Suggestion talk:20071112 Newspaper re-vamp

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Timestamp: SeventythreeTalk 13:54, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Type: Item Re-vamp.
Scope: Anyone sick of finding another bloody newspaper.
Description: Firstly, I realise that newspapers are a bit of an oddity. Like criucifixes and wirecutters. What I am suggesting at the moment is a change to the "flavour" of newspapers. I may include some sort of (very low) chance to gain XP, I may not. Depends on what people think.

At the moment, Newspapers can be found in the following places (apparently).

Mall bookstores; NecroTech buildings; Hospitals; Pubs; Auto Repair Shops; Gatehouses.

I want to change Newspaper in some of these areas to a more flavoursome and realistic peice of reading material. In each of the following places, when a newspaper is found, there will be a 50% chance of finding the stated "different" reading matter.

  • Mall Bookshops: New reading material - Comic book: You read the comic. It seems to be the story of a young centaur, abandoned by his heard and raised by a secret sect of Ninjas. You seem to be halfway through the series, as he is being equipped with cybernetic implants that allow him to fire lasers.
  • Necrotech Buildings: New reading material - Necrotech files:You skip through a report on the effects of a chemical reffered to as Agent 454 in conjuction with necrotic flesh. Most of the report seems to be missng and incomplete, frustratingly it tells you nothing of any real relevence
  • Hospitals: New reading material - Patient files: you uncover a series of files realting to a patient admitted with severely infected muscle tissue and gangrene. Apparently he had to be sedated heavily and restrained during observation. The file ends abruptly
  • Pubs: New reading material - Music Fanzine: This appears to be a cheaply made fanzine dedicated to a small musical genre known as the "Malton scene". You skim through it, reading an interveiw with a leading band
  • Auto Repair shops: New reading material - Car manual This seems to be a manual on the repair and maintainence of a type of car you know little about.
  • Gatehouses: New reading material - Armory Manifest: This is a comprehensive list of the weopons currently in storage at the fort. Most of them seem to be marked as "Not present - Mainainance required"

Discussion (Newspapers)

I really like the flavour, especially the laser ninja centaurs. Also, what about this - a small chance of 1XP for reading a newspaper, same as a book? It's probably a dupe, but it'd make newspapers more useful and give people a reason to read them and find the new flavour texts. --Pavluk A! E! 16:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Great idea, most people don't even read newspapers anymore, and this could really help.--Pharo2i2 18:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Frickin sweet. BoboTalkClown 23:17, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Should I include a chance of gaining 1 XP (say at 10%) for special reading material? Just a mini-vote.

  1. Yes - As above --Pavluk A! E! 21:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
  2. Yes! - It's a good idea, i like the idea of finding comics and reports and medical charts, like finding a poor sod with a blood splattered chart saying he had cancer, " You look at the chart, wiping away the blood and gain some knowledge on X illness". The irony and the suggestion in total is too good to pass off. Incidentally i think it would be good if you could add more descriptions as time goes on. The added XP bonus also makes it something more than flavour, which is also very good. Kudos 73. Acoustic Pie 21:38, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
  3. Yes -YESSS!!! Makes sense, right? BoboTalkClown 23:17, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

  1. Yes Yes, but maybe more than 10%. It is 1 xp, after all.--Pharo2i2 Barbraz Employee 01:17, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
    This isn't actually something still being voted on and such, anything above that line is text moved from Talk:Suggestions from before this vote was put up for voting.--Karekmaps?! 01:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)