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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
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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.
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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!
| [[Dragon]]
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| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
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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
| Permahero main alt / quest character.
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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;" | FlutterWing
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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
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  wrote while endlessly enjoying myself exploring the continent.
| [[:Category:Fusiliers|Fusilier]]
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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.
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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:Berserkers|Berserker]]
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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,
| Permahero.
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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
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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
| A Mage 800 project.
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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
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Canggar
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game online. Text-based descriptions have no equivalent competitor in graphical  
| [[Dwarf]]
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games since there is no graphics that will ever beat my imagination.
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
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| Lord
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You are free to contact me at ''ivo@elezovic.su'', should you ever need me.
| A Warrior 800 project.
 
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|}
 
 
 
I focus on spellcasters. They give more freedom when exploring, adventuring, collecting/creating gear etc. While I don't necessarily abhor tanking per se, it's not really my cup of tea - I don't have the patience for it.
 
 
 
=== Utility alts ===
 
 
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Teacup
 
| [[Gnome]]
 
| [[:Category:Clerics|Cleric]]
 
| Lord
 
| SpellBOT / harmonize service.
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | DarkSong
 
| [[High Elf|High Drow]]
 
| [[:Category:Wizards|Wizard]]
 
| Lord
 
| Illuminate/christen/rune service.
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Thunderstone
 
| [[Dwarf]]
 
| [[:Category:Warriors|Warrior]]
 
| Hero
 
| Durr sharpenBOT.
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Orkenskin
 
| [[Orc]]
 
| [[:Category:Archers|Archer]]
 
| Hero
 
| Durr fletching/skin/bark service.
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Psistorm
 
| [[Lizard Man]]
 
| [[:Category:Psionicists|Psionicist]]
 
| Hero
 
| Transmute/steel service.
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Lidda
 
| [[Halfling]]
 
| [[:Category:Rogues|Rogue]]
 
| Hero
 
| Pick that lockbox! service.
 
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Blanch
 
| [[Gargoyle]]
 
| [[:Category:Mages|Mage]]
 
| Lowmort 27
 
| Semiretarded (int 10) mage for cheap and easy fading.
 
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I got my bases covered with these utility alts, and in order to get clensing I'll have to invest some serious effort. Later perhaps. Much later.
 
 
 
=== Locker alts ===
 
 
 
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! 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. Some people like having 50 different alts, probably since they like diversity. I like having a single alt that's best for a single function.
 
 
 
== Gear Listing ==
 
 
 
[[User:WinterRose/Gear|Gear Listing]].
 
 
 
It's nothing to write home about, as I only invested a week or two of foddering and enchanting in my entire career.
 
 
 
== Contributions ==
 
 
 
At January 2012 eternal HOGathon, I did an experiment on racial gains. You can see the results and the conclusion here: [[User:WinterRose/Racial Gains|Racial Gains]].
 
 
 
I've done a lot of work on exploring and mapping [[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]], so (all of) the Eragoran maps are from my workshop:
 
 
 
  [[Akrikto's Farm Map]],
 
[[Eragora Walkways Map]],
 
[[Exploration Outpost Map]],
 
[[Halfling's Paradise Map]],
 
[[Healing Springs Map]],
 
[[Moonbay Village Map]],
 
[[Mountain Tunnels Map]],
 
[[Quarries and Mines Map]],
 
[[Rhuien Forest Map]],
 
[[Sphynx Gate Map]],
 
[[Sun God Altar Map]]
 
 
 
I used WinterRose, back when she was 500+ Liz Mag to map the continent and enjoyed myself tons while at it. If I could do it, anyone can.
 
 
 
As for my other work, I did some mapping of the newish (post [[User:DaveGarber1975|Dave Garber]] to be precise) lowmort areas:
 
 
 
[[Airways Map]],
 
[[Cathracharraig Map]],
 
[[Diplomatic Corps Map]],
 
[[Hospice Refugee Camp Map]],
 
[[Ofcol Refugee Camp Map]],
 
[[Tiureess Map]]
 
 
 
And finally some hero areas as well:
 
 
 
[[Abishai's Pass Map]],
 
[[Aculeata Jatha-La Map]],
 
[[Alpha Thule Map]],
 
[[Battleground Map]],
 
[[Cavern Of The Fates Map]],
 
[[Dragon Crypt Map]],
 
[[Fortress Of Kra Map]],
 
[[Frozen Wastes Map]],
 
[[Game Map]],
 
[[Graves Of Reveria Map]],
 
[[Hall Of Justice Map]],
 
[[Hunting Map]],
 
[[Isle Of NaamBres'Shho Map]],
 
[[Lair Of Shyu'Yao Map]],
 
[[Lake Of Tears Map]],
 
[[Necromancer's Tower Map]],
 
[[Necropolis Map]],
 
[[Red Dragon's Lair Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 1 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 2 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 3 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 4 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Ruined Lair 5 Of 5 Map]],
 
[[Saint Of The Blade Temple Map]],
 
[[Serpent Weyr Map]],
 
[[Stormkeep Map]],
 
[[Summoning Map]],
 
[[Tainted Isle Map]],
 
[[Tortuga Cay Map]],
 
[[Tssasskkas's Lair Map]],
 
[[Typhus Map]]
 
 
 
With over 40 maps, and a serious deficit of non-mapped lowmort/hero areas, I've put mapping on the back-burner (nothing left to map!) and have decided to focus on remaining unsolved quests as well as the regular, foddering stuff. The boring parts. Here and there I redraw an obsolete map, but this is not common as most are still good.
 
 
 
However, once new stuff rolls in, the plan is to continue exploring 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 [[:Category:Eragora|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 both xp and excellent gear, even for small adventurers.
 
 
 
In order to both endear and to generally familiarize the players with Eragora (an increasingly difficult effort, I'm afraid), and also to alleviate the psychologically troublesome concepts of running botless, with no safety net of "c tele sanc" - I have written the [[User:WinterRose/Eragora_Survivalist_Guide|Eragora Survivalist Guide]]. Read it if you are interested in Eragora at all.
 
 
 
The wiki pages on [[:Category:Eragora|Eragora]] and all the sub-areas, 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 just a beginning, naturally. The wiki is frail. You need more Eragora info? For heaven's sake, don't hesitate, just ask me.  
 
 
 
== Guild / Buddyset ==
 
 
 
Some time ago, I have started my own guild, the '''Surveyors and Mappers Guild''', or the '''SMG''' for short.
 
 
 
The guild motto 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.''"
 
 
 
We are a small buddyset of less than 10 dwindling players, mostly mappers, builders, explorers and wiki contributors We don't run together for xp and barely see each other, but still manage to exchange new quest info, interesting notes and such. 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 18:56, 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.