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Even though I'm infullible (ie. the nearest thing to infallible), I do occasionally make mistakes. OK, pretty regularly.

Anyway the point is, if you find any typos in any of the content, please post them here so they can be fixed.

Please note that spoiler tags may be required for some information. Think carefully about whether or not what you're reporting falls under "common knowledge" or "potential spoiler" and use appropriate tags.

What's a typo?

Typo = typographical error. Basically, any errors in spelling or grammar.

Oh Gobb, you spoil me so. *cracks knuckles*

In the Second-Hand Sideshow...

human canvas:
wont be getting --> needs an '
He looks in the mirror says they look fine to him. --> missing an and?
continues to examine himself you get the jump. --> , after himself

wannabe midgets:
for them, the only thing the pills made short was --> have made shorter? maybe just made shorter?

ex-bearded lady:
She holds out her hand toward you --> towards
But, what happened?", you ask --> no need for a ,

Everything else is looking good so far

Duck Pond- the one where you get nothing...

""Awwwww," the attendant sympathises, "Maybe you'll have better luck next time.""

sympathises is spelled sympathizes.

SportGuy wrote:sympathises is spelled sympathizes.

Grokly ducks

SportGuy wrote:Duck Pond- the one where you get nothing...

""Awwwww," the attendant sympathises, "Maybe you'll have better luck next time.""

sympathises is spelled sympathizes.

Oh that's funny.

For anyone else considering reporting this kind of stuff, please be aware that I'm an Aussie and I spell things the Australian/British way. I will not be Americanising (read AmericaniZing if you like) my spelling under any circumstances. So there

I didn't even know that was a British/Australian one...like the way you people misspell color as colour...but that makes sense now...sorta...my bad

Yeah, exactly like the way you people misspell colour as color

*giggles*

More U's, Gobb. MORE U'S!

But where there is more Us there might be more rams and do we really need that?

Sorry ...

/me reaches for the TJPS (Thread Jack Punishment Stick (TM))

At the Paradox University Department of Noobology, the section where you learn about turns, the professor tells you that if you see a name with a hyphen after it, that it is showing how many turns that area uses. Shouldn't hyphen be replaced with parentheses there?

Ahhh, yes, it said "ellipses" for some weird reason. An ellipsis is one of these "...". Fixed, thanks.

Oh no you di'n't!

Drinking that would be a bad idea. Your bladder might go pop!

should it not be "didn't!"

heh, no, but thanks for playing

White Noise Generator:

A small device that generates soothing "white noise" and improves the quality of your rest. So what's "white noise"? Hard to say exactly, but pretty much anything after "Thriller".

The . and ? should go inside the quotes. i.e. "white noise?" and "Thriller."

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

</grammar nazi>

Heh, for someone who's so obsessive about the use of apostrophes, you'd think I'd get that right. Fact is, there are probably several like it scattered around. Let me know if you find any more

Oh and that one's fixed.

EDIT: I knew something about that was bugging me, particularly with regard to this: So what's "white noise?"

Logically that made no sense, because the quote "white noise" isn't a question. According to rule 2 on the link you posted, it should be: So what's "white noise"?

</logic nazi>

You're still right about the "Thriller." thing though

This conversation just made me wet myself. Carry on.

White and nerdy

Just in case anyone cares, I think you actually spelled all of the words in that post correctly. Good job Gobb.=o)

Nope. Nobody does

The Cluttered Closet - A Sneaking Feeling:

"You become silent like ninja, and creep slowly past it."

should there be an "a" before ninja?

The Cluttered Closet - Spider-Fan

"As you move aside an empty crate, a big, hairy, ugly spider leaps.. well, scuttles out and stops, staring at you with about 40 bazillion black eyes.. "

There are only two periods in the ellipses.

The Cafeteria - Veni, Vidi, Vendi

"Cool, Refreshing Drinks!" it says on the machine.. Right next to the sign saying "Out Of Order".

There are two periods. Either one too many or one too few.


Same error in The Cafeteria - The Dungeon Master.
In a corner of the cafeteria, there is a group of.. socially-awkward young men.. playing some kind of dice-related role-playing adventure game.

VON NOOB ERRORS IN THEIR ENTIRETY. (without crying too much about overuse of commas)

Department of Noobology (initial encounter)
"Ahhhhh, hello there young.. person! --> ... Fixed
At least, enough so that they don't get hurt.. much." --> ... Fixed

(second explanation or next link over)
located near the North East-Midwest coast of Paraphernalia, --> located on the Northeast Midwestern coast Fixed
"It's not a bad sort of a place, --> No "a" Not changed
you'll be given a number of tasks which, when complete, --> when completed Not changed

(third explanation or next link after that)
"Right, now that's out of the way, --> now that that's Not changed
but you can't seem to see any windows. Or the floor, or much of the walls for that matter. --> can't seem to find any windows, or most of the floor and walls Not changed
"To your left you will see the 'Character Pane' (or 'Charpane')." --> remove because Navpane is written without in the sentence before it Fixed
what appear to be random words and numbers, with some pretty --> no , Fixed.

As a note, if you plan to put all clarifiers in , do so. There are more in the fourth explanation. Also, keep your ' and " consistent. The marks used in the third explanation use ' and the fourth explanation uses ". Fix this. Fixed where found.

(fourth explanation or next link after that)
and make sure these don't get down to zero! --> these don't fall to OR this number doesn't fall to Fixed. Sort of.

(equipment explanation)
protection against the elements, and against physical damage --> no , Fixed. Actually, rewritten, but improved.

(clothing quest)
"Go and hunt around in there, until you find --> no , Fixed, and removed a couple of other extraneous commas.

Another note. Make sure that all links in the von Noob quest have periods after them. Some of them don't. Consistency. Fixed.

(food explanation after completing clothes quest)
"Er.. how?" you ask, --> ... Fixed.

(food quest)
"Come back and see me when you've got them. --> put a " on the end. Fixed.

(combine quest)
in this case the sesame-seed bun and probably-meat patty - and click 'Combine'" --> in this case, AND put a . after 'Combine' Fixed.

(after completing the combine quest)
"Remember, different food and drink has different effects, --> foods and drinks have Fixed. Actually, since I'm not a fan of the word "foods", the sentence was rewritten to "Remember, different food and drink items have different effects, with which you'll become familiar over time."

(spending moolah explanation)
check out Moolah Rouge Mall in town. --> The Moolah Rouge Mall Fixed.

(final explanation)
so I think we're pretty well done." --> pretty much done OR pretty much finished Not changed. "Pretty well done" is in common usage, and I can imagine von Noob saying it.

TELL ME YOU LOVE ME. You know it

LOL, you're just like that green squiggly line in Word that won't bugger off, no matter how much I tell it "but that's just how I talk, get used to it"

I'll come back to this shortly

I left your run-on sentences alone because I know how you talk. I simply fixed the things that make your English better.

And by better, I mean flow correctly.

And by flow correctly, I mean you have a dirty mind.

And by you have a dirty mind, I mean take me now.

More ellipses...

(A Pair O' Ducks)
"I've... I mean.. I've just never seen talking ducks before," Fixed

(The Dept of Questionable Sciences)
"Oh! It's you! We.. um, we weren't expecting you just yet. We're a bit.. preoccupied at the moment." Fixed

(Killer Queen Ant)

Its very dark but you --> It's very dark, but you Fixed
"Lets get this over with shall we?" --> over with, shall we? Fixed

I'M ON FIRE TONIGHT.

Not a typo, but not sure where to put this.

When you give the probably-meatburger to the Professor, he tells you that you will receive 4 turns, and 3 of each stat, and 2 fullness.

That was written when the food items gave the same amount of turns and stats each time.

Fixed

Still a typo for sure. I've got a couple of things to work on right now, but this is exactly why the reset function exists. Or at least, it's one of the reasons. One of many. Whatever. The point is that I really appreciate you taking the time to go through these things and point out the things that, for various reasons, have been neglected or are just plain wrong, and will get onto them very shortly.

Except where I decide that a typo is either just the way I talk (or von noob talks) and leave it alone so it's consistent with anything else I might throw out there in future.

Charlie Gardens Memorial Park - Combat Round 1
(fighting the flame tree)

You think about shouting goodbye and catching the last train out of there but before you can, it sees you standing on the outside looking in.

Goodbye needs quotation marks. Also, it is a run-on sentence.

Here is a suggestion for fixing.
You think about shouting, "goodbye" and catching the last train out of there. But before you can it sees you standing on the outside looking in.

Changed to 'You think about shouting "goodbye" and catching the last train out of there, but before you can, it sees you standing on the outside looking in.'

We just discussed run-on sentences and agreed that they were perfectly normal in this game, and not something that needs correcting, so I'll not worry about that.

I agree that the example (which I'm not being defensive about, since I didn't write it) is not perhaps as good as it could be, however if I have to start worrying about silly little things like run-on sentences (which I personally really like, because I feel they add a certain something to the text), nothing will ever get done. To me, it replaces natural speech with technical correctness. Changing to the example would just make it appear stilted to me, and it would still be incorrect, as the suggested fix starts a new sentence with a conjunction.

Seriously, though, there are typos and then there's just us being picky, and I strongly feel that quite a lot above falls under the "picky" category, rather than the useful correction category.

Something else I notice is that some of these reported typos are matters of personal preference, American English vs British English vs Australian English and/or local dialect, too. For example:

"so I think we're pretty well done." --> pretty much done OR pretty much finished

you'll be given a number of tasks which, when complete, --> when completed

"It's not a bad sort of a place, --> No "a"

Both the originals, and the suggested alternatives, seem fine to me. My personal preference in all cases, however, is the original.

Oh well, I'm not going to bang on about it for hours, but in order that we not have to debate the finer points of grammar until the bovines return to the domicile, let's just try and stick to the important and blatantly wrong ones. All I can say is, please, please, please don't sit and pick through every nuance, trying to make everything (including quotes) as technically perfect as possible. It just won't sound right, and is suprisingly tedious.

And if you see anything that's as blatantly wrong as this:

"Your oppononent puhnches you in the noz for 8 dmmamage.!!1!"

Please report it. In case you didn't spot it, btw, the error was clearly that the sentence needed "ZOMG" at the beginning. And more exclamations!!!!!!!!!!

Pedants, start your engines!

Just a relatively random note..."silent like ninja" is correct as it is. Trust me.=o)

I just worked through your first long post Impy and fixed up most of the issues in dev (I'll copy it to prod tonight when I get home), as well as making a few changes here and there to some of the... less attractive sentences.

I'll keep going through the day as time/work allows. I've put notes next to everything for you to keep up

UPDATE: All changes in all posts up to here are now complete on the dev box and will be uploaded tonight when I get home.

I'm really not TRYING to be a grammatical piss ant, you know. It's just in my blood.

If it ever starts to be too much, just tell me politely to lay off.

No worries at all Squiggly

EDIT: Correction, I won't be uploading the changes tonight after all, I just realised I left my memory stick with all the changes at work, and I ain't about to redo em. It'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Blue T-shirt:

This is a very plain, very blue t-shirt. It's hardly the height of fashion, but at least it will stop your torso getting cold.

Shouldn't it read "...stop your torso from getting cold?"

No. The "from" is optional and, I believe, much more common in American English than in British (and therefore Australian) English.

The phrases "stop something happening" and "stop something from happening" are identical in meaning, which makes the "from" redundant.

Another interesting one that will probably come up at some point is the American use of "different than" as compared to the British use of "different to/from". For example, the American phrase "Bill is different than Mary" is functionally equivalent to the British phrase "Bill is different to Mary".

No, I don't know why, but I'll give you one guess as to which one I'll use.

I think i found a legit typo..go me! On the equipment page where you select what equipment you want to wear from the drop down bars the weapon slot says "Weapon:>" there should be no ">".

Go you indeed! Fixed

Gobberwart wrote:Another interesting one that will probably come up at some point is the American use of "different than"

Don't ask me why, but I've been thinking about this recently, and you know, saying something is 'different than' something else is complete nonsense.

When you use the word "than", it's usually in conjunction with "more" or "less", eg. "Fred is more stupid than Joe" or "Nancy is less pretty than a bucket of squashed frogs", or a comparative (-er word) such as "stupider" or "uglier" ("Nancy is uglier than a hatful of busted arseholes").

I suppose if you were comparing just HOW different two things were it might be ok (eg. "Nancy is more different than Fred") but that's about it.

"Nancy is different than Fred" is nonsense. Think about it.

You must really hate someone named Nancy.

*EDIT* avoiding the threadjack weapon:

Charlie Gardens, the jogger's miss message "He shouts at you angrily, and starts waving his arms about, but isn't used to all that upper-body activity and has to pause for minute to recover." <--should be "pause for a minute"

A Pair O Ducks: "No bird brain ... " the first duck interrupts <--should be "No, bird brain..." the first duck interrupts,

not a typo, but when you see Sammy, the line "Surely they're not that much of a nuisance." is just BEGGING for an "Airplane!" reference.

-jB

I'll have a go.

In the Cafeteria - Veni, Vidi, Vendi
"Cool, Refreshing Drinks!" it says on the machine.. Right next to the sign saying "Out Of Order".

The ellipsis needs a third period. Also, the last period needs to go inside the quotes. Always.

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp - as TheDude already pointed us to.

In the Really bad joke -
"Have you heard about the new corderoy pillows?"
Corderoy is a misspelling. Corduroy is the fabric, it's a U, not an E. Corderoy is something else, a lot of people have this surname. I entered the joke into the Wiki, followed by (sic), as it's misspelled. I'll change that if you tell me this is fixed. Thanks !

All fixed (or modified), including the corduroy thing.

jimmyBUFFET wrote:not a typo, but when you see Sammy, the line "Surely they're not that much of a nuisance." is just BEGGING for an "Airplane!" reference.

ANOTHER one? Crikey, how many Snakes on a Plane refs do we need?

Gobberwart wrote:All fixed (or modified), including the corduroy thing.

jimmyBUFFET wrote:not a typo, but when you see Sammy, the line "Surely they're not that much of a nuisance." is just BEGGING for an "Airplane!" reference.

ANOTHER one? Crikey, how many Snakes on a Plane refs do we need?

Unless I'm missing some Aussie sarcasm here, I believe he's referring to the classic comedy movie "Airplane". (ie., "Yes they are a nuisance. And don't call me Shirley")

Ah, see in Australia, that movie is called "Flying High". Actually it was meant to be called "Flying High" in the states too but apparently the distributors caved to pressure over potential drug references. Go figure.

Of course, now I feel totally stupid, and must immediately go find a large piece of paper and make a hat, or a brooch or a pterodactyl out of it.

Man, I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.

Not a typo, exactly, but when you use a Carpet bag, it says:
Wow, so that's what scientists consider "a lot of moolah"? Poor fools!
But it doesn't agree with the event where you acquire the Carpet bag, since it says "we're paying you good moolah..."
Maybe it's picky, but 'good money' and 'a lot of money' don't mean the same. At least that's my understanding. 'Good money after bad,' etc.

So were the sequels called "Flying High 2", etc?

Now that you mention it, I remember a discussion where you told me that before. I should have realized you missed the reference because of that.

New stuff is great, thanks, but I did find a typo.

Regeneration Nation says:
Your StufStik contains a number of items that can be successfully regnerated.

I'll be your proofreader, baby...