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Yossarin
 
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http://www.amiaworld.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=34962

Give me your money.


 
      
Basin
 
PostPosted: Mon, Feb 02 2009, 23:33 PM 

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Now this is an -Awesome- Idea, Hats off to you!

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PostPosted: Mon, Feb 02 2009, 23:36 PM 

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You know..

The Faerûnian week is called a tenday or a ride, has ten days, and the days don't have particular names. U PHAIL! :twisted:

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Yossarin
 
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Read the bottom of my message, Iron. YOU Phail.


 
      
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I know! I just returned here to edit my embarassing post, but I was too late! :oops:

Of course, I could just delete this whole exchange..

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Yossarin
 
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You could, and few would be any the wiser. :)


 
      
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I would be the wiser~

But on the real note, Great Idea Yoss!

It seems like something that will benefit a good deal of factions on Amia :D

Edit; I got here first, Basin! Roar.

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Basin
 
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IronAngel wrote:
You know..

The Faerûnian week is called a tenday or a ride, has ten days, and the days don't have particular names. U PHAIL! :twisted:


Yossarin wrote:
Read the bottom of my message, Iron. YOU Phail.


Now you'll never be able to remove your orignal PHAIL! :twisted:

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IronAngel
 
PostPosted: Mon, Feb 02 2009, 23:48 PM 

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I could just ban you all, delete this whole topic and call Yoss a filthy liar. But then again, letting people see that even I am not infallible does give me a certain streak of lovable weakness that people can better relate to. :wink:

To be on-topic, well.. uh, I have nothing to say! The man's a gift to the world.

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I could go into the databse, restore backups, undo bannings, and give every, even guests, explicit permissions to see this topic so that everyone would know, and remove your editing and deleting permissions.

>.>

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Of course Tormak couldn't resist. Typical.

Yossarin, fun stuff. I totally want someone to use this awesomeness to make fake announcements about/from other factions. Totally. But don't go down the realm of stupid. Make them classy, degrading slanders.

Or..

"Temple of Sharess seeking young maidens for the cleaning duties. Starting at a flat pay, but with a fine package of complimentary insurances and opportunities to grow. Nothing to lose and a lot to gain."


 
      
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PostPosted: Tue, Feb 03 2009, 2:30 AM 

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Very awesome idea.

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PostPosted: Tue, Feb 03 2009, 2:45 AM 

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Sounds like a good idea to me.

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Xalyth
 
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No Discount Rates for large purchases?

Tisk Tisk, People can't pass up a good deal taking a whole year of advertising if it's a bit cheaper, a whole year only 25999999! Don't delay, order today! :)

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Great idea and clever way to separate those filthy rich PC's from their mountains of ill-gotten gold. Kudos.


 
      
Yurell
 
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Xalyth wrote:
No Discount Rates for large purchases?

Tisk Tisk, People can't pass up a good deal taking a whole year of advertising if it's a bit cheaper, a whole year only 25999999! Don't delay, order today! :)


Actually, I think that's a reasonable point - can there be discounts for larger purchases?

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Yossarin
 
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Dervish wrote:
Great idea and clever way to separate those filthy rich PC's from their mountains of ill-gotten gold. Kudos.


That was the idea.

And fine, you get your discounts! I'd considered it, but wanted to make bookeeping really easy.


 
      
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Estara wrote:
Of course Tormak couldn't resist. Typical.

Yossarin, fun stuff. I totally want someone to use this awesomeness to make fake announcements about/from other factions. Totally. But don't go down the realm of stupid. Make them classy, degrading slanders.

Or..

"Temple of Sharess seeking young maidens for the cleaning duties. Starting at a flat pay, but with a fine package of complimentary insurances and opportunities to grow. Nothing to lose and a lot to gain."


Single Male Banite seeking Single Female Banite. Non smoker. Experience with Fear and Tyranny a must. Contact "BigSexyFist" via Speedy's for details.

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TormakSaber wrote:
"BigSexyFist"


Almost fell out of my chair laughing at that little Gem of a alias.

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Estara wrote:
"Temple of Sharess seeking young maidens for the cleaning duties. Starting at a flat pay, but with a fine package of complimentary insurances and opportunities to grow. Nothing to lose and a lot to gain."

Well, that position is filled, but I'll be thinking of some others for sure. :wink:

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Yossarin
 
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I kinda want to see the Winyan elves do an advertisement, but I just realized they probably won't because it is a human thing. Oh well! We can make advertisement for them.

"Come one, come all*, to Winya Ravana! Enjoy the sights and sounds of pristine living! Get back to your roots! Located right next to the scenic Nexus Falls! *All = Sun Elves."


 
      
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I somehow think that the town criers wouldnt call out banite adverts lol

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Excellent idea, very interesting, and a gold sink.

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Oh, you think so?

"Are you tired of living in fear? Abandon that old way of life. Embrace new prospects. At New Images, our life coaches can teach you how to face down your worst fears. How? By showing you that you're never alone in your fear. Our trained professionals are ready and willing to help you in cultivating a new and positive outlook on life. Contact Bartholomew Stillwater at the Long & Short on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for more information."

Bartholomew Stillwater being your alias.


 
      
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funny idea. Are all these town criers in Cordor?

Also, I think the long-term offered RL times might be far too long for the message to be still up-to-date.

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PostPosted: Tue, Feb 03 2009, 12:11 PM 

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If one pays for half a year or a year, one should be entitled to change the message every 1 or 2 months to stay relevant.

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PostPosted: Tue, Feb 03 2009, 13:26 PM 

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Just buy the ads a week at a time and use the town criers to mercilessly slander your enemies.

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This is massively cool.


 
      
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jameslocke wrote:
Just buy the ads a week at a time and use the town criers to mercilessly slander your enemies.


i feel there might be some concern for almost OOC griefing using this.

that being said, this is friggin sweet.

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Yossarin
 
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I've had two ads sent to me so far. I'll be updating on Monday. Throw your money at it!


 
      
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Some questions:

1) How many characters per 'paragraph' and how many 'paragraphs' per message? I assume that multi-paragraph messages will be delivered in quick succession? By paragraph, I mean the maximum amount of text that can be spoken at one time.

2) How often is the message repeated?

3) Where is the message spoken? All cities? Is there some specificity to that? It would be strange to have a Lolthite message in Kohlingen or an Eilistraeean one in Ultrinaan. In what cities can one potentially have the message read (ie. a list, please)? Are there more than one crier in some cities (eg. Cordor)?

I have a message in mind and I'd like to know more about any restrictions in case I need to fine-tune it. Also dont need it delivered in Ultrinaan, Underport, Barak Runedar, Forstakkr, etc. etc.

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Yossarin
 
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Xaviera wrote:
Some questions:

1) How many characters per 'paragraph' and how many 'paragraphs' per message? I assume that multi-paragraph messages will be delivered in quick succession? By paragraph, I mean the maximum amount of text that can be spoken at one time.


Type as many characters into your Talk field as you can. When it cuts them off, count how many it shows. That's the max characters. And only one "paragraph" or block. Hence why it must be concise.

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2) How often is the message repeated?


Depends upon how many people walk by the criers. That's the trigger. The more "ad space" is taken up, the less often it will be repeated, so get in on the ground floor. There is some possibility there might be an opportunity to pay for more repetition, but that is currently not tech-possible.

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3) Where is the message spoken? All cities? Is there some specificity to that? It would be strange to have a Lolthite message in Kohlingen or an Eilistraeean one in Ultrinaan. In what cities can one potentially have the message read (ie. a list, please)? Are there more than one crier in some cities (eg. Cordor)?


Currently, Cordor: East and Cordor: Central. If it becomes more popular, you might see town criers from the Amian Recorder showing up elsewhere. Disco also has a mind to maybe add "town crier" as a role to the upcoming job system, where a PC can "access" the database of paid advertisements and spout them at random as though the PC were an NPC town crier.


 
      
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Yossarin wrote:
I kinda want to see the Winyan elves do an advertisement, but I just realized they probably won't because it is a human thing. Oh well! We can make advertisement for them.

"Come one, come all*, to Winya Ravana! Enjoy the sights and sounds of pristine living! Get back to your roots! Located right next to the scenic Nexus Falls! *All = Sun Elves."


I do not how I managed to overlook this but... damn you! We, the sunni racist yact club feels deeply disrespected we are after all the pinacle of elven civilization:p

On a more atempted serious note, yeah you're right. My elf barely evers go to Cordor so wouldn't even consider using it. Though it is really a neat feature:)

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Winya doesn't IMO need something like this, unless it is of drastic importance. It isn't a large community such as cordor and thus most things we disscuss both IG and on the forums quite easily.

I do think this is a neat idea, though I do wonder couldn't a player just make a notice on the PC notice forum and that be that without paying? but this is a neat concept and I like the idea of it.

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Yes, they can, but if you understand anything about advertising, you'll understand why this is effective. Inundation.

Plus, this is what I call a "vanity" purchase. You can put your PC's NAME in it. And have it cried by NPCs!


 
      
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Yossarin wrote:
Xaviera wrote:
Some questions:

1) How many characters per 'paragraph' and how many 'paragraphs' per message? I assume that multi-paragraph messages will be delivered in quick succession? By paragraph, I mean the maximum amount of text that can be spoken at one time.


Type as many characters into your Talk field as you can. When it cuts them off, count how many it shows. That's the max characters. And only one "paragraph" or block. Hence why it must be concise.


Amendment. This is a lie.

The actual limit is specifically 255 characters.


 
      
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I love the idea, it helps with the amian economy issues and makes the game more realistic all while advertising various IC events.

Just wanted to add, mayhaps the drow will want a system as well? (advertising across the underdark instead of surface)

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I don't think Mike or Cindy want to flog themselves, but they will say something for the Eternal Order! Although Cordor may have a slight issue right now with the EO, the Amian Recorder is not bound by Cordorian exclusive law or opinion, and caters to the island's entire populace. They'd be happy to carry your ad right into the heart of Cordor!

And it is Monday for me, so I'm taking ads and uploading all day. PM box is open. I've already put in a few so far, and the town criers are happy that they got to learn how to try to talk like a dwarf for one of them!


 
      
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Yossarin wrote:
I've already put in a few so far, and the town criers are happy that they got to learn how to try to talk like a dwarf for one of them!


Hellllls yeah!

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Phearnun wrote:
Pity, we would have provided them the whip. Though, I cant say I can see how the Eternal Order would promote their zeal over two paper selling kids. Neither do we raise promotion advertisement as thats something for the "unelite forces". We should be mentioned for free by them by making actual news, like for blockading Cordor :P


You did, actually! But now that you've withdrawn, that was taken out.


 
      
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Xalyth wrote:
TormakSaber wrote:
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Almost fell out of my chair laughing at that little Gem of a alias.




this of course was even funnier to me with your little animation of the stick figures whip one another, *LOL*


 
      
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Yossarin
 
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That's a bit more module intensive and requires Disco to constantly update to keep track. The town crier messages are rather simple, because all I have to do is go into the database and edit them and it goes right in.


 
      
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Do they have any problem saying anything (that isn't too lewd or graphic)?
Such as praises to Talona, or glorifying necromancy? Can we get them to gloat about criminal escapades?
Or do we need to sort this out IC with them?

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It is SO SO SO SO SOSSOSOSOSOSSO
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to hear Mike the Paperboy advertising for

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Yurell
 
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fireprooftroll wrote:
It is SO SO SO SO SOSSOSOSOSOSSO
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to hear Mike the Paperboy advertising for

Sharess


Would you prefer Loviatar :P

At any rate, I've already stated my support so I'll just wait for an answer then stop posting here,don't want to spam the thread

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'Hey diddle diddle the cat had a fiddle, and Sharess was mighty pleased. The festhall is open so you'd be a hopen to get laid you sees.'

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