Maebius

Perhaps a bit belated, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

From this thread: http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/15275-maebius-monthly-minimadness/ A bit delayed due to some unforseen situations, and a lack of Sprogling + Camera time, here are the results of the random-names-from-my-Hat drawing for this latest quest! (results obtained by listing the rewards, and pulling names from The Hat for each list item, until all names were drawn. All entries have won a Silver Coin, in addition to the SpellStones listed below. I will try to get these to folks via forum PM or in-game as soon as possible this week. If your character is an alt that is not on the forum, let me know privately and I'll coordinate another method of getting these to you. [spoiler]Lania = 18 Mineral Water (rewarded) TheRichMerchant = Toadspeak stone Gljivoje = Guardianarmy stone Petty Dodds = Boostdefence stone Rophs = Weaken stone (rewarded) Intrigue = Acousticremains stone *Syrian* = Guardianarmy stone (rewarded) tomten = Prot Defence stone Acrisius = Prot Movelock stone *Sunfire* = Prot Curse stone (rewarded) Soothing Sands = Prot Heal stone Yag Nhad = Guardianarmy stone Asthir = Boostdefence stone Bash Chelik = Boostdefence stone (rewarded) Xavax = Boostdefence stone [/spoiler] edit: silly me forgot to include the Dowser's contributions of Water to the cause... I'll save those waters for next month. :) oops!

Ok, here we go. The submissions.... in no particular order... results of prizes will be added in a few hours when the sprogling childe is available to pull names from my hat. :) [log='The Submissions:'] [/log]

Quest closed! (I miscalculated the timing, and it apparently locked a couple days ago rather than yesterday) I'll be trying to grab my camera and film the results drawing this weekend. I will also post all the submissions hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning. (local time, not server). Excellent results! You'll love them. ...soon! ;)

LEdah has already quoted the most common hint. But I think I can elaborate on it a bit. Consider the creatures you have, and their abilities. Expand your thoughts to include how those abilities may either synergize or balance or cancel the abilities of the Guards. (note what the guards do to you in the battle log, as well as what you are doing to the guards). Took me a looong time for me to come to the sudden realization of what that hint meant, but then, like all riddles, makes perfect sense. Kudos for trying it yourself. Have patience though, there's plenty of time, and another entrance to that Land if you absolutely, positively, need to see inside with help. :)

Yep, what they said! ^ :D

Wow, it's a Triple Party Birthday Feature! Happy Happy Happy, Birthdays, to you all.

Yep, the riddles portion of my quest seems to reset when folks change mind-power in the middle of it. That's due to my use of keys rather than @storage values for there... I was new to coding then, and can confirm it happens. Later portions of the quest, after speaking about Principle scenes, work fine across Mind Powers. As for odd glitchy things, Yes be careful not to inadvertantly skip portions of the 'Tutorial' by jumping/teleporting, and pick up all scrolls again in the Paper Cabin. It's almost too easy to do, if you aren't careful. I've done it intentionally on an alt and it does make things wonky in some scenes. Oops!

8! That's without grinding either.... obviously. :cool: http://storenow.net/my/?f=5ee101dbfb863982dc4d60201448c51f Activity days: 89% (A total of 1013 out of 1143 days) (edited to include StoreNow link!)

Looks like all entries are being recorded correctly. Not sure why some browsers are acting wonky, but all your entries are visible to me. I wil post them at the end of the time. :)

Bzzzz bzzzzzz bzz bzzzzzzz, (That's happy birthday, I hope, in 'Squito) :)

I will have to check on the clickie tomorrow (work/life today will keep me offline) but I've heard one other report of odd browser behavior happening, yet the submission stayed valid and saved. Thanks for the report on potential issues though. I'll confirm current entries ASAP!

I am interested in the details of this. Consider me available to help or Quest or sundry.

Hello all. I figured it's been what, a year now, since I had my last Monthly Madness. So I'll start things over again with a very simple little quest. Bigger and better ones to come next month. What: A small writing quest. Nothing too fancy. Where: The Fish fountain in Marinds Bell. (the fish-clickable itself) When: Starting now, just before dark of moon, and lasting until the Light returns to it. (approx Feb 12th) How: Tell the fish 'Madness' to begin. Why: All participants will have thir names put in my Hat, and drawn by the sprogling (video proof as last time). Many different rewards. Coins, Spellstones, crits, and anything a sponsor may wish to include. Enjoy! (and thanks to my lovely friend Gort Hedera for adding the code for me there ;) )

What they all said! Happy Happies

I would behonored if I could commission you for an image for my scroll item... details below. [spoiler]Möebius Scroll (ID: 16987) A paper scroll with a half twist that seemingly always have enough space to record additional information. On both edges are a piece of wood, one etched with the symbol of the sun and the other with the symbol of a moon. [/spoiler]

Yep, One of Us. :D

Belated Happy Happies!

https://www.facebook.com/magicduel ^ the page.

I can somewhat understand teh discussion here regarding "past titles like Ex-king are invalid"... but I don't see why this is a problem. Titles are titles. Perhaps the Tag system is changing. Perhaps there's Virtual Title Documents that do soemthing fancy... But as I understand it, the owneers of them have earned them at some point. Kings were kings. That never changes. Consider it like a resume/CV for your job. It's experience you never forget. You may not be a bartender now, and prefer herbalism, (to use the most recent post) but I bet you can still mix a drink, unlike me. Why focus on mechanics and limitations. Let the idea sprout first, and see what happens. There's always options of changing it later if things don't work out. Meanwhile, why not let the potential expand a bit?

belated, but happy happy birthday! :D

Happy Happies! :D

I like to think of them as "Citizens", as contrasted by "the rest of the ruffians in other MagicDuel lands." ;)

It's a selfish topic, but I think getting the Dept Repaid was one of the neatest things I'd seen in my two years of MD. All the little events that spiralled out of that really brought "The realm" into focus for me... ..and ironically, why I stepped back out for a bit.... but it was important! So gets my vote.

The way I see it, it's all about the Wiiya. Raw identity itself is a powerful force to make 'stuff' become mroe real, in the same way that Fenths are raw matter, using the energy/symbolism of a creature that we've imbued with our own history/fight/etc to become "stuff". potential to kinetic energy, in a sort of sense. But this is getting off topic! On topic, I do rather like the suggestions No One mentioned. Specifically the time-based ones. For Creatures making things, I always read this suggestion in the format of the current "Creature Totems" being used as spiritual effigies/fenths of that creature's energy pattern, and thus would be the actual ingredient for the recipe. So you'd need to Totemize the pattern into static form before utilizing it into a 'recipe'. Otherwise, it's too dynamic a concept, in my mind. (this relates to Ackshan Bemunah's comments above, in that in general There is ALWAYS an Egg on the angien shrine, a drach chained in the lair, etc etc. Using "crit energy" in a recipe might need us to cement it's form/function more "real")