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19:38, 28th March 2024 (GMT+0)

player name color in The Cast list.

Posted by mickey65
mickey65
member, 24 posts
Long-time PbP player
Love several systems
Tue 11 Jul 2017
at 19:31
  • msg #1

player name color in The Cast list

I have five players in my game, but only two have blue names in The Cast list. The other three names are white. And the one player who has already created a character and started their adventure does NOT have a blue name in The Cast list. Their name is white in The Cast list. What does that mean?
W0LF0S
member, 125 posts
Tue 11 Jul 2017
at 19:38
  • msg #2

player name color in The Cast list

The different colors mean that some players have written a character description and others have not.  You can click on the names to go straight to that player's character description from the cast list if they've written one.  If they haven't put anything in there, then the name won't be clickable and a different color.
mickey65
member, 25 posts
Long-time PbP player
Love several systems
Tue 11 Jul 2017
at 19:50
  • msg #3

player name color in The Cast list

The funny thing is that the two blue names have not written a character description, while the one player who has written one has their name in white and the name is not clickable.
Gaffer
member, 1481 posts
Ocoee FL
40 yrs of RPGs
Tue 11 Jul 2017
at 23:14
  • msg #4

player name color in The Cast list

It may actually have to do with whether they have a character portrait selected.
mickey65
member, 27 posts
Long-time PbP player
Love several systems
Wed 12 Jul 2017
at 11:17
  • msg #5

player name color in The Cast list

Okay, thanks. It's not a big deal, I was just curious.
bigbadron
moderator, 15380 posts
He's big, he's bad,
but mostly he's Ron.
Wed 12 Jul 2017
at 13:07

player name color in The Cast list

In reply to Gaffer (msg # 4):

Actually, no it isn't.  The name changes colour because it is converted into a link to the Character Description (if one exists).  The portrait has nothing to do with it.

As for why it isn't working properly in this case...  No idea.  Sometimes it can glitch if a player writes a description, and then deletes it.  Or if they try to post a description but it doesn't go through for some reason (for example: if the user forgets to update the page to upload the description, and just navigates away from it instead).
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