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    Enhanced commentary systemStarted by:CavemanJoe, May/28/10 04:21 PM
    Hey, all. Like I've been meaning to for
    a while, I've started work in earnest on
    a new commentary system. The new system
    runs a hell of a lot faster, and has
    more support for extensions. Right
    now the icons and online indicators and
    such are implement    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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    By: Ada
    Jun/24/10 08:34 PM
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    Mementos topicStarted by:CavemanJoe, Mar/04/11 11:08 PM
    Discuss. Planned extra
    features: Image support A way to show
    these in your Bio Potential
    features: Mild buffs Consumable
    Mementos    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
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    By: Beeps
    May/18/11 01:07 AM
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    Pub Names Contest!Started by:Emily, Sep/02/10 09:10 PM
    *waves* Hey everyone! As Dan mentioned
    in an earlier development thread, I'm
    working on writing some new pub
    descriptions. I thought we should do a
    little contest for the names, and give
    folks the opportunity to earn some extra
    Supporter Points. There'    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
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    By: dizzyizzy
    Nov/10/10 06:45 PM
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    Programming Rants: Commentary and BiosStarted by:CavemanJoe, Nov/14/11 09:52 AM
    The Commentary system is a massive pain
    in the arse. The Bio system is an even
    bigger pain in the arse. Old systems in
    general are an enormous pain in the
    arse, and I'm beginning to understand
    why, when FaceBook brings out a new
    overhaul that ever    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 
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    By: Omega
    Dec/15/11 11:01 AM
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    Monster suggestionsStarted by:Epaphus, Jul/27/09 05:32 AM
    We've gotten a couple of monster
    suggestions submitted via the "Petitions
    for Help" system. For tracking
    purposes, I'm transferring them here for
    consideration as future monsters--er,
    indigenous residents of the Island's
    many jungles. ___ From Contend    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 
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    By: Chimental
    Feb/07/10 01:50 AM
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    Hunter's Lodge rebuildStarted by:CavemanJoe, Aug/10/10 06:00 PM
    Okay folks, now that Sheds are sorted I
    want to rebuild the Hunter's Lodge while
    Emily works on her Very Special Secret
    Awesome First Project. Here's how it's
    gonna go down: All Hunter's Lodge
    bonuses will be sold as IItems (for
    those who don't know th    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 
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    By: Alik
    Aug/28/10 04:35 PM
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    Any interest in a specialised client?Started by:wvf, Dec/29/10 09:12 AM
    Hi! I've been thinking of making a
    stand-alone program which would act as a
    client for Improbable Island. Why would
    I want a client when I've a perfectly
    good web browser, you ask? Simple:
    Instead of fighting to the death, you
    would be able to fight to the    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 
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    By: Omega
    Oct/24/11 01:44 AM
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    I need testimonials from my players.Started by:CavemanJoe, Jul/08/09 05:24 AM
    I'm gonna rotate 'em at random on the
    home page. If you've got some words
    you'd like to say about Improbable
    Island, that would fit well as little
    quotes on the homepage, put 'em in here.    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: SaintD
    Mar/30/10 11:27 PM
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    The SpringStarted by:Zoinks, Apr/26/15 06:34 AM
    The Spring, our newest monthly memento,
    is a bit of a mystery. I have no idea
    what this thing does. So far we know
    little of what it actually does besides
    go [i]boooiiinngg![/i] We have little
    feedback from CMJ himself, however, to
    quote him we know that..    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: Zoinks
    Apr/03/17 02:33 PM
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    Dwelling SuggestionsStarted by:K.K. Victoria, Mar/02/10 01:52 AM
    Just starting this thread for some minor
    suggestions so we can keep them off of
    the Dwelling Feedback thread, if that
    makes things easier. The issue that
    I have a suggestion for is decoration.
    Someone raised the point that adding a
    plant doesn't requi    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: calliaphone
    Aug/31/10 01:42 PM
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    Shall we have more pubs?Started by:CavemanJoe, Feb/02/10 09:35 PM
    A pub in every Outpost? It only makes
    sense. (I've made some more little
    Clatter-type mini gambling games, and
    seems it'd be silly to put them all in
    one pub) (yes, I'm still actively
    working on the Dwellings system too,
    keep yer hair on)    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: Mr Geppetto
    Mar/19/10 08:24 PM
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    Abandoned Dwellings (again)Started by:CavemanJoe, Dec/10/10 04:54 AM
    Hey, folks. Yeah, let's drag this up
    again. Right now we've got some map
    spaces that have multiple, unbuilt
    Dwellings on them. I don't think that's
    cool, and I reckon we should do summat
    about it. But, we don't want to end up
    erasing the awesome Dwel    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Dec/16/10 05:59 AM
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    What's Missing in Season Two at launchStarted by:CavemanJoe, Jul/05/09 08:30 PM
    Hey, guys. The following things are
    missing from Season Two as of the time
    of this posting (with thirty-five
    minutes 'til launch): [b]To be added
    ASAP:[/b] Mounts - these will be added
    back in as the night wears
    on. ScrapBots - this will be finished     		Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: jamesb
    Apr/21/10 01:13 AM
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    Combat HotkeysStarted by:Maniak, May/09/11 09:11 PM
    Automatic Fighting ([b]%[/b]) For 5
    Rounds ([b])[/b]) For 10 Rounds To the
    [b]D[/b]eath[/p] CMJ sayeth in Radio
    Banter: The new hotkeys are here to
    stay, to make way for our awesome new
    combat system coming very soon. I
    think they're ugly, and I h    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: Iriana
    May/13/11 01:00 AM
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    The Silent MajorityStarted by:CavemanJoe, May/28/10 06:32 PM
    Hey, all! Tangentially related to the
    new commentary system, I'd like to draw
    your attention to a troubling
    statistic: Out of ten players, only
    one will ever say h    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: Waif
    Jun/01/10 05:06 PM
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    Illustrations?Started by:CavemanJoe, Nov/15/10 08:17 PM
    So I've been thinking lately about the
    possibility of having a few
    illustrations in the game. Every time
    I've thought of this before, I've looked
    at everybody's representation of a
    spiderkitty and thought "No, they're all
    so different... that's gonna di    		 Page:  1 2 3 
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    By: Odo Shortwick
    Apr/17/14 06:59 PM
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    Perennial Season Three Gender Options Th....Started by:CavemanJoe, Aug/16/12 08:04 AM
    After another request from a new player,
    aye, this old chestnut bubbled up to the
    surface of my mind again. Sure, let's
    have a peek in the rabbithole and see i    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Dec/18/15 02:29 AM
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    Faster deterioration of pages.Started by:K.K. Victoria, Sep/25/09 10:40 AM
    CMJ, I understand the need to reduce the
    server load, and it makes sense to cut
    it down here. However, I think you
    shouldn't do the entire island at the
    same time. The biggest place of chat
    clutter is the Common Ground, which has
    anywhere from 300-400 page    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Jon Bishop
    Oct/17/09 02:32 AM
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    New QuestStarted by:Swede, Dec/18/10 11:16 AM
    Well I assume it is a new one as I
    hadn't read anything about it yet.
    Anyway I just met Akira and wanted to
    say I enjoyed the story immensely. Hope
    it will be continued in some
    form. Edit: And I've been
    intentionally vague about this as not to
    sp    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Ashtu
    Feb/20/11 12:59 AM
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    Rudimentary in-game Online List now avai....Started by:CavemanJoe, Sep/24/09 06:48 PM
    Hey, guys - this is a work-in-progress,
    but I'm telling you about it now anyway
    'cause I have to go off and tinker with
    some other things. It should be more
    firmly fixed-in tomorrow, with filtering
    and nicer sorting and suchlike. For
    now, if you want t    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: omenesia
    Oct/01/09 05:37 AM
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    Keys!Started by:Mr Geppetto, May/04/10 01:18 PM
    We. Have. Keys. It's awesome. More than
    awesome. Words fail one in the face of
    such
    awesomeness! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! PS
    Sorry for not being more constructive,
    gotta play with them a bit to see how it
    all works, so far it looks just
    fantastic an    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Ninja Waffles
    May/21/10 07:01 PM
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    befriending the watcher?Started by:xoyv, Jul/25/10 08:39 AM
    well, i found myself on the failboat for
    the third time (dam that ferry man), and
    when i approached the watcher, i found a
    new option to talk to the watcher about
    her turtleneck. so i clicked on it, and
    a whole bunch of text later i was back
    on the island,    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Ninja Waffles
    Aug/31/10 06:35 PM
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    Improbable Island Hundred-Point Rally..Started by:Ashtu, Nov/17/10 03:22 AM
    ....is awesome. Words fail me.    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Buddleia
    Oct/02/11 10:48 PM
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    Leaving the EconomyStarted by:K.K. Victoria, Oct/09/09 11:09 PM
    I had a thought just now. The items
    that you carry with you into battle with
    the Drive are lost when you kill it.
    Right? It occurs to me that sometimes
    I charge into battle with the Drive when
    I may have a mess of spare items that
    I'm not going to se    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: K.K. Victoria
    Oct/17/09 05:38 AM
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    Global Banter ChatStarted by:CavemanJoe, Jun/17/10 04:57 AM
    Should we have a global Banter chat,
    rather than having an individual area
    for each Outpost?    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: bl0b
    Jun/23/10 03:34 PM
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    Letter from Stern (SPOILER THREAD)Started by:CavemanJoe, Apr/23/11 01:14 AM
    Wahey! Making a thread!    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: dizzyizzy
    Apr/23/11 08:35 PM
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    GREM it!Started by:CavemanJoe, Jun/17/10 08:23 AM
    Got a typo in your last post? Type GREM
    in a chat box. Works on /specials too!
    Also /special works properly in all
    areas now! Still some kinks in the
    new chat system, but I'm working them
    out. :mrgreen:     		Page:  1 2 
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    By: Joseph Kemys
    Jun/29/10 08:17 PM
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    Monday Updates, for Tuesday 23rd Novembe....Started by:CavemanJoe, Nov/24/10 05:01 AM
    Actually it's Wednesday now. Bloody
    hell. Last week we fiddled around
    with a new race-around-the-world-map
    thingy, I finally dealt with / cleared
    out my Petitions inbox, Emily and I
    wrote some lovely new flavour text for
    the upcoming time/weather syste    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Trones
    Nov/25/10 06:23 AM
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    Joker TraditionStarted by:K.K. Victoria, Oct/06/09 01:32 PM
    Oh, this is lovely! Renovated combat for
    the Jokers? Balancing, I would
    figure. The clubs and Spades were...
    Really very powerful before. This is
    much more interesting now, looking at
    all of these new things. Joker
    tradition! DRAW AGAIN!    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: trouble
    Jan/17/10 04:05 AM
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    Memento / Player StatsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Mar/18/11 07:52 AM
    Hey, go look at
    this: http://enquirer.improbableisland.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=attributes    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Wigs
    Mar/23/11 09:15 PM
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    EXP growth with DKs OR Why level 1 sucksStarted by:FunnyMan, Jan/15/10 05:18 PM
    I'm sure the other veterans will agree
    with me on this point: Level 1
    [b]SUCKS[/b]. Why? Because it takes
    a long time. Each DK raises the exp for
    reaching level 2 by 25, which doesn't
    seem like much until you remember that
    it only took 100 exp on t    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: talkydoor
    Feb/24/10 01:44 PM
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    Season 3 Start Date Rumour?Started by:crashtestpilot, Sep/29/10 01:59 AM
    A friend tells me S3 is coming. And
    I'm like, Christ, I'm not done building
    yet. Any truth to the S3 "coming v.
    soon" thing? Inquiring builders wish
    to know. ~CTP    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: crashtestpilot
    Sep/30/10 08:28 PM
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    Monday UpdatesStarted by:CavemanJoe, Nov/15/10 07:45 PM
    Okay so I'm gonna try to do some Monday
    Updates on what Emily and I have been
    doing the previous week, and what we
    plan for the upcoming week. This
    week, we've mostly been working on our
    time-and-weather system. This is mostly
    descriptive writing. We'    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Iriana
    Nov/17/10 12:23 AM
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    Commentary expiration and server perform....Started by:CavemanJoe, Jan/31/10 07:22 PM
    There are 575 pages of commentary in
    Common Ground. Common Ground is among
    the most heavily-accessed pages on the
    site, and the query that grabs the
    commentary is the biggest
    drain. Given that we have the HTML
    export function for interesting scenes,
    wo    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: KimmyMonstah
    Mar/11/10 03:33 PM
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    I'm doing something awesome.Started by:CavemanJoe, Jul/21/10 04:01 AM
    Something for Dwellings. Something for
    donators who have a fivers' worth of
    points left over from buying the Emily
    Bundle (and I know there's a few of you
    out there). Something really, really
    awesome. I'm far more excited about
    this than I shou    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Ashtu
    Jul/22/10 11:09 AM
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    The Wizard's Sleeve and the Mineral Appr....Started by:Zoinks, Apr/13/16 10:44 PM
    New toys to play with, yay! Two new
    buildings were added: The Wizard's
    Sleeve in Kittania and The Mineral
    Appraisal Hut in AceHigh. These two
    buildings go hand in hand. If you
    want to discover what these do, and how
    they work, on your own, then     		 
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    By: Lyssa
    Jun/08/16 12:34 PM
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    Mount Naming module to be deactivatedStarted by:CavemanJoe, Aug/25/10 06:25 PM
    Hey, guys. The module that allows you
    to name your Mount in the Hunter's Lodge
    is an enormous performance drain for
    what it does. In rewriting the Hunter's
    Lodge, I want to effectively scrap this
    module entirely. Will you guys be
    devastated if I do that    		  
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    By: Harris
    Aug/26/10 09:12 PM
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    Venting of FrustrationsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Aug/30/10 06:12 AM
    So I wrote this IItems system. The
    biggest goal was to have something where
    any stat could be assigned to any iitem,
    and it had to be fast.. A sane person
    would have used four database tables,
    laid out like this: IITEMS_MASTER,
    where definiti    		  
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    By: Cousjava
    Sep/04/10 06:33 PM
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    New greasemonkey script: Info MapStarted by:Red Hatter, Aug/17/12 12:58 AM
    Yet another map script. This one will
    record the place you come across in your
    travels and allow you to make notes on
    them. Never remembering were has beds?
    Or were the KIND tower was? Hopefully
    this will fix that. :lol:
    [url]https://github.com/RedHatte    		  
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    By: Red Hatter
    Aug/20/12 11:21 PM
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    Quest systemStarted by:CavemanJoe, Dec/06/10 08:33 PM
    Quote from the other
    thread: [quote]Well, we really need a
    quest system, don't we? Right now, with
    the exception of Dan's quests (which are
    boring), all the plot events in the game
    are hard-coded. Something that could
    take text, requirements, events and    		  
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    By: dark
    Jan/17/11 04:14 PM
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