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AnAxemRanger

Posted on 01-09-12 04:08 AM

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I've been here over 2 years now and I have yet to hear of what they're for. What do they do? Was there originally an option for people to fight each other? What was the purpose?
Just curious.

blackhole89

Posted on 01-09-12 04:19 AM

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The board has an RPG battle system; it just never left alpha and so is not trivially accessible to the regular user.

One day, perhaps, something more might be made out of it.

Apart from that, some items do have special effects that are of some relevance in everyday board usage...

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Posted on 01-09-12 04:24 AM

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Posted by blackhole89
The board has an RPG battle system; it just never left alpha and so is not trivially accessible to the regular user.

One day, perhaps, something more might be made out of it.

Interesting... Would the battles actually have some kind of prize for a winner or would it strictly be for fun?

Posted by blackhole89
Apart from that, some items do have special effects that are of some relevance in everyday board usage...

Even more interesting... But judging by the mysterious ellipsis, I'm guessing that's all the info I'm going to get out of you, huh?

blackhole89

Posted on 01-09-12 05:00 AM

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Posted by AnAxemRanger
Posted by blackhole89
The board has an RPG battle system; it just never left alpha and so is not trivially accessible to the regular user.

One day, perhaps, something more might be made out of it.

Interesting... Would the battles actually have some kind of prize for a winner or would it strictly be for fun?

Well, there might be prize items or the like, but I don't think it has been thought out to that degree. There's only this much you can reward people with on an internet message board...

Posted by blackhole89
Apart from that, some items do have special effects that are of some relevance in everyday board usage...

Even more interesting... But judging by the mysterious ellipsis, I'm guessing that's all the info I'm going to get out of you, huh?

Your judgement is spot-on, good sir.

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NightKev

Posted on 01-09-12 05:07 AM

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Posted by blackhole89
One day, perhaps, something more might be made out of it.

Apart from that, some items do have special effects that are of some relevance in everyday board usage...

Translation: None, except for a very few specially coded items, half of which should probably be profile options instead.

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Posted on 01-09-12 05:10 AM

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I actually enjoy collecting the items,,, I want to have a full dragon set, even though it doesn't do me much good.

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Posted on 01-09-12 05:11 AM

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Posted by blackhole89
One day, perhaps, something more might be made out of it.

And when that day comes, we'll all be at NightKev's mercy.

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Posted on 01-09-12 05:12 AM

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Posted by NightKev
Posted by blackhole89
One day, perhaps, something more might be made out of it.

Apart from that, some items do have special effects that are of some relevance in everyday board usage...
Translation: None, except for a very few specially coded items, half of which should probably be profile options instead.

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NightKev

Posted on 01-09-12 05:18 AM

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Posted by blackhole89
Posted by NightKev
Posted by blackhole89
One day, perhaps, something more might be made out of it.

Apart from that, some items do have special effects that are of some relevance in everyday board usage...
Translation: None, except for a very few specially coded items, half of which should probably be profile options instead.
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AnAxemRanger

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You could always just make the prize more coins and experience or something simple. I guess it's really not a big deal, but it's just one small feature to add that might bring a tiny bit more life to this place.

I don't suppose anyone would be willing to share what items actually change stuff, would they?

NightKev

Posted on 01-09-12 05:24 AM

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I'll say the useful one, at least.

Jedi Training Helmet - No one's layout will show for you. Useful if you have ~~dial-up~~ slow internet.

I think there was perhaps another useful one, but I don't recall what it is/does...

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Posted by AnAxemRanger
I don't suppose anyone would be willing to share what items actually change stuff, would they?

Well, part of the fun is finding out on your own. One tip though is to examine what the board's most active users have equipped by checking their profiles. That should give you a general idea what direction to look in for items that extend board functionality. If that fails, you can read the item descriptions as well by clicking on the item titles for a general idea what (if anything) they do.

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Ailure

Posted on 01-09-12 09:32 AM

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Posted by blackhole89
The board has an RPG battle system; it just never left alpha and so is not trivially accessible to the regular user.

If it wasn't for the circumstances at the time making a Acmlmboard 2.0 board necessary, the RPG feature most likely would been a release feature.

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Posted on 01-10-12 10:17 PM (rev. 2 of 01-10-12 10:18 PM)

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Posted by blackhole89
Unrelenting as ever, aren't you

He's right though - the option to turn of layouts SHOULD be a profile option. (Heck, I didn't find out about this supposed 'easter egg' until I made a complaint thread and was informed about it many aeons ago)

Lunaria

Posted on 01-11-12 02:53 AM

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Spot on, I do agree that most of them should be options, not all though.

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Nick

Posted on 01-11-12 10:09 AM

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Actually, I agree. Giving people as much flexibility as possible over their user experience is something I think that should be definitely promoted. One of the nice things about AB is the current amount of user control one gets over one's own experience. Further sensible extensions of that seem like a good path to take, imho.

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