Hello, this is kind of a re-post. Re-posting because no one seems to see it in the other forum.
I just wanted to bring up this emote to the dev team. The /meh emote is somewhat of a miss translation and I feel should be re-named or the text and animation changed.
When using /meh without a target, it says "[Player name] looks stumped," and when using it on another character, it's "[Player name] fails to understand [target]".
In English, or at least american English, the phrase "meh" is a slang term usually meaning "I don't care" or meaning something is not worth my time.
I think if the wording and animation can not be changed for /meh then it needs to be re-named to /huh. Then it would be more accurate to it's animation and emote text.
Thanks for reading my post
Request to change /meh to /huh
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03-04-2012, 01:29 AMMrfox0707Request to change /meh to /huh
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03-04-2012, 01:35 AMDoctorMog
I type /huh all the time and have to pull up my menu because I can never remember /meh
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03-04-2012, 02:14 AMAmandaHuggenkiss
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/image...11/meh_cat.jpg
Kitty looks stumped. -
03-04-2012, 02:19 AMMajidahgod yes. I keep typing huh. I don't know why they didn't keep text commands from XI... they kept the races to make an "easier transation", right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrfox0707
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03-04-2012, 07:09 AMInaaca
Agreed. The emote name and the resulting action don't really fit as is.
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03-04-2012, 07:12 AMMychael
I agree...again. :3
(At least I'm not the only one that's stumped by /meh!) -
03-04-2012, 07:16 AMJinko
Because it is so important you have my support !
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03-04-2012, 10:49 AMDragon
Yeah, they should have both '/meh' and '/huh' ('/huh' would get the current animations that come with '/meh').
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03-04-2012, 10:57 AMSylkis
This belongs in the localisation section
...Though I see a duplicate thread there.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/37446-meh
Better focus all your powers in one thread! -
03-04-2012, 11:02 AMVaen
I'm Vaen Tribal and I approve this message.
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03-04-2012, 11:16 AMMychaelIf you read the OP...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylkis
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Originally Posted by Mrfox0707
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03-04-2012, 05:20 PMHolyseal
I agree /huh would fit better with the text than /meh does.
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03-04-2012, 05:51 PMMasamune1004
ITT: People who think that since their thread didn't get a dev post it was ignored by the devs.
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03-04-2012, 10:26 PMSylvari
I support this thread! I hate getting confused when i type /huh and thinking "I swear that's the right emote"... It's a pain in the butt.
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03-05-2012, 03:09 AMejiboo
i love it! /meh is so not the right emote!
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03-05-2012, 04:11 AMKyri
/supports also...
I MISS /SIGH D: -
03-05-2012, 04:37 AMHolyseal/sigh is another emote that I too miss seeing and using in game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyri
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03-05-2012, 06:32 AMXoo
I don't know about the OP, but I'd really like to see the return of /slap and /sigh. Really. I could forgive so much more about this game if I just had those 2 emotes.
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03-05-2012, 06:39 AMMychaelI seriously type /slap once a day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xoo
And you know what?!
The console says "/slap" right back to me! D=
I think this is working as intended: Karma. -
03-05-2012, 06:42 AMCoDeWaCodewa Y'dnare and I approve of this approval and Rinoa firing Angelo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaen
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03-06-2012, 01:30 AMDragon/totallyinagreementQuote:
Originally Posted by Holyseal
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03-06-2012, 03:46 PMCatapult/huhQuote:
Originally Posted by AmandaHuggenkiss
*Catapult looks stumped* -
03-09-2012, 10:28 AMFernehalwes
Hey guys,
I just wanted to let you know the cries of those belonging to what is now known as the "Make the Emote /Huh" revolution (or MEH for short) have not fallen on deaf ears.
We are currently discussing internally what to do with this emote, and hopefully will come to a decision soon.
I'll make sure to post here first when the final verdict has been handed down.
Thank you all again for keeping the discussion alive! -
03-09-2012, 11:31 AMDragonAwesome play on words, and the news is even better. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fernehalwes
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03-09-2012, 03:10 PMMrfox0707Ah! Sweet! Thanks Fernehalwes for the info. Hope to hear from you soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fernehalwes
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03-27-2012, 12:19 AMMrfox0707
Hey Fernehalwes! Any news you can share with us yet? We are all waiting!
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04-02-2012, 04:44 PMEemeefu
Again, we'd like to thank all of you for your posts. Receiving so many opinions on issues such as this pretty much makes implementing the change a no-brainer.
Rest assured that /meh will be changed to /huh as of patch 1.22.
That being said, I'd like to explain why it took so long to make this change on our end. Up until now, all of the languages have used the same global text commands (English) for emotes. Therefore, any changes to these commands would necessarily be reflected across all language versions. In order to avoid inconveniencing players on non-English clients who have been using these commands simply by committing them to memory, we were told by the UI team to wait until patch 1.22, when they will be implementing language-specific emotes (non-English clients will support both global English and localized commands). So, although changes to the English will still be reflected in the global commands across all versions, we can feel a little better about making tweaks since the other languages now have their own localized emotes. :o
Keep an eye out for full details regarding these changes in the 1.22 patch notes!
Be sure to let us know if there are any other emotes you think need reworking (either the full-length or abbreviated names). Also, the dev team often asks us for ideas for new emotes to put in the game, so if you have any you'd like to see, go ahead and post them and we'll throw them on the list of potentials! -
04-03-2012, 05:41 AMMrfox0707
This is great news! Thanks a lot Eemeefu for the update! We did it everyone! The MEH revolution was a success!
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04-05-2012, 10:33 AMFiosha_Maureiba
What fluffy power is this, to be able change the emote?S!
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04-08-2012, 08:38 PMNakiamiie/warmupQuote:
Originally Posted by Eemeefu
The character starts doing some warming up movements/exercises.
Very useful to prevent unnecessary injuries before going to battle, (it might also help reduce lag.)
/crouch
The character assumes a crouching position. Much like /sit, the character keeps the crouching position.
/pickup
The character picks up something on the ground.
/sick
The character sneezes and other sickly behaviour.
/stumble
*can only be performed while running!* The character stumbles while running. -
05-08-2012, 05:13 PMDiyne
/crossarm (or something of the like?)
Character crosses their arms over their chest in either a thoughtful, or smug sort of fashion.
/lay
Character lays down (Could be dangerous...)
I'm not sure if the other races have a similar emotion to /upset, but I know for lalafellen characters, it's more of a sigh. Possibly change this to /sigh? I believe the emotion behind it is that they are disgusted with what ever you're emoting at. The emote and the text don't really feel accurate to me. But...then again maybe that's because I'm lalafellen. -
05-08-2012, 06:14 PMBrannigan
Some of the NPCs have idle poses and emotes that would be nice to have.
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05-08-2012, 07:09 PMPSxpert2011If so, I would think they'd use the /meh emote on their replies(now that they learn what it really means).Quote:
Originally Posted by Masamune1004
/poke /slap /smack /tap... all associated emote that should follow,lol. Now that we won the /meh,/huh revolution, we can be smarter about emotes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xoo
/meh could stay but the emote needs to be shown for it really is:
<players name> turns up his/her nose without a care.
:rolleyes: