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Names have been erased to protect the "innocent" I guess if they want to they can come forward and get their statue from the podium...
Boy #1 exclaims, "Ribs!!!!!!"
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Boy #1 tickles Boy #2 into laughing.
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Boy #2 blinks.
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Boy #1 rummages around in his pockets.
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Boy #2 exclaims, "You won't do it again!"
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Boy #2 glances at Boy #1 and folds his arms over his chest.
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Boy #1 ponders.
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Boy #1 asks, "Feet?"
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Boy #2 glances down.
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Innocent bystander #1 stands up.
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(Boy #1 seems to be looking for a feather.)
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Boy #1 searches around for a moment.
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Boy #2 squints.
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Boy #1 searches around for a moment.
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Boy #1 ponders.
>say this calls for sentimental music
You say, "This calls for sentimental music."
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Boy #1 put a claidhmore in his heavy silk pack.
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Innocent bystander #1 just went west.
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Boy #1 adopts an agreeable expression.
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Boy #2 says, "Hm..."
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Boy #1 says, "Lets see."
>sing I've been really tryin', baby
You sing:
"I've been really tryin', baby"
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Innocent bystander #2 just arrived.
>sing Tryin' to hold back this feelin' for so long
You sing:
"Tryin' to hold back this feelin' for so long"
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Boy #1 cringes.
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You feel at full magical power again.
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Innocent bystander #3 just arrived.
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Innocent bystander #2 removes a dented mithril box from in his inky black greatcloak.
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Boy #1 says, "Dats wors thin being tickled."
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Innocent bystander #2 just went south.
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Innocent bystander #3 just went west.
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A pair of halberd-wielding guards ambles through the area with light-footed steps and watchful eyes.
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Boy #1's face turns slightly pale.
>whisper
Boy #2 grumbles.
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Innocent bystander #5 just arrived.
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Boy #2 gasps.
>whis ooc Innocent bystander #4 i can't help but mix worlds words together when my smart <explitive> side comes out
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Innocent bystander #4, "I can't help but mix worlds words together when my smart <explitive> side comes out."
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Boy #2 makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
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Boy #2 gestures at Boy #1.
A silvery luminescence surrounds Boy #1.
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Boy #2 makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
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Boy #2 gestures at Boy #1.
A bright luminescence surrounds Boy #1.
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Boy #2 makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
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Boy #2 gestures at Boy #1.
A brilliant luminescence surrounds Boy #1.
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Boy #1 exclaims, "Yes it wasent boil eath!"
>sing Then come on, oh, come on
You sing:
"Then come on, oh, come on"
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Boy #2 recites a series of mystical phrases while raising his hands...
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Innocent bystander #4 whispers, "So I see."
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Boy #2 gestures at Boy #1.
Glowing specks of dark brown energy begin to spin around Boy #1.
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Boy #2 cackles!
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Boy #2 intones a phrase of elemental power while raising his hands...
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Boy #2 recites a series of mystical phrases while raising his hands...
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Boy #2 gestures at Boy #1.
Glowing specks of translucent white energy begin to spin around Boy #1.
>sing Whoo, let's get it on
You sing:
"Whoo, let's get it on"
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Boy #2 recites a series of mystical phrases while raising his hands...
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Boy #2 gestures at Boy #1.
Boy #1 looks considerably more imposing.
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Boy #2 covers his ears.
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Innocent bystander #3 just arrived.
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Innocent bystander #3 just went east.
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Boy #1 sings:
"Who knows the silence spell?"
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Boy #2 recites a series of mystical phrases while raising his hands...
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Boy #2 gestures at Boy #1.
Boy #1 looks considerably more imposing.
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Innocent bystander #2 just arrived.
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Innocent bystander #2 just went east.
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Boy #2 just left.
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Boy #2 just arrived.
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Innocent bystander #5 sits down.
>whis ooc Innocent bystander #4 i just cant help myself some times
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Innocent bystander #4, "I just cant help myself some times."
(A few moments later)
(OOC) Innocent bystander #1 player whispers, "Holy <explitive> i just relized (referring to his avatar) is a boy."
I'm sorry but your Golden Kobold was for who exactly? You are able to post names in this folder as it is generally used for kudos and such.
Perhaps this should be placed in a different folder however since it is more a log. Also as a side...might I suggest that while playing a bard you sing songs not already made famous by such icons as Marvin Gaye.
~D
AIM: Delcian
"Only after disaster can we be resurrected." - TD
Seven stars in your cloak shine brightly, forming The Gryphon in the twinkling night sky.
Perhaps this should be placed in a different folder however since it is more a log. Also as a side...might I suggest that while playing a bard you sing songs not already made famous by such icons as Marvin Gaye.
~D
AIM: Delcian
"Only after disaster can we be resurrected." - TD
Seven stars in your cloak shine brightly, forming The Gryphon in the twinkling night sky.
>>Also as a side...might I suggest that while playing a bard you sing songs not already made famous by such icons as Marvin Gaye.
I'd take that one step further and say that no one, of any profession, should be singing songs IG that were made famous (or even just exist for that matter) in the real world. YMMV, of course, but even less than wildly popular songs stand a reasonable chance of being recognized and post the threat of being quite jarring to those trying to remain immersed in our rich fantasy world.
Player of Kyaloria
http://www.kyaloria.com
SN: GS Eunoia
I'd take that one step further and say that no one, of any profession, should be singing songs IG that were made famous (or even just exist for that matter) in the real world. YMMV, of course, but even less than wildly popular songs stand a reasonable chance of being recognized and post the threat of being quite jarring to those trying to remain immersed in our rich fantasy world.
Player of Kyaloria
http://www.kyaloria.com
SN: GS Eunoia
>no one, of any profession, should be singing songs IG that were made famous (or even just exist for that matter) in the real world.
Agreed. Please keep out of genre references and works out of the game.
While not applicable here, this also goes for work submitted for contests and games. If you plagiarize, you'll be disqualified. This happened at every single event I watched at EG this year. Even if you think you found something obscure, someone gets the reference.
Please don't break immersion by bringing OOC references into the game.
~Vanah
Agreed. Please keep out of genre references and works out of the game.
While not applicable here, this also goes for work submitted for contests and games. If you plagiarize, you'll be disqualified. This happened at every single event I watched at EG this year. Even if you think you found something obscure, someone gets the reference.
Please don't break immersion by bringing OOC references into the game.
~Vanah
"Please don't break immersion by bringing OOC references into the game."
Sadly, there was no immersion in that room at that time to begin with. My satire could not have possibly taken away that which did not exist in the first place.
If this is something that is cared about so much then why arn't GM's inside the world policing things to begin with? In real life there are police on patrol to enforce public policy. They don't just wait at the 911 building untill someone calls.
Sadly, there was no immersion in that room at that time to begin with. My satire could not have possibly taken away that which did not exist in the first place.
If this is something that is cared about so much then why arn't GM's inside the world policing things to begin with? In real life there are police on patrol to enforce public policy. They don't just wait at the 911 building untill someone calls.
>>Sadly, there was no immersion in that room at that time to begin with. My satire could not have possibly taken away that which did not exist in the first place.>>
I understand you're not enjoying your time in Ta'Vaalor but it's full of people and stories. Please respect us so that we can continue to try to respect you.
This is actually one of those times i wished you had been there to witness the sillyness. The amount of sillyness coming from a select few is sometimes a bit overwhelming. It's bad enough people don't even understand their own language i.e. what a giggle is and what it is not. What a regular hug is and what it is not. I really think things are going down hill for today's youth. People seem to infer way too much out of certain things and it is that inability to take things at face value that appears to lead to their compulsion for sillyness.
<<Sadly, there was no immersion in that room at that time to begin with. My satire could not have possibly taken away that which did not exist in the first place.
<<If this is something that is cared about so much then why arn't GM's inside the world policing things to begin with? In real life there are police on patrol to enforce public policy. They don't just wait at the 911 building untill someone calls.
The base immersion should be the room's design and other possibilities of roleplaying to go on. Beyond other player characters that you see in the room, towns are considered to have many more people wandering in and out of various rooms depending on how they are described.
As far as GM's "policing" the area, there are easily over 20,000 rooms in the game. There's no way possible that every single room can be policed for various things. GM's also have a variety of other duties that take up their time too. If you read POLICY 2 in-game it specifically states that "The term "out of character" (OOC) means that the player is behaving inconsistently with their character's situation in the game (such as discussing the latest sports event, singing the latest music release, playing the part of a starship captain, or communicating in French, Swahili or any earthly language other than English (Elanthia's Common tongue)."
There's really no watch to make sure that every single instance of something along those lines does not happen. It's up to the players read and remember that there are things that just shouldn't be done.
Although, I'm not saying everybody is perfect, but this is something we all live and learn as we play over the years. I'm sure everyone of us has done something OOC at some point in their playing time and has learned to try and not break other players' immersion into the game by doing it often in public.
-Aulis, friendly advisor
<<If this is something that is cared about so much then why arn't GM's inside the world policing things to begin with? In real life there are police on patrol to enforce public policy. They don't just wait at the 911 building untill someone calls.
The base immersion should be the room's design and other possibilities of roleplaying to go on. Beyond other player characters that you see in the room, towns are considered to have many more people wandering in and out of various rooms depending on how they are described.
As far as GM's "policing" the area, there are easily over 20,000 rooms in the game. There's no way possible that every single room can be policed for various things. GM's also have a variety of other duties that take up their time too. If you read POLICY 2 in-game it specifically states that "The term "out of character" (OOC) means that the player is behaving inconsistently with their character's situation in the game (such as discussing the latest sports event, singing the latest music release, playing the part of a starship captain, or communicating in French, Swahili or any earthly language other than English (Elanthia's Common tongue)."
There's really no watch to make sure that every single instance of something along those lines does not happen. It's up to the players read and remember that there are things that just shouldn't be done.
Although, I'm not saying everybody is perfect, but this is something we all live and learn as we play over the years. I'm sure everyone of us has done something OOC at some point in their playing time and has learned to try and not break other players' immersion into the game by doing it often in public.
-Aulis, friendly advisor
>I'm sure everyone of us has done something OOC at some point in their playing time and has learned to try and not break other players' immersion into the game by doing it often in public.
When I started GS in 2004, I used 'lol' aloud my first...several days in game. This persisted until some nice wizard explained the concept of role-playing (and the laugh verb!) to me. He also taught me how to whisper. Invaluable information.
Mandy
When I started GS in 2004, I used 'lol' aloud my first...several days in game. This persisted until some nice wizard explained the concept of role-playing (and the laugh verb!) to me. He also taught me how to whisper. Invaluable information.
Mandy
>When I started GS in 2004, I used 'lol' aloud my first...several days in game. This persisted until some nice wizard explained the concept of role-playing (and the laugh verb!) to me. He also taught me how to whisper. Invaluable information.--Mandy
I don't think I used 'lol' when I first started playing, but I do remember singing some obscure modern songs in game a few times around then. I like to think that I've improved a little in the 15+ years since then. :3
Now probably more in line with advice on how to do it differently for the OP... I've always envisioned singing real songs that are from the appropriate (approximate) period as being fine so long as the player (or character) isn't claiming credit. Not everyone is up for writing poetry or song, and I get that. Especially if you play a character that is more musically inclined than you are. The difference would be between singing Margaritaville vs. a few verse of Drunken Sailor, the latter of which is a sea shanty (two hundred plus years old) for anyone who might've worked on a ship or lived near the docks or taverns in a port town. It's a bit borderline, originating from the early 1800s, but it's lightyears ahead of the appropriateness of Jimmy Buffet.
Of course, you have to be careful in picking your song since there are some with real world references - in people, places, events, or religion - that is just as inappropriate to mention in GS as the modern song.
- Overlord EK
>You now regard Eorgina with a warm demeanor.
I don't think I used 'lol' when I first started playing, but I do remember singing some obscure modern songs in game a few times around then. I like to think that I've improved a little in the 15+ years since then. :3
Now probably more in line with advice on how to do it differently for the OP... I've always envisioned singing real songs that are from the appropriate (approximate) period as being fine so long as the player (or character) isn't claiming credit. Not everyone is up for writing poetry or song, and I get that. Especially if you play a character that is more musically inclined than you are. The difference would be between singing Margaritaville vs. a few verse of Drunken Sailor, the latter of which is a sea shanty (two hundred plus years old) for anyone who might've worked on a ship or lived near the docks or taverns in a port town. It's a bit borderline, originating from the early 1800s, but it's lightyears ahead of the appropriateness of Jimmy Buffet.
Of course, you have to be careful in picking your song since there are some with real world references - in people, places, events, or religion - that is just as inappropriate to mention in GS as the modern song.
- Overlord EK
>You now regard Eorgina with a warm demeanor.
Just keep in mind that there is a difference between song "structure" and the actual material being used in the song. Using a format for verses, choruses, bridges and solos can cross over to multiple styles of music, but using the actual words from a real song is definitely frowned upon.
GM Marstreforn
GM Marstreforn
>>It's a bit borderline, originating from the early 1800s, but it's lightyears ahead of the appropriateness of Jimmy Buffet.
While I agree with all of the rest of this conversation, I really must take issue with this. There is simply no such thing as inappropriate Jimmy Buffett. Ever. :)
--David
"At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder, 'What would Jimmy Buffett do?'"
While I agree with all of the rest of this conversation, I really must take issue with this. There is simply no such thing as inappropriate Jimmy Buffett. Ever. :)
--David
"At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder, 'What would Jimmy Buffett do?'"
