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Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:17 am
by Cowboy
Veni, Vidi, Vendi - Kick machine at the end of the message it shows: "You don't get a drink, but you do get a sore toe" which should have a period at the end.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:02 pm
by Gobberwart
Fixed, thanks.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:25 pm
by Cowboy
:P it was annoying me

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:46 pm
by commandermack
lol

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:23 am
by jimmyBUFFET
in one of the wessonian articles,it starts like this:

"miracle that, of those participating in the initial trials earlier in the year, most men were still alive and all the women had survived."

is it just me, or is that missing a couple words at the beginning?

-jB

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:03 pm
by Gobberwart
It's not just you. Obviously those words are at the bottom of the previous page... wherever that is.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:43 pm
by trogdorable
Heh I was waiting for someone to think that was a typo. It was only a matter of time.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:33 pm
by jimmyBUFFET
oh, you tricky, tricky people.

-jB

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:29 pm
by Cowboy
Gobberwart wrote:Fixed, thanks.

might just be me, but the period is still missing...

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:24 pm
by Gobberwart
Not still. Again. My bad. Should be right now.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:30 pm
by Aramada
On one of the Encyclopedia pages:

"Heresay. I've only ever gotten Groklinite."

Not sure which that was meant to be, "heresy" or "hearsay", but I do know that "heresay" isn't a word.

heresy: "dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice b : an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards"

hearsay: "evidence based not on a witness's personal knowledge but on another's statement not made under oath"

I helped!

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:39 pm
by Gobberwart
Wolf?

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:39 pm
by Grokly
It should be "Hearsay".

Trust me, I'm the one that screwed it up.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:49 am
by commandermack
the
"The Charpane and You" brochure
hover text reads
'The Charpane and You' brochure
instead of how it should read as
"The Charpane and You" brochure

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:57 am
by Gobberwart
commandermack wrote:the
"The Charpane and You" brochure
hover text reads
'The Charpane and You' brochure
instead of how it should read as
"The Charpane and You" brochure
That's not a typo. I have to convert " into ' to make the hover text work properly, otherwise the results are weird in at least one web browser I could name. I won't, but I'll give you a hint: It rhymes with "Shminternet Hexblorer."

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:00 am
by Gobberwart
Grokly wrote:It should be "Hearsay".

Trust me, I'm the one that screwed it up.
Fixed

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:31 am
by commandermack
ahh, kk... i think i saw something about that before somewhere. :P probably this thread.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:09 pm
by Gobberwart
This one in fact: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=977

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:13 pm
by commandermack
yeah, that one. :P lol

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:35 pm
by Aramada
On another Encyclopedia page:

"And with that, he picked up his sack, slung it over his donkeys back again, and flew away, shouting "Chingedy-ching!" as he disappeared into the evening sky."

I can't tell from the context if there is more than one donkey involved here.

Only one donkey, then it is missing an apostrophe "donkey's", more than one donkey, then it should be "donkeys' backs".

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:38 pm
by Aramada
From another Encyclopedia page:

"Total uniformity and honesty had become the watchword in Paradox."

"Watchword" should be plural as there are two words referenced (uniformity and honesty).

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:11 pm
by Cowboy
when you change the name of a holopet it says

Holopet is now known as <name>. which is fine. but above it there is the new holopet name in gray. it's not exactly a typo. but it looks awkward and is redundant.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:40 pm
by Gobberwart
Fixed, fixed and fixed.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:51 pm
by Cowboy
Go Gobb

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:14 pm
by Aramada
From another encyclopedia page:

"So it was that, two years after he first began, St. Racine was in prison for 26 counts of alleged manslaughter and destruction of public property..."

If he's been convicted, it's no longer "alleged." The word should just be removed from the sentence.

Same page:
"As they were going around distributing the items to orphans they heard laughter coming from above them."

There should be a comma after "orphans."

Same page:
"All of a sudden, the sack slipped off the donkeys back and fell on one of the men, crushing him to death instantly."

There should be an apostrophe in "donkeys."

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:37 am
by commandermack
Innocent people get convicted too... It happens... I think alleged is perfectly fine there.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:09 pm
by Gobberwart
Note to self: Don't blindly trust that Grok & Wolf can actually write properly in future... :)

Fixed, fixed and fixed.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:53 pm
by Aramada
Mack wrote:
"Innocent people get convicted too... It happens... I think alleged is perfectly fine there."


Once they are convicted, they are not alleged. Doesn't matter whether they *actually* did the crime or not, in the eyes of the law, it was adjudicated that they did it. Legally, and linguistically, having "alleged" in there is contradictory, and doesn't make sense.

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:26 am
by Gobberwart
Absolutely correct, and it's been changed.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:47 pm
by commandermack
Aramada wrote:Mack wrote:
"Innocent people get convicted too... It happens... I think alleged is perfectly fine there."


Once they are convicted, they are not alleged. Doesn't matter whether they *actually* did the crime or not, in the eyes of the law, it was adjudicated that they did it. Legally, and linguistically, having "alleged" in there is contradictory, and doesn't make sense.

~Aramada

Yeah, side with "The Man".

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:08 am
by Aramada
Mack wrote:
"Yeah, side with "The Man"."


This may be a bit disturbing for my boy to read, so I hope he never comes across it, but given that I am a lawyer, I may be, in fact, "The Man."

The mind boggles.

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:23 am
by Aramada
From an Encyclopedia page:

"...their children's pictures taken with the Father Yules which seemed to almost outnumber the customers."

"which" should be "that", alternatively "who", depending on the flavour you want to give to "Father Yules." But definitely not "which".

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:00 am
by Gobberwart
Right you are then. Changed to "that", since "who" seems... wrong somehow.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:13 am
by Cowboy
On the click here for more page on the main page: "Over-use of hyphenated words, parentheses and run-on sentences is included at absolutely no extra charge!"

That should be "Over-use of hyphenated words, parentheses and run-on sentences ARE included at absolutely no extra charge!"

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:16 pm
by Gobberwart
Incorrect. Time for an English lesson...

When choosing whether to use "is" or "are" it depends on whether or not the subject of the sentence is singular or plural. In this context, the subject of the sentence is "over-use". "Over-use" is singular, hence "Over-use of... IS included..." is correct.

Had I left out the "Over-use of" part, then yes, "Hyphenated words, parentheses and run-on sentences ARE included..." would have been correct. But I didn't, so it's not.

Thanks for playing.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:50 pm
by jimmyBUFFET
The point here is that a prepositional phrase is often mistaken for the subject of a sentence. In reality, they are inconsequential to the sentence itself, making them unable to be considered an integral part of the sentence, which is why you're not supposed to start a sentence with a preposition. This all makes sense if you ask yourself one simple question: would this sentence still make sense if I removed the prepositional phrase? If the answer is yes, then the phrase is used correctly.

This is one of the biggest grammatical pet peeves that my OCD has. (Notice the subject was not the plural 'peeves' but the singular 'one', so the verb 'has' must be singular as well.)

I'm a huge nerd.

-jB

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:54 pm
by Gobberwart
I think that means Jimmy agrees with me. I may be wrong.... my nerd-fu isn't as highly-developed as his.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:43 pm
by Impalix
English - 1, your argument - 0.

English prevails.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:27 pm
by Gobberwart
I think Impy agrees with me too. Damn cryptic people.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:06 pm
by jimmyBUFFET
for the record, I agree with you Gobb. Impy, I believe, does as well.

-jB

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:01 am
by Cowboy
When fighting multiple opponents (like wannabe midgets or crows) and using the Mighty bounce ball it only indicates that you are fighting one opponent.

For example: You hurl your Mi-T-Bounce(TM) rubber ball at your opponent, and sit back to watch the fun.

The ball hits your opponent squarely, causing 16 DAMAGE and bouncing away.

Filled with kinetic energy (look it up), the ball bounces back toward your opponent and strikes them a second time for an additional 12 DAMAGE, before bouncing away again

This ball just doesn't seem to want to run out of energy, and flies back at your opponent yet again, hitting it even harder, and causing another 13 DAMAGE! It bounces away once more.

After bouncing around for what seems like several minutes, it eventually comes to rest, just out of reach.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:16 pm
by Gobberwart
Yeah actually quite a few of the combat items are like that and I need to go through and update the code. It's not a quick fix though (annoyingly) so I've added it to the list and will get to it at some point.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:15 pm
by Aramada
From the new Zone:

Mine, All Mine!
"you spot a cart-full of incredibly rare ores."

cart full, no hyphen needed


A Minor Miner
"On first inspection you notice nothing out of the ordinary in the appearance of this miner."

comma needed after "inspection"

"doesn't encourage or cater for underage miners."

"to" instead of "for"

"Well not publicly anyway."

comma needed after "Well"



A Sharp Miner
"Once upon a time this miner tried to pursue a career as a member of a barber shop quartet."

comma needed after "time"

"He still sings hopelessly out of tune but nobody really cares anymore because they can't usually hear him over the general mining soundscape."

comma needed after "tune" Also, "can't" and "usually" should be switched.



A Miner Bird
"Suddenly and without warning she produces a pickaxe."

commas needed after "Suddenly" and after "warning"


A Master Miner
"The mining gear isn't as sharp as an expensive suit but your faith in his underground capabilities is restored"

comma needed after "suit"

"Well I guess this works too."

comma needed after "Well"

"He pauses to laugh maniacally in your general direction which gives you enough time to get the jump."

comma needed after "direction"


A Miner Inconvenience
"Well there you have it. Now get to work."

comma needed after "Well" (In general, if you start a sentence with "Well", it needs to be followed with a comma. About 3/4 of the times you guys start a sentence with "Well", you *are* following it with a comma. I'm just pointing out the ones that aren't followed with a comma, which are all the more noticeable next to the ones that are.)


Results for rubbing a magic lamp:
"You rub the lamp softly. Nothing happens. You rub the lamp a little more vigorously. Nothing happens. You scratch your head and then give the lamp the polishing of its life. Still nothing happens. Feeling foolish for believing all the hullabaloo about genies in the first place, you throw the lamp away. As well as the tissue."

Where did the tissue come from? There is no mention of it earlier in terms of what you were rubbing the lamp with; I was imagining using your sleeve as that's the traditional image. Nothing wrong with using a tissue, the last sentence is just a bit abrupt and "wait, where did that come from?" when there is no mention of it previously.


"You think about arguing for a minute and then decide that you've probably annoyed the genie enough for the minute."

"for the minute" should probably be "for now" or "for the time being". "for the minute" doesn't make a lot of sense, unless it's a common Aussie phrase, and if so, I'll retract my objection and hush up.

~Aramada

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:22 pm
by Gobberwart
Heh, all those missing commas show what happens when multiple people write things. I tend to use too many commas. Others evidently less so. I'll take care of those, and the other things I agree with, over the weekend.

Things I don't agree with:
Aramada wrote:"doesn't encourage or cater for underage miners."

"to" instead of "for"
We discussed this one before implementation and all agreed that "cater for" is correct. Why? While "cater to" and "cater for" are almost identical, and neither is technically incorrect, we felt that "catering to" someone generally has negative connotations (ie. catering to someone's whims) whereas "catering for" just means "providing things for". In this context, the mining company does not cater for (eg. provide suitably-sized equipment for) small people. As far as I'm concerned that's correct.
Aramada wrote:"You rub the lamp softly. Nothing happens. You rub the lamp a little more vigorously. Nothing happens. You scratch your head and then give the lamp the polishing of its life. Still nothing happens. Feeling foolish for believing all the hullabaloo about genies in the first place, you throw the lamp away. As well as the tissue."

Where did the tissue come from? There is no mention of it earlier in terms of what you were rubbing the lamp with; I was imagining using your sleeve as that's the traditional image. Nothing wrong with using a tissue, the last sentence is just a bit abrupt and "wait, where did that come from?" when there is no mention of it previously.
Not a typo, just a vaguely dirty joke related to tissues and rubbing things vigorously. Nuff said.
Aramada wrote:"You think about arguing for a minute and then decide that you've probably annoyed the genie enough for the minute."

"for the minute" should probably be "for now" or "for the time being". "for the minute" doesn't make a lot of sense, unless it's a common Aussie phrase, and if so, I'll retract my objection and hush up.
It is indeed a very very common Aussie phrase, but then I'm not mad on "arguing for a minute...for the minute" so I think I'll change it anyway.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:36 pm
by Gobberwart
Ok, I think I got them all. Let me know if I missed any, and thanks again :)

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:40 pm
by jupider
In the macro editor, you can get the error:

Sorry, "invalid word" is a reserved word and can not be used for a macro name.

I don't know how it works in Upsidedownland, but here in America it always appears as "cannot"

Also, the "RESULT" window of the macro test does not properly emulate fancy font stuff (asterisks and braces for bold and italics)

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:57 pm
by Gobberwart
1. Fair call, I'll change it.

2. It's not supposed to emulate anything fancy. It just shows you the command you're sending to the chat system, not its eventual output.

As a side note, it's probably not strictly necessary to add patronising comments about "Upsidedownland". Let's face it, you're talking about the English language, not something people do "here in America". This sort of thing is exactly why foreigners think America is full of arrogant assholes.

Oh well, I'll let it go. Again. Next time, I'll probably get slighly peeved. Miffed even. :P

EDIT: I found several incorrect uses of "can not" throughout and I've fixed them on dev. I'll sync the changes to the game over the weekend.

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:09 pm
by Gobberwart
All occurrences of "can not" have been replaced with "cannot" where appropriate. Hooray for learning something new :)

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:58 pm
by trogdorable
Old dogs can learn new tricks?!

Re: Typos - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:59 pm
by Gobberwart
/me humps Trog's leg