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Hi,
though I had the intention never to use macros while dancing, the constant urge for buffs lead me to write some anyway. The problem is simple. Most people just don't accept when you tell them they shall watch approximatlely ten minutes and they will have a buff of at least 1:30 hours afterwards.
The two main macros (each with several sub macros) were written to to buff the audiance without repeating myself over and over. The choreographie isn't really finished yet and espacially the version for use without quickness or stamina buff has some too long pauses. I am sorry to present unfinished business here, I hope you find the ideas useful anyway (and possibly even post approvements which would be appreciated very much).
The idea was to to differ between visible and invisible flourishes. Visible flourishes are those that are actually executed and are divided into submacros, choreographically belonging together. Between the visible flourishes a submacro "flofill" is executed of two or four flourishes that are not actually performed.
The first (and more bugged) version I am going to present is to be used without being buffed youself. It consists of 26 visible flourishes, each with two additional invisible flourishes. The dance is basic, since this dance uses fewest action points of all (a undervalued dance imho). The time from visible flourish to visible flourish is currently set to 18 seconds, which could become shorter in most cases. The total time is therfore 7:48 minutes and the buff (theoretically) 124.6 minutes. To debug it I used a chat channel called sdebug. You might want to remove the lined for that, or create a similiar channel.

* /macro basicbuff *
/startdance basic;
/changedance basic;
/pause 5;
/sdebug basicbuff starts;
/macro basicdown;
/pause 72;
/macro basicshake;
/pause 90;
/macro basiclap;
/pause 108;
/macro basicshake;
/pause 90;
/macro basiclap;
/pause 108;
/sdebug basicbuff done;
* end basicbuff *

* /macro basicdown *
/sdebug initiating basicdown;
/flourish 2;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 7;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 6;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 1;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/sdebug end basicdown;
* end basicdown *

* /macro basicshake *
/sdebug initiating basicshake;
/flourish 3;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 5;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 4;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 5;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 7;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/sdebug stop basicshake;
* end basicshake *

* /macro basiclap *
/sdebug initiating basiclap;
/flourish 3;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 16;
/flourish 6;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 16;
/flourish 2;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 1;
/pause 6;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 2;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/flourish 6;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill3;
/pause 16;
/sdebug stop basiclap;
* end basiclap *

* /macro flofill3 *
/flourish 1;
/flourish 1;
* end flofill3 *

The second macro is based on popular2. It consist of 21 visible flourishes (each with 4 additional invisible flourishes. Each visible flourish takes 11 seconds, which is quite good, but could be improved. The time for it is therfore 3:51 seconds, the theoretical bufftime is 128.1 minutes. Please replace "sharven" with your own characters name in the macro. You should not use it unbuffed:

* /macro pop2buff *
/startdance popular2;
/changedance popular2;
/pause2;
/tell sharven Buff starts;
/macro pop2shake;
/pause 66;
/macro pop2twist;
/pause 44;
/macro pop2shake;
/pause 66;
/macro pop2play;
/pause 55;
/tell sharven Buff ends;
* end pop2buff *

* /macro pop2shake *
/flourish 6;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 8;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 4;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 6;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 5;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 1;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
* end pop2shake *

* /macro pop2twist *
/flourish 3;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 7;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 3;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 2;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
* end pop2twist *

* /macro pop2play *
/flourish 1;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 8;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 5;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 2;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
/flourish 1;
/pause 2;
/macro flofill;
/pause 9;
* end pop2play *

* /macro flofill *
/flourish 1;
/flourish 1;
/flourish 1;
/flourish 1;
* end flofill *