asryn

Happy Birthday! Hope it was a great one.

Happy Birthday, Pample. Hope you have a fabulous day.

Option 1 penalizes far more random people than it does people abusing the system. Let's assume that in the normal course of gameplay, 10 mp3 would reach the cap in any given week as a result of regular battles and progress in the game. Whoever happens to be fighting them when this happens would be penalized. If there happens to be someone running around capping newbies, maybe 5 extra people will be capped. So in this scenario, 10 players get penalized just for level-appropriate fighting and 1 troublemaker gets 5x the penalty. If no one happens to be causing trouble in any given week, 10

Happy Birthday, Ailith! Hope you have a fabulous day.

[quote name='awiiya' date='17 December 2009 - 08:47 PM' timestamp='1261111648' post='50508'] No, today is the generation of the specialist. Everything is at such an advanced state, if you spent your entire life learning a little about a lot you would hardly get far. It is often only possible to reach the cutting edge of success by being a specialist. Awi [/quote] Hmm, yes and no. I agree that most progress is made by those who know more than a little about their topic of interest. I would argue that the real cutting edge of success is often on the borders of disciplines, though, and

Angelfish

I have more than 100 active days now, so it would appear that I am no longer eligible for the Rookie award. I do appreciate the regard of those who nominated me.

Happy Birthday, Tara! Saturday is usually a quiet day around here; perhaps we can celebrate more next week.

[quote name='dst' date='28 November 2009 - 12:11 AM' timestamp='1259395916' post='48599'] Thank you asryn. But can we see the solution also? Just for pure information. [/quote] So I considered that, but given the nature of the quest it seems a bit spoilery. Since part of my goal was to encourage exploration, I would prefer to let people discover these things for themselves. However if those who participated have any specific questions feel free to contact me, and I will do my best to provide either answers or hints as seems appropriate.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the scavenger hunt. I have finally finished tallying the results, and they are as follows: 1st place, with a score of 193/200 - dst, received a wishpoint 2nd place, with a score of 184/200 - Handy Pockets, received 2 silver coins 3rd place, with a score of 182/200 - Freezeblink, received 1 silver coin The highest scoring mp3 was Yoshi with a score of 178/200, and the highest scoring mp4 was Freezeblink. Please contact me by PM if you would like a shiny new angien egg, and I will respond with the CTC. Congratulations to all the winners! I hope