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On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - FrozenGuy5 - 03-23-2018
When I mean automatic punctuation, I mean it will automatically add a capital letter and period.
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Wisecrack34 - 03-23-2018
(03-23-2018, 01:37 PM)FrozenGuy5 Wrote: When I mean automatic punctuation, I mean it will automatically add a capital letter and period.
Maybe not a period, doesn't look as good in game so I tend not to use it
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Eibel - 03-23-2018
"WHY DID YOU EAT MY BUTTBURGER?!."
"..really now?."
To me when roleplaying, i try to convey my characters tone in it, low, sarcastic remarks are in all lowercase, while frustration and excitement have more capitals.
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Avack - 03-23-2018
Not necessary, IMO. Won't do anything good for roleplay and might actually limit how expressive people can be. I know I tend to leave off full stops when my character's panicked, and while I don't tend to go without capitalisation that often I know other people do.
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Prichard - 03-23-2018
What characters would it use to determine the start and end of a sentence?
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Wisecrack34 - 03-23-2018
How about a trait that replaces any words it detects with a higher class version of it " One is terribly sorry but one is terribly sorry but well one seeeeeeay - there's ah traitor in maintenance. bloh one's self!"
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Firepower - 03-23-2018
Why not just get in the habit of putting a capital letter and period where necessary?
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Nnystyxx - 03-24-2018
TGstation does this, I believe, at least the capitals.
I actually hate it and don't want it, because it makes being personally expressive more unpleasant and causes weird parsing bugs sometimes??
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Frank_Stein - 03-24-2018
Yeah, I'm against this. Formal writing doesn't really match speech patterns
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Technature - 03-24-2018
If you want the feeling of speaking quietly, why should you have to fuck with genes to do it?
Seems like it's just fixing a problem that doesn't exist.
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Vitatroll - 03-24-2018
Wouldn't mind a toggle. I sOmeTimeS liKe tO be ExPresSive tHo, sO fOr lOng TeRm? nO.
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Maegor - 03-25-2018
(03-23-2018, 02:45 PM)Eibel Wrote: To me when roleplaying, i try to convey my characters tone in it, low, sarcastic remarks are in all lowercase, while frustration and excitement have more capitals.
I knew I wasn't the only one. Even though I prefer reading capitalized sentences, this would limit the freedom of expression.
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - NateTheSquid - 03-29-2018
gross i must be an informal clown with only those lower case comic sans
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - Noah Buttes - 03-30-2018
I'm against this because it would serve very little overall purpose. English is a very dynamic language whose rules are difficult to quantify in a meaningful way for all cases.
Additionally, it would probably scew with some of the already finnicky language traits and mutations. It'd also likely affect a myriad of other things including, but not limited to: changeling horror forms, wizards, binary robot talk, monkeyspeak, drunkenness, and martians.
RE: On goon 1, you should have automatic punctuation - kremlin - 04-01-2018
(03-30-2018, 07:21 AM)Noah Buttes Wrote: I'm against this because it would serve very little overall purpose. English is a very dynamic language whose rules are difficult to quantify in a meaningful way for all cases.
Additionally, it would probably scew with some of the already finnicky language traits and mutations. It'd also likely affect a myriad of other things including, but not limited to: changeling horror forms, wizards, binary robot talk, monkeyspeak, drunkenness, and martians.