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The orc description on the site

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:36 pm
by catsoup
It says
A bit smaler than humans, strong, dirty, smelly and cunning. They hate the light and can see good in the darkness. They are masters in weapon handling and wear heavy armor. They are good fighters but could also be evil priests for instance.

When I first saw it, I found it a little disturbing, since the author clearly sees the orcs negatively. I would not write they are "dirty", but rather that they "do not pay that much attention to the both the own look and smell, as well as on the other's." This text just sounds kinda descriminating. Besides I would rephraze the "Evil priest" thing. I would rather write "priest serving/satisfying evil gods", because the actual priest's altitude depends on his personality. Du ju agri?

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:38 pm
by Moathia
No.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:38 pm
by catsoup
Moathia wrote:No.
Now that says much. why?

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:40 pm
by Devrah Liioness
Look, the whole game isn't going to be rewritten and reorganized just because one random person feels like complaining about everything he can think of.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:41 pm
by catsoup
Devrah Liioness wrote:Look, the whole game isn't going to be rewritten and reorganized just because one random person feels like complaining about everything he can think of.
that is why you are supposed to agree with me :D

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:42 pm
by Moathia
However no one does agree with you, especially someone who has only had their account for ONE HOUR.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:42 pm
by Devrah Liioness
*waits around for Japheth and his shiny padlock*

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:44 pm
by catsoup
Moathia wrote:However no one does agree with you, especially someone who has only had their account for ONE HOUR.
Well, you only dislike my proposition only because i am a newb? Well, that is a good reason. Perhaps it's the orc decription that made me register on the forum. And yes, out of three ppl that posted here two disagree, but without giving an appropriate reason.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:44 pm
by Faladron
You know, he doesn't change the story noteable with his suggestions, just trying to put the orcs in a better light there.

Perhaps try to talk to the webmaster of the website or offer a paraphrased text yourself, orc lover. :lol:

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:44 pm
by Liles
Can't you lay off the new one a bit?

The idea is slightly silly as the orcs in game are dirty fighters that kill for the blood lord. Also you're just rewriting what is written with the evil priest part.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:45 pm
by Devrah Liioness
Well, it's just annoying like Hadrian's proposal-a-minute thing used to be. The devs have more important things to do than respond to a trivial proposal every fifteen seconds.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:47 pm
by Kevin Lightdot
Devrah Liioness wrote:Look, the whole game isn't going to be rewritten and reorganized just because one random person feels like complaining about everything he can think of.
That only happens in politics...
Ask misj, their going to have to think up a new name for "negerzoenen"
witch has been the name of something that has been around since ... god knows when... and now their going to have to chainge it cause it's supposed to be rasistical :roll:

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:51 pm
by catsoup
Devrah Liioness wrote:Well, it's just annoying like Hadrian's proposal-a-minute thing used to be. The devs have more important things to do than respond to a trivial proposal every fifteen seconds.
I just want to make it a little better. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't mind. That is what the forum is for. Do you eat newbs for breakfast? I don't think it is such a hard, hard-on-impossible job to polish the texts on the site a bit. :)

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:55 pm
by Devrah Liioness
catsoup wrote:
Devrah Liioness wrote:Well, it's just annoying like Hadrian's proposal-a-minute thing used to be. The devs have more important things to do than respond to a trivial proposal every fifteen seconds.
I just want to make it a little better. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't mind. That is what the forum is for. Do you eat newbs for breakfast? I don't think it is such a hard, hard-on-impossible job to polish the texts on the site a bit. :)
Well.

See, the texts are already being redone, anyway, and added to. And right now the devs are working on a druid system, a priest system, and updated combat system, and a new client release. So as I said, they have a lot on thier plates atm.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:56 pm
by Dónal Mason
They're MEANT to be updating stuff like that sometime, but they're horrifically slow.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:33 pm
by Misjbar
There is already a new orc description, but I think the implementing (i.e. revealing it to the public) is still in progress.

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:35 pm
by Llama
Devrah Liioness wrote:Well, it's just annoying like Hadrian's proposal-a-minute thing used to be.
Oh sure.. blame it on the Hadrian...

People who dont wash are dirty
Orcs do not wash
Therefore they are dirty

Simple not..?

@ Eatign n00bs for breakfast : Try searching for 'devrah' in urbandictionary ;)

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:43 pm
by Poots
they also said they make good necromancers, they didn't say all orcs are necromancers, if you want a orc that just worships an evil god, go for it. this is how most people see orcs. like in lord of the rings. make your character description differant if you want to

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:33 pm
by Estralis Seborian
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