BBeast

Sanctuary

So, did you hear that Mahz is working on implementing Etherpad directly into the Guild?

Mahz's Dev Journal

I approve of the Collabs/Etherpad/Guildpad/Collabinator 6000 tab being a system similar to PMs, as proposed by Captain Jordan. I don't have much experience with dice systems, so I can't provide much feedback on that I'm afraid. Inserting the rolls below a post seems okay. Hey, how about you do the same thing for rolls as you have currently for the likes?

(although the pop-in of the buttons is mildly annoying - make those permanently visible? - and as someone pointed out, I agree the likes and whatnot would look better on the same line as the reply button, possibly just as a number next to the perma-visible buttons so they'd not break the layout of posts as much).

Shienvien

I prefer the pop-in buttons for the ratings. They would be a bit garish against the simple grey theme of the Guild if they were permanently visible. But I do agree that the count of ratings on a post should be moved into a more discrete corner. It is probably the way it is because that was the easiest way to format it, but I say it should be changed soon.

Mahz's Dev Journal

I don't know if this is a bug, or if this is just my bad formatting. But every so often, my link to peoples character sheets in my roleplays goes screwy and just takes me to the IC, rather the the players character. I don't mind, but formatting it is a long, tiring job. What I do is how I have always done it, and I've never had issues before. Basically, direct (Or permalink or whatever it is by the view raw button) link to the character sheet, and then a url format. Has something changed since the many new updates?

@Caits

Follow the yellow arrow above to the chain links icon in the top right hand corner of the post. This is the permalink to that post. Right click, copy link address, and paste wherever you need it. If it is still going wrong after that, then you may indeed have encountered a bug, but the permalink should be pretty robust. (the permalink will be in this format: www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/1234567890)

@BBeast

This is what I have done, and have done since joining the site. I've never had any issues with it before, it just seems since the updates to go wrong after a while.

@Caits

If that is the case, then all I can do now is point to Mahz and hope he can find a fix (and if the permalink system has gone wonky then he'll definitely want to look into that). ---------------- From what Mahz has said about the rating system:

*snip* Just give it a week.

@Mahz

it appears to me that he wants to give some time for opinions to settle before making any decisions, rather than responding to any knee-jerk reactions. If it turns out dreadful after some time, he'll probably figure something else out.

Mahz's Dev Journal

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I don't know if this is a bug, or if this is just my bad formatting. But every so often, my link to peoples character sheets in my roleplays goes screwy and just takes me to the IC, rather the the players character. I don't mind, but formatting it is a long, tiring job. What I do is how I have always done it, and I've never had issues before. Basically, direct (Or permalink or whatever it is by the view raw button) link to the character sheet, and then a url format. Has something changed since the many new updates?

@Caits

Follow the yellow arrow above to the chain links icon in the top right hand corner of the post. This is the permalink to that post. Right click, copy link address, and paste wherever you need it. If it is still going wrong after that, then you may indeed have encountered a bug, but the permalink should be pretty robust. (the permalink will be in this format: www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/1234567890)

Mahz's Dev Journal

There needs to be a thumbs down button on the post rate!

@Rare

Downvote is too easily abused, especially by trollers, flamers, and the aforementioned vengeful wronged middle schooler. @Captain Jordan, I see the sense in what you say, and I would agree that in a writing community it is better to write a proper response than simply click a button. To be honest, I'm pretty ambivalent about a post rating system. Like you, I'm just giving my two cents.

Dungeon Keepers (This one's done. Go to The Horde of Evil instead)

I was just about to go and write out the introduction that I had planned for the Ashlanders, when I remembered that Trapezoid was on hiatus. Unfortunate since my introduction was going to involve some interaction with the ice witches. Is somebody else currently taking control of that nation?

@Cyclone

I will be taking charge of the ice witches when they are needed for anything.

Mahz's Dev Journal

I think the three distinct ratings are useful. While a single rating is fine for individual posts, it does not help much in determining what kind of poster the user is as a whole, as it is here:

Mahz

If there was only one rating, we would not be able to distinguish between users who write lots of helpful posts to users who write lots of funny posts, or if they do a mix of both. These three ratings, when viewed from the user profile, provide a suitably diverse rating of the user, and does not blur the reasons they were up-rated (quality, helpfulness and humour being the three main categories here).

Dungeon Keepers (This one's done. Go to The Horde of Evil instead)

@Cale Tucker, your post is good. In terms for buildings and upgrades to your Avatar, as Cyclone said, there is no specific rule. Generally they would take just one post to do, unless they are particularly large, in which case the project may span over several of your posts (but you probably won't be doing anything like that this soon). The reason we have the rule for the minions and the Constructs is so that you can't simply churn out dozens of different and increasingly powerful minions, and so any end-game type minions or Constructs actually cost you to create. On the other hand, your Dungeon is limited by your ability to build and defend it, and your Avatar is limited directly by your power. In respect to your Dungeon plans, those are good too. It's nice to see you putting some consideration into it. Of course, with swarms of spiders, your main concern will be food, not infrastructure, but I'm sure you've got that covered.

Dungeon Keepers (This one's done. Go to The Horde of Evil instead)

@Cale Tucker, a Spider Queen, good idea. I don't think we've had one of those that before, but it fits in perfectly. That paragraph will need streamlining before going into the Compendium, but I'm happy with your Keeper. You may as well get started. Your first post(s) would involve setting up your Dungeon and creating your Spiderettes (the rules are that it takes 3 posts to invent your first minion).

Dungeon Keepers (This one's done. Go to The Horde of Evil instead)

I didn't explicity say the town was Amplis, but it certainly could be. I was thinking it would just be a random hamlet on the fringes of the kingdom, but I'll let it be your choice.

@Cyclone

The way you said it made it sound like it was in the capital.

@Kangutso

I at first thought it was in some hamlet. The capital is a bit close, and an earthquake and fissure would do more damage. If it isn't in the capital or nearby, it would take some time for news to reach him. He might get the news by horse-riding express messenger before night falls again.

Is this still available to join? Been reading the whole OP, and I am loving it.

@Cale Tucker

Yes, it is still open. As you can tell, we aren't very far in yet. Have you devised an idea yet for a character?