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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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    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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    Multiple Items at onceStarted by:Calib, Oct/04/10 06:35 AM
    I looked around a bit and, unless I
    missed it, didn't see this idea: It
    would be great to be able to do item
    actions multiple times at once. For
    example, you
    could.... Buy Sell Use Discard add/remove
    to bandoleer .... multiple items at
    once by ty    		  
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    By: Calib
    Oct/05/10 08:16 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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    Also in Season TwoStarted by:CavemanJoe, Jun/04/09 12:35 AM
    IE the "Things I Forgot in the
    Announcement" thread. Making this a
    forum post 'cause there's likely more
    things I forgot to mention. Shorter
    game days We'll be moving to twice as
    many game days per real day. The number
    of things you'll be able to do     		 
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    By: Giuseppe Lorenzo
    Jun/29/09 05:46 AM
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    Are we going to have some more skills?Started by:Bodoni, Jun/25/09 01:39 AM
    I really enjoy cleaning and cooking my
    kills, and it keeps me pretty well-fed.
    Possibly we could Scavenge items off
    kills? We could have a choice of
    whether to try to clean the kill or
    scavenge stuff off of it. For instance,
    the Watcherbot or Grimbot mi    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Jun/28/09 05:11 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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    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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    Eliminating Turns and Travel pointsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Nov/07/08 06:52 PM
    I've spoken before about replacing Turns
    and Travel points and other action
    points (such as Scavenging turns) with
    an expansion of the Stamina system.
    Here's how I think it might
    work: Let's say for the sake of
    example that every player gets 1,000,000
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    By: Bodoni
    Jun/25/09 01:28 AM
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    Constructing a dwelling on the S2 test s....Started by:Hermein, Jun/18/09 05:16 PM
    . . . doesn't seem to work. You can
    start the process, buy materials, etc.
    but the server won't let you work on the
    house. This has been the case ever since
    the launch of the test server's new
    Stamina system, so I suspect a missing
    hook. I'm only bringing     		 
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    By: Hermein
    Jun/19/09 01:07 PM
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    The Secret FeatureStarted by:Hermein, Jun/03/09 01:52 PM
    [quote]ScrapBots The Secret Feature
    revealed - build your own ScrapBot Army!
    Construct bots out of Scrap, improve
    their stats with more armour, weaponry
    and programming, and send them off to
    fight in the Jungle, gather more Scrap,
    fight other ScrapBot Ar    		  
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    By: Hairy Mary
    Jun/16/09 01:42 PM
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    Are you still looking for ideas?Started by:Hairy Mary, May/28/09 01:51 PM
    Hello there folks. CMJ; are you still
    looking for ideas? I've had a few in my
    less rational moments. Is too much req
    still a problem? If so, then may I
    recomend stopping the bank giving
    interest? There's no particular need for
    it that I can see, we use th    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Bernard
    Jun/15/09 05:30 PM
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    Character deleted for season 2?Started by:Icklem, Jun/03/09 01:55 PM
    As I read through the list of new ideas,
    I thought there were some really great
    ones - [u]until I got to the section
    where it said that all characters were
    to be replaced[/u], and the only thing
    carried over would be donator points....
    unless I've got this    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Jun/13/09 06:30 PM
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    A very fine distinction about Donator Po....Started by:Hermein, Jun/11/09 01:50 PM
    For a very long time we've known that DP
    will move over from S1 to S2. Now with
    the launch just a few weeks away it
    finally occurs to me to ask a question
    about it ;) Will the DP in the new
    account be the total that one has in
    one's account as of the S    		  
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    By: Icklem
    Jun/13/09 04:57 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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    What S2 feature excites you most?Started by:Fergus, Jun/03/09 05:05 PM
    Well, now that CMJ has revealed the
    majority of S2's new changes, it's our
    turn to salivate over them. So, what
    new feature/change excites you the
    most? While I'm loving everything,
    especially the Scrapbots idea, the thing
    that has me most excited is t    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Bernard
    Jun/04/09 05:37 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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    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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    MarriageStarted by:Rosin, May/09/09 06:09 AM
    A few random thoughts on the marriage
    system in game. Just my random thoughts,
    remember, only take them seriously if
    you have anything to add. Thought the
    First, When getting a divorce, there
    should be an extra confirmation screen,
    just so people don't    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Gorbert
    May/12/09 04:21 AM
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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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    Want to download XRumer 5.0 for free!Started by:MagicOPromotion, Apr/29/09 03:37 PM
    Hello, my dear friends. I want to
    download software pack X-Rumer 5.07
    Palladium for FREE. Any download
    link??? I'm so need this magic program!
    It's can break captchas automatically!
    Activate accounts via email
    automatically too! Absolutely great
    software!    		  
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    By: CheshireCat
    May/11/09 06:25 PM
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    Infamous Pain In The Arse Text ParserStarted by:Aeridus, Feb/10/09 12:12 AM
    I recently found out from CMJ about the
    parser, after wondering why "Haha" gets
    converted to "That's funny ". I do think
    that it's probably a good idea for stuff
    like lol and rotfl to be converted to be
    more "in-game", though. Any thoughts on
    what conversi    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Symar
    May/04/09 11:31 AM
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    Season Two Balancing: Monster difficulty....Started by:CavemanJoe, Feb/18/09 08:03 PM
    So. In a stock LotGD game, the
    Requisition payout runs like
    this: Monster level / maximum gold
    payout 1 36 2 97 3 148 4 162 5 199 6 234 7 268 8 302 9 336 10 369 11 402 12 435 13 467 14 499 15 531 16 563 (level
    16 and 17 monsters are     		 
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    By: Twitching Bob
    Apr/29/09 10:02 AM
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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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    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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    Season Two's Playable Races ThreadStarted by:YurianStonebow, Nov/12/08 03:23 AM
    Looking over the races' stats, I
    discovered that Kittymorph, which I
    thought was based on Green Dragon's
    Felyne race, doesn't have the increased
    chance of finding gems/cigarettes. In
    fact, none of them do. I can understand
    omitting that ability from Improb    		  
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    By: Sir Gompmire
    Mar/21/09 09:36 AM
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    Suggestions i've not seen anywhere elseStarted by:bonnero, Dec/07/08 02:42 AM
    Well I've finally decided to throw my
    two coins of legal tender into the ring,
    or something. I'm clearly a new poster,
    but I've been on the Island for about 3
    months now, maybe more. I know nothing
    about computers so I may be expecting
    too much, we shall s    		  
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    By: Sir Gompmire
    Mar/21/09 09:31 AM
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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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    Yarr, this is a test, ignore it.Started by:CavemanJoe, Feb/02/09 09:20 PM
    Yarr, it be time fer GD Libs ter help me
    wi' promotion upon the high seas of the
    Internet by gettin' me players ter
    plaster me ads all over them thar
    forums, y'arr.     		 
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    By: Parrillian
    Mar/11/09 02:57 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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    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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    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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    Test Server Feedback and a minor announc....Started by:CavemanJoe, Jan/08/09 02:17 AM
    Okay, right now I want you to tell me
    what you think of the new Implants, and
    the core combat portion of the Stamina
    system. Go! As for the
    announcement: Some people like
    change, some people don't. It's
    becoming clear that S2 will be so
    utterly, ma    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: Hermein
    Feb/07/09 01:40 PM
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    Commentary / Talkline iconsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Dec/05/08 04:34 PM
    Split from the "What I'm doing right
    now" thread. This is basically an
    extension to the commentary system that
    shows certain information and icons
    about the players in a chat area.     		Page:  1 2 3 4 
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    By: Count Sessine
    Jan/25/09 05:09 PM
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    Stastical AnalysisStarted by:Fodder Kid, Nov/17/08 08:36 PM
    CMJ, Would it be possible in Season
    II to see other players Statistical
    Analysis? I'd like to see how mine
    compares to other folks. Fodder
    Kid [size=7](short and sweet)[/size]    		  
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    By: Theo1
    Jan/08/09 01:16 PM
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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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    Reasons for travelingStarted by:Hairy Mary, Nov/04/08 10:04 PM
    A few people have mentioned that it
    might be nice to have more reason for
    traveling by foot through the map. No
    idea who or where, there's a lot of
    posts to look through. However no-one's
    come up with any good ideas for how to
    achieve this. Neither have I     		 
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    By: Karzan
    Dec/30/08 12:05 AM
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    CachesStarted by:Hermein, Nov/21/08 08:37 PM
    I'm one of those folks who scavenges all
    the time but only goes to the workshop
    when I've just killed the drive, so that
    I can use the reqs as a jump-start for
    the next run. I'm hoping that the
    Scavenging system changes enough in
    Season Two to make that in    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Dec/28/08 08:18 PM
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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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    Clans and What you want from themStarted by:GlyphGryph, Oct/31/08 01:00 PM
    Clans need a lot of work. They need to
    be more interesting. They need to be
    less potentially broken, making the game
    sort of easy. So this is the thread
    where you say what You want from
    clans. This is what I want from
    clans: The ability to make a     		 
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    By: K.K. Victoria
    Dec/17/08 10:27 PM
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