Noob's Guide to the Sprite World

Published here: https://forums.wildshadow.com/node/194159

Bluebird curse still works

All my characters that equipped the bluebird (the new, sandy one) died soon for strange reasons. That's a fact. As soon as death became possible after removal of ammies.

That's why I stopped using the bluebird as a pet. But it can't be true, I'm not superstitious so...

I recently decided to prove that belief in "bluebird curse" is bullshit and I  equipped the bluebird again. Because it looks cool. And after 2 days of playing with it...

Totally unexpected death of my 5/8 (1 att to 6/8) huntress by... Septavius? WTF, I never died by Septavius. I can't even tell how it happened. My health just dropped, almost instantly. Casualties: backpack, clothes, 6/8 pots, dbow, cbow, csilk, nile and over 500 base fame.

I should have dropped that stupid bluebird long ago. But... it looks cool.
It's good that my mystic has a Valentine. Otherwise I'd surely equip that killer bluebird.

I am the bluebird of doom.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Avoid Kongregate

I made a mistake of making a heavy investments into RotMG account created at Kongregate.
Generally it's not that bad but there are some inconveniences:

• When Kongregate is down I cannot play the game.
• Kongregate doesn't use encrypted connection (HTTPS), so the account is less secure. Security is not a big issue for someone who plays flash games casually. However, RotMG accounts may be worth hundreds of dollars.
• I cannot use the Kong name glitch to make myself unnamed or change name for free.
• The "secret" (equivalent of password) does not change. Changing Kongregate password changes the auth token for the loader but the "secret" credentials remain the same. That means if your account is compromised - it will stay compromised. There are cases of people who got hacked repeatedly after they linked to Kongregate. Changing their password didn't help because the hackers could still access the account through Kongregate.
• Kongregate site has flash ads that eat processor power and may cause lag. Fortunately they can be blocked. Also a flash projector can be used with Kongregate account, without entering Kong website. However that may change in the future.
• At some point you may want to sell your account. Selling the RotMG account created at Kongregate may be complicated or impossible without selling also the whole Kongregate account that may have other games linked and invested in, plus all Kongregate progress (rank, badges, uploads, forum posts, friends, followers, etc.)

The possible benefits:

• E-mail is not displayed in main menu, the Kongregate username is displayed instead. That may be convenient for people who stream their gameplay / make videos.
• Kongregate chat. I don't need it but for some people use it.

I knew about this when I invested like $20 and maybe a blue star. I thought it's a big thing then. But now it's something I can now rebuild in one day.

Protip: create your main account at www.realmofthemadgod.com. Avoid Kongregate, Steam and Kabam sites and investing into accounts created there.