Counting people poll

Postby **Jos Elkink** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:55 am

So, lets see what people say

... poll should run one week.

Nick · Postby **Nick** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:16 am

Firstly, to be directly on topic;

I think that there should be more words to describe the size of the group outside than just "many". You would notice if there were twice as many people as the usual lot.

And sort of on topic, I've been thinking that it would be nice if more things in Cantr had to be physically observed. I either saw a boat called "a canoe" today, or it has been changed so that you only see boat names when you actually look at the boat, not just see it come and go passively It said "you see a canoe undock").

These are just two examples of things that take away from the game's automation, without overcomplicating the game.

Floyd · Postby **Floyd** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:30 pm

Not botherd one bit.. though i 'spose for realism purposes it should be "Many"

PRUT · Postby **PRUT** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:58 pm

It should be exact number of people.

Why?
Because I don't want to waste my precious 200 minutes on counting people one by one in "People" menu. :twisted:

Nixit · Postby **Nixit** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:20 pm

Why would you need to count people exactly anyway.

Solutions Maximus · Postby **Solutions Maximus** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:23 pm

exact numbers

West's arguement about knowing the amount of an object down to the last grain just convinced me ENTIRELY.

Nixit · Postby **Nixit** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:24 pm

*nods* It's very true, but I couldn't care less myself.

The Sociologist · Postby **The Sociologist** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:47 pm

I vote to keep things as they are (exact numbers), because of all the possible conceivable priorities the programmers should be working on, this isn't it! :lol:

formerly known as hf · Postby **formerly known as hf** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:52 pm

On the other thread:

Jos Elkink wrote:I would say it is more in line with the general character of the game to have it more text-based and less precise.
Wouldn't that look better?

THANK YOU!!

I've been saying that for SO long - I voted yes for this - and I'd like to see it with other things, like how much damage you cause (a small scratch to a deep wound) how badly hurt someone is (looks perky to is badly wounded and near death) how hungry a character is (full up to starving) how thirsty etc.

Even how large a project is for resource gathering - set it to gather a small amount, a medium amount or a lot - maybe exact amounts would still have to be used with machines, and the exact amounts in grams displayed in inventories and so on, if only because that might be difficult to change...

Postby **KVZ** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:15 am

I disagree! I like numbers. I'm mathematical brain :roll:

Oasis · Postby **Oasis** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:15 pm

I was thankful for exact numbers being used today. In a small town, my charrie is pretty much in charge, but must work inside a lot. So when he comes out, and sees there are not 11, but 15 people outside, that's a big change that he made note of out loud. Words would not show this change, which was important to him.

Counting people poll

See 'counting people' thread - should characters see the exact number of people when they enter a location, or only when it's under ten, and otherwise it just says 'many'?

Counting people poll

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