Ungod

That was a great summary, thank you. Because of my shortcomings in making this quest (which had a very specific purpose that I failed to achieve), I have asked Chewett to sponsor the full rewards to all participants. It wasn't all bad, I guess, but I woke up looking particularly terrible this morning, which means if you drag quests for hours...*they*'re not the only ones who are going to feel that. Lesson learnt

Not much decoration here, but I'm of the opinion you don't need much to get a party going. Just lay a blanket, open the picnic basket that contains wine and bacon and just enjoy...this is a chill place to wait (for years) for those MP3s to direct them to the spear&halberd rack, teach them to use the whetstone and everything.

no worries, if i waited yesterday to run my game (and it was worth it) for the max amount of participants, i will do it today too

Today, in the evening, after or before Fyrd's (we'll see), we're doing this little play. I've attached the so-called map we shall be using, but the details of each room will be disclosed at the time of the event. I'll meet you there!

Sign me up. Imagine if I lost (win) in this one...it would be ironic.

Classic.

I'll take this opportunity to warmly welcome all to Marind Bell, where for the next couple days you will be able to listen to minstrels singing about love and war (a.k.a. I will be posting link to various music pieces with the theme knights&maidens). I encourage visiting the more secluded areas. Love and battles. Epic battles, battles of dominance, battles of attrition, battles of retribution. Fiery love, withering love, useful love, used love. In this theme is the following riddle/puzzle, entirely a forum quest (hence the submissions will be by forum PM, to yours truly). Fastest correct answers win, and the prize pool is: 1g5s+anniv creature for 1st correct solution, 1g for 2nd, 5sc for 3rd. (you'll find the riddle quite easy): There is this tale I heard, a tale about a growing man who fends off heathen belief. A troll with hair of golden sheen smitten with this Christian youth besought him to endear her. He dared not approach her, in spite of nature's laws, despite her charm for he was Christian and she - a troll. He stared at the wooden cross heavy in his arm, preoccupied. His fate was questioned, and he uttered. 'Begone', he said, and wail she did and ran away, cursing her fate for surely even trolls do understand - delivery's in God, in God Almighty. The bald priest smirked and gave a cry The light, and God, be given praise! This village, as the rest, will bathe in it. This tale shall be sung, for we will write it down for ages to come. What better way to reinforce our faith?! Herr Mannelig, the valiant knight of God, whose light is everreaching and all-wise, defeating the dark arts of trolls! And so the tale shall be woven And priests looked out for ink And priests took out young vellum (deadline is until the end of the anniv)

That's 10 days from now, but...maybe from 4-5 p.m. server time

Why are these unfortunate? the participants suffer from mysterious accidents and die after reading their masterpieces? (i wanted something like that this anniv and behold! life gives you your heart's desire)

First blood has been drawn, with Aia, Demonic God, Fyrd, Kaya and Magohi working together to defeat the knight who says tion to others, but can't bear to hear it himself. This will continue throughout the anniversary, at random times.

I also want to know that For me, it's after 4 pm Server time, usually

There's this knight who was asked by his beloved to bring her a proof of his love that he so ardently confessed - his mother's heart. What would be his choice? We're going to try to solve this dilemma in an experimental quest in which the knight goes through a number of rooms until he can reach the quarters of his mother. At any point, the dilemma can be solved, except for the final room. All participants (not attendees) will get an anniv creature as prize if the knight finds his answer or a consolation prize of 1 g if it is not answered. To make it clear, he must find the correct answer that nullifies any possible doubts to its veracity. That is, the dilemma is no more. Each room shall contain a special object to help stir thoughts, as well as a large mirror (played by me) which will reflect some thoughts back. The participants will throw their take on it, one by one, representing the endless thoughts of the knight faced with such trouble. This is similar to a play discussing morals and morality, only you are the actors in an impromptu play; we should get to the bottom of those sticky morality rules here... My greatest concern is when we can find a time to all be there, so I was thinking about this Friday evening. Other times that seem to be fine with you (folks that are interested)?

I'd play someone else for 2 weeks (with the exception of the times when I'm running my quests, if that is allowed) - if only to see how bad I am at this

Last year I didn't spread any fake clues, perhaps I should do it this year. The stories were all great, as I remember, so I want to share some laughter with everyone once again.

lolol

you know your audience but yea, the so-called ''new way'' is how they used to work, and I think we're all accustomed to it already that the vote will be overwhelmingly on that side also, normally you'd assume the heal button is more used, but...we're not normal, and besides, if these creatures are getting new and more abilities, all the more reason to open (obsessively) the creature page, no? to think that Ledah has a shade with such a cool name like Muramasa...a man of culture indeed

It might be kind of rushed (3 weeks), especially if one is not familiar with it (but then again, I'm not either, I've only acquired a few books I'll read when I get time for that). but hey, for a relatable MD mandala, I think inspiration is key, so it's doable, imo.

'Ello. During the anniversary I shall be donning the knight armor at random times, all so I can play a game with you. In particular, a language game. I will be choosing a prefix/suffix that you will have to guess (with full sentences). Once it's determined, each word containing the particle acts as 5 dmg. The purpose is taking my health down to 0, from 100 hp e.g. once it's determined con is the particle, such a sentence would do me 25 dmg: The convict's convoluted explanation went from 'let's all contribute' to condescending tones of 'the considerate die'. Additional rules: you can only use sentences, it's not throwing words you remember if there are lots of participants at the time, the game will be on turns, with 30 secs a turn; if not, no turns, but! full sentences nonetheless I will be popping in randomly for this game, but if a number of you can attend at the same time, we can make a big event; post here a time if you are interested in something like that. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ REWARDS: For each game, top scores get 1g, 1g, 8s (1st,2nd,3rd), with a bonus of an anniv crit for those who score over 50 points in a game. Also, the totals will be added up at the end of the anniv and additional rewards will be given to top scores (including anniv creatures). Anything I forgot to detail, ask me here.

Forgot to add: you can submit more entries, but only one will be rewarded.

'Evening! I hear there's a scholarly interest in the lands of Marind Bell, pertaining to mandalas - some SoE members are quite interested in that imagery with 'cosmic' or 'absolute' meanings. What that means is, there's ways to make money! Or get some anniversary creatures and bonuses. SoE will pay a hefty sum for a mandala with MD symbolism, but it must be within standards (hence they will judge the submissions) AND all rights to that imagery will transfer to said alliance. As for the manner of presentation, it can be drawn on paper, digitally created, or even crafted. Feel free to submit it to me (Ungod) or post it in this thread - winning submissions have the chance of remaining anonymous. Ah, the deadline? Until the end of this month. So let's get down to business - what hefty price are we talking about? 1st place gets an anniv crit and 1 goldenavitoken, 2nd 1 anniv crit (and 1 gold if SoE wants to acquire the rights*), 3rd 1 anniv crit (and 1 gold if SoE wants to acquire the rights). *Disclaimer: if SoE decides to acquire the rights for that mandala, you can't refuse What? That's not enough? That's the offer, take it or leave it. This scholarly interest is only in bud; who knows, it might be more profitable in the future... (a little help for those confused by the many types of mandalas:

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I'm interested in this, in particular in job tags.

Whether it's my device, or server lag/sceneloading, i loathe moving, say, 10 scenes to the right just to click on the tool, then go idle 's all

Sometimes, you can feel lurking in the corners of MD that feeling described in the last paragraph. Best way to put it is ''to be lost in one's mind''. I never got a clear idea of what the Carnival is, but it could very well be the theatre turned prison turned hospital turned labyrinth. Personally, for health reasons, I reject this kind of madness, although questioning reality is not something one can avoid. To be lost in a fruitless chase after tantalizing ideals is too painful, so I would never write such a scenario.

I meant it's not very efficient, i dislike the occasional 'you are not in this scene' and loading times there's also the thing that you go out of your way, in a way, to get different resources like bark and ore (when you can simply get the herb basket and stay in GG)