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Message: 6665

Author: J.G.Harston

Date: 26/07/2010

Subject: Re: "JSW: The 2010 Megamix" room names

 

jetsetdanny wrote:

> 12. 1 Dumb Waiter & 2 Useless Lifts
> [an "extreme redesign" of "Dumb Waiter" (63) from JSWII for the BBC Micro]

Stylistically, that should be: One Dumb Waiter and Two Useless Lifts
but that's 37 characters.

> 13. The Extended Belfry West
> [a redesign of "Belfry" (32) from JSWII for the BBC Micro; similarly, "The
> Extended Belfry East"]

I'd say: Extended Belfry West

> 14. The Extended Belfry Tower
> [this rooms complements the two mentioned above]=20

I'd say: Extended Belfry Tower

> 15. Brick Way to 3 Brick-Hard Rooms
> [a redesign of "Sewer Entrance" (36) from JSWII for the BBC Micro]

Again, better English writing style would be "...three...", but
that wouldn't fit in 32 characters.

Using numbers instead of words really makes writing look amateurish
and badly thought out, unless ur trying 2 mock the txt generation.

> 22. Willy's Stunt #1: Rings of Fire
> 23. Willy's Stunt #2: Spikestacks

Correct stylistic use of numbers instead of words.

> 25. Craftily Created Creepy Crypt
> [a redesign of "Crypt" (45) from JSWII for the BBC Micro]

I'd write it as: Craftily-Created Creepy Crypt
Otherwise, you're saying that a person called Craftily created a
crypt, said crypt being a creepy crypt.

> 26. Semi-automatic Beheading System

Semi-automatic? Semiautomatic? My Collins Gem says Semiautomatic.

> 36. The Cagelike Catwalk

Cage-like. (cat-like, panther-like, star-like, etc.)

> 38. Triumph of the Thrill

LOL!

> 39. The Thrill of Triumph

Vrooom!!! ;)

> 45. Drama in Color: Guardian Table 1

>PRINT LEN "Drama in Colour: Guardian Table 1"

33

>REM Grrrr

> 57. The Mysterious Launching Pad # 1

...Pad #1

> 58. TP Module: Landing Pads
> [TP is meant to stand for Teleportation or Teleporter]

Urrhh!!! I need TP for my Bunghole..... ;)

> 77. Eeerily Familiar... Plinth,Is It?

Drop one '.' and it fits properly: "Eerily Familiar.. Plinth, Is It?"

> 82. Nodes of Yesod,Is It? Or Jetpac?

If you are forced to remove spaces from punctuation, change what
you're trying to write. Again, it makes it look like the person
writing it hasn't managed to get out of Infant School.
Try: "Nodes of Yesod...? Or Jetpac?"

> 97. Cloud Ninety-nine

>LOAD "%.BLib.IntToTxt"
>PRINT FNIntToTxt(99)

ninety-nine

>REM Oh, ok then.

> 126. Entrance to the CGA Rooms
> [what does CGA actually stand for???]

Compressed Gas Association ;)

> 147. -The Wrong Way - The Right Way
> [room from the final sequence; instead of hyphens, there are arrows
> pointing in the right direction]

Either have *both* arrows with a space seperating them from the words, or
*both* with no space seperating them from the words.

> 154. Woodhouse, Sheffield

Horrendous traffic scheme just been implemented there.

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