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What if I had a mist tank?

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Thu, 10/31/2013 - 16:18
Mikuknight's picture
Mikuknight

If I had a Mist Tank, (which I don't have anymore,) and the update where Mist doesn't exist happens, what do you thin will happen to my Mist Tank? Would it get deleted? Would it be used and simply do nothing? Would it be deleted, and get a really sweet item from the Mail to make up for it? I wasn't here during the update when Mist was removed, so what would happen?

Thu, 10/31/2013 - 16:21
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Qwote's picture
Qwote

it would get converted to 10 sparks of lifes. lives. lifes.

Thu, 10/31/2013 - 19:51
#2
Vesperaldus's picture
Vesperaldus
@Qwote: Spark is plural so

@Qwote: Spark is plural so life doesn't need to be plural. Spark of life can be logically rewritten as "life spark" and to make THAT plural it would be life sparks, not lives sparks. Basically spark is the noun, it is what is plural.

Thu, 10/31/2013 - 20:41
#3
Machucogp's picture
Machucogp
Grammar class with Hollows lol

I wonder what would have happened if I had a mist tank in a mail before the update and claimed it after the update
Would it disappear? Would the mail vanish? Would that mail be replaced with the one that had SoL?

Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:58
#4
Lanieu's picture
Lanieu
@Mach

You would open the core.

Fri, 11/01/2013 - 15:23
#5
Heroshian's picture
Heroshian
@Mach

Since mail expires over time...

Fri, 11/01/2013 - 15:33
#6
Ms-Bubbles's picture
Ms-Bubbles
@Hallows: I don't know if UK

@Hallows: I don't know if UK English somehow effects it but it would be Sparks of life so the only thing that doesn't need to be plural is life. In American English spark isn't plural, for example "Three spark went off" is incorrect compared to "Three sparks went off".

Fri, 11/01/2013 - 16:29
#7
Machucogp's picture
Machucogp
@Hero

What if I got the mail one day before the update and claimed the tank one day after the update?

Fri, 11/01/2013 - 17:43
#8
Skyguarder's picture
Skyguarder

@Machucogp

Then there would be an error on the server where you can't accept it and you would have to contact OOO about it. :P

Fri, 11/01/2013 - 19:58
#9
Hexzyle's picture
Hexzyle
When you're this swag this world just bows at your knees

Then there would be an error on the server where you can't accept it and you would have to contact OOO about it. :P

Nope, Three Rings aren't that perceptive. He would have received the mist tank as usual. If Three Rings had implemented the item converter as a rule and not just a one-time player database coversion, he would have a potentially server-crashing, "server has experienced an unexpected error" item, or item that just disappears and fills up your invisible mist tank.
Otherwise, the Mist Tank would disappear as soon as he accepted the attachement, and he'd receive another mail about its conversion into energy. Or the above would happen, but it would be converted into energy upon next login.

About the name, just compare it to similar situations:
God of War becomes Gods of War, not God of Wars
Parent of John becomes Parents of John, not Parent of Johns.

Sat, 11/02/2013 - 09:49
#10
Vesperaldus's picture
Vesperaldus
@Ms-Bubbles: I don't know if

@Ms-Bubbles: I don't know if UK English speakers spell "Hollows" as "Hallows," but you do realize that you just said the EXACT same thing I did? I said it's not Sparks of Lives, rather Sparks of Life.

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