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Make Splanking a Spectator Sport

Splanking is great fun, and there are fantastic animations for the people actively involved. However, for people watching others getting splanked, it's really hard to see what's going on. Now, I know the splanking animation for the splankee can be a resource hog. For those watching, what if there was an icon similar to the pick or any other object in use to indicate who's splanking and who is being splanked?

I propose a plank animation above the splanker, and a explosion animation above the splankee. Sort of like a comic book POW! Or BLAM! 

Some people may accuse me of being biased, but I think this will add a lot to the game. 

Posted 13 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I think it's a good idea, Xev :P If that means anything~
    Posted 13 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 I like it too !
    Posted 13 months ago by Scarlett Bearsdale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1- I like it. Tiny Speck needs to add this.
    Posted 13 months ago by Rhubewook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1...great idea! Sometimes the only way to know if someone has been splanked it to see it in the chat update....
    Posted 13 months ago by Dahlia DreadNaught Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -1 from the point of view of unconsenting splankees. Splanking does not require the consent of the person whose mood is being reduced and whose animation is being frozen. There are already enough people splanking unconsenting others without this "improvement."
    Posted 13 months ago by Vocable Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm fully opposed to non-consensual splanking. I'm not clear how this would further hinder people's ability to play the game if the animation were akin to a mining icon above someone's head. 
    Posted 13 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't believe Xev has actually proposed anything that would change what the splanker and the splankee currently see. She has suggested something that would show to the rest of us, much like the thought cloud animation that you see when a nearby Glitch mines, uses eyeballery, meditates, harvests, waters, pets....pretty much everything. Wouldn't change a thing for the two people actually involved.

    I am in support of this idea.
    Posted 13 months ago by Belle Z. Bub Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +Eleventy!!
    Having both watched and participated in a thorough splanking, I think Xev's suggestion makes sense...for any other Glitchen than the splanker/splankee, there really isn't much going on...it's waaaaaaay more fun to see it all go down!
    Posted 13 months ago by Dahlia DreadNaught Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Likewise, in the event that something is going on inappropriately (e.g. a player is being splanked repeatedly by a group of players), it's actually possible to WITNESS it. Right now, any splanking that occurs is basically private. No one knows that it's happened.

    Spooky.
    Posted 13 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -1 , i agree with what vocable said above. I'd rather not see.
    Posted 13 months ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow. I'm really confused by this. Consent aside, being able to see what other players are doing is part of the game. We have icons above people's heads when they're mining, grinding, meditating, eyeballing ... just about everything in the game, except splanking and emobearing. 

    This isn't a request for everyone to have the same CPU crippling graphics as the people involved - that's a totally different conversation altogether. This is a request that a little icon appears above the heads of the people involved. 

    For someone who splanks another character, a little board icon. For the person being splanked, a cartoonish "pow!" icon. 

    In the case of the emobear, perhaps a bear icon above the head of the person hugging, and a heart icon above the head of the person being hugged (or vice versa). No one else would see the screen-dominating graphics the players involved are seeing, but we have a better insight into what is actually going on.

    In the case of non-consenting splanking, it's easy to see that there's a problem, and if its a case of abuse, people have the ability to be witnesses. I'm not really understanding why "people don't consent to splanking, therefore we should not add graphics for splanking," makes sense as a reason to dislike this idea. 

    I really want to understand, though.

    Edit: It occurs to me that I should caveat this. I am wholly against non-consentual splanking. I think it can be a kind of griefing and being on the receiving end of it if you're trying to do something else pretty much sucks. 

    The flip side of this is that when everyone involved in the splanking is a willing participant, it can be a LOT of fun. There is a place for splanking in the game, and it shouldn't have to be as a part of annoying other players. It can be confined to an appropriate time and place, like a splank fight, where two volunteer fighters compete against one another for the amusement of others.

    Please do not confuse this request with your dislike of non-consensual splanking as a whole.
    Posted 13 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for visible splanking :P Just reminding everyone how awesome that would be~
    Posted 13 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We can see eyeballery so watching emo-bear actions on others should work!
    Posted 13 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for both the ability to witness splanking and bear attacks.

    I hope Vocable and serenitycat are just misunderstanding the proposal.  If not I will lose a little more faith in humanity.
    Posted 13 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like this suggestion.
    Posted 12 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink