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    Season Two: What I'm doing right nowStarted by:CavemanJoe, Nov/14/08 12:27 AM
    Thread to be updated in real-time,
    largely for procrastination-related
    purposes. All of these updates apply to
    the test server, which is closed to the
    public for now. Right now I'm going
    through the old modules and taking out
    the ones that led to imbal    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Jul/02/09 04:45 PM
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    Clan ContestsStarted by:Icterid, Nov/09/08 01:30 AM
    I've posted this in two places now (in
    varying degrees of thoroughness) but I
    wanted to give it its own thread because
    I'd really like to see this
    implemented. Before SWEET maxed out
    its clan buffs, we had clan contests
    every now and then to enco    		  
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/09/08 01:30 AM
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    Mail OverhaulStarted by:GlyphGryph, Nov/08/08 05:48 AM
    Let me purchase more space in my mailbox
    for donator points, let me have a
    seperate folder for clain mail type
    stuff, let me purchase/have access to a
    folder where I can permenantly store
    distractions, or all
    three. Preferably at least two. I
    tend to    		  
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    By: GlyphGryph
    Nov/08/08 05:48 AM
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    Aquatic MonstersStarted by:Fodder Kid, Nov/13/08 04:09 PM
    CMJ, Are the water points on the map
    non-monster places? Cause I would like
    to see improbable fish, crustations,
    jellies, coral, animated ship-wrecks,
    attack me when I go through the blue
    spaces too. Is this
    possible? Fodder Kid (who has a few
    fis    		  
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    By: Fodder Kid
    Nov/13/08 04:09 PM
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    A quick shout out.Started by:crashtestpilot, Nov/04/08 01:59 AM
    Hey. A number of you have contacted me
    in-game, posted here on this forum, and
    emailed me directly about how much you
    like what I've been posting in recent
    weeks. So, first, thanks a great deal.
    I'm humbled by the feedback, it
    encourages me (perhaps NOT s    		  
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    By: crashtestpilot
    Nov/04/08 01:01 PM
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    Increased results for Improbable EventsStarted by:Icterid, Nov/22/08 12:41 AM
    I think it would be neat to have a much
    larger selection of what you can get
    from the various Improbable Events and
    Places in the towns and common ground
    (Piniata, the Lucky Dip...). Maybe
    different items like the Calle shell,
    which each do something di    		  
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/22/08 12:41 AM
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    More Random Large MonstersStarted by:Fodder Kid, Nov/07/08 02:50 PM
    I for one would like to see more big
    cool monsters, such as the Magpie,
    Doppleganer, Giant Tattoo Mutant out
    there. Would it be easy to make some
    of them town specific? Like
    Pleasantville has a Kraken cause it's
    close to the sea? Also I think that
    th    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Nov/09/08 11:48 PM
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    Blazingnoob's FeedbackStarted by:Icterid, Nov/11/08 04:03 AM
    I noticed this feedback posted as a
    comment to the "Welcome to the Enquirer
    post" at the bottom of the Home page. I
    figured I would post it here so that
    more people would get to read it. Looks
    like the request for feedback worked,
    CMJ! :D Maybe you could    		  
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    By: Cath
    Nov/11/08 01:59 PM
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    Clans and politicsStarted by:crashtestpilot, Nov/07/08 02:04 PM
    A few things clans could use: a) A
    screen to show which members are
    donating ciggies, how many, with a
    time/date stamp. b) A screen for city
    takeovers that show who is donating req
    on behalf of the clan, for which
    cit(ies), and when. As the politics     		 
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/07/08 07:14 PM
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    HousingStarted by:crashtestpilot, Nov/12/08 04:25 PM
    This is probably old news to some, but I
    only recently learned that there is a
    dwelling limitation -- apparently it's
    three. What I was trying to do was
    build dwellings in each outpost, in an
    effort to ensure that each outpost has
    an open home -- or in th    		  
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    By: Cath
    Nov/13/08 05:22 PM
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    Raven Inn's bartenderStarted by:Fodder Kid, Dec/05/08 02:14 PM
    In Season II can the Raven Inn's
    bartender ACTUALLY tend a bar? I'd like
    to be able to get drinks there as
    opposed to just etching my wife's name
    in a table. Thoughts? FK     		 
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    By: Bodoni
    Dec/09/08 02:50 AM
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    Side QuestsStarted by:Aeridus, Nov/13/08 02:52 PM
    I'd like to see an expansion on Dan's
    side quests... perhaps having one quest
    giver per town, with the quests in some
    way theme-related based on that town.
    Also, a way to keep track of the current
    quest(s) would be nice. Right now, if I
    were to forget what    		  
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    By: Cath
    Nov/13/08 05:20 PM
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    Free box, regiftingStarted by:crashtestpilot, Nov/12/08 04:32 PM
    Once upon a time, when I was living in
    Telluride, I noticed this box in the
    middle of town, where folks dropped off
    crap they couldn't use. It was called
    the Free Box, and locals would drop off
    old clothes, toys, snow gear etc. Like
    the Salvation Army, or     		 
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/12/08 05:47 PM
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    Moved: Please don't reward altruism.Started by:Hairy Mary, Nov/01/08 07:01 AM
    There's been several comments in several
    posts in threads all over the place
    talking about rewarding altruism with
    niceness points for a high score table
    or somesuch. Please don't for several
    reasons. I) Altruism comes in many
    forms. Not just gifting (a    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Nov/02/08 03:21 AM
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    DwellingsStarted by:Hairy Mary, May/30/09 03:32 PM
    OK then. This is one little set of ideas
    that I've had. First of all a
    disclaimer, I know little about S2, and
    even less about programing, so these
    will quite probably fall under the
    category of irrelevant to S2 or
    impossible to write. I throw out ideas
    wi    		  
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    By: Hairy Mary
    Jun/01/09 10:37 AM
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    Pricing bug in Mutated MunchiesStarted by:Hermein, Mar/07/09 11:35 PM
    This is repeatable for me: enter Mutated
    Munchies with more than 150 req (I
    tested with various values, for this
    example I used 500). Choose Spam and
    Brains. After eating, req total is a
    negative number (500 changes to -2650).
    After returning to New Pittsb    		  
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    By: Hermein
    Mar/07/09 11:35 PM
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    some thoughtsStarted by:hajen, Oct/30/08 08:16 PM
    I’m going to use a disclaimer for my
    lead-in of my non-sequential thought
    dump. I wasn’t here to play in the
    pre-season/ beta, and I just recently
    got into the forums (if you note my
    registered date and post count). So if
    I’m riding a horse that has alrea    		  
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    By: crashtestpilot
    Nov/03/08 10:21 AM
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    Hunter's lodge- custom weapon/armour nam....Started by:Rosin, Feb/21/09 03:43 AM
    I seem to recall a thread about this,
    but I can't exactly find it. In Season
    Two, I motion for reinstating the old
    ways of naming weapons and armour,
    having it replace your current
    weapon/armour until the end of that
    Drive Kill or purchase of a new weapon/    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Feb/21/09 08:04 AM
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    That annoying text filterStarted by:Count Sessine, Dec/20/08 05:31 AM
    How many times has someone here
    carefully crafted and posted a perfectly
    literate comment, only to have it
    pounced on and horridly garbled by the
    text filter which (erroneously) imagines
    it has detected a texting abbreviation?
    Hm. I think I see a lot of he    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Dec/21/08 11:04 PM
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    Improbability contaminationStarted by:Rosin, Nov/17/08 11:50 PM
    So far, the only thing I've seen from
    contamination of improbability is the
    ability to choose more races. Now,
    that's not exactly a bad thing, but
    maybe there would be some sort of buff
    or ability that comes from being
    hyper-contaminated? It could acti    		  
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    By: Rosin
    Nov/21/08 11:11 PM
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    What happens to donator points?Started by:Daychilde, Nov/10/08 06:20 AM
    Just curious to know the plans for
    donator points... Did I read elsewhere
    that Season I will continue, but Season
    II will be started on a new server? So I
    guess in that case, donator points would
    stay with the original server...?    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Nov/10/08 05:46 PM
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    Season 1.5Started by:Hermein, Mar/12/09 08:28 PM
    Our e-mail deprived leader
    speaks: [quote]I'm going to try and
    sort out all the outstanding Petitions
    over this weekend, and get back on track
    for coding up Season Two. The current
    ETA is "When it's Done," but I find
    myself leaning more and more towards r    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Mar/21/09 07:37 AM
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    Donations.Started by:Nadyanilo, Jun/26/09 05:47 AM
    A thought came to mind as I was about to
    send a bit more of my money your
    way. do we get to keep our points and
    changes made at the Hunters Lodge when
    Season Two begins? Or would it be best
    to wait to donate till after it starts?    		  
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    By: Nadyanilo
    Jun/26/09 11:04 PM
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    New StatStarted by:Fodder Kid, Nov/07/08 03:35 PM
    First and foremost, feel free to delete
    this post if it is something that would
    require a shitload of crazy coding to do
    so. 8O I've been kicking this idea
    around since I was first logged
    in. Currently we have Attack,
    Defense, Charm, Vitality, Stamin    		  
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    By: Count Sessine
    Nov/07/08 06:47 PM
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    Moved: My to-do listStarted by:CavemanJoe, Oct/27/08 02:04 AM
    Been a while since I did an update on
    this, so: SEASON 1 ENHANCEMENTS,
    BUGFIXES AND BALANCING Replacement
    module for Dan's Potions, which will
    cause extra hitpoints to become
    exponentially more expensive, while
    starting out cheaper. OR Repl    		  
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    By: oninoshiko
    Nov/10/08 03:00 AM
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    Clan LeadershipStarted by:Count of S-G, Nov/08/08 02:35 AM
    I'd like to see more clan positions. I
    know that at least in Sweet, clan
    officers actually have jobs, and
    leadership has a structure as
    well. I'd like to see the ability to
    let the clan leaders give custom names
    to a couple of positions in the clan, so
    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Jul/09/09 07:27 PM
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    Location Descriptions...Started by:Theo1, Mar/02/09 12:33 PM
    What if... and stick with me on this
    one.in season two... Locations... were
    described by players. I.E. Cities and
    the Raven Inn, and the PSK and...
    especially the Commons, things like
    that. maybe not so much smaller places
    like paprika's ofice... but     		 
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    By: Theo1
    Mar/04/09 09:04 AM
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    Multiple Monster EncountersStarted by:Count of S-G, Nov/24/08 02:17 AM
    So as everyone with more then 10 drive
    kills knows, you can fight multiple
    monsters. I was thinking that although
    boss monsters would be a interesting
    idea, I'd like to see the multiple
    monsters idea expanded upon. I
    envision that it could work like thi    		  
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    By: Mister Rik
    Nov/24/08 04:42 AM
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    Possible Party system? Started by:Nasharon, Oct/12/13 08:47 PM
    Hello there. So just to sum
    this up so its not too dreadfully long
    here are some ideas I have. The main one
    being a party system and details I have
    had with it. We all
    have our friends and clan members we
    want to play with s    		  
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    By: Sneaky
    Oct/13/13 12:48 PM
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    Work in progress: New default S2 themeStarted by:CavemanJoe, Apr/05/09 09:53 PM
    Go take a look at
    seasontwo.improbableisland.com and
    select the Leather theme. This, or
    something like it, will probably end up
    being the default theme for S2. The old
    theme will still be available. Bear
    in mind it's a work-in-progress - what
    do you t    		  
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    By: Twitching Bob
    Apr/07/09 11:28 PM
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    Upgradeable chatline length in residence....Started by:Hermein, Apr/21/09 11:09 PM
    There are times when it would be awfully
    nice to have more than the standard
    number of characters for a chatline;
    would it be practical to have an upgrade
    option for residences to allow a longer
    line? I only ask because it seems as
    though different places     		 
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    By: Theo1
    Apr/27/09 05:52 AM
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    Clan buffsStarted by:Hairy Mary, Nov/08/08 02:26 AM
    I'm in the CIA, on full clan buffs. This
    includes more than one healing buff, and
    now I find that I only ever visit the
    hospital after using the travel agent,
    and I still start fights with full HP
    more often than not. I think in the new
    season that it migh    		  
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    By: GlyphGryph
    Nov/09/08 09:30 AM
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    Politics ModuleStarted by:crashtestpilot, Dec/31/08 06:11 PM
    So, there I was, having a smoke, and
    rubbing my chin, when this idea popped
    out: Right now, Politics is all about
    bragging rights, plus items and
    multiples of same. Groovy. Love more
    items. But! What if holding the city
    actually gave the holding clan so    		  
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    By: Count Sessine
    Jan/01/09 04:15 AM
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    ScavengingStarted by:Fodder Kid, Oct/30/08 06:07 PM
    I've done 10 DKs now and I can honestly
    say that scavenging is harsh on newbies.
    I understand that it takes A LOT of time
    to make better gear, etc, but the fact
    that Cyber City is REALLY far out of the
    way for a newbie to get to. We all
    started as a human     		 
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    By: Fodder Kid
    Nov/07/08 02:44 PM
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    Season Two CutoverStarted by:Count Sessine, Jun/26/09 06:08 PM
    The first of July fast approacheth.
    Players are making plans, packing bags,
    finishing off storylines, speculating
    about n-dimensional warps, and generally
    getting ready to move. So it's about
    time to ask... CMJ, how are you planning
    to handle the actua    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Jun/27/09 06:01 PM
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    The Island TimelineStarted by:Hermein, May/01/09 02:44 PM
    I was recently given the assignment of
    figuring out what year it is in the
    Island universe. I knew of two places to
    look: the Museum in NewHome, and the
    Watcher's autobiographical story. This
    is what I found. . . The documents in
    the museum have these d    		  
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    By: Hermein
    May/11/09 10:39 PM
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    Soliciting opinions: Monster artworkStarted by:CavemanJoe, May/26/09 01:45 AM
    Hey, all. I've been thinking about
    adding monster artwork to Improbable
    Island for a long time now. I go
    through phases, y'see. A typical one
    will look like this: "It's a
    text-based adventure game. No
    artwork." "Well, maybe sprite-based
    artwork.     		 
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    By: Cath
    Jun/04/09 05:56 PM
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    Suggestion Compilation: Nov. 15Started by:Zolotisty, Nov/15/08 10:29 PM
    I've been keeping up with all of the
    discussion and suggestions thus far, but
    by the very nature of a forum, it's hard
    to keep track of who suggested what and
    when. I'm seeing repeat suggestions from
    certain players, and I'm also seeing
    repeat suggestions     		 
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Nov/16/08 05:07 PM
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    Season 2 - total reset?Started by:heresiarch, Nov/16/08 09:27 PM
    I'll start out by saying that I expect
    that season two will involve a total
    reset and this doesn't bother me one
    bit. Clans, drive kills, stats,
    scavenging level - I'm ready to kiss it
    all good-bye (even my precious precious
    cigs!) BUT I do have a sugge    		  
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    By: Epaphus
    Nov/17/08 04:26 PM
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    IItems and weight limitsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Jun/03/09 08:15 PM
    Hey, all. Remember how in Resident
    Evil you couldn't carry more than a
    certain amount of stuff, which meant
    that you had to go back and forth
    between storage boxes, which
    artificially extended the length of the
    game and proved to be interesting and
    real    		  
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    By: Fergus
    Jun/04/09 02:35 AM
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