Mugwump

A lyrical genius! Bob Dylan couldn't have said it better! It got stuck in my head and reminded me of something..... finally thought of it this morning. I had to review dozens of foul vids of this to come up with one even slightly appropriate: Listen to this at least ten times in a row, it will remove hobbits from your head!

Aye laddie, right clever! Hey! How come a Scot gets to go to Burning Man and I have to stay here???

Lol! What about "of your skill" don't I understand! Thanks Spyridonas, I see the light. Now I better go see the doctor! ;D

After logging in on random different EL days during the last three RL days, I'd better get posting! First, my original test character has either been erased or I used a forgettable password, so I've started a newbie, "Wugmump", clever, huh? This gives me limited options as to actions, but may provide a point of reference for new chars. A little math trouble, but I'm clear as to the concept: "The further from 0, the less. 90 is neutral, so when a modifier is near 90 it will act as it did before the astrology system was implemented. As the modifier goes towards 180, the bonus becomes negative." This is easy to understand, but the comparison with 'ACTUAL' confuses my non-mathematical brain. I'm not getting a correllation between the two although your description is clear. Still, going on the above statement, my results seems to fit well. Addendum: the more I concentrate, the more I understand.... My first try was in my previous post, my second test was after your original adjustments and addition of 'Actual' stats.: In this case fighting beavers was the best I could get away with at A/D 7/6, P/C 8/8. Deer may as well have been Fluffies! Harvesting uneventful, of course. Here, I assumed my ATT would have been better with the 64 modifier, but the Actual won out. The deer ate my lunch. With cheese. The next EL day the stats were nearly the same, or do they change by hour and this was the same day? I was too mad at the deer population too remember! Same results. Also, I was disconnected from the server at about 1650 GMT -5 and tried for a few moments to get back, no luck. Main server and forums all OK. It's not my fault! This is current RL morning. Leveling by fighting not so hot. I'm confused at the fighting modifiers seeming to be fairly positive, but the Actuals are all 0. Is that wrong or just my math skills? Anyway harvesting is a real fireworks show with these stats! I can't leave the client for 30 seconds before something (good or bad) happens! Personally, I like it. It takes the boredom out of vegetables. All in all (so far) I like the system! ** Aha! The stats do change over the hours!! Good, gives complainers a fighting chance to stfu! ** Most of my questions have been answered by concentrating on the stats and posts. I hope all the above is understandable. One point might be to make the in-game system more simple to us math-challenged boneheads. Translated into a "+1 / -1" language or simple percentages. I have to admit I'm lost when I see a phrase like "make rare -608" (not that I couldn't learn ) There is one really stupid question which I'd like the honor to be the first to ask since I'm sure you'll hear it again: "In EL I have the sign "5", but in RL I'm a "9". Can you change it for me?" Personally I don't give a flying dragon, but if the stats are random and there's a way to do it, let players pick their own sign. Maybe a future implement as a personal attribute, like clothing color. Thanks for hearing me out! Edit: A quick add to the last stats comments (this morning.) It seems the harvesting events are actually off the scale. As I have be making this whole post and cropping and FTP'ing the pics, my char has barely harvested 100 veggies! It's been right through a harvesting hour too, maybe the modifiers are too strong (I wouldn't say this if I had found 2 rostogols though, would I? )

Proof that the bigger they come, the harder they fall! This event reminded me of the popular webcomic The Noob, a satire on the adventures of players and developers of the MMORPG 'ClicheQuest'. I hadn't checked in for some time, and looking just now it turns out the current story line for the past month or so seems to uncannily parallel the situation at WoW. Hmm....... Ent, promise you won't let EL get that massive!

I enjoy this, and it seems to be working correctly although I'm not doing the math Logged on yesterday before the improvements and found my test character either disappeared or I forgot the password (it's been a while) so I started a 'newbie'. Received the sign of '2' but made the mistake of thinking all would be recorded on the chat log (not) and didn't take screenies. The attack and defense were both favorable, so after raising P/C to 6/6 I was holding my own against deer and fox with only a bone (and a beating!) Never died. Sorry I didn't get the numbers, but I noticed a real difference over starting a char under normal conditions. I'm trying again now (with screenies) and already noticed that I again received the sign of '2' but the stats are completely different. That seems fair and logical. I'll post back, and have questions as well. Should I ask in a separate thread? So far

The Lottery Mule! That's a good idea, I go get you very good ticket. Sure to win! You give me 10% for my trouble. I would buy tickets if the price went down some, I'm still saving up for book money as a priority. Won't be long before the books get expensive and take longer to read, then I can buy a ticket or two!

Hurrah to Learner for bringing breakfast into perspective! By the way, what has become of Tania........

A wee voice from channel 12345 says: "I third the motion!!"

Sorry, Cthulhu, I was toying with the conversions and ended up making no sense.... The 19 stone represents the 265 lbs. that I do weigh, I should weigh 425000 Carats (in filthy lucre!)

I offered to carry two of the triplets, there's plenty of room...... 5 feet 11.75 inches (182.25 centimeters) and 265 pounds (120.2 kilograms) and sheer magnificence all over! Wish I was wearing my derby and bowtie..... Next! Oop, forgot my BMI - 37.0

Here's a handy website to convert some of anything to more or less of anything else: http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_all.htm I wish this was around 300 moons ago when my friends and I were trying to convert Miles per Hour to Furlongs per Fortnight........ So 85 kg is 187.3 lb. Thusly, this means I weigh 19 stone. Alright, just shut up!! Hmm... I have an idea, I'll start a thread......

6 feet and shrinking from decades of gravity...... I weigh a lot for my size cos I EAT out! (Schooly! You should be playin' bassetball, not EL!)

I'm sneaky, when I want to play EL I just click on Angie's lips..... Love that flying penguin! Is is related to Sister Bertrille?

I can understand the complaint, a 24 hour character is sort of like a sports pro on steroids. That has it's own pros and cons! Baseballs Barry Bonds has hit more home runs than everyone before him, but the world thinks he's on steroids whether he admits it or not. Meanwhile his attitude towards fans and the press has been bad and could be compared to a bag jumper! It makes sense to be angry at high scorers who use advantages over others. I'm willing to call it unfair. In my case, the top lists of players is something I've only looked at once or twice years ago and hold no interest for me. Not to mention if anyone tries to usurp Mugwump on me, ol' Mugs will bite their left clicky finger off!! I can't imagine anyone else speaking or thinking for my characters, they might blow my sterling reputation of perfectness, or worse, dress them funny! Entropy is right though, it's the characters not the players that make the list and I'm sure it's not easy to monitor who play which and when. Particularly from the same IP address or computer.

If it was a computer speed test, I'd be the loozah!! My FPS ingame is still pitiful. This here is Verizon FIOS (fiber optic) and sure is zoomy! Now I'm curious to try my old dial-up and see the comparison! No clue why my upload is faster than download either, unless it's because I finally forced myself to type correctly! YouReveL, I want to move to Lithuania! You have light speed web!!

Roja makes plenty sense to me. I often get bored (not from the game! Not from the game!) from doing the repetitive things for too long. Too many FE's make Jack a dull boy, so I get up and stretch my legs. When 'special' NPC's are scattered around the continents it does make it worthwhile to go a'wandering. Besides, we've all gotten used to only one potion seller on Seridia, one Harvy anywhere, and only one Wraith not to mention others. Sure it would be easier to play with lottery tickets at every tavern, all books at each bookseller, and 200 juicy spawns on every map, but then you could go from OA 1 to OA 100 in Nordcarn. Thusly missing out on all the cool eye candy and players everywhere else! Besides, the lottery is only once a week. That's worth an arranged trip. Maybe the ideas of 2nd and 3rd prizes and announcements before the deadline would build up interest.

Hey! If dwarves are any any tastier than gnomes, then I'll eat my hat!

Just got super-zoomy fiber optic broadband. Such a thing shall never again occur!! Unless I go camping, or hiking, or boating, or away.....

My Brit housemate tells me to tell y'all that Sunderland rules all!! (this time really, for sure!) Does that rate me a free pint? Please?

Yes, no, no, yes..... Considering this is the future and people have different values than Abner Doubleday, yes. Anyone who dumps crud in their veins just to muscle up deserves to shrivel away at 60, no. Pick one! I can't decide..... All I know is "records were made to be broken" and come hell or high water, someone will do just that. One thing I know is Barry might be a nasty celebrity, but he has been playing the game straight and square all the way through. If he has been pumping potions, oh well..... he'll face the consequences someday. We don't really know what steroid abuse can do in the long run.... it might be a lot to pay for a home run! I was born in San Francisco so I keep a soft spot for the Giants.... I live close to NYC so I keep another soft spot for the Giants. Meanwhile I root for A. Rod and hate Hillary. You just can't put a label on people!

Somebody punked me bigtime in WSC arena on the premise of training. The guy got my newbie armor and sword the first week I came to EL. This was 'round about Christmas 2004. I'm still thankful for the removal of that crap..... Now I can bop gobs with my nekkid little finger!

Yah... Hooey!! I finally got 'Second Life' to work on my computer!! What's the first thing I asked how to do? "How do I eat?" Addendum: There is no game better than EL.... plz, gold, plz?

Phooey!! I've gone dry at 1 minute :05. Just pass the pints please!

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