Singing

Sing in its current form is undesirable by both performers and listeners. Maybe we could remove the symbols entirely and use an adjective-based system, like we have for skills/attributes?

By BubbleKangaroo at Apr 5, 2021 3:16 PM

I would enjoy if this could be linked with like a 'Sings well' or 'sings horrendously' kinda messages that designate how well the person might be singing.

By Dawnshot at Apr 5, 2021 3:21 PM

i mean, even if the singing command did go from useless novelty to actually maybe useful, having stuff like "sings well" or "sings bad" would be kinda pointless for enforcing skill, considering most performers just use text in poses anyway?

By not_anon at Apr 5, 2021 3:25 PM

I can't speak for others, but I'm always looking for ways to change things up. Being able to throw in a stray 'sing' or two in a performance for punctuation and such would be fun.

By BubbleKangaroo at Apr 5, 2021 3:27 PM

What's wrong with the sing command?

By Johnny at Apr 5, 2021 3:27 PM

considering most performers just use text in poses anyway?

One of the reasons they do this is because the sing command doesn't yield any skillcheck information. If it did, I'm sure some performers would use it in good faith alongside the poses.

By beandip at Apr 5, 2021 3:29 PM

As is, I've seen people OOCly (both as performers and viewers) voice discontent over the little ASCII notes added to the lines it puts out. COULD also be an issue with screen readers? I dunno.

By BubbleKangaroo at Apr 5, 2021 3:29 PM

I personally think that it's really awful aesthetically the way it currently is.

By Mori at Apr 5, 2021 3:29 PM

oooh, you don't like my music notes that are trying to communicate tempo.

By Johnny at Apr 5, 2021 3:31 PM

When you play musical instruments in the same room someone is singing, the tempo is set by the instrument players and expressed through the person singing.

By Johnny at Apr 5, 2021 3:33 PM

That's actually amazing to know. I had no idea that was a thing.

By BubbleKangaroo at Apr 5, 2021 3:34 PM

Well I see no one is using it? I believe people can't really feel or describe a tempo with only o/ in between o/ each words. And it also o/ isn't looking o/ really good aesthetically.

By FullDaDead at Apr 5, 2021 3:34 PM

Speaking for myself, I had no idea whatsoever that the placement of the notes was the game's attempt at setting a tempo. This from someone who has used sing and instrument commands and found the placement of the note characters to be in no way remotely related to the music I imagined.

By beandip at Apr 5, 2021 3:34 PM

@beandip Agreed. while it may be an attempt to do so, I think that attempt falls a bit flat. The notes tend to do little more than muddle up the lines of a performance, in my experience.

By Rocksteady at Apr 5, 2021 3:37 PM

For what its worth, I did like the musical notes but then again almost nobody uses said command for whatever reasons and as mentioned many times before, it would be nice for the command to do an automatic skill-check and broadcast to the room how good or how bad the performers are.

By GhostInTheMachine at Apr 5, 2021 4:34 PM

Also, even if kept as is, not being able to see the breaks to be able to adjust tempo when practicing solo is unfortunate.

By BubbleKangaroo at Apr 5, 2021 5:15 PM

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Singing And how to make it a command people don't OOCly avoid

Singing
And how to make it a command people don't OOCly avoid