People who put messages in dumb places

Djem wrote:They usually tend to do it just to be jerks. But your Dark Souls experience wouldn't be complete by meaningless messages, would it?

Also, that guy who wrote 'Try jumping.' near that edge, is lying.

Xaelai wrote:I've seen some good messages... and then there's the ridiculous ones, yes.

How about the "Be Wary of Sniper" in Blighttown placed strategically so that when you stop to read it, you get nailed by a blowdart and of course if you raise your Shield to block the next one, you cannot get rid of the stupid message (the game will not let you push the Confirm button while holding your shield up) so it stays on the screen until you can back up enough to get behind something solid.

Grrrrr.

And yeah, the Bonfire messages are ridiculous. Yes, the signs at the bottom of the wooden ramp in Blighttown are awesome on your first playthough... but the ones like 2 inches away from the bonfire? uh, no.

And what the heck is with the "Fatty" messages everywhere?

Yeah, I get the one in front of the Iron Golem/Havel/O&S/Blighttown areas... yeah, those make sense.

But what's with the "Fatty" messages everywhere else? That doesn't even make sense.

GenericUsername wrote:Is anyone else annoyed by this? I mean, it should be simple to just go right up to an object and interact with it by pressing a button. Horribly simple, but no, even for something like that I have to sit there and faniggle my guy around until the message disappears. Or if I'm getting chased by a mob and I want to climb down/ up a ladder, oh lolnope can't do it because that precious second that could have safely gotten me on it was wasted because some jerk put a message right there. Or when they put it by a bonfire " Bonfire ahead ". OH REALLY? Could you possibly mean that bonfire thats two inches away? Are you sure its that bonfire?

It makes me wonder if these people do it just to be jerks or if they actually think its a good idea to put those there.

morte wrote:There has only ever been one good dev message for me: up by the necromancer and the ladder. I almost missed that and had to jump down into another area, which would have been a major pain.

Xaelai wrote:

morte wrote:There has only ever been one good dev message for me: up by the necromancer and the ladder. I almost missed that and had to jump down into another area, which would have been a major pain.

What about all of the dev messages in the Asylum? Or don't they count? lol.

Also.... what I could never figure out... is right after Pinwheel:

"Shortcut Ahead"

Uh.... what Shortcut? I found a hallway that goes back to the Wheel Skeleton room (right near the blacksmith) but that hardly qualifies as a "Shortcut"?

Carphil wrote:I hate how you can't Do a gesture because there's a message nearby. It does not even makes sense!

Dibsville wrote:

Carphil wrote:I hate how you can't Do a gesture because there's a message nearby. It does not even makes sense!

It's because if you press Select while a message is showing, you can rate it.

gmwdim wrote:Do you guys actually get your messages voted up? I've laid down hundreds of messages over many characters and never gotten a single vote.

Rynn wrote:

Zephryl wrote:I honestly didn't know placement location was an issue until I saw it get Rynn killed in a stream once.

I SWEAR TO *** GOD IF I SEE "Door Ahead" While trying to open a door ONE MORE TIME I'm gonna figure out how to rig it's creators X-box to have a *** meltdown.

From now on i will put one in front of every door i see , just for you