Author Topic: Just a friendly reminder (Read 1795 times)

Zen · « **Reply #20 on:** December 06, 2005, 05:21:00 AM »

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Ioskeha - 10/17/2005 2:23 PM

My character, Kutya'I, has no name. I ask everyone to ignore what's in my name field. She's told no one in-game her name, so please don't address her as Ku or anything else unless you're character has given her a name.

Hey out there I have 3 PC's & Nez calls her "Wild" / Garnet calls her "Lass" / Zen calls her "Lady or 'To Luna: your soul`"
I have told in tells that this is ok and still respects her wishes.

This is not hard to do please respect her wishes

NEXUS7 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2005, 07:40:00 AM »

A i just rembered what if you get that

"Hi X longtime no see"
Yoi have forgoten if they told you there PC's name so you just take it that they did and say

"Hi Z" Back only then to be told you dont know the PCs real name.
could happon

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #22 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:49:00 PM »

Not meaning to be offensive, but honestly... Some of these posts are bloody near impossible to read. Have none of you heard of a spell-checker, at least? I'm quite respectful of the little (or not so little) mistakes a person whose first language is not the one they're speaking can make, but this is a forum. I posted for a while on a board that was entirely in French, and do you know what I did? I checked it against a french-english dictionary. (Which still left me with slightly akward sentences, and odd tenses of verbs, but at least it was moderately legible.) It's not such a problem as in a few other threads, but... Still. Had to get that rant out of my system.

Now, onto the topic.

When Pyyran hasn't learned another character's name, whom he desperately needs to refer to, it comes out something like one of these:

[In a battle.] Help the priest; I'm fine!

[Wee... Conversation.] Bah... Go away, elf, I've no patience for such frippery. You, though... *He looks to the halfling by the tree.* Tell me more about this 'sphere of annihalation...'

[Greeting someone in a large group.] Aye; I am Pyyran Rahth, adventurer by trade. *He smiles cordially to Robin.* And yourself, miss?

The generally referred-to classes are a good way to refer to someone, if you're stretched for time; as with races. In speech, it makes an incredible amount of sense; in emotes, it's faster to type. If you've got more time, referring to generalities with specifying details in your emotes is a grand idea, and helps to keep the RPing atmosphere stable. As for the last... Sometimes, you just need to let a person know you're talking to them. So, use thier name in the emote, but not in the in-game speech. At least, not until you've learned it.

That about cover it?

EDIT: Oh, one other thing. Emoting thought... Well, in a humorous situation, it can certainly add to the comedy for the players; that's the main use I've found for it. Also, sometimes it's hard to describe the look the character has on his or her face, so a bit of the thought processes behind it is thrown in. Occasionally, it's just an RP hook for the other players. *He shrugs.*

That should do it.

Doc-Holiday · « **Reply #23 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:16:00 PM »

MOWAGE.... Mowage ith wa bwingth uth togwethr twothey.

On a side note; Gulnyer has an excellent point. Listen to him....To .. my hyponotic voice.. You are getting sleepy... very sleepy... your mind is ripe for the *thunk*

*makes the familiar "body on lanoliam" sound as he's dragged off by men in white coats*

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #24 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:22:00 PM »

Mawidge, the bwessed awwangement, that dweam wiffim a dweam...

Red Monkey · « **Reply #25 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:38:00 PM »

*cough*.......ahhhh, given the spirit of the rant....
Linolium......that's the *cough* spelling

Dorganath · « **Reply #26 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:44:00 PM »

*coughs* Linoleum *coughs*

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #27 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:58:00 PM »

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Dorganath - 12/6/2005 4:44 PM *coughs* Linoleum *coughs*

I figured giving a quite from the original script was good enough.

Doc-Holiday · « **Reply #28 on:** December 06, 2005, 02:00:00 PM »

Taking over the world... one post at a time

Red Monkey · « **Reply #29 on:** December 06, 2005, 02:12:00 PM »

I used a brand name.....I stand on my word. Even though it is completely wrong as an actual noun.
*runs off*

Dorganath · « **Reply #30 on:** December 06, 2005, 02:29:00 PM »

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Red Monkey - 12/6/2005 4:12 PM I used a brand name.....I stand on my word. Even though it is completely wrong as an actual noun.
*runs off*

*coughs*
http://www.armstrong.com/resflram/na/linoleum/en/us/

Guardian 452 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 06, 2005, 05:00:00 PM »

Well it's already been hi-jacked.....

*wonders where he has seen this before*

*tries to rember the way to "X"*

Their are many instances where one could and maybe should emote their thoughts... it might spur the DM to ask you to roll ( I LOVE DM that make me use my dice.... I put points in search, spot and listen for a reason!!!!)

I also agree that certain things have no business in emotes or anywhere....

*looks at the whore in the red dress*

That was an emote that was sent to one of my characters once .... which I had a rather lenghty talk to the person who said it in tells then....

Emotes like that are pointless other than to try and grief some one OOC....

*glares at the woman in the red dress* Would have had the intended IC and no OOC response to it.

Bottom line I believe thoughts are great to emote when done with taste and some forethought.

G-452

Doc-Holiday · « **Reply #32 on:** December 06, 2005, 06:10:00 PM »

When playing Weston, I emphasize the three most important things... blind, deaf, and stupid...

Gulnyr · « **Reply #33 on:** December 06, 2005, 08:03:00 PM »

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Doc-Holiday - 12/6/2005 4:16 PM
On a side note; Gulnyer has an excellent point. Listen to him...

Is it just me, or does having someone who appears insane as an advocate really put my credibility into a nose dive?

Variable · « **Reply #34 on:** December 06, 2005, 08:30:00 PM »

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Gulnyr - 12/6/2005 9:03 PM

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Doc-Holiday - 12/6/2005 4:16 PM
On a side note; Gulnyer has an excellent point. Listen to him...

Is it just me, or does having someone who appears insane as an advocate really put my credibility into a nose dive?

*watches Gul's credibility crash and start burning* well it can't really help...

Doc-Holiday · « **Reply #35 on:** December 06, 2005, 09:33:00 PM »

Appearance isn't everything... after all... I wouldn't be allowed to take over the world if everyone actualy belived I was a threat

Etinfall · « **Reply #36 on:** December 07, 2005, 11:14:00 AM »

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Guardian 452 - 12/6/2005 7:00 PM

Well it's already been hi-jacked.....

*wonders where he has seen this before*

*tries to rember the way to "X"*

Their are many instances where one could and maybe should emote their thoughts... it might spur the DM to ask you to roll ( I LOVE DM that make me use my dice.... I put points in search, spot and listen for a reason!!!!)

I also agree that certain things have no business in emotes or anywhere....

*looks at the whore in the red dress*

That was an emote that was sent to one of my characters once .... which I had a rather lenghty talk to the person who said it in tells then....

Emotes like that are pointless other than to try and grief some one OOC....

*glares at the woman in the red dress* Would have had the intended IC and no OOC response to it.

Bottom line I believe thoughts are great to emote when done with taste and some forethought.

G-452

hehe. first I am sick. this might help explain this next statement.

It took me 3 times to finally see you didn't type " *looks at the whole in the red dress* "

I was trying to figure out what was wrong that. Then I tried thinking if I have ever seen Enzo in a red dress

Frendh · « **Reply #37 on:** December 07, 2005, 11:55:00 AM »

I completely disagree with everyone who says using an unknown
name in an emote is wrong.

Emotes are descriptions for the five senses, so in that aspect
I can understand that some people may think using an unknown
name is wrong. But the name is there to prevent misunderstandings
and long unnecessary descriptive texts.

For instance, if I emote *Ender throws a can of black paint at
Giddo* when Ender has no idea who Giddo is. So if there are ten
other PC male gnomes dressed like Giddo (an extreme example to make
the point clearer) around Ender, in all directions, it would be
easy for any of the other players to misunderstand who the target
was. That is, if I emoted without using the name Giddo. And yeah,
Giddo is a gnome.

Emotes are not supposed be difficult to decipher. They are supposed
to quickly give a clear picture of what the character in question is
experiencing. So using the nametag is the most obvious and easy way
to achieve that in many situations.

Adding thoughts and what not seems popular among some players, but
those aren't really emotes. Oh, and a good reason for "emoting"
thoughts is that you can notify the other players OOCly about
something without spouting "//Dude, where's Joe?" after joe have
gotten disconnected. Or correcting other people's misinterpreted
says or emotes.

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #38 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:37:00 PM »

"Unnecessary descriptive text"?

Hello, Roleplaying?

It's not all just running around, crafting and killing stuff, y'know. It's not even just putting words in the mouth of your character... It's giving that character life, and breath, and improving your own skill at describing this, that, and the other.

Different people have different styles of RPing; this is a given. We're not trying to tell you that using someone's name in an emote is a horrible thing, just that actually saying it (both cases assuming your character doesn't know the other's name) can be.

RaWr.

Acacea · « **Reply #39 on:** December 07, 2005, 01:26:00 PM »

In this case, he didn't say that all descriptive text is unnecessary. He said there's nothing wrong with including a name in an emote so that there is a clear indication of who the dead fish to the face is meant for, to avoid confusion. Which is completely reasonable, so I'm not sure where the rant comes in. "Disagree with anyone who says not to use names in emotes" or whatever the quote was. If that doesn't apply to you, then, hey. It's not you.

However, the usefulness of it has already been pointed out, same with the telepathic people and thought emoting.

I decree that the nameless druid shall henceforth be known to all only as Barky, or Treehugger. That is all. Thank you.