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Sam, Wall of text!!!

It's really hard to read it without getting a headache, some breathing room wouldn't hurt :p
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Posted Jan 16, 2011, 3:10 pm
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Thanks Sam!

Ok everyone I've been putting some hours in. I pasted Sam's list of NPC Gangs into the wiki and I've been working on formatting it. So far I have all of the Somerset gangs done and I'm now moving on to the Elmsfield gangs. It's giving me a message that the article is too big so I'll probably be breaking it up into separate articles.

Do you guys prefer it sorted by town or sorted by gang type (Pirate, Racer, Trader, etc.)?

Link: NPC Gangs

Edit: Ok everyone I've finished going through the entire list now, so go check it out. Feedback is welcome. :)
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Posted Jan 17, 2011, 6:50 am Last edited Jan 18, 2011, 11:35 am by Triferus
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My suggested changes to existing Somerset gang descriptions (mostly spelling fixes):

* All cases of "bountyhunter" should be changed to "bounty hunter".

* Road Assassins - Change "hitmen" to "hit men"

* Jessi's Nutters - Change "Burn baby burn" to "Burn, baby... BURN!"

* Cursed Earth - Change "combats" to "combat".

* Independent Driver Association - Change "mercernary" to "mercenary".

* Pincer - Change "combateers" to "combatants".

* Colt 45 Crew - Change "barrelled" to "barreled".

* Rocky Horror - Capitalize the H on Hearse and Hotrod.

* Mycea Industry Racers - Change "conglomorate" to "conglomerate".

* The Moonrunners - Change "fuelled" to "fueled".

* Change all cases of "deathracing" to "Death Racing"

* Crazy Joe's Ranchers - Change "cattlefarmers" to "cattle farmers"

* My Bloody Valentine - Change "influentual" to "influential"

* Satan's Sisters - Suggest changing the description to "Best stay out of their way. They have some unconventional attitudes regarding your right to exist!"
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Posted Jan 17, 2011, 7:06 am Last edited Jan 18, 2011, 1:38 pm by Triferus
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Sam, if you're able to past the text back into the game I'd be happy to proof read all of the NPC Gang descriptions on that list you posted to fix spelling, etc. and then post the corrected version for you to cut and paste. That would save you a ton of time.
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 2:54 am
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Many of your spelling "corrections" are simply converting correct UK spellings into American, and therefore both unnecessary and unlikely to be done.
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:14 pm
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Alec Burke said:
Many of your spelling "corrections" are simply converting correct UK spellings into American, and therefore both unnecessary and unlikely to be done.


Oh... I thought I avoided those. Are they the "s" to "z" ones?

There are definitely a number that are wrong in both places.

Keep in mind those were only the Somerset ones!
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:24 pm Last edited Jan 18, 2011, 1:34 pm by Triferus
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Lacerators should probably be vicious rather than viscous.
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:30 pm
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nope travellers is spelt correctly so is behaviour and many more.

After all that is why it is called the ' Queens English ' my man :rolleyes:
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:32 pm
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*Wolfsbane* said:
Lacerators should probably be vicious rather than viscous.


Sadly both are correct lol
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:32 pm
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Yes, all the "s" to "z" are American spellings, as is "behavior" vs. "behaviour." Hitmen is also accepted as both a compound word and two words, even in America. I believe you're correct about the other compound words, at least as far as American English is concerned. Not certain if British English is more likely to combine words than we are, though.

But generally, nice job and thanks for all the effort.
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:34 pm
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I edited my earlier post.
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:37 pm
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Morgan Militia - My suggestion: Replace "Protecting Morgan Town" with "Originally just a group of Morgan residents working together to resist the Eviscerator pirates, they've evolved over time to become the official town militia."
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Posted Jan 18, 2011, 1:57 pm Last edited Jan 18, 2011, 2:04 pm by Triferus
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My suggested changes to existing Elmsfield gang descriptions:

* Change all cases of "deathracing" to "Death Racing"

* Change all cases of "cattlefarmers" to "cattle farmers"

* My Bloody Valentine - Change "influentual" to "influential"

* Hammerstein - For some reason the current description: "Somehow - through being the son of radiation victims - Jimmie has got the sixth sense - the mind force" just doesn't make much sense to me, but since I don't know what was intended, I'm not sure how to fix it either.

* Oracle - Change "forseen" to "foreseen"

* Iron Wing - Change "politcal" to "political"

* Evan Postal Service (EPS) - Change "EPS WILL" to "EPS *will*"

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Posted Jan 19, 2011, 10:25 am Last edited Jan 19, 2011, 10:28 am by Triferus
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My suggested changes to existing Texan gang descriptions:

* The Texan Ultimatum - Change "bountyhunter" to "bounty hunter"

* Debbie Does Dallas - Change "thay" to "they"

* Sons of the Confederacy - The current description is: "Staunch in their belief that oil equals power, these guys consider the black gold to be theirs and none others, and they fight for their belief wielding the confederate flag of old, holding to its values in a twisted new world order." I suggest changing it to "Staunch in their belief that oil equals power, these guys consider the black gold to be theirs and theirs alone. Their banner is the Confederate flag of old, holding to whatever long forgotten values their leaders claim it once stood for in their attempt to forge a twisted new world order."
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Posted Jan 19, 2011, 10:34 am Last edited Jan 19, 2011, 11:28 am by Triferus
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My suggested changes to existing Sarsfield gang descriptions:

* The Equalizers - Change "bountied" to "wanted"

* Change all cases of "deathrace" to "Death Race"

* Change all cases of "newage" to "new-age"

* The Troglodytes - Change "Souther" to "Southern"

* 1800 Mile Club - Change "dont" to "don't"

* The Southern Cartel - Change "theTexan" to "the Texan"

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Posted Jan 19, 2011, 10:41 am
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My suggested changes to the existing Shantyville gang descriptions:

* Shantyville Militia - The current description is identical to the one for the Firelight Militia. What do you think of something more along the lines of "Defeated too many times in recent years and lacking in any real leadership, they barely have the numbers to protect their own families, much less town visitors." My thought is their equipment isn't necessarily poor, they just have low numbers so they never go further out than the town gates. They don't send out patrols. They only guard the town.

* Lacerators - Change "scarifications" to "scarification"
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Posted Jan 19, 2011, 11:12 am
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My suggested changes to the existing Badlands TS gang descriptions:

* Lattes Raiders - Change "bountyhunters" to "bounty hunters"

* Badlands Terminators - Change "arena combateers" to "Arena Combatants"

* The Mutant Wedding - Change "rules" to "ruled"

* The Harbingers - Change "forsee" to "foresee"

* Change all cases of "deathracing" to "Death Racing"

* The Doppelgangers - Change "smalltime" to "small time"

* Hands Of Cthulhu - Change "newagers" to "new-agers"

* V-8 Vikings - Change "musclecars" to "muscle cars"

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Posted Jan 19, 2011, 11:20 am
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Triferus said:


* Sons of the Confederacy - The current description is: "Staunch in their belief that oil equals power, these guys consider the black gold to be theirs and none others, and they fight for their belief wielding the confederate flag of old, holding to its values in a twisted new world order." I suggest changing it to "Staunch in their belief that oil equals power, these guys consider the black gold to be theirs and theirs alone. Their banner is the Confederate flag of old, holding to whatever long forgotten values their leaders claim it once stood for in their attempt to forge a twisted new world order."


cheek this is my pirate description  :rolleyes:
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Posted Jan 19, 2011, 12:59 pm Last edited Jan 19, 2011, 12:59 pm by *Grograt*
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*Grograt* said:
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Lacerators should probably be vicious rather than viscous.


Sadly both are correct lol


Completely different meanings though.
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Posted Jan 23, 2011, 12:28 pm
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The majority of the descriptions have been written by the player base which spans the globe ( though a high proportion are UK and US )

You will find a lot of 'local dialect' can creep into the descriptions, which to my mind give them flavour.

Of course i say potatoe you say potato each to their own.

Lacerators _ Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid

I dunno kinda fits B)
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Posted Jan 23, 2011, 1:30 pm Last edited Jan 23, 2011, 1:32 pm by *Grograt*
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