Hozzászólások - Viridel

What chicken doesn't have?
Feathers
Mustaches
Legs
Beak

Idézet: MartinBV - 2011.01.20. 20:11:18

If you're going to bitch about music questions, let's hear your take on this one:

What year did MTV Unplugged( a 10,000 Maniacs CD) come out?
Artist 10,000 Maniacs
Type Album
Released October 26, 1993
Rating 3.60 from 416 ratings
Ranked #311 for 1993

However, it did only take me about 20 seconds to find the answer.

Idézet: MartinBV - 2011.01.23. 23:49:05

Are you seriously trying to make the argument that a rotation point near the center of the sun means that the earth not only orbits the sun, but the sun orbits the earth? Are you REALLY that anal-retentive? How about going to moderate Trivial Pursuit, and stop wasting your evidently considerable talents complaining about points of insignificance on a GAME SITE!

Idézet: petel87 - 2011.01.24. 01:22:25

Maybe he's Spanish.

Petel - you are a clown. I have requested that you be banned in the past, or at minimum, have your Forum privileges revoked.

I wholeheartedly repeat that request. This game would be far more pleasant if you lost your voice.

Except for diseases, what is the most common reason of human deaths?

Given cause is road accident... But the question is highly ambiguous. When are we talking about? Where are we talking about? What constitutes "war" (African ethnic and tribal warfare springs to mind).

Getting a definitive global answer is probably more than we can reasonably request, so the question should probably get the boot.

Idézet: MartinBV - 2011.01.20. 20:11:18

Google'd in time??? Do you have your quiz settings on 15 seconds? One of the easiest Google's in the whole damn game.

Never was I am always to be.No one ever saw me,nor ever will.Yet I am the confidence of all,to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

What the puck is this???

Starting to get really tired of these utterly meaningless riddles.

Idézet: V3nG3nC3X - 2011.01.19. 06:08:50

Best thing to do is just stop writing questions. Honestly, you'll be far happier that way.

Can we please have a purging of:
All Level 1 Characters that have not logged on in a month
All characters L4 or less that have not logged on in 2 months
All characters L10 or less that have not logged on in 6 months

Obviously these characters are a complete waste of space, and just clog up the High Score list. Plus there is no point attacking them, since they've been bled dry already - meaning it's a waste of DP for active low-level characters.

Idézet: Thucydides - 2011.01.19. 00:27:07

First off - The Quiz is definitely the worst part about the game. It causes more problems and more pissed off players than any other portion of the game, by far. Standards vary to Evaluator to Evaluator, day to day. There isn't nearly enough maintenance to get rid of the crap, even after it's been pointed out.

THE QUIZ IS BAD

That said, Thucydides - I think you're completely wrong here. Watching a show about Robin Hood that makes such a firm statement about his popularity is only accurate to the people watching that show. There is no question about his popularity, but an unquantifiable "most" is impossible to prove.

It's like asking Who is the most Evil person in history? Hitler springs immediately to mind, but he also started industrializing Germany to the superpower it is today. Stalin should certainly be viable for his crimes against his own people, yet he is simultaneously revered as a war hero. Pol Pot slaughtered millions in his drive to power and (failed) attempt to bring stability to a region that has never had any. Idi Amin and Milosovich for their ethnic cleansing in Africa and Yugoslavia. How about Genghis Khan, who burned villages, raped women, and forced prisoners to act as a human shield - in his drive to create the worlds largest civilized empire. And how can we not mention Bin Laden - a hero to some - but currently amongst the most despised men in the world.

There is no way to quantify ones feelings and experiences. To certain groups of people, ANY name from the above list could be "Most Evil" - therefore it is an impossible question to answer factually. Yours is no different.

Idézet: Inv_ - 2011.01.18. 21:05:04
Wrong order, but I wasn't saying this as proof of cheating - merely that it deserves some evaluation


This was actually #1 - and I fail to see how you can have issue with players posting potential cheating in a "complaints about players" thread.


Wasn't obvious to me - in fact I clearly indicated that thru extensive Excel tables and analysis, these results could be replicated. However, I was leery due to the time and dedication this would require.


And as discussed, the suspension was fully justified.


This is where things went up s#it creek. Clearly a failing of the Administration here. The Logs were there. There was no new data to acquire, as Piggy could not log in to generate new data. The fact this took more than a day or two is what caused the threats and fighting. Nobody was going to win as it dragged on - Pro-Piggy's were accusing Admins of bending to complaints, Anti-Piggy's were flaming back, and the whole situation devolved to a point where nobody trusted the Admins. If the Admin would have come out within a few days and simply said that "This user has been found using 3rd party software to gain an in-game advantage, and has therefore had their account terminated" - TOPIC DEAD. Maybe a few late bitchings - but really, the Admin created this problem by failing to communicate.

This is an all-too-common occurrence in these forums, where Admin - thru apathy or choice - allow situations to escalate. If there is one thing that MUST be learned thru this - it's simply that the Administration MUST communicate far more frequently.


I didn't really read that. I think people are happy it's now over, more than in the actual result (which was completely self-evident to the vast majority of us once the "Suspension" happened).


I'm happy the cheater is banned - it has nothing to do with SE.


Only if players want to play that way. I haven't seen one single complaint about suspicious behaviour from Ciphas. Anyone can accuse anyone, but without any instance proof, it's just sour grapes, and makes future complaints taken less seriously.



No, the best way to avoid it is not to cheat.



It didn't, check the order of postings. I posted that - after specific complaints had been made - merely to indicate that the performance level in this situation far exceeded what would be considered "Standard Deviation".


So you can suggest Ciphas is a cheater without a single specific situation, but you flame Boar for pointing out that one person is apparently responsible for a third of an entire Clan - and if that person leaves, a third of the clan leaves with them? This is a suspicious threat to me. I have friends in the game, but I doubt my influence alone would carry enough weight to get them to drop the game if I were to leave.


Ok, we both know that I don't threaten to quit very often (I have said that "I quit World 1 because of the Quiz System" on a few occasions, but nothing for World 2) - but I do need the game to improve. In truth, with the fiasco around the Xeno event (you know, the event BY the players, FOR the players, MANGLED by the Admin), I am busting my ass in trying to find a reasonable solution - getting nothing from the Admin, and am really just getting sick of it all. The lack of communication from the Administration is killing this game for me - and it is exactly that simple.

If/when it does come time for me to leave the game, it won't be with a threat (do this, or else). I will simply pass my breaking point, the decision will be made, and I will post my goodbye. And that point has been pushed dramatically forward over the last month. Will the Admin finally figure it out? All I can do is keep hoping - until I simply no longer care, which is my point of no return.

Idézet: stekkos - 2011.01.18. 08:16:47

Actually, this was addressed almost word-for-word previously by Miklos. He said they wanted to run Zankwad that way, but people were mad that they weren't receiving anything along the way, and that the relics would have to be so astronomically powerful to make the event worth it that the balance of the game would be at risk.

Idézet: ImLittleJon - 2011.01.18. 14:45:57
Well, I think that has been more than proven by now

But at least I can create a solution for something that is obviously screwed up...

Actually, I just had an idea that could work really well... I think...

Once you hit ManaCon L30, you can use ManaCon twice a day - once in the "normal" way (Clan Building), and once in the event. However, for the event, it takes SE to trigger (AND Spell Points to use). The trigger cost is Level*100, and the SE used in this way does NOT count towards your Luck skill. If you don't want to use ManaCon in this way, or if you want to Build more than once a day, the SE spent towards Building DOES count towards your Luck skill.

As for the Event:
SE Building (NOT including ManaCon Trigger): Level*200 = 1 Point
ManaCon Building (NOT utilizing the Trigger SE): Level*400 = 1 Point

So you still get all the benefit of whatever you have invested into ManaCon, but now there is a cost to do so. Or, you can choose not to utilize it (especially if you are under L30), and receive full benefit for the SE spent towards Luck - but you won't get as many Build Points. However, you CAN blitz the event to keep pace with the ManaCon Leaders who may not wish to make such sacrifices.

In my personal situation, Level 62, ManaBuild of (approx) 80,000 (MC L50, of course):
A ManaCon trigger costs 6200 SE, and the 80,000 ManaBuild converts to 3.225 Points (80,000 / 400 / 62)
I would need to spend a total of 40,000 SE to receive that same 3.225 Points - and I would receive Luck based on that 40k
If I used ManaCon AND the 40,000, I would receive 5.95 Points (3.225 from ManaCon, 2.73 from the 40k minus the Trigger amount).

So let's use 6 points as the daily viable amount for the middle prize. A Level 60 "Dueler" (no ManaCon) would need to spend 72000 SE to keep pace (of which, 100% would also go towards Luck). Over the course of the event, this is more expensive than building up L50 ManaCon, however, it is a LOT more cost-effective for a pure Dueler to not put SE in Skills they don't want to utilize (plus they get Luck, which they wouldn't if they were improving Skills). So there's the balance - Someone investing in Magic & ManaCon do receive the benefit here, but it's not astronomically more than is viable for non-Builder characters to keep pace.

A lot of math here... But inverse problem solving is what I am good at - so here you go. Mods / Admins - Have at'er!

Idézet: Cruel01 - 2011.01.18. 01:22:05

Ok, well, if that is still the case - it does change things somewhat... I still don't think that punishing the Clan is the solution though.

Idézet: Sbart - 2011.01.18. 00:46:59

Can we have an Admin confirm this once and for all? Will these be 0 SE Duels, or like the Zankwad Goblins, will there be a pre-EnHarness value?