious to see more. Deadline is the New Moon, April 22nd. I'll be posting the submissions for all to see, unless I'm asked to specifically keep them secret. BUMP! (also, just noticed this is on facebook forum, not general Quests. could the mods please move this as appropriate if necessary?)

I'm guessing the highest point value at the end is "winner" and will be rewarded? I'm sure Seigh will confirm or deny soon. (please? I want to catch the 24 hour cutoff, but not waste my stack I've collected)

Does this count for any TK, or just handing them to you? (edit: you meaning Seigheart?) also, what puzzles is this you mention? I'm trying to track down the original source for the quote, to see about the extra point puzzles.

Mods, I realized I posted this in the facebook quest, oops. I saw "quests" as the sub heading. Could it be moved to the usual Quest spot? Also, updated a few more "freebie" clues above, from my random list the system gave me. Hope they help some folks.

When viewing your Inventory using the right-hand panel, (where Moodpanel, PL logs, etc show) your collection of Heat Stones is listing as individual line items. If you have 3 Heat Stones, you'll see all three with their own ID on 3 lines. In the Details page, where you could get an ITC for such stones, they are listing as a single item (with no x3 next to it). Thus, it only provides one ITC to trade, similar to how stacked resources work. It almost seems they are an item somewhere between Coins (which stack, yet are individually tradeable), and other resources which trade en masse. If this is not a bug, but the intended properties, please close. I just got confused at the apparent discrepancy in how they are listed.

Generally, one each day....... but the first day I half-cheated and reset the timer to give folks a boost. Since the quest itself will reset and be repeating every so often, I figured this initial Birthday round wouldn't mind an extra clue or so.

After you "save clues" you got from friends or other ways, you should see a series of "Drop down lists" which allow you to select a person/place/thing and Guess the answer. Remember, incorrect guesses mean you are out, and will not Win. Choose wisely. [url="http://storenow.net/my/?f=4051"]http://storenow.net/my/?f=4051[/url]

A reminder, as stated above. The system will automatically give you a random clue each day. So checking back "tomorrow" might show you as knowing additional random clues. If they are ones that you have ticked off from others sharing theirs, there is a chance it would pick that clue, and appear to not be a new clue. That's intentional. Sharing is encouraged, with the caveat there can only be ONE winner before the quest closes itself.

To help get the ball rolling, here are my clues, for public consumption. (edit, free clues after the reset) [spoiler] √[s][b]Arelalvin[/b][/s] * Cabugos √[b][s]Eidogh[/s][/b] * Hamponth √ [b][s]Kewe[/s][/b] * Lyndihot √ [b][s]Maebius[/s][/b] * Orlaegh √[b][s]Roxinrolf[/s][/b] √ [b][s]Suliana[/s][/b] * Torineth * Vulnurd * Wharlior √ [b][s]Xilandra[/s][/b] √[b][s]Zandalala[/s][/b] √ [b][s]Ash_Arch[/s][/b] * Clash_of_Ages √ [b][s]Defensive_Tower_Interior[/s][/b] * Drachorn_Lair √ [b][s]Drywater_Temple[/s][/b] * Forest_Mansion √ [b][s]Fortunes_Well[/s][/b] * Gazebo_of_Equalibrium √ [b][s]MDA_Cellar[/s][/b] * Maple_Road √ [b][s]Marinds_Roundabout[/s][/b] * Paper_Cabin √ [b][s]Sages_Keep[/s][/b] *Trial_of_Agony * Angien_Egg √ [b][s]Animated_Tree[/s][/b] √[b][s]Aramor[/s][/b] * Barren_Soul * Elemental √[b][s]Grasan[/s][/b] * Heretic_Archer * Nutcracker * Reindrach √ [b][s]Santa[/s][/b] √ [b][s]Snowman[/s][/b] * Unholy_Priest √ [b][s]Water_Being[/s][/b] * Winderwild √ [b][s]Young_Knator[/s][/b] [/spoiler]

For you creative folks out there, I would like to propose a more personal Quest of mine. If you have been inside Sage's Keep, there seems to be more to the interior than one scene. (for those who have not been inside, no worries!) [b]How would you envision that inner room? [/b] If you are artistic, feel free to draw a sketch. If you are poetic, and can't draw a stick figure, just make a rough scribble. In both cases, describe what you think are the important elements in 'your scene' or label them. Why are they important, to you or MD, or Marind Bell? I'll be taking submissions up until April 22nd, via PM or forum message, and then judging the results with a few friends. Judgement will be based on creativity, symbolism, and Principles fitting with MD's overall theme, not purely "artistic skill" or prettiness. A wishpoint is available for first place. Further prizes for 2nd-4th are available, including an Angien or two, coins, or other creatures. Have fun! Enlighten us with your Vision! ...and because I was already asked to clarify this: "[b]There are no right answers[/b]". Have fun and be creative. It's meant to be a fun Artistic exploration of your perspectives, not "find the actual scene image".

At the Clash of Ages, I've seen faint echoes of a battle between unfamiliar 'spirits' lately. Seems there's a sort of Competition or something going on, and I'd like to know who won! If you are familiar with the game Clue/Cluedo, you'll need to find a name, a scene, and a creature used by these strange spirits, and determine "who did it" via process of elimination. If you'd like to join the fun, go to [b]Clash of Ages[/b] and tell the book there you want toplay "[b]Cluedo for Maebius[/b]". This will give you your first set of 'clues' in the form of a name, place, and crit. [i](names of the cluedo spirits are fictional and any semblance to actual MD players is purely coincidental!)[/i] Each day, you should be able to get a new random clue automatically, and tick them off your lists of possible "suspects". You could also of course ask others who are playing, for their clues, but please do not abuse alts to gather many clues at once. After marking your clues, you have the ability to guess the "final answer". [b]Note, that if you guess incorrectly, you are out of the competition.[/b] (so choose carefully only when you are fairly sure of the final answer) If you are the first to guess correctly, You'll win prizes and my thanks! [i]I added additional prizes including a surprise "creature pack" of three crits, due to issues with Round one needing to be reset mid-game.[/i] If this is solved relatively quickly, I will keep resetting the game to let folks keep playing quickly, until the MD birthday party winds down, but even after the MD Birthday, party, I plan to repeat this quest each month, for minor rewards, restarting every New Moon. So if you miss out this round, there will be plenty more opportunities to try again later! If you notice anything odd, or have questions, please don't hesitate to track me down. Enjoy!

happy birthday!

Happy birthday! Almost MD's birthday too, how lucky to share it so closely.

With the addition of more 'physical' resources, shared tools, and such, would it be possible to adapt the same sort of functionality that mds_is_ctc() uses, to get the info from an ITC code? The CTC checker is nice to confirm trades, and rewards of quest sponsors, and I'd like to have the ability to confirm items sponsored as well, before actually trading the items. (and on a more personal note, I have a basic @storage for my own quest rewards, that ensures the CTC is still valid for things I saved in it a while ago... it would be awesome to validate ITC as well, so folks can save their own sponsored rewards via my "clickie treasury" ) Thoughts?

There are, however, some Water-collecting tools in the MDA bathroom.... if you can get there, and are quick. I have not confirmed the land loyalty requirements for those, but I know they seem to be more usable by non-citizens than the Marind Bell ones.

I also would shamelessly suggest the "Tour of sorts" at the Park signpost, where you found the Tutorial. You may get tripped up with Heat, but it's also a MP3-friendly quest, and quite possible to do your first week in the realm. I agree though, that those MDA gates got rather "sticky" recently, much to my chagrin.

ditto the above.

Welcome!

My gut reaction is that a number of "important" announcements would be nice to include, but besides the sniggly details of "what is important" I don't think they all need to be listed on hte Wikia. The game itself shows them all, and Searching the ViewAll" works fine for my uses. Plus, as mentioned, a good portion of them would be repetative such as "spell counters recharged / Shared tools reset" which I think might clog up things unnecessarily, if they were included in random-page searches.