Joshuamonkey wrote:Doug R. wrote:One solution would be to make custom descriptions automatically appear in the hover-over, so you can tell them apart by "looking" at them.
I like this idea, and it's actually what I originally expected the hover over effect to do. It would help people pay attention to the custom descriptions people make for their characters.
I have one problem with this idea:
What if a character goes under a dramatic physical transformation (either RP'ed or abusing the feature) within the event-retention time on peoples' event page? As in....
For example, on Day 3048, you (Char A) talk to somebody (Char B) with a description like....
"Long blonde hair with icy eyes, pale skin, looks well-fed."
Char B leaves or something.
And then on Day 3054 you look back at that event and the custom description. The player of Char B has changed it to something like....
"Short, dirty hair, tanned skin, looks hungry."
Would the custom descriptions be dynamic as names are? And if Char B comes back, should Char A be able to recognise Char B on the spot, despite Char B having an almost completely different look about them?
I suppose the latter question would be up to the player, but it's more the former I'm concerned about.
I get the feeling we're getting off-topic, though.