Moods - Suggest new ones

Sarapis

HELP MOODS is a thing now.

Feel free to suggest new ones here, and to suggest messages for them. Can't promise anything as far as implementation, but always helpful to see ideas!

Sarapis

Not the thread for bug reports, guys.

Ellodin

bored, amused, i feel like i'd like something like annoyed or miffed because "cranky" isn't quite what i'm thinking

Averi

Ellodin said:

bored, amused, i feel like i'd like something like annoyed or miffed because "cranky" isn't quite what i'm thinking

irked?

Ellodin

sure why not, i'm saying that cranky exists already and i'd like something similar to annoyed or miffed

look, here's the list of existing moods

***********************************[ Moods ]***********************************

Name           Public   Adopt message                                      

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Happy          Yes      You can't help yourself and begin to smile happily

Angry          Yes      Your features take on a dark cast as you fill with

Sad            Yes      A wave of sadness rolls over you.

Excited        Yes      You become excited at the thought of it all!

Morose         Yes      A small frown darkens your features.

Content        Yes      Your body relaxes as an aura of contentment settle

Guilty         Yes      You've done something wrong, haven't you?

Tired          Yes      You're just so tired!

Cheerful       Yes      The future's looking bright isn't it? You're aweso

Cranky         Yes      Why must the world conspire against you like this,

Determined     Yes      You focus your will, determined to succeed at any

Alarm          Yes      There's an emergency somewhere and you react with

Shy            Yes      You blush slightly and retreat into yourself.

Worried        Yes      The sky may actually be falling!

Stressed       Yes      Argh! Why?! Your blood pressure starts to rise wit

Mellow         Yes      You mellow out. Ahhhhhh. So relaxing.

*******************************************************************************

Jurixe

I'd like moods that are more...subtle, so to speak. So maybe 'serious', 'blank', 'preoccupied', 'busy' (is busy a mood? Maybe something equivalent). I just don't see most of these being used by characters that aren't extremely expressive by nature, because they're very, uh...in-your-face? I don't know if that's the word I want. Also most of them don't seem to be good for 'default' moods, but are very situational - which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but more variety would be good.

Some of the entering/leaving messages are kind of strange too - I'd prefer something more subtle like 'Hanging his head, Ellodin shuffles in from the <dir>' instead of 'Ellodin enters guiltily from the <dir>'. So it's not immediately obvious (well, it will be once you familiarise yourself with the moods, but still) as to what the mood is and is generally more descriptive.

Aehren

Ellodin said:

bored, amused, i feel like i'd like something like annoyed or miffed because "cranky" isn't quite what i'm thinking

I was thinking the same thing. "Dour" might work. It'd fit Aehren at times (and some other characters more often ).

Nellaundra

I'd like 'empty' or something, an equivalent to a blank mood. Not the default nothing, but the character deliberately hiding their emotions.

Ellodin

i wouldn't use dour in the same situations, so i'd prefer not to have that flat out replace an annoyed/miffed

but sure why not as a suggestion

Ellodin

ah, along the lines of pre-occupied and busy, pensive

Mishgul

Impassive, murderous, studious, annoyed

Kyrton

Noir 

http://moods85.wordpress.com/mood-list/

Kyrra

Euphoric, jubilant

Nim

I'd like calm or serene or other monkly things.

ETA: Actually, I guess content works for the above. Mellow so totally does not, though - way too surfer and/or new age to be appropriately monk.

Nellaundra said:

I'd like 'empty' or something, an equivalent to a blank mood. Not the default nothing, but the character deliberately hiding their emotions.

Empty makes me think of a state of emotional shock or depression (like, how you might feel after watching someone you cared about die), rather than just devoid of emotion. Blank might be good though - I'm told that's how I usually seem IRL, so :c

Saeva

For busy, you could just say distracted.

Synbios

Two suggesions for the vacantcalm and collected at heart: Indifferent and detached.

Will provide details when I get back.

Sultani

detached, sarcastic, teasing/playful

Nim

The announce post said things about level-based moods, so it might be cool if Logosians got some sort of mood to go with the flavor that they're essentially quasi-immortals (no longer need to eat/sleep), and Dragons got some sort of mood to go along with the fact that they've essentially tapped into a sliver of the primal energy of the universe.

Zero interest in hunting to dragon for being a giant reptile. One hundred percent OK with hunting to dragon for a line of flavor that says I'm awesome.

Decan

Betrayed, paranoid, indifferent, traumatized.

All I can think of right now.

Gibbi

Sluggish.

Melodie

Serene (this is like, default mode for Mel), reflective, pensive. Most of these already said but picking out the ones I'd love to see. Will keep brainstorming.

Also with Jurixe on that some of these could use more subtle wording.

Strata

These are cool. I saw someone with one of these in their room description and I thought "No way. Did they actually pay credits to get a custom room description?!" - Then realized it was a mood.

Hint hint: one-time use artefact that lets people create a custom mood for themselves.

Nim

I wrote things. :c

Strata

Should add mandatory moods for cactus weed, gleam, and snow blossoms.

Faur

I approve of @Strata's message. Where can I sign up for a newsletter and a pamphlet?

Nim

Strata said:

Should add mandatory moods for cactus weed, gleam, and snow blossoms.

Would so do drugs on an alt if this were a thing.

Strata

Faur said:

I approve of @Strata's message. Where can I sign up for a newsletter and a pamphlet?

Strata comes floating in from the northwest, high as a kite.

Strata's eyes glaze over with drug induced generosity.

Strata gives a legalize cactus weed pamphlet to you.

Isaiah

Crazy

Aerek

Agree with Jurixe and Ellodin, a few lower-key moods would be good, "amused", "annoyed", "guarded", and "stern" would be a few I would appreciate.

I do think every mood should be somewhat specific and/or situational, though, to help keep moods from becoming set-and-forget descriptors.

Should I take from the "Public" descriptor that House- and City-specific moods are an eventuality?

"Nose upturned, Aerek stands here, clearly Cyrenian."

Morthif

Devout, Zeal

Mithridates

rancor plz.