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Spammer: /* March 2 */

2009-11-26T06:27:31Z

March 2

TripleU: Fiery Dweevil dies of Malaria, never to be seen again.

2009-04-07T02:13:05Z

Fiery Dweevil dies of Malaria, never to be seen again.

TripleU: /* March */ 7th - Much deliberation and conversation.

2009-03-07T21:30:10Z

March: 7th - Much deliberation and conversation.

TripleU: March 2 - I join the French and witness three murders.

2009-03-03T05:12:53Z

March 2 - I join the French and witness three murders.

TripleU: /* February */ 18th, a sword!!!

2009-02-19T06:58:03Z

February: 18th, a sword!!!

TripleU: /* February */ 15- swords in a swamp

2009-02-16T04:19:17Z

February: 15- swords in a swamp

TripleU: Feb. 9- life's ups and downs.

2009-02-10T04:51:16Z

Feb. 9- life's ups and downs.

TripleU: January 31- Dying and being dead

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January 31- Dying and being dead

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 === March 2 ===
-[[Image:Baron Robert Surcouf.jpg|right|thumb|Robert Surcouf, fellow treasure hunter and leader of the French]] Searching for swords is quite a dull business, but does have it's moments. For example, I found a second heavy sword. Now my prices have gone down to 800 gold coins each, still a rip off, but if I spend so long looking for them, there's no problem with spending longer selling them. - [http://www.mightystudents.com/catalog/art art essays]
+[[Image:Baron Robert Surcouf.jpg|right|thumb|Robert Surcouf, fellow treasure hunter and leader of the French]] Searching for swords is quite a dull business, but does have it's moments. For example, I found a second heavy sword. Now my prices have gone down to 800 gold coins each, still a rip off, but if I spend so long looking for them, there's no problem with spending longer selling them.
 But much more goes on in these swamps. There must be about a dozen people looking in the swamp at any time, and such activity attracts the attention of more than just spirits. There is a serial murderer, surely psychopathic, by the name of {{profile|1259|Jessalin}}, who attacked me. Luckily I was able to flee his blade as he was stuck in the mire, and I reached the safety of a larger group. I told them of the attack, and {{profile|7282|Baron Robert Surcouf}} shot him down. On a separate occasion, Jessalin attacked and killed {{profile|17537|Nouveauk}}, a fellow sword searcher, but Surcouf shot him while he ran. Now both bodies rot in the mud, yet we can't smell them, as the rotting plants have numbed our noses.

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 === March 2 ===
-[[Image:Baron Robert Surcouf.jpg|right|thumb|Robert Surcouf, fellow treasure hunter and leader of the French]] Searching for swords is quite a dull business, but does have it's moments. For example, I found a second heavy sword. Now my prices have gone down to 800 gold coins each, still a rip off, but if I spend so long looking for them, there's no problem with spending longer selling them.
+[[Image:Baron Robert Surcouf.jpg|right|thumb|Robert Surcouf, fellow treasure hunter and leader of the French]] Searching for swords is quite a dull business, but does have it's moments. For example, I found a second heavy sword. Now my prices have gone down to 800 gold coins each, still a rip off, but if I spend so long looking for them, there's no problem with spending longer selling them. - [http://www.mightystudents.com/catalog/art art essays]
 But much more goes on in these swamps. There must be about a dozen people looking in the swamp at any time, and such activity attracts the attention of more than just spirits. There is a serial murderer, surely psychopathic, by the name of {{profile|1259|Jessalin}}, who attacked me. Luckily I was able to flee his blade as he was stuck in the mire, and I reached the safety of a larger group. I told them of the attack, and {{profile|7282|Baron Robert Surcouf}} shot him down. On a separate occasion, Jessalin attacked and killed {{profile|17537|Nouveauk}}, a fellow sword searcher, but Surcouf shot him while he ran. Now both bodies rot in the mud, yet we can't smell them, as the rotting plants have numbed our noses.

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	He responded,		He responded,
	:I hear what you are saying... the problem is, GSUC is already targeting me at least since DLC and I have a bad past, also, it is easy for GSUC to live without native shamans since they just enslave them, but we won't do that, so we are going to need real actual shamans, hence we will need some kind of relationship with [[Raktam]] or [[Wiksik]]. The fact is, GSUC just wants to fight.		:I hear what you are saying... the problem is, GSUC is already targeting me at least since DLC and I have a bad past, also, it is easy for GSUC to live without native shamans since they just enslave them, but we won't do that, so we are going to need real actual shamans, hence we will need some kind of relationship with [[Raktam]] or [[Wiksik]]. The fact is, GSUC just wants to fight.
		+
		+	== Post Journal ==
		+	Fiery Dweevil contracted malaria sometime in mid March, and died April 6, leaving two heavy swords to Baron Robert Surcouf and Hercule le Toif. He was buried at sea five days later.

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	I've taken it upon myself to join [[The French]], as my mother was of the race and I feel vulnerable being in no clan. They own three ruined huts near the Derby Swamp, not far from the road to York by the name of Port [[Parchment_Pages#Port_Breton\|Brenton]]. The area has a casino where I may sell slim chances to win my heavy swords.		I've taken it upon myself to join [[The French]], as my mother was of the race and I feel vulnerable being in no clan. They own three ruined huts near the Derby Swamp, not far from the road to York by the name of Port [[Parchment_Pages#Port_Breton\|Brenton]]. The area has a casino where I may sell slim chances to win my heavy swords.
		+
		+	=== March 7 ===
		+	[[Image:Adna Chaffee's pic.jpg\|left\|thumb\|{{profile\|17439\|Adna Chaffee}}, yet another murderer.]] Surcouf has agreed to allow me to work in [[Casino Royal]], so long as the manager, {{profile\|12577\|Hercule Le Tof}}, permits. I do not plan to search for him until I actually begin casino work, which may be quite a while.
		+
		+	I'm discussing the chance that a customer would have to win a sword in each try with my local mathematician. I explained my situation, and he said,
		+	:X: heads
		+	Y: tails
		+	# of combinations: 10
		+	# of combinations with 5 heads or more: 5
		+
		+	Rough Work:
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		+
		+	:I think I get 50%. How did you get 1 in 30. What calculations or experiments did you do. Show me the money.
		+
		+	I replied by saying,
		+
		+	:Where T is the average tries it would take and N is the number of heads required.
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		+	\|\| T \|\| N
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		+	\|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| If you require no heads, they win automatically.
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		+	\|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| If you require one head, they win after ~2 tries.
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		+	\|\| 4 \|\| 2
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		+	\|\| 8 \|\| 3
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		+	\|\| 16 \|\| 4
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		+	\|\| 32 \|\| 5 \|\| If you require five heads, they win after ~32 tries, making it the best number.
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		+	\|\| 64 \|\| 6
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		+	\|\| 512 \|\| 9
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		+	\|\| 1024 \|\| 10 \|\| This seems to be agreeable to the point of proven.
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		+
		+	:This is what found. There is three main possibilities I can think of.
		+	:* As you suggested, that one is just as likely to get X heads as Y
		+	:* That X is ten times as likely as (X - 1) as well.
		+	:* As was shown above, that each number of heads is half as likely as the next.
		+
		+	:The logic behind X being times as likely as (X - 1):
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		+	\|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| ten heads, one possible way.
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		+	\|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| T \|\| H \|\| H
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		+	\|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| T \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H
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		+	\|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| T \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H
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		+	\|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| T \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H
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		+	\|\| T \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| H \|\| nine heads, ten possible ways.
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		+	\|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| eight heads, 100 possible ways.
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		+
		+	Which he responded to by saying,
		+	:But you aren't taking into the account of the Y. If tails comes up, chances for a head increases because the chance for getting two tails in a row is decreased. So if you have a 50% chance of getting 1 head out of 10 flips. So if you get 9 tails in a row, your chances of getting a head the tenth time would be exponentially greater. So the chances of getting 1 head out of ten coins is less than 2 tries. Probably like, point something something tries.
		+	The discussion is still ongoing.
		+
		+	{{profile\|17439\|Adna Chaffee}} killed Robert Surcouf, and, upon the Baron's return, he said, “I'm gonna be plagued by more foes now, that sucks. I'll just have to get used to it, its only gonna get worse once I get the actual government rolling.” I said,
		+	:Speaking of the gov'ment, I'd like to suggest we not get on unusually friendly terms with Raktam. With the [[Kingdom of Skulls]] and the [[Necromancer's Guild]] quickly weakening, [[Greater Shartak Unificatoin Coalition]] is running out of foes. We needn't give them one more reason to target us before [[Durham]]. What's more, an alliance, while certainly interesting, would make both towns more susceptible to a simultaneous siege, as could be expected at anytime by any foe. With some of our troops in Raktam and some of their troops here, all we'd be doing is decreasing morale. And one last thing- I don't think we should think of the new gov'ment as the replacement gov'ment, but rather as the new gov'ment. The Eastern Federation was fine, but time took it down, and rebuilding that would be harder than starting from scratch.
		+	He responded,
		+	:I hear what you are saying... the problem is, GSUC is already targeting me at least since DLC and I have a bad past, also, it is easy for GSUC to live without native shamans since they just enslave them, but we won't do that, so we are going to need real actual shamans, hence we will need some kind of relationship with [[Raktam]] or [[Wiksik]]. The fact is, GSUC just wants to fight.

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	The swamp is rather crowded with about seven of eight people, so I have fellows to talk to, but there are spirits here that continuously haunt us.		The swamp is rather crowded with about seven of eight people, so I have fellows to talk to, but there are spirits here that continuously haunt us.
		+
		+	== March ==
		+
		+	=== March 2 ===
		+	[[Image:Baron Robert Surcouf.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Robert Surcouf, fellow treasure hunter and leader of the French]] Searching for swords is quite a dull business, but does have it's moments. For example, I found a second heavy sword. Now my prices have gone down to 800 gold coins each, still a rip off, but if I spend so long looking for them, there's no problem with spending longer selling them.
		+
		+	But much more goes on in these swamps. There must be about a dozen people looking in the swamp at any time, and such activity attracts the attention of more than just spirits. There is a serial murderer, surely psychopathic, by the name of {{profile\|1259\|Jessalin}}, who attacked me. Luckily I was able to flee his blade as he was stuck in the mire, and I reached the safety of a larger group. I told them of the attack, and {{profile\|7282\|Baron Robert Surcouf}} shot him down. On a separate occasion, Jessalin attacked and killed {{profile\|17537\|Nouveauk}}, a fellow sword searcher, but Surcouf shot him while he ran. Now both bodies rot in the mud, yet we can't smell them, as the rotting plants have numbed our noses.
		+
		+	I've taken it upon myself to join [[The French]], as my mother was of the race and I feel vulnerable being in no clan. They own three ruined huts near the Derby Swamp, not far from the road to York by the name of Port [[Parchment_Pages#Port_Breton\|Brenton]]. The area has a casino where I may sell slim chances to win my heavy swords.

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	=== February 15 ===		=== February 15 ===
	[[Image:Swamp.jpg\|right\|thumb\|My new home.]] Well, like I said, there wasn't much left to record in the lab, so I gave up, and went home. (I was killed by a large stag, again.) I haven't yet decided what to research next, so I'm searching the [[swamp]]s near [[Derby]], I heard upon my return that it was a major economical factor to find [[heavy sword]]s here. I can't imagine why there would be swords in a [[swamp]], but there's sure a lot of people looking around for them. If I do find and sell one, I'll be able to use the money to employ more help. Some of the ideas I've considered, such as obliterating a patch of [[Grassland]] or tracking [[parrot]]s island wide, would require a fair amount of help, and thus funds, so sword searching isn't a bad idea.		[[Image:Swamp.jpg\|right\|thumb\|My new home.]] Well, like I said, there wasn't much left to record in the lab, so I gave up, and went home. (I was killed by a large stag, again.) I haven't yet decided what to research next, so I'm searching the [[swamp]]s near [[Derby]], I heard upon my return that it was a major economical factor to find [[heavy sword]]s here. I can't imagine why there would be swords in a [[swamp]], but there's sure a lot of people looking around for them. If I do find and sell one, I'll be able to use the money to employ more help. Some of the ideas I've considered, such as obliterating a patch of [[Grassland]] or tracking [[parrot]]s island wide, would require a fair amount of help, and thus funds, so sword searching isn't a bad idea.
		+
		+	=== February 18 ===
		+	[[Image:heavy sword.jpg\|left\|thumb\|I found one!]]Yesterday I found a heavy sword just lying in the muck. I'm not going to give it away for anything less than 900 gold coins, until I find more. It's not that I need it, just that they usually sell for 250 gold coins, and I want to sell in bulk. hopefully someone will buy when I have eight, I don't want to sell for just 100 gold coins each.
		+
		+	The swamp is rather crowded with about seven of eight people, so I have fellows to talk to, but there are spirits here that continuously haunt us.

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	=== February 9 ===		=== February 9 ===
	[[Image:A hermit and a bear.jpg\|left\|thumb\|It's so lonely out here...]] A short while after my last entry, I gave in and called a shaman. I can't remember which, but it landed me rather Northerly of the lab. I had heard tales of pirates in the area, so quickly set of for the return. I was able to reach the lab by the end of the day. Since then, I've been hunting small and medium game, and buffed up so I won't be taken down as quickly next time. I haven't seen testingthelimits in a while... But at this point all that's left to collect is numbers, such as how long it takes for completely cleared ground to regrow a thin layer of plants, and the likelihood that and particular level of foliage will drop. So I only need his help to keep me company. I must have chosen all to good of a spot, as I haven't seen a single face since I was killed.		[[Image:A hermit and a bear.jpg\|left\|thumb\|It's so lonely out here...]] A short while after my last entry, I gave in and called a shaman. I can't remember which, but it landed me rather Northerly of the lab. I had heard tales of pirates in the area, so quickly set of for the return. I was able to reach the lab by the end of the day. Since then, I've been hunting small and medium game, and buffed up so I won't be taken down as quickly next time. I haven't seen testingthelimits in a while... But at this point all that's left to collect is numbers, such as how long it takes for completely cleared ground to regrow a thin layer of plants, and the likelihood that and particular level of foliage will drop. So I only need his help to keep me company. I must have chosen all to good of a spot, as I haven't seen a single face since I was killed.
		+
		+	=== February 15 ===
		+	[[Image:Swamp.jpg\|right\|thumb\|My new home.]] Well, like I said, there wasn't much left to record in the lab, so I gave up, and went home. (I was killed by a large stag, again.) I haven't yet decided what to research next, so I'm searching the [[swamp]]s near [[Derby]], I heard upon my return that it was a major economical factor to find [[heavy sword]]s here. I can't imagine why there would be swords in a [[swamp]], but there's sure a lot of people looking around for them. If I do find and sell one, I'll be able to use the money to employ more help. Some of the ideas I've considered, such as obliterating a patch of [[Grassland]] or tracking [[parrot]]s island wide, would require a fair amount of help, and thus funds, so sword searching isn't a bad idea.

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 *Jungle growth is not affected by the presence of jungle. This seemed interesting. Could the flora here be so different? Perhaps all growing from bulbs that cannot easily be removed? I had found something to test.
 So I headed West to test this thought on jungle. I would reach a small peninsula and clear cut half of it. How would the jungle retake this land? All at once? Or from the North, where there already is jungle? The answer would surely prove whether or not there was sense in thick pathways.
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 === January 31 ===
-[[Image:Ghost.jpg|right|thumb|Me]] If you're wondering why I haven't written in 11 days,  it's quite simple. I've only had enough interesting stuff happen in 11 days to fill one entry. {{profile|10579|Tlotzin}} killed me with a blood stained machete to the back of the neck. Like when the tiger and stag got me, It took a few painful minutes to actually leave my body. However, rather than contact a local magic-man to return to life, I decided to stay this way for awhile. I must say, while dying is not something one gets used to, being dead is. With out fear of wild life and wild murderers, I'm able to keep a good watch on the experiment. so far the whole place has at least some ground-cover in the form of small plants.
+[[Image:Ghost.jpg|right|thumb|Me]] If you're wondering why I haven't written in 11 days,  it's quite simple. I've only had enough interesting stuff happen in 11 days to fill one entry. {{profile|10579|Tlotzin}} killed me with a blood stained machete to the back of the neck. Like when the tiger and stag got me, It took a few painful minutes to actually leave my body. However, rather than contact a local magic-man to return to life, I decided to stay this way for awhile. I must say, while dying is not something one gets used to, being dead is. With out fear of wildlife and wild murderers, I'm able to keep a good watch on the experiment. So far the whole place has at least some ground-cover in the form of small plants.

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 === January 20 ===
-[[Image:The Lab from space.jpg|left|thumb|The Lab as seen from space.]]
+[[Image:The Lab from space.jpg|left|thumb|The Lab as seen from space.]] I can't understand why, but someone taught a parrot to say "Come 'ere you little bird!" And I found myself wondering if that parrot was taught it or a different one was and it was spread around the parrot community. Perhaps I'll test it sometime. In other news, the growth experiment is going according to plans. I took down two observations so far, I plan to do two a day. (I wouldn't want testingthelimits to have all the fun.) In still other news, I feel I'm almost ready to found Researcher's Guild, as I've been planning for some time. As the name suggests it shall be a guild, rather than an actual team. That means no obligations as a member, despite a lack of teamwork. I feel that there is a shortage of good research clans. True, there is the [[Parrotologists Society]], but they are few and uninspired.
 I can't understand why, but someone taught a parrot to say "Come 'ere you little bird!" And I found myself wondering if that parrot was taught it or a different one was and it was spread around the parrot community. Perhaps I'll test it sometime. In other news, the growth experiment is going according to plans. I took down two observations so far, I plan to do two a day. (I wouldn't want testingthelimits to have all the fun.) In still other news, I feel I'm almost ready to found Researcher's Guild, as I've been planning for some time. As the name suggests it shall be a guild, rather than an actual team. That means no obligations as a member, despite a lack of teamwork. I feel that there is a shortage of good research clans. True, there is the [[Parrotologists Society]], but they are few and uninspired.