Desc Me LA?

Cobalt

I reeeeaaaally need someone to Desc LA for me (As in Los Angeles.) Anyone? Please?? Pretty please?

Tinuviel

I think you could get away with @descing various neighbourhoods with Google Maps street-view images if you really don't want to write the descs yourself.

Jennkryst

@desc here=Mummies. Everywhere. For days.

Tinuviel

Ew. Mummy. Ew.

Aria

How many locations do you need descs for and what are you using as a basis?

Misadventure

Given traffic in LA, you should choose a neighborhood. It takes hours to get across the city.And nobody's walking in LA.

krmbm

@desc Los Angeles=You are probably sitting in your car on the 110, wondering if it would be faster to take the 105 over to the 710, but then the traffic comes on and you realize that it's just as bad on the 710 right now. So then you start wondering how much the ticket is if you get in the FastTrak lane without a pass, and you see a cop go by in that lane, so you decide not to. KROQ keeps playing Nickelback songs, 98.7 keeps playing commercials, but - hey - at least the Dodgers are winning!%r%rOh, but getting in and out of Dodger Stadium suuuuuuuucks, and tickets are like $90 for good seats, so just hope you can get home in time to catch from the 5th inning on. #VoteForJT

Cobalt

@Aria
Downtown Core
Silver Lake
Hollywood
Mid-Wilshire
Griffith Park
Pasadena

http://angels.mechanipus.com/wiki/Los_angeles

I've started writing informative descs based off of Wikipedia, google maps, and google research.

surreality

@Cobaltasaurus Not sure if it's come up and been dismissed as an idea, but the tendency for WoD games to be crowded with high resources folks may make Beverly Hills a useful addition. People will likely ask for/about it.

Bobotron

Apropos of looking at your wiki, but holy crap, remove the white block around the TOCs. It's eye-searing against your background with that peach text.

#toc, .toc, .mw-warning, .toccolours {
border: 1px solid #aaa;
background-color: transparent;
padding: 5px;
font-size: 95%;
}

That should do it.

ETA: I think I may have some Los Angeles-related materials saved on my computer for assistance, when I was thinking about setting a game in LA following up VTM Bloodlines. If I can find it I'll shoot them your way.

Aria

@Cobaltasaurus -- Ohhh, so you're mostly looking for neighborhood descs and not, like, the full grid?

3543thrh67

@Aria @Cobaltasaurus generally does smaller grids

skew

@Bobotron said in Desc Me LA?:

transparent

Done.

Aria

@Cobaltasaurus Well, then, I'd be happy to help. Just poke me and let me know what you need and if there's any specific guidelines -- uses for rooms, who might control them, etc. that I should bear in mind when writing. And eh, if you're not a fan, well... just don't use them.

Chet

May I recommend the system they use at CoMUX, ANSI highlighted locales with dark exits leading to them, representing landmarks in each room? It would simplify your grid, and make it a lot more cozy.

Cobalt

@Aria : If you log in (angels.mechanipus.com 8000), go to construction zone, and then go to dt, it'll spit you out at the library. From there four rooms have been desc'd. It would /probably/ be best if the grids were uniform-ish-- so informative room descs rather than descriptive ones.

I need desc's for the following places/rooms/neighborhoods:

Downtown Core

Library (Central/Los Angeles downtown Library) Done
Bunker Hill Done
Music Center Done
Civic Center Done
Pershing Square Done
Skid Row Done
Fashion District Done
Little Tokyo Done
Alameda Street Done
Chinatown Done
Staples/Convention Center Done
Westlake Done
MacArthur Park Done
Elysian Park Done

Silver Lake

Echo Park Done
Silver Lake Done
Silver Lake Heights Done, potentially to be cut.
La City College Done

Mid-Wilshire

Hancock Park Done
Mid-Wilshire Done
Melrose Done
Miracle Mile West Done
Miracle Mile East Done
La Cienega Restaurant Cut

Hollywood

Barnsdale Park Done
Franklin Ave Done
Hollywood & Vine Done
HMP Cemetery Done
Sunset Blvd Done
Central Hollywood Done
La Brea Done
Runyon Canyon Park Done
Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Done

Griffith Park

Los Feliz
Griffith Observatory
Hiking Trails
LA Zoo
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Bronson Caves & Quarry
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood Reservoir

Pasadena

Old Town Pasadena
Eagle Rock
Rose Bowl
CalTech/PCC
San Marino
Mount Washington
South Pasadena

Whatever I can't source out people to @desc, or get desc'd based off of wikipedia and google maps will end up being cut.

@surreality Unless someone is going ot desc Santa Monica, nothing from Santa Monica is going on. Which is where Beverly Hills was put on the game +map I'm basing the grid off of.

Aria

@Cobaltasaurus -- NP. I'll probably start taking a peek at this tonight and maybe a bit later this week, when I'm sitting around the boyfriend's parents' house with not much to do except 'visit'.

Cobalt

Updated the list with the three descs I managed to do tonight. But now I need to go do my exercise for the day, and shit. Thanks @Aria.

3543thrh67

@Cobaltasaurus I would come help but I don't do real cities justice. Especially ones Ive never been too

Cobalt

@icanbeyourmuse said in Desc Me LA?:

@Cobaltasaurus I would come help but I don't do real cities justice. Especially ones Ive never been too

I'm literally just writing information down from wikipedia at this point. If anyone complains THEY CAN WRITE DESCS THEMSELVES. >:P