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Press Space
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 9:20 am
by m4r35n357
Question of the day:
Why do we use the phrase "Press Space, Commander" when a player dies, whereas the game itself says "Press Space"? . . . . .
In fact the phrase "Press Space, Commander" is used in virtually all player prompts EXCEPT death.
Perhaps the majority of Oolite players simply haven't seen that message for a long time . . .
Should the game be changed to comply with what we would like it to say?
+1
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 9:27 am
by Smivs
I suppose if you've just died you are no longer a Commander.
It would be a bit harsh if it said 'Press Space, Debris'
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 9:31 am
by Commander McLane
m4r35n357 wrote:Question of the day:
Why do we use the phrase "Press Space, Commander" when a player dies, whereas the game itself says "Press Space"? . . . . .
In fact the phrase "Press Space, Commander" is used in virtually all player prompts EXCEPT death.
Perhaps the majority of Oolite players simply haven't seen that message for a long time . . .
Good question. I would have sworn that it says "Press Space Commander", and I'm dying all the time during play testing (for a reset flying into the station is easier and shorter than docking and reloading my last save game). I guess I'm just never paying attention to what the message actually says.
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 10:17 am
by Staer9
I always thought it said press space commander...
but saying press space debris would be quite a funny feature to add in and see if anyone notices
and I just tested it and you are right... it does just say press space
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 1:43 pm
by ClymAngus
Press space, powned be'atch?
I think it comes in a long line of traditional sayings that were never said like "play it again Sam" and "Beam me up Scotty".
m4r35n357 wrote:Question of the day:
Why do we use the phrase "Press Space, Commander" when a player dies, whereas the game itself says "Press Space"? . . . . .
In fact the phrase "Press Space, Commander" is used in virtually all player prompts EXCEPT death.
Perhaps the majority of Oolite players simply haven't seen that message for a long time . . .
Should the game be changed to comply with what we would like it to say?
+1
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 7:06 pm
by Yodeebe
Personally, when said phrase is probably on the screen, I'm probably too busy spinning round the living room on my super-swivelly office chair to read it, but I imagine it harks from the good old speccy/BBC Elite days.
Ahhhh, when I were a lad.......
Re: Press Space
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:04 pm
by Wyvern Mommy
Re: Press Space
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:58 pm
by Wildeblood
m4r35n357 wrote:In fact the phrase "Press Space, Commander" is used in virtually all player prompts EXCEPT death.
Actually, it's "Press Space Commander", which is irritatingly ungrammatical.
Re: Press Space
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:54 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Wildeblood wrote:m4r35n357 wrote:In fact the phrase "Press Space, Commander" is used in virtually all player prompts EXCEPT death.
Actually, it's "Press Space Commander", which is irritatingly ungrammatical.
Unless "Press Space" is a euphemism for "suck on vacuum having had your ship torn out from around you" - in which case, it is merely a suggestion...
EDIT: I think Drew sneaks this phrase, in this context, into Incursio somewhere.
Re: Press Space
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:40 pm
by Wyvern Mommy
DaddyHoggy wrote:
EDIT: I think Drew sneaks this phrase, in this context, into Incursio somewhere.
i think the phrase "... and you're pressing space" goes back as far as "Status Quo"
Re: Press Space
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:02 pm
by RyanHoots
DaddyHoggy wrote:
Unless "Press Space" is a euphemism for "suck on vacuum having had your ship torn out from around you" - in which case, it is merely a suggestion...
I think it already is, at least in my house. I (and sometimes my siblings, none of which play Oolite) use the term, "I pressed space, Commander" in other video games.
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:25 am
by JensAyton
DaddyHoggy wrote:Wildeblood wrote:m4r35n357 wrote:In fact the phrase "Press Space, Commander" is used in virtually all player prompts EXCEPT death.
Actually, it's "Press Space Commander", which is irritatingly ungrammatical.
Unless "Press Space" is a euphemism for "suck on vacuum having had your ship torn out from around you" - in which case, it is merely a suggestion...
The grammar would be unchanged in that case. Without the comma, the obvious grammatical reading is to treat “Space Commander” as a noun phrase. In normal usage it would be “Press the space commander” or “press a space commander”, but if there’s only one then “press space commander” is an acceptable abbreviation.
As for the verb, it could mean that you should beep the space commander on the nose, but the word has
other meanings.
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:48 am
by Wildeblood
Regardless of meaning it is ungrammatical without the comma, DaddyHoggy. Just put the comma in, please? You know I'm right, Ahruman.
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:02 am
by RyanHoots
Very amusing grammar lesson, Ahruman. I don't want to be pressed, in either meaning of the word.
I'm going to go edit my descriptions.plist to say, "Press space, space debris."
Re: Press Space
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:16 am
by m4r35n357
Wildeblood wrote:Regardless of meaning it is ungrammatical without the comma, DaddyHoggy. Just put the comma in, please? You know I'm right, Ahruman.
Did you actually read the OP?
Put the comma in where exactly?
