I'm gonna argue some of this out of order:
At 12:33 AM 6/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Imagine if something like this is instituted.. performing a song would
>take no time at all..you hit your /script macro, and then you're done..
>5 seconds.. consider this announcement..
I'm actually in favour of delays in scripts, notice the anti-spam thoughts
I put in (maximum linelength, etc.) Perhaps I should also suggest a
mandatory line delay based on input length?
>Soerbaird Concert, this sunday!
>Starts: 5pm
>there will be 9 singers!
>After the concert we will meet at an inn for drinks!
>(Figure 5:15 at the latest)
>Be there!
Take it from the winner of the First Bardic Competition on Elanthia - it's
NEVER going to be that fast ;) We're bards, remember?
>It just doesn't seem as real. A good decent length song (with a fast
>typist) takes about as long to type as it does to sing in RL (once you
>figure in pauses for musical solos and such).. a five minute RL song
>would take about that much time (give or take) to do in EQ. I like
>this, and a script command would just resort concerts to the following..
Again, I feel that adding a mandatory pause based on line length (minimum 3
second pause between lines, + 3 seconds for every 20 words)
>It just seems so impersonal. *shrugs* just my opinion, take it as you
>will, I've rambled enough.
I know that EQ is different from the text-based muds we all want to
emulate, and I'm incredibly excited about the visual aspect to gaming - but
until voice-com becomes standard (*grin* one, maybe two years?), typing is
a significant hassle. I personally have a repetoire of nearly a hundred
songs - but typing just a set (4-6 songs) would leave my hands so cramped I
couldn't type for a week after that. Call me selfish - but I'd like a
shortcut :P
>I like the manual imput for a few reasons. But mostly for the
>atmosphere. It doesn't seem very personal when someone just spams out a
>song 10 lines at a time. I've always loved the time it takes to type
>out each line.. it adds suspence to the story.. (or song).
("Imput" he says - I wonder if that was intentional?)
Most typists who play (if they're lucky) type from 40-60 wpm. This can
make the average 3 minute song last about... 10 minutes. I'd hate to see a
Bardic with only 10 people under those conditions (I'm used to 30+
competitors, using scripts, and the competition lasts upwards of 3 hours.)
Thanks for listening
Talies the Wanderer
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