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>> You spelled it wrong, it's e e cummings
http://www.gvsu.edu/english/cummings/caps2.html
Rev. Reene
The black panther growls, "Are you blind Tachid? Kill Caelumia."
>
Tachid says, "SHE HAS BLUE FIRE"
>>anyway, i'm just sayin grammar doesnt always represent speech well.
This is true.
But there isn't a problem in representation here; there's a problem in interpretation.
---
"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
This is true.
But there isn't a problem in representation here; there's a problem in interpretation.
---
"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
<<There was some MUD I was playing that would automatically add periods to the end of your sentence and caps the first letter of your sentence(I think it was HV). If we had something like that in DR, might be worthwhile.>>
We had it briefly, but it caused some problems with quests that required you to say something specific and the system wasn't set up to ignore punctuation so it was removed.
It'll be back though. Much sooner rather than later.
You can add me to the list of people who don't understand why people complained about it, too.
Solomon
Fight me:
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We had it briefly, but it caused some problems with quests that required you to say something specific and the system wasn't set up to ignore punctuation so it was removed.
It'll be back though. Much sooner rather than later.
You can add me to the list of people who don't understand why people complained about it, too.
Solomon
Fight me:
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>>If it's a consistant thing then i'd say yes but i type fast and sometimes I don't hit the last key hard enough before I hit enter
Nothing like trying to say "But then they were all shot" and typoing the key to the left of the O when doing so, and already hitting return before you realized this.
Nothing like trying to say "But then they were all shot" and typoing the key to the left of the O when doing so, and already hitting return before you realized this.
For those of us who do have enough competence to use punctuation on our own, please make sure the new thing doesn't screw it up. Thx.
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"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
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"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
Something you might add... convert / and , at the end of a say into punctuation. I probably end up with a / instead of a ? or a , instead of . at least once a week, and my character's not even talkative.
Also, it would be nice if '{<charactername> worked the same as '}<charactername>.
It may not be the update of the century, but it would be convinient and score DR some points for style. Laziness FTW!
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
Also, it would be nice if '{<charactername> worked the same as '}<charactername>.
It may not be the update of the century, but it would be convinient and score DR some points for style. Laziness FTW!
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
<<Something you might add... convert / and , at the end of a say into punctuation. I probably end up with a / instead of a ? or a , instead of . at least once a week, and my character's not even talkative.
Here's my vote for the removal of extra ???'s and !!!'s at the end of a sentence as well please. Removing extra ...'s beyond a third would be nice as well, but not too necessary since they're not that common.
-Evran
Crackling with unspent rage since 386AV.
Here's my vote for the removal of extra ???'s and !!!'s at the end of a sentence as well please. Removing extra ...'s beyond a third would be nice as well, but not too necessary since they're not that common.
-Evran
Crackling with unspent rage since 386AV.
>>Removing extra ...'s beyond a third would be nice as well, but not too necessary since they're not that common.
<memories of punctuation lessons>
An ellipsis is comprised of three periods (or full stops for you British folk). An ellipsis can be used at the end of a sentence in two ways: to indicate a continuation of a thought, in which case a standard ellipsis will do (typically when followed by an ellipsis at the beginning of the next statement), or to indicate a thought trailing off, in which case the ellipsis is followed by a period.
</punctuation mems>
In short, "...." is sometimes appropriate at the end of a phrase. Generally, though, I agree with your idea of a cutoff on strings of periods, because when I see "..........." it makes me sadface just a little.
~player of Gulphphunger
<memories of punctuation lessons>
An ellipsis is comprised of three periods (or full stops for you British folk). An ellipsis can be used at the end of a sentence in two ways: to indicate a continuation of a thought, in which case a standard ellipsis will do (typically when followed by an ellipsis at the beginning of the next statement), or to indicate a thought trailing off, in which case the ellipsis is followed by a period.
</punctuation mems>
In short, "...." is sometimes appropriate at the end of a phrase. Generally, though, I agree with your idea of a cutoff on strings of periods, because when I see "..........." it makes me sadface just a little.
~player of Gulphphunger
Depending on my mood at the time I'm always either irritated or amused by the following:
XXXXX says, "..."
Also good is this one:
XXXXX says, "?"
Or for those who live on the edge:
XXXXX says, "...?"
I'm even more amused by the thought of having grammar/punctuation ninjas pop out and assassinate those who do it. Too bad that's not supported by mechanics.
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
XXXXX says, "..."
Also good is this one:
XXXXX says, "?"
Or for those who live on the edge:
XXXXX says, "...?"
I'm even more amused by the thought of having grammar/punctuation ninjas pop out and assassinate those who do it. Too bad that's not supported by mechanics.
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
I think people just don't know a lot of the verbs available. GAWK, WHAT and PUZZLE are useful weapons in my arrpee arsenal.
Rev. Reene
Reene: tie a scimitar to your fist.
Kystrk: that would just be unrealistic
Reene: because jump kicking someone from hiding and vaporizing their skull is super realistic
Kystrk: I was wearing footwraps
Rev. Reene
Reene: tie a scimitar to your fist.
Kystrk: that would just be unrealistic
Reene: because jump kicking someone from hiding and vaporizing their skull is super realistic
Kystrk: I was wearing footwraps
>>I'm even more amused by the thought of having grammar/punctuation ninjas pop out and assassinate those who do it. Too bad that's not supported by mechanics.
I support coding these.
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"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
I support coding these.
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"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
>>I'm even more amused by the thought of having grammar/punctuation ninjas pop out and assassinate those who do it. Too bad that's not supported by mechanics.
That'd be a bit much. Missing your punctuation isn't the end of the world, it's simply a useful indicator for how much skill and effort a potential roleplayer is putting into the act.
First impressions are important, make sure you capitalize on them properly.
-Armifer
<Kvlt> Step 1: Want stuff! Step 2: Be ambitious! Step 3: Believe in the ability of your fellow man to carry you to heights you are too incompetent to reach alone.
That'd be a bit much. Missing your punctuation isn't the end of the world, it's simply a useful indicator for how much skill and effort a potential roleplayer is putting into the act.
First impressions are important, make sure you capitalize on them properly.
-Armifer
<Kvlt> Step 1: Want stuff! Step 2: Be ambitious! Step 3: Believe in the ability of your fellow man to carry you to heights you are too incompetent to reach alone.
>> First impressions are important, make sure you capitalize on them properly.
ugh
Rev. Reene
Reene: tie a scimitar to your fist.
Kystrk: that would just be unrealistic
Reene: because jump kicking someone from hiding and vaporizing their skull is super realistic
Kystrk: I was wearing footwraps
ugh
Rev. Reene
Reene: tie a scimitar to your fist.
Kystrk: that would just be unrealistic
Reene: because jump kicking someone from hiding and vaporizing their skull is super realistic
Kystrk: I was wearing footwraps
I was actually talking about the people who use ONLY punctuation in their say. I miss punctuation all the time when I'm in a hurry, but you'll never see 'Vashir says, "..."' or anything like that.
THAT warrants a ninja.
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
THAT warrants a ninja.
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
>>I think people just don't know a lot of the verbs available. GAWK, WHAT and PUZZLE are useful weapons in my arrpee arsenal.
I'm one of the '... ers, and I use gawk and puzzle often enough. The ... feels more appropriate sometimes, like where you just start making a noise but it never quite goes anywhere. Kind of like uhh.. but I don't want to sit there going 'uuhhh..
Anyway I'm weird and nobody should do the things I do. But I will make sure to do them more around Vash.
I'm one of the '... ers, and I use gawk and puzzle often enough. The ... feels more appropriate sometimes, like where you just start making a noise but it never quite goes anywhere. Kind of like uhh.. but I don't want to sit there going 'uuhhh..
Anyway I'm weird and nobody should do the things I do. But I will make sure to do them more around Vash.
<<I'm one of the '... ers, and I use gawk and puzzle often enough. The ... feels more appropriate sometimes, like where you just start making a noise but it never quite goes anywhere. Kind of like uhh.. but I don't want to sit there going 'uuhhh..
I forget the syntax, but there is a verb out there that gives the message that you're about to say something but stop yourself.
Also:
ACT starts to say something, but trails off before so much as one word is formed.
ACT looks like he wants to say something, but is too dumbfounded to manage it.
ACT etc...
-Evran
Crackling with unspent rage since 386AV.
I forget the syntax, but there is a verb out there that gives the message that you're about to say something but stop yourself.
Also:
ACT starts to say something, but trails off before so much as one word is formed.
ACT looks like he wants to say something, but is too dumbfounded to manage it.
ACT etc...
-Evran
Crackling with unspent rage since 386AV.
>>I forget the syntax, but there is a verb out there that gives the message that you're about to say something but stop yourself.
My friend and I were talking about this earlier, and we came to the conclusion that a "mouth" verb would be amazing. Like
>mouth }person Is he crazy?
>person1 turns to person2 and mouths "Is he crazy?"
Maybe with a perception check, I dunno. It was a fun thought.
My friend and I were talking about this earlier, and we came to the conclusion that a "mouth" verb would be amazing. Like
>mouth }person Is he crazy?
>person1 turns to person2 and mouths "Is he crazy?"
Maybe with a perception check, I dunno. It was a fun thought.
<<Anyway I'm weird and nobody should do the things I do. But I will make sure to do them more around Vash. >>
Crap. I knew I shouldn't have posted that.
<<mouth verb>>
Good idea!
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
Crap. I knew I shouldn't have posted that.
<<mouth verb>>
Good idea!
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
<<My friend and I were talking about this earlier, and we came to the conclusion that a "mouth" verb would be amazing.>>
Hah.
I like that.
Solomon
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Hah.
I like that.
Solomon
Fight me:
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>>ACT starts to say something, but trails off before so much as one word is formed.
No one uses ACT. =( This makes me sad.
---
"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
No one uses ACT. =( This makes me sad.
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"Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth..
And the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be." - Erik Claudin
Act is great, but it's more fun to use obscure verbs that only the really devoted roleplayers know.
-- Player of Szrael --
You grip the oversized book hanging from your leather belt and survey the area with a hint of malice in your eyes.
With a violent cross-body motion, you draw your oversized book.
-- Player of Szrael --
You grip the oversized book hanging from your leather belt and survey the area with a hint of malice in your eyes.
With a violent cross-body motion, you draw your oversized book.
>For those of us who do have enough competence to use punctuation on our own, please make sure the new thing doesn't screw it up. Thx.
This. Having two periods at the end of all my sentences would seriously outweigh the benefit of putting one on the end of all the others.
>like where you just start making a noise but it never quite goes anywhere.
Mm, glottal stop. The closest thing we have in English is a hyphen or an apostrophe in certain words. Since the international symbol for it won't work here, you could try some onomatopoeia instead. "Keh?" "Gwuh?" "Hn..." or possibly "Nrr..."
This. Having two periods at the end of all my sentences would seriously outweigh the benefit of putting one on the end of all the others.
>like where you just start making a noise but it never quite goes anywhere.
Mm, glottal stop. The closest thing we have in English is a hyphen or an apostrophe in certain words. Since the international symbol for it won't work here, you could try some onomatopoeia instead. "Keh?" "Gwuh?" "Hn..." or possibly "Nrr..."
<<This. Having two periods at the end of all my sentences would seriously outweigh the benefit of putting one on the end of all the others.>>
I get the feeling that the GMs are aware of this and will put a check in to make sure it doesn't add a period if there's punctuation there already.
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
I get the feeling that the GMs are aware of this and will put a check in to make sure it doesn't add a period if there's punctuation there already.
The pulzone lands a powerful strike that pokes the steel-tipped pulzone into the gryphon's rear end (more embarrassing than painful!).
The steel-tipped pulzone lodges itself shallowly into the forest gryphon!
It didn't add extra periods. It only punctuated for you if your sentence lacked punctuation altogether.
Rev. Reene
Reene: tie a scimitar to your fist.
Kystrk: that would just be unrealistic
Reene: because jump kicking someone from hiding and vaporizing their skull is super realistic
Kystrk: I was wearing footwraps
Rev. Reene
Reene: tie a scimitar to your fist.
Kystrk: that would just be unrealistic
Reene: because jump kicking someone from hiding and vaporizing their skull is super realistic
Kystrk: I was wearing footwraps
<<<<I forget the syntax, but there is a verb out there that gives the message that you're about to say something but stop yourself.>>
<<throw voice when you don't actually have the ability.
I thought that was 'so-and-so appears to be trying to say something but his lips are closed' or something like that.
-Evran
Crackling with unspent rage since 386AV.
<<throw voice when you don't actually have the ability.
I thought that was 'so-and-so appears to be trying to say something but his lips are closed' or something like that.
-Evran
Crackling with unspent rage since 386AV.
