Talk:Moons

How can we put that these are the only combonation of moons, no double full, or anything not shown? And do it with a nice deminer?--Fly boy42 21:47, 16 March 2006 (CST)

Grimace's observatory text implies that this is the start of a new event/story:

One of the astronomers nods, smiling. "I see you've found Grimace, one of our two moons. Due to its influence on magical energy, ancient scholars called it Magicus Gluteus, or 'The Wizard's Moon'. They also predicted that some sort of terrible catastrophe would befall it..." He turns to look at a calendar. "Well, any day now, actually. But naturally that's a load of rubbish. What could possibly happen?"

In this light I think we should have seperate pages for Ronald and Grimace and each one's unique history (as well as observatory images). --NewZorkBat 11:50, 15 May 2006 (CDT)

A comet seen in the moons "bar" area

As of 7:45AM Eastern Time on Friday, May 26th (Petember 3rd), I saw a comet in the same "bar" area as the moons (next to the Asymmetric Publications copyright notice). I think this represents that in a few days (best guess) one or both moons will be struck by this comet and have their behavior altered, as I think was suggested in a J&S discussion. The comet itself is linked to the Observatory, so this discussion could be moved to that page as well. - Eevle (#76998)

The comet's effect on moon patterns

As of June 3rd, a comet has struck Grimace, leaving a small hole. This may have caused the patterns of Grimace to change. We need someone to see if the stat days have been affected. If not, please tell me, so I can remove the needs work bar. --StrongbadfanEX 08:25, 3 June 2006 (CDT)

• What we know:
  1. Currently, Temporary Lycanthropy gives -50%. That means that with the moons being as they are today, it counts the same as if it was . The white section with the black hole counts as a black section. The black sections with white holes probably count as white sections. Presumably the Talisman of Baio and the Jekyllin hide belt are similarly affected.
• What we won't know without further information (and will be mostly revealed in time if we just watch the sky):
  1. Whether Grimace's phases happen at a different speed now.
  2. How and when becomes .
  3. Whether the hole is actually a hole in Grimace, or a piece of the comet orbiting it.
  4. Whether Grimace== counts as a Muscle day rather than .
  5. If #4 is yes, how this affects Moxie days.
• My gueses are: "No", "Some pattern that doesn't line up with the months (like every 3/5 days, or something)", "Piece of the comet", "Yes", and "Something complicated", respectively. Having #2 not line up with the months will make stat days reasonably complex, without making Grimace have irregular phases (there are still only 8 images for it to go through, so to be regular it would still need a multiple of 8 days in its cycle... otherwise it would be like "2 days on this phase, then 1 on that phase..." which would just be bad... I'm pretty sure Jick said he wanted to avoid this, on the radio show when they were brainstorming about it). Phlip 08:42, 3 June 2006 (CDT)