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[Crane]

Despite the shock of me playing 1-alt:

You put your Spirit Elixer I on the website for 150000 gold.
(Yeah, the name isn't spelt correctly - it should be 'elixir')

Used to level a Cleric to level 31.


EDIT: Changed the yellow colour to blue, since it clashes too much with the light background.

Edited by Crane, 15 October 2010 - 12:47 AM.

[Yggdrasill]

Yep, reported the spelling error in April-ish. Good catch though

P.S. Check out the description of Giant Mosquito Swarm. *sigh*

Edited by Yggdrasill, 15 October 2010 - 02:14 AM.

[Crane]

Sold.

[Prototype]

How you mean spelling error. You do know it's a fantasy world right, if you have ever played The Witcher, there is a monster called Bloedzuiger, which is a dutch name (http://witcher.wikia...iki/Bloedzuiger). Thanks for reporting the spelling error tho. For future reference, Crane should be spelled Kraan from now on.Yggrdrasill will be known as Iegdraasiel.

Welcome to my world.

[Yggdrasill]

I lub teh wurld of bad speling and gud ecksuses!

[Crane]

To throw a spanner into your spelling world, I would point out the issue of consistency on Nightmist... consider the items like Nightshade Elixir and the Elixir of Mixed Fortune where it is spelt correctly, and then the Spirit Elixer I. Most players would come across the Nightshade Elixir and Elixir of Mixed Fortune first when they first explore Arilin, and then they brew a Spirit Elixer I... even if they have never heard of the word before they would subconsciously know that something wasn't quite right, because of the different spelling for a word that very likely means the same thing (admittedly, 'armor' and 'armour' suffer from this problem too, although not as severely because most people are aware of the different dialects).

I understand how for some people spelling is difficult, especially for those where English is a second language, because we have some weird and often inconsistent pronunciations ("Elixer" would be a fair attempt when spelling phonetically). In my opinion though, ensuring things are consistent and spelt correctly, and grammar is good, gives the image of a game that is well-refined and one that its staff care about.

[Sarah]

Tell that to Jase and his Wooden Steaks.


Edit: Anyways, I completely agree. Staff should take pride in the game and the content they put into it-- its really not that hard to run a spell checker. To Maarten's credit, this is one of few spelling mistakes I've seen him make =]

Edited by Sarah, 16 October 2010 - 04:29 PM.