TheGloriousWalrus Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 First off, I would like to apoligize for my garbage English and my weird sentence structure, I have this problem in my native language; Dutch, aswell. A couple of years ago, I played an MMO, just like many MMO's this game had the classic "Inspect" feature, where you could watch the other player his gear, buffs, etc. However, this game had something different while inspecting; a biography, where you could write all sorts of stuff, ranging from PVP related kills, to highest damage, to trade information. Here is an example of how a biography could look like: [spoiler] Hello, I am walrus, I roleplay as a walrus hopefully to entertain you, I have garbage humour and garbage english. I can be found hanging out in channel 2 most of the time, if you need help with something, /whisper me and I'd be glad to help you out. I also have a 6v6 lvl 100s competetive team, I don't competetively duel a lot, so don't expect a really harsh fight Stuff I have for trade: Shiny pidgeot Stuff I am looking for: Shiny beedrill Shiny tentacruel [/spoiler] I think this really adds to the MMO feel this game already has, and it could improve ingame trading, instead of on the forums. And I know this really is low priority, but it would be nice if added, I don't see any negative effects yet. Thoughts? Lindele, veganatidae, Akshit and 6 others 9 Link to comment
Heavenol Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Sounds cool. I doubt anyone will be inspecting other players just to look after a certain pokemon they want, but still. Link to comment
Squall Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Yea I really like this idea! :3 +1 Link to comment
AzizFTW Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Uh oh. I support this +1 People will fill their biographys with websites, spam, curse, the such. A way to avoid/prevent this? Link to comment
Heavenol Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='AzizFTW' timestamp='1364900897' post='260755'] Uh oh. I support this +1 People will fill their biographys with websites, spam, curse, the such. A way to avoid/prevent this? [/quote] Oh right. That's a rather big con. Probably won't happen then. Link to comment
TheGloriousWalrus Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='AzizFTW' timestamp='1364900897' post='260755'] Uh oh. I support this +1 People will fill their biographys with websites, spam, curse, the such. A way to avoid/prevent this? [/quote] In that MMO, any curse was changed into $%@#& Links ofcourse won't be clickable. Link to comment
iSmashbro Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 You mean like a trainer description? Eh, why not Link to comment
SgtAsh Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Great idea! That way you can tell is someone is 12 or an ass before you associate with them. Or Brazilian. Huehuehue iSmashbro 1 Link to comment
CipherWeston Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 That title. So misspelled... For some reason I see this more of a plus on the forums than in-game, but if it gets implemented in-game, I'd be fine with it. Support no matter what. Link to comment
Akshit Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Really nice Idea !! Maybe when some player clicks his right click at our character...A "Biography" option will pop up too ( +1 ) Link to comment
TheGloriousWalrus Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='CipherWeston' timestamp='1364907028' post='260863'] That title. So misspelled... For some reason I see this more of a plus on the forums than in-game, but if it gets implemented in-game, I'd be fine with it. Support no matter what. [/quote] [quote name='TheGloriousWalrus' timestamp='1364899068' post='260736'] [b]First off, I would like to apoligize for my garbage English[/b] and my weird sentence structure, I have this problem in my native language; Dutch, aswell. [/quote] Link to comment
ElikA Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 But it's a typo. It's not like you don't know the word; you just don't know how to type. Or edit it for that matter. Link to comment
TheGloriousWalrus Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 (edited) [quote name='ElikA' timestamp='1364909610' post='260921'] But it's a typo. It's not like you don't know the word; you just don't know how to type. Or edit it for that matter. [/quote] I actually don't know the word, I remember it was called like that in the MMO I played, but I have no idea how to type it. Edit Googled it, and now I know (and hopefully should remember) all those words are with ies. Edited April 2, 2013 by TheGloriousWalrus Link to comment
ElikA Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='TheGloriousWalrus' timestamp='1364909714' post='260925'] I actually don't know the word, I remember it was called like that in the MMO I played, but I have no idea how to type it. Edit Googled it, and now I know (and hopefully should remember) all those words are with ies. [/quote]Maybe now you should search on Google how to edit it. Link to comment
TheGloriousWalrus Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='ElikA' timestamp='1364909891' post='260928'] Maybe now you should search on Google how to edit it. [/quote] ... What are you talking about, I already edited it before I edited my own post. And there is no reason to be grumpy. Link to comment
CipherWeston Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Let me help you really quick. It's Biography or Biographies. You need to switch the p and the h. Now, get back on topic. I support, again. It's a good way to learn about people since majority of the game players do not have a forum. Link to comment
ElikA Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='TheGloriousWalrus' timestamp='1364909990' post='260931'] ... What are you talking about, I already edited it before I edited my own post. And there is no reason to be grumpy. [/quote]Maybe it takes a while to load, because it still looks wrong to me. Looking at 'Biograhpies' is making me quite grumpy. Link to comment
TheGloriousWalrus Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='ElikA' timestamp='1364910112' post='260935'] Maybe it takes a while to load, because it still looks wrong to me. Looking at 'Biograhpies' is making me quite grumpy. [/quote] Walrus confirmed for total retard. Link to comment
ElikA Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='TheGloriousWalrus' timestamp='1364910280' post='260939'] Walrus confirmed for total retard. [/quote]Order has been restored and all is well. TheGloriousWalrus 1 Link to comment
CipherWeston Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='TheGloriousWalrus' timestamp='1364910280' post='260939'] Walrus confirmed for total retard. [/quote] Wrong, don't say that. Walrus confirmed for English not being your first language, we understand. Lindele, Reasler and TheGloriousWalrus 3 Link to comment
Lindele Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I like this idea a lot. It'd probably help people who do speak other languages and play the MMO in connecting with each other. It's an unobtrusive way to find out a little about a person before striking up a conversation with them. +1 Link to comment
CipherWeston Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='Lindele' timestamp='1364910876' post='260962'] I like this idea a lot. It'd probably help people who do speak other languages and play the MMO in connecting with each other. It's an unobtrusive way to find out a little about a person before striking up a conversation with them. [/quote] With that being the case, should it be required that all biographies be in English, or their native language? Link to comment
Lindele Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 [quote name='CipherWeston' timestamp='1364910949' post='260966'] With that being the case, should it be required that all biographies be in English, or their native language? [/quote] I think it should be in whatever the language the user uses, specifically for the aforementioned reason. Most players who play do have some concept of English, but many choose to go to their respective language channels, switching from EN to ES/FR/what have you. I don't think restrictions should be placed on what languages players can use in-game in terms of biographies, should it be implemented. Link to comment
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