The best description. Ever.

[Reverend Jeff]

Okay.  I just saw this a second ago and I'm still getting a good giggle out of it.

Covered with slime, mucus and who knows what, this handful of dark greenish-brown feces doesn't look particularly appetizing.  It has a mushy consistency, but it is not consistent throughout.  Some parts are hard while others are wet and stringy.  It gives off a rank odor as well.

Because, you see, this particular piece of crap doesn't look particularly appetizing.  As opposed to most feces I find laying about.  Man, am I bummed.

Heh.  Kudos to whoever wrote that description.  You made me laugh on an otherwise fairly boring jaunt through the city.[/quote]

[ashyom]

Thanks!  I wrote that object.  Go on, try eat it.  I dare you.

[Reverend Jeff]

Actually, my first thought was, "Hmm... I wonder if I could throw this at someone."  And then I thought about eating it.

Doh! I wonder if I could craft it into some type of food!

[Anonymous]

Hamburgers?

Behold, an attempt to steer the thread away from OOC chatter:
Does anyone find it jolting that there's humour in room and object descriptions? What if you were in a dark scene involving that object and getting murderously smothered by your character's childhood pal?

Should descriptions be dry, to the point, and nothing but facts?

[Larrath]

It depends on the object.

If I was looking at the ceremonial dagger that elf was holding to my throat and it had some silly reference in it, I could find it jarring.

With more regular (but not everyday; jokes can grow old) items, however, such as some masks, codpieces or food/drink (in either regular or in eat/taste messages), I think it's welcome and entertaining.

[Seeker]

From what I have seen, we have a very good balance.  There are really very few descriptions that add that sparkle of wry humor, and I haven't seen any corny ones yet, which would annoy me.

I am pretty pleased by the balance.

And as to the question of the a tragic demise, with that putrid lump of feces as the last thing your eyes beheld... I think, in moderation, such rare "flavor" text could be a powerful touch of irony.  IMHO.

Seeker

[ashyom]

The humor in that particular item was an accident.  I didn't realize how funny it was until Rev. Jeff pointed it out.

And yes, I agree that this humor, amongst other tones, should be used in moderation.

[Reverend Jeff]

Ah, you know, even though I find it particularly funny, I really don't think it detracts from anything in the world at all.  One of my favorite things about Arm is that a lot of the descriptions have a certain amount of "flavor" to them.  It didn't strike me as funny in a bad way, just that one of the last ways in which I expected a piece of feces to be described was as unappetizing.  In all seriousness, it struck me as rather innovative.