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Backgammon : Serpent is allowed to do moves Player isn't

Say Serpent has two pieces on the bar, P1 and P2.
He rolls the dice and the dice rolls are D1 and D2.

He uses D1 to move piece P1 off the bar.
He cannot use to move piece P2 off because I have a block on that point.

BUT if D2 can be used to move piece P1 a second time, to a point occupied by a single piece of mine, he does so, sending my piece to the bar - despite the fact that piece P2 is still on the bar.

OR if D2 can be used to move piece P1 to a point occupied by a single piece of his, to form a block, he does that - again, while P2 is still on the bar.

This all occurs in one turn, obviously.

But if our positions are reversed ... Just like Serpent, I cannot move piece P2. However, I am only allowed to use D1 to move piece P1 off the bar - I cannot subsequently use D2 to send Serpent's lone piece to the bar, nor form a block with another piece of mine.

Rules are supposed to be the same for both players, no?

(I've played a lot of backgammon irl, and Serpent isn't that good - that's why I never send a score unless I skunk him. Guess he has to cheat to win)


Retired items were unretired during picture & name changes

Life is interesting.

Retirement dates. During some events the items dropped are already marked as being retired yet they still drop. During other events, they are not so marked. Therefore the retired-message on items is purely informative, not tied into whether or not an item may be currently dropping.

That beautiful Water Bed, made of water, unique - was retired a while back. With the demolition of the Toy Shop uniqueness, it was changed to Paffuto Figurine and unretired, along with several other Toy Shop items. But wait! Why are there then only 7 of them on Shop Search? Could it be that they are really still retired, and that the label [0 in stock at Toys for 4,524MP] is misleading? I really don't know about that one.

Like I say, interesting.

(Later edit) ... They were indeed unretired

4 in stock at Toys for 4,542MP

It seems that toy items that were from account upgrades stayed retired, while (at least some of the) toy items that were from the toy shop got unretired. This seems wrong; some people staked out the toy shop to get those items instead of spending their time shopping in other shops - they got the rotten end of the deal.


Curiosities

The Sheer Right Stocking is worn on the left leg.


Broken Prize Drops --------------

Test your Strength - no longer awards prizes.

edit (mid-Nov 2023) - I got no drops for over 1.5 years .... then the very next day after posting this - Power Hitting Book is now in your Items. Maybe my posting here pushed the Mara gods into dropping the book ... I should post here more

edit (end of nov 2023) now a potato, evidently changes were made ^_^

Pay your power bill - droprate waaaaay down.

Spooks Busters - no longer drops poisons, way over a year since I got anything

Mummy Multiplier DOES drop runes, this is not broken ^_^

Murfin Madness droprate way down, just look at shirt prices.

Hospital Boosters
Dr Getwell sometimes gives you a "min booster" after healing a pet. Those boosters used to ALWAYS raise that stat by one. Now it seems they NEVER raise the stat, they only make your pet "feel refreshed", like a happy Murfin Madness ride. So forget the hospital if medicine shop items are cheaper since the boosters are useless.

Bingo Tickets

A gust of wind just blew a Bingo Ticket your way!
None of those sporadic random tickets has ever been a winner, so does this mean bingo is broken?