RE: "firing" players from lobby into game

["Pete Sanborn" <psanborn2 -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

I concur with Darren.  The phraseology is atypical usage and very unclear
what the developer intended.  The phrasing needs to be changed so the
meaning is more clear.

Regards,
Pete Sanborn

-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-techwr-l-81537 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-81537 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Darren
Barefoot
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:31 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: "firing" players from lobby into game


Having written for games and, to my shame, played a lifetime's worth of
them, I feel confident in offering my two cents worth: That's not a phrase
that is particularly common in that context. Developers sometimes talk a lot
about "firing off an event" in the program, but this is mostly
code-monkey-speak. The most common usage I've encountered is "join" as in,
"to join a game."

I would suggest rephrasing it as: "The game launches and all of the players
who were in the lobby join it" or "the game launches with all of the players
who met in the lobby joining" or "All of the players who met in the lobby
join the game as it's launched" or something like that. Hope that helps.
Thanks. DB.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane Carnall [mailto:jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com]
> Sent: 19 November 2001 14:20
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: "firing" players from lobby into game
>
>
> Input requested!
>
> In the Javadoc of a games program, the developer wrote that
> the code "fires the players who met in the lobby into the
> game". I understand what he means, but I think it sounds like
> we're treating them like human cannonballs! I googled on the
> expression, but the results were (I felt) inconclusive. Is
> this a standard phrase? (The developer says yes, but as his
> experience is primarily with this company, he might be
> reporting intracompany jargon as
> standard...)
>


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