Posted by Nivek on July 27, 2000 at 15:44:10:
In Reply to: World-wide echos. posted by Taithin on July 27, 2000 at 08:18:07:
Cant remember which one it was but some poor paladin got effed over by using that trigger. was hilarious! > Recently, Imms decided to do one of those world-wide "Someone has summoned you!" echos. > Now, I admit, I sort of deserved an abrasive answer, from an abrasive question, but I tried asking abit later (In calmer, nicer terms) what those things did for rp, and got no answer, so I'm asking here. > Imms talk about when you use OOC in groups, ripple effect causes rp in the whole mud to go down. Are these sorts of echos the same, or do we rp it that the entire world is having delusions, or the gods of Chaos are playing, or what? > (And to the Imm who answered me, if you read this: I resent the remark about focusing on my roleplay. I hadn't even talked OOC until that happened, I have a role which I play, and record when I have enough time to stop *playing* that role. Thinking about it, I suppose I could have roleplayed what happened, but it struck me as an OOC thing, like when Imms restore people. Getting an echo of "Shokai has restored you." does a lot less than seeing "You think you hear a falcon's screech, and suddenly feel rejuvenated." or something. I know it's just aesthetics, but half the game is aesthetics, giving a *feel* about what's going on, rather than it just happening.)
> I was in the maus at the time, and it happened to come right as a combat round started, so I saw that, then myself fighting alot. Needless to say, this damn near scared the shit out of me. I then prayed, (somewhat brashly), asking in general, what the hell those sorts of echos did for rp, and was discussing that echo over gt by OOC:. Mainly what the hell happened, etc. Of course, an Imm was snooping that, and then proceeds to tell me roughly what the hell business I had questioning them, when I'm discussing OOC in my grouptells.