User talk:Darman36

Past discussions: Archive I

re: feather

Concerning Herodotos's view on collecting feathers, if I recall this was not a line of dialogue but the flavor text on the feather itself while in Kassandra's inventory. I'm not sure if the item is kept at the end of the quest. Nor do I think we have a policy from citing item flavor text specifically. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 07:16, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

EOH

Here's some speech-to-text files I managed to get for what we're missing from Echoes of History. They're rough, but I figure it should be easier for you rather than having to start from scratch for all of them. Hope it helps! – Soranin (talk) 15:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch for these. I know I've been slow at that ever since my last update, I've been busy with work/reading IRL news to make time to sit and transcribe. Cleaning this up shouldn't be too difficult now that it's written. – Darman (talk) 22:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

...Or rather, I'd thank you properly if I could access the files. I clicked the link and they're apparently no longer available? – Darman (talk) 22:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh, that's odd, it's still up for me. Hmm. Try this one then. - Soranin (talk) 01:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Maybe it's because it's still in your web cache? This link works, though, thanks! – Darman (talk) 02:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey Darman, wanted to check how you were doing and how things are coming along with the transcripts :) - Soranin (talk) 15:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Hey Soranin,
Unfortunately, it's been much slower than I like, what with IRL work keeping me away from the computer. As you can see by my edits, I'm still here, but after working on my feet, I don't always feel the energy to just Sit™ and concentrate on typing, if it makes any sense? About 2 weeks after you sent the files, I had actually finished ~3/4 of the first Assassins script, only for my computer to freeze and crash. I lost all I'd done and have had to restart from the beginning, typing in short bursts when I can. (>.<) I know you can also access the speech-to-text files you made—they've been a real boon reading them over, so thank you again—but I don't want to ask for aid just yet, I don't think. – Darman (talk) 04:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Oooof, being betrayed by the PC always sucks. And yeah, I get work being super draining (wish I didn't :p ) Great to know those files are useful, even with some amazing errors (for the Shadows one there was at least one instance of the Same Goku period). Just letting you know, so as to not step on your toes, but I'm going to work on the transcripts for the Shadows series for myself (so I can try and get rid of possible redlinks ahead of the game's release) but since it's for personal use only I won't bother with formatting (or punctuation, for that matter) and I'll send you the files for those when I'm done :) - Soranin (talk) 15:30, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Go ahead with the Shadows eps, I'll keep ticking away (again) at the Assassins etc. and will await your docs to clean them up. Yeah, auto-subtitles can lead to some real hilarity. I can see it now: Nobunaga turns a hall corner and sees Goku, then sees the Same Goku in the kitchen, and the Same Goku again in the living room, etc! In similar fashion, it turns out that King Richard had tense fights with "Saturday"; guess he lived for The Grind and hated the weekend lol! Of course, we both know subtitle fun with the (in?)famous "Blade of Yumminess" back in Odyssey. – Darman (talk) 01:10, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

The truly amazing tales of "All Done Nobunaga" xD Finished the first ep, will try and finish the second one tomorrow and will send them both together. - Soranin (talk) 03:28, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Haha! But also, where's the lie? Nobunaga certainly was "All Done" unifying the country. Sending files like you did with the Ragnarök ones should work, and if not, there's also uFile. – Darman (talk) 13:50, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

ufile, then since it's two of them, but I think if I manage to not let the remaining episodes accumulate we can also use pastebin, since they're txt files anyway. :) - Soranin (talk) 02:15, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
Do tell me how pastebin works out, cause I can try some other way of getting these to you. - Soranin (talk) 00:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

The bin works perfectly! And I'm proud to say, I finished Assassins 1 transcript and sourcing! – Darman (talk) 01:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Not there yet.

Hi Darman!
I appreciate your diligence in editing the main page. Very cool! However, the staff is working in something at the moment, so I need to revert some of it back, just the character box 'cause it looks awkward with the Mirage skin in the background. The rest is good. Apologies for any inconvenience. Take care! – Cristophorus35 (talk) 05:02, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

No worries! Thought I'd give an attempt at it, but unfortunately, there's not a lot of stuff that I could think of to put in the box with only two official key arts, in stark contrast to what Mirage and Valhalla had. I don't mind waiting for Staff to finish their box designs. – Darman (talk) 05:25, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

For every page, a reflist

Every page, even memories. The bulleted list formatting is poor tradecraft. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 05:16, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

re: Note

As editors I think we are conditioned to view this as self evident. But I have seen more casual players already citing this AMA as proof that Altair is descended from Roshan even though the devs don't even mention Altair in there answer. Because the answer was not an explicit no many readers will interpret it as a coy yes. So I feel the note is necessary to explain that we can't take the statement as a coy yes that others might think it is. I am however bringing up this issue with other staff members and will get back to you later in the week. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 04:26, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Not sure if it is general naivety or just underestimating the leaps in logic people will make but sense this AMA happened I’ve seen multiple people using it as proof that Altair is descended from Roshan. Just because you get it doesn’t mean everyone will. We have to cater to the lowest common denominator as it were. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 18:03, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Unresolved talk page topics

Hello Darman, I was wondering if I could put you on duty to gather and provide a feed of unresolved talk page topics every month. There are many lying about that are unsettled and which I myself miss and forget about when I don't have time to address them right away. Since you're on the wiki daily and are also responsible for opening many talk page discussions, alongside Lacrosse, I think you would be perfect for this task. I have also asked Lacrosse to do the same. Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 22:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello Sol,
I shall certainly endeavor at this, between IRL work that regrettably keeps me away from a computer. Having Lacrosse helping will also minimize the sole pressure/workload. Where would you like us to post the list? – Darman (talk) 22:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Just as messages on my talk page would be good. Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 22:48, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Historic Persons

Hey Darman, quick question. I see why you reverted my edit based on the page history; however, my edit was based on the information on Jack the Ripper's, Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia's and Leonidas I of Sparta's pages which have the exact same information on there. Thus, my question would be whether that information is inaccurate, as the list would be too long to include on their pages as well? In that case it might be worth removing the information for their pages. Or, if that information is fine, my edit should be as well, right? Especially since there was interest in that information. I simply think the original edit with the list of too many characters got carried away with the MP and Rebellion characters. - Nygma PI (talk) 19:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC)