Superlatives in ST Ratings

[Cory Trese]

Here is a big list of Star Traders RPG ratings for wild zones. As you can see, too many of them repeat. I'm posting here looking for ideas, superlatives, words I haven't tried and a general injection of energy.


public static final String[] DANGER_LEVELS =
{
"friendly (0)",
"very safe (1)",
"safe (2)",
"benign (3)",
"calm (4)",
"rugged (5)",
"unforgiving (6)",
"risky (7)",
"hazardous (8)",
"dangerous (9)",
"hostile (10)",
"toxic (11)",
"deadly (12)",
"suicidal (13)",
"legendary (14)",
"radioactive (15)",
"radioactive (16)",
"radioactive (17)",
"radioactive (18)",
"radioactive (19)",
"radioactive (20)",
"radioactive (21)",
"radioactive (22)",
"magma world (23)",
"radioactive magma world (24)",
"toxic radioactive magma world (25)"
};
public static final String[] CACHE_LEVELS =
{
"Stupid (0)",
"foolish (1)",
"unwise (2)",
"dangerous (3)",
"risky (4)",
"typical (5)",
"Relatively safe (6)",
"safe (7)",
"Advisable (8)",
"wise (9)",
"clever (10)",
"very safe (11)",
"Extremely safe (12)",
"Legendary (13)",
"Legendary (14)",
"Legendary (15)",
"Legendary (16)",
"Legendary (17)",
"Legendary (18)",
"Legendary (19)",
"Legendary (20)",
"Legendary (21)",
"Legendary (22)",
"Legendary (23)",
"Legendary (24)",
"Legendary (25)"
};
public static final String[] HARVEST_LEVELS =
{
"deadly (0)",
"radioactive (1)",
"toxic (2)",
"poisonous (3)",
"barren (4)",
"filthy (5)",
"typical (6)",
"abundant (7)",
"Rich (8)",
"overgrown (9)",
"incredible (10)",
"unbelievable (11)",
"impossible (12)",
"a Shalun legend (13)",
"legendary (14)",
"legendary (15)",
"legendary (16)",
"legendary (17)",
"legendary (18)",
"legendary (19)",
"legendary (20)",
"legendary (21)",
"legendary (22)",
"legendary (23)",
"legendary (24)",
"legendary (25)"

};
public static final String[] EXPLORE_LEVELS =
{
"a museum (0)",
"picked over (1)",
"looted (2)",
"barren (3)",
"empty (4)",
"used up (5)",
"of some value (6)",
"littered with artifacts (7)",
"a rich area (8)",
"abundant (9)",
"an ancient crash site (10)",
"unbelievable (11)",
"a burial ground of the Ancients (12)",
"a Narvidian zone (13)",
"a Hyperion Titan Forge World (14)",
"an unexplored Narvidian temple (15)",
"a lost Ancient manufactory (16)",
"a Narvidian hive world (17)",
"a legendary Ancient City (18)",
"a legendary Ancient City (19)",
"a legendary Ancient City (20)",
"a legendary Ancient City (21)",
"a legendary Ancient City (22)",
"a legendary Ancient City (23)",
"a vast Ancient City (24)",
"a capital Ancient City (25)",
"the first Ancient City (26)"
};

[TomL]

Why not use a standard set of modifiers to each set of adjectives, so you won't need as many adjectives?

barely poisonous
slightly poisonous
poisonous
very poisonous
extremely poisonous

etc etc.

Tom

[martyparty]

An easy way to do this is to google for "synonym <word>" which usually gives you results from www.synonym.com and thesaurus.com - this is the new-age way to do crossword puzzles

[starfixer]

I don't know if you want to switch some of the titles around

While travel on any uncivilized planet is difficult, you would say that this planet is...
0) completly harmless
1) practicly harmless
2) freindly
3) mostly safe
4) mild
5) so-so
6) unsafe
7) risky
8) hazardous
9) potentially fatal
10) deadly
11) very deadly
12) a graveyard
13) toxic
14) radoactive
15) a death trap
16) a narvadian base
17) an alien home planet
18) a radioactive alien home planet
19) a magma world
20) a hyperion magma world
21) feared by explorers of every class
22) feared by aliens themselves
23) practicly unsurvivable
24) an execution sentence
25) legendary

[hellion7776]

Star, your forgot... Mostly Harmless

[BlastGT1]

Jan 27, 2013 17:31:26 GMT -5 TomL said:

Why not use a standard set of modifiers to each set of adjectives, so you won't need as many adjectives?

barely poisonous
slightly poisonous
poisonous
very poisonous
extremely poisonous

etc etc.

Tom

What he said. This would be the simplest change and wouldn't take as much time. Otherwise, if you're like me, you'll waste far too much time trying to find THE perfect words, and then throw a pen or a keyboard because you have to get up in 4 hours.

[Cory Trese]

Jan 29, 2013 2:37:04 GMT -5 BlastGT1 said:

Jan 27, 2013 17:31:26 GMT -5 TomL said:

Why not use a standard set of modifiers to each set of adjectives, so you won't need as many adjectives?

barely poisonous
slightly poisonous
poisonous
very poisonous
extremely poisonous

etc etc.

Tom

What he said. This would be the simplest change and wouldn't take as much time. Otherwise, if you're like me, you'll waste far too much time trying to find THE perfect words, and then throw a pen or a keyboard because you have to get up in 4 hours.

That's the story of our lives, isn't it? Cursing the clock while fighting for the things we wish we could build fast enough to match our dreams.

Sigh.

[slayernz]

Jan 28, 2013 1:00:51 GMT -5 starfixer said:

23) Legend (23)
24) Wait for it (24)
25) Dary!!! (25)

FIFY

[slayernz]

Danger levels (revised)
"friendly (0)",
"very safe (1)",
"safe (2)",
"benign (3)",
"kinda okay (4)",
"a bit rough around the edges (5)",
"the type of place you don't go to at night (6)",
"chew-my-fingernails risky (7)",
"chew-my-first-mate's fingernails risky (8)",
"dangerous (9)",
"hostile (10)",
"toxic (11)",
"deadly (12)",
"gotta clean my pants scary (13)",
"like 14 ex-girlfriends getting access to your FB account (14)",
"bugger this for a joke (15)",
"RUN - it's the Argleblargle's homeworld (16)",
"Woamomma (17)",
"radioactive (18)",
"like glow in the dark radioactive (19)",
"20 on the 10 point This is Gonna Hurt scale (20)",
"20 on the 10 point This is Gonna Hurt scale (21)",
"I want my mommy (22)",
"magma world (23)",
"radioactive magma world (24)",
"where I would take my 14 ex-girlfriends on holiday (25)"

[BlastGT1]

LOL, especially #16. The argleblargle strikes again!

_______________________________

"Issue the standard Cadar greeting, Ensign."
"But sir, that's one of our allies!"
"I know that, Ensign. We're confirming that the treaty is still in effect!"

[grävling]

fatal
hazardous
virulent
grim
homicidal
perilous
nasty
threatening
ugly

placid
quiet
uneventful


vulnerable
threatened

trustworthy
impervious
invulnerable

[fallen]

Jan 29, 2013 1:05:29 GMT -5 hellion7776 said:

Star, your forgot... Mostly Harmless

Funny, we recently backed a KickStarter project called "Mostly Harmless" a novel which is set in the Elite world!

[starfixer]

Jan 29, 2013 1:05:29 GMT -5 hellion7776 said:

Star, your forgot... Mostly Harmless

I added level 0 danger to my original post if that's what you were refering to