Thanks to Aquaphire for originally writing this. I have edited and added my own insight in addition to his write up.
How to effectively clash test:
I have realized during my time on jsp, that when people ask me to help them s/e and try to poof an item, they do not know the proper procedure so I have written this little tutorial in hopes to help everyone out. The most surefire way to check if two items are identical is to perm out while having these two items in inventory. Since there are evidently trust issues if you desire to test the other person's items, there is a second way to do this.
What you need:
- 3x available players/keys.
- 1x character containing the permed item
- 1x character containing the unpermed item
- 1x character to perm out the unperm character
Step 1: Char containing the unpermed item perms off the character with neither the perm or unperm item
Step 2: Unperm char perms out, exits, and char with perm-to-be-tested exits immediately after.
Step 3: Char with perm-to-be-tested item rejoins to check.
Fact that should be taken into consideration:
1. Clashing does NOT prove that an item is perm; however, it does eliminate common ids of unperms. It is possible to have different dupes of a same item, therefore, if for example you s/e against 40 unpermed bmanas, all that is confirmed is that the bmana that are seemingly permed are not one of these 40. However, I can guarantee that there are most definitely more than 40 permed bmanas out there.