agaricus5
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I was playing with the editor and did realise in making a level that the numbers for the coordinates stop at 19 (Noventonce).

Wouldn't it be nice, although rather superfluous, to include just one more to make the number of numbers we have a round figure?

Perhaps "20 times" could be "Vigintonce", from the Latin "viginti", meaning twenty.

For things that come after, these terms will almost never be used, so would be a pure waste of time to implement, and wouldn't fit in the editor space in the top. However, perhaps the following could be used in texts outside the program such as in stories as an extension of the numbers we have.

I can't think of anything good for the numbers 21-29 that resemble the ones we already have, but a really pompous or quite long-winded way you could do it (Also partly derived from the Latin) is to use "et" (And) to join the twenty and the unit figure together:

21 times could be "Vigintonce-et-once"
22 times could be "Vigintonce-et-twice"

...and so on, until...

29 times - "Vigintonce-et-novence"

30 times could be the much less long "trigintonce" from "triginta" (thirty)...

...and so on.

[Edited by agaricus5 on 03-02-2004 at 10:30 PM GMT]

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I'd be a little worried about running out of space in the location banner. Give me 29N29W in a level whose name is thirty letters long, and see how you feel

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A side topic:

In this thread, we have people who discuss the problem of what comes after thrice, and who actually get it remarkably correct compared to what we have in DROD:

http://www.castlereshka.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=12622

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DiMono wrote:
I'd be a little worried about running out of space in the location banner. Give me 29N29W in a level whose name is thirty letters long, and see how you feel

I didn't really mean for 21 onwards to be used in the program. What I thought it could be used for is for pompous speeches and stories in which such numbers could be used to continue the DROD theme and be verbosely silly, for example:

"Vigintonce-et-septence have I now attended the Smitemasters' Guild without fail," said Hallholder Bombus....

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I don't think we really need it, because levels are hardly ever that big. Maybe we could put "Very Far North and West" or something like that. What does it say on the banner in the editor for 29W29N or whatever?

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At some point it starts giving the numbers - "20 north".

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Request - Since this is more a site request (stories)/general DROD request, could this be moved to either the General or The Site board so that it is more in-topic?

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agaricus5 wrote:
Request - Since this is more a site request (stories)/general DROD request, could this be moved to either the General or The Site board so that it is more in-topic?

I don't get it. This is a feature request for the game.

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mrimer wrote:

agaricus5 wrote:
Request - Since this is more a site request (stories)/general DROD request, could this be moved to either the General or The Site board so that it is more in-topic?

I don't get it. This is a feature request for the game.

Well, not really any more. Just the "vigintonce" bit. The rest, if you have another look, I suggested as a sort of extra to the vocabulary of DROD.

As DiMono pointed out, having such silly things like "vigintonce-et-novence" will be a little too much for the level coordinate scroll at the top of the screen, and plus, who would ever make a hold twenty-something rooms long in one direction?

I requested the change, not to be silly and waste your time, but instead to get this moved to somewhere else where it is more suited to the audience it may get. In my opinion, it is no longer a Feature Request for DROD the game, but for background information for DROD.

Plus, I thought starting another thread in the General board, containing much the same info as in here, except with a statement saying "this is extra stuff, just to add more to the DROD vocabulary", would be wasteful and make for unnecessary clutter, which I do not want to do, as it is inconsiderate.

[Edited by agaricus5 on 03-05-2004 at 11:23 PM GMT]

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Wow... 3 years necromancy

I personally don't mind, but it can be seen as slightly rude. Chances are that conversation is now officially finished and forgotten.

Starting a new thread, in the cases where you find the subject interesting is a prefered method on most forums...

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Nah, It's not that bad. It's already bumped up now anyway.

I think they should be left alone personally, it's just the Eighthian way of counting things! Fancy words up until twenty, and then normal numbers going up!

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Nuntar wrote:
Sorry But I'd still like my suggestion to be considered. Should I delete it and repost it in a new topic?

It's fine Just thought I forewarn as people do take these things to heart. I just remind myself there are bills to pay and get over the whole thing.

Plus, I must admit, that was without doubt the most eloquent necromancy I have ever seen so congrats... I've seen a few posts in my time lol

Seriously... it's usually
"2001 - Nah let's not make that part of the build"
"2007 - Woowo1oo1o1o1o1o1o1111111111! That's wicked!!!! when's it comain out???"

(typos intended)

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I program for a living. This has to be the best example of necromancy ever... in the changelog!

1996 - I'm not sure why this works as I thought arrays had to be initialised, but I've been told it's the way it should be done
2005 - It's because the arrays are initialised in the global context by the bootloader

Oh how I laughed
/back on topic

Yeah, think you got away with it

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Syntax wrote:
/off-topic completely
I program for a living.

Oh my, and there I thought I was the only one to do that here...

My favourite job currently would be fixing an in-house project management webapp that was coded by a doctor of computer science that now works for Google, and who worked on the Sun's Java Just-In-Time compiler earlier on - while he was doing his civil service here.

Boy did I have no idea what kind of cruft was in there for me to fix...

That might not be considered necromancy, but it's quite some Frankensteining nonetheless...

np: Autechre - Netlon Sentinel (EP7)

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You have my utter sympathy

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Syntax wrote:
You have my utter sympathy

Thanks. Actually, the "fixing" part is the easy one - the "feature request" part is the real biggie...

np: Autechre - PIOBmx19 (Garbage)

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Syntax wrote:
Plus, I must admit, that was without doubt the most eloquent necromancy I have ever seen so congrats... I've seen a few posts in my time lol

Well, I hope this doesn't start an informal contest for most eloquent instance of thread raising. We don't really need a horde of undead -- if polite -- threads swarming the board .

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It was pretty damned good tho, huh?

Italics and all hehe

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The serendipity of this forum is just overflowing.

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AlefBet wrote:

Syntax wrote:
Plus, I must admit, that was without doubt the most eloquent necromancy I have ever seen so congrats... I've seen a few posts in my time lol

Well, I hope this doesn't start an informal contest for most eloquent instance of thread raising. We don't really need a horde of undead -- if polite -- threads swarming the board .

Zombie brain tea party.

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Earl Gray Matter?

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Back on topic, I would prefer not to have more silly numbering.

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I would prefer to have more silly numbering.

I want the room descriptions in the forum to use the adverb forms.

You know it makes sence.

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What's wrong with speculating about unknown thins about the Eighth?" It encourages people to speculate on what is up with the Eighth themselves, and sometimes starts very good discussions.

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Of course, the Eighth doesn't have the same linguistic and etymological background as Earth. You can look at these Latin roots and whatnot, but it actually makes a lot more sense in terms of old Eighth languages. It's just a lucky coincidence that Sihmpuhl Englihsh is so similar to Modern English.

Also, twolce just sounds a lot better than duodeconce.

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