Raargant Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 I can honestly say that I am exceptionally pleased with this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murat Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 perhaps if its not there linking it with the fl wiki page Calron created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-D&Der Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 It kicks ***. Go live with the bitch. Wasn't there an even earlier forum before the one linked there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchaeius Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mali Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 I'd like to see "races", "classes" and "artwork" on the top bar. As it is, races and classes are under help resources. Help resources should stay, and include information about MUD clients as well as a link to the essays section of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeSeeU Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I think this should be the root from which our tree of awesomeness grows from! Well done my man, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pracyntict Posted December 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 I can put Races and Classes (and whatever else) on the top bar. Just wondering why you think it's necessary, Mali. I think the less clutter on the site the better. If someone goes "hm, I wonder what races they have", it's but a click away. But, if you have a legit reason, I'll entertain it. Also, just out of curiosity, what does artwork have to do with a MUD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grosek_ Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 May consider including the forum for searching on the site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mali Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 As a viewer I wouldn't think to look under help resources for the races and classes. The first thing I want to see about a mud is what I can be in the fantasy world. Thats why I would like to see it on the top bar. This could be done with less clutter by renaming help resources to player resources. As far as artwork, we have some pretty awesome stuff coming from the playerbase that should be showcased on the site, specifically icors work. Seeing his drawings of players and themes is inspiring to me and I think it would be to new players as well. A sample: http://www.theforsakenlands.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14251 (Girls) http://www.theforsakenlands.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14331&highlight=icor (FL graphic novel) http://www.theforsakenlands.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15044 (Vampire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinblades713 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Effectively stating that Icor is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare_from_hell Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Effectively stating that Icor is awesome. No one cares what a chicken hawk thinks anyways... You're just all juiced up from your fresh kill still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pracyntict Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I agree on the art, but I would rather not have a "Player Artwork" tab. Rather, Icor willing, I'd rather have a mention on the site that the art was created by Icor specifically. Otherwise the site becomes a collective scrap book of player miscellaney. I'd be very happy to have him contribute images of races, classes, deities and whatever else. I view the FL homepage more as an advertisement for players who are not familiar with what a MUD is, or those shopping around for other MUDs. As such, having a "Player Resources" tab is misleading. If I don't yet play FL, I'm not a player. But I would like to view the Help Resources. The first thing I look for in any MUD are signs of life, not races or classes. I want to see an up-to-date site, I want to see a clear connect link, and I want to see an active forum. All MUDs have mostly the same races or classes with minor variations. The story and the community are the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telufial Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Aye Aye, cap'n. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchaeius Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Well Pracyntict, when everything is ready, I believe Zhokril has been in contact with you about the transfer of the files. We will be hosting the website on one of our servers. We would love to keep you as a webmaster if you would be interested. We want to host the website on our own server in the case that other matters claim your attention - as has been the case with Lunicant and his hosting of these forums - that we have no issues with being able to fully manage and administer to the website. Let us know when it is possible, and we should be able to launch. Thank you once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grosek_ Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Awesomeness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare_from_hell Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Okay... are we going to at least fix the typos before heralding this as our new big and bad website? Just wondering... But I think it's awesome that this is actually going through and believe this to be a very wise move by the staff. Three cheers to thee, Pracyntict! (Though, after the typos thing ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pracyntict Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 To be fair, the typos came from existing text. As in, I copied and pasted the majority of all text from the current site and the MUD. So, blame Viri. He's used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icor Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Just so everyone knows, I normally dislike novels with illustrations in them. FL inspires me to draw and write, but I'm kind of put off by the idea of defining anything to "absolution". What I'm trying to say is that it is easy to ruin certain elements of a game that relies on the mystique of pure imagination. Artwork could water down the potential variety of different Sliths people could make, for example. Granted, images are attractive to new players, but they won't be the thing keeping them in the game; ultimately, they might be kind of destructive to someone's creativity when they're writing their description for their new Halfling Watcher Blademaster. I'm considering declining the task of making race/class images and sticking to exact character sketches. Exact character sketches are a little less bad when it comes to the world of words, and will probably be more interesting to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinblades713 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Yeah, I like the individual drawings better. So people can idealize what they want to make so that it could be as vivid, but still their own. If you draw an ogre, that's likely going to be stuck in someone's mind of an ogre, whereas if you draw a certain ogre (attention to detail, according to a description such as the Valadar/Anume pictures), maybe even title it. Makes the ambience more "real" without hindering players' creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 My problem is consistancy. How many of you have had a fire giant walking around and run into another one, except the other one is a giant, walking fire and wants to be all "hey, man, Math at Fire Giant Senior High was a right bitch, eh? So, wanna go get some grub?" and you're all like, "wtf is this guy thinking? Hell, man, I'm a walking tall guy and I know I'm a fire giant, I've met many like me, and this walking flamer thinks he's one of us? How do I RP this?.... RP: uh... you have fire on your head....I dunno, I got nothing." I just want a vague base of what each race is, with some hard rules. Are gnomes short and scrawny, or short and fat, or... maybe they are just like really tiny humans? Are you saying that, if I wanted, I could play my gnome as a 4 foot 12 inch man made of Graphical User Interfaces and free software cds if I wanted? Actually... I've got an idea now... a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mali Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Yeah icor, just give us permission to use the character artwork that you have already posted on these forums and incorporate those images into the website design as original artwork about the world of Forsaken Lands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Implementor Anume Posted January 1, 2009 Implementor Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 My problem is consistancy. How many of you have had a fire giant walking around and run into another one, except the other one is a giant, walking fire and wants to be all "hey, man, Math at Fire Giant Senior High was a right bitch, eh? So, wanna go get some grub?" and you're all like, "wtf is this guy thinking? Hell, man, I'm a walking tall guy and I know I'm a fire giant, I've met many like me, and this walking flamer thinks he's one of us? How do I RP this?.... RP: uh... you have fire on your head....I dunno, I got nothing." I just want a vague base of what each race is, with some hard rules. Are gnomes short and scrawny, or short and fat, or... maybe they are just like really tiny humans? Are you saying that, if I wanted, I could play my gnome as a 4 foot 12 inch man made of Graphical User Interfaces and free software cds if I wanted? Actually... I've got an idea now... a-g Your guidelines are underway already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Your guidelines are underway already I know, good Ol' Z responded to my emailed idea on the matter. But it seems a lot of players don't like the idea, and I was just trying to ease them into with with me yelling about it a lot. I'm trying to help! Don't you see?! I have people skills! I'm Important! People skills, dammit! What's wrong with you people?! To hell with this, I've got this idea to make a cool million dollars... a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBwillie Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Awesome job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I know, good Ol' Z responded to my emailed idea on the matter. But it seems a lot of players don't like the idea, and I was just trying to ease them into with with me yelling about it a lot. I'm trying to help! Don't you see?! I have people skills! I'm Important! People skills, dammit! What's wrong with you people?! To hell with this, I've got this idea to make a cool million dollars... a-g Are you kidding? Anytime I read a Giant's desc (fire/stone/storm) I wished this existed. Or an Avian that isn't a humanoid at all, more like an eagle. I say it's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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