Author Topic: Upset Barbarian Horde is Greatly Upset (Read 3518 times)

OmegaDraco · « **on:** June 26, 2012, 03:45:00 PM »

"This emptiness upsets me greatly." ~Barbarian Horde

There are 184 empty category combinations left on the Citadel (out of 196 when we started). I counted them, and I was terrified that I would be eaten by a grue every step of the way. Each of these empty combinations greatly upsets the Barbarian Horde, and nobody likes an angry Barbarian Horde.

There is a way to fix it. Write a submission to fill this ugliness!!!

I heard "Strolenites are waaaay too creative to leave category combinations blank." So the challenge is to you. Appease the Barbarian Horde by choosing a topic below and writing a submission to fill the void.

Progress towards appeasing the Barbarian Horde:

Scrasamax : 5
Moonlake: 2
Forganthus: 1
OmegaDraco: 1
EmilioV: 1
EchoMirage: 1
caesar193: 1

Articles
- At Table
  - Citadel Help
  - Gaming - In General
  - Players
- Campaign
  - Citadel Help
  - Gaming - Genre
- Character
  - Citadel Help
- Other Gaming
  - ~~Citadel Help~~ The Quest Queue by Scrasamax
  - Players
- Resource
  - Players
- Scenario
  - Citadel Help
  - Gaming - In General
  - Players
- Setting Building
  - Citadel Help
  - Players
Dungeons
- Desert
  - Doors
  - Puzzles
  - Traps
- Forest/Jungle
  - Doors
- Mountains
  - Doors
  - Ecology
  - Puzzles
  - Traps
- Other
  - Ecology
- Plains
  - Doors
  - Ecology
  - Puzzles
  - Traps
- Swamp
  - Doors
  - Ecology
  - Puzzles
- Tundra/Arctic
  - Ecology
  - Puzzles
  - Traps
- Underground
  - Doors
- Water
  - Doors
  - Ecology
  - Puzzles
  - Traps
Items
- Art and Music
  - Campaign Defining
  - ~~Sentient~~ The 101 Festival Attenders by Moonlake
- Clothes
  - Campaign Defining
  - Heroic
  - ~~Sentient~~ The Shrouding Kin by EchoMirage
- Computers
  - Campaign Defining
  - Heroic
  - Villanous
- Equipment Listing
  - Sentient
  - Villanous
- Home/Personal
  - Campaign Defining
  - Heroic
- Materials
  - Heroic
  - Sentient
- SpaceShips
  - Cursed
  - Heroic
  - Magical
  - Villanous
- Tools
  - Campaign Defining
  - Combat
  - Heroic
  - Sentient
- Transports
  - Sentient
  - Villanous
Lifeforms
- Constructed
  - ~~Space~~ The Moon Hunter by Scrasamax
  - Swamp
- Ethereal
  - Cyberspace
  - Desert
  - Forest/ Jungle
  - Mountains
  - Space
  - Underground
- Fauna
  - Cyberspace
  - Space
- Flora
  - Cyberspace
  - ~~Space~~ The Qualm by OmegaDraco
- Intelligent Species
  - Cyberspace
- Third Kingdom
  - Cyberspace
  - Mountains
  - Space
Locations
- Area
  - CyberSpace
  - Tundra/ Arctic
- City
  - CyberSpace
  - Space
- Continent
  - CyberSpace
  - Desert
  - Mountain
  - Other
  - Plains
  - Space
  - Swamp
  - Tundra/ Arctic
  - Underground
  - Water
- Country/ State
  - CyberSpace
  - Space
  - Tundra/ Arctic
  - Underground
  - ~~Water~~ Seng Chiu by Scrasamax
- Establishment
  - ~~CyberSpace~~ The Electric Chapel by Scrasamax
  - Tundra/ Arctic
- Fortification
  - CyberSpace
  - Other
  - Space
  - Swamp
  - Tundra/ Arctic
- Neighborhoods
  - CyberSpace
  - Desert
  - Forest/ Jungle
  - Space
  - Swamp
  - Tundra/ Arctic
- Other
  - CyberSpace
  - Desert
  - Swamp
  - Tundra/ Arctic
  - Underground
- Regional
  - Any
  - CyberSpace
  - Space
  - Underground
- Ruins
  - CyberSpace
  - ~~Forest/ Jungle~~ Exitium by caesar193
  - Space
- TransWorld
  - CyberSpace
  - Forest/ Jungle
  - Mountains
  - Plains
  - Swamp
  - Underground
- World
  - CyberSpace
  - Forest/ Jungle
  - Mountains
  - Swamp
  - ~~Underground~~ The Hollows of Teragaius by Forganthus
NPCs
- Campaign
  - Agricultural
  - Artistic/ Performance
  - Mercantile
  - Natural
  - Technical
- Character Sheet
  - Agricultural
  - Artistic/ Performance
  - Domestic/ Craft
  - Mercantile
  - Technical
- Extras
  - Technical
- Extras-Horde
  - Artistic/ Performance
  - Domestic/ Craft
  - Knowledge
  - Lore
  - Religious
  - Technical
- Mythic/ Historical
  - Agricultural
- Scenario Based
  - Agricultural
  - ~~Domestic/ Craft~~ Haloke Carter by Scrasamax
Plots
- Coincidence
  - Multi-Storyline
- Nature
  - Mini-Campaign
Societies
- Agricultural
  - Regional
  - Trans World
  - World Wide
- Artistic/ Performance
  - Local
  - Regional
  - Trans World
- ~~Ethnic/ Cultural~~
  - ~~Local~~ Sisters of Magul by Moonlake
- Knowledge/ Lore
  - Area
  - Country/ State
  - Local
- Natural
  - Country/ State
  - Local
  - Trans World
- Political
  - Local
- Technical
  - Area
- Travelers
  - Area
  - Local
  - Trans World
Systems
- Agriculture/ husbandry
  - Defining
  - General
  - Historical
  - Specific
- Architectural
  - Defining
  - Historical
- Artistic/ Performance
  - Historical
- Criminal/ Espionage
  - Defining
  - General
  - Historical
  - Specific
- Ecological
  - Defining
  - Historical
- Geological/ Geographical
  - Defining
  - Historical
  - Specific
- Merchantile
  - ~~Defining~~ Kingdom Property by EmilioV
  - Historical
- Mystical
  - Historical
- Political
  - Defining
  - Historical
- Technical/ Mechanical
  - Historical
- Transportation
  - Historical

Dossta · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2012, 04:46:52 PM »

This is a fantastic idea, though it leaves me wondering if we really needed so many categories? Some of them seem pretty ill-defined to begin with . . .

OmegaDraco · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2012, 05:06:16 PM »

Quote from: Dossta on June 26, 2012, 04:46:52 PM

This is a fantastic idea, though it leaves me wondering if we really needed so many categories? Some of them seem pretty ill-defined to begin with . . .

I was wondering the same thing. Some of them are so exclusive that they don't make a lot of sense. On the other hand, many submissions cover several categories but can only be entered into one. For example, the http://strolen.com/viewing/The_Sea_of_Snot is a location but it also has lifeforms.

Dossta · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2012, 05:57:19 PM »

True enough. Perhaps a list of checkboxes for the subcategories could be implemented instead? That way, you could have a Location classified as City/State/Underground. Adding the ability to multiclass a sub as Location/Lifeforms would be cool, but would be more work.

Murometz · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2012, 09:03:51 PM »

Why isn't "Doors" an option in Tundra/Arctic? That my friends is the real riddle.

valadaar · « **Reply #5 on:** June 26, 2012, 09:52:46 PM »

Because there is one. Icegate.

Murometz · « **Reply #6 on:** June 26, 2012, 09:57:31 PM »

Where? Not in Dungeons

Dungeons

Desert
Doors
Puzzles
Traps
Forest/Jungle
Doors
Mountains
Doors
Ecology
Puzzles
Traps
Other
Ecology
Plains
Doors
Ecology
Puzzles
Traps
Swamp
Doors
Ecology
Puzzles
Tundra/Arctic
Ecology
Puzzles
Traps
Underground
Doors
Water
Doors
Ecology
Puzzles
Traps

valadaar · « **Reply #7 on:** June 26, 2012, 10:04:48 PM »

The list below is for incomplete categories. Dungeon/doors/arctic has

http://strolen.com/viewing/Icegate

Murometz · « **Reply #8 on:** June 26, 2012, 10:12:42 PM »

Ah, I see now. Thank you.

Strolen · « **Reply #9 on:** June 26, 2012, 11:31:28 PM »

Nothing wrong with purging or consolidating some of these categories either.

dark_dragon · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2012, 03:49:15 AM »

Tagging! Tagging! Tagging! Get rid of categories and replace with tags? Kind of like freetext, but for everything|!

Kassy · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2012, 07:55:49 AM »

Nah, keep the categories.

A challenge for us to create something new!

Strolen · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2012, 11:12:45 AM »

Go ahead and tag away, you can browse them either way and if we need to improve the tagging somehow, let me know or give me some examples and we can make it so!

dark_dragon · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2012, 11:16:37 AM »

Just had a crazy idea while at work. can the categories be automatically generated from the tags?

sub1: #fee #fie #fo
sub2: #fee #fie #fum
sub3: #fee #fa #fo

would automagically turn into the following category tree:

OmegaDraco · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2012, 11:21:42 AM »

Quote from: valadaar on June 26, 2012, 09:52:46 PM

Because there is one. Icegate.

I was actually inspired to write Icegate because of all the upsetting emptiness I found when I looked for a Door in the Arctic. Later, I took it upon myself to fill all of the emptiness I could find at Strolen's, but I found so much emptiness that I decided that I'd need some help.

Quote from: Strolen on June 27, 2012, 11:12:45 AM

Go ahead and tag away, you can browse them either way and if we need to improve the tagging somehow, let me know or give me some examples and we can make it so!

When I'm writing a submission, I open a new window to look at existing freetext. It would be really nice if context-sensitive freetext suggestions were provided. Maybe a button by the freetext: "Suggest some freetext" that populates the freetext field?

OmegaDraco · « **Reply #15 on:** June 27, 2012, 11:59:39 AM »

By the way, it is incredibly difficult to write large nested lists on this forum. Here is my solution when you want to enter a sublist:

Click at the end of a list item ("li") but before the closing tag ("/li") in code view.
Click the Insert List.
Toggle back to display view to type.
Repeat as needed.

Forganthus · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2012, 02:00:18 AM »

I totally like the idea of keeping the categories.

I also have an idea for Cyberspace - Ruins. I call dibs. It's going to be about the Rustock Botnet.

We should get XP for this. Or at least a automated PM that says, "Attaboy, <name! Your parents must be proud of you!"

OmegaDraco · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2012, 08:09:33 AM »

Quote from: Forganthus on June 29, 2012, 02:00:18 AM

I also have an idea for Cyberspace - Ruins. I call dibs.

I'm already planning a Cyberspace world(s), but I haven't thought up any ruins yet. It's all yours

OmegaDraco · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:18:53 AM »

That's 5 down and 190 to go. We are 1/39th of the way there, and it only took about 3 weeks! At this rate, we will have filled all of the emptiness by August 15th, 2014.

Scrasamax is currently the champion of appeasing the upset barbarian horde.

Moonlake · « **Reply #19 on:** July 18, 2012, 01:31:51 AM »

Don't have that many time on my hands but eventually coming will be an article on world building with Strolen functions and a sentient art/music related item.

Moonlake · « **Reply #20 on:** July 24, 2012, 07:02:24 PM »

Under Society, Ethnic/Culutral with Local influence, there is now the Sisters of Magul. I don't know how to add links in the forum but it can be found if you click on the I am Helping link on the main page and it is one of the submissions under No Comments.

OmegaDraco · « **Reply #21 on:** July 27, 2012, 12:40:54 PM »

Quote from: Moonlake on July 24, 2012, 07:02:24 PM

Under Society, Ethnic/Culutral with Local influence, there is now the Sisters of Magul. I don't know how to add links in the forum but it can be found if you click on the I am Helping link on the main page and it is one of the submissions under No Comments.

That sub was written in 2009. How did you hide it until now? Well at least it helps appease the upset Barbarian Horde, so it works for me.

Moonlake · « **Reply #22 on:** July 29, 2012, 04:59:25 AM »

It was basically a sub that has been started and then stagnating in my In-work Private for years and I only recently turned it into a stub. Actually, I put it under Ethnic/cultural and having Area influence when I first put it out in stub format but then I was thinking abt it one day last week and realised it actually fits in better under the Local influence instead.

Moonlake · « **Reply #23 on:** August 24, 2012, 01:00:46 AM »

As promised, sentient art item posted- 101 Festival Attenders.

EchoMirage · « **Reply #24 on:** August 24, 2012, 07:20:33 AM »

Gotta do some of these too! ^_^