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Sozz: Happy Birthday Canada!
Yep, it's another quest!
In honor of Canada Day, on July the 1st, there will be a quest held - starting as soon as you read this note!
You may not live in Canada, and you may not be particularly fond of Canada, but you can still participate!
I need you to find me five things (and ONLY five things) which you think represent Canada.
Or even reminds you of Canada. Or you think can be found in Canada. Or pretty much anything you can think of to link to Canada.
Now, these items don't have to be complimentary to Canada. If you think Canada sucks, then express your opinion.
This quest is open to both mortals and hero's - though one person cannot win both categories.
Any spell or skill you'd like to use is allowed, there are no restrictions.
I will be providing bags, you'll be providing the items, and a bodypart to put in your bag to identify it as yours.
The deadline will be Sunday, July 6. I will NOT be lenient on this. If I don't have your stuff by Sunday, you will NOT be counted.
You may just hand in your bag to me, but I suggest sending me an email with your list of *five* items, and an explanation for each, to tell me why you think it fits in with Canada.
My email is hcva@telus.net
And MUCH thanks to our resident Deadman for sponsoring
Sozz
PS: Upon reading through, I realize I may have been a little unclear. July 1st is Canada day, but this quest begins as soon as you read this note.
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Disaster: had a quest today
Mon Jun 30 11:05:11 2003
To: all
i held a smurf-squishing quest today, with faustus sponsoring
players had to get drunk, and kill as many smurfs in arena as they could, some of them having tokens on them
the player with the most tokens at the end won
spar 11, drako 5, daredevil 2, enkil 1, anri 1, pakter 0, faye 0
spar, you can see faustus for your prize
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Ghaleon: Darn the Elf!
Mon Jun 30 16:17:45 2003
To: Joysinger all
I held a quest, and it was pretty fun. I really liked it.
Participants are: Howard, Oversoul, Cataclysm, Smeagain, Twiggy, Gauss, Colibris (the first three are in order)
I hope you guys have fun and quest up! *smirk*
>>Annie
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Disaster: results from the role-playing quest
well, i'm pleased to announce that results are finally in, and i have your prizes ready
it was VERY difficult to judge, and so subjective, it's really not even funny, so all of you are getting a prize! *this is where you go "who-hoo!" if you played and "danggit!" if you didn't*
i did my best to come up with prizes based on your participation, level, race, etc, and i really hope you all enjoy them
(in no particular order, since it was so hard ot judge) envy, faye, oversoul(well, gauche since he had the bad manners to hero ;P), kazuma and pogzor, you may see me for your prize
if you notice that your name is NOT posted, but you participated, one of two things happened:
1) i forgot you because i was so tired after the quest. if you believe this happened, i'm sorry, by all means, come talk to me asap
2) YOU CHEATED!!!!
if you fall into this second category (and one of you does-just be glad i'm not announcing your name here, and that i asked Leiland not to bamf-slay you like you deserved) then you get NOTHING
the cheater in question used an alt to locate items the questers were searching for. not just once, after which he received a warning, but TWICE, with two different characters, thinking he was being sneaky
the price of his sneakiness: spending about 3.5 hours doing the quest, and getting NOTHING for it. let this be a lesson: DON'T CHEAT!!
for those of you who didn't cheat, i hope you all enjoyed the quest as much as i did, and i look forward to being able to do similar quests in the future
once again, thanks to both Leiland (the original sponsor) and Comatose, who helped out mid-quest
Dis
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Disaster: pseudo-quest
Tue Jul 1 17:39:35 2003
To: all
ok, so maybe it's not a quest, but i don't know what else to call it
if you were reading the forums a while back, you'll have noticed that Joysinger and I have a little bet going
concearning my ability to get suicide from 51-151 in under an hour
the conditions are thus:
i can do anything not disallowed by existing rules
this includes, but is not limited to, wearing a tgames sword and/or a starsword, using an alt for spellups, etc
now, THIS is where it gets interesting: you guys get to bet on the results
i'll be the bookie (due to apparently noone else wanting to do it. if you want the job instead, talk ot alicia and myself)
mort bets and hero bets are seperate, there are 3 categories of bets
1. Yes he'll make it/ No he won't. pays 1:1 mort max: $1mil hero max $50mil
bet type 2: guess the minute that he will reach 151. minute 1 is 0-59 seconds. minute 2 is 1:00-1:59 etc. minute 60 is 59:00-:59:59 (this extends past the hour marker, if you think it'll take me 1 hour 20 minutes, etc
type 2 bets cost $100k for morts, $5mil for heroes. it's winner take all, if noone guesses right, noone gets anything (that is, it's NOT the closest, you need to be exact)
ties will be divided evenly, of course, if more than one person guesses the correct minute. OOPS, it's not "winner takes all" -if noone gets it exact, then the closest person will get half the pot
type 3 bet: what level will i be at the 30 minute mark? max mortal bet $300k max hero bet $10mil. gussing right earns you 10x your bet, being the closest earns you 5x your bet
the start time has yet to be decided-we'll keep you posted
alicia will be the final decision maker when it comes to determining who wins. you may only bet as one mortal and as one hero, not as every single one of your alts
obviously, since i'm the bookie, all bets are final as of when i start
NO CREDIT!!! cash up front for all bets
i'll be starting (if all goes as planned with no delays) at 13:00 system time, on saturday
make sure ot get your bets in by then. if you can't see me, send me a note with your bet (you'd better live up to the bet though, if you bet this way and lose, or i'll be very upset with you, as will alicia)
alicia has agreed to change the type 3 odds: it now pays out at 15:1 if you're right on, and 7.5:1 if you're the closest
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NyteShade: Vampire Quest
Wed Jul 2 21:11:22 2003
To: all
the winners of the vampire are:
on the mort side it goes Drako 5, note + on the mort side it goes Drako 5 and wizzywig 2.
on the hero side there was Ghaleon tied with Disaster with 5, Exo 3, Oversoul 2 and Cord 2
o and Phreak with 3 *toe*
subject prizes will be given out to the winners of the quest when I talk to Faustus
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Ghaleon: Rabbit Results
Thu Jul 3 00:17:22 2003
To: all
Well, the quest went pretty good. We saw some negative sides and positive ones.
The results are: HappyCamper (70), Eshe (46), Melissa (6), Smeagain (4), Faye (3), Cataclysm (2)
I hope you all had fun and the prizes should be done this week.
If not, it might be postponed after I come back from my vacation.
>>Annie
P.S. The keyword is "Sphinx" btw. Now all these itchy heroes can finally locate them.
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NyteShade: Riddle Quest
Thu Jul 3 07:36:59 2003
To: hero
Ok the standing for the riddle quest are in it they are:
Fia with 3, Ghaleon with 8, Grahf with 9, Dio with 10, Snoopy with 11, Beanis with 15
kharn with 14, Nest with 15, Stars with 15note + Nest with 15, Stars with 15, Cord with 16
Disaster for 21 and Sozz for 21
Prize will be given out when I contact Faustus
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These characters need to log in or will lose their characters:
Adakar, Exodyss, Harrypotter, Inkydu, Jesostele, Maya, Mccready
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IDEAS:
Disaster: RC rooms shouldn't show up for mortal hangman, in same way hero rooms don't
Kharn: when you click on someones pic in the gallerie, it should link to those persons website (if he/she has one)
Suicide: using teleport/etc should not automaticly turn on the questwatch channel
Cataclysm: messages sent via telepathy should show up in tellh
Ankou: note/description - (number) to delete the (number) line of a description or note/description insert (number) (string) to insert a line after the (number) line of a description or note
Cord: a "alts" field for profile, where people can specify their alts if they wish. this field would then automatically be set for all the specified alts. then modify whois tho also show that player's alts.
Cord: probably would need to be a sort of alt + <player name>, alt - <player name> command combo so some checking can be performed. assure that the added alt is a character, and maybe that that char as the same password as the current character...
Cord: ha == has. then maybe modify whois <player> to show that player and/or any of their atls that are currently online... i dunno. could be quite handy
Ghaleon: Have a low level weapon accessible for newbies
[ 184] Kharn: allow damp to be longer than 18 (was it 18?) characters
Ghaleon: Mental barrier reflects bamf! *hops*
Cord: probably been mentioned before, but it'd be nice if mental barrier was able to reflect twice if both mobs/players are affected by it, thus nullifying it for both.
Cord: have the color of the 'answer' channel be set-able?
Cord: have "quest <string>" go to the quest channel instead of the question channel?
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Cord: also, when hero, seeing the color of the hero channel in colors would be nice
Disaster: "look item character" to look at the long description of an item being worn by a character
Rabies: Add a new "blocker" mob specco that could keep you from exiting a room in the specified direction(s). Ex: "N: The black knight blocks your passage!"
Melissa: a social that makes the disaprooving 'tsk, tsk' noise
Rabies: Yet another speco for mobs: speco_regenerate. Heals a percentage of its hps per tick (say, 15%?) rather than a fixed 50.
Melissa: an 'eeeee' or 'eeeeeek' social
Melissa: a social that goes [character] 'hangs on your every word'
Melissa: social [character] 'mourns [character]'
Kiri -- Melissa, feel free to write these. The help file is help writesocial and helpsocialex
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Kiri's WWW of URLs:
A stuffed Cthulhu!
http://www.figures.com/databases/action ... article=83
Funny, from Scav
http://sinfest.net/d/20020926.html
Strange new viking kitties flash
http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar/
Temple of the Lemur
http://totl.net/
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Responses by Polgara
Huugsss Kiri
lookee more answers. Aren't I just thehelpful one. muahhaha. *evil laugh*
> IDEAS:
>
> Ack: Give Kenders a sap ability. It has the ability
> to knock the mob/pc unconciousususus(ie puts them to
> sleep).
oh yeah, lets make kenders even more powerful lol
> Ack: Also the heavier the object the better the
> success rate
Little Kender, "but honestly Polgara, why can't I use
this Ottoman (very very heavy object if you haven't
seen one) to sap the Golem."
Polgara, "Because it weighs more than you do."
Little Kender, "but..."
Polgara, "No."
Little Kender, "but..."
Polgara, "NO."
Little Kender, "I challenge you to the Arena!"
Polgara, "So you can try and knock me unconscious with
an ottoman?" *blinks*
I think this about covers my answer to this idea
> Ack: A fallback command, is like flee but isntead of
> going to another room you stay where you are. only
> works if YOU are the attacking person
Errr...so it does what? Keeps you in the room where
you were fighting it. So...I don't understand. It
would keep fighting you?? Is typing a single letter
(n,s,e,w) to hard nowadays
Flee! Flee!> Ack: when you enter the arena and you are invis then
> it should say Someone enters the arena
If an Invisible Personage falls in the Forest, do you
see them fall?
NO. That's what SEE invis potions are for
sorry.> Ack: make the guardian killable and give the demons
> a different guild master across from the druids. I
> want his axe!!
Guardian steps up to the computer.
"Excuse me, Polgara, let me answer this one."
"Yes, Sir!" Says Polgara, the demon chicken.
"Perhaps, if the gods allow it someday you can earn my
axe in a quest, young padawan..err...Ack. But for now,
we don't need huge spam battles that last for overly
lengthy amounts of time at recall," Guardian types as
he lovingly caresses his axe.
"They shan't get thee mine precious. No, they shant."
(errrr..yeah. did I mention that it's 3 am here?)
> Suicide: the minimum level requirement for each RC
> should be included in help fetish
Good idea. In fact, great idea. But that would also
narrow down where the RCs are, and we all know the
whereabouts are SUPPOSED to be a closely guarded
secret and not spread around. Wouldn't narrowing down
the level of the RCs make the entire quest (and it is
a quest) to easy. While I like the idea, I like the
tradition better
> Cord: you really should be prompted if you are sure
> when you type "remort" at level 151
OH yeah. Can you say "Polgara never MEANT to be a
demon?" I knew you could. Please, please please please
do this. haha. I wonder how many times this has been
posted now?
> Oversoul: Ballistic attack says you chuckle as a
> stone hits (MOB). It usually only taps. I think as
> you grow in level, the stone should be bigger and it
> should do more damage
It's a newbie spell. I think the only way the stone
should do more damage as you level is if it WASN'T a
newbie spell. I can't see some lvl 50 throwing a
boulder at Kandy for what?? 5 mana? what is it? hehe.
No. don't think so.
> Peel: get xp in the arena for killing players
heh. Interesting idea really. You CHOOSE to go into
the arena, technically (while there are ways around
this) you can't be made to go into it (unless an IMM
takes you there. the problem with this, is that it
would be an easy way to level. You don't have to get
your corpse. You don't lose anything. If you did lose
your corpse when you died in the arena, a person can
be killed again and again and again just corpse
retrieving themselves, because it would be LEGAL for
anyone to stand in that room and kill him when you
came in to get your corpse. No. I've gotten off on a
slight tangent, but you see my point? EXP in the arena
would make the playing field unlevel.
> Cord: this has probably been idea-ed before, but
> just in case... it would be nice if identify
> told you what wear slot a piece of equipment was
> for...
GOOD IDEA! Great idea! All for this! If someone would
spend the time to go through all the items and put
wear tags on them and the programming for it was done.
woohoo.
> Oversoul: If you're invisible and you can see
> yourself in "group" without see invis, you should be
> able to see what you typed in chath without see
> invis
Heh, another good point and something I think should
be fixed.
Polgara
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Our Australian friends will probably appreciate this humor:
Olympics in Oz
Here are some of the classic questions that were asked of the Sydney Olympic Committee via their website, and answers supplied where appropriate...
Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
A: Upwards, out of the ground, like the person who asked this question, who themselves will need watering if their IQ drops any lower...
Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
A: Depends on how much beer you've consumed...
Q: Which direction should I drive - Perth to Darwin or Darwin to Perth - to avoid driving with the sun in my eyes? (Germany)
A: Excellent question, considering that the Olympics are being held in Sydney.
Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad tracks? (Sweden)
A: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, so you'll need to have started about a year ago to get there in time...
Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
A: And accomplish what?
Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places to contact for a stuffed porpoise. (Italy)
A: I'm not touching this one...
Q: My client wants to take a steel pooper-scooper into Australia. Will you let her in? (South Africa)
A: Why? We DO have toilet paper here...
Q: Do the camels in Australia have one hump or two? (UK)
Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
A: No. Everybody stinks.
Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK)
A: This HAS to have been asked by a blonde...
Q:Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is smaller than the male population? (Italy)
A: Yes. Gay nightclubs.
Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
A: Yes. At Christmas.
Q: Can I drive to the Great Barrier Reef? (Germany)
A: Sure, if your vehicle is amphibious.
Q: Are there killer bees in Australia? (Germany)
A: Not yet, but we'll see what we can do when you get here.
Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia? (USA)
A: What's this guy smoking, and where do I get some?
Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year round?
A: Yes on the supermarkets, but the cows are on strike.
Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA)
A: I love this one... there are no rattlesnakes in Australia.
Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
A: Face North and you should be about right.
Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)
A: People have long had considerable trouble distinguishing between Austria and Australia. (Makes me so proud of being an 'merican... the land of the geographically challenged.)
Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget its name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA)
Q: Are there places in Australia where you can make love outdoors? (Italy)
A: Yes. Outdoors
Q: I want to go swimming at Bondi Beach on October 20th. Will I turn blue? (Germany)
A: No that would only happen on the 21st.
Q: I hear that all Australian women are beautiful. Is that true and if so, can you send me pictures of the available ones? (Italy)
A: Sure. Have you got about 3000GB spare on your harddrive?
Q: Will I be able to speek English most places I go? (USA)
A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.
