Server death messages

[whitegh0st]

'xxxxxx has shot themself in the head' makes no sense grammatically anyway...
Shot Themselves
Shot Himself
Shot Herself

I'm a grammer nazi... tis true

DQ

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[Tic]

"Player" had a missile jam.
"Player" forgot their flying lessons.
"Player" found a planet.
"Player" thought his mines wont track him.

I'll think of more later.

[Cawdor]

I'll have to agree with mjolnir here: the messages should be as short as possible for the players to keep track of things while being in a dodge-intense fight.

So I'd propose

#1 <Corsair> Ejected <--------------------------- Suicide Message
#3 <Hessian> blew <Corsair> up <-------------- Basic Death Message
#4 <Hessian> defeated <Corsair> <------------- Basic Death Message

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[selsyn]

I have to agree with the general concensus that the new suicide message isn't very good.

Technically, we cannot commit "suicide" because we aren't actually "dying". We are merely ejecting from our ships and going back to a base, where we have a backup ship awaiting us.

Although, i can see how some people may think the shooting themselves in the head thing could possibly reduce the number of suicides, but in application, the number of suicides will stay the same.

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[Derkylos]

I'll have to agree with mjolnir here: the messeges should be as short as possible for the players to keep an track of things while being in a dodge-intense fight.

So I'd propose

#1 <Corsair> Ejected <--------------------------- Suicide Message
#3 <Hessian> blew <Corsair> up <-------------- Basic Death Message
#4 <Hessian> defeated <Corsair> <------------- Basic Death Message

I like the simple "defeated", no mess, and the defeatee can RP it as they wish.



Or you could have <Hessian> WTFOMGPWNT <Corsair>...

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[Fellow Hoodlum]

Go and look now then please, you all know you want to ...

Hood

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Some say he is a proud member of: "The most paranoid group of people in the Community."

[MB52]

So I'm guessing it is very easy to change the message?

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I’ll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it’s flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

[Jacob S.]

'xxxxxx has shot themself in the head' makes no sense grammatically anyway...
Shot Themselves
Shot Himself
Shot Herself

I'm a grammer nazi... tis true

DQ

Grammar, I'm a spelling Nazi, its true.
(Although that could be how the Brits spell it; you and your crazy usages of vowels: grey, colour, favour, etc...
I rather like the crucial navigational error by the way.)

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[MB52]

Its a shame you can't set differant messages for differant ship types..

For a large ship like a BS... a message like..

*** Suffered severe damage and needed to be towed home for repairs

Doesn't make sense for a BS to actually get destroyed.

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I’ll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it’s flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

[Fellow Hoodlum]

It is a suicide message though, and is going to stay that way. There are other more enterprising ways to
keep your hold of your guns, than deliberately flying into a planet. Not very 'roleplay' is it ?

Hood

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Some say he is a proud member of: "The most paranoid group of people in the Community."