Social rewrite

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Social rewrite

Postby Gorm » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:03 am

Hey guys, I am currently in the process of totally rewriting all of the games socials. As such, I would like to ask for your comments, suggestions and thoughts.

What I would like is for folks to comment on socials you:

A) know there is an obvious typo or spelling/grammar error in.
B) have never liked, thought were not thematically appropriate, etc.
C) would like to see but do not currently exist.

You need not mention specifics, I will handle that, but I would really appreciate your input none the less. If you feel inclined to toss in reasoning, or more detailed thoughts feel free, but simple lists will do.
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Postby Nooblet » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:43 am

First thing that is weird is you can't do some things like slap or laugh at maybe..when something is bashed. "They aren't in the proper position" or something. Since it's just a social, I'm not sure why that's limiting.
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Postby Mplor » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:18 am

Always wished I could point in a certain direction (e/w/n/s/u/d) without using /emote. It would have been nice in silenced rooms, though without a room silence spell that may not be an issue any more.

/point Tank
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Postby Corth » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:44 am

Ohh nifty idea Mplor.
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Postby Sarell » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:12 am

As was said heaps of the socials are great commands but they don't work if the position is set wrong in them. Things like touch, especially touch.... need to be available always!

PS: I'd prolly vote to keep some of the classics like ack, pillow, nog and skip!
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Postby Lilira » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:12 pm

Impale.... *eye roll* Kill it please.

Need a head shake that can be directed,, I keep shaking people's hands. *mutter* In fact I think I'm known for that one. Famous almost.

Love Pillow! One of my faves.

Rework sneeze,, SHEESH. And Cough. *grin* Those are just icky.

OH!!! And get rid of nose please!! Or fix it so you have to type the whole thing. Nothing worse than being in an rp situation and meaning to type nod and typoing... As some of you might have seen in another of my posts. *blush*

And thanks Gorm!!!!! I'm sure I'll think of some more. *halo*
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Postby Botef » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:21 pm

Add new poses!
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Postby Pril » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:30 pm

Command: Gormal PlayerX
Emote: You pull a goat out of thin air and offer it to PlayerX to do as he wishes to it.

*nod self*
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Postby Sarell » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:04 am

I second the motion that Gormal deserves his own social!
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Postby Yarash » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:31 pm

For one of the cleric poses, it says "a hug pile of gold". Hug should be huge.

As stated, you might want to look at the minimum position required for each social. A sizable number don't work when sitting/resting.


catch
%1 catches %2 before %3 falls down.

grimace...we need this!
Visibly disturbed, %1 grimaces in disapproval. (or whatever)

mogorize
%1 brutally clubs %2 over the head. %1 has been mogorized!

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Postby sotana » Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:48 pm

Us ladies need a swoon social. "Gasp me" is a marvelous social but it just doesn't carry all the beautiful connotations of a graceful swoon! :-P
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Postby Sesexe » Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:04 pm

Previous Staff-sponsored social thread:

http://www.torilmud.dyndns.org/phpBB2/v ... highlight=
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Postby Lilira » Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:32 pm

sotana wrote:Us ladies need a swoon social. "Gasp me" is a marvelous social but it just doesn't carry all the beautiful connotations of a graceful swoon! :-P



*clap* Oh cheer!!!
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Inama group-says 'hopefully they'll have some sort of volume discounts on ress items for people like you'
You group-say 'oh? Ya think? *giggle*'
Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'

Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
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Postby Gormal » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:45 pm

Gormal %1 = You slap (player) for their lack of originality.
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Postby Tasan » Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:22 pm

Bring back melt!
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Postby Yasden » Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:24 pm

Another good thing to do would be actually alphabetizing the socials properly so they don't interfere with aliases and stuff.
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Postby kiryan » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:01 pm

could i get a sailor moon social?

.... fighting evil by moonlight
winning love by daylight
never run from a real fight
she is the one named sailor moon!

she will never turn her back on a friend
she is always there to the end
she is the one on whom we can depend
she is the one named sailor moon!

****

or how about a sing social that let you sing colorized text?


****

from mishri:

when you touch me shouldn't it say like "You touch yourself. RIGHT ON!" instead of "You touch yourself. Eeeewww feels gross doesn't it?"

course i suggest in mishri's case it says "You attempt to touch yourself but you miss!"
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Postby Duna » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:34 pm

Ouch Kiry, that's just.. ouch...
I still like Dudle's suggestion about a pj social..
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Postby selerial » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:06 pm

If you're redoing socials to take out anachronisms, then I think "bang self" needs to be changed.. something about shooting yourself in the head.

On the other hand, I like impale. I'm an anti-anti-impaler. Anti.. ant.. uh.. just call me Vlad.
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Postby Ruxur » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:14 am

i think the bird social should be made maxler only
Cofen group-says 'wtf, why am i missing a cursed khanjari?'
Alendar group-says 'i r rednek i can only afford the monitor i have mud on and the broken monitor under it'
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Postby Yayaril » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:30 am

8)

We definitely need a donkey punch social.
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Postby Pril » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:17 pm

wow mike yer one sick sick man :p

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Postby Thilindel » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:05 pm

*bump* I still can't wait to moon and laugh at things on the ground..well maybe I can do that now, but some other demeaning and rude things can't be done yet *sulk*
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Postby Botef » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:01 pm

Yayaril wrote:8)

We definitely need a donkey punch social.


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Postby Yarash » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:30 am

Hrm, thought there was something more current than this, but there is no "faint" social.
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Postby Lilira » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:59 am

gasp me

that does the trick
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Postby Latreg » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:42 pm

bard sing- sings tales of long ago.
battlechanter - sings tales of past glory.

could toss in some racial specific emotes

human- doesn't know which side to pick, good race or evil race.

dwarf- guess I'll never play for the NBA

halfing- dam giants think we are chess pieces

elf- of course I'm better than you, stupid.

barbarian- I'm bigger than you, therefore I'm right.

gnome- I feel tough standing next to a halfling.

eh why bother, people can make aliases for emotes if they really wanted to.
let us colors for emotes! turn it back on!
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Postby Ashiwi » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:30 am

If you're going to make race-specific socials, then the one for gnome needs to be nekler.

Boboloppe nekler

Boboloppe squeals "Stay away from me, you hairy barbarian! No means No!"
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Postby Disoputlip » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:13 pm

Not sure if this is a social or a proc on an item, but I think it would be nice if you poked people with what you hold.

E.g. if I hold a dry stick I poke with that. (no damage)
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Postby Botef » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:43 pm

Disoputlip wrote:Not sure if this is a social or a proc on an item, but I think it would be nice if you poked people with what you hold.

E.g. if I hold a dry stick I poke with that. (no damage)


Thats a great idea!
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Postby Nekelet » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:28 pm

Oh, the possibilities!

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Postby Latreg » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:37 pm

Disoputlip wrote:Not sure if this is a social or a proc on an item, but I think it would be nice if you poked people with what you hold.

E.g. if I hold a dry stick I poke with that. (no damage)


ohhh more uses for camel crap!
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Postby Vigis » Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:26 pm

Or the piece of quivering flesh.
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Postby Tasan » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:25 pm

Vigis, I'll tell you the same thing I told Bobo... Get your hands out of your pants!

Interesting socials: pine, forbid, covet, micterate(*duck*), gouge(eyes)...
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Postby Lilira » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:40 pm

Umm didn't Gorm like stop being an imm???

So this thread isn't going anywhere....
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Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'

Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
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Postby Tasan » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:52 pm

Oh right, because no other imms ever read threads started by someone else :p
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