Re: Time for a Purge?
Posted: 28 Dec 2020 20:52
50 nicks! 
Apparently people have a hard time typing them correctly every time they want to "say to maureenanne" etc. Hence nicks, like "say to sib" which would be translated to "say to sibbedidenn".Sibbedidenn wrote: ↑24 Jun 2021 01:30I know I have a bad habit of posting on old threads but come on, maureenenn and hisssss... what is wrong with those names?
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nick kill kill!
say We can kill it.
You say: We can kill! it.
Seems like incorrect usage of nick vs alias. What you're describing is the exact reason for nick as described in help nick:Zhar wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021 18:46Apparently people have a hard time typing them correctly every time they want to "say to maureenanne" etc. Hence nicks, like "say to sib" which would be translated to "say to sibbedidenn".Sibbedidenn wrote: ↑24 Jun 2021 01:30I know I have a bad habit of posting on old threads but come on, maureenenn and hisssss... what is wrong with those names?
This just reminded me to mail Cot about disabling nick parsing in the say/ask/whisper body. This can get confusing and is hella annoying for me but I'm not sure how others feel about it.
Example:I know that it's popular for people who participate in pvp to nick kill and assist into kill! and assist! but then it looks weird when talking about it.Code: Select all
nick kill kill! say We can kill it. You say: We can kill! it.
Substitute 'say to dwarf check out this gls' for 'give gls to dwarf' and you've got the same usage of nick.EXAMPLE
'nick gls golden longsword' will make you manipulate the 'golden
longsword' if you use 'gls' in a command, for instance when typing
'exa gls' or 'give gls to dwarf'.
So, PVPers should be aliasing kill! and assist! as kill and assist rather than nicking them, if they don't want that behavior.EXAMPLE
'alias intro introduce me' will make you do 'introduce me' if you
give the command 'intro'. By default the rest of the command you give
will be added to the end, so if you type 'intro to Mercade' it will
be as if you typed 'introduce me to Mercade'.
'alias brace hug %% firmly' will make you 'hug Mercade firmly' when
you type 'brace Mercade'.