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Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 15 Aug 2015, 01:51
by Korath
Currently seven tokens in Manalink have flavor text, despite never having been printed with them. (Two more, Soldier and Squirrel, have flavor text from their classic-style tokens, as seen here and here.) They are:Marit Lage's annoys me enough that I remove it from my personal installation every time I update Manalink, and I also remove it and most of the others at runtime in Shandalar. Shandalar doesn't have Dark Depths yet, but it does have some of the Pegasus and Plant cards.

So as long as the CSV ball is in my court, so to speak, and I'm doing things like adding missing flavor text anyway (including from the other dozen or so classic-era token cards), it occurs to me to ask - do these bother you guys as much as they do me?

Re: Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 15 Aug 2015, 06:23
by Aswan jaguar
I don't mind removing most of them although some are both suitable and witty in my opinion.I am against removing Rukh Egg one if it is originally set from microprose as I think it is.

Re: Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 15 Aug 2015, 19:46
by CirothUngol
I agree with AJ on this one. Any of the flavor text that was in the original Microprose game should stay; any that wasn't should be removed unless they appear on the printed card.

Re: Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 15 Aug 2015, 20:51
by Korath
None of the MicroProse tokens had flavor text, though they all had rules text (mostly similar to "Flying\nDjinn of the Bottle counts as an artifact creature."). The flavor text now on Rukh first appeared on the 8th edition Rukh Egg.

Re: Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 16 Aug 2015, 09:22
by stassy
Don't mind them removed, there is already plenty of interesting tidbits in the readme and in the code itself.

Re: Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 18 Aug 2015, 14:19
by Sonic
Aww! :cry: Three of them are mine.

Prism - “Shine on you crazy diamond.”—Pink Floyd
Plant - “Let it grow, let it grow. Let it blossom, let it flow.”—Eric Clapton
Wood - “Burn, baby, burn !”

:wink:

Re: Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 25 Apr 2016, 12:02
by Gargaroz
I'm against removing our custom flavor text, as they're traces of who actively contribute to the project on all these years (the "Badass" quote is probably by Jatill, but I'm not sure).

Re: Non-canonical flavor text on tokens

PostPosted: 28 Apr 2016, 15:54
by gmzombie
Eh these don't seem to bother me but I'm for whatever. I don't barely play with those card tokens always but like I said I'm not for rocking the boat so whatever is decided is.