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''{{date|DAY|MONTH|YEAR}}''
<blockquote>
 
<p>Paragraph 1</p>
 
<p>Paragraph 2</p>
 
<p>Paragraph 3</p>
 
-- {{MHP|ID_OF_POSTER|Name o'Poster}}
 
</blockquote>
 
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== News ==
 
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===Trap checks are broken===
 
''{{date|10|April|2009}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>Trap checks are currently very broken. Despite our best efforts to find a solution this problem persists. The entire team is brainstorming ideas on how we can restructure the way trap checks work because the current implementation is not capable of providing trap checks to the amount of players who play everyday.</p>
 
  
<p>We may have to rebuild the trap check system from scratch which may take some time. We'll keep you posted as we continue to work on solving this problem.</p>
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NEWSPOST OPENING LINE(S)
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
</blockquote>
 
  
=== Gnarly Rumors ===
 
''{{date|9|April|2009}}''
 
 
<blockquote>
 
<blockquote>
<p>Rumors are afloat in the Calm Clearing of Whisker Woods! Word has spread of strange pathways, lined with sparkling fairy dust, that lead deeper into the woods.</p>
 
  
<p>The dense canopy of the woods keeps the winding pathways rather dark, making them hard to navigate. Surely a hunter will need some sort of guide to find their way through!</p>
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 1 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<p>Good luck investigating these rumors, hunters...</p>
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 2 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<hr/>
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 3 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<p>Also in this update:</p>
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-- {{MHP|POSTER SNUID|POSTER NAME}}
  
<p>- A few minor tweaks to font and layout here and there.</p>
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<p>- Some optimizations and better tracking reports for the trap check system.</p>
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''For older updates, visit the [[MHWiki:Current events/Archive|Archive]].''
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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=841 CLASSES HAVE BEGUN AT THE SCHOOL OF SORCERY!] ===
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''{{date|23|April|2024}}''
  
<p>- Some players noticed a reference to 'Hunting Parties' on their profile pages for a few minutes after we applied the update. That text was accidently added to this release. Parties are something we're working on for the near future and is not quite ready yet. We'll have more information as this feature gets closer to release.</p>
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<blockquote>
  
<p>- We have fine-tuned our bot detection scripts so that non-malicious scripts will not trigger our pattern tracking. We remind players that anything that automatically refreshes or loads a page violates the game's rules and is not to be used.</p>
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'''Viceroy hunters and above can now embark on a new adventure.'''<br>
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Study hard to advance from Apprentice to Master at the School of Sorcery!
  
<hr/>
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==== Classes have begun at the School of Sorcery! ====
 
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The Mythweaver's latest plot has been discovered and it involves instructing the mice of the Folklore Forest in the ways of his malevolent magic!
<p>We would also like to remind everyone that the boards are meant as a fun and friendly atmosphere. We get swamped with complaints regarding swearing, insulting, etc. We are beginning to crack down on inappropriate behaviour on the boards so please think before you post.</p>
 
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
</blockquote>
 
  
=== Forum 'Enhancer' Scripts ===
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The King needs the bravest and most studious MouseHunters, Viceroy and above, to enroll at the new School of Sorcery and teach the Mythweaver and his minions a thing or two about classroom etiquette.
''{{date|8|April|2009}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>It has come to our attention that some browser scripts/plugins that are designed to integrate MouseHunt player statistics into the discussion board are making undo requests to the game.</p>
 
  
<p>These extra requests happen behind the scenes loading MouseHunt pages to grab the necessary data. The problem is that this extra activity triggers King's Reward codes without the player ever seeing them.</p>
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==== Enrollment Process! ====
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The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice map piece can be purchased from the Bountiful Beanstalk Cartographer for '''1,000,000 Gold''', '''1,000 Golden Goose Eggs''', and requires completion of the Slay the Mythical Giant King adventure for any hunters who have yet to obtain it.
  
<p>This leads to a few problems where players have an unclaimed reward without ever knowing it and strange errors due to the massive amount of requests all coming from the same address.</p>
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Alternatively, hunters who earned Thousandth Draft Derby Cheese during the Spring Egg Hunt can earn the map piece by hunting the M1000 at the Table of Contents.
  
<p>The extra requests also massively boost how active the game thinks you are. This triggers some of our bot-detection and tracking systems.</p>
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==== Lessons in the Science of Refraction ====
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The new Trapsmith at the School of Sorcery has become a master of refractive science and has developed an extraordinary new entry into the line of refractor bases.
  
<p>We are working on fine-tuning our bot tracking systems as well as working with the developers of these types of scripts so that do not trigger our tracking systems. In the meantime we kindly ask any players who are using any sort of script or plugin that modifies the Facebook discussion boards to add MouseHunt statistics to uninstall them immediately.</p>
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{| style="width: 20%; margin: auto"
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| style="border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em" |
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<center>''' Sorcerer's Sapphire Refractor Base'''</center>
  
<p>To make things clear: If you have installed or use anything that modifies the way Facebook discussion boards look or function please uninstall them.</p>
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<center>Harness the power of Sorcerer's Sapphires!</center>
  
<p>This will avoid your account being falsely flagged for bot usage as well as save countless requests to our server to help to make the game quicker and more responsive for everyone!</p>
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<center>'''Stats'''</center>
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* Power: '''2,500'''
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*Power Bonus: '''20%'''
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* Attraction Bonus: '''50%'''
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* Luck: 30
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* Cheese Effect: Insanely Fresh
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* Requires: Royal Ruby Refractor Base
  
<p>Thanks for your corporation.</p>
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-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
</blockquote>
 
  
=== System Update ===
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==== Visit the new General Store during recess ====
''{{date|7|April|2009}}''
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This school comes equipped with a General Store that is stocked with powerful items to aid hunters with their studies.
<blockquote>
 
<p>Today's minor system update was to address a few issues players have been reporting along with various optimizations 'behind-the-scenes'.</p>
 
  
<p>Thanks for your patience during the few minutes the game was unavailable.</p>
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 33%; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Motif-Index:'''<br>'''Arcane Luck'''<br>Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
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| style="width: 33%; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Motif-Index:'''<br>'''Arcane Power'''<br>Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
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| style="width: 33%; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Motif-Index:'''<br>'''Shadow Luck'''<br>Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 33%; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Motif-Index:'''<br>'''Shadow Power'''<br>Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
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| style="width: 33%; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Motif-Index:'''<br>'''Forgotten Luck'''<br>Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
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| style="width: 33%; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Motif-Index:'''<br>'''Forgotten Power'''<br>Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
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=== Using "Bots" WILL get you BANNED! ===
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==== Stock up on School Supplies! ====
''{{date|6|April|2009}}''
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The King has put together some limited time back-to-school specials to enhance your education!
<blockquote>
 
<p>Hello Everyone!</p>
 
  
<p>This is an announcement to let you all know that we will be banning accounts, without warning, that we detect are using any kind of automated method to play the game.</p>
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Apprentice Sorcerer Bundle'''<br>Everything a freshman needs!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Master Sorcerer Bundle'''<br>Start prepping for finals!
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|}
  
<p>We are able to use tracking methods within the game to distinguish players from bots and have already disabled dozens of accounts. Some of these accounts had large amounts of points and gold, do not risk losing your progress in the game!</p>
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 33.3%; padding: 0.416em" |
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| style="width: 33.3%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Stylish Sorcerer Bundle'''<br>Show up to school in style!
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| style="width: 33.3%; padding: 0.416em" |
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|}
  
<p>Anything that clicks, refreshes a page or takes any other action in the game via an automated process will trigger these tracking methods. Timers are fine so long as they do not sound the horn at the end of their timer and still require you to be at your computer and click something to actually sound the horn.</p>
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{| style="width: 100%; margin: auto; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Infinite Dark Magic Prisms Trap Skin'''<br>Shine some light on the darkness!
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Chrome Magic Billiard Ball of Foretelling Trap Skin'''<br>Foretell the future!
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Dark Magic Reflecting Pool Trap Skin'''<br>Take a moment to reflect!
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Circlet of Summoning Trap Skin'''<br>Summon your courage!
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<p>To clarify and reiterate...</p>
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<div style="text-align: center; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em; margin: 1em 0">
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''The bell is ringing!'''</div></div>
  
<p>Anything that will play the game on its own while you are not at your computer constitutes as using a "bot" and will get you banned.</p>
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-- {{MHP|2818486648263450|Norman Hussey}}
  
<p>The MH Toolbar is okay to use.</p>
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<p>Thank you.</p>
 
-- {{MHP|510239199|Franco D'Auria}}
 
 
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=== Trap Check Info ===
 
''{{date|1|April|2009}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>Hello MouseHunt communit-tay!</p>
 
 
 
<p>As many of you are aware, trap checks have not been functioning correctly for quite some time. The problem is proving to be challenging to solve without changing some fundamental gameplay elements that contribute to the passive nature of the game.</p>
 
 
 
<p>This issue is a priority for us and we can only ask for your patience while we work on a solution.</p>
 
 
 
<p>How else can you help us? Well as every seasoned MouseHunter knows all of life's problems can be blamed on the dreaded Glitchpaw mouse and it's about time we fought back with traps! So grab your best trap and be on the lookout for any Glitchpaw mice that come your way. Every one caught is sure to help!</p>
 
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
</blockquote>
 
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 4 May 2024

For older updates, visit the Archive.

CLASSES HAVE BEGUN AT THE SCHOOL OF SORCERY!

23 April 2024

Viceroy hunters and above can now embark on a new adventure.
Study hard to advance from Apprentice to Master at the School of Sorcery!

Classes have begun at the School of Sorcery!

The Mythweaver's latest plot has been discovered and it involves instructing the mice of the Folklore Forest in the ways of his malevolent magic!

The King needs the bravest and most studious MouseHunters, Viceroy and above, to enroll at the new School of Sorcery and teach the Mythweaver and his minions a thing or two about classroom etiquette.

Enrollment Process!

The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice map piece can be purchased from the Bountiful Beanstalk Cartographer for 1,000,000 Gold, 1,000 Golden Goose Eggs, and requires completion of the Slay the Mythical Giant King adventure for any hunters who have yet to obtain it.

Alternatively, hunters who earned Thousandth Draft Derby Cheese during the Spring Egg Hunt can earn the map piece by hunting the M1000 at the Table of Contents.

Lessons in the Science of Refraction

The new Trapsmith at the School of Sorcery has become a master of refractive science and has developed an extraordinary new entry into the line of refractor bases.

Sorcerer's Sapphire Refractor Base
Harness the power of Sorcerer's Sapphires!
Stats
  • Power: 2,500
  • Power Bonus: 20%
  • Attraction Bonus: 50%
  • Luck: 30
  • Cheese Effect: Insanely Fresh
  • Requires: Royal Ruby Refractor Base

Visit the new General Store during recess

This school comes equipped with a General Store that is stocked with powerful items to aid hunters with their studies.

Folklore Motif-Index:
Arcane Luck
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Arcane Power
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Shadow Luck
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Shadow Power
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Forgotten Luck
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Forgotten Power
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Arcane trap is armed

Stock up on School Supplies!

The King has put together some limited time back-to-school specials to enhance your education!

Apprentice Sorcerer Bundle
Everything a freshman needs!
Master Sorcerer Bundle
Start prepping for finals!
Stylish Sorcerer Bundle
Show up to school in style!
Infinite Dark Magic Prisms Trap Skin
Shine some light on the darkness!
Chrome Magic Billiard Ball of Foretelling Trap Skin
Foretell the future!
Dark Magic Reflecting Pool Trap Skin
Take a moment to reflect!
Circlet of Summoning Trap Skin
Summon your courage!
The bell is ringing!

-- Norman Hussey