I should set mine to matter-of-factly.

Because using exaggerated emotes like /softly, /quietly or /darkly every time you say something make you a badass + pinnacle of arrpeer

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Rev. Reene


Kssarh says, "At least I have not had another Guildleader complain about you in a while."
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Kssarh says, "Which is rather disappointing. You have a reputation to uphold."

<<I've been threatening to use matter-of-factly since it came out...

As a matter of fact, I have been as well.

-Evran

Crackling with unspent rage since 386A.V.

We can do Matter-of-Factly week the same time we do Grand Master Moon Mage week.

It'll be great.

<<When are we doing this?

How do us non grand master moon mages play?


- George, Player of Foresee

<<How do us non grand master moon mages play?

By using the Evasion Novice title of course.

-Evran

Crackling with unspent rage since 386A.V.

>>Having someone constantly use the same emote, over and over, is grating and borderline OOC in my opinion. It constantly breaks immersion for me, and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.


Go out into the real world and sitting by yourself watch people. Watch them over a few days if you can. I bet you will see that many of them are emoting the same things over and over. It really is IC.

It really depends on what they're saying. Like someone speaking softly and doing it in all caps with an ! at the end wouldn't really be right.

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Cute verbs and speaking from hiding are excellent ways to catch a lightning bolt in the face regardless of mystical ninja abilities.

-Armifer

<<You playfully exclaim, "SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME I'M BLEEDING TO DEATH!"

The appropriate response would be to wait:

* Caelumia was just slain before your eyes!
* Caelumia was just struck down!

>'Oh, I thought you were just playing...


- George, Player of Foresee

>>You playfully exclaim, "SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME I'M BLEEDING TO DEATH!"

That would work if they weren't serious. They probably were though

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Cute verbs and speaking from hiding are excellent ways to catch a lightning bolt in the face regardless of mystical ninja abilities.

-Armifer

I am going to add a few kudos in here as it relates to the default emotes. Yesterday Fran was down at the Gorbesh Fort, hanging about, when a small invasion of empaths from Crossing looking to escape the crowded town showed up. One was doing the playfully emote thing causing me to want to do something absolutely horrid to a small stuffed creature, or maybe even kick a hamster. I had Fran hightail it to some place as far away as she could relatively quickly.

Craxor however stayed and talked with the new empath, getting an idea of who she was and what she had come to Ilithi to find. After talking with this empath for a bit of time, Craxor was able to get her to stop with the playfully emote, RPing all the way. So Kudos to Craxor, and Kudos to Yamms, the young empath who was open to RPing understanding she needed to change her ways.

If you are one who must have a default emote, make sure it is something which would actually make sense, giving your character a voice, and not the persona of a crazed cheerleader, less of course being a crazed cheerleader is what you want to be, and in that case, I hope your medication kicks in fast.


Francelia (the lost empath)

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Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong. ~Terry Prachett~

<<Have seen them exclaiming stuff softly..? Yea...made my teeth grate

I have a couple friends in the real life that are always soft or quiet. One has damage to his voicebox and everything comes out a kind of muted half-whisper half growl, even when he's yelling at video games. The other's voice just doesn't seem to get any louder than quiet, no matter what she does. Its hard to take her seriously when she's angry unless you know her. ;)

So yeah, I don't feel that exclaiming things softly is so jarring.

- George, Player of Foresee

I know at least one empath who could just set theirs to rudely... :P

Interesting. I don't know a single person that has 1 vocal range. Every human I know in real life goes through a wide range of emotions in front of me. They talk, smile, laugh, yell, scream, etc. Hmmm, must be hawaii. Or maybe hanging around me causes people to go through wide ranges of emotions.

I'm trying really hard... nope, still can't think of a single person. Now my mind is rotating through all my nerd friends... nope, still nothing. Now back to Cali, mmm, D&D friends... nope. Warhammer 40k friends...Wait, this guy jeff sounded like a girl but he used to giggle and he would go from high-pitch to low when he got excited or mad, looks like he doesn't count. My roomate from Cali? Soft-spoken all the time... check. Oh wait, no he yelled very loudly at me when I set all the fire alarms(they were all linked, the living room would set his bedroom off) off in the house.

I fail. :( I want some broken vocal cord friends too.

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[01:45] You matter-of-factly say, "I can't wait til I can wear the grand master moon mage title."
[01:45] Crounchmeyer darkly says, "My foraging is as bad as my pocket foraging."
[01:46] You matter-of-factly ask, "Pocket foraging?"

Every other time I run into someone who uses /quietly or /softly every time they speak, I ask them repeatedly to speak up because I can't hear them.

It occasionally works.

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Rev. Reene

You hear your mental voice echo, Axiarra, are you still around? We had um... an incident on the third floor.

Your mind hears Vermire thinking, "The screaming, angry souls of the damned count as an "incident?""

>>I know at least one empath who could just set theirs to rudely... :P

Why didn't I think of this sooner? :(


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SEND[Bramoir] Okay, you are all set, just make sure you use your name for the powers of good okay?
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>Interesting. I don't know a single person that has 1 vocal range.

I had to change opticians once because the optometrist they had there spoke in such a robotic monotone that nothing of what he said registered with me. Now that could be a work habit, as some people deliberately select a speech pattern for their work persona, but it still happens.

The thing, to me, is that emotes should indicate a deviation from a character's normal way of speaking.

So they talk darkly all the time? Then they should use the normal verb and only use the darkly thing to indicate when they are taking darkly for them .

Volumes are a little less heinous, but still pretty bad.

--Player of Szrael --

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>Hmmm, must be hawaii.

>>I laugh every time I see one of your posts go this route. I know a person in Hilo who does the quiet thing (can get pissed and rage, but oh so quietly; it's bizarre).

Huzzah! Precisely my goal. I usually deviate this way on purpose especially when it really has little effect/point/purpose to the post.

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Him (1:16:32 AM): You should use his old avatar
Him (1:16:38 AM): They will flip out
Me (1:16:42 AM): what is it?
Me (1:16:50 AM): i totally will
Him (1:16:50 AM): it was a horse face
Me (1:16:53 AM): hahahahahhaa
Him (1:17:29 AM): yeah

<<Cael is pretty nice to characters that don't act like yours.>>

I can vouch for this.

<<Emote stuff>>

I agree with what was said above: Default emotes are unecessary at best, annoying at worst. I wouldn't miss them.

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[21:34] Your mind hears Mujaki thinking, "You are never too young for liquor."
[21:34] Your mind hears Kalnean thinking, "You don't have any kids, do you."
[21:35] Your mind hears Mujaki thinking, "I hope not."

Fun Fact:

My roommate got stepped on by Ben Stine at an art gallery (or maybe she stepped on him, I'll check in the morning). He in fact, does talk like that all the time.

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Also: Moo.