From - Sun Sep 27 15:23:20 1998
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 15:00:53 -0500
From: Myrla Kurosawa <myrla@kef.net>
Organization: Ka'at Exploration Fleet
To: fuzzylogic@mudservices.com
Subject: Re: Descs etc, was Re: Frequently asked but [SNIP]

Ragnar Fyri wrote:

> A little confusion here. I was talking about the descs made available
> to guests either as default or through tramming. As guest wrangler/gardener
> Gyro has kind of the final word on what they get to look like, so he can
> make sure they don't look better than him. ;P

Then he should have no problem. :)


> >The ones I dont like are the descs that go on for 2 screens, like
> >they're giving you the characters history and life story. Way to much to
> >take in.
> 
> Someone I know on Furry has a long "desc" I haven't seen most of because
> it scrolled off the screen before I could read it. And the last part that
> stayed until it got spammed off was the kind of data that belongs in the
> pinfo..... *sigh*

With 9999 lines in my scroll buffer, I dont have a problem with missing
stuff that scrolls off the screen. But thats not really the issue here.
Descs should be kept at a reasonable length, say 1/2 to 3/4 of a screen.
6-8 lines woul dbe even better. In a situation when things are moving
along, say, in a group with others, you dont have time to read someones
'story' just to see what the fur your talking to looks like. You could
end up missing much of the conversation thread while trying to see where
you are, or who everyone is.

> Or how about "Myrla is a tiger who has 56 stripes on her body. The first
> one runs like this..."

Thats just it. Everyone has a good idea what a tiger looks like.. ultra
details dont really help that much. I dont really care to read it
anyway.


> >On FurryFaire, they have a nag routine that bugs you everytime you
> >connect if you have rooms that arent linked or described.  I had a major
> >project going there once, and had to go around and say "Desc under
> >contruction" in all the rooms, just to shut up the nag program, until I
> >cound finish.
> 
> Well that's one thing the batch file method would be good for...

My method is more direct. Put what I need in the clipboard and use the
paste command as I walk around. :)

                           ...Myrla


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