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SoulTorn Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 685 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Other players have suggested the back hair to be called a mane, and Morrigan has replied that it's more a mantle then a mane, but even that is not the best of descriptions. |
My (limited?) understanding of what a 'mantle' is makes it seem like a fine term to use.
A mantle, generally, covers the shoulders and upper back, but does not extend too far down the back. Which is, as I understand it, what the Darju 'backhair' is. A thick bit of hair that covers the male Darju's shoulders and upper back.
Looking at the image I posted here, the first term that springs to mind is mantle.
Perhaps I'm just odd.
-Chris _________________ "Drama is like a varm sveater that hugs you on a cold vinter's day." - Nevrek |
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Morgana
Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 264 Location: Right here...
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: |
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No, I think you're right. I think the artist took the description he was given, picked out what he liked, and the went with it. I think the picture was drawn with more wild hair, more pointy ears, and the female too small then was expected. Excellent artwork, just an extreme of the description he was given. _________________ ~* TruSt iN YouRseLf *~ |
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ragonda A fearful red dragon
Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 614
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:09 am Post subject: |
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do they meow ? growl?or oink and snort?
here piggies piggies |
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Gabriel
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 196
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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My suggestion as a partial remedy for this (nothing can totally cure stupidity except death):
Why not put a paragraph or two blurb in when they pick their race, and then they confirm wether or not they want to be that race. This gives time in game to lay down some OOC information like "Darju Are Not Cats" so that people don't start totally uniformed.
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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i don't think the problem isnt' even that some people see them as the "cat like race" but because they see them as the cat like race they automatically also see them as "mew mew pretty kitty obnoxious otaku fawning here". _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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Gabriel
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 196
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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soundless wrote: |
i don't think the problem isnt' even that some people see them as the "cat like race" but because they see them as the cat like race they automatically also see them as "mew mew pretty kitty obnoxious otaku fawning here". |
You forgot the furry perverts. |
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Gabriel
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 196
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Daedalus wrote: |
Stripes, pointy ears, nightvision, and more hairy than the other races? I can't really say I blame some people for thinking they're kitties, especially if that's all they know about the race. |
http://www.haelrahv.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?p=18036#18036
Darju ears are supposed to be no more pointed than human ones, that is just a quirk of the way they were drawn. A couple posts up Morrigan also states they don't have pointy ears. |
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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster
Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: I've Got No 'billy
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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To echo the sentiment of a few, I don't think a mention on the official web page's Darju race description will accomplish anything. If potential Darju aren't reading anything beyond buzzwords and stat training costs to discover that...
- The Darju male's hair is a mantle, or thick covering of coarse hair, much like your uncle's back except worse. (very first paragraph)
- The Darju woman's stripes are actually in the skin pigment. (again, very first paragraph)
- There is never any mention of anything remotely related to cats or otherwise feline origin.
... a "warning" is going to be lost on them. _________________ Mickey Brunner
To make a long story short, don't tell it.
I may be going nowhere, but I'm going nowhere fast.
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Kelvin Watt says, "I stopped drinking coke when no longer drinking beer didn't make my gut disappear."
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Kaelin Rae says, "Wait a minute..."
Kaelin Rae says, "You mean they have a COKE machine that dispenses beer."
Kaelin Rae nods to you.
Kaelin Rae says, "Greaser."
Kaelin Rae looks at you and sighs. |
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Daedalus Local Pimp
Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 380
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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I know, but not everyone reads the forums. I was just saying, I can't really blame people for being mistaken if that's all they know.
I don't really think this is that big of a deal. If someone wants to play the race they chose stupidly, let them. Because...
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people will continue to think what they think no matter how much you try to educate them. |
And as someone said somwhere, it would be useless to put a warning when it's chances of getting read are pretty slim. If you put something saying ... DARJU ARE NOT CATS, or DARJU ARE NOT FELINE-LIKE ... You have a chance of someone just skimming through the page to see the word cats or feline-like. Even if the site pictures were updated with better pictures, there would still be confusion. _________________
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Tylen Alpha Antifemale
Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1192 Location: Not Colorado
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:45 am Post subject: |
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=662272&page=1 _________________ ** The phrase "break a leg" just wasn't ambitious enough for Mellie Knight. [8:31 pm]
** Mellie Knight was soundly defeated by Aesal Anari-Idia in the Zgedhi Gkenrzeg Rav! [8:31 pm] |
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Tao
Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 1733 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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Just out of curiousity, is the crazy darju chick that thinks she's a cat still there? I know there was one the played and then got tired of it and left but then came back months later and people have been getting on her case about the cat RPing. Is this the same one? If it is, I spoke to that thing and it told me that it was friends of Trevor and some other guy from DR and was ranting about kitties there. I think I told that thing that this aint DR and it needs to consider either stop RPing as a cat or pick another race to go with her story about being raised by cats and then went through a mirror where it was handed a weapon and told to learn the ways of the Haelravian. Or else it will have to keep on getting harrassed about the cat crap. _________________ Lick or Be Licked |
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zafire
Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 8
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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at first i thought Darju ware cat like sorry i miss read or misstook that . but the reason i thought that was one i read mantle well Lions if you read have mantles or main depinding on the wrighter and they also mate that what i found in the main web sight well i dont see altarie in there descript mating or any auther race for that matter so you can ezly misstake that in my eyes and i been looking for more on darju to read so i can rp better a darjuplease help out if you wouldnt mind |
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ragonda A fearful red dragon
Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 614
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ragonda A fearful red dragon
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:12 am Post subject: |
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I really hope Chuy isn't pronounced as Chewie _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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