So I got an e-mail this evening from Gazmik Fizzwidget, creator of such fabulous hunter add-ons as Hunter’s Helper and Feed-O-Matic (not to mention my non-hunter favorite, FactionFriend) — and he’s got an assignment for us!
I’ll let him explain:
So, you might be familiar with my Feed-O-Matic addon … [Familiar? *snort* It's the only add-on I won't run without! -ed.] … and how, by default, it emotes when you feed your pet: e.g. “Cahaal feeds MeepMeep a Smoked Talbuk Venison. Yum!”
And you might have noticed that the part on the end is randomized, and that the set of possible random phrases can include ones specific to your pet’s gender (“Good boy!”) and type (“Nice kitty!”). There’s even a couple that show up when feeding your pet specific foods. (“Kaet feeds Crab a Mystery Meat. Tastes like chicken.”)
Anyway, that feature’s been in FOM for years. I’ve always wanted to expand the set of random phrases with more fun and witty stuff, but I’ve found myself lacking time and inspiration. But seeing all the “Name That Pet” posts on your blog got me thinking I might find some creative ideas in the hunter community. Think I could enlist some help from Mania’s Arcania and its readers?
Absolutely! We love stuff like this.
So here’s the deal: the existing random phrases for the end of the FOM emotes are listed below. If you have any suggestions for new random phrases, post ‘em in the comments. Make sure you specify whether your suggestion applies to all pets, a specific pet family or a specific pet food.
Any food, any pet:
- “Yum!”
- “Mmm, good stuff.”
Genders:
Any male pet:
- “Good boy!”
Any female pet:
- “Good girl!”
Specific foods:
Zesty Clam Meat:
- “Mmm, zesty!”
Mystery Meat:
- “Tastes like chicken.”
Dragonbreath Chili:
- “Yow, spicy!”
Specific pet families:
Boar:
- “Good piggy!”
Cat:
- “Nice kitty!”
Hyena & Wolf:
- “Good dog!”
What can we add to this list that’s cute and funny? (And keep the suggestions reasonably clean, please!) Remember to say whether your suggestion is for a particular family or food!
For Mystery meat
“If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding”
So many great ideas!
I’ve included several of your suggestions in the Feed-O-Matic 3.0 release, which updates the mod for the WoW 3.0 patch that’s dropping tomorrow (as well as the WotLK beta) and includes a revamped food-choosing doohickey that ought to do away with the persistent bugs of previous versions.
As Mania pointed out, for right now I can only take random emote ideas that fit the form, “Name feeds PetName a Food. Random Emote”. More complicated emotes requires more mucking with the underlying code than I want to do at the last minute before Patch Day, but I can certainly look into it again later.
Thanks, and keep ‘em coming!
cats and warp buger “I can haz warpburger?”
I occasionally use the same emote for whatever I’m feeding Oni, my ghostsaber. “Teldra smiles fondly at Oni as she feeds him another shriveled gnome head. Good boy!”
i think when you feed your nether ray it should say “Crikey, Nether Ray!” i know…horrible.
Mania: Yeah, I think those are generic enough phrases to work for all foods and all pets. :)
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Most real pets dont chew their food so
Chew your food
dont swallow it so fast (wouldent work with snakes tho)
snakes:
curls araund the food
you dont need to try to kill it again its alredy dead
im not very creative with these things and there are so many good ones
One I just now thought of:
General:
-He likes it! Hey Mikey!
Wheaties commercial/motto, for those who might not know it.
For those hunters who stock up on conjured breads to feed their pet…
… tastes great, less filling.
@Fearmdemon: Horrible indeed, but it made me laugh :)
Anybody notice that http://fizzwidget.com/ is down?
Like most add-on sites (and Petopia too!) he probably got pummeled. I’m sure it will be back soon.
site is still down is Fizzwidget gone ???? its down over a month now…
Raitabi: That’s odd — I’m able to access it without a problem.
how do u change the gender of a pet saying i name it a guyz name and it looks like a guy cat but whin i feed it it says good girl i wan tit to say good boy