Breed is a good SDESC word

[jmordetsky]

wtf - why banned?

Dorks.


EDIT: BREED FOR SDESCS in 2009!!! RAWR!

EDIT: MANSA FOR PRESIDENT! EL PRESIDENTE MANSINO! 2009! Devolver la palabra "raza"!

[mansa]

http://www.armageddon.org/general/words.html

[jmordetsky]

http://www.armageddon.org/general/words.html

Um, yea, thanks.


I KNOW TARD FACE.

But why?

[mansa]

http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,20020.0.html



sorta this too:

http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,21616.0.html

[jmordetsky]

http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,20020.0.html



sorta this too:

http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,21616.0.html

I never learned to read.

[mansa]

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Breed came too close to slang.

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[jmordetsky]

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Breed came too close to slang.

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WELL I DISAGREE. and you suck.

[mansa]

Yes, mutant is fine, make sure it matches the main desc. Ditto albino and hunchback.

Teen is allowable because it doesn't lead to the same sort of mistaken play as child.  One of the rules of thumb I use to determine whether or not a word is jarring  is would the word be terribly jarring in a typical fantasy novel. Obviously, there are subtle shades of difference in all sorts of words, and teen may well be one of them.  I would not find it unexpected in most fantasy novels. Many teens are somewhat androgynous.

You are welcome to special app a FORBIDDEN noun and we'll take a look.

Other noun-related problems include nouns than require special code, like a winged person who wants flight coded for them -- or may swear up and down that they won't do that and yet after a couple of months they're starting to say, hey, you know, would it be possible if....? etc.  Nouns that confuse people -- "giant" is one of those, given that we have half-giants in the game.

[Synthesis]

I always liked half-breed, too.

When you have the epithet in your sdesc, it's an invitation for people to be nasty to you.  Sort of like saying, "Hey guys, I won't get butt-hurt (OOC) if you're mean to me."

[jmordetsky]

I always liked half-breed, too.

When you have the epithet in your sdesc, it's an invitation for people to be nasty to you.  Sort of like saying, "Hey guys, I won't get butt-hurt (OOC) if you're mean to me."

I hurt mansa's butt last night.

[jhunter]

I always liked breed too. Used it a couple of times before that.

[mansa]

I'm not sure how well this would work, as has been pointed out above. There is a piece of cartilage called the epiglottis that keeps food and drink from entering the respiratory system. When at rest (such as when a person is not conscious) the epiglottis closes off the path to the stomach, and leaves the path to the lungs open. The epiglottis covers the path to the lungs through the conscious act of swallowing. Forcing food or drink down an unconcious person's throat would lead it into the lungs, which would probably kill them faster by drowning, rather than help them.

So no, this wouldn't work for food or drink to save starving people.

That being said, there may be some wiggle room for poison antedotes, assuming it was not in the form of a potion. A tablet or paste of some kind could feasibly be absorbed through the mucus membranes between the cheek and gum without killing the person, although it would be dangerous, as they may aspirate some of the paste. The safer route is putting the paste in the person's anus, as the membranes there are very absorbant. This is actually an accepted method of reviving an unconcious diabetic who needs glucose. We're not allowed to give it orally, due to the risk, and if we don't have a person able to give it via an IV, then you flip the person over, and give it anally. That person will be up and talking to you, wondering where the hell they are, in about a minute.

Sooo... if Ness wanted to code it so you could give poison antedotes (not bananas) to Mansa anally... I'd say it was a medically realistic option.

-S

[jmordetsky]

I'm not sure how well this would work, as has been pointed out above. There is a piece of cartilage called the epiglottis that keeps food and drink from entering the respiratory system. When at rest (such as when a person is not conscious) the epiglottis closes off the path to the stomach, and leaves the path to the lungs open. The epiglottis covers the path to the lungs through the conscious act of swallowing. Forcing food or drink down an unconcious person's throat would lead it into the lungs, which would probably kill them faster by drowning, rather than help them.

So no, this wouldn't work for food or drink to save starving people.

That being said, there may be some wiggle room for poison antedotes, assuming it was not in the form of a potion. A tablet or paste of some kind could feasibly be absorbed through the mucus membranes between the cheek and gum without killing the person, although it would be dangerous, as they may aspirate some of the paste. The safer route is putting the paste in the person's anus, as the membranes there are very absorbant. This is actually an accepted method of reviving an unconcious diabetic who needs glucose. We're not allowed to give it orally, due to the risk, and if we don't have a person able to give it via an IV, then you flip the person over, and give it anally. That person will be up and talking to you, wondering where the hell they are, in about a minute.

Sooo... if Ness wanted to code it so you could give poison antedotes (not bananas) to Mansa anally... I'd say it was a medically realistic option.

-S

> put tablet breed's anus

That feels great! Mansa is no longer poisoned.

[Gunnerblaster]

Wtf is a bint?

[Ourla]

Wtf is a bint?

"Bint is British slang for a woman or girl, but it is always disparaging and offensive and signals the user as lower class and unrefined. It's also now rather dated.

The word is Arabic for a daughter, specifically one who has yet to bear a child. It was in common use as a slang term during the first and second World Wars among British and Allied servicemen stationed in Egypt and neighbouring countries."

[Rhyden]

Sure, but it gets confusing after you have half-elves, half-breeds, breeds, male half-elves, female breeds and half-ears. Though, you could debate that there are a variety of half-elven mixtures. Perhaps a half-elf who was quarter-elf, three-quarters human could seem more like a half-elven male and a three-quarters elf, one-quarter human who could be more fitting as a 'breed'.

[Synthesis]

Sure, but it gets confusing after you have half-elves, half-breeds, breeds, male half-elves, female breeds and half-ears. Though, you could debate that there are a variety of half-elven mixtures. Perhaps a half-elf who was quarter-elf, three-quarters human could seem more like a half-elven male and a three-quarters elf, one-quarter human who could be more fitting as a 'breed'.

The voices in your head aren't reading the GDB, dude.

[Rhyden]

Hopefully yours are then.

[rishenko]

BREED FOR SDESCS in 2009!!! RAWR!

I got your back, brother.  Let's start a riot!

[Cutthroat]

I think we should either allow it entirely or disallow it entirely, because PCs with "breed" in the sdesc do slip into the game sometimes, and they're sometimes rejected. I lean towards allowing it because

When you have the epithet in your sdesc, it's an invitation for people to be nasty to you.  Sort of like saying, "Hey guys, I won't get butt-hurt (OOC) if you're mean to me."

[Riev]

I think it should only be half-elf, or breed, allowed. Half-breed and half-ear definitely sounds more like slang than the others.

Besides, saying "I don't know, it was that breed." is less slang, and more "You know who I'm talking about."



Breed is good. Anything being defined as half-a-breed is just ridic-uh-luss

[Marauder Moe]

"Breed" is slang, short for half-breed.  Sdescs are not the place for IC colloquialisms.

My vote goes for objectivity.

[deviant storm]

I'd like some consistency too. I've seen people with 'breed' in their sdesc. Just a few. That just leads others to try this as an option when they're apping a character and leads to some bruised feelings when some other imm rejects their app.

Either allow it, totally, or disallow it, totally. That's my opinion, anyway.

[PerpetualPatriot]

Can't use breed.. That's comical.. but not half-as comical in the fact I've seen 'energetic' accepted. Wow. Someone should have been fired for accepting that application. Can I use rambunctious half-giant next?! What a joke.

[jmordetsky]

I think it should only be half-elf, or breed, allowed. Half-breed and half-ear definitely sounds more like slang than the others.

Besides, saying "I don't know, it was that breed." is less slang, and more "You know who I'm talking about."



Breed is good. Anything being defined as half-a-breed is just ridic-uh-luss

Half-ear is pushing it. Half-breed seems reasonable.