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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Blind Players
« on: October 09, 2013, 08:30:10 pm »
The "they" mentioned was referring to a group of individuals not yet members of our mud but rather considering it.  Wasn't really sure how else to refer to that specific group with a pronoun other than using 'they' since the group of individuals are not currently 'ours'.  Sorry to have ruffled feathers. Unintended.

Anyway, Thanks Bane for jumping on this. I really appreciate it. This is something that I feel should be a priority for the mud in as much as it can be.

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Blind Players
« on: September 23, 2013, 12:49:28 pm »
Let me offer this motivation. There is a group of visually impaired folks that were going to start their own mud but lack the funding and time it takes to do so. They are all planning to come invade 4D partially due to the assurance I made that we are looking into making some changes and wish to have their input.

I agree about not wanting to lose a lot of stuff like the art. What I am suggesting is more a toggle option than a mud-wide conversion.

I tend to agree with you about the brief command. There doesn't seem to be much we can do about that barring we put bright neon signs up saying :QUEST HINT- THE ITEM YOU NEED IS RIGHT HERE: and of course that would take the fun out of the game.

I hear what you are saying about time constraints. Is there anyway we can get outside help with this? I know that requires pulling a favor but I am thinking this is a worthy goal. We talk about needing to increase our player base- well here is a group of players who could contribute a lot to our game if we let them, not to mention our small crew of V.I. folks that already call 4D home. And the cause is a worthy one regardless.

Granted, I have the same amount of coding knowledge that a rock would have, but it seems to me that some of these changes aren't that hugely major, like putting the mobs and objects before the room description and switching the [####--] to a number-based indicator, and adding a star in front of the skills that are available rather than depending on color. I make all these suggestions as a toggle rather than a mud-wide conversion.

Molly? Xerxes? Any thoughts?

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Blind Players
« on: September 23, 2013, 08:22:17 am »
These are the things I have gathered so far.

-Brief mode skips too many important things. Definitely want to see each room just don't want to read the same thing over and over again. Is there a way to make it so that players can skip through room descriptions that are repetitive, like in mazes?

Personally, I would suggest using brief mode and typing look if you want to see something, but the complaint is that brief mode would skip the important items too, not just the unwanted stuff.

-  Put the mobs and objects before room desc.

- Convert the [#####--] max 600 to  80% used, or 480 used out of 600- on containers.
- Convert all spells and skills percentage used indicators to a number rather a [####---]

- Remove the ascii art from score, worth, and gold. 

- Maybe make a stats command where you can just see:
 STR: 22/30    INT: 22   WIS: 18   CON: 22   DEX: 22   CHA: 35

- The login and menu screens are super spammy. Can we remove the art and move the ABOUT info to a menu option?


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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Blind Players
« on: September 23, 2013, 07:00:15 am »
Has anyone done anything? At least fix the skills available indicator. That's a simple fix. Just put a star next to the ones that are available instead of or in addition to it being green. That one seems to be a bigger problem run into more frequently.

I love the idea of having a toggle for screen readers.

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Roleplay / Re: Talk Like A Pirate Day
« on: September 20, 2013, 11:01:15 am »
Logs from a session between Captain Jack, Lazav, Calypso, and Hideki:






Lazav asks, 'So, Cap'n...how did ye become the best pirate on all the sea?'

Captain Jack says, ' Tha be a long story, matey. Pull up a beanbag an listen to da tale of Captain Jack, Fiercest Pirate on this side of the Time Guardian. '

Lazav sits down upon a beanbag.

Captain Jack says, ' Let me freshin me grog. This be a story that needs plenty of waterin. '

Captain Jack enters into the local pub.

Lazav states, 'That Jack be a silly one.'

Hideki has arrived.
The town slut flutters her eyelashes at Hideki.

A large green dragon swoops down from the clouds and takes Hideki to its nest.

Lazav mutters, 'not seen a dragon recall in years...'

Captain Jack staggers out of the pub, tripping on everything in sight.

Captain Jack hiccups. *HIC!*

Lazav peers around, looking as if it has trouble seeing everything clearly.

Captain Jack says, ' Arr! Ahoy there, Blood Baron. Ye be ready fer the tale of da centruy? '

Lazav asks, 'What is the tale?'

Captain Jack says, ' ye asked me how me cames ta be the best pirate in the 7 seas. '

Lazav states, 'Arr, I be listening.'

Lazav perks its ears up and listens intently.

Captain Jack says, ' It were nearly 25 year back when i was but a first mate to Cap'n Elmer Fairydancer. '

Lazav snickers softly.

Lazav asks, 'Aye, Fairydancer?'

Captain Jack says, ' A course, we didn't call him that. Lacks in the fearsome department. '

Lazav snickers softly.

Captain Jack says, ' We called him Cap'n Jagged! '

Lazav states, 'Oh my.'

Captain Jack says, ' For his eye was a fearsome ugly sight indeed. '

Captain Jack says, ' He ne'er covered it, but left it flappin out in the sea air. '

Lazav mutters, 'Arr...'

Captain Jack says, ' He were a fair Cap'n always paid me wages n gave me and da rest a da boys a bit a extra now and again. '

Lazav states, 'Seems like a nice swashbuckler.'

Captain Jack says, ' But That weren't enough for some of the scurvy sea snakes aboard the ship. '

Captain Jack says, ' Got greedy they did. '

Captain Jack says, '  Planned a mutiny! '

Lazav goes, 'ooOOooOOooOOoo'

Captain Jack says, ' The mutiny was led by the scoundrel Tobias Slaughter, who was workin as the ships galley mate. '

Captain Jack says, ' Rumor say he were as mean and heartless as the snakes tattooed on his arm. '

Lazav states, 'Arr...heard a' him once.'

Captain Jack says, ' Some stories e'en talked about him gougin the eyes out of his enemies and leavin them alive to live out their days a cripple. '

Lazav cringes in terror!

Captain Jack says, ' then use the eyes in jams and pies. '

Lazav mutters, 'Oh my...'

Captain Jack says, ' a mean cold hearted snake he were,  but his pies were noted fer their pungent taste, quite a favorite among the crew. '

Lazav states, 'Aye, a good cook me sees.'

Captain Jack says, ' Anyway, Slaughter an his men planned an upheav'l. '

Captain Jack says, ' On the Cap'n's birthday, Slaughter made him a surprise rum cake. '

Captain Jack says, ' the surprise be the gunpoweder, said he. '

Lazav giggles.

Captain Jack says, ' I didn't hear a the plan til the whole thing was carried out, and the capn lay dead upon the poop deck. '

Lazav mutters, 'Not the poop deck...'

Captain Jack says, ' Slaughter an his men had won an there be nothin left fer me to do but to find the remaining faithful members, an escape. '

Captain Jack says, '  this wornt ta be over, thought I. '

Captain Jack says, ' Nay! I would avenge me beloved Cap'n Fairydancer-- erm Cap'n Jagged. '

Lazav snickers softly.

Captain Jack says, ' Me an me crew found safe harbor in Barcelona, on the coast of the purdiest sea ye e'er seen. '

Captain Jack says, ' When the scoundrel made his way back to day coast, as me be knowin he mye, me crew disguised oursevles as Spanish sailors lookin fer work. '

Lazav puckers its mouth up into a little 'o'.

Captain Jack says, '  We waited three whole week afore we made our move. '

Lazav mutters, 'Tha' be a long time now...'

Hideki has arrived.

The town slut flutters her eyelashes at Hideki.

Captain Jack says, ' We were somewhere in da middle of da Atlantic blue when me men prepped da escape boat and set da whole damned ship on fire. '

Captain Jack says, ' We left unscathed and watched as da ship n crew burn ta nothin '

Captain Jack says, ' Unbeknownst to us at da time, the pox ridden sea snake made it out with his life. '

Captain Jack says, ' Aye that is was, matey. but Christ had nothin ta do with what happened next. '

Lazav mutters, 'Aye...'

Lazav peers around, looking as if it has trouble seeing everything clearly.

Hideki asks, 'what happened?'

Captain Jack says, ' We used the loot we plundered from the ship to buy a small merchant ship. '

Captain Jack says, ' We set sail and found another small ship, an boarded it. '

Lazav squints and looks very shifty.

Hideki sits down upon a beanbag.

Captain Jack says, ' this one be one with canons and powder and the like. '

Lazav states, 'Arrr...a good one.'

Captain Jack says, ' T'werent very big but it be good enough. '

Captain Jack says, ' We used that ship to attack and acquire a slightly larger ship. '

Captain Jack says, ' and so on til we got ourselves the Naked Gull- fiercest ship this side of the Med Sea. '

Lazav goes, 'ooOOooOOooOOoo'

Captain Jack thinks back on an old memory and laughs.

Captain Jack says, ' Arr, me hearties, I be forgettin ta tell ye me favorite story. '

Lazav nods.
 
Lazav perks its ears up and listens intently.

Captain Jack says, ' One night, as we pirates tend ta do, we drank ourselves into a stupor, an somehow lost the hats of every crew member aboard. '

Captain Jack says, ' Well, that be no problem for the rapidly growing most fearsome band in the Sea. '

Lazav mutters, 'Arr how do ye possibly lose that many hats...'

Captain Jack says, 'Nay I don't be rememberin that part, matey. We was three sails to da wind, we was. Rye bad off. Alls me be knowin is there wornt a single hat on board.'

Captain Jack says, ' We boarded a ship the next morn, demanded they give us all their hats... '

Captain Jack says, ' They were scared of Fearsome Jack and me crew of merciless seadogs. They gave no disagreement about givin us what we asked fer.

Captain Jack, 'We took the hats, an left without stealin a single other thing.'

Captain Jack snickers at some secret joke.

Captain Jack says, ' That be a good story, it be. '

Captain Jack says, ' anyway, I be gettin sidetracked. '

Lazav snickers softly.

Captain Jack hiccups. *HIC!*

Lazav states, 'That be a good one indeed.'

Captain Jack says, ' So we heard rumor that Slaughter had indeed escaped. '

Captain Jack says, ' His whole crew went down but not he. He left his sinking ship like the yellow bellied pestual infested coward he be. '

Captain Jack says, ' He somehow commandeered a ship and a few mates that be as dirty as he. '

Captain Jack says, ' And went about from port to port, kidnappin people ad forcin them to work on his ship. '

Captain Jack says, ' as he learned, it wornt da best way of gaining loyalty from his crew. '

Lazav states, 'Arr, that be true.'

Captain Jack sickers to himself.

Lazav states, 'Aye, ye be drinking too much Cap'n.  Sickering.'

Captain Jack drunkenly staggers around the room.

Captain Jack hiccups. *HIC!*

Captain Jack says, ' Aye matey, I be doing good ta remember where me own feet arrr '

Captain Jack says, ' It didn't take mech to find him and his hole in the sea he called a ship. '

Captain Jack says, 'We found the poxridden cockroach and his band of miscreants and forced labor.

Captain Jack says, ' We rammed the ship from the port bow. '

Captain Jack says, ' And boarded. "Cap'n" Slaughter an his crew be waitin fer us.  '

Captain Jack says, ' Slaughter recognized me from when we served together under Cap'n Jagged. He sneered like the rat he be an asked if'n I be there to avenge me Cap'n's life or his eye tha he took years before tha '

Lazav states, 'Arr, bet he din't stand a chance.'

Captain Jack says, ' A mean snake like Slaughter dint survive on good looks, matey. He be knowin how ta fight. '

Lazav nods at Captain Jack.

Captain Jack says, ' His men outnumbered me crew but I had loyalty on me side. An that of a right cause! '

Lazav nodnods excitedly.

Captain Jack says, ' We cornered Slaughter and his crew and gave him one last chance to surrender. '

Captain Jack says, ' We knew he wornt ta take it but we made the offer none da less. '

Hideki drinks whisky from a glass of Scotch whiskey.

Captain Jack says, ' The legend go tha we defeated the seasnake in a fight tha went down in history books but between you and me, lad, tha ain't e'zactly wha happ'n'd. '

Lazav eyes Captain Jack from head to toe... What could this mean?

Captain Jack says, ' Ye see, at the mention of the word surrender, his ill-gotten crew of forced labor turned on him, agreein to work for me for peanuts. '

Lazav asks, 'Fer peanuts?'

Captain Jack says, ' Aye, peanuts. Their words of acceptance were, an i quote, 'Why the hell not" '

Lazav snickers softly.

Captain Jack says, ' Thus I had command of the finest ship and the biggest crew in al of da 7 seas. '

Lazav states, 'What a tale.'

Captain Jack says, ' as for Slaughter, we used his head as a decoration hangin off da side a me ship. '

Captain Jack says, ' That be the truth, matey, in its entirety. '

Lazav says, 'Aye'

Captain Jack says, ' at least, tha be the way *I* tell it, lad, an ain't no one here to be contradictin me. '

Captain Jack winks.

Lazav winks at Captain Jack.

Captain Jack makes a wide gesture with his hand.

Lazav claps its hands together for Captain Jack.

Lazav says, 'that was a good story'

Calypso scoffs.

Lazav gives Calypso the eye, looking her up and down from head to toe.

Hideki drinks whisky from a glass of Scotch whiskey.

Captain Jack says, ' Aye... "Why the hell not"  '

Hideki drinks whisky from a glass of Scotch whiskey.

Hideki drinks whisky from a glass of Scotch whiskey.

Hideki drinks whisky from a glass of Scotch whiskey.

Captain Jack says, ' That became me crew's warcry- "Why the hell not!". '

Hideki exclaims, 'heaor heahr!'

Captain Jack says, ' It be written on our own Jolly Roger too. '

Captain Jack hiccups. *HIC!*

Calypso states, 'I am pretty sure you made up at least half of that.'

Captain Jack says, ' Ain't no one ask ye a damned thing, ye saucy wench'

Calypso eyes Captain Jack from head to toe... Hmmmmmm...

Lazav states, 'Arr, do not be talkin' to the Goddess like that.'

Captain Jack says, ' Pardon me, Miss. I be forgettin meself. '

Lazav eyes Captain Jack from head to toe... What could this mean?

Calypso SLAYS Captain Jack mercilessly.

Lazav snickers softly.

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Blind Players
« on: September 17, 2013, 10:04:18 am »
Well it could be one tier bar for each tier. Or we could simply add T# in front of it. Otherwise perhaps use a symbol to indicate certain tiers. I.E. v for T1, < for T2, ^ for T3, and > for T4.

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Suggestions & Ideas / Blind Players
« on: September 15, 2013, 10:27:33 am »
We have enough blind players  8) to justify changing some things around to make it fair for them. Anything that relies on color as an indicator should be changed. For instance, instead of having a colored tier bar in front of a mob, we can use T4 or |||| as an indicator. And instead of the skills/spells being in green to indicate which ones a player can train, just use a *. 

Can you think of anything else like this?

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Pre title and log messages
« on: September 05, 2013, 08:43:07 am »
Its not that original of an idea but doing a mud-wise quest to kill spiders would be a fine way of introducing Toch's new zone. If I can think of anything more creative than that, I will post it here.

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Pre title and log messages
« on: September 03, 2013, 10:11:42 pm »
Ideas have been sent to your email  :D

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Better race attributes
« on: August 19, 2013, 10:15:00 am »
Clans, roleplay groups, not to mention HERO, Helpers, and Thief/Killer/Outcast.... Do we really want to add another aspect to this game? Clans could substitute religion, or subskills can be used to get the bonus perks. Adding religion would not only yet another faction to the game that might overwhelm newbies, but it is a lot of coding work to add something like that to the mud, I assume. Nobody is going to volunteer for that right now, not when so much else is going on. Best stick with easier ways of accomplishing your goals.

Brought to you by my $0.02.

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Suggestions & Ideas / Channel for Roleplay Groups
« on: August 13, 2013, 12:43:56 pm »
If the complaint is that there is not enough roleplay in game, how about we add a channel for each rp group to use?

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Better race attributes
« on: August 12, 2013, 12:41:45 pm »
I am loving it! It makes sense role play-wise, and those are truly helpful skills. How do we get Imm approval on this and get a coder to start working on it?


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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Better race attributes
« on: August 11, 2013, 11:02:12 am »
Martians should not lose so much move points or stamina in space. But for some reason they get the benefit of being able to breath under water instead. 

Indians should get a resistance to heat and an innate ability to scalp

Gringos- I liked the idea of having lower bank transaction fees. Perhaps give them the ability to pull more money from kills, like a small level pillage subskill.

Faun- increased speed, better chance of wood singing a badass stave,

Spacewolf - should great a butt ton of coolness points because well, it's a spacewolf!

Centaur should be faster than any other race, be able to carry more than any other race, but should have to wear a poop catching bag everywhere they go. I can't tell you how many times I have wished that when I go arti farming with my pet centaur.




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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Sweetheart PK Tournament
« on: August 10, 2013, 03:17:10 pm »
I can speak for Stile and say we are all in.

I would be interested in getting the following couples:

- Jaros and Tamyrlin
- Estidn and Kitolani
- Jason and SyntacticSugar
- Tocharaeh and Sarias

Am I leaving out anyone?

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Suggestions & Ideas / Re: Sweetheart PK Tournament
« on: August 10, 2013, 01:11:39 pm »
Although that would require a builder etc. I don't see it happening. I think if we keep it simple, it has a better chance of happening. But for the record, Erwin, I love your idea about reusing the sig other from danger. That would make for fun role play!

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