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Talk:Volcano Uncroaking

2011-06-07T13:15:32Z

Charles: /* GG? */

== GG? ==

Was GG "Good Game" or "Gotta Go"? [[User:Abb3w|Abb3w]] 01:16, 6 June 2011 (EDT)
:It was accepted as "Good Game" from memory, back on the OoTS forums at the time. While "Gotta Go" sort of fits in with him making a move to possibly leave somewhere before ducking into the portal, I think "Good Game" really fits in better at many other levels. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 09:15, 7 June 2011 (EDT)

Talk:Garrison Ability

2011-06-06T00:43:57Z

Charles:

=Garrison = Fat?=
I wonder if Garrison units gradually become fat, or field units become trim. Parson and the Twolls, maybe Al Frappacino, maybe even Don King? [[user:Commander I. Heartly Noah]]
::Such a change would be largely cosmetic, if it happens at all. Note how Parson says he's been getting better at going up and down stairs since he got here. Perhaps it's just that lazy units get fat like in stupid world prime :P That being said though, I don't doubt that having the ability to move across multiple hex's makes it easier to move around in just one. [[User:Miment|Miment]] 16:08, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

==Necessary==

Just questioning the necessity of this "Ability". It seems more like a lack of the field unit ability as the units are effectively unable to travel. Just wondering others opinions but it seems like this wouldn't be a "special" that units would have but more the lack of the "field unit" special. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 20:43, 5 June 2011 (EDT)

User talk:Miment

2011-05-27T16:00:23Z

Charles: WELCOME BACK MIMENT!!!

==Main Page Control==
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Sand box with the main page code on [[User:Miment/Main]] before making changes... But be careful! The content for the main page comes from the above templates, not the main page code itself.
==Regent==
So, I noticed you added a statbox for Gobwin Knob, and one of the stats is "Regent: Parson". I'm curious as to what this is supposed to mean. Stanley still rules in the city, and Parson isn't exactly Chief Warlord either... is this just "who is going around looking at things to make them work"? [[User:Menlo Marseilles|Menlo Marseilles]] 14:31, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, that's basicly the idea.
::I edited it to "city manager". There is a [[Hyatt]] Regency. --[[User:Raphfrk|Raphfrk]] 22:38, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
:::The position is called "Regent". I doubt people would get the two confused. You should change the text output back. No sense in changing the input too.[[User:Miment|Miment]] 00:03, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Where does it say that? There is no reference to the title on [[First_Intermission_35]] (unless I missed it). If it is the official title, then sorry about that and I can change it back. Otherwise, I think it would be better to have a unique name for the function and city manager seems reasonable. --[[User:Raphfrk|Raphfrk]] 20:05, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Strange, I remember reading it somewhere, but not where. The wiki page on [[regent]] says "''A Regent Warlord is a warlord who rather than being a military commander, has special administrative bonuses when managing a city.''" Well, City Manager works, Regent works, it all works. ;P [[User:Miment|Miment]] 21:01, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::That page doesn't have any links either (and is marked as speculation). I have posted a question on the author of that page's [[User_talk:Commander_I._Heartly_Noah|talk page]]. --[[User:Raphfrk|Raphfrk]] 21:21, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Ok, received a response, the reference is from [[First_Intermission_13]], it says that "The city had a regent warlord named Al Frappacino". It is 100%, but seems reasonable that the title is for warlords who are in charge of cities.--[[User:Raphfrk|Raphfrk]] 23:39, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::::Alrighty then, I'm gonna go ahead and change back the template. Oh wait, nevermind. I see it's been done already. [[User:Miment|Miment]] 03:06, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

==Edit links on the front page==

I commented on this on the [[Talk:Main_Page|main page talk page]] --[[User:Raphfrk|Raphfrk]] 20:05, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

==SPAM==

The bastards are relentless. Are you considering adding in some more [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam anti-spam] measures? I know there's the calculation check, but maybe you need an image instead or in addition. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 04:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

This is nuts! Harknell hasn't logged into the forum since the 8th of January, but hopefully Rob will see our posts and inform him or something. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 04:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Already PMed him just asking him to let Harknell know. CCed yourself and Harknell in on it. Great work you've been doing to clear the spam out by the way. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 04:36, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
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Good work, the banning on links to external sites is a good call as well. We don't link the direct comic all that often. Some of the Real World References, sure but we can survive without that until something is installed. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 00:13, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Just a query, but does it make it easier for you if I put the user into the spammer category through their main page or through their talk/discussion page? I'm just noticing that you're generally putting them in the "Banned" Category on their talk/discussion page. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 01:19, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

OK, I'll start putting the Spammer category in their talk page. I think we have a heap of users with a talk page linked into the "Banned" category and a main page still linking to the Spammer page, so its difficult to distinguish who you've already banned from the list sorry. Would you like me to clear the pages of users you've already banned or let you delete them? --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 01:25, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Would it be possible to get a temporary promotion to admin, just to help with wielding the banhammer? Or am I more useful helping out with tagging the spammers and their pages for deletion? -- [[User:No one in particular|No one in particular]] 04:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I reckon we need more Bureaucrats and I'd put Miment down as the first in line for position as one. Beyond that, there should be another group created which can delete pages and give, at least, temporary banishments to Ip addresses and regular users. Maybe even edit protected pages. But the special thing would be that Admins can promote regular users to the group. You don't just need Bureaucrats --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 04:43, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

*This is getting ridiculous. Any word on the image recognition filters yet? --[[User:No one in particular|No one in particular]] 07:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

So, um, not that I'm complaining, but when did I earn the privelege of deleting spam? Happy to do so, but if it's an error... [[User:Jorgath|Jorgath]] 15:29, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Man, I took a peek at the Recent Changes, and it is all spam fighting. I was pulling my hair out on my own wiki with that, so I can totally empathize. Just dropping you a note to say thanks for your hard work grappling with the bad guys -- it is much appreciated! --[[User:Cayzle|Cayzle]] 12 March 2011

: What Cayzle said, our compliments. How hard is it to stop new accounts from creating pages, for 5 days and/or 20 edits or something? That's what they do on Wikipedia, and it would clearly be a big help here. --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] 12:53, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
:: Wow, this is really bad. You're doing an impressive job. It must be really tempting to just block all user accounts as soon as they're made. :-) --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] 15:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Ooh! Nice tag-team hit![[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]]

I noticed they're all 8 character user names, starting with a capital letter, then 7 lower case letters. Is there some kind of automated filter you can put in so you don't wear out your ban hammer? --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] 20:54, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Gruben that You have done a Yeoman's effort in fighting spam. On behalf of this wiki-ian thank you greatly. [[Special:Contributions/152.131.9.69|152.131.9.69]] 17:40, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back mate, you've been sorely missed. We've got a new captcha called KittenAUTH for URL insertion as well as account creation and anon edits/creations. That plust the new [[MediaWiki:SpamBlacklist]] seems to be keeping them at bay. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 12:00, 27 May 2011 (EDT)

== Page deletion request ==

In making panel descriptions I somehow inadvertently popped [[LIAB 56:12\/Description]]. Mind disbanding it? --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] 13:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
: Thank you! --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] 15:37, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

User talk:122.70.153.17

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Charles: KittenAuth updated as you guys can probably see if you attempt an anonymous edit or URL insertion.

User talk:213.242.212.85

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Charles:

User talk:212.117.162.70

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Charles:

Sandbox

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{{Needsimprovement}}

The purpose of this page is for people to experiment with page creation without disturbing the regular wiki

User talk:92.43.114.73

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Side

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[[File:Capital_Sides.JPG|thumb|Center|300px|The Capital Sides of the [[Royal Crown Coalition]], from [http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F086.jpg Page 86] ]]
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=Proposed Canon=

A Side is a group of characters and [[Units]] involved in the conflict in [[Erfworld]] and is led by a single [[Ruler]], which is a King or Queen if the Unit is [[Royal]], or an [[Overlord]] if not. The Side includes all Units, [[City|cities]], and [[Movement|terrain]] under the leadership of that Ruler.

There is a distinction between [[Capital_Side|capital sides]] and [[Natural_Allies|other sides]]{{erf|1|086}}.

==Capital sides==

Capital sides (as the name implies) have [[capital]]s and are governed by a [[Ruler]]. A capital side can also own [[city|cities]] other than the capital. If the [[Ruler]] of a city is a [[Royal]], the city may produce Noble and Royal [[Units]]. Royal sides sometimes split off into new sides.{{erf|1|079a|Parson's Klog #9}}

===Known capital sides:===

* [[Carpudlian]]s
* '''[[Charlescomm]]'''
* [[Dagwood]]
* '''[[Faq]]''' (destroyed by [[Gobwin Knob]]), now reestablished by [[Jillian]] under the protection of [[Transylvito]]
* [[Foxmud]]
* '''[[Gobwin Knob]]'''
* [[Haggar]]
* [[Hobbittm]]
* [[Hyatt]]
* '''[[Jetstone]]'''
* [[Jitterati]]
* [[Milquetoast]] (destroyed by [[Gobwin Knob]]){{erf|1|034}}
* [[Napster]] (destroyed)
* [[Sofa King]]
* '''[[Transylvito]]'''
* [[Unaroyal]] (self destructed to prevent further [[decrypt| decryption]] by Gobwin Knob) {{blog|2009|10|summer-updates-043}}

==Other sides==

Non-capital sides (also referred to as [[Natural_Allies|natural allies]]) have no capital, no cities, no royals.{{erf|1|079a|Parson's Klog #9}} They do, however, have their own treasuries and can form long semi-permanent alliances. If there is a way for Natural Allies to become a Capital Side, it has not been stated in the comic.

===Known natural allies Sides:===

* [[Daemons]]
* [[Elves]]
** [[Altruist Elves]] (used to be natural allies to [[Jetstone]])
** [[Eager Elves]]
** [[Lofty Elves]]
** [[Luckless Elves]]
** [[Schlemiel Elves]]
** [[Shady Elves]]
** [[Superfluous Elves]]
** [[Tardy Elves]]
** [[Woodsy Elves]]
* [[Giant]]s
** [[Western Giants]] (natural allies to [[Faq]], formerly [[Jitterati]])
* [[Gobwins]] (used to be natural allies to [[Gobwin Knob]])
* [[Hobgobwins]] (natural allies to [[Gobwin Knob]])
* [[Marbits]] (seem to be former natural allies to [[Jetstone]])
* [[Witches]]
** [[Sand Witches]] (natural allies to [[Dagwood]])
** [[Man Witches]] (natural allies to [[Dagwood]])

==Barbarians==

It does not seem that [[Barbarians]] are a single side; rather, "Barbarian" is a catch all term used to describe [[Units]] without a side or neutral cities without a [[Ruler]]. If Rulers or their [[Heir]]s lose their capital they become [[Barbarians]]. All of the permanent inhabitants of the [[Magic Kingdom]] are [[Barbarian]] [[Casters]].

[[Barbarians]] have to rely on either [[Farm|farming]], [[Wildlife|hunting]], or [[mercenary]] work to pay [[upkeep]] of their [[Units]]. They can form alliances with [[Capital_Sides|capital sides]].

[[Category:Side]]
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Talk:Unit

2011-05-26T09:39:28Z

Charles:

I'm going back and fixing my own mistakes as I go, using my Contribs page, the GITP archive, and Page Histories. Bleh.--[[User:BarGamer|BarGamer]] 19:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry. I did it already. --[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 19:56, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

==Statistics==
There ARE more than four statistics. I know some of you want to go back and shange that to four, because of Klog 4, but Klog 10 specifically stats that Loyalty is a stat as well, so that makes at least five, and so Parson's original knowledge was incomplete and unusable. Remember that Parson does not get all of his info at once. He first got told about the basic 4, because the effect of Level is constant. A Unit will show its current stat, not it's original stat, and so that it is L3 with Move 9 doesn't matter... only Move 9 matters. The original unit had Move 6, and 3 levels increased the Move, but that's not important to the man fighting the Unit with Move 9.

Statistics are just numbers with meaning. That makes any number with meaning to a Unit a statistic. Level, Experience, Leadership, etc. are all statistics.
--[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 19:56, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

==Leadership==
I find the phrase "''A Unit with Leadership confers a bonus to units under their command, if of [[Warlord]] level or higher (not [[Warlord|Commanders]])''" unclear and misleading. What is clear is:
* Warlords and Casters are Commanders (they can lead unit stacks)
* Units with Leadership abilities (Warlords) confer a bonus to units under their command
* Not all Commanders have Leadership (Warlords do and Casters do not)
Therefore I changed the phrase to "''A Unit with Leadership confers a bonus to units under their command''". Clear and concise. -- [[User:Muzzafar|Muzzafar]] 07:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
::For similar reasons, I changed the comment that "units with Leadership" can see stats -- casters don't have Leadership but can see stats.[[User:SteveMB|SteveMB]] 11:59, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
:::I want a much bigger change, but I'm refraining from jumping in there myself. Several of the abilities listed I believe all Commanders (Casters and Warlords) have. However, only Warlords have the Leadership ability, so anything a Caster can do must be removed. IE - we know all Commanders are affected by Duty, and Warlords have a higher effect, and Chief Warlords higher still. Since Casters are Commanders (and can lead units) but don't have leadership, this ability should be removed. Likewise leading units. Seeing stats - I assume Casters can see stats. Is this proven? Wanda knew Ansom was still level 10, so I guess so. Yeah, all that stuff needs to go. Leadership, as far as I can tell, only covers the combat bonus supplied. If anybody disagrees with this, lemme hear it.[[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]] July 30
::::"As you can see, he is still Level 10." Yes, Casters can see stats. In fact, so far, the only thing a Caster cannot do that Leadership xan is provide a general LEadership bonus. Casters may not have "Leadership", but "Caster" inscludes all of the functions that Leadership does. So it's really quite moot that they don't have the Leadership Special: they can do anything a Warlord can. --[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 05:24, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
:::::...right. So we don't need to be attributing all those things Casters can do to the Leadership ability. Which is what I was talking about. Also, it's been noted that when Parson saw stats, it never included Level. So the ability to know level might not be the same as seeing stats. Though that doesn't mean Casters can't. Anyway. Yeah, so is there any reason not to change the Leadership entry to just saying "provides a bonus to the units in the Warlord's stack?"[[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]] Oh, wait. I see what you mean. Yeah, it's redundant, but okay. In my mind all those abilities are just part of being a Commander, and Leadership = bonus and Caster = spells, but in the absence of a Commander natural ability, if you don't want to just treat those capabilities as being part of being a Commander (like following orders, fighting, and moving are part of being a Unit), then applying them separately to both abilities is the best solution. I'll bite.[[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]]
===Recent LOaD Edit===
So, an IP swooped in and added Obedience and Duty as unit stats. I don't think that's right. I'd peg them as ''mechanics'', myself, since only Loyalty is dependent on a hidden variable - obedience is a static rule, and duty is dependent on rank. Should I revert the change? [[User:Menlo Marseilles|Menlo Marseilles]] 08:24, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
:Apparently [[Special:Contributions/88.148.236.150|88.148.236.150]] agrees with your analysis, as they have reverted the change on their own. If only all IP addresses were as condsiderate and prolific as 88.148.236.150. Kiitos! (apparently this IP is in Finland) ;-) --[[User:MisterB777|MisterB777]] 17:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

==Other==
This is just a small thing, but when vinnie is talking about 'transylvito style' he says the bats in Bagota (Ceseare) stack is as good as advanced infantry. Is this an actual type? Or merely Vinnies nickname for them? [[User:Xewleer|Xewleer]]
 
:Don't know, yet. Advanced may just mean "high level". "Light" and "heavy" are definitely Natural Abilities. --[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 21:55, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

::Actually, I suspect that "Leadership" as well as the other bonuses of the system are applied directly to the unit's level statistic, as a sort of "Temporary Level Bump". Sure, if you looked at them their level would still only say 3 (Or whatever), but their effective level could be 10 or even 27, depending on the circumstances. So bonuses on top of bonuses could turn low-level Doombats, a relatively weak unit type, into unstoppable croaking machines. [[User:Cjc7988|Cjc7988]] 00:01, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

==Unit Points==
Is anyone going to protest if I move out the SStatistics section and call it by the proper name -- "Unit Points"? Stanley uses that term a few times. --[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 21:57, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
:Where does he say this? I don't doubt you, but I don't remember ever reading it and I'd like to see the context. [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|Commander I. Heartly Noah]]
:: Page 40. Somewhere else, too. --[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 03:55, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
:::Hm. Stanley says he can't see his "points" and that Parson doesn't know about "unit points." Parson later mentions "Movement points." So in Parson's example, it's clearly the temporary number he's referencing. In the first example, he probably means the blue box of stats; the second is ambiguous; it could be referring to any measurable quantity. But, unless Stanley meant he couldn't see Parson's movement points or other temporary quantity, it's probably safe to say that "points" or "unit points" mean the main stats that commanders can see. No complaints here.-- [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|Commander I. Heartly Noah]]

== Henchman, Lackey and Bodyguard ==

I was trying add "class" [[Bogroll]] and [[Mung]]'s stat boxes and realized that we don't really treat garrison classes/honorifics like "Henchman," "Lackey," or "Bodyguard" in the Units page. Are these being considered as not legitimate classes, or does it make sense to add them under speculation? --[[User:MisterB777|MisterB777]] 00:23, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

User talk:60.250.33.239

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User talk:VladyslavaMorin

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User talk:195.251.148.31

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Marie Lavraie

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[[Image:Predictamancer.jpg‎|right|frame|Marie is shown here [[Predictamancy|predictamancing]].{{erf|1|147}}]]
=Proposed Canon=
''"You don't fight [[Fate]], you help it!"''

'''Strengths:''' Predicting Major Events, Long Term Planning

'''Weaknesses:''' Public Opinion

'''First Appearance:''' [[TBFGK 147]] (in flashback) [[LIAB Text 37]] (speaking)

'''Marie''' was a [[Predictamancer]] in service to [[Faq]]. After her [[side]] fell, she went to the [[Magic Kingdom]] where she began working with [[Janis]] to mastermind the creation of the [[Perfect Warlord]] spell. Janis believes that Marie shares her desire to permanently end war on [[Erfworld]], but Marie's true objectives have yet to be revealed.

==Successful predictions==
*That [[Faq]] would fall some day.{{erf|1|082}}
*The order in which [[city|cities]] of [[Faq]] needed to be [[veil]]ed by [[Jack]] the [[Foolamancer]].{{erf|1|107}}
*[[Wanda]]'s [[attunement]] to an [[Arkentool]].{{erf|1|143}}
*That [[Sizemore]] is about to return to the [[Magic Kingdom]] [[LIAB_Text_37]].

=Real World References=
Her name may be a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau Marie Laveau], an 18th century voudoun priestess from New Orleans.

Her last name of Lavraie is french for "the true one".

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[[Category:Real World References]]

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User:Rpeh

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Rob Herbert

Find out more on:
* [http://www.uesp.net/wiki/User:Rpeh|The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages]
* [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:SuspectedReplicant RationalWiki]

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<noinclude>'''{{{1}}} is the chapter, {{{2}}} is the page number. So if you enter <nowiki>{{Latest_Update/page|LIAB|2}}</nowiki>, you'd get Love Is a Battelfield, Page 2. BfGK|13 would be Battle for Gobwin Knob page 13. For the text updates, just do <nowiki>{{Latest_Update/page|LIAB|Text 2}}</nowiki> would give you [[LIAB Text 2]]'''[[Category:Main Page Template]]

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Sdonus great to me BWTHDIK

Hobgobwin

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[[Image:hobgobwin.jpg|right|thumb|A hobgobwin guard stands at attention inside the [[Tower of Efdup]].{{erf|2|001}}]]

__TOC__

=Proposed Canon=
'''First Appearance:''' [[TBFGK 28]]

Hobgobwins are a non-[[Capital Side]]. They have been [[natural allies]] to [[Gobwin Knob]] since at least the reign of [[King Saline IV]] and up to the current [[turn]].

Hobgobwin [[unit]]s are orange skinned [[humanoid]]s similar in appearance to [[Gobwin]]s, but considerably bigger (somewhat larger than [[Men]]).

Any side allied with Hobgobwins will not be able to ally with [[Elves]] or [[Marbits]].

Hobgobwins can be promoted to be [[Knight]]s or [[Heavy Unit|Heavies]].

===Notable Hobgobwins===

*[[Vurp]]
**[[Knights in Stanley's Service]]
*Henchman [[Mung]]
*[[Fud]]

=Speculation=

The naming scheme for hobgobwins seems to be related to slang words that can be found in the urban dictionary.

Hobgobwins may be significantly better fighters and [[knight]]s than [[Men]] are, which would explain why the Knights in Stanley's Service are all Hobgobwins.

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Cubbins

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|race= [[Men]]
|tribe=
|faction= [[Jetstone]]
|class= [[Caster]] ([[Hat Magic]])
|level= < 7
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=Proposed Canon=

''"Okay, [[Ace Hardware|Ace]]. What do you need?"''

'''Strengths:''' Empathy, Helpfulness

'''Weaknesses:''' Size, Combat

'''First Appearance:''' [[LIAB 36]]

Cubbins is a [[Hat Magic|Hat magician]] in the service of [[Jetstone]].

He is a slight [[men|man]] with hair flipping out into wings on both sides, a baseball cap, collared short-sleeved shirt, and pointy elf shoes.

He is friends with [[Ace Hardware]], thanks to his help providing Ace with materials for his [[Magic Item|accessories]].

Cubbins has demonstrated his ability to do small object conjuration (pulling things from a hat).

Cubbins was held in reserve at [[Spacerock]] when three other casters were issued to [[Ossomer]] to defend the [[hex]] on his side of the [[Expository Bridge]].

=Speculation=
Cubbins may have no practical [[combat]] abilities or [[spell]]s.

Cubbins is likely also responsible for the magic hats Jetstone uses for communication.

=Real World References=
Cubbins is a reference to Bartholomew Cubbins, a character of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_500_Hats_of_Bartholomew_Cubbins Dr Seuss's] creation. The character met his king, and removed his hat in respect. Another one appeared on his head. The king, mindful of this disrespect, tried to have his hat removed, and eventually, tried to execute him. The executioner couldn't kill him as it was a rule you had to remove your hat. He kept removing them, new ones appearing on his head. After the 451st one, they started to become more beautiful and gilded, till he reached the 500th one. It was so beautiful that the king merely bought his hat for 500 golden coins rather than throwing him off a tall tower.

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Category:Arkentool

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=Arkentools=
There are three known Arkentools: The Arkenhammer, Arkendish, and Arkenpliers. Four Arkentools are said to exist. Each Arkentools are reported by many [[Sides]] to have originated as a tool of the [[Titans]], divine Elvis like beings who originally created Erfworld presumably using Arkentools. Whether the Arkentools were left on purpose or by accident by the Titans is unknown, however, Toolists believe the Titans left them on purpose. Both the origins of the Arkentools and the Titan themselves are reported as if from legend. There are no known first hand accounts or documents of the legends.
==Attunement==
It appears that individuals may attune to a given Arkentool and unleash latent Titanic powers. In this sense, attunement means that upon physical contact between the Arkentool and the individual Titanic abilities are unleashed that would otherwise be latent. It is unknown if different individuals upon attunement to a given arkentool release different Titanic powers or if multiple individuals can even attune to the same Arkentool, though to date it appears only one individual is ever attuned to a given Arkentool at one time.

Attunement itself is noted as extremely rare and not easily predicted, but such predictions as an aspect of [[Fate]] axiomatic [[Predictamancy]] are possible as in the case of the [[Arkenpliers]] and [[Wanda Firebaugh]]. It appears that either the Titanic powers unleashed by attunement may be an amalgam of the attuned person's personality/powers and the Arkentool or that only a person predisposed to a required personality and powers would be able to attune to a given Arkentool. (See Toolist below for third Theory). Arkentools can be used by those un-attuned to them for superior but relatively mundane purposes without Titanic powers. The mundane powers appear to also be related to the Titanic powers as such was the case of [[Prince Ansom]] and the [[Arkenpliers]] as he could destroy [[Uncroaked]] units with them, but [[Wanda Firebaugh]], a [[Naughtymancer]] was able to unleash Titanic [[Uncroaked]] powers with the [[Arkenpliers]] upon attunement.

==Toolists and Fate Perspective on Arkentools==
Some individuals, notably [[Stanley the Tool|Stanley the Plaid]], ascribe to a belief in Toolism. That the Arkentools represent the will of the [[Titans]] themselves. As such, the claim attunement to an Arkentool surpasses [[Royal|Royalty]] in declaring a legitimate right to rule. Others, notably [[Wanda Firebaugh]], see the Arkentools as players aligned to timeless [[Fate]] itself with attunement and the Arkentools as simply players in [[Fate]].

==The Arkenhammer==
.. [[File:Arkenhammer.png|right]]

The Arkenhammer is currently attuned to and held by [[Stanley the Tool|Stanley the Plaid]], Overlord of the side Gobwin Knob. Stanley is attuned to the Arkenhammer and thus can cause it to express certain Titanic abilities that would otherwise be latent. The Arkenhammer can be used to
*"Rock Out". Rock music being the highest form of music on Erfworld, per Stanley, the Arkenhammer in his hands can be used as a faux guitar and cause a full heavy metal rock music sound to be created at tremendously loud volumes. Rocking Out may convey combat advantages and perhaps be used in Dance Fighting as well.
*Transmute walnuts into pigeons, (and [[Orlies]] into walnuts)
*Command Dwagons
*Turn Dwagons to the owner's Side

==The Arkendish==
.. [[File:Arkendish_1.png|right]]

The Arkendish is currently attuned to and held by [[Charlie]], Overlord of [[Charlescomm]]. Unlike the other Arkentools, the Arkendish does not appear portable and appears to be installed in the Capital City of [[Charlescomm]]. Most the specific Titanic powers granted to the amalgam attunement of [[Charlie]] and the Arkendish are unknown, however, it is known they they allow [[Charlie]] Titanic [[Thinkamancy]] powers or powers to work with [[Grandiocosmic Strings]] that mimic [[Thinkamancy]]. This has allowed Charlie to be the "telecom giant of Erfworld" and this is the main thing [[Charlie]] used the Arkendish for http://www.erfworld.com/2009/10/summer-updates-%E2%80%93-046/ These powers are so great they even threaten the [[Thinkamancy]] organization of [[Great Minds That Think Alike]].http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=/2011-01-07.png Part of the reason that the actual powers of [[Charlie]] and the Arkendish are not known is that some of [[Charlescomm]] abilities may stem from [[Archon]] Thinkamancy abilities or Charlie's own abilities inferred to be a benefit stemming from the Arkendish and [[Charlie]] has never confirmed any of this.
*Grant caster like [[Thinkamancy]] [[Caster link|Links]] {{blog|2010|03|book-2-–-text-updates-018}}

*Grant the ability to Locate and Link to any commander in the world if the subject concentrates hard enough and long enough http://www.erfworld.com/2009/10/summer-updates-%E2%80%93-046/

*Grant and handle an unlimited number of Thinkagrams http://www.erfworld.com/2009/10/summer-updates-%E2%80%93-046/

*Grant the ability to black out all received communications {{blog|2010|03|book-2-–-text-updates-018}}

*Allow [[Charlie]] to limit contact between himself and everyone else to [[Thinkamancy]] only via the Arkendish (even his own units) http://www.erfworld.com/2009/10/summer-updates-%E2%80%93-046/

*Be the greatest instrument of observation there could ever be http://www.erfworld.com/2011/02/book-2-%e2%80%93-text-updates-040/ as reported by [[Isaac]], Headmaster of the [[Great Minds That Think Alike]] [[Thinkamancy]] organization

*Grant [[Side]] units a pleasant emotional reaction http://www.erfworld.com/2009/10/summer-updates-%E2%80%93-046/ {{blog|2010|03|book-2-–-text-updates-018}}

*Grant some abilities to be extended to Archons in the Archendish Tower http://www.erfworld.com/2009/10/summer-updates-%E2%80%93-046/

==The Arkenpliers==
..to be filled out

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Red links annoy me.

Spam accounts are, so far as I can tell, pseudo-usernames between 6 and 8 characters in length that are, at least for the 3800+ we have registered, purely alphabetical (No numbers or spaces or other stuff). [[User:Tommy|Tommy]] was indeed obviously an actual person. Also, thanks for today. I did 16 hours yesterday out of sheer boredom. I got more time to read a book today. --[[User:Pickled Tink|Pickled Tink]] 13:14, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for moving those spammers to the banned category. I'd have done it myself when I banned them, but I'm still learning how to do a wiki proper. -Mal
:De nada. In all honesty, I'm not sure how much use that is. I suppose it might help if you ever get around to wading through all those in [[:Category:Spammer]]. OTOH, at some point there might be some benefit to simply deleting all those "yeah, another banned account" talk pages. Still, it gives non-admin spam hunters something to do. =) [[User:Abb3w|Abb3w]] 23:52, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks mate --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 04:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Whats needed with the Erfworld copyrights page? History showed it was nothing but spam from the beginning. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 02:45, 23 May 2011 (EDT)

Yeah, I suspected they might just be randomising the misspelling rather than making it consistent. Obviously to avoid blacklists picking them up. What I could possibly do is start blocking some of the correctly spelled expressions such as "that's the best" and "you've got the" but I'd be worried if those expressions might appear naturally in a page at some point.
The worst thing is that what these bots are doing isn't even intended for a Wiki attack, its for a forum. What they generally do is setup accounts to make rubbish posts like this that are seemingly innocent, then they come back some days later and edit the posts to insert spam links so the MODS don't see it since the post has long since dropped out of sight and mind.
Maybe this is just a purely malicious attack because we've blacklisted their sites and stopped their working SPAM.
At least we know they're using some of the same IP addresses, so hopefully the IP banning will slow it down a little as well, but obviously they have a far larger IP range to post from than IP addresses we've banned.
KittenAUTH will hopefully be updated soon. --[[User:Charles|Charles]] 01:42, 26 May 2011 (EDT)

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