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== Altlist ==
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I'm a mapper and explorer, builder and caretaker, occasional tester and bug hunter
 
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as chance would have it, meddler in things I shouldn't be meddling in, and hopefully
(in order of importance)
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someone you can talk to about whatever you want - from areas and quests to mechanics
 
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and gameplay strategies. I'm here to help, don't be shy and approach me if you need
=== Play alts ===
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assistance.
 
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I have many <span style="background:cyan">[[User:WinterRose/Alts|alts]]</span> serving many roles. My preference lies at hero gameplay where I
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consider AVATAR to be at its strongest. To me, Lord isn't so enjoyable due to a lack
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Alt</b>
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of soloing opportunities and free-form exploration, which I value above the
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Race</b>
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day-to-day XP grind.
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Class</b>
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! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="70px" | <b>Tier</b>
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As such, in order to familiarize myself with the game, I've <span style="background:springgreen">[[User:WinterRose/Maplist|mapped]]</span> a number of areas.
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="200px" | <b>Comment</b>
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I continue to map new areas as they roll in, because it's a relaxing way to spend
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time. If you wish to replace or augment any of my maps with your own, go ahead. I'd
! style="background:#ffdead;" | WinterRose
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be glad to see other players make their own maps!
| [[High Elf|High Drow]]
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| [[:Category:Wizards|Wizard]]
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Some other activities I've been doing:
| Hero
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* As opportunities arise, I've tried to give my own voice to the game and have
| pushing to 999 and automorph.
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  crafted a number of areas and stand-alone quests. You can see these here and
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  there in the game, and hopefully I get the chance to do more.  
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Candlebite
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* During May 2011, <span style="background:springgreen">[[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]]</span> rolled in. Here is a small tongue-in-cheek "<span style="background:Skyblue">[[User:WinterRose/Eragora Survivalist Guide|guide]]</span>" I
| [[Dragon]]
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  wrote while endlessly enjoying myself exploring the continent.
| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
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* At January 2012 eternal HOGathon, I did a small experiment on racial gains. You
| Hero
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  can see the results and the conclusion here: <span style="background:skyblue">[[User:WinterRose/Racial Gains|Racial Gains]]</span>.
| permahero Eragora ascendant.
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* At January 2013 I tried to answer the great question: "<span style="background:gainsboro">[[User:WinterRose/Morph Data|Did Pulse lie]]?</span>" Turns out
|-
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  he did not, but it's an ongoing investigation requiring many more years of data.
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Cobbles
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  (Bollocks, but collecting data is fun.)
| [[Golem]]
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| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
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I spend time in a buddyset created for our guild, the '''Surveyors and Mappers Guild'''.
| Hero
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The guild motto is simple - ''Explore and Experience the World'', and of course,
| main (and only) hitter.
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have fun while at it. We're a small bset of people with similar interests, some
|-
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unofficial builders, mappers, explorers, that sort of company. If you don't put
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Maeva
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too much stock in XP, you're more than welcome to sign up. Otherwise, some other
| [[Elf]]
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more XP oriented buddysets may suit you better.
| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
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| Hero
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Personally, I'm a 30+ year old network engineer and sysadmin, CEO of a small
| on hold, to go Sor one day.
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publishing company and live a lifestyle conductive to MUDding. I'm married, have  
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wife and two kids, and consider playing Avatar a superior experience to any other
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game online. Text-based descriptions have no equivalent competitor in graphical  
 
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games since there is no graphics that will ever beat my imagination.
I focus on spellcasters. They give more freedom when
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exploring, adventuring, collecting/creating gear etc. While I don't
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You are free to contact me at ''ivo@elezovic.su'', should you ever need me.
necessarily abhor tanking per se, it's not my cup of tea, unless I'm tanking
 
fellow casters.
 
 
 
=== Utility alts ===
 
 
 
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|-
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Alt</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Race</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Class</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="70px" | <b>Tier</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="200px" | <b>Comment</b>
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Teacup
 
| [[Gnome]]
 
| [[:Category:Clerics|Cleric]]
 
| Lord
 
| spellBOT / harmo service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Thunderstone
 
| [[Dwarf]]
 
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
 
| Hero
 
| sharpenBOT, ask me to log him for you!
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Psistorm
 
| [[Lizard Man]]
 
| [[:Category:Psionicists|Psionicist]]
 
| Hero
 
| transmute/steel service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Orkenskin
 
| [[Orc]]
 
| [[:Category:Archers|Archer]]
 
| Hero
 
| skin/bark service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Lidda
 
| [[Halfling]]
 
| [[:Category:Rogues|Rogue]]
 
| Hero
 
| pick that lockbox! service.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Blanch
 
| [[Gargoyle]]
 
| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
 
| lvl27
 
| semiretarded (int 10) mage for cheap and easy fading.
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
I got my bases covered with these utility alts, with the odd exception of
 
illuminating/christening and occasional clense service. But I got Winter
 
pumping towards Lord, and clensing isn't really so important as to invest
 
''that'' much effort into a simple utility alt.
 
 
 
=== Locker alts ===
 
 
 
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|-
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Alt</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Race</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="75px" | <b>Class</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="70px" | <b>Tier</b>
 
! style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" width="200px" | <b>Comment</b>
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Whisperleaf
 
| [[Ent]]
 
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
 
| Hero
 
| my learning alt, used to learn the ropes. Parked nowadays.
 
|-
 
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Weraxai
 
| [[Drow]]
 
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
 
| Hero
 
| my first alt, with no DCs, no leveling gear.. a mess. Now is a locker.
 
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I don't have '''that''' many alts, which I prefer - I play what I like and
 
don't bother with much else.
 
 
 
== Contributions ==
 
 
 
I've done a lot of work on exploring and mapping [[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]], so most of the content there is from my workshop. I used Candlebite, back when he was 500+ Liz Mag to map the continent and enjoyed myself tons while at it.
 
 
 
As for my other work, I did some mapping of the newish lowmort areas
 
([[:Category:Ofcol Refugee Camp|Ofcol Refugee Camp]], [[:Category:Hospice Refugee Camp|Hospice Refugee Camp]],
 
[[:Category:Airways|Airways]], [[:Category:Tiureess|Tiureess]],
 
[[:Category:Cathracharraig|Stone City]]), and possisbly more.
 
 
 
My plan is to continue to explore and map what remains undiscovered and
 
hopefully profit greatly by vast riches that surely lay uncovered!
 
 
 
== Eragora work ==
 
 
 
[[Image:Eragora.banner.jpg|500px|link=Category:Eragora]]
 
 
 
It's no secret I'm in love with Eragora. It's also no secret that Eragora
 
can be a hellish place and is considered by some to be end-game, 800+ hero zone.
 
 
 
This is false. The place can be as enjoyable as any even for 101
 
mages, since easy areas do exist and provide ample opportunity to obtain
 
excellent T1 gear even for small adventurers.
 
 
 
In order to both endear and to generally familiarize the players with
 
Eragora, and to the psychologically troublesome concepts of running botless, with no safety net of "c tele sanc", I have written the (now a bit obsolete on some aspects)
 
[[User:WinterRose/Eragora_Survivalist_Guide|Eragora Survivalist Guide]],
 
but consider this wall of text only the begining.  
 
 
 
The wiki pages on Eragora and all the sub-zones, as well as the [[Eragora Self-sufficiency Gauge]] should provide ample info on how not to die, and in what areas death is of no concern whatsoever.
 
 
 
And all of this is again just a beginning. You need more Eragora info? For
 
heaven's sake, don't hesitate, '''just ask me'''!
 
 
 
== Guild / Buddyset ==
 
 
 
For some time now I have been a member of the HoC (Horsemen of Chaos) buddyset.
 
 
 
Lately though, with the reduction in its active members, I have also started my
 
own guild, the oh-so-aptly-named '''Surveyors and Mappers Guild''', or the '''SMG'''.
 
 
 
The guild manifesto is simple - ''Explore and Experience the World'', as opposed
 
to "''grind the same areas for xp over and over again for years and be
 
incapable of running at all in the wee hours after reboot due to a lack of
 
spellbots.''"
 
 
 
If I remain the only player in this guild, so be it, but if you want to join,
 
to explore the old and new never-run areas, find new quests, items, and
 
experiences, map the said areas and '''dare''' to go where others do not,
 
then just say so.
 
 
 
To join the guild there is but a single requirement - have an alt that has one or
 
more of the exploration insignia. No, the DC quests do not count.
 
 
 
== Personal ==
 
 
 
I'm a 30+ year old network engineer and sysadmin, married, have wife and two
 
kids, and consider playing Avatar a superior experience to any other game
 
online. Text-based descriptions have no equivalent competitor in graphical
 
games since there is no graphics that will ever beat my imagination.
 
 
 
Contact me at ''ivo@elezovic.su''.
 
  
 
[[Category:Users]]
 
[[Category:Users]]

Latest revision as of 17:56, 15 January 2013

I'm a mapper and explorer, builder and caretaker, occasional tester and bug hunter 
as chance would have it, meddler in things I shouldn't be meddling in, and hopefully
someone you can talk to about whatever you want - from areas and quests to mechanics
and gameplay strategies. I'm here to help, don't be shy and approach me if you need
assistance.

I have many alts serving many roles. My preference lies at hero gameplay where I
consider AVATAR to be at its strongest. To me, Lord isn't so enjoyable due to a lack
of soloing opportunities and free-form exploration, which I value above the 
day-to-day XP grind.

As such, in order to familiarize myself with the game, I've mapped a number of areas.
I continue to map new areas as they roll in, because it's a relaxing way to spend
time. If you wish to replace or augment any of my maps with your own, go ahead. I'd
be glad to see other players make their own maps!

Some other activities I've been doing:
* As opportunities arise, I've tried to give my own voice to the game and have
  crafted a number of areas and stand-alone quests. You can see these here and 
  there in the game, and hopefully I get the chance to do more. 
* During May 2011, Eragora rolled in. Here is a small tongue-in-cheek "guide" I
  wrote while endlessly enjoying myself exploring the continent.
* At January 2012 eternal HOGathon, I did a small experiment on racial gains. You 
  can see the results and the conclusion here: Racial Gains.
* At January 2013 I tried to answer the great question: "Did Pulse lie?" Turns out
  he did not, but it's an ongoing investigation requiring many more years of data.
  (Bollocks, but collecting data is fun.)

I spend time in a buddyset created for our guild, the Surveyors and Mappers Guild.
The guild motto is simple - Explore and Experience the World, and of course,
have fun while at it. We're a small bset of people with similar interests, some
unofficial builders, mappers, explorers, that sort of company. If you don't put
too much stock in XP, you're more than welcome to sign up. Otherwise, some other
more XP oriented buddysets may suit you better.

Personally, I'm a 30+ year old network engineer and sysadmin, CEO of a small 
publishing company and live a lifestyle conductive to MUDding. I'm married, have 
wife and two kids, and consider playing Avatar a superior experience to any other
game online. Text-based descriptions have no equivalent competitor in graphical 
games since there is no graphics that will ever beat my imagination.

You are free to contact me at ivo@elezovic.su, should you ever need me.