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  • grimrak1grimrak1 Member Posts: 251 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    legetdumar wrote: »
    Apparently, from what I heard from people who tried, the Tholians just stood there, not really sure what to do with themselves, lol.

    Clearly the discoball can be used as a Tholian detection device then. Anyone not dancing is a Tholian spy and should be dealt with. :D
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    But you know what? I guess it doesn't matter now does it? By being allowed to visit their studios Cryptic has pretty much signed off on you and your fleet haven't they? They've said in deed what most of us have suspected for years. They're not going to stop you. They're not going to correct you. You won. After long last, you really, really won. STO is yours and no one is going to do a thing about it. Congratulations.
  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited March 2014
    grimrak1 wrote: »
    Clearly the discoball can be used as a Tholian detection device then. Anyone not dancing is a Tholian spy and should be dealt with. :D

    That, and all those extra legs. Unless the Tholians have really good holoprojection technology we don't know about! :eek:
    Criticism, while never agreeable, is necessary. It is like pain in the body. It brings attention to an unhealthy state of things---Winston Churchill
  • grimrak1grimrak1 Member Posts: 251 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    legetdumar wrote: »
    That, and all those extra legs. Unless the Tholians have really good holoprojection technology we don't know about! :eek:

    It's the only logical explanation. Discoballs, protecting the quadrant from Tholian invasion.
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    But you know what? I guess it doesn't matter now does it? By being allowed to visit their studios Cryptic has pretty much signed off on you and your fleet haven't they? They've said in deed what most of us have suspected for years. They're not going to stop you. They're not going to correct you. You won. After long last, you really, really won. STO is yours and no one is going to do a thing about it. Congratulations.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Well... you can't make Tholians dance in Foundry either.... I think the issue is that since they don't use a humanoid wire frame they don't have most emote animations.
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  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited March 2014
    Well... you can't make Tholians dance in Foundry either.... I think the issue is that since they don't use a humanoid wire frame they don't have most emote animations.


    Makes sense. Can you imagine one of those things trying to do "The Running Man" or "The Leg Kick"??

    Yikes! :eek:
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    legetdumar wrote: »
    Makes sense. Can you imagine one of those things trying to do "The Running Man" or "The Leg Kick"??

    Yikes! :eek:
    I could visualize one running in place or swinging it's legs wildly... it'd look different than a humanoid though.
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  • rickdankorickdanko Member Posts: 470 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Only if it's on the bridge of a T5 Connie!

    Sorry...couldn't resist :)
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  • tomokwihnaitomokwihnai Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    These types of devices are not harmful, just annoying. Which is of course what the person setting them off (for the most part) is looking for. They think it is funny.

    To solve this, the developers need to do these two things...

    A simple "yes" or "no" popup requesting to animate your Avatar when in the range of a activated Party Amp. This would not be much of a programming issue. We see these all the time for every other request to do something with your Avatar. And those wishing to dance can do so with one click.

    Also they should make it, that if someone does set one of these off, their Avatar is forced to stay at that location, until the timer on the Party Amp runs out. It's your party, you should be a good host and stay with it till the end.

    I'm also of the opinion that is someone does set one of these off, the crowd within the dance radius of the device should get to vote on which farm animal the person setting this device off gets to grid with, through the entirety of the song. But that's just me. :D
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    These types of devices are not harmful, just annoying. Which is of course what the person setting them off (for the most part) is looking for. They think it is funny.

    To solve this, the developers need to do these two things...

    A simple "yes" or "no" popup requesting to animate your Avatar when in the range of a activated Party Amp. This would not be much of a programming issue. We see these all the time for every other request to do something with your Avatar. And those wishing to dance can do so with one click.

    Also they should make it, that if someone does set one of these off, their Avatar is forced to stay at that location, until the timer on the Party Amp runs out. It's your party, you should be a good host and stay with it till the end.

    I'm also of the opinion that is someone does set one of these off, the crowd within the dance radius of the device should get to vote on which farm animal the person setting this device off gets to grid with, through the entirety of the song. But that's just me. :D
    That's a stupid idea. I LOATHE need/greed popups. Nothing good can come of "are you sure you want to dance" popups in social zones.
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  • wilbor2wilbor2 Member Posts: 1,684 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    U all need to new title party pooper or bar humbug pmsl
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  • tomokwihnaitomokwihnai Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I can see your point.

    I much prefer being able to vote on the animal the person activating the device would be forced to dance with...
  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited March 2014
    I can see your point.

    I much prefer being able to vote on the animal the person activating the device would be forced to dance with...

    I like the way you think. :D

    However, I would be willing to compromise on a simple on/off switch in the menu options.
    Criticism, while never agreeable, is necessary. It is like pain in the body. It brings attention to an unhealthy state of things---Winston Churchill
  • rickdankorickdanko Member Posts: 470 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Even though I STILL support the client side switch, it's not really that big a deal to me. C'mon, you RP'ers, just think of it as a temporary virus your character gets infected with or something. Work around it!

    In the end, there are much bigger things to get upset about.
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  • ankokunekoankokuneko Member Posts: 318 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    What we need is an emergency kurland hologram that can be summoned and keeps saying KURLAND HERE, then the complaints about disco ball will stop
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  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited April 2014
    ankokuneko wrote: »
    What we need is an emergency kurland hologram that can be summoned and keeps saying KURLAND HERE, then the complaints about disco ball will stop

    I see potential here! :D

    Okay, I'm just brainstorming, but how about an option that let's players deploy the "Emergency Kurland Hologram" that stops dance animations for your toon, while the EKH dances for your toon spouting "Kurland here!" every 5 seconds, to which only the PAT (Party Amp Troll) can hear??

    Even the most sociopathic trolls will go back to using them for their original purpose, as items to have fun with friends and fleetmates in PROPER social zones, which does not include business areas.

    It could work! :P
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  • decroniadecronia Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    legetdumar wrote: »
    I see potential here! :D

    Okay, I'm just brainstorming, but how about an option that let's players deploy the "Emergency Kurland Hologram" that stops dance animations for your toon, while the EKH dances for your toon spouting "Kurland here!" every 5 seconds, to which only the PAT (Party Amp Troll) can hear??

    Even the most sociopathic trolls will go back to using them for their original purpose, as items to have fun with friends and fleetmates in PROPER social zones, which does not include business areas.

    It could work! :P

    Oooh I like that idea. Then we can see how long it would take for said P.A.Ts to come here and rage how people using the EKH are ruining their fun.:D
  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited April 2014
    decronia wrote: »
    Oooh I like that idea. Then we can see how long it would take for said P.A.Ts to come here and rage how people using the EKH are ruining their fun.:D

    Yes....trolls QQing about being trolled...there is a certian poetic justice in that. Provided the PAT's sanity survives being surrounded by a bunch of dancing Kurland's reminding him/her of their presence every 5 seconds! :P
    Criticism, while never agreeable, is necessary. It is like pain in the body. It brings attention to an unhealthy state of things---Winston Churchill
  • decroniadecronia Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    legetdumar wrote: »
    Yes....trolls QQing about being trolled...there is a certian poetic justice in that. Provided the PAT's sanity survives being surrounded by a bunch of dancing Kurland's reminding him/her of their presence every 5 seconds! :P

    Really do you have to be so kind? I would say every 2 seconds. :eek:
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    *Yawn* This thread again? :rolleyes:
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    *Yawn* This thread again? :rolleyes:


    I know right.
    Some people just don't want to let a dead topic rest.:rolleyes:
    It's not my fault if you feel trolled by my Disco ball... Sorry'boutit.



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  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited April 2014
    You have your fun, we'll have ours! I'm enjoying our little running "Kurland" gag. :P
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  • decroniadecronia Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Hmm so you can have your fun but we can't have ours? :rolleyes:
    legetdumar wrote: »
    You have your fun, we'll have ours! I'm enjoying our little running "Kurland" gag. :P

    Someone started a thread for a PA in space, so now we can have Kurland in an ev suit annoying them. A new tangent on the Kurland idea :)
  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited April 2014
    decronia wrote: »
    Someone started a thread for a PA in space, so now we can have Kurland in an ev suit annoying them. A new tangent on the Kurland idea :)

    I could actually see something like that, lol. All the better to troll us with! :P
    Criticism, while never agreeable, is necessary. It is like pain in the body. It brings attention to an unhealthy state of things---Winston Churchill
  • rickdankorickdanko Member Posts: 470 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Who is this Kurland you speak of?
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  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Damn, so close.
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  • legetdumarlegetdumar Member Posts: 263
    edited April 2014
    rickdanko wrote: »
    Who is this Kurland you speak of?

    Play the story mission "Boldly They Rode"... ;)
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    legetdumar wrote: »
    Play the story mission "Boldly They Rode"... ;)

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  • decroniadecronia Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Oh I though of a more vicious thing to do with Kurland if there was a space PA. He dances on the hull of the ship of the one who launched it, thus preventing slipstream and transwarp abilities until the timer is up. This is on top of the "Kurland here" message. Oh imagine the rage. :D

    Mind you in comparison to Tovan, Kurland is not that chatty. Oh a new tangent to go on :p
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    decronia wrote: »
    Oh I though of a more vicious thing to do with Kurland if there was a space PA. He dances on the hull of the ship of the one who launched it, thus preventing slipstream and transwarp abilities until the timer is up. This is on top of the "Kurland here" message. Oh imagine the rage. :D

    Mind you in comparison to Tovan, Kurland is not that chatty. Oh a new tangent to go on :p


    Kill it with fire.
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