lashtal

Dear sirs dear ladies, Time has come for some clarification and for results to be published. The whole quest was admittedly paradoxical. How to use a sundial in a realm where it's not clear what/where the Sun is? Some of you would remember from the story mode that the Sun is almost motionless, some of you noticed places within the realm which seem to suggest multiple light sources; then we have the Soldiers of the Inner Sun… So, what is this all about? Aleyster Crowley, Mur and other heretics out there seem to suggest to "behold within and not above", for within each of us there's "one star in sight". If we consider a star as the central source of light, life… (once transposed within, even ideas), if we consider it a purpose, a direction we're aimed to, I think we may try to scratch the surface of what's all about. If everybody holds a Sun within, if everybody "casts a Shade"... We could consider Time as something entirely subjective, an expression of our own consciousness. How to measure it, anyway, is a completely different matter, of which I have honestly no idea... Of course, that's why I created this quest! Unluckily I didn't receive that many submissions, but all of them were really interesting thus very difficult to judge. For this reason, they've been rated with the help of two persons, whose names I won't disclose. Thank you very much, you know who you are. So, here are the winners!! 1st place - Tom Pouce (motto: "in MD yur always at yur same lucky time") 2nd place - Plix Plox (motto: "A shade’s shadow and an elemental’s glow are the primary basis for time to be told") 3rd place - Maebius (motto: "There is time enough for all of it, and all of you.") 4th place - ignnus (motto: "An aramor with a sundial is better than a morp with a broomstick.") 5th place - Shadowseeker (motto: "The sundial only works as well as the one who reads it.") And the rewards!! [s]A Swordshade[/s] (picked by Tom Pouce) [s]An Angien's egg[/s] (picked by Plix Plox) [s]A heavily aged Blood Pact Archer (sponsored by TKs)[/s] (picked by Shadowseeker) 2 BMMO enchanted stones (Toadspeak and Attacklock) [s]2 Protector's enchanted stones (Movelock and Freeze)[/s] (picked by ignnus) Based on the place in the graduatory, winners can choose the reward they prefer. Tom Pouce picks first, then Plix Plox, then Maebius and so on. Just state here what you wish or send me a message, I'll keep this topic up to date. Thanks a lot to all who participated!!! Edit: My bad, I forgot to mention a wonderful hand made drawing by Maebius... You're AWESOME!

The time is over, thank you very much to those who participated!! Results will be published SOON!!

ONE WEEK LEFT!!!

[quote name='Seigheart' timestamp='1345253856' post='120367'] Phatom Orchid, Lashtal, Ivorak, and others have all offered to "buy" my leash from Fang. [/quote] Your spies must be drunk! I never tried to buy or purchase your leash, Seigheart. I don't think I've ever mentioned your leash at all.

I hope you'll get better soon.. Good vibrations sent to you!

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20 days left and only three submissions received! Come on you beach folks, aren't you tanned enough yet?

I find Dante's work truly AMAZING!! Congratulations!!!

This saddens me... I really hope you will reconsider your choice and show your leaves at least from time to time. Our schedules rarely match, but I appreciated both your words and your... ears.

Thank you for your interest!! The deadline is postponed by one month, August the 31st.

I'll be away until July 31st, but the quest goes on! So far I received one interesting submission and a couple of "if I find time will do it". If enough interest is shown I will consider extending the deadline, just let me know. Please keep sending your thoughts either via PM or forum PM. See you folks!

I'll be away until July 31st, but the quest goes on. Please keep sending your thoughts either via PM or forum PM. See you folks!

Ladies and Gentlemen, [color=#282828] [color=#000000]first of all: [/color]there were 2 informations purposefully omitted in the cursed parchments.[/color] [color=#282828] One is good and it's that, after all, Time was on your side.[/color][color=#282828] Since the beginning of the quest, each hour passed grants 1 point to the team. [/color] [color=#282828] But, for the sake of Balance, in the end we calculated how many points you scored for each part (gather resources, be attacked, let the time pass) and compared them. [/color][color=#282828] Given a +/-5 point margin for each part, we took the best value (the Balance) and for each part exceeding its margins, we lowered the difference from the total score.[/color] [color=#282828] After all this mess (indeed the true summer joy for the numerologists here around)...[/color][color=#282828] [b]you should have reached a minimum score of 15 points to be successful in the quest. :-)[/b][/color] [color=#282828] So, the results!!![/color] [b]Team 1 represented by AmberRune:[/b] Score: - Gathered 11 different resources on AmberRune's inventory [b](+11 points)[/b] - AmberRune got attacked 13 times in a single fightlog [b](+13 points)[/b] - Took 8h to end the quest [b](+8 points)[/b] Penalty: - No timeless dust found. [b](0 points)[/b] - Balanced efforts: amidst 11, 13 and 8, Balance is 11. Balance's margins are from 6 to 16: both 8 and 13 are inside. [b](0 points)[/b] [b]TOTAL SCORE: 32 points!!! SUCCESS!!![/b] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Team 2, represented by Maebius:[/b] Score: - Gathered 2 different resources on Maebius' inventory [b](+2 points)[/b] - Maebius got attacked 12 times in a single fightlog [b](+12 points)[/b] - Took 24h to end the quest [b](+24 points)[/b] Penalty: - 1 unit of timeless dust was found in Maebius' inventory [b](-1 point)[/b] - Unbalance in the efforts: amidst 2, 12 and 24, Balance is 12. Balance's margins are from 7 to 17: both 2 and 24 are outside. Hence: penalty of 10 points (12-2) for the resources gathered and another penalty of 12 points (24-12) for the time spent. [b](-22 points)[/b] [b]TOTAL SCORE: 15 points!!! SUCCESS!!![/b] We hope you enjoyed being cursed, we had a lot of fun!

The following parchment has been handed on day 198 to a representative of Team 1 (AmberRune) and Team 2 (Maebius): [i]<<While you read this message, you are already cursed…… You start to feel dizzy, everything around you looks as if crystallizing and you're under the impression that Time ceased to exist…… You will be trapped in this timeless state for all eternity, and even more!!! This thought sickens you to your very depth. The fun part??? There is nothing YOU can do about it…… Don't even consider drinking tea or getting high on "altered perceptions of time", you have team mates for a reason! There are ways to counter the curse, ways others could help you with. Gathering (all kind of) resources, things Time has left its stamp on… This will help you restoring your perception of Time. Others can also try to break your timeless state by brute force. Not every attack will do the trick though. They'll have to fight explicitly to break your timeless state. (the first fight against you must have as fight cause: "everything flows") Other things may help as well, things we don't have time enough to explain… But don't forget, in order to restore one principle you should not alter the others too much….. Balance has strange ways to interact with curses as well... You need to gather 15 "points" in order to restore your perception of time. Each different resource you'll receive after reading this message will grant you 1 point. Multiple amounts from the same resource won't score more; e.g. 1 lumber score 1 point just like 100 lumbers. (oh, and sorry, we just took note of what you have in your inventory ) Each person who attacks you will make you score 1 point as well. Collect a screenshot (a single one, so pick your best one!) of your fightlog as a proof. Only IN battles will score and only after the trigger panel displayed "everything flows" fight cause at least once. As above, multiple attacks from the same opponent won't score more, you need to be attacked by the largest number of people possible. The quest starts now and will last for 24 hours, or whenever you send me a message saying you are done or that you forfeit. There is a catch. Timeless dust not only doesn't help your cause, but worsens its effect. Each timeless dust unit you have in your inventory when reading this message counts as -1 point. Getting rid of it now won't help you though, what's done it's done..... Good luck, and... Take your Time! *evil laughs*>>[/i] Quest provided by team 3. Results will be published [i]soon[/i]...

Happy birthday!

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Here's my attempt to find Tempest Fort's identity transposition. The original name of the place is St. Michael's Sacra, near Turin, it's the eldest among the european sanctuaries dedicated to Archangel Michael. According to the book of Apocalypse, Archangel Michael is the one who leads the angels loyal to God against the great dragon (Satan) and the rebel angels. The picture was taken from afar, the viscosity there is too high!

Bump! [b]7[/b] participants already completed it!

Still one month available!

Quest started, 18 participants so far. The following, additional rewards have been sponsored: [s]Heat stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Chaoticboost stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Weaken stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Silvertoungue stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Invisibility stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Locate stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Prot. Movelock stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Prot. Freeze stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Toadspeak stone[/s] (awarded) [s]Prot. Nomulti stone[/s] (awarded) Prot. Movelock stone Movelock stone Attacklock stone Thanks a lot to the sponsors: Falronn, Peace, Phantom Orchid, Maebius, mcvitie, ignnus and Raven!!! (Could this quest be added to the quest panel? I'm willing to keep it running continuously)

Maebius kindly sponsored an Angien's Egg for this quest. Thank you!

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Since today it's my first MD birthday (!!!), here's a little paradoxical quest for all of you to enjoy.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Ideal to be pondered under the umbrella, ideal for killing time, this quest will last around a month.[/font][/size] [center][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=5][color=#4b0082]The Sundial Quest[/color][/size][/font][/center] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Describe the functioning of a sundial in relation to Principles.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Write an original, MD-related motto for a Sundial.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Discuss whether a sundial could work in MD and, in case, where.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The best submission will be rewarded with a sword shade.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif](If the bright side feels like sponsoring brighter rewards, Time will be more accurate... [/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] )[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]All submissions should be sent to me via PM or forum PM by July, the 31st.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Have fun![/font][/size]

[center][size=5][color=#4b0082][b]The Mirror Quest[/b][/color][/size][/center] - Rewards: creatures (tormented souls), enchanted stones (summoned army and mirror ritual). (additional rewards will be considered if your submission deserves it). - Requirement: this quest is intended mostly for MP4, but it's open to everybody. - How to start: Contact me (in-game PM or forum PM). Following this trail will require Time and a sharp gaze, but will grant you a better understanding of the concept of mirror in MD. You'll also gather experience on fighting, creatures abilities, and all those details one cannot ignore when dealing with mirrors. Completing the quest will grant you a deep knowledge of the mechanics beyond mirror ritual spell (as far as I know, the only way to be 100% sure to win a fight, no matter the opponent). Notes: - The quest is divided into 4 parts; - Each part will be presented singly, when the previous one is completed; - [b]Each satisfactory submission will be rewarded with creatures and/or enchanted stones;[/b] - Part 2 and 3 will be reviewed together with 2 judges, who will decide whether to sponsor an additional reward; - There's no deadline. Have fun!!!

I support this. lashtal

Farewell Hedge, best wishes for everything!