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XenoroyalSat 09-Oct-04 04:36 PM
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#6053, "Se-, Sel-, and Self- named characters."


          

These characters have an advantage over others. Players must type 5 letters of their name, instead of the normal 2 to interact with them. Otherwise, the game thinks you are refering to self.

The split seconds it takes a slow typer to type, and the increased chance for typos with greater # of letters, gives them an unfair advantage. Moreover, the fact that people will refer to them as se, sel, and/or self and miss their command on them.

People who currently have names like this are powergaming, and taking advantage of ooc code.

I suggest, no names be allowed to start with Se, Sel, and Self.

  

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HOT TopicSe-, Sel-, and Self- named characters. [View all] , Xenoroyal, Sat 09-Oct-04 04:36 PM
Reply Laugh all you want, folks, Manden, 11-Oct-04 10:27 PM, #13
Reply The point is..., shokai, 12-Oct-04 01:49 PM, #14
     Reply RE: The point is..., Straklaw, 12-Oct-04 03:06 PM, #15
     Reply RE: The point is..., Nivek1, 12-Oct-04 04:02 PM, #16
          Reply Guar, Manden, 12-Oct-04 09:41 PM, #17
               Reply Yes. It is a real character, incognito, 13-Oct-04 11:32 AM, #19
     Reply Yeah, back in My day, we had to type the whole name out..., Vladamir, 13-Oct-04 03:49 AM, #18
     Reply RE: Yeah, back in My day, we had to type the whole name..., Manden, 13-Oct-04 07:31 PM, #20
     Reply RE: The point is..., Curious, 17-Oct-04 04:45 PM, #21
          Reply tab completion does not always help, incognito, 18-Oct-04 04:56 AM, #22
Reply RE: Se-, Sel-, and Self- named characters., Kah, 11-Oct-04 09:40 PM, #12
Reply Which gives me an idea, Kamuela_, 11-Oct-04 04:08 PM, #11
Reply You would have LOVED me!, (NOT Graatch), 11-Oct-04 03:01 PM, #9
Reply I blame Selric! That dirty powergamer! (n/t), Valguarnera, 11-Oct-04 02:49 PM, #8
Reply I've given this some thought..., shokai, 11-Oct-04 02:44 PM, #7
Reply There is a real problem with some characters, incognito, 11-Oct-04 04:06 PM, #10
Reply No, only if you type the 4 letter self does it...., GinGa, 09-Oct-04 05:10 PM, #2
Reply RE: No, only if you type the 4 letter self does it...., Xenoroyal, 09-Oct-04 05:33 PM, #3
Reply An easy solution to this problem, jasmin, 09-Oct-04 04:42 PM, #1
     Reply even better nt, Xenoroyal, 09-Oct-04 06:04 PM, #4
     Reply RE: An easy solution to this problem, Isildur, 10-Oct-04 03:31 PM, #5
          Reply My next character is going to start with O-u-t-e-r........, Nivek1, 11-Oct-04 09:21 AM, #6
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