Announce post #3330: Gossip

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2/23/2022 at 4:20
Razmael, the Synthesist
Everyone
Gossip

We've added a new system to help keep yourselves abreast of ongoing events in-between event posts: Gossip!

The GOSSIP command can be used while within a city area, any village/urban environment, or at a public tavern/pub and allows you to gather some quick tidbits about any recent events without being beholden to your city bothering to keep its citizens' informed.

This will mostly only be used for large, public events where it could be expected that knowledge has spread throughout the general public. Gossip quickly fades over time, and each real life day that has passed will make the gossip more unintelligible until it finally disappears from the gossip.

We hope it helps with keeping people that miss events informed enough about any ongoing events that they are able to pursue further answers in-game.

Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 19th of Haernos, in the year 500 MA.

Xavin

Lin

Teani

Would it be possible to slow down the decay of the gossip messages even further, or at least put a halt to the decay for at least a full 24 hours? Even in the morning after an event has happened, it's annoying to try to read a message that is riddled with commas. It should be rather fresh in people's minds for at least a week, one would think.