From: Sy Ali Date: 2007-07-16T12:18:12+09:00 Subject: Re: I need serious help! On 7/15/07, Joe Wiltrout wrote: > Clarify: I have a combat *system* planned out. I don't have a combat > *engine*. I planned on using about the same system that WoW does, only > slightly modifed to better fit the game. Be careful not to be sued for copying their system. > Clarify: I don't care about > spelling when I'm on forums or an online game, etc. I do use proper > spelling in other things. Like resumes, E-Mails, important documents, > etc. I usually use spellcheck on those kinds of things. Problem with > Ruby Forums is, they have such a low-grade forum that it has no > spellcheck, no bold, italic, or underline text, no changing fonts, no > changing color or size, no sigs, no avatars, no sections for specific > things. Bold/italics (rich text) is probably not available because the forum is also being copied to the ruby mailing list. And I've only met *one* programmer who likes rich text / HTML emails. It's banned from any serious mailing list. The spell-checking should be a part of your browser, not the forum. Firefox has it built in. > Maybe, probably awhile from now, I will > have either someone to do it for me, or a better Programming Language to > write it in. I'd recommend you write down everything you've learned. Then hire a programmer/consultant to help you complete the structure. Then hire programmers/etc to do the actual work.