Steno

Fixed! Thank you Mur!

I’m sorry that I broke it! Now when I try to login on Chrome or FF I get this error before I attempt login. it seems Upon inspection that someone accidentally forgot the the “L” in magic duel

In spoilers is the unfiltered log of Ascension party for @Ailith

New clue added to puzzle TWO! If not solved within 16 hours I'll add a line. Please Forum PM me with answers in case I idle or log off

With a record of approximately 8 minutes Ledah has solved the FIRST puzzle! New clue line added to puzzle number TWO!

With a record of approximately 7 minutes. Lazarus has solved the THIRD puzzle!

Hello all! I have been back in MD for a few months at this point and I have been enjoying it quite a lot. I have pondered many of the mysteries that MD still provides. I have aimlessly wandered, seeking to re-discover long-forgotten events of the long-buried past. I have sought to learn more of what has happened in my absence, to contribute more to the realm as I feel within my scope of talents. I am not sure what Steno's inevitable role will be but for now I have decided that Quest-making and story-telling are what Steno has a strong desire to do. He is unsure of the quality or permanence of his contributions but he shall attempt to make them anyway. He enjoys these endeavors and finds that he loves it when the realm is full of these kinds of aspects. Steno, being a believer in that most famous phrase by Mahatma Gandhi "be the change that you wish to see in the world". Therefore he has endeavored to ascend to MP5 to discover more, but more importantly to advance his creatures to offer better rewards for the quests. If he enjoys quests then he wants to make quests for others to enjoy as well. The best gift is the one you give yourself. Steno needed to meet the Role-playing requirement in order to ascend. He would not have ascended if there were not enough people present who believed that he was ready to ascend. So thank you for believing in him! For those of you at his Ascension, he shall grant plushies to those in attendance. If you solve the riddles and get the clue word by guessing the location and password then you come back and tell steno in sage's keep. First person to answer each riddle will get additional plushies. Find below the riddles that he has given. You can attempt all three if you wish. All three are up so if you're stumped on one you can move on to the next.

Does bob not already have a separate reason that he blooms? (don't need explanation as I don't want spoilers-just simple dismissal or agreement. If bob is not coded to have other reasons to bloom, then that might work, as new art would not need to be created.

Hello all! @Ungod and I have had several discussions of late concerning role-play and how one makes changes to their role/tag/self within MagicDuel itself. (For reference you can look at this topic to see what I mean. I think everyone should read part of this log as it is informative and is the breeding ground for the discussion that follows in this post) All that to say, Ungod had an amazing suggestion. What if there was a hidden clickie in the world of MD that only appeared if a player had 90%(or more) of wins and/or 90% (or more) of the needed to move up a MindPower (for both MP4 and MP5-could even be done if you have 9 or more adepts for MP6 imho). Once you met the criteria, this hidden clickie would then become visible to you, just to you. When you clicked this clickie, it would have a message about how you were close to ascending. You could choose if you wanted the world to know about it or not. If you clicked that you DID NOT,nothing would happen. If you clicked that you DID want something to happen then the clickie would change that scene (haven't thought of a way to turn it off yet) so EVERYONE could see it. Imagine this: *Note: I also think that once players realize that the flowers are blooming because of them, it will foster a desire to utilize RP in that moment, which is something I believe is one of MD's greatest strengths. Please comment away. This would require of some coding to generate the if-then statements for the thresholds as well as some other particulars that I don't know enough to explain. However, this is a truly fantastic idea (in my opinion) I am merely writing it up for Ungod.

I have left this quest up for all to enjoy should they so desire. I have not changed any clickies or anything (though there may be some clickies that change locations permanently to make room for new quests as I write them) The rules of still only having 2 guesses and 1 clue is still in effect. There will be rewards for completion (in addition to knowledge that should prove useful in chapter 2). They will be updated here once I have access to more rewards. For MP3 & MP4 players, completion of this quest will earn you more than it will for an MP5 player, so the earlier you complete it, the better. Oh winners of above race will be put in this post once I have confirmation from chewett about final details. Check out the personal creature -attached- that is one of the creature reward options. (As I was one of the first people into LR and you can't recruit this creature type anymore). Every other winner will get a 20 anni creature 1st Place: @Ledah (finished 1st overall and 1st MP5-7) Reward=WP, 2GC(since he let Tissy have first creature choice he gets 1GC from my personal stock), and 1 anniversary creature 2nd place MP5-7: @jakubhi (4th place), Reward=1GC and Anniversary crit (4th choice) 1st place MP4: InnervateD(3rd place) Reward=2GC and Anniversary crit (3rd choice) 1st place MP3: @Tissy, (2nd overall) Reward=2 GC and LR Archer below (2nd choice) All other participants get the silver participation prize. Congratulations to our winners and participants! Stay tuned for Chapter II! (because there will be some parts of Chapter II that will be easier to solve if you did Chapter I, I urge participants to not give people hints to solve race, future quest-goers can ask me)

I must say, I too, was under the same impression as Zetsuei. If the help page is waiting until a bigger update when the entire thing gets redone, then that makes sense. But perhaps the Gateway Island explanation, as Zetsuei suggests, should take precedence?

And I blame MaGoHi!

Just ask Chewett2 what he saw! It should be easy!

Indeed. Did you like my strawman-like position? It wasn't on purpose. It is just my gut-reaction, my first thought about the points you rose. Also, not just theoretically, but what mechanically could we implement to support this difference? If there isn't a difference, but we feel there should be conceptually, how could we make this happen using the mathematics in the code to simulate it?

Is it not something that is both gained and lost simultaneously? Why constrict it to the mere comprehension that we claim to possess? The real question is the trichotomy Zets does put forth, of your homeland, the neutral lands, and other lands. What, from a theoretical stand-point separates the neutral lands from the other two types of land?

For some, the ability to leave home may even rewarding as well, however it could also make the returning even more potent.

5 hours left before submissions will no longer be included in judging and thus, no plushies or other rewards given

This is my contribution to this challenge. I based it on the comments on self section only and went from there. I wanted to make the scales look SUPER heavy to show the burden they cause, but I guess I was still thinking meme because I tried to draw that salt chef meme guy. The extended hand is supposed to show the support and guidance he purports it is crucial to provide. For the record I have NO EARTHLY IDEA what happened with the eyes. I claim full responsibility for the butchering of what was otherwise a time-consuming and effortful drawing.

BECAUSE I CAN!

@Cyrus Siridius

Wow, Thank you! I have picked the Rustgold Drachorn. Good job everyone! I know it forced me out of my comfort zone!

Sorry. I just couldn't resist. And congratulations to all of the outstanding participants! This was truly one of the most fun things I've had the pleasure to do this go-around. I want to especially compliment @Ailith, who not many of you know, but had NEVER memed before. I wish to applaud her for her extraordinary prowess at this art form, as well as the bravery she displayed in breaking out of her comfort zone!

So at MP4, I have to make sure that I get within the acceptable range of % lost, my rit could only have 3 of one kind, so my rit could have 2 lvl 3 heretic archers, and 1 level 4 heretic archer 1 barren soul 1 lvl 3 water being & rustgold drac lvl 2 The heretic archers hit my max of identical creatures, regardless of what game says, for the contstraints of this challenge. However, if my opponent uses more than 3 of the same creatures in their rit as are in mine, the outcome isn't valid for entry.-->the point of this constraint is so everyone does not use the same backbone to their ritual, to create diversity in the creatures used. This way, everyone just doesn't put 3 trees into the ritual they use. This is as I understand Tissy's intentions.

In honor of me re-discovering my now-favorite meme format of all time. You're welcome in advance. P.S. Just imagine every pun that Miq makes being said to this sequence, it makes it so much better.

So my memory starts in MB and goes into NC. I remember this very vividly because it was very soon after I came back and it was the first time someone offered to do more than just talk with me (actually, I think Azull offered to take me through NC first, but our logins didn't really coincide). It started off when Zets had just turned MP5, I think and we were sitting and talking. I mentioned that when I first played NC was there, but very much not a place you went to casually. We went into NC where Dan and Zets left me behind because of AP. But I remember how funny it was when Dan had to say about everything, do NOT click this, do NOT click that, DON'T go there or you will get lost. It was awesome and hilarious, also it was an hour very much well-spent. It all would not have been possible if Marble Dale Park was not the main meeting hub besides GoE that it has become (without it, we all three would have been roaming the land, not interacting).