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by Isladar
Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:25 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Next big update: Mad Scientist or PvP?
Replies: 7
Views: 35167

Re: Next big update: Mad Scientist or PvP?

Well, at this point, I can tell that getting through that last door is going to make me feel like a real Rube.
by Isladar
Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:53 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Next big update: Mad Scientist or PvP?
Replies: 7
Views: 35167

Re: Next big update: Mad Scientist or PvP?

Kinak,

Thank you thank you thank you for finally giving the ******* purpose!
I can't wait to see what all nine of those new zones have to offer.
(Also, I love that you used an image of Marjory the Trash Heap.)
by Isladar
Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:41 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Old IotM: Classified Ads
Replies: 10
Views: 48409

Re: Old IotM: Classified Ads

Looking to buy:

August Personage's The Stately Monarch for 20 stars.
by Isladar
Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:10 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Lottery event
Replies: 17
Views: 45187

Re: Lottery event

erfMortium wrote:And the winner is........

Isladar!
Whoa..seriously?! Thank you very much!
by Isladar
Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:42 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Lottery event
Replies: 17
Views: 45187

Re: Lottery event

Okay. Sounds good. Thank you.

Isladar.
by Isladar
Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:55 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: October 2015 Crafting Contest
Replies: 10
Views: 44463

Re: October 2015 Crafting Contest

Welding Coil of Rope + Big Left Hook Improvised Grapnel Not as sleek as the ones used by ninjas, cat burglars, or spies, this makeshift grappling hook will still help you climb vertical surfaces that don’t have any handholds. Which you had probably already figured out, so why are you still here? As...
by Isladar
Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:55 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Want to buy/trade thread
Replies: 2
Views: 25072

Re: Want to buy/trade thread

I have both. Propose a trade for what you think is fair and I'll respond when I'm out of my current run (I estimate 2-3 days).
by Isladar
Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:33 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: New personal best
Replies: 11
Views: 57194

Re: New personal best

This is my only claim to fame:

1 ISL 91,876
2 ISL 91,733
3 ISL 87,787
4 ISL 85,687
5 ISL 85,043
6 ISL 73,346
7 ISL 73,190
8 ISL 70,913
9 ISL 70,522
10 ISL 67,400
11 ISL 66,511
by Isladar
Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:40 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: July Podcast Questions and Answers
Replies: 8
Views: 21691

Re: July Podcast Questions and Answers

First, thanks for your hard work on the game. I really appreciate the effort you put into it. Now for my questions: How much content in Hard Mode remains to be found? Would you consider giving "us" a hint as to the type of content (e.g. Merit Badges, Level Warps, Items, etc.) and how to fi...
by Isladar
Sun May 10, 2015 12:01 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Kickstarter Ad Campaign
Replies: 17
Views: 47152

Re: Kickstarter Ad Campaign

I really like the idea of being able to see a bit of the funding data. What other long-term projects are there, besides advertising?
by Isladar
Thu May 07, 2015 5:47 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: State of the Game 2015
Replies: 22
Views: 74788

Re: State of the Game 2015

Things do seem a bit quiet, but I am really loving TH 2015. Hard Mode is as aggravating as it is enjoyable, the Auction House event and revamp was/is fun, and I am having a good time chaining heirloom runs to max out my heirloom items. TH was mentioned in the last two KoL Thursday Podcasts (http://r...
by Isladar
Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:26 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Talismans for 2015
Replies: 31
Views: 63979

Re: Talismans for 2015

Ah, Mad Mick...Good times.
by Isladar
Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:25 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Talismans for 2015
Replies: 31
Views: 63979

Re: Talismans for 2015

Don't forget "devouring racing..." You won't die, but your stuff will.
by Isladar
Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:28 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Talismans for 2015
Replies: 31
Views: 63979

Re: Talismans for 2015

I do have a question, though-Why do the modifiers disappear from baddie names after combat? I'm not saying that this happened to me, but I totally know a guy who knows a guy who keeps getting destroyed by the baddie's first attack and then never getting to see what the modifiers were. (I tried to t...
by Isladar
Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:55 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Talismans for 2015
Replies: 31
Views: 63979

Re: Talismans for 2015

Veteran of the Frog Wars

Score: 33,410
Time Bonus: 5,112 Seconds Remaining 5,112
Pullonium: 50% Contained 25,000
Mettle: 7 Mettle 7000
Total Points: 70,522

I hate Hard Mode the Mick. Thanks Kinak! You're a right bastard. :D
by Isladar
Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:28 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Make Silver Stars Free Pulls?
Replies: 7
Views: 15288

Re: Make Silver Stars Free Pulls?

I agree that there is an argument both ways. On the one hand it is a nice bonus, but in any non-no-pull run you can always buy and equip them if you so desire. If I hadn't just made my monthly donation, this is what I would have done, and thought nothing more of it. I like the idea of spending from ...
by Isladar
Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:53 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Make Silver Stars Free Pulls?
Replies: 7
Views: 15288

Make Silver Stars Free Pulls?

As the title suggests, I was wondering if it would make sense to make Silver Stars free to pull in run. I can't remember if this was brought up and rejected (I admit I did not search the forums for a similar topic). It's just that, until this morning, I was under the mistaken impression that they al...
by Isladar
Sun Dec 21, 2014 4:36 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: RNG or bug?
Replies: 1
Views: 4924

Re: RNG or bug?

Me too--except I've been doing it since the 18th or 19th. I just submitted a bug report.
by Isladar
Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:39 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Enemy Message Contest
Replies: 9
Views: 13472

Re: Enemy Message Contest

Boogie Monster Hit: • The radio starts playing a soulful song of the seventies and he sidles over to you with a straight razor. You have a feeling that somethin’ ain’t right, but he still slices up your ear. • You can tell by the way he uses his walk that this is a guy with no time to talk. He may ...
by Isladar
Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:06 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Heirloom Derby
Replies: 80
Views: 237949

Re: Heirloom Derby

That's what I'm shooting to get this month. So someone better do a 21 mettle run in each category to beat my 19 mettle runs!

Give me another day or two.
by Isladar
Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:07 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Computer Overhaul
Replies: 10
Views: 18585

Re: Computer Overhaul

Great update! I look forward to exploring it further.
by Isladar
Wed May 14, 2014 2:21 pm
Forum: Off the Wall
Topic: Things to in DC when you're dea... errr, Visiting
Replies: 16
Views: 51631

Re: Things to in DC when you're dea... errr, Visiting

I know I'm late to the discussion, but I also live about an hour from DC (on the Northern Virginia side). I'm a big fan of the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. If you're out that way, Eastern Market is pretty neat. There's a big flea market near there every Sunday that can be fun ...
by Isladar
Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:54 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: April Podcast Thread
Replies: 12
Views: 14620

Re: April Podcast Thread

A two part-er:

First, are there any merit badges out there we don't know about (especially ones implemented by you)?
Secondly, would you be willing to give us a hint about a couple?

I also wanted to say 'hi." HI!!!
by Isladar
Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:00 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Creative player ideas for in-game items, zones, etc.
Replies: 1543
Views: 955668

Re: Creative player ideas for in-game items, zones, etc.

Kirlian Mirror
Talisman

Allows you to have an additional active aura.
Attacker takes 5 psychic damage.
-20% resist electric damage.
Take 1 psychic damage per round of combat.
by Isladar
Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:48 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Creative player ideas for in-game items, zones, etc.
Replies: 1543
Views: 955668

Re: Creative player ideas for in-game items, zones, etc.

Would it be feasible to allow players to flag a subset of combat usable items as "favorites?"
by Isladar
Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:53 pm
Forum: Off the Wall
Topic: Does anyone here roleplay?
Replies: 1
Views: 23889

Re: Does anyone here roleplay?

I used Rpol a lot about a decade ago, but I realized that play by post doesn't really work for me (either as GM or player).

Best of luck finding someone, though!
by Isladar
Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:05 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Even If - Wordsmithing Contest (Closed)
Replies: 15
Views: 16252

Re: Even If - Wordsmithing Contest (Closes November 18th)

Hey, I'm just saying that the average citizen has no hope against the threats facing Twilight ...because you'd have to be nucking futs to throw down with a villain named Tricky Nick Dixon. ...becaue no one wants to smell what the Arachnid Prince is cooking. ...because you don't spank Mister Bobo, th...
by Isladar
Wed May 15, 2013 3:53 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Creative player ideas for in-game items, zones, etc.
Replies: 1543
Views: 955668

Re: Creative player ideas for in-game items, zones, etc.

An idea for higher level characters: Oaths, Codes, or Creeds Like Retcon restrictions, these would govern the way you play the game. Once you adopt a (I'm just going to call them Codes) Code, you gain small benefit of some sort (skill, resistance, access to a special item, a buff, etc.) that you ret...
by Isladar
Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:03 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: March Podcast Thread - Answered
Replies: 25
Views: 48111

Re: March Podcast Thread - Answered

Thank you! Both for running the contest (YAY! I won something!!!!), and for taking the time to answer our questions.
by Isladar
Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:25 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Most powerful hero?
Replies: 8
Views: 13308

Re: Most powerful hero?

I vote for Kinak.
by Isladar
Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:51 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: March Podcast Thread - Answered
Replies: 25
Views: 48111

Re: March Podcast Thread

May we have a hint about one of the undiscovered merit badges, please?
by Isladar
Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:21 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: March Podcast Thread - Answered
Replies: 25
Views: 48111

Re: March Podcast Thread

Any chance you'll introduce some kind of new buff-burning item/skill/orwhatnot?

I know it is a very Metroplexity sort of thing, but it seems to me that Sugar Purifier is a TH precedent for it.
by Isladar
Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:18 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: March 2013 Crafting Contest - Closed
Replies: 27
Views: 35977

Re: March 2013 Crafting Contest

(Assembly) nicknack + Snacker's candy bar = snicker-snack Developed as a treat for thankless children, these were marketed as "a candy with flavor sharper than a serpent's tooth". More than a few parents lost their heads, however, when their children lost their tongues to the patented razo...
by Isladar
Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: Off the Wall
Topic: March retcon giveaway - CLOSED
Replies: 38
Views: 100324

Re: March retcon giveaway

3 days
37h 4m 15s
by Isladar
Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:07 pm
Forum: Off the Wall
Topic: March retcon giveaway - CLOSED
Replies: 38
Views: 100324

Re: March retcon giveaway

Count me in! (Is it March yet?)
by Isladar
Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:01 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Badge spading bounty - until March 31st
Replies: 27
Views: 34001

Re: Badge spading bounty - until March 31st

The baseball is a weapon too. I wondered if it was a strikeout your enemies badge.
by Isladar
Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:04 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Badge spading bounty - until March 31st
Replies: 27
Views: 34001

Re: Badge spading bounty - until March 31st

I kind of don't want to suggest this here, because if it pans out, I might not get the bounty. That said, I think it is a reference to "batting 1000" and the icon is the baseball scoring for a strikeout without swinging. (Ravenclaw in this case could be a jibe at someone over-thinking it.)...
by Isladar
Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:26 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: New Year's Podcast Thread - With Podcast
Replies: 23
Views: 27025

Re: New Year's Podcast Thread

When will we get the pinata tails, pinata eye fireball shooters, and pinata ass lightingbolt projectors that have been demanded in chat?
by Isladar
Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:28 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: TH Greasemonkey thread 2.0
Replies: 129
Views: 321599

Re: TH Greasemonkey thread 2.0

Thanks Satan!
by Isladar
Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:33 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: TH Greasemonkey thread 2.0
Replies: 129
Views: 321599

Re: TH Greasemonkey thread 2.0

Does anyone have an updated version of the Batch use *ouch items script that includes Professor Ouch's Satchel?