Lots of threads, no time to read them all? Here is today's MouseHunt news, highlights, and gossip! Read on:
It's true! The fabled product will be rolling off the shelves soon!
...How soon?
We don't know.
Well, what do you mean? You've got the inside track, right? Is it hours? Days? Weeks?
Umm... We don't know.
What does all this mean? Nothing, quite clearly. It means that all the speculation in the world, and all the 'signs' like an inability to access the beta testing Longtail app and a freshly-hewn Franco face - 'signs' that might point to new things in MouseHunt... Well, they're purely speculative. So, if speculation makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, feel free to partake in it.
Oh, that's right. The Nibbler is supposed to find threads to link to. Okay, how about this thread? Oh, wait, this one? Maybe this one? Yeah, that'll do.
(PS: Longtail threads have, of late, not had a very long shelf life on the forums. That is because Longtail remains the beta-testing application, and discussing its particulars to the general public when you're privy to some secrets is definitely not kosher. So, if you're a beta tester... Keep your yap shut!)
THIS JUST IN! An actual newsworthy item!
I missed it the first time around, but HitGrab dev Mark D'Souza popped in for a brief encounter on the Feedback Friday Review thread to clarify what's going on with the Longtail application right now.
The reason you're getting the "The page you requested was not found" error is because we had to take it completely down in order to do some major upgrades. It might be back in a couple of days while we test things out internally.He also offered a little glimmer of hope:
@Choon: most of the main LT bugs are fixed. The upgrades currently underway are structural changes. Very little testing will need to be done before it is ready to go.Now that's the best news I've seen all week!
(It's also the only news I've seen all week.)
Much Ado About Nogthing
With June 1 coming and going in the flash of an eye, it's surprising such a small thing got any notice at all... I mean, all there is is that one little blurb in the eggnog's description:
And, well, it IS just a novelty item. One that already had a use back in December to help craft a pretty nice trap (Christmas Cracker Trap). There's definitely no outward indication to assume that anything is amiss, or that anything special is planned for it. In fact, if you suggested that it has no use other than to sit and look pretty (well, pretty may not be the proper term for a grime-encrusted barrel) in the inventory, just like the Ronzaburger or the RhinoBot, people shouldn't bat an eye.
And there's an expiry date on the bottom of the canister. It reads June, 2010. Hopefully someone will be able to get it open by then.
But they are batting eyes, believe you me! Everyone's clamoring for their egg nog to be opened now, since it's June, after all! Never mind that June has 30 days. Never mind that we'd mostly rather have the devs working on MH3.0. We want it opened!
Here's two threads (among a whole slew) I've picked out where you can discuss it. They may not be the best, but they entertained me the most.
MHatchmaker MHatchmaker
Set up your traps...
Lay out your cheese,
See what you catch.
Yes, it would seem that for every FML that blames MouseHunt for a shoddy relationship, there's an example of the game bringing people together. There's a myriad of couples that prove the adage "Those that Hunt together, are... um... fragrant together".
But apparently, love for the game can go far beyond that - it can even inspire love between Hunters. Such is the story of Clare and Eric, two hunters from opposite corners of the earth who met, appropriately enough, through the Meet and Greet forum in search of party members. And less than one week from now, the two are exchanging vows. Wow!
As an interesting aside... HitGrab's first foray into a Facebook application was a wedding registry app that "failed miserably". Bet a lot of you didn't know that! It begs the question, though... Maybe the devs should have been playing the matchmaker, instead!
To give your congrats (and partake in Clare and Eric's contest, too!) head on down to their thread.
The devs should be interior designers
...Because their color-coordination skills are FABULOUS! Okay, so it's not exactly stunning news (some would dare say it's "duh"-worthy) but we can't recall it having been mentioned before, so the fact has most likely been ignored or glossed over. Anyway...
If you look at the loot items dropped by the three imprisoned Lich mice in Balack's Cove, you'll see that they match the colors of the seeds dropped by their former tribes.
That's all. Don't get too excited, now! You can talk about it here.
Just because you're boasting...
Doesn't mean you have to use up valuable Tavern thread real-estate! That's why Zhu Hanming created the boasting thread, where you can tilt your nose up at the other inferior hunters who can't catch things near as well as you can. Okay, I'm sure Hanming wouldn't use those words... Whatever. Anyway, the Nibbler applauds any thread that can potentially cut down on the number of other inane threads that only serve to sever us from the pure gold on the forums that we love to share with you! Who knows, perhaps this thread has some gold in it as well?
See it here.
There's still time...
Get your Feedback Friday questions submitted early here!
A club that I can get behind!
Too many clubs these days are about doing things. I need a club where I can specifically not do something. For instance, I would enjoy a club that promotes not working. Perhaps instead I could be MouseHunting.
It turns out Mélanie Ferrière has just the club for me!
Thanks, Melanie, for providing today's thread of the day!
Quote of the Day
Today's extremely random quote of the day goes to...
Sherwynn Tiong:
3422370In the thread "Let's count to a BILLION"
So far, so good, and don't forget to sound the horn!
Name: Sean Ong
Rank: Thy Supreme King of Gnawnia
1. If you were a mouse, what type would you be and what would you do to escape the traps set out for you?
Glitchpaw. Which King can double book a small puddle of melted comet for a Lunar Valentine's party? Only thy Loyal Assistant Larry will make such a mistake.
2. How much cheese do you eat in a day? Which MH cheese are you most likely to eat in real life? Would you ever consider crafting cheese at home?
Cheezeee!!! I would take the Ancient - imagine age-old cheese, who would want to eat that? And perhaps Rockforth (*ROCK ON*) or maybe some DHU-, to alleviate the poor cholesterol (oops DHU) level of mine.
3. Have you skipped anything important just to sound the horn (ie school, work, sleep)? Did you enjoy it?
What is more important than sounding the horn? Sounding the horn takes priority over everything else, and it's sounding the horn we need to skip (like we would ever skip it) if we ever had school,work,sleep.
4. Which mouse would you most like to meet? (Assuming the mice could talk, of course.) What questions would you ask that mouse in an interview?
Oh the Master Burglar of course! That son of a mouse stole my crown the previous time, thank god it has learnt its lesson!
Oh questions - Why did you steal my crown? Are you in cahoots with the Burglar (see my log)?
00:00 yesterday
I sounded the Hunter's Horn.
I was successful in my hunt! I caught a 1lb 10oz. Master Burglar Mouse from the King's Palace worth 10 gold and 10 points.
The mouse dropped some loot:
-1 King's Crown
00:15
I sounded the Hunter's Horn, but my efforts were fruitless.
A Burglar Mouse ate a piece of my cheese without setting off my trap.
Additionally, the crafty mouse was able to steal my entire stash of SUPER|Brie+ and tease me before scampering away.
The mouse left a message:
HURHUR! Cheese and crown gone!
5. When was the last time you caught a mouse in real life?
Eh, Larry's doing the job for me! :)
6. What is your favorite trap in the game and why?
Oooo, the Mouse Mary-'o-Nette. It just surprises me how the mice caught are all male. Either that or the females are les. Or maybe Mary has too much fluff.
7. Do you think you could beat an Aged Mouse at chess?
Nah, and while I play chess with him, Larry will catch him for me! MUHAHAHAHA
8. What was the last occasion where you caught a rare or difficult mouse with a ridiculously low amount of cheese?
A Mojo with 3 Rumble. There was an earthquake, and the rumble was rumbling more than usual, which led to me catching the Mojo to be my bouncer. Larry is more of a like-to-trip-over-things-and-meditate-in-the-meditation-room guy.
9. What has been the worst decision of your MouseHunt career, in hindsight?
Hiring Larry, duh!
10. If the Ornament Mouse, Bottled Mouse, and Lambent Crystal Mouse were having a fight, who would win and why?
Ooooo, NONE! Coz Larry would pick them up and smash them all. Won't that be easier? MUAHAHAHA :)
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