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    Combat system update reflectionsStarted by:Full Metal Lion, Dec/27/19 05:38 AM
    https://www.improbableisland.com/motd.php?month=2019-06 Recently,
    by which I mean some time this year, I
    got the chance to check out the new
    combat system, by which I mean the new
    coat of paint the old combat system
    received. I like it! I like the fl    		  
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    By: Full Metal Lion
    Apr/08/20 04:13 AM
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    Down Below: Rescue DownwardsStarted by:Proginoskes, Feb/04/19 06:01 PM
    Down Below prevents you from going
    downwards if you're carrying an
    unconscious Contestant. While making
    sense on the surface (picking up a
    contestant changes your goal from
    "collect scrap" to "rescue"), this
    actually prevented me from successfully
    rescuing    		  
    		2909 1
    By: Widdershins
    Feb/17/19 02:29 PM
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    Feature request: chat navigation hotkeysStarted by:Full Metal Lion, Nov/15/18 04:37 AM
    I often find myself wishing there were
    hotkeys to switch between player and
    character chat, or refresh chat, or
    navigate through pages of chat, or
    select the chat box for typing. Any
    chance we could get some of these?    		  
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    By: Full Metal Lion
    Nov/15/18 04:37 AM
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    Outpost Threat Levels and breachingStarted by:JonT, Mar/26/18 11:32 PM
    I've noticed a lot of contention in
    banter about islander's feelings of
    threat levels and lack thereof. I think
    I have a simple system that could make
    the system a bit more adaptive to player
    action and will still make jungling an
    important part of islandi    		  
    		2878 1
    By: Widdershins
    Mar/28/18 07:06 AM
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    Idea for a Monthly MomentoStarted by:ZoomBaby, Nov/27/17 09:48 PM
    [color=darkblue][/color]Hi
    everyone, Widdershins said I should
    post this and I hope I got the right
    forum! A cool monthly momento would be
    something to grind down the rabbits in
    your backpack into meat in one go. Of
    course this would likely mean not get    		  
    		2972 1
    By: Widdershins
    Mar/26/18 10:32 PM
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    New text colour systemStarted by:Kes, Mar/16/18 09:59 PM
    For those who missed it, CMJ came into
    Player Chat yesterday to air thoughts
    about a potential new text colour
    system. I missed a lot of this at the
    time, and probably still missed bits
    when re-reading today - it was 34 pages
    of chat! - but here are, I thi    		  
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    By: Matthew
    Mar/22/18 11:28 PM
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    How do Foebots Scale?Started by:Tamar, Mar/16/18 02:38 AM
    I am very curious to know how foebots
    work since I am exploring Down Below for
    the foreseeable future. I believe HP
    is basically Level*100 with some sort of
    deviation. If I recall correctly the
    attack and defense is level^2 and spread
    between attack an    		  
    		2664 3
    By: Tamar
    Mar/18/18 01:39 AM
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    How does combat work?Started by:Big Boy, Mar/09/18 02:51 AM
    I've been fighting monsters, and while
    I've been doing well so far, I
    accidentally missed most of the
    instructions on how combat works and
    there doesn't seem to be any way to
    review them. Can someone give me a quick
    rundown of the rules?    		  
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    By: Kes
    Mar/15/18 12:20 AM
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    Images and Math: Chat Features I'd Like ....Started by:Full Metal Lion, Nov/29/16 02:17 AM
    A while ago, it occurred to me: "You
    know what I'd like to do? Post images in
    Banter". Then I spent about a month
    trying to figure out a way that that
    feature [i]wouldn't[/i] be a terrible
    idea. Here's what I have so far: The
    Hunter's Lodge could have a    		  
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    By: Full Metal Lion
    Feb/19/18 04:38 AM
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    How to restore an expired character?Started by:Count Viscount, Feb/01/18 04:25 PM
    Hey guys, I've played this game on and
    off for a very long time, and came back
    today to find my character gone. I
    remember reading that characters with
    supporter points can never expire, which
    is why i downloaded the world community
    grid program and earne    		  
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    By: Count Sessine
    Feb/03/18 07:20 PM
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    Fixing the classic skin?Started by:Matthew, Jan/16/18 06:08 PM
    I was messing around with skins, and I
    forgot how much I actually really liked
    Classic- it's a nice change. However,
    if it's not too big of a hassle (I dunno
    if it is, honestly) would it be possible
    to make it so that it's not all squished
    into one colu    		  
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    By: Matthew
    Jan/16/18 06:08 PM
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    Leveling up overweight activities?Started by:csodalatos, Oct/07/17 03:24 PM
    This is sort of an idle thought that I'm
    tossing out there, but what if you could
    level up doing stuff with an overweight
    pack? I don't think it would be good
    to do away with the overweight stamina
    debuff entirely -- after all, there
    should be [i]conseq    		  
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    By: Red Hatter
    Oct/12/17 06:08 PM
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    Breaches.Started by:Matthew, Sep/08/17 03:47 PM
    So- here's the thing. I was talking
    about this in Banter, this morning, and
    was encouraged to make an Enquirer post
    so here I am. I fully understand why
    outposts breaches, [i]as they were[/i],
    were Totally A Problem and Something Had
    To Be Done about th    		  
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    By: Full Metal Lion
    Oct/05/17 02:34 AM
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    Clan BankStarted by:Widdershins, Aug/28/17 12:08 AM
    Posting this on behalf of Citizen
    Ignatius:[quote]So, CMJ, if you see
    this, which, hopefully you will, I am a
    member of a fledgling clan by the name
    of Improbable Zednoughts. I had the idea
    of having a shared account for our clan
    that would act as a req ba    		  
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    By: Full Metal Lion
    Sep/03/17 07:18 AM
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    Requesting new Hunter's Lodge item to ki....Started by:Tamar, Jun/01/17 01:22 PM
    A small problem that has been with us
    for awhile is that the lesser used
    outposts are constantly getting hammered
    by monsters. A few dedicated players
    usually clear them out. I would like to
    help out but the act of clearing an
    outpost of monsters is vastly    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Widdershins
    Aug/02/17 10:52 PM
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    A way to get old Monthly Mementos.Started by:Quikkitt, May/02/17 10:02 PM
    So, there's lots of MMs I know I haven't
    got, and I would love to collect them
    all. A few are in the Hunter's Lodge but
    CMJ said he's going to be removing them
    as they lost him money and hasn't put
    any new ones in there anyway. I was
    thinking that each mon    		  
    		1327 1
    By: Widdershins
    Jun/10/17 12:47 AM
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    Serving Improbable Island Securely over ....Started by:Full Metal Lion, Apr/27/17 04:20 PM
    Improbable Island should be available
    over HTTPS. Come on, it's 2017! We have
    [url=https://letsencrypt.org/]Let's
    Encrypt[/url] and things. There's no
    reason not to, at this point.    		  
    		2633 3
    By: Full Metal Lion
    May/30/17 02:11 PM
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    Requesting Multiple Use for Rabbits and ....Started by:Tamar, May/02/17 05:54 PM
    [img]http://i.imgur.com/xYeMQI6.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/5fq0E5D.png[/img] Would
    like a multiple get rid of rabbit when
    not on map square. Send Help.     		 
    		5584 8
    By: Matthew
    May/08/17 03:56 AM
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    Outpost's MapsStarted by:Zoinks, Dec/13/16 01:21 PM
    [b][i]Holy crap Kittania looks
    GORGEOUS.[/i][/b] I love everything
    about it. The art type fits so well with
    Kitt, and the little details give me so
    many ideas about how the outpost looks
    as a whole. 11/10. But with
    progress on this project comes so    		  
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    By: Finch
    Mar/13/17 03:29 PM
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    New Lodge Item: Banter KeyStarted by:Widdershins, Feb/12/17 08:32 PM
    We've been through
    [url=http://enquirer.improbableisland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=33993]all
    the reasons[/url] why the banter split
    and inaccessibility of char chat till
    level 6 is a good idea, in terms of
    rookie retention. I live in narr chat
    and     		 
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    By: Widdershins
    Feb/12/17 08:32 PM
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    Write A BookStarted by:Reaver, Dec/14/15 05:45 PM
    AdminCavmanJoe should write a book about
    the Island; I would buy it even if it
    sucked, and I have a creeping suspicion
    that it would be a literary masterpiece.
    He is probably already working on
    something of the type in secret...    		  
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    By: Rohvannyc
    Dec/31/16 06:59 AM
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    Truly Bad Ideas for MountsStarted by:Darkmoon, May/16/11 05:44 AM
    These are just some ideas I've been
    tossing about for a while - Most of
    them are silly and completely crap.
    Enjoy and/or use them if you like... or
    not... The pictures are just helpful
    guides in what each mount is trying to
    somewhat represent and are i    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Widdershins
    Dec/13/16 10:16 PM
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    Possible Features (Place Edition)Started by:Lea.wolfsfeld, Nov/30/16 12:03 PM
    Been thinking about what may or may not
    be useful in terms of new features I'd
    like to see and I'd thought I'd list 'em
    out here -A way to sort out place
    inventory maybe? Tabs are good. Separate
    Mementos from C&C and so on. Maybe
    also include a wa    		  
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    By: Snow Gray
    Dec/01/16 08:07 AM
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    Monthly memento ideaStarted by:Alpharius, Oct/20/16 03:33 PM
    I was going through the old monthly
    memeento's, when I found that some of
    them I would really like to buy, but
    physically can't, due to them not being
    available. My idea was that people who
    donated enough to get a monthly memento
    can purchase all of the pr    		  
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    By: Snow Gray
    Dec/01/16 08:03 AM
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    Killing with Kindness- A new Class for C....Started by:McDerp, Nov/19/16 01:46 PM
    {[07m56s]│The Riotously Rowdy
    Recalcitrant Rabbit, Szara Kryik fites
    Babs with
    compliments. [06m51s]│GlitterRex
    Bob Zarido says "fuck you szararararara
    you're such a buff awesome bunny that
    throws horses expertly into dinosaur
    mouths. curse     		 
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    By: Matthew
    Nov/26/16 05:48 PM
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    Change The WHOOMPH GrenadeStarted by:Rainstar, Oct/23/16 03:58 AM
    Ok let's face it: The WHOOMPH is pretty
    much useless unless you're[b]juuust[/b]
    just starting out. 1-3 damage a
    round? Now that's just something to
    laugh at. What I propose is that the
    WHOOMPH Grenade deals minor damage
    (around 10-18 damage) and the    		  
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    By: Rainstar
    Oct/23/16 03:58 AM
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    Abandoned Places and other such rotStarted by:Matthew, Aug/31/16 06:19 PM
    So here's an idea I brought up in Banter
    the other night, and it seemed to gain a
    lot of traction, and I offered and was
    encouraged to bring it up
    here. Basically... the Island's
    runnin' outta room, or at least room
    anyplace anybody wants to go. I mean,    		  
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    By: Maniak
    Oct/08/16 03:19 PM
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    Monthly MementosStarted by:Wongo the Sane, Sep/24/16 01:06 PM
    Way back when, it seemed to be a thing
    that Monthly Mementos would appear in
    the Hunter's Lodge for general sale one
    year after they were released as monthly
    mementos. Was it decided that this
    would no longer be a thing, or is CMJ
    just [i]really[/i] behin    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Sep/26/16 02:33 AM
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    July Monthly Memento IdeasStarted by:Raine Bofirn, Jul/01/16 12:30 AM
    Because CMJ said to make a forum. My
    ideas: -That Horribly Overplayed
    Song -Water Bottle With Dry Ice
    Inside -National Good Riddance Day
    Teabags(Hawkeye gets credit for the
    holiday name) -Burnt
    Paper -Rejuvenating Candy Bomb Leave
    other ideas in     		 
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    By: Widdershins
    Sep/08/16 12:06 AM
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    Short Names and the Search EngineStarted by:Lea.wolfsfeld, Aug/06/16 08:47 AM
    This has probably been brought up
    before, but I'll bring it up
    again. While the search engine for
    List Contestants can be ignored, I've
    found I'm unable to cut keys for my
    characters with short names unless I
    assign them a title. As this is a
    feature th    		  
    		2471 3
    By: Trowa
    Aug/09/16 02:11 AM
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    Character Chat Requires Level 5?Started by:Zoinks, Jun/27/16 02:12 PM
    I just learned that, recently, a feature
    was fixed to require accounts to reach
    level 5 before letting them enter
    Character Chat. I... I don't know. A
    while back I made a post about the
    experience rookies get. I still
    remember mine. My first monster     		Page:  1 2 
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    By: csodalatos
    Aug/07/16 11:06 AM
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    Reclaiming Rows and Columns from GridsStarted by:Lea.wolfsfeld, Jul/21/16 04:48 AM
    Sometimes when messing with programs I
    find that I could have slimmed a program
    down [i]after[/i] I had bought and
    placed the additional rows and columns.
    It's not really a common problem
    but... If possible, I'd like to be
    able to at least reclaim the p    		  
    		1395 1
    By: Hairy Mary
    Jul/22/16 08:16 AM
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    Account Recovering Via EmailStarted by:Firebird766, Jul/17/16 03:26 AM
    I first joined Improbable Island years
    ago, managed a single Drive Kill, and
    donated enough to get one of those rings
    that makes your account never expire,
    the ones that aren't sold anymore. And
    then I stopped coming back because of
    probably school-related    		  
    		1283 1
    By: Widdershins
    Jul/17/16 12:59 PM
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    The Monster DiaryStarted by:Zoinks, Jul/11/16 10:24 PM
    The Monster Diary needs some love. So
    here we go. This was added a while
    back. A nifty item you can get in the
    Hunter's Lodge for 500 SP. It tells you
    (after you rate a monster): The
    entirety of the monster's event
    text. The level at which said monst    		  
    		1384 2
    By: Count Sessine
    Jul/12/16 07:24 AM
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    Forwarded question - PatreonStarted by:RP Whistle, Jun/30/16 08:11 AM
    A new player asked this question in
    Player Chat late at night where no one
    had an answer. They noticed the funding
    tracking bar and wanted to know why
    Improbable Island isn't on Patreon. I
    know very little of the site, but I let
    them know about the Enquire    		  
    		3157 6
    By: Count Sessine
    Jul/04/16 07:27 AM
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    Writing Tool IdeasStarted by:Zoinks, Jul/02/16 09:40 PM
    I like to use a lot of colors while
    Storying. As much as I can, actually.
    Color dirt with `q, anything relating to
    rainbows with `*`Q`y`g`L`v`V, etc,
    etc. A while back I contemplated the
    thought of... "What if someone using
    Experimental skin sees these     		 
    		1456 1
    By: Lea.wolfsfeld
    Jul/03/16 12:52 AM
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    Hearts is spades? Joke cards in combat.Started by:Sillie, Sep/02/15 01:50 AM
    I'm suspecting something is messed up
    with joker cards in combat, and I would
    like others to check to see whether they
    are also seeing weird stuff. 1) I
    have yet to see any mention of my hearts
    or healing in the combat text
    stream. 2) I had a hand of a    		  
    		2695 4
    By: Proginoskes
    Apr/01/16 07:35 PM
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    Improbable idea: randomized/alternate mo....Started by:Proginoskes, Apr/01/16 06:00 PM
    It occurred to me that monsters like
    Random Word Generator and Thesaurus Rex
    could benefit from having varying text.
    In the RWG's case, any given instance
    should have random body parts (though
    the last one should definitely always be
    "CHEESE"); for the The    		  
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    By: Proginoskes
    Apr/01/16 06:00 PM
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    PLEASE make Taking it on the Chin condit....Started by:Surtur, Mar/21/16 08:30 PM
    So yeah, exactly what the title says.
    I'm a semi-newb (I did about 14 DKs like
    4 years ago and stopped playing for a
    LONG while, didn't have a hyper ring so
    there went the account), and the island
    seems to have gotten a lot more vengeful
    in that time. I am    		  
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    By: job
    Mar/27/16 12:26 AM
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    Back Button BadnavStarted by:Zoinks, Mar/22/16 05:44 AM
    So, we've all had it happen, I'm sure.
    We're playing and we instinctively click
    the back button to go from the jungle to
    our corresponding Outpost or maybe back
    to map, only to get struck with a
    badnav! This normally makes perfect
    sense, since the navig    		  
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    By: Zoinks
    Mar/22/16 05:44 AM
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