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[Squee]

All races should be speaking different languages. Humans should be speaking human, elves should be speaking elvish, gnomes should be speaking gnomish, etc.

Obviously, all players would start off knowing how to speak 'common', a language understood by everyone in the realm. In addition, they would know a language corresponding to their own (elves and elvish, dwarves and dwarvish) that only their kin would understand. Anyone who is not part of their fold, would simply read jibberish.

Algorithims to change text could be kept simple - increasing a character's ASCII code by three or four randomly (unless it exceeds its case in which case it would just be decreased) or decreasing it by two or one randomly. (Perhaps random race-specific words would be thrown in randomly)

Players would be able to learn another language for an insane amount of money and time (during this 'training' period, random jibberish would be thrown into their text, implying that they are still learning the language - training time would be reduced eventually to nothing by saying so many characters in general chat).

The command could be /togglelang [race or 'common'] or simply /lang [race or 'common'].

It would not work in clan/friend/enemy/party chat. This is restricted to general chat.

[Crane]

An interesting concept, Squee - not quite sure what to think of it at the moment... it would certainly try to bring some role-play element into the game. Personally I would like to speak the Drow language! So what language will humans speak? More common?

What do you mean by training time being reduced to nothing?

[Da_J_Mooney]

Supported, i had the idea a few nites ago

[Drac]

in a game like this, i dunno.. everyone probably has an alt of each race. all theyd have to do is log onto the appropriate crit to see whats going on. Plus, its not uncommon for a person who plays many alts at a time (like most do) to have several different races at their disposal at once.

Anyways.. good idea, wrong game.

[MCM]

yey, something from starwars galaxies...and a new way to annoy the hell out of people with paci's

[Angelic]

As always, I love your idea Squee.

(Even though I'm partially sure that I know where you got the idea... )

[Exilus]

yey, something from starwars galaxies...and a new way to annoy the hell out of people with paci's

This isnt a new concept every mud game on the net, has it incorporated in it, and alot of table tops do as well, DandD included,

[MCM]

i know, i've played several with it, just wanted to name the newest i could think of

[Exilus]

Ok lol.. i wasn't trying to be mean just point it out, i missunderstood your thinking....lol.. with the post

[jurian]

if this was a game where ppl actually roleplayed i could c this happen but in nm i think it's rather useless and lots of work altho i like the idea in itself i wouldn't use it and i don't think many others would use it on regular basis.

[Charon]

Personally I would like to speak the Drow language!

You can if you reeeeally want... it just means you actually have to go way and learn it outside of the game
You just wouldn't be able to use it as a race language because there isn't a playable drow race.

So what language will humans speak?  More common?

Humans should be speaking human

I'd be more interested in what language a Half-Elf would speak.
(And perhaps a Half-Orc)

What do you mean by training time being reduced to nothing?

I presume he means that while you are "learning" a language you are training in it... every time you speak (the language you're learning?) in general chat (or perhaps have someone speaking the language you're learning to you?) you reduce your training time, and when your training time is reduced to nothing, at that point you have "learnt" the language, and will understand it from that point onwards.

Unfortunately:

Players would be able to learn another language for an insane amount of money and time

Some would... but I can't think of many players who would be willing to shell out on the money and time to do this when they can get away with speaking common.

(Gah, I will make the quotes work >_<)

Edited by Charon, 15 November 2004 - 10:22 AM.

[Despair]

this would be super cool if in normal chat at least . . . a toggletranslate command was always on that changed ur sentances slightly . . . ie a half orc would grunt a little inbetween words and a halfling would just talk kinda weirdish

[lordmaster]

the idea would be good but then it would take ages to learn the frikken language so i have to say no to this! oh well at least you didnt say speak your mind otherwise i would have said that the idea both sucked and blowed! oops i just said it out loud! what a loud of bulls**t!

Edited by lordmaster, 15 November 2004 - 06:01 PM.

[Sean]

the idea would be good but then it would take ages to learn the frikken language so i have to say no to this! oh well at least you didnt say speak your mind otherwise i would have said that the idea both sucked and blowed! oops i just said it out loud! what a loud of bulls**t!

Shh go away Joop Edwards

I love the idea add plz! GG Squee!

[Squee]

I would assume that half-elves would speak human and half-orcs would speak orcish. Half-Elves, seeing how the elves in Kantele shun those who are not full blooded elves, were probably thought of outcasts who were probably taken in by their human parent.

the idea would be good but then it would take ages to learn the frikken language so i have to say no to this! oh well at least you didnt say speak your mind otherwise i would have said that the idea both sucked and blowed! oops i just said it out loud! what a loud of bulls**t!

Have you ever tried to learn a second or third language completely? It's not an easy thing to do and it takes years to master it. If you have a sincere want to learn a language, you'll go through all the necessary steps to learn it. If not then simply speak common. There's no real shame in that.

Some would... but I can't think of many players who would be willing to shell out on the money and time to do this when they can get away with speaking common.

I don't think there's really anything wrong with that. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if only two or three people in the entire elf community could speak Halfling or Human.

And really, that's how it is today. There are only a handful of Americans that can speak...oh...let's say Taiwanese.

yey, something from starwars galaxies

I never played. It wouldn't surprise me if that game had this, though. I was more basing this on DnD.

and a new way to annoy the hell out of people with paci's

If it bothers you so much (and for whatever reason, you don't want to move off the square), simply learn the language. Anata baka!

and lots of work

I'll agree that it's not exactly one-line of code but it's certainly less work and grief than adding another class or something like that.

i don't think many others would use it on regular basis.

Yeah, that's probably true. Most people would probably speak common and only speak their native tongue when they wanted to sound smart or to insult someone. Of course, if someone starts to speak to you in a different language and you don't understand, you should probably learn the language yourself.

[MCM]

QUOTE (MCM)
and a new way to annoy the hell out of people with paci's



If it bothers you so much (and for whatever reason, you don't want to move off the square), simply learn the language. Anata baka!

actually thats a plus for me, with being on rarly and using a paci, i can bug the hell out of people that look me over while looking for a kill