Gems and necks

Started by Salt Merchant, June 18, 2009, 06:21:02 AM

Gems can only be worn around the neck, preventing the gemmed from wearing neck armor.

Should gems be wearable about the throat instead?
42 (85.7%)
Should more neck armors be made wearable about the throat (and effective when worn that way)?
2 (4.1%)
Should things be left as they are?
5 (10.2%)

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Voting closed: June 23, 2009, 06:21:02 AM

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June 18, 2009, 06:21:02 AM
The poll choices pretty much say it all. Personally, I see no reason why gems couldn't be made wearable about the throat.
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June 18, 2009, 06:40:37 AM #1
Almost every other similar type of item can be worn about the throat as well, in my experience. Granted, I could be wrong. Either way, it seems to me that the gem ought to be wearable about the throat.
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June 18, 2009, 07:05:35 AM #2
Speaking off hearsay, I thought they can be. They just by default go about the neck, like (most?) neck/throat-related gear. The difference with a gem is, you can't take it back off so you have to get it first time proper. Or ask a staffie to remove it so you can place it about throat.
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June 18, 2009, 07:18:41 AM #3
Definately isn't about throat wearable, though it should be ONLY about throat wearable imo. I suppose when it was wrote up the idea was safety of the gem has the drawback of keeping neck exposed? I've heard it argued that collars and such would hamper vision of the gem and the gem must be kept in plain view at all times by law etc.

No true reason it shouldn't codedly be able to be worn there.
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June 18, 2009, 07:34:47 AM #4
I wonder if it's possible to have the gem be coded in as a tattoo object, but still be codedly possible to have the "side-effects."

Maybe have the "side-effects" codedly search for and target only those things that have the parameters "dull-black gem" and carry the "tattoo" flag.

This way, you could wear something over the gem, obscuring it and giving yourself some protection and/or hidding what you are.  If you're caught in places where it's against the law to obscure the thing, you suffer the consequences.

I'll leave the discussion of whether or not it's an IG design that the things can't be covered up, or just a quirk of the code that prevents it, to a different post/thread.
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June 18, 2009, 07:55:38 AM #5
Quote from: Pale Horse on June 18, 2009, 07:34:47 AMThis way, you could wear something over the gem, obscuring it and giving yourself some protection and/or hidding what you are.  If you're caught in places where it's against the law to obscure the thing, you suffer the consequences.

Personally, I like that idea a lot, but I can't see it not getting flamed to hell in this very thread. I think it's realistic, practical, and desirable. I don't at all expect that the gem will be able to be covered up in this version of the game, but it'd be fun.

Failing that, though, it's up to interpretation how loose or tight the gem is around the neck to begin with. If it's loose, like a necklace--which is how I and several artists have interpreted it--then it should be possible not to cover it up while still wearing something else around your neck. One of my gemmers wore a scarf all the time and I just figured the gem was laying over the scarf. I don't see why it couldn't be the same for a collar or a gorget or anything like that. If it's wearable "about throat," then I think that'd be totally fine.
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June 18, 2009, 07:58:33 AM #6
I think keeping the gem as a piece of equipment would work best, and that it should be wearable about throat, because I always thought it was something that hangs loosely.
June 18, 2009, 08:54:41 AM #7
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You reel from the blow!
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June 18, 2009, 09:24:30 AM #8
I understand why you want this on the throat - having armor on your neck is a plus.

Makes sense to me.
June 18, 2009, 11:00:37 AM #9
Quote from: LauraMars on December 15, 2016, 08:17:36 PMPaint on a mustache and be a dude for a day. Stuff some melons down my shirt, cinch up a corset and pass as a girl.

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June 18, 2009, 11:02:43 AM #10
Woooo!  Thank you kindly, staff.
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June 18, 2009, 11:10:55 AM #11
That was like  fast, thank you!
June 18, 2009, 11:11:03 AM #12
Nyr,

Thank you so much.  This is appreciated.

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June 18, 2009, 11:11:35 AM #13
Excellent news, something I had been wondering about. Thanks Salt Merchant for bringing it up and the staff for fixing that!
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June 18, 2009, 11:14:37 AM #14
Fast and great news!
June 18, 2009, 11:15:55 AM #15
Yes, awesome indeed.
June 18, 2009, 11:21:46 AM #16
Oh yeah, thanks salt!
June 18, 2009, 11:37:03 AM #17
Wow. Thanks!
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June 18, 2009, 11:56:12 AM #18
Also, this will stimulate the PC economy.  ;D
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June 18, 2009, 02:30:12 PM #19
About time...I'm getting a kick out of people going "wow fast". I know I have idea'd this since at least 1998, I doubt I'm the first or 100th and I've done so more then ten times.

Still, thanks guys...even if I won't be playing another gemmed.
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June 18, 2009, 02:51:07 PM #20
Seriously good news. The kind of change that I like to see.
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June 18, 2009, 02:55:33 PM #21
I think this change has now closed about 500 'idea' and 'typo' tickets.
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June 18, 2009, 02:59:08 PM #22 Last Edit: June 18, 2009, 03:06:34 PM by Nyr
Quote from: mansa on June 18, 2009, 02:55:33 PM
I think this change has now closed about 500 'idea' and 'typo' tickets.

Badass, I didn't even think about looking for those...I'm totally going to cash this in.

EDIT:  Not that many, turns out.
Quote from: LauraMars on December 15, 2016, 08:17:36 PMPaint on a mustache and be a dude for a day. Stuff some melons down my shirt, cinch up a corset and pass as a girl.

With appropriate roleplay of course.
June 18, 2009, 03:19:10 PM #23
FWIW, there was code changes to allow it to be worn both around the neck and about throat since March of 2006 according to our records.  Still not 1998, but it's been possible.  The default was still neck though, not about_throat.
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June 18, 2009, 03:36:17 PM #24
Really, huh, and I could have sworn I assessed my last one...Oh well, still cool.
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