Very far to the north: <bla> scratches his ass.

[Cenghiz]

My characters usually watch and keep watching a direction as they travel through the world. I usually use CTRL+-> for east if I'm journeying slowly, which sends "watch e;e;l n;l s;l e".
It's nearly always OK but.. What if there's something going on somewhere where you wouldn't really see? Let's say there's a slight sandstorm, you can't see three leagues away. Of course you wouldn't see someone scratching his ass three leagues away but what if someone does a grand thing like chanting of an elkrosian, rukkian or a sorcerer?
Personally I decide I couldn't see the sdesc but I could see the sparkling lights or I could feel the tremor. What do you think would be suitable to see?

[Tamarin]

Well first of all, I don't believe that you can see emotes with the watch command.

Second, for some reason, I've been able to see people moving around three rooms away, through a blinding sandstorm wherein I can't even see my own hand in front of my face.  This has got to be fixed.

[flurry]

Well first of all, I don't believe that you can see emotes with the watch command.

I'd really like to see that fixed too, at least for adjacent rooms.  I think there are a lot of cases where that would be good for roleplay.

[Tamarin]

Well first of all, I don't believe that you can see emotes with the watch command.

I'd really like to see that fixed too, at least for adjacent rooms.  I think there are a lot of cases where that would be good for roleplay.

I concur.  It would be awesomely covert to be able to make hand signals and stuff.  Ooooh, the possibilities.

[wizturbo]

This already exists to some degree.

[Delirium]

You can see socials but not emotes.

Which I hope gets fixed. You could be watching two people in the next room and not know whether they're hugging or trying to kill each other.

[JollyGreenGiant]

You could be watching two people in the next room and not know whether they're hugging or trying to kill each other.

Depending on what was going on, it might be hard to tell, actually.

*hugs Delirium while silently sliding a long, sharp needle out of his sleeve...*

[Delirium]

>backstab jgg

Well, yes, but I was speaking of the more overtly emoted forms of those actions.

You know what I meant. It was an example, damnit! ;)

[Cenghiz]

Ops... Emotes unseen? Then I must apologize from a dwarf.. I was thinking he was a no-emoter

[JollyGreenGiant]

>backstab jgg

Well, yes, but I was speaking of the more overtly emoted forms of those actions.

You know what I meant. It was an example, damnit!

I know.  But there's no coded way to distinguish between flailing one's arms in an emote, and batting your eyes at someone.  One is easily visible at a distance.  The other, not so much.

[Delirium]

There's also no coded way to distinguish whether you, standing at the doorway, really see the lamplight glint off someone's amyethest-hued gaze as they glance subtly across the room from their seat at the bar, but players are generally left to make their own judgements about it.

[Bogre]

I personally don't walk around with a watch on. I could see a possibility of like having watch on when you're running down a road or an alley and not paying attention to the sides or behind, but that's just my opinion.