Actually there are quite a few different methods of randomization and that particular one might not be exactly what you wanted, and you could quite easily have a logic error somewhere in your code.

Wait, you just run a die() statement if no tickets are bought?

HEY, EVERYONE
NOBODY BUY ANYTHING IN THE NEXT RAFFLE
LET'S BREAK SEN OLOL

Err this does not break anything, david. It just stops the rest of the code to be executed and as this is a cron-job it's np. It repeats every 10 minutes

NEVER! I SHALL EXPLOIT SEN AND EARN MOAR MINERALZ FROM ALL THE POORS!

Quote from shmeeps

To be fair, the PHP rand() function can be relatively predictable. It'd be better to at least seed it first (with srand()), or replace it with the Mersenne Twister Randomization function (mt_rand()) which and also be seeded with srand (mt_srand()).

Assuming none of this is done already, and that's not pseudo code.

mt_srand(mt_rand())

mt_srand(mt_srand(mt_srand(mt_srand(mt_rand()))))

>:3

vs.

Frame 11 of the current:

Also, there should be a border of some sorts between the preview and the top row...

EDIT: Changed from to an imageshack version of the same file, more for preservation of the original than anything else...

:lick:



DO IT! plz

_{Actually I dont really mind, its a plus really}

...on second thought, maybe not... definitely does not look like a tongue, at least not at first glance. Besides, I believe we already have enough smilies. Get minralz and buy a custom smiley and you can use that....

I refuse to waste precious minerals on frivolous reindeer games.

What else would you use them for?

Excaliban Trophy.

Here's a bug that really only applies to Staff: invisible topics no longer have [INVISIBLE] next to them, or any other indicator. That may just be missing on Carbonite since I can't check the other skins, but unless I go to a certain topic to manually check, I have no way of know what topics are visible from the topic list in a given forum.

Fixd @ devlin... at least should it, please approve.

Btw. I like how in Epic skin the topic background has a lighter shade of gray compared to visible topics.
Should do that for other skins too.

I am just about fed up with this store system.

The compendium tells me this:

But the store interface shows this:

Since it goes up to 334 minerals, can we assume it goes down to 16 minerals as well? What nonsense; just because someone scrambles in on a lucky day they can get a signature for less than a raffle ticket? Since minerals were brought back, I have yet to see any of the items cost fewer minerals than even 150% of their average cost. Something is wrong here.

But before you admins fix the randomization code, please think about this: why are the prices randomized? Are random prices necessary? The way I see it, they are completely pointless and only discourage people from using the system simply because luckier people can get the same thing for substantially less.

Here are the benefits and drawbacks of each system outlined:

Static Prices, infinite stock, all items listed:


Static Prices, limited stock, items randomly listed:


Yes, okay, IP made the store system. However, IP is not infallible, even if he does pay the bill that keeps SEN online. Things need to change.

I thought I did already said that: the signature cost been made cheaper. This does not affect the items currently being in the store. Thus, you have to wait till after the next stock-reset.

No. Dynamic prices are horrid. Please consider revamping the store to hold items with static costs.

Now, that's your opinion

Give a good reason why we should have a store with dynamic prices instead of one where all item prices are non-varying.

Because then it's a gamble. Do you wait for the item to become even cheaper or do you buy now?
Gambling is a game, and minerals are a game. Generally it makes minerals less boring.

Give a good reason why we should have a store with static items.