myseren wrote:Got an answer on the gender probs at IRL. Its on the list of things to be done, but such a low priority, dont expect to see it done for a very long time.
Imho, there would be basically two ways of doing this. One, would imply adding the code to identify the gender of the emoting source (this information is already available to the client) and switch according to gender. The other, would be to change the sentences so they are gender neutral. The latter would, imho, require less work. Examples (don't mean to be real, just examples):
- Seren invites you to his guild
- You have been invited to Seren's team
- Seren wants to show you how happy he is
- Seren is so happy and wants you to know.
A few hundred emotes, 3 languages, text file... 3 man - day? (just guessing)
And for the "priority" thing. I agree, to some extent. It was stated that changes like the 'title spreadsheet' ("it's only a XML file") could be worked in paralel. And fixing this would give a nice touch of "caring for details", like polishing the corners.