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I'm thinking a certain stupid rock may or may not be one of those exceptions. hehe

At the moment, Scheherazade is a whopping 75% off through that same sale, no doubt. I would go for that but it's not worth paying $2.50 for a prepaid debit card for a game @ $3.74

Y2 needs to hurry up and arrive so at least a few things can finally be "un[redacted]"

I do believe we had a discussion on using revision to alter a race permanently many years ago. Something about kitties, but I can no longer find it. EDIT: HOLY COW! So, in other words, ideals are tied to things? I had assumed that they were for making a differing expression for spellcasting! Very interesting...

Just pointing out that the last "monthly" question block is over a month old now. (this quote doesn't include all questions)

So about 2079, then? *disappears in a puff of cinnamon smoke*

Who is the current (acknowledged) oldest living mage, and is this person still active, or living like a hermit?

Any news on the questions?

Schwarzbart. Don't forget that the phenomenon that drives the wellsprings also seems to replenish coal right at the seams. While I can agree that there probably won't be a huge amount of cheap coal to go around, I also don't think that there will ever be a critical shortage of the stuff that you are foreseeing.

Well, since we still haven't gotten the answers to the big block of questions, I'll add some more and delay it further! HAHAHAHA!!!! 1. How common are the pointy hats that we traditionally associate with wizards and witches? 2. In this era, does champagne exist and if so, what would it be called? (Also can it be stored safely?) 3. Can Gate's chaos factor be invoked at will? Naturally one would have no control over what happens with the spell after invoking it, and I doubt many would be willing to risk the side effects, but I would imagine some might try to do so for the sake of trying to figure out how to remove it from the equation all together. 4. Are there any girls who are known to dye their hair at the Academagia? Magically or otherwise. 5. Who are the All-Academagia Rimbal team's biggest rivals? 6. Does Girars have a problem dairy foods or with magically created meat? It seems from his description that his big issue is with the moral dilemma of actually killing animals. 7. Who is the pickiest eater of the students of the Academagia?

So what's been done for y2 these past few weeks?

Are class seats assigned by professors or chosen by students?

You know, with all the hijinks one can get up to at the Academagia, it honestly did not occur to me that the #1 reason for expulsion would be something as mundane as academic performance. I guess it makes sense, even though I'm sure there are some who manage to get by with bad grades due to extra *cough* donations being made to the school.... Then what's the #2 reason? I guess it would be a very vague and all encompassing reason like "Disciplinary action"? Even though there could be lots of reasons why such an action would be undertaken...

1. What is the #1 reason why students are expelled from the Academagia? 2. Are most of the peculiarities of Icanicix hall the result of Gates enchantments, or would you say that it is more to do with the aura of Gates magic spells lingering on? 3. Any word on the latest block of questions?

That.

So, legate. Here's a question about the beta that doesn't involve a time frame: Has the team discussed the checkpoint at which Y2 should be put into beta status yet?

It would be nice to know why things derailed so badly... Grrr... legate, what needs to be done to get a screenie of Y2! :(

The lore writing team is undoubtedly not the same as the programming team. Only one guess as to which Y2 needs more from. :)

Ooh, so in other words the recent questions have brought up issues that need to be decided on now? :) How interesting! On one hand I don't want to rush them, but on the other I really want to know. So conflicted.... :(

Mmm. Nothing from the team yet, even though it's been a while...? I'm guessing the Team is busy lately. Busy getting ready for something big, perhaps?

Alas, I do believe that some of them were actually called dragons. The name had to come from somewhere. But if you like, you're free to add quotation marks to my original statement in order to add more clarification that that is what they were called, rather than an affirmative that it is what they were. Anyway... Legate. What is recognized as the most dangerous creature that was ever created with Gates magic? And did it meet it's end, and if so how?

Really, I believe that dragons did exist in real life.* *Non sapient lizards of various types that were hunted to extinction in antiquity due to how dangerous they were. So technically Dragons in setting are just embellished, slightly anthropomorphized versions of a certain type of real life dragon. And made evil. :)

for 3 I was thinking more along the lines of side effects. But that raises an interesting point. If I created a 10 year supply of food with magic, that had a 10 year duration. If I ate only that food for 10 years, after the duration was up, would I disappear?

Bonus questions: 1. Does the council of the sky (I forget it's exact name) get involved in incidents where a person uses a powerful illusion to mimic a dangerous thunderstorm over a major city? Or does it have to be a real weather modification? 2. But then again, given how powerful Glamours tend to straddle the line of reality, would it be possible for someone to be hurt from the effects of such a weather illusion? (ignoring the effects of a panicked populous for argument's sake.) 3. What are the effects of using magic to conjure up plain water, to survive in the desert to stave off dehydration? (Assuming stocks of dried foods are available for nutrition) 4. How old are the emergency food reserves in the imperial palace? it's implied that it's old enough that even some preserved food has gone bad, but that could happen normally within a decade. Something tells me that it's much older than that, though. 5. Does the Academagia claim ownership of anything a student makes while at the school, or merely the intellectual property of innovative spells and creations? 6. I'm curious. When the Bans on Gates and Mastery came into effect, was there a call to demolish Kazus and Icanicix halls outright? And if so, why were they saved? Since I know the school has a tendency to just rebuild when something happens to make their buildings..less than ideal... Was there a movement to at least preserve the buildings for history's sake?

Don't overlook schwarzbart's question!