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Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by Artos13 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:28 pm

Alright, so the last few nights I've been taking the time to actually play this crazy game we've got here. I have to say, without getting into individuals, I want to make a general kudos to the entire playerbase. Here's why:

• I surprisingly have lots of questions about how things work now (as a player). Sending anonymous tells to players has yielded 100% success in answering my questions and I've found all players to be not only very helpful, but also very kind and welcoming and nice.

• Making the world come ALIVE! I've been wandering all around and have seen lots of very creative fixture descriptions and setups all over the place. From statues of deities to dedications to heroes past, and all the paintings everywhere depicting game events from the older days, I love it all (well almost all, read below). It's great stuff!

Here's my one gripe though, and it might not be fun to read: I've also seen a bunch of fixtures that if I were on as a DM, I would have nuked.

Just as a head's up: If I've put a descriptive trigger text next to something, like the shack in the Arelith Forest West near the termites that states: "This shack is beyond repair..." it doesn't make much sense to put a dozen fixtures around it stating how it's not a shack that is beyond repair, but in fact a construction zone. I'm gonna blow things up like this, because its in direct conflict with something in-game.

Also something to be careful of: Building your temple in a monster lair. I see lots of dwarven pantheon statues everywhere, and I admire the work put in, but why are there a bunch in places that monsters lair in? I'll likely also blow things up like this too, as that's what the monsters would do if they woke up in their homes and saw the dwarven pantheon in their faces.

Anyways, sorry to get negative in a kudos post. It's meant more as a cautionary tale. Still, I've been having an absolute blast the last few nights playing, and I've been impressed with the great RP I've stumbled into all over the place. You guys rock!
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Re: Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by The Rambling Midget » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:36 pm

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Post by Mithreas » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:37 pm

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Re: Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by Drake Strongfist » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:13 pm

Yeah that one place with the dwarf Pantheon also has a side section where a character I used to play set up a camp. She would stay there and "protect" the "holy site" and clean up after the monsters and all that. So at least for that bit there used to be rp supporting the fixtures being there and all that but I completely agree with you. I tend to be of the mindset that too much of a good thing is still too much. Often I find the areas where fixture items are used to mimic this or that just looks cluttered and yucky. Anyway we dorfs got an actual temple now so go ahead and nuke it.....*nostalgia sets in*..Man I'll miss that camp, even if it is cluttered and yucky heh.

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Re: Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by Cuchilla » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:02 pm

Sometimes I see fixtures put up, and get this feeling: Yes, it maybe pleases the players who set them up, and a few more. But: How many players get their fun ruined, passing those some fixtures?

It's a delicate question, which should be handled carefully by players. I have no doubt that most players put up fixtures to enrich the world, and not ill-intented. But sometimes, they just don't fit in.

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Post by LittleWeasel » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:27 pm

I don't mind fixtures. I mind if they just say:

Fixture: Bench. Standard description.

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Post by The Rambling Midget » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:30 pm

*stares at Fixture: Bench*

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Post by Tashalar » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:33 pm

LittleWeasel wrote:I don't mind fixtures. I mind if they just say:

Fixture: Bench. Standard description.

We have such a wonderful customization feature. Would love to see it used more :)
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Post by Nekonecro » Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:11 pm

LittleWeasel wrote:I don't mind fixtures. I mind if they just say:

Fixture: Bench. Standard description.

We have such a wonderful customization feature. Would love to see it used more :)
Very occasionally when I see fixtures like this I steal them, take them to get enchanted and write up a little something before putting it back. However I try to keep to the 24 hour rule on stealing when it comes to this.

Actually I wonder if stealing an undescribed fixture, describing it and putting it back counts under that rule but it's better to play it safe.

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Post by DM_Ironfist » Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:39 pm

But I love my 'Bench' - This appears to be a Bench. Fixtures. Darn you playerbase.

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Re: Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by Artos13 » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:21 pm

I don't want people to feel like every bench and chair has to have an epic bio on it either.

I just want people to understand that placeables are what they are (or should be close). Message boards are not scaffolding, chairs are not catapults, etc.

Still, I see the vast majority of placeables as being just fine, and thus the kudos!

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Post by LittleWeasel » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:49 pm

;) I was half kidding,.. A bench doesn't have to have an epic bio. But the fixture tag I alwaydls stumble over ;) but don't mind me. I'm just a zealot :P

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Post by Irongron » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:29 pm

I too am often amazed by the quality of the role-players.

That being said excessive fixtures do irk me a little, especially in hostile areas. One thing I have been doing in the UD is removing/reducing wild animal spawns in areas where PCs have placed a lot of fixtures, especially fires, as this would naturally lead to the animals steering clear of those places.

Hopefully this will encourage more 'nature' PCs to take a hand by discouraging the 'urbanization' of wilderness areas, unless of course it's they actually want to see these empty map areas.

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Re: Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by Tashalar » Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:27 am

LittleWeasel wrote:;) I was half kidding,.. A bench doesn't have to have an epic bio. But the fixture tag I alwaydls stumble over ;) but don't mind me. I'm just a zealot :P
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Re: Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by triaddraykin » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:36 pm

Tashalar wrote:
LittleWeasel wrote:I don't mind fixtures. I mind if they just say:

Fixture: Bench. Standard description.

We have such a wonderful customization feature. Would love to see it used more :)
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Re: Kudos to the Playah's!

Post by Tashalar » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:42 pm

Ooh. Don't need the right workstation for the right-aha~.
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