Not yet, if you look at this:

You will also see that there was a wipe two weeks ago...

Seytra:

Somehow I find it disturbing to package [Sorry, phone is ringing, got to go] and [An envil falls on Gellule] exactly the same way. Even if I expect people to understand what I mean in each case. Maybe you will understand my problem if I tell you that OOC means Out Of Context to me and not Out Of Character.

It\'s anyway a very personal feeling that I can indeed easily resolve (for now) with Darkblade\'s \"/me : An envil falls on Gellule\" (Thank you Darkblade!)

And how about making \"/me:\" or \"/me,\" work? (Quite hard with the current framework, I know, I know...)

Anyway, IMO it\'s a minor change for a minor annoyance.

Hehe, I would never have guessed what your opinion was if it was not for the smiley...

--- A story

Recently, Gellule (that\'s me) met Siroles (my friend) and Arg (Siroles\' pet lizard) somewhere on the path to Ojaveda.
Before fighting a bloody nasty bad consumer, Siroles had to give me Arg. I would take care of little Arg, while Silores is fighting the beast.


\"Siroles extends his arm toward Gellule, Arg runs and jumps on Gellule shoulder\"  (1)

When Silores comes back from his fight I give him back the lizard.

\"Gellule extends his arm toward Silores\"  (2)

Seeing that Silores is covered with blood and mud, the little lizard has a moment of hesitation, and finally decides to go back to Silores.

\"Arg runs on Gellule\'s shoulder and jumps back on Silores\"  (3)

--- The problem

(1) and (2) are easy to produce in chat:

/me do something
/tell someone /me do something
/guild /me do something

How about (3)?

--- The solution

We should have some sort of escape command that removes any leading statement like a \"Someone says: ...\".
We could use /desc for description.

/desc Arg runs on Gellule\'s arms

would give

Arg runs on Gellule\'s shoulder

--- Dislaimer

Any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental.

Just before CB, I gave away all my stuff!  I do not have any problem with people having played CB not being treated \"fairly\".

On the \"dev\" point of view, I\'d rather make sure that some people test my new features (those that require stats or things therefore money) as soon as possible to get rid of the bugs. (I agree with DaveG on that) If you or me are not part of those poeple, who cares?

We will have fun, get beers at the tavern and if we have to pay for those we will either find a way to get some money or RP for some free one.

Rumley, do you mean something like this?

Gellule opens a heavy Ylikean dictionary and reads:


Y?lia?ke?an

adj.

• Of, relating to, or characteristic of Yliakum or its people or culture.
• Of or relating to the Yliakean language.

n.

•   (used with a pl. verb) The people of Yliakum.
•   The original language of Yliakum.
•   A translation into or an equivalent in the Yliakean language.
•   A course or individual class in the study of Yliakean language, literature, or composition.
•   also yliakean

         1. The spin given to a propelled ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.
         2. Bodily movement in an effort to influence the movement of a propelled object; body Yliakean.
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  I do like the last part (noun 5.) with the ball yliakean. Make me think about the kind of game Yliakum people play. Do they actually have any game? Hags, for sure, and...

We should come up with something better for (noun 2.). It does not reflect the various influences on our Yliakean language. Historians of Yliakum I summon your help.

Planeshift is on sourceforge at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/planeshift.

Click on CVS to have access to the web interface.

For the wish, and only the wish, please jump to the end of this post, right after the short story that comes with it.

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This afternoon, Arleena Arlavin (the lady Dermorian on the tavern roof) was telling me about her potions. Telling me? Yea, right... she was not telling much. The only difference I could tell was the color of the strange suff she was selling, wihtout any idea on what the purpose of each bottle was. It\'s not that I do not trust Aleena (her red skin looks suspicious to a white Enkidukai like me), but my only hope was to find a potion master of some sort to help me pick the right stuff.

Golmir? Maybe...

Gellule : \"Hiya Golmir! May I ask you a quick question?\"
Golmir  : Greetings, you may ask, I will answer if I know the answer\"
Gellule : \"Do you have any idea what Aleena, the lady Dermorian on the tavern roof, is actually selling?\"
Golmir  : \"Well, I did not talk to her since the days of Molecular Blue\"
Gellule : \"So you don\'t have any idea what those potions are for?\"
Golmir  : For drinking for sure, but I have no idea on the effects.\"
Gellule : \"Sounds like I have to give it a try... Thanks!\"

Well, I really had to give a try. And even if Golmir had been able to tell me what the effect of each potions was, I would still be wondering if the effect would be the same today.

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Do not mention the purpose of things you can buy or find around unless its very easy to guess.
Your level of knowledge in the field related to the thing you buy/find should modify its description.
If you are not knowledgable your are bound to ask someone to buy the stuff for you or take a risk.
Buying/finding something and trying it, is not a good reason for knowing everything about it next time.
Your skills should make the difference.

- A novice comes to Aleena and try to buy a potion. They all look the same and
he/she will get a random one or maybe a good one if she likes him/her.
- A potion expert comes to Aleena and try to buy a potion. He/she will be able to pick the right stuff.

- A novice walk in the forest and finds a mushroom. He/she thought that the cooking training offered at the tavern was useless. Now, he/she has no idea if this mushroom is good or not.
- Jomed\'s best student would make the difference.

This could apply to many things: potions, weapons, spells, food, animals...


Hope that\'s not a double post. At least you got the story.


-Gellule



PS: Hehe... I gave it a try. I bought a potion, and drank it: no idea what it did to me. Tasted good though.