Tone & Speech Additions
Tone & Speech Additions
I only end up noticing these as I go along, trying to use them and realizing they don't work (which is usually when my PCs have blank says):
TONE
pleasant(ly), considerate(ly), indifferent(ly), apathetic(ly), ambivalent(ly), comprehending(ly), cagey (cagily), evasive(ly), ponderous(ly), reticent(ly)
SPEECH
confirm, praise, reason, relay, refuse, answer, evade, sigh
TONE
pleasant(ly), considerate(ly), indifferent(ly), apathetic(ly), ambivalent(ly), comprehending(ly), cagey (cagily), evasive(ly), ponderous(ly), reticent(ly)
SPEECH
confirm, praise, reason, relay, refuse, answer, evade, sigh
Last edited by Alaia on Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I play: Vanja - Khadija - Solveig - Alaia
Re: Tone & Speech Additions
Also a few words I was thinking about:
Chide (both tone and speech? S/he chides, s/he chidingly says...)
Taunt (both tone and speech?)
Acquiesce (speech)
Blurt (speech)
Chime (speech, as in s/he chimes in, "blah blah blah!")
Hint (speech)
Rant (speech)
Chide (both tone and speech? S/he chides, s/he chidingly says...)
Taunt (both tone and speech?)
Acquiesce (speech)
Blurt (speech)
Chime (speech, as in s/he chimes in, "blah blah blah!")
Hint (speech)
Rant (speech)
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Some other tones:
tiredly
fondly
staunchly
ruefully
restlessly
tiredly
fondly
staunchly
ruefully
restlessly
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Most of these have now been added. To increase response time, provide lists of tones and speeches separately, and alphabetically.
The lore compels me!
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Would it be possible to perhaps have an option to list only tones that pertain to a certain general emotion? For instance, you could type 'tone list happy' and it would return all "happy" tones, like excited, happy, etc. This would make it a lot easier to find a tone now that the list is starting to get three miles long.
A scrawny alley cat stares after the dog with big green eyes.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
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As I'm guessing the lists of tones and speeches are a flat text file, or near enough equivalent, it'll take quite a bit of work to actually code in a way to sort them in any particular fashion. Else we'd have a way to by now. I remember suggesting some method of sorting in another thread and it didn't get a response. It's starting to become necessary, though, so hopefully something can be managed.
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Main problem I see is that a lot of the categorization could be subject to opinion. When I tone (yes, I verbed the noun version of the word), I rarely look at the tone list; I just try a few tones I think would be appropriate, and for the ones that don't exist, I write them down with a note to add them later. I urge everyone else to do the same. It's trivial to add new tones, so don't feel bad about throwing huge lists of requested tones at us (just try to alphabetize them, that makes it easier on my OCDness to add them in the code). Maybe one day we'll have them all! We'll be famous far and wide as "that MUD where you can just type in any tone and it just works!"
The lore compels me!
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I was talking with someone one day about how nice it'd be to not need to add them to a list, but supply your own. Though I'm sure that isn't viable now, as all the work that's been put into what we have now is far too comprehensive to toss aside.
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I do the same thing as Rias; I rarely look, I just use what comes to my mind.
For instance, during the fun today:
$speech - elaborate
For instance, during the fun today:
$speech - elaborate
I play: Vanja - Khadija - Solveig - Alaia
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Added!Alaia wrote: For instance, during the fun today:
$speech - elaborate
The lore compels me!
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Speech: enunciate
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Tone:
miserably
Speech:
guess
coax
Also, could the tone version of 'teasingly' be switched to 'teasing' instead of 'tease'? That's how most, if not all, of the other ones are, and it throws me off.
miserably
Speech:
guess
coax
Also, could the tone version of 'teasingly' be switched to 'teasing' instead of 'tease'? That's how most, if not all, of the other ones are, and it throws me off.
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I just got used to be it being the black sheep though. D:Lacie wrote:Also, could the tone version of 'teasingly' be switched to 'teasing' instead of 'tease'? That's how most, if not all, of the other ones are, and it throws me off.
A scrawny alley cat stares after the dog with big green eyes.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
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I'm confused about this. Why is it a black sheep?Fayne wrote:I just got used to be it being the black sheep though. D:Lacie wrote:Also, could the tone version of 'teasingly' be switched to 'teasing' instead of 'tease'? That's how most, if not all, of the other ones are, and it throws me off.
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Because you have to type 'tone tease, instead of 'tone teasing' to use it, while every other tone you type exactly what it is minus the -ly at the end.Barius wrote:I'm confused about this. Why is it a black sheep?Fayne wrote:I just got used to be it being the black sheep though. D:Lacie wrote:Also, could the tone version of 'teasingly' be switched to 'teasing' instead of 'tease'? That's how most, if not all, of the other ones are, and it throws me off.
A scrawny alley cat stares after the dog with big green eyes.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
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Oh, I get it. I was thinking you meant the actual message, not the tone name.Fayne wrote:Because you have to type 'tone tease, instead of 'tone teasing' to use it, while every other tone you type exactly what it is minus the -ly at the end.Barius wrote:I'm confused about this. Why is it a black sheep?Fayne wrote: I just got used to be it being the black sheep though. D:
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Sorry to keep this going, but while scanning the list, another one that pops out: the 'glee' tone should probably be 'gleeful'. And 'conspirator' should be 'conspiratorial'.
I noticed, though, that teasing was fixed. Thank you!
I noticed, though, that teasing was fixed. Thank you!
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Trying to make more work for us! Conspiratorial is so long to type...Lacie wrote:Sorry to keep this going, but while scanning the list, another one that pops out: the 'glee' tone should probably be 'gleeful'. And 'conspirator' should be 'conspiratorial'.
I noticed, though, that teasing was fixed. Thank you!
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Can we get supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as a tone? I wanna speak supercalifragilisticexpialidociously. Also, I wanna see Barius squirm at the length. Hehe
A scrawny alley cat stares after the dog with big green eyes.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
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It doesn't make me squirm because it's not a real suggestion.Fayne wrote:Can we get supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as a tone? I wanna speak supercalifragilisticexpialidociously. Also, I wanna see Barius squirm at the length. Hehe
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Tone: seductive
A scrawny alley cat stares after the dog with big green eyes.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
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I can speak supercalifragilisticexpialidociously? :O Hehe I'll drop the joke now, promise.Rias wrote:Requested stuff added/fixed.
A scrawny alley cat stares after the dog with big green eyes.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.
Speaking to a scrawny alley cat, you ask, "Friend of yours?"
A scrawny alley cat hisses angrily.