Old standard was 79 characters, the default @wrap setting in lambda, and thus Sindome. It would appear, from Johnny's post, that this has been increased though I very much doubt "deregulated" as Protagonist put it.
The idea is that SIC ads have a standard aesthetic appearance and each line of each ad fits on one single line of display on the players client. If the westside elective clinic ad (Protagonist) is too wide, then I'm guessing your actual window size is narrower than 80 chars, since I -think- that's an old ad and I can personally guarentee that all the old ads are 79 chars or less.
It's fairly obvious if you see it, chances are if you don't know what this is all about, you're client/wrap settings are sufficient to accomodate the new longer ads.
However, might I suggest that if the standard has been changed it'd make sense to actually -change- the "standard"? The only reason I even noticed was because, at some point in the past, I toggled my inMOO @wrap on and, shock-horror, the default linelength is… 79.
And since it was mention, although I don't really care, I'd be inclined to find anything over 3 or 4 lines for a single ad to be a bit offensive. It's totally irrelevent in my absence, I know, but when I reworked the SIC-ads the aim was to emulated something akin to convential sized web banner ads and retain something of a sense of subtlety. Some of the larger ads are annoyingly over-sized and I can imagine it being quite frustrating to have 6 (or more?) lines thrown off the top of the screen in the middle of a large group RP situation. (I leave it to the astute amongst you to find the humour in that last line ;))
Good to see a few more responses tho, for a couple of days it looked like Kev's impromptu "player" poll was going to be taken very literally.
