Worlde Arcane: Questions & Comments

By Trask Draugrbane, Recovering Amnesiac (Trask)

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 2:23 am GMT | Edit | Link |

There is no hard and fast rule regarding the reintroduction of a character, especially after the passage of a substantial period time. I would recommend something of a backstory to account for the absence, but the character is yers to do (within reason) as yew please.

Havta has been reactivated, have at his profile.

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 4:13 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Take me, for example. I think I've brought Trask back from the dead... two, maybe three times now. Just remember, make it plausible. Make it dynamic!

By Havta Kundera (Havta)

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 4:48 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Thank yew all for yer help. I'll be updating profile this weekend and then Havta is back in action.

Havta

By Moderator (Adara)

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 1:04 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Whatever yew do, though, it's a good idea to specify whenever it may be unclear to other players which language yer using. Even the colors don't show up the same on everyone's computer screen.

This comment was made in answer to a question in a quest thread, regarding using a particular font or color to indicate that a character is speaking Elvish. fwiw, I am in 100% agreement with the comment made above.

If a player has not downloaded the font another player is using, there will be no difference whatsoever in what that person sees. As well, we should all remember that there are players in this game with vision issues that do not allow them to read the website in color. For these players, a color change is meaningless. If yer character is speaking a different language, please consider, as is suggested in the comment above, letting us know by saying so.

By Ellaliaeya (Ella)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 10:57 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

So I keep seeing this all over the site and I'm wondering if it's only my computer that's possessed:

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If it's just my comp, is there something I can do to fix it? It's such a pest lol

By Yer Friendly Neighborhood (Loreley)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:24 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Heh. Looks like our accented characters are on the fritz again. That's supposed to be an e with a circumflex.

It's rendering fine in my browser, though. For once. Heh. No idea how to fix it, I'm afraid.

By [on hiatus] the Iron Fist (T�ff)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:28 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

It's yer browser's encoding settings.

If yer on Firefox ...

Firefox 3 settings:
+ View: Character Encoding: Auto-Detect: Universal
+ View: Character Encoding: Western (ISO-8859-1)

By Ellaliaeya (Ella)

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 1:24 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Ah. Toff. My hero.

By [on hiatus] the Iron Fist (T�ff)

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 10:32 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Oh, get in line. And don't tread on the cape, there's a good girl.

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 10:46 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Dave Arneson
1947 - 2009
R.I.P.

Roll dem bones!

By Argroww Roh-Gah, Spirit Master (Argroww)

Saturday, April 11, 2009 - 12:07 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Gygax & Arneson, both gone too young...

*sniff*

Saturday, April 11, 2009 - 2:43 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I read about these guys on the Order of the Stick webcomic, shame to loose 2 people who had such a massive effect on the RPing worlde

By Wearer of Pants, Warmonger (Smurf)

Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:48 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

After perusing for a western starting point and taking into account my character's background, I'd like to check with the mods before having Ferro wash up on Worlde Arcane: The Vericul Sea: The Thapul Ocean: The Great Western Channel: Riatha. I chose this specific area because after doing some research on the Western Channel, I don't believe Ferro could survive the trip all the way to the shores of Thapelel on driftwood. Please let me know if Riatha would be an acceptable entrance point. Thank yew!

Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 12:00 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Hehehee. Of all the places.

Riatha is actually a plot point, a goddess-warded island that no one can find without specific magickal aid. In theory, the area will eventually be open to the public, but not right now.

By Wearer of Pants, Warmonger (Smurf)

Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 2:09 am GMT | Edit | Link |

That's what I thought...considering the whole, "hidden from the outside worlde," tag. Glad I checked ;).

Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 2:33 am GMT | Edit | Link |

No worries, old bean. And welcome back!

By Wearer of Pants, Warmonger (Smurf)

Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 3:13 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Thank yew muchos young bean ;)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 3:38 am GMT | Edit | Link |

All right, Ferro, this is driving me nuts. I know I've RPed with yeh before. Did yew run any characters before Chase?

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 7:01 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Way way waaaayyy way back when Al Gore first invented the internet, I played a blind character (can't recall the name). Maybe one of yer characters tripped him at some point?

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 7:15 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

That wouldn't surprise me. I've been here, on and off, for 11 years now. I'll be a monkey's uncle if I could remember everything I've run across here.

By Moderator (Adara)

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 12:50 am GMT | Edit | Link |

lol I am totally not surprised, and I bet I know exactly who it was! Tirillius, right? I was Camryn back then, Ferro.

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 1:22 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Hoppin' hoplites, Adara, your memory's amazing.

By Tall, mysterious mage & adventurer (Qim)

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 3:31 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Yep, I remember, now! It was Cam and her 'Uncle Tir' and there were a few others, as well. Were yew in that group, Smurf?

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:02 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

This is ringing a bell. Was I with yew guys? I'm assuming with my current character.

Friday, May 1, 2009 - 12:44 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Around that time, Pete, if you were with 'em, I was with 'em. And judging from the fact that I distinctly remember a Landon from Texas, I'm betting it's a yes for both. Krikey.

Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 8:41 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Oi! What's with the moving of the Keyword Search?

By The definitely unmarried moderator (Kariana)

Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 8:46 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

It looked more like a tool than a story link. I'll move it back if that's what everybody wants.

I'm working on a way to prevent the menu from resetting to its default collapsed/expanded state (the red & green arrows) every time we click something, too.

Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 9:46 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Lol I never even knew where that keyword search was in the first place. I'm terribly unobservant, which probably explains why I also never noticed the default resetting before either. Ah well, I'm happy either way.

By Rhadamanthus son of Shaffan the Hated (Wyrm)

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 2:51 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I can�t seem to see what the name of this track of forest in NW Aniada is called. It looks like the Green Forest stops at the Lorimar, Daelows Woods seem to end at their border. Does the Dark Forest cross the Uiopa?

map

By Rhadamanthus son of Shaffan the Hated (Wyrm)

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 3:25 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I think this is the area yer looking for.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 3:47 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Many thanks!

I'm horid at geography. That would appear to be the spot, and oddly enough, an old post of mine from a few years ago har-har.

Thank yew again!

By Rhadamanthus son of Shaffan the Hated (Wyrm)

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 4:28 am GMT | Edit | Link |

It'd be great if we had our gameplay pages hot-linked to the maps. But that's a lot easier said than done!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 1:57 am GMT | Edit | Link |

That would be really cool. Wouldn't it be groovy if we could do something like a google map yew could zoom in on? The map of Ufaeria has hyperlinks... how was that done?

Speaking of... alas that bit of forest past the the Daelows wood remains unnamed I think. That patch of geenery ends at the Daelows border which is only half way to the mountain range. No matter, I have a place I can call it.

Cheers!

By Eyvind

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 4:56 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I've been looking for the Herald, but it seems to have dissapeared! There are no links by the post boxes -- like there used to be most of the time -- no links on the nav bar...

I also can't find any announcement or sign of it going away, so perhaps I have only to blame myself?

Where has it gone?

By Eyvind

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 5:04 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Apologize for the quick double-post, but I found this (was a link from an old announcement post):

http://worldearcane.mysteryandmagic.com/Herald/z.herald.frames.shtml

But it's a bit outdated, it seems. Does this mean it's simply not been updated, or abandoned altogether? Or do I just have the wrong link?

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 1:32 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

The Herald was under the auspices of a moderator who has since retired, so it has gone gently into that good night until such a time as someone else is willing to take up that mantle. Sad, but true.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 6:30 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I really like the scrolling navigation bar and the seal graphics but as the number of references to seals increases, they push the navigation bar down. There is probably some trick that I�m missing and that guy in the Apple commercials will probably blame it on Vista... but I can�t get to the link back to the M&M home page any more as its getting pushed off the screen.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 3:08 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

For now, just collapse any expanded menu item (make all triangles red).

Then go check yer screen resolution. I know somebody on an iPhone was having troubles, but yew should be running better than 640x480 on an actual computer.

The seals are due for a compression soon, I think. That should help.

And if it's just the M&M homepage link yer really hurting for, and nothing else is working, just bookmark it!

By Mars Steele, Mercenary (Mar)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 8:19 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Many thanks!

It seems to be getting worse though, If I open the Library I can't see anything after Timeline. Am I the only one getting this?

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 8:57 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Xiro,

I have the same problem also.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:08 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

I've downsampled them a bit. Please try clearing yer caches & reloading the site.

What screen resolution are yew guys running, though?

By Protectress of Rondor and Prophetess of Arainrhod (Loreley)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:29 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Thank yew again T�ff!

It works great for me. Thank yew alos Mars, I'd hate to think anyone made a change just form me (esp. when it is probably due to my addiction to Microsoft products).

Cheers!!!!!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:34 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Ahhh, much better. Thanks, T�ff.

By Mars Steele, Mercenary (Mar)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:37 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Yea, thank yew, Toff.

It works great for me also and thank yew, Xiro, for mentioning the problem and Toff for fixing the problem.

By Protectress of Rondor and Prophetess of Arainrhod (Loreley)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:50 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

As we discover more seals, the menu will be pushed down again.

What screen resolution are yew guys running?

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 11:16 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Mine's 1280 by 800 px, but nothing was getting pushed off my screen yet. It was close, though.

By Elven Bandit, Edde (Eddellyn)

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 1:08 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Do I detect a whiff of TMBT syndrome? Too Many Browser Toolbars!

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 1:27 am GMT | Edit | Link |

It was getting close for me as well - also 1280x800 - but this is better. Not any extra toolbars but a limitation of my laptop resolution ;)

By Protectress of Rondor and Prophetess of Arainrhod (Loreley)

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 1:42 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I don't think so, T�ff. At least, not in my case. As far as I can tell, I only have the bare essentials.

By Protectress of Rondor and Prophetess of Arainrhod (Loreley)

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 2:46 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I just removed my "Bookmarks" toolbar, which I never use. Gave me a little more space. Don't think there's anything more I can do, though.

By Oh Look, It's A (Kariana)

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 6:29 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Are they supposed to be randomly changing between large and small icons or is that just my internet/computer playing up?

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 6:32 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Hmm. That sounds like a caching problem to me. I believe the icons are supposed to stay small.

Friday, September 11, 2009 - 2:38 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Thank yew Loreley and T�ff!

I And here I thought it was time to change the litter box again, it was TMBT all along! I�m running at 1280x800 as well. Killed the same useless tool bar as Loreley and it helped a lot. IE 8�s default settings do use a lot of space.

I tossed my cookies and temporary files and nothing really changed Smurf, would that have fixed any kind of cashing problem master Smurf?

No matter though, I think the problem is fixed. Thanks again everyone!!!!!

By Edonil Lac'nala (Kitrye)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 8:49 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Ok guys I just wanted to say thank yew very much for letting me bring Kitrye back.
Can I re-start her anywhere as long as I fill in the gaps?

By Half - Drow Blade Dancer (Kitrye)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 2:09 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Anywhere you please! Thus the beauty of free-form. Welcome back!

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 8:13 am GMT | Edit | Link |

I know I have been gone a while and I may just be having a 'senior moment' but, erm, wheres the Herald?
Oh hang on I've just read the top of this page.
Thats a crying shame I really liked the paper.

By Half - Drow Blade Dancer (Kitrye)

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 1:57 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Yeah. With any luck, in due time, someone'll step up and take over, but until then, (sad)

In the meantime, I see you've built yourself a little house in Botharel. Would you like me to set up the descriptions you've written as perma-descriptions for you?

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 2:58 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Yes please.

It is a shame about the Herald. It used to give yew a giggle and sometimes some great plot hooks.

By Half - Drow Blade Dancer (Kitrye)

Friday, October 23, 2009 - 9:02 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Yeah its back! Thanks guys

By t�ff (Admin)

Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 1:23 am GMT | Edit | Link |

OFFLINE -- We're experiencing some database troubles and I will get us back online as soon as possible. Sorry for the interruption!

By The Curse of Seven Oaks (Irihi)

Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 1:53 am GMT | Edit | Link |

ONLINE -- Service appears to be restored. If yew notice anything missing*, please email toff@arcticcoconut.com and cc:wa-conclave@worldearcane.com.

* (I think the last couples posts from Pantheon might have been erased. I have backups in my email if we need them.)

By Falcon Redstone (Falcon)

Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 8:51 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Hey Toff, is the link to the herald going to be made on the side scroll?? Right now i cant find it. Or is it just going to be at the bottem of the public discussions where it is now!

Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 3:00 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Hooray for the Herald being in a very obvious place now. I could never remember how to find it in the past.

I'm afraid to play with the comment section, can anyone (who is registered) edit or comment in the Herald now? What should we do with "press releases?" Is there a discussion on this already, and I'm just too dumb to find it?

By The Boy Legend (Falcon)

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 11:47 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

I have a Herald Q?=How do yew respond to a rumor? Like the 7 dead in Haven for example. How do i investigate such rumors, is there a MOD in charge of such? Or do i just take the rumor and create a story with it??

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 1:56 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Do you mean respond to the articles themselves, or respond in-game? If the former, just click on the headlines, and you can comment on them accordingly. If the latter, then... well, oftentimes, the articles will correspond to things that have happened in-game in the first place. The Haven article, for example, refers to a recent fight that took place there, and the event can be responded to like any other in-game event.

Generally speaking, the article already has a story attached to it, so it's not advisable to create a story about it without verification.

By The Boy Legend (Falcon)

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 2:08 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Thanks Smurf, I was just wondering that for example if i went to Haven and started poking around if someone in game would respond to the poking!!

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 2:14 am GMT | Edit | Link |

On the other hand, ofttimes a rumor is exactly that - a bit of gossip cobbled into a story by the author, and may have no relation to the storylines happening in the referenced locale.

For example, the story "DOG-BABY BORN TO DAELOWS ROYALTY" might have some basis in a strain of lycanthropy in the Daelows bloodlines, or it might just be someone attempting to tarnish the reputation of a certain royal, or be little more than one in a string of stories attempting to discourage people from going to Daelows.

Investigations into the stories, in-game or out, in-character or out - might not reveal anything at all. So verification might be tricky to come by in some circumstances.

Still, I agree with Smurf in that someone somewhere generally has a motive behind even the most ridiculous of rumors, and so it would be wise to find and consult the author before creating a story based on it. But once yew have consulted, yew might easily create a subplot without interfering in the plans of the author.

Make sense, or have I made things as clear as Dwarven mudwine?

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 2:16 am GMT | Edit | Link |

In Haven, there's always some sort of poking going on... I'd say it's likely if you poke in Haven, someone would likely poke you back.

By The Boy Legend (Falcon)

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 2:49 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Thanks guys, i was just wondering how the herald worked. I thought they were like sub-plots. take Orcs on the move= I was just wondering if my character went to south of Terajin to were the Orcs suposivly are, would i run into any orcs and who would control them.! Thanks for the info!!

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 3:35 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Yup, if yew found Orcs there, they would probably be under someone's control.

By Maglor Elensar (Mag)

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 1:58 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Utterly random comment, but I just wanted to say that I love the new Herald format. The sort of rolling-news approach means that yew don't need to wait for enough events to happen to put together the next edition. Very sensible.

How would one go about adding something? I only ask, because I happen to be a journalist in RL, too, and wouldn't mind offering some articles, if I came across anything.

Cheers,
Ben.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 2:16 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

We always welcome player input - if you'd like to contribute an article, feel free to write it up and email it to your friendly local moderator, or post it to an OOC thread. Which we should probably create. Hmm...

By A rapacious centaur (Dwyrnacht)

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 2:20 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Ta da!

By Maglor Elensar (Mag)

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 2:27 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Smooth. Okay, thanks for that.

Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 10:06 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Sorry just experimenting with text...

I really like old English names but there are characters that are no longer used. I am using Windows 7 and every time I hit Alt and a number it pulls up SAVE AS. I suppose there is a way to change that but what a pain. Anyway, I seem to be able to copy and paste the characters if I pull them from some place else... At least it seem to look that way. I just want to see what happens after I include something in a post....

�thelwulf
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By Everyone Needs a Rookie Mod (Qwallath)

Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 7:59 am GMT | Edit | Link |

In XP and Vista at least, yew could also use the following, among others:

alt+t = �
alt+shift+t = �

alt+z = �

etc.

By A rapacious centaur (Dwyrnacht)

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 4:29 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Many thanks!

Thrice cursed Mircosoft is driving me nuts. I spent an hour today fighting with bullets and numbering in Word. After today I am a big fan of manditory drug testing! Thanks Qwallath, but the earslings it seems have rigged short cuts with all the alt combinations. I suppose I have to spend an hour undoing stupid defaults. ARGH!!!!

Now I feel better. Thanks again Qwallath!

By Anonymous

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 1:15 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Kinda easy to tell when it is Finals Week around here. Good luck, everybody.

Friday, January 1, 2010 - 5:02 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Attention Mods= In Damsons profile, there is mentioned a bandit group The Shadow Mask. I was wondering how to make them available for anyone to use in a future story line of plot. Can i create a thread like (NPCs for use in future stories)!
Then tell a little about the group, like where to find them and what they do and how many exc,exc!!
This would be for anyone who has NPCs that could be used by anyone in the future!!

By Protectress of Rondor and Prophetess of Arainrhod (Loreley)

Friday, January 1, 2010 - 7:55 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

I should mention that this would be well within the RULES! I thought it would be nice to have a Thread to go too for certain NPCs that have already been in story plots, instead of having to make one up all the time when someone needs a NPC!
For example= If someone needs a assassian atempt, and are in Tenera The Shadow mask are already there for there use. Or lets say in Merchants walk Falcons friend KIP is there and his specialty is wilderness equipment Or Someone might run across the big Moore Cat RUMOR like Robyn and Mars did last year in Thapelel.

These are NPCs that have alredy been involved in story plots for everyone to use. The Thread would be a referance for anyone looking for Specialty NPC. And yew wouldn't have to create a profile for them. Just alittle info and a location of where they could be found.

Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 11:44 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

David,

Thanks for the suggestion! We as mods already provide some consistency across storylines using LPCs. And when it comes to NPCs, I think most players prefer to create new ones based on their unique needs at a given point in time. Still, it's a fine idea, and there's no reason yew couldn't start a new thread under "Public Discussion" where people could post descriptions of reusable NPCs if they wish.

By Princess Alata'Elena Valya Amanarelwen (Elena)

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 11:24 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Thank yew for the answer Loreley, I will give it some more thought!!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3:19 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Even though LPC's already exist, I quite like the idea of reusable player-made NPC's. It's not something that would need to be "enforced" on other players if they chose not to use them, but if the reusable NPC was there, it'd be rather convenient in certain circumstances (like if yer having a bit of the ol' writers block lol).

For example, I've created a character, an NPC in Moonshire, named Cuthwen that I won't be using again once my character leaves that area and I'd not be opposed if someone else used her at some point in the future.

Ash

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3:48 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Sounds like a player LPC.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 4:57 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Please let me know what yew all think of the new Reusable NPC thread. Thanks again for yer friendly advise. I just thought it would be cool to have something like this for others to use if they wished.

By El-Dynnith Salfilien (Dynn)

Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 2:43 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Thank yew MODs, for liking the new Reusable NPC thread, and after thinking about it i agree with the Shadow Mask statement. Can yew please erase that post, then i could begen work on the group in the section yew said. Thanks again!

By Anonymous

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 1:55 am GMT | Edit | Link |

Yew can always tell when it's review and/or finals week around here. Yup.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 4:18 pm GMT | Edit | Link |

Ha ha! I agree. Though everyone tends to rebound quickly. Best of luck to all of the students out there.