I'd Like To Encourage

[a strange shadow]

It doesn't echo.

[Zoltan]

Oh, cool. I actually didn't know if it did or not.

[SMuz]

I rarely sniff people. 95% of them smell like dust and sweat anyway. I was very tempted to sniff poop sometimes, but I'm afraid that it would get stuck on my character's nose or something.

I'd like to encourage some of you wearing perfume to sometimes casually put it in an emote, e.g. :As @ leans in towards ~man, her strong perfume wafts through the air.

[a strange shadow]

I rarely sniff people. 95% of them smell like dust and sweat anyway. I was very tempted to sniff poop sometimes, but I'm afraid that it would get stuck on my character's nose or something.

I'd like to encourage some of you wearing perfume to sometimes casually put it in an emote, e.g. :As @ leans in towards ~man, her strong perfume wafts through the air.

hemote is a perfume-wearer's friend.

[brytta.leofa]

I rarely sniff people. 95% of them smell like dust and sweat anyway. I was very tempted to sniff poop sometimes, but I'm afraid that it would get stuck on my character's nose or something.

I'd like to encourage some of you wearing perfume to sometimes casually put it in an emote, e.g. :As @ leans in towards ~man, her strong perfume wafts through the air.

For the record: perfume, dust, and sweat are not the only things that people can smell of.

[hyzhenhok]

No one in their right mind would voluntarily sniff a Bynner, so that scent is lost entirely.

[Delstro]

Involuntary action is still an action.

I would like to encourage everybody in the game. I have been having one of the best times EVAR interacting with you recently.

[SMuz]

For the record: perfume, dust, and sweat are not the only things that people can smell of.

I sniffed a dungsweeping Bynner once. I was very disappointed when he smelled like dust and sweat despite having shit-covered armor.

[hyzhenhok]

I sniffed a dungsweeping Bynner once. I was very disappointed when he smelled like dust and sweat despite having shit-covered armor.

Yeah, the smell that PCs get for doing that wears off pretty quick, but the "smelly" tag is permanent until you get your stuff cleaned.

[SMuz]

I think elves should refer to half-elves as "half-humans". It's a bit odd when an elf refers to one as a 'half-skinny'.

[Niamh]

I think elves should refer to half-elves as "half-humans". It's a bit odd when an elf refers to one as a 'half-skinny'.

Elves are proud of being what they are.  For one to call someone a half-skinny would be an insult.  But then calling them half-roundear would be an insult as well.

[SMuz]

Yeah, I mean, it's like more of "half of the other race". Most humans wouldn't admit to the half-elf being of the same race as them.

[FantasyWriter]

I think elves should refer to half-elves as "half-humans". It's a bit odd when an elf refers to one as a 'half-skinny'.

I endorse this post.

[Dan]

I think elves should refer to half-elves as "half-humans". It's a bit odd when an elf refers to one as a 'half-skinny'.

I endorse this post.

A human calling a half-elf a half-human might be a sort of compliment.

[Prodikus]

A less slavish attachment to the colours of your employer.

Come on, people! You can wear more than two colours. I promise it won't hurt.

[brytta.leofa]

A less slavish attachment to the colours of your employer.

People to, when possible, wear off-duty clothes when they're off-duty.

[Synthesis]

A less slavish attachment to the colours of your employer.

Come on, people! You can wear more than two colours. I promise it won't hurt.

On Zalanthas, being employed by a noble or merchant House is something most folks would take a great deal of pride in.  Wearing your House's colors does a few things: 1) it shows your employers that you are proud of your position in the House, and that you take your job seriously; 2) it signals to the average commoner that you are better than they are; 3) it signals to professional criminals that you aren't merely "free game," because a greater power  has a vested interest in your well-being; 4) it signals to authority figures that "this person is someone I probably shouldn't waste my time harassing;" 5) it signals to potential mates that you are someone who "has it made," by Zalanthan standards.

[Cutthroat]

I promise it won't hurt.

Depends on your employer. 

[Adieren]

I'd like to encourage role-playing real emotions! It's super fun, I've found. Having spastic panic attacks because you are in a cruel city far from home and found out you have no friends and no jobs and no one likes you because you're... not from there... that's scary! Play like you're homesick, play like you're close to pissing your pants when someone catches you and locks you up. Scream at someone until your throat is raw, whip your subordinates. Get a giddy smile that spreads from ear to ear, be transparent. There're only so many psychopaths in the real world, so everyone shouldn't be a psychopath in Zalanthas. Pretend like things happen while you are not logged in. Drool over a buff guy, humor old ladies. Just... have fun, because it is a game, and the purpose should be to provide fun for yourself, and anyone around you.

Oh, and don't be baby-killers, unless you are a necker or a gemmer. Then by all means!

[SMuz]

A less slavish attachment to the colours of your employer.

People to, when possible, wear off-duty clothes when they're off-duty.

I did that once. One guy yelled at my character when he wasn't wearing his uniform on his day off.

[Dalmeth]

I did that once. One guy yelled at my character when he wasn't wearing his uniform on his day off.

That's because between odd play times and limited hours in general, no one is ever really off duty.

Not to mention changing  clothes is a pain in the butt.

[Aaron Goulet]

I did that once. One guy yelled at my character when he wasn't wearing his uniform on his day off.

That's because between odd play times and limited hours in general, no one is ever really off duty.

Not to mention changing  clothes is a pain in the butt.

The last time a character of mine tried to change his clothes, his pants were stolen from his inventory before I had time to emote the process of him slipping them on.

[Eloran]

You don't always have to get the last word Nyr.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

On Zalanthas, being employed by a noble or merchant House is something most folks would take a great deal of pride in.  Wearing your House's colors does a few things: 1) it shows your employers that you are proud of your position in the House, and that you take your job seriously; 2) it signals to the average commoner that you are better than they are; 3) it signals to professional criminals that you aren't merely "free game," because a greater power  has a vested interest in your well-being; 4) it signals to authority figures that "this person is someone I probably shouldn't waste my time harassing;" 5) it signals to potential mates that you are someone who "has it made," by Zalanthan standards.

Abso-fucking-lutely.

If you want to join clans that do not tend towards a 'slavish attachment' to colors, there are a good many of them out there. Those clans where everybody wears the same colors probably have some creed on the subject. As to why, again, see Syn's post, above.

[Lizzie]

It should be a matter of pride to wear the clan's colors..but it should -also- be a matter of pride, to have enough fashion sense that you can mix and match, coordinate and contrast, with flair. One doesn't need to see a Lirathan wearing head-to-toe white, to know she's a Lirathan, and proud of being a Lirathan. In my mind, it shows lack of imagination, more than pride. It says to me, "This person has no idea what works with white, OR is sociopathically obsessed for some reason, which makes her scary, by virtue of her wardrobe alone."

There are people who wear actual uniforms..and yeah changing for your 1-day-off-per-week which amounts to 1 RL hour per day..is insanity.

But if you aren't required to wear a uniform, or your uniform consists only of one or two items, why -not- mix and match? Why -not- change shit up now and then? Maybe even just simple things..instead of head-to-toe crimson, why not add a dash of black in a pair of pants, and a silver stud in your ear, maybe some moonstone bracelets and matching buttons on your shirt. It all goes great with crimson, but it also breaks up the monotony. The only image I get when I see people wearing head-to-toe anything, are soldiers, and pimps.