A Lesson in Hell

An Improntu New Player Lesson is about to start soon. Topics will be Channel chatter, how to get a fire lizard and what not to do and power-playing and any other questions will be answered. Come and hang out in your favorite hot place. Just type: hell
-- entered by Jueann on 2001-05-19 17:43 MOO Time.

Jueann waves to all
Jueann says, "Hi hi. Welcome welcome."

G'deon grins. "I'll try to stick around, but I'm working OOCly with my Healer alt atm.

Jueann chuckles. "Everyone's welcome and as well as comments.

G'deon says, "Well then... questions from the audience? ;)"
Jaina giggles.

@set-party Last call, anyone wanting to learn more about HT and how to get a fire lizard and anything else they might have question about, come to Hell by typing: Hell or addcom hl=Hell then hl on
** Jueann just set the @party! Type @party to check it out! **

Jueann says, "Hi"
Jueann says, "Anyone have questions?"

G'deon pours water on the rocks and pretends it's a sauna, then takes a seat.
Jaina giggles at Gids and settles beside him.
Kurt says, "Ok, none of us are new players."

Jueann says, "True. But we can get a roundtable discussion going. So let's talk about fire lizards. Why do people want them?"

In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon grrs at herself....that was /supposed/ to say Ky strolls in just because....

Jueann says, "If you are using the channel Hell, it's just that a channel"

Kurt says, "Because they're neat toys. And good RP tools. At least that's what they should be."
Jaina grins and raises her hand, bouncing "People want little bits of code because they wanna feel special."
G'deon coughs *spies* cough
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon thinks people want them because they're looked upon as status symbols too often. ><
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon knows that. They're cute.
Kurt holds up his bronze. "I'm better than u r.. =P
Kurt shudders.

Jueann say, "So what's the best way to get one? (we'll discuss the worst in a bit)"

G'deon holds up his bronze and breaks his arms... "Um... never mind."
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon points to her brown. "My Tess is prettier!"
Kurt says, "@lotto ;)"
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon gets all of hers from contests on *fl, and @lotto. *shifty-eye.* ..well. One from @lotto. O.o
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon suggests getting out and rp'ing..get to know people and such.
Kurt says, "I find firelizard hatchings to be somewhat biased most of the time."

Jaina chokes and holds her gold up. "Publinc hatchings, giftings, randomness of us wierdos and @lotto!
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon grins. Best way would in theory be to be a good RPer, and catch someone's eye. Bu-ut... doesn't always work out like that.
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "Natch gave me an egg"

Jueann gives away all her eggs and won't do a hatching.
Kurt says, "Two of mine were gifts, two were obtained at hatchings, and I ghosted one. "
You say, "Ok, what's the worst way?"

In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon grins. To beg, to gripe, to whine...
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon has rarely ever gotten one from open hatchings. O.o; Right. I get them from descing contests and such. *doots at Jueann.* Begging. u.u
Jaina giggles "Begging and paging and asking! *knows that one cause it happens to me*
The daemon speaks in Tamisha's voice, "paging people with females and begging just cause they've got a fem."
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon points to Naomi..exactly..
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon nods.
G'deon nods. The old "is your flit proddy yet?" question is not the way to go.
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Basically, when you become strangely obsessive over it and make such a big deal out of it that people get sick of hearing you -- you're not doing a good job of it. ;)"

You say, "Exactly. Not following the hatcher's rules. Bugging the Hatcher during the hatching and lastly, afterwards, chewing out the hatcher as to why you didn't one and so&so didn't deserve an egg. Why them and not me."
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon ughs. Or the 'Do you know what you're going to do with your eggs yet?' *wince* Exactly. Don't everever be jealous of someone else's firelizard, please. That's just silly.
Jaina had that happen when my alt was sitting around and then an egg hatched and I Impressed it too. Oif...
Jueann says, "I've seen all this."

G'deon winks. Jueann has seen many things....
Kurt says, "And using emoticons during RP. Gah that's a pet peeve of mine :)."

Jueann says, "I've even seen eggs stolen for a hatching, a fight over an egg. Honest."

G'deon says, "She's like Yoda"
Jueann blushes.

In a caricature of Loren, the daemon nods at Jueann. I've seen people pick up eggs lying around on the beach at Ista, sometimes. O.o G'deon nods. I've seen eggs taken too O.o Very odd.
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon snickers. I'd imagine if anyone who's been on the game as long as she has would have experience with this sort of thing. Jaina has too.
In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon points out that if you just be patient and wait, you might get one. Another alt of mine got her flitter just by being there when someone was getting rid of eggs. "Here, do you want a firelizard? I have all these eggs and nothing to do with them."

Jueann say, "very odd. Spamming at hatching is always a no no. Which is why I won't do one. wading through lines upon lines upon lines of spam that doesn't get to the point is just....*shudders*"

G'deon says, "I was at a hatching once were some guy picked up an egg, during the hatching. So the owner @moved it back to herself and dropped it again. The guy picked it up /again/ and started complaining that it wouldn't hatch."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon /eyes/ G'deon. Whoa. O.o

Jueann Laughs. Twinks, you gotta love them.
Jaina dies.
You say, "Ohh there's a new word. Twink. any good definition?"

From afar, G'deon grins. Remember Komodo?
You paged G'deon with: From afar, Jueann shudders

The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "flit obsessees?"
Kurt says, "i want a lizard u got a lizard i want 1 to! i feel so alone w/noone 2 luv me."
Jaina nods, person who can't learn or doens't want to learn teh rules of the MU!
The daemon speaks in Loren's voice, "People who don't bother to pay attention to the rules or basic ettiquite-stuff?"

Jueann says, "Ok how this, what's the difference between a twink and a new player?"

G'deon says, "A think is someone who doesn't do things correctly but refuses to learn or even admit that he's wrong."
The daemon speaks in Tamisha's voice, "someone whom thinks they know everything and won't listen if you try and help but can't rp worth beans nor do they really have half a clue bout anything else on the game. The diff between a twink and a newbie is that a twink doesn't want anyone to help teach him/her how to do things."
In a caricature of Tamisha, the daemon is slow, grin.
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon nodnods. What Tamisha said.
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Someone who doesn't grasp the concept of the game or its rules and who is generally a nuisance. *oohs* A new player is new. A new player generally isn't disregarding the rules or not trying -- a new player's just getting acquainted."
G'deon says, "(Think of course=Twink) Gid can't type today."
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon pats G'deon. Most of us speak typoese by now. ;)

Jueann shudders, "The guides know most of the twinks on the game. Theres maybe one or two that reformed.

Jaina nods, true Jue.
G'deon nodnods
G'deon says, "They missed me though, heh heh heh."
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "A twink is someone who doesn't /want/ to play according to the rules. A newbie is someone who doesn't /know/ how to play by the rules, yet."
G'deon nods.

Jueann says, "Moving on. Ok, back to fire lizards. Rule of Thumb, if you get a metallic be gracious and don't brag about it. I know one person that got a gold and bragged on channel and then went to Dee and bragged to her."

G'deon is a Twinkie: white bread with creamy filling.
Kurt says, "MmmMmm vanilla cream..."
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon giggles. Anyone a hostess cupcake?

Jueann says, "Dee sent her to stand watch on the fire Heights for a rl week."
Jaina dies, I have never bragged about my gold or my bronze. In fact, I never bragged period.
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon peers at Jue. Did she ICly brag, or OOCly?
Kurt periodically wants a gold or green but doesn't whine about it. :)

Jueann says, "Naomi, both"
Jueann says, "You got to remember, Dee hated fire lizards ic"

In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon falls over. They're bits of code. They're objects. So while they can generate RP in many forms and can be fun to have, they're not worth being disrespectful about.
G'deon grins at Kurt. "I actually /like/ doing hatchings, that's all. But you don't really need your own green or gold. Sometimes people ask for help to do a hatching. 'Tis fun."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon spazzed on the public channel when I won the lottery. But that was just because it was the first time in eight weeks. So. O.o But I haven't bragged otherwise. *brags about not bragging. ^.~*
Jaina agrees Gids.
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon doesn't see the big deal about metallics. I wouldn't trade my Tess for anything and I've only had him a IC month!
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. They aren't that big a deal. I can see getting somewhat excited about a gold, I guess, but still.

You say, "Loren, it's one thing to get excited that you got one but there's a difference in shouting Halellejah and look see see I got a gold. nyahh nyahh, I'm special"

In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon also points out that in the books, people were lucky to have a flitter, so going crazy cause you can't have on HT is totally out of line... especially if you do it ICly.
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon thinks the non-metalics are just as fun to play..it all depends on the character.
G'deon grumbles. The bigger the firelizard the more you have to feed it.
Kurt says, "There's too many of them on the game to make them special. ICly there wouldn't be so many of them. "

Jueann chuckles, "you should kow Gid, a dragon is only an over-sized fl

Kurt's bronze firelizard is neurotic. He walks around talking to himself. :)
G'deon says, "Don't I know it, Jue."
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. And, while this is later, there still wouldn't be that many in the northern area, since they don't like it when it's too cold...
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon nodnods at Jueann. I know. Mostly I just spazzed about the lottery and ran around saying 'you /can/ win! you /can/ win! go win!' O.o *looks sage.* Mine eat hair. And chew on Lo's weyrmate's table. *oopsies.*

Jueann say, "And that brings up another thing, be careful who you say flit to. Alot of people, including a couple of wizzens that hate that term"

Kurt says, "I thought flit wasn't a canon word"

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon always wondered where that came from... In a caricature of Loren, the daemon doesn't think it is. Flitter-by was in the books, but not flit.
G'deon says, "They flit around, hence the word."
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. And flizzen makes sense, since it's sort of a contraction... Is flizzen IC ? I can't remember if it was ever in the books.

Jueann nods to G'deon. Turns to Sarin, "I honestly don't know. I use fl

In a caricature of Loren, the daemon uses it in poses. 'Loren looks at the flizzen.' But I always call 'em by color or name in speech. So I guess it depends on how you use it? (to Sarin.) But I dunno.
G'deon always tries to use firelizard or 'lizard if I'm in a hurry.... or flit if I'm made at the silly bit of colored code ;>
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon points out that everyone likes different words...I personnaly don't like flizzen, but I'm not going to rant and rave about it, I just don't use that word myself.
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. I use flit oocly a lot just because it's faster to type, but icly I try to either use the color or firelizard.
Kurt says, "Flizzen is a made up word like wizzen."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon is lazy. So I use anything except 'flit'. But that's just me. O.o;

Jueann shrugs, "As I said, be careful who you say flit to on this game. Alot of people don't like the term

The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "I don't think it's really an issue of saying it OOCly, though... just ICly. Because characters wouldn't say that ICly."
G'deon likes calling his nuisance 'lizard a wherrybrained flit, but that's just me.
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Jueann moves on, "ok any questions so far?

The daemon speaks in Tevya's voice, "Just one..how should we handle a person who is annoyingly incesent about firelizards?"
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "@gag? ;)"
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon @gags them, if they get too bad.

Jueann says, "Tell them that it's impolite to bug people and please stop. If they don't, tell them that you are going to @gag them and why"

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon snikkers. Someone has "And flit does /not/ mean firelizard" in their plan, I forget who....Oh, I've got a question that I really should know the answer to but don't. When it comes to a green's first flight, are you going to get one egg regardless of what color the father is, or is it possible to get two?
G'deon snickers. @gag if they're paging you. Ask a local staffer if their being publicly bad, then a guide if that doesn't work...
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon nods..okay thanks :)
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon has gotten two, Sarin. That's the max. ^^

Jueann says, "At one time, you got more eggs with a green if you use a blue or brown"

In a caricature of Loren, the daemon thinks two's the max, at least. Is it, Jueann? o.o;
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. Okidok.
Jaina nods and agrees, @gag is they're bothering...

Jueann shrugs, "I don't know if they've changed it or not. But it was the case.

G'deon says, "@gag should always come with an explanation."
In a caricature of Tamisha, the daemon has gotten three eggs from a green including one of them being a green i believe.

Jueann says, "Right Gid. "

Kurt says, "You can @gag features too."
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon peers. I remember reading in a help file somewhere that 2's the max for green, and 5's the max for gold. *blink*
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon checks. 'help fl limits' says two's the max, for greens.
Kurt says, "If someone is incessatntly globalling you and you ask them to stop, you can @gag the global they're using."

Jueann says, "@gag is your friend but the person should know the reason why they are being gagged. I use it alot. You can @gag the gallery during the Hataching, objects like dart boards"

The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Ah. That would be it."
Jaina nodnods.

Jueann nods to Kurt, "And if they dont' stop, page a guide.

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon ooohs at Jueann. I didn't know that... cool.

You say, "I have several dart boards gagged."

G'deon has Nylanth gagged.
G'deon.... Just kidding, by the way.
Jaina has a beach gagged... sheesh.

Jueann says, "you can gag fire lizards, everything has a #db and that can be gagged"

In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon nods. And you can gag the feature that has that rsnug global. *grin*
Jaina did that!
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon wonders why you'd do that?
G'deon grins. I like rsnug, but I'm a sucker for attention so that probably has something to do with it.

Jueann nods. "The only way I can attend a dragon Hatching is to gag the gallery.

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon notes that there's something else you can set to be taken off the rsnug list without gagging the whole global
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon blinks at Naomi. You can? o.o I didn't know that. I just put 'RandomSnug:!OK' in my doing. And people stopped. *feels special.* O.o;
Kurt eyes Sarin.
G'deon says, "You can't chose who you rsnug though... that's why it's random."
The daemon speaks in Tamisha's voice, "putting something in your doing doesn't stop it you've just gotten lucky. "
Kurt says, "It's my luck that I always rsnug someone that hates me."
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon has, in the past, gotten rsnug'd ten times in a row. After that, I just lost it and @gag'd the feature... *nods at Lo* Yep... they actually tell you before the hatching to @gag the galleries if you are a Candidate... it'd be insane to try and pose at your own hatching while sifting through gallery spam.

Jueann says, "Ok moving on, Any more questions?"
Jaina did that!
Jueann says, "naomi, the gallery doesn't emit to the sands"

In a caricature of Loren, the daemon ohs. O.o I always thought it was deliberate. I must've gotten taken off the list, then. Ee. *belatedly.*
The daemon speaks in Tamisha's voice, "@addfeature #7330 then type no-rsnug and you'll never be rsnugged again."
G'deon says, "I never had to @gag the galleries. The SearchCoers just set them to not emittable."
G'deon says, "It does, Jueann, normally, just not during a Hatching."
Kurt 3

Jaina nods, but when yer a spectator...
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon ohs? It always did during egg touchings... And we were told to @gag it.

Jueann says, "ahh. ok, any more questions? If not, I have another topic that I would like to discuss."

In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon has none. :)
Jaina nopes.
G'deon nods to Jaina. I've @gagged the galleries as a spectator, just so I could only see what's going on on the sands.
G'deon is slow, as always.
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon patpats. And has no questions that she can think of at the moment.
Jaina nodnods.

In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon nope..no questions.

Jueann says, "Someone brought up they wanted to see channel chatter discussed and with it chatroom slang. Why is it a not good thing to do chatroom slang here?"

G'deon says, "Chatroom slang?... Like what?"
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "wazz up?"
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon thinks some people might be offended by it, or not understand it.
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Because... it's obnoxious. People in chatrooms expect it. Here, we don't."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon always thought it made people sound kind of lazy or ignorant, or something. O.o;;
G'deon is a bit clueless on this one, sorry...

Jueann says, "as an example: ne1 wnt 2 Rp???????????????"

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon thinks stuff like LOL periodically is ok, but after a while it gets really annoying.
G'deon says, "Oh, /that/!""
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "I'm glad no one uses it. Gar rarely has anyone that does, and the other channels are personal, and we don't really use it."

Jueann says, "Why is it a good thing to use proper grammar here?"

G'deon says, "Because it's a text based game."

Jueann says, "We get alot of new players fresh from MUDS and chatrooms"

Kurt says, "And there are blind people on the game who use speech synthesizers."
G'deon nodnods
The daemon speaks in Sarin's voice, "well, for one, sometimes you're bouncing between channels and RP a lot, and if you're using slang on the channel you might end up using it in RP too. Which is really bad."

From afar, G'deon randomly really misses S'phen.

In a caricature of Loren, the daemon uses the occasional 'sup, but ne1 and b4 and stuff like that are really going to turn me off to wanting to rp with whoever uses them. O.o;
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "because most people that are here are literate, and therefore should talk and type that way as a courtisy(sp?)"

Jueann paged G'deon with: From afar, Jueann nods and sighs. Me too. He was kewl
In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon may use LOL or :), but that's mostly where my slang stops, and it's mostly on private channels away from craft and hold channels.
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon nods. Exactly. It just seems like people who say something like 'hi u r so fine i m a 20/f' etc. are being rather inconsiderate. Even when we write properly, we can have misunderstandings. When you throw in some gibberish words meant to be understandable it gets obnoxious. I don't consider LOL or :) to be chatroom slang.

Jueann says, "For one thing, if you use proper grammar, punctuation and capitalization you show maturity."

Kurt says, "using a lot of extraneous punctuation and emoticons whacks out a person's speech software and is just generally rude. I blech out on capitalisation sometimes but I'm just lazy on channels. :)"
In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon nods and agrees with Jueann.
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "brb, atm, and such stuff are used often, but not really on public channels..."

Jueann says, "I use atm, brb, lol and akf alot but that's not really chatroom slang as much as it's shorthand"

G'deon nods.
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon wonders..what does akf mean?
Kurt says, "away from keyboard"

Jueann says, "Away from keyboard"

G'deon says, "Always Flies Knickers."
Jueann says, "And I typoed"

Kurt uses Brb but that's it
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon nods at Kyrae. I use brb, bbs, and bbl a lot, when I have to announce that I'm idling/poofing immediately or on incredibly short notice, but that's about it. O.o; I like emoticons on channels, though, in moderation. It's helpful when you're trying to figure out what someone means or how something's meant to be 'read'. Or something. ^.~ and :) and.. such. O.o;
Kurt says, "People who use o.O;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; with 10,000 ;'s are too much :)"
G'deon grins.

Jueann says, "finds an over use of emoticons a bit annoying but then I don't use them. "

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon usually tries to type stuff out, but sometimes when I'm rushed I'll use brb, bbl, etc. Yeah, emoticons are nice when they aren't totally overused.
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "exactly. and usually it's accompanied by an explanation. emoticons are usefully when joking around on a channel, but what do bbs and bbl mean?".
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Emoticons can lighten things up a bit sometimes. They're just putting a new mood to the words, because we can't see each others' faces while we type, and sometimes we get confused as to whether they're upset about something or not... I, personally, find a little :) to be helpful sometimes.".
In a caricature of Tamisha, the daemon finds emoticons annoying at all as i don't use them, used excessively the drive me nuts.

Jueann says, "Kyrau, be back soon, be back later"

The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Be back soon and be back later."

Kurt says, "Oh yeah, but excessive emoticons are just...excessive."
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Everything's better in moderation."
The daemon speaks in Sarin's voice, "just about anything in excess gets really irritating." Kurt says, "ja"

Jueann says, "right!"

Kurt foofs.
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon smacks her lag. Pardon the redundancy.
Kurt says, "People actually get hostile about the 'foof' verb."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon likes foof. o.o;
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon actually wonders what a foof is....
G'deon snickers
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon blinks. I /like/ that verb. Why would someone get upset about that?
Serina wonders "Whats a 'foof'?"
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon snickers. Nothing to get hostile about.
G'deon just types really long ofoof messages in German.
Kurt shrugs. I've actually been reamed out and torn up one side and down the other.
G'deon says, "I always saw foof as somehing like poof, like the sounds a cotton ball makes when you squish it."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon's foof says 'eh'. That's about it. O.o;
Kurt says, "I always envisioned it as what happens when you put a cartoon dog in the clothes dryer."
Kurt says, "or cat"
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon peers at Kurt. What sorts of people do you foof?
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon's face mystically appears on the daemon.
In a caricature of Tamisha, the daemon hates foof as I don't think much of that global specially just going round foof'ing everyone gets annoying. I don't think of foof as a good thing, think of it as when you hit the back of someones head.

Jueann says, "And questions so far?"

G'deon...
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon backs away from Kurt.....
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon bows. Sorry she's late?
Kurt shrugs. If you've ever seen Kurt's hair.../that's/ a foof :)

Jueann says, "nope. We are still going on. Azia, any questions?"

Serina is new and does not know much about this place
G'deon says, "Kurt's hair looks like a dog in a dryer?"

Jueann says, "hi Serina, feel free to ask questions"

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon giggles at Kurt and has a rather unrelated question... I'll save it until later, if you like?
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon thinks Kurt's hair is foofalicious. At random. Right. *hushes.*
The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "don't worry, we don't bite....well, I do, but I'll stay away! ;)"
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon hmms.. what sort of topic are we on? Oh, I did have a q, actually. Can you put a wearable object on something other than yourself? Persay.. a runner?
G'deon says, "A foof=Forgetable Object Oriented Fwibble"
The daemon speaks in Sarin's voice, "You can for some things. I've got a collar on one of my felines, for example. Should work on a runner, I'd think."
In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon wonders what a fwibble is now...
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "Ah, exactly. I want to make a tack set for my new runner. I can't figure out how to put the silly thing on!"
G'deon says, "It's like a Tribble only it doesn't breed."

Jueann says, "I think it's donn alias on #db"

In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon will take a fwibble! :)
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon hrms. Azia, I think it's either donn name on #, or perhaps cd(code) donn name
G'deon hands Tanella two of them and walks away quickly. "They actually might breed, I've never stayed the 10 minutes to find out."
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "Ahh, many thanks. Any knowledge to divulge on the topic of the elusive 'lizards?"

You say, "Well We've covered that topic but what did you want to know?"

The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "Anything and everything"

Jueann says, "And I've got a log of this lesson"

Serina says, "ok how do I get a firelizard, What do I do to try for being a rider, What is good RP and what is Bad?"
In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon looks carefully at the fwibbles... and gives them back to G'deon. "Here, you can keep them."
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "Well, in a nutshell, how do I get a 'lizard?"
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon wonders what a fwibble tastes like and tries to bite one of Tanella's.
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon has a rather unrelated question. What's the deal with earrings ICly ?

Jueann turns to Serina and Azia, "The best way is to use the @lotto and to @subscribe *fl which lists hatchings, contests, etc.

In a caricature of Azia, the daemon is subscribed to both of those. Sigh. Never won the lottery, and I never win contests. Ack. I desc like there's no tomorrow. In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon points Sarin to 'help piercings'.

Jueann says, "If you go to a hatching, the hatcher's rules goes. Don't spam them, bug them, they control the eggs. Role-playing using proper grammar, sentence structure helps"

In a caricature of Loren, the daemon randomly peers. Is there a rule about tattoos? Just curious. O.o;
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "Of course. Always. Bad grammar is my pet peeve."

Jueann says, "As for Search, you need a well developed character, show maturity in your role-playing, live in a permanent area and not as a travelor."

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon patpats Azia. Watch @party for hatchings. And there's always the chance that someone will gift an egg to you. All three of my firelizards on this alt came from unexpected giftings.
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon eyes. Giiiiift? Gifts are always welcome :P
G'deon whispers that good grammer and spelling are considered part of the maturity part.
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "If you keep entering the lotto, eventually you'll win. But while you wait, you can just concentrate on RPing well and just, in general, making a good impression on people. *nods* As for tattoos, I believe most people were treating them like art -- the Harpers or traders might be able to do them. *grin*"

Jueann says, "Loren, tattoos. Well the traders do have them, but they aren't fancy or elaborate. As tattoos do cause infections and Pern doesn't use much in the ways of antibotics"

In a caricature of Loren, the daemon nodnods. Just wondering. Someone I know's chara got one, and I wanted to make sure they weren't going to get smited by the Great and Almighty WizGods. Or something. O.o;

Jueann says, "healers would do them"

G'deon says, "Not tattoos"
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon has seen some people with body paint, but I don't recall having seen any tatoos as we know them on anyone.
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "That violates the Hippocratic Oath, dunnit?"
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon nods. If Healers can't do earrings because of the oath, I'd think they wouldn't do tattoos, either. o.o;;
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "They can't do tattoos because they're not trained to be artsy. ;)"

Jueann says, "As far as I know, the harpers don't do them"

The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Probably not, but it wouldn't fall under a healer field..."

Jueann says, "traders then."

G'deon says, "Healers can do piercings. Preventing harm is sometimes more important. Tattoos however would probably only done by Traders, and they wouldn't be colorful or fancy."
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon hmms. Are traders the earth equivalent of Roma and gypsy-folk?

Jueann nods. "Descend from
G'deon nods.

Jueann says, "Anything else?"

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon wonders if it's possible to having a roving trader character that wasn't still set as a travelor? Because all those I've seen are attaching to a hold.
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon whistles. Sweeeet.
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon seconds that, Sarin!
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon thwaps herself. Attached to a hold, that is.
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon has seen traders that roam, even though they're attached to a hold?
G'deon nods.
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon is late and points out that when Natch gave aweay her eggies, her rules were not to have one yet, and to remind her of RP done that added to Gar.

Jueann says, "You have to be off the traveler parent or you will be reaped. So you have to be afflitated with a hold or weyr to be a trader but after that you can roam"

The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "Reaped?"

Jueann says, "As in your character is dested and is no more, all gone"

In a caricature of Azia, the daemon sniffles. How long does that take?
G'deon says, "Reaped, nuked, deleted, etc."
G'deon says, "Type help reap"
Kurt says, "I thought they weren't reaping anymore"

Jueann says, "only the un'ok'd and travelers that haven't the activity and still on the traveler parent are the only ones at this time being reaped. to clear the database"

G'deon says, "and occasionally those who have set themselves to be nuked."

You say, "Kurt, there isn't reap but this is to help the guides."

The daemon speaks in Sarin's voice, "Speaking of parents, I've got another weird question. Do any of you know why there's a separate dolphineer parent, but not one for any of the other crafts?"

Jueann says, "Because the dolphineers aren't seacrafters"

In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods, yes, but why do we need a different parent from just generic parent?

Jueann says, "Because of the dolphins the same is for the dragon riders"

Kurt says, "they have different verbs I think."
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon ahhs. I always wondered about that. Yes, that makes sense now, what with partnering...
Kurt says, "I'm a son of the new dolpineer parent"
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "How does that work?"
Jueann says, "hmm?"

The daemon speaks in Sarin's voice, "ICly, it's a mutual commitment between the dolphineer and the dolphin. OOCly, I should know but I don't."
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "I mean, how do you make yourself son of aparent?"
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon ahhs. That happens automatically when you join a certain area.
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon pouts! SHe just sneezed, and it /really/ hurt!
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "It's basically just meaning that the parent object's code also works for you, I believe, veryvery oversimplified."
G'deon nods to Naomi
The daemon speaks in Azia's voice, "Oh, I have a q. How do those Self-Hatching eggs work?"

You say, "help @self-hatching"

In a caricature of Azia, the daemon oooohs. Nifty
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "You can find all sorts of amazing things in the help files, if you take the time to read 'em. *grin*"

Jueann says, "anything else?"

In a caricature of Azia, the daemon wiggles. I read most of them, when I'm bored. Snuffle.
G'deon grins. When I first started at HT I sat in the birthplace and read all the help files, starting with help a
G'deon says, "Then help b, then help c ;>"
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon feels extremely stupid at the moment but will ask anyway. Does becoming staff in an area give you a programmer bit as well? Because I looked at my own @parent, and it includes the programmer parent...
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon eeps....I've read most of the help files....not so much to learn, but because no RP was going on.....
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon doesn't think so, Sarin.
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon didn't think so either. Maybe it's just another one of those really strange dolphincraft things...

You say, "Sarin, you have to ask your AL for one and you usually need a good reason for one."

Kurt says, "they all include the programmer parent, Sarin"
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon ahhs. Ok. I'm calm now. Thank you...
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon has a.. um.. 'generic programmer' thingy. What's that?
G'deon says, "Programmer parent does not = Programmer bit"
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. Ok. Because that scared me.
Kurt says, "yeah, you can see if a person is a programmer b y using 'chk'"

Jueann nods to G'deon.

Kurt says, "it will say Warning? Player is NOT a Programmer"
Kurt says, "err warning!"

Jueann says, "Anyone can have a bit but you must ask and have a good knowledge of coding and be responsible."

In a caricature of Tanella, the daemon despams for IRC RP... bye all! And ty for letting me have my small little pieces in this. :)

Jueann waves
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. That's why I was so surprised by that, I didn't ask for one and I really don't need one, since I don't know any coding. Bye Tanella!

Jueann says, "anything else?"

G'deon grins. Maybe...

Jueann says, "oh?"
G'deon says, "Why do bronze riders gather so much attention? ;)"

Jueann says, "Because you are so cute"

G'deon says, "Woohoo!"
Kurt is cute!
G'deon @sends a note to *ann saying that Jue thinks I'm cute.

Jueann says, "Because you are a bronze rider and Bronzes are the jocks of the Pern"

In a caricature of Azia, the daemon enjoys Bronzers.
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon is biased to bronzeriders. u.u
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon declares the entire male population of HT cute, except for that one apprentice with the snake.
G'deon says, "Oh! That reminds me of another question."

Jueann says, "oh?"

In a caricature of Azia, the daemon wants to be a blue rider. Blues are cool. Her blue shall Jueann says, "snake?"

In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon pffts. Never underestimate the wonder that is green. (Cue subliminal messages. *green* *green*)
G'deon says, "Actually, for the record, I have never, ever in my entire HT career desced Gid as being cute by any means. It must be my stunning personality..."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon only thinks R'ave is cute. Biased... ly. u.u *yay.* Green is sexy. Right. O.o;
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. He's keeping a tunnel snake as a pet. Several of us have pointed out that it's not IC and yelled at him ICly about it, but no one's made a big enough stick about it to make him get rid of it.
G'deon says, "I've desced Gid as being rather plain actually..."
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon thinks Khory's cuter. But A) he's not a rider, and b) he was Azia's nanny. Scandalous.
Kurt says, "Oh kickin. that does rule."
Kurt goofs.

The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Um. You don't keep tunnelsnakes as pets. Tunnelsnakes are not like dogs. Tunnelsnakes are dangerous."
G'deon says, "What?"
G'deon (That was to Kurt)
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. We've told him that. Repeatedly.
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "Well, that's a twink problem. Use your authority. ;)"

Jueann says, "And he's still alive? Tunnel snakes have claws and are venious"

Kurt says, "Someone gave me a neat Mp3 of an alternate version of the theme to LEXX (2nd series)."
Kurt says, "Tunnelsnakes are deadly. their venom can kill you"
G'deon nods
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon sighs and probably should do something about it, now that she's a j-person and staff. I just haven't wanted to be mean...
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon's candidate class had a tunnel snake. But it was dead. So. O.o

Jueann says, "Sarin, it's a guide issue now"

G'deon grins at Loren. Stuffed?
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon grins..IT..
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon nods. Ok. I'll leave it to your capable hands, then.
G'deon nodnods
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon wonders how a snake can have claws.
G'deon likes to leave IT in Tatia's weyr.
G'deon says, "It's not a snake"
The daemon speaks in Naomi's voice, "It's like a lizard, sort of. Not exactly a snake."

You say, "Azia, check the DragonLover's Guide to Pern."

G'deon says, "It's a tunnlesnake. More of a reptilian monster"
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon shall do that.
G'deon says, "And they get to be huge."
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon nahs at G'd. Just dead. And painted pink. It was named 'Toodles'. Ask Lyri. ^.~ ...aaw. I like It. We had an It, too. *nods.* I think it said somewhere that tunnelsnakes were like turtles without the shell. Or else I'm just weird.
G'deon says, "They can be anyway."
G'deon grins at Jue. "Can I ask my question now?" ;)
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon is alllll ears.

G'deon says, "Can Pernese have a smaller version of soccer? (ie: European football) We couldn't have a huge grassy field, but what about small pick-up games in a corner of the Bowl or Courtyard? :)"
G'deon eats Kurt's duct. Danke.
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon dies. ;)
Kurt says, "Woah, gettin' personal there, bud! ;)"
G'deon says, "I'm serious! About the soccer bit, not the duct bit"
Kurt says, "no eating the duct tape! that stuff is precious :)"
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon agrees. What sort of sports do we have?
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon ohhs..that's a great idea G'deon..I like it. :)
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon dies and goes hunting for the necromancy wand.

Jueann says, "That Gid, I have no idea. They have forms of wrestling and running games. I think your best bet is to @send *theme"

In a caricature of Azia, the daemon would LOVE that!
Kurt says, "the wand of the dead?"
G'deon nods.
In a caricature of Naomi, the daemon thinks the soccer thing... /could/ be done, in theory.
But it's just a question of whether anyone would come up with it. ;)
Kurt says, "Soccer would be cool, but what would they use as a ball?"
Jueann says, "Anything else? I need to end this"

The daemon speaks in Kyrae's voice, "frisbee, too....that's not hard to 'invent'"
G'deon says, "An inflated bladder of course."
Kurt says, "eeew"
G'deon says, "It's true...."
Kurt kicks the soccer ball. *phhht* a whoopie cushion sound rings out.
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon would join a Kidlet soccer league.
G'deon says, "Clean it properly and it smells like leather"
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon ewwws.
In a caricature of Tevya, the daemon or you could just use wher-hyde..
G'deon grins.
In a caricature of Sarin, the daemon thinks the weavers could come up with something with hide.
Kurt kicks a wherry across the field. "Woo! Kurt up six, Smiths nil!"

G'deon says, "You could cover it in wherhide but the bladder would have to hold the air. Less likely to leak."
The daemon speaks in Loren's voice, "Get a big rock. ^.~"
In a caricature of Azia, the daemon pouts at Sarin. The donn thing isn't working..
In a caricature of Loren, the daemon peeks at Azia. 'don', you mean? ^^;
G'deon says, "Then the wherhide or leather would cover and protect the inflated bladder... it's how basketballs and volleyballs used to be made."
G'deon says, "Now they use synthetic bladders."
In a caricature of Kyrae, the daemon ewwies!

You say, "Ok anything else? If not, I'm closing this log"

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