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  • EldEld
    38.9%, FWIW. 40.5% for 99 and up.

  • DracenDracen
    Aerek said:
    Dracen said:
    Pfft. You still haven't hunted him down yet? Silly Cyrenian
    Rainsford did not want to believe what his reason told him was true, but the truth was as evident as the sun that had by now pushed through the morning mists. The general was playing with him! The general was saving him for another day's sport! The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror.

  • XinnaXinna

    Apparently, I'm in high demand.

    https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/104dfcec

  • TharvisTharvis The Land of Beer and Chocolate!
    Sarathai said:
    Tharvis said:
    after hunting like.. 70% in 8 hours : 

    You point a crystal staff at a hideous nel'dorath, and a stream of bile-like acid streams out, covering her, who screams in agony.
    You have scored an OBLITERATING CRITICAL hit!
    A hideous nel'dorath smiles softly.
    Wild looks of pain cross a hideous nel'dorath's face as the acid eats visible holes in her skull. 
    Her body convulses rigidly, and then she is dead.
    You have slain a hideous nel'dorath, retrieving the corpse.
    Your soul cries out in ecstasy as it reaches new heights of power. You have advanced to level 98.
    You have reached the illustrious level of Lord of Creation.

    one to go!
    Like others said, that level will go by fast, thanks to all the criticals. Something like a 41% chance of a critical hit before factoring in critical pendants, traits or racial boosts. Only took me a day or two for the final push, I think.

    Picked your colour yet?

    (Also, nel'dorath are creepy.)
    Yes, yes they are. I died immediately after my post to two of them, lost the level, and went to regain it by killing their families
    Aurora says, "Tharvis, why are you always breaking things?!"
    Artemis says, "You are so high maintenance, Tharvis, gosh."
    Tecton says, "It's still your fault, Tharvis."

  • KatsuragiKatsuragi
    Your soul cries out in ecstasy as it reaches new heights of power. You have advanced to level 70.
    You have reached the illustrious level of Plenary.


    For the third time!
    I have 150 Lusternian credits that I'll trade over for Achaean ones. Let me know if you're interested!
  • ValentinusValentinus Los Angeles, CA
    Hunted and did stuff.
    /wristed to @Twilight ICly.

    All in all, a very productive day.


    I take commissions.
  • TalysinTalysin
    I noticed a general trend for people's wielded items to have commas in them, which they shouldn't.

    INV:
    a web bomb, a keen, Targossian longsword.
  • KyrraKyrra Australia
    Talysin said:
    I noticed a general trend for people's wielded items to have commas in them, which they shouldn't.

    INV:
    a web bomb, a keen, Targossian longsword.
    You'll find the comma in most weapons are because of how descriptors work in the new forging system.
    (D.M.A.): Cooper says, "Kyrra is either the most innocent person in the world, or the girl who uses the most innuendo seemingly unintentionally but really on purpose."

  • TreyTrey
    It makes as much sense wielded as anything. There should be a comma there.

  • EldEld
    In the "keen, Targossian longsword" example, I'd say the comma is optional, but not wrong; you could either consider Targossian a separate adjective, or consider "Targossian longsword" a noun compound.
  • JeslynJeslyn United States
    edited February 2015
    Dealt with Vorondil family (well it mostly stemmed from one person, but poured over to the others) drama. I swear the amount of drama there is could produce a novella. There isn't even a lot of us! Aughhh, I'm going crazy!


  • KayeilKayeil Washington State
    Jeslyn said:
    Dealt with Vorondil family (well it mostly stemmed from one person, but poured over to the others) drama. I swear the amount of drama there is could produce a novella. There isn't even a lot of us! Aughhh, I'm going crazy!


    That's why I keep my distance and quit most of the family clans.  :p Sorry they're giving you're trouble!
    What doesn't kill you gives you exp.

  • CynlaelCynlael
    Mephaos is Vorondil. Of -course- there's going to be family drama.

  • TalysinTalysin
    Eld said:
    In the "keen, Targossian longsword" example, I'd say the comma is optional, but not wrong; you could either consider Targossian a separate adjective, or consider "Targossian longsword" a noun compound.
    Given that commas are used as separators between items in a text environment, they should be avoided. I always thought this was customization 101.
  • SenaSena
    There have always been items with commas, both in admin-made and player-made items. It's just more common now because it's unavoidable if you want two descriptors on a weapon (which seems to be what most people prefer, and there are also some advantages to using two instead of one).
  • EldEld
    Talysin said:
    Eld said:
    In the "keen, Targossian longsword" example, I'd say the comma is optional, but not wrong; you could either consider Targossian a separate adjective, or consider "Targossian longsword" a noun compound.
    Given that commas are used as separators between items in a text environment, they should be avoided. I always thought this was customization 101.
    Eh, maybe, though it's a bit hard for me to imagine, for example, mistaking "a web bomb, a keen, Targossian longsword" for three items instead of two, even briefly, and it's even less of a problem for wielded items, which you don't see as often in lists. Anyway, I took your complaint as purely grammatical and was only responding to it as such. I can see an argument for avoiding unnecessary commas (though I've never heard it suggested as a general rule before now), but since they'll be grammatically required for most descriptions with multiple descriptors, it's just something you'll have to get used to, I think. 


  • TalysinTalysin
    Eld said:
    Talysin said:
    Eld said:
    In the "keen, Targossian longsword" example, I'd say the comma is optional, but not wrong; you could either consider Targossian a separate adjective, or consider "Targossian longsword" a noun compound.
    Given that commas are used as separators between items in a text environment, they should be avoided. I always thought this was customization 101.
    Eh, maybe, though it's a bit hard for me to imagine, for example, mistaking "a web bomb, a keen, Targossian longsword" for three items instead of two, even briefly, and it's even less of a problem for wielded items, which you don't see as often in lists. Anyway, I took your complaint as purely grammatical and was only responding to it as such. I can see an argument for avoiding unnecessary commas (though I've never heard it suggested as a general rule before now), but since they'll be grammatically required for most descriptions with multiple descriptors, it's just something you'll have to get used to, I think. 


    Ya I agree with you. I just think it looks weird. Clothing, artifacts, armour etc all have historically followed these rules. I've only seen them broken when people tried to customize things. Just an observation. 

    Since I have your attention @sena can you give any examples of admin made items that have commas in their short descriptions?
  • SenaSena
    Talysin said:
    Since I have your attention @sena can you give any examples of admin made items that have commas in their short descriptions?
    The most obvious example is denizen names, which commonly have commas, and are likely to be in your inventory as corpses.

    A few examples I've seen of non-denizen admin-made items (only counting ones that are likely to be in the inventory, not kept in a room):
    [spoiler]
    "a dark, aromatic pipe", "a fine, white teacup", "an adorable, stuffed bunny", "a warm, bloody liver", "a stuffed, roasted pigeon", "a dark chocolate, caramel-filled fairy", "a bead of innocent, subtle vanilla perfume", "a bead of soft, smooth-scented floral perfume", "a bead of fresh, grassy perfume", "a bead of peppery, clove-scented perfume", "a small, deflated red balloon", "a pair of armoured, spiked sabaton", "a gold-trimmed, carved mahogany vial", "an arcane, crystal vial", "a sturdy, waterproof backpack", "a small, tanned leather pouch", "a large, baked potato", "a scented, tulip-decorated letter", "an ivory letter with gold, silver, and blue a..." (I don't know the full name since it's past the limit of what shops will display), "a Siren-decorated, sky-blue letter", "a large, filled black olive", "a firm, ripe pomegranate", "a fluffy, round biscuit", "a slender, yew bark vial", "a sleek, obsidian vial", "a red-hued, wooden vial", "glistening, seductive rose pink lipstick", "a long, humanoid bone", "a giant, frenzied bloodworm plush", "a giant, fiendish nightmare plush", "an old, glass poison vial", "a rusty, oyster-encrusted axe", "a sharp, brazen spear with billowing neck ri..." (shop limit again), "a black, bronze-veined wax writing tablet", "large, green olives", "small, chocolate beans", "a gold-rimmed, glass tarot deck", "a sea-hardened, skeletal figurehead", "small, carved glass of sloe gin", and "a long, plum-coloured skirt".
    For some artefact examples, there's "a plump, incandescent pillow" and "a long, elegant ebony pipe".
    [/spoiler]

    The weapons you have a problem with are basically admin-designed as well, at least in that it's an admin-made template and players don't have any choice about the commas.
  • TalysinTalysin
    Sena said:
    Talysin said:
    Since I have your attention @sena can you give any examples of admin made items that have commas in their short descriptions?
    The most obvious example is denizen names, which commonly have commas, and are likely to be in your inventory as corpses.

    A few examples I've seen of non-denizen admin-made items (only counting ones that are likely to be in the inventory, not kept in a room):
    [spoiler]
    "a dark, aromatic pipe", "a fine, white teacup", "an adorable, stuffed bunny", "a warm, bloody liver", "a stuffed, roasted pigeon", "a dark chocolate, caramel-filled fairy", "a bead of innocent, subtle vanilla perfume", "a bead of soft, smooth-scented floral perfume", "a bead of fresh, grassy perfume", "a bead of peppery, clove-scented perfume", "a small, deflated red balloon", "a pair of armoured, spiked sabaton", "a gold-trimmed, carved mahogany vial", "an arcane, crystal vial", "a sturdy, waterproof backpack", "a small, tanned leather pouch", "a large, baked potato", "a scented, tulip-decorated letter", "an ivory letter with gold, silver, and blue a..." (I don't know the full name since it's past the limit of what shops will display), "a Siren-decorated, sky-blue letter", "a large, filled black olive", "a firm, ripe pomegranate", "a fluffy, round biscuit", "a slender, yew bark vial", "a sleek, obsidian vial", "a red-hued, wooden vial", "glistening, seductive rose pink lipstick", "a long, humanoid bone", "a giant, frenzied bloodworm plush", "a giant, fiendish nightmare plush", "an old, glass poison vial", "a rusty, oyster-encrusted axe", "a sharp, brazen spear with billowing neck ri..." (shop limit again), "a black, bronze-veined wax writing tablet", "large, green olives", "small, chocolate beans", "a gold-rimmed, glass tarot deck", "a sea-hardened, skeletal figurehead", "small, carved glass of sloe gin", and "a long, plum-coloured skirt".
    For some artefact examples, there's "a plump, incandescent pillow" and "a long, elegant ebony pipe".
    [/spoiler]

    The weapons you have a problem with are basically admin-designed as well, at least in that it's an admin-made template and players don't have any choice about the commas.
    @sarapis explain plz
  • BluefBluef Delos
    Commas used between adjectives, as explained by my hero Grammar Girl.

  • AstAst
    Spent a lot of time slamming my head against a wall while listening to some guys talk about their (self-inflicted) girl problems. Did some sparring. And finally am learning lots in Survival and it's really noticeable. So I guess overall I'm happy.
    Lord Marshal Hasar Lichlord's words quietly thrum through the air as he says, "No one panick." #2015PEACEthedream!
  • SenaSena
    Bluef said:
    Commas used between adjectives, as explained by my hero Grammar Girl.
    The complaint isn't really about grammar, but about comma-separated lists of comma-containing items, with no distinction between the two types of commas.
  • HerenicusHerenicus The Western Front
    Ast said:
    Spent a lot of time slamming my head against a wall while listening to some guys talk about their (self-inflicted) girl problems. Did some sparring. And finally am learning lots in Survival and it's really noticeable. So I guess overall I'm happy.
    This is a significant departure from the Red Bull and endorphins that characterized life before guys. Use your Mhaldorian RP license to limit portion sizes. Drama should be the garnish, not the meal. 
  • AmranuAmranu 
    You close your eyes, drawing yourself into a trance as you begin to summon forth the devastating 
    Tzantza curse.
    Shecks seems diminished.
    Blood begins to run from the eyes and nose of Shecks.
    You are not wielding a doll of Shecks, and may not perform a soulrend.
    5306h 4009m 100%e 93%w |EE [7] {42}   (-350m, 7.9%)
    A Mhojave falcon rips out a chunk of your flesh with its beak.
    Your shield completely absorbs the damage.
    5306h 4009m 100%e 93%w |EE [7] {42}  
    Shecks grunts a bit and then lets out a loud "OINK!"
    5306h 4009m 100%e 93%w |EE [7] {42}  

    You feel an aura of rebounding surround you.
    5306h 4009m 100%e 93%w |EE [7] {42}  
    You have recovered balance on all limbs. 3.109s
    5306h 4009m 100%e 93%w XX|EE [7] {42}  
    A Mhojave falcon dives at you, raking your face with its talons.
    5198h 4009m 100%e 93%w XX|EE [7] {42}   (-108h, 2.0%)

    Your aura of weapons rebounding disappears.
    You snap your eyes open, the power of the curse building inside you. Your face contorts as you raise 
    an imperious finger towards Shecks and utter a single word: "Tzantza."
    Shecks winces and stumbles as the skin on his head shrinks and hardens like aged leather. His eyes 
    roll back and strangled gurgles escape his rapidly diminishing mouth as he struggles to breathe. His 
    head withers like a drying fruit and with a final dull "crack," his skull splinters, the shards 
    embedding themselves in his brain.
    You have slain Shecks.

    Shecks leaves to the ether.
    You look around triumphantly and realise you are the last one standing. You have WON the game of 
    Rampage.

    First Delos rampage won :smiley: 


  • SkyeSkye The Duchess Bellatere
    Had an actual important talk today that made me all feels like I hadn't had feels in Achaea for a really long time. 

    the feels

    ;_;


  • JukilianJukilian
    @Aerek, I think you've lost.
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