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GM Stormcrow 
Moderator Group
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Joined: 23 Feb 2010
Location: Illyria
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 Topic: Ingame Chat
Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 23:12 |
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As it asks...
We do have Alliance Forums and Alliance Chat in the works, and it would be easy enough to extend out to ingame, serverwide (optional) chat.
There is, obviously, a concern over moderation which would have to be addressed.
But, conceptually, how do people feel about this?
Best,
GM Stormcrow
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Wuzzel
Postmaster
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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Points: 605 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 23:15 |
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Voted useful, can talk to people who arnt in the IRC channel :P.
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HonoredMule
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Joined: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Canada
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Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 23:25 |
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I would find in-game personal instant messaging more useful, and better suited for how personal email is often used.
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LauraChristine
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Joined: 22 Feb 2010
Location: Nottingham
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Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 23:26 |
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yep would be good :) xx
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Chu-Cullain
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Joined: 18 Mar 2010
Location: Awesomeopolis
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Posted: 09 Apr 2010 at 01:05 |
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Yeah, having seen live in-game chat on Evony, I would vote "no" for public chat (if that's what you're proposing). I don't like the feeling that I'm participating in an experiment involving a bunch of trained monkeys who get food pellets in return for mashing the buttons on a keyboard.
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Chu-Cullain
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Joined: 18 Mar 2010
Location: Awesomeopolis
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Posted: 09 Apr 2010 at 01:06 |
Oh, "optional" chat. Well, OK I guess.
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Sure
New Poster
Joined: 11 Apr 2010
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Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 06:14 |
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Its a good thing to have.It will make the game more alive! Definitely a need to make it optional
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Kumomoto
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Joined: 19 Oct 2009
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Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 16:45 |
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I think it would be great if you used the "Channel" approach (a la Eve online), so folks could set up private channels. In lieu of that, I think HM is right about more of an IM approach...
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ivyleaves
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Joined: 25 Apr 2010
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Posted: 25 Apr 2010 at 17:13 |
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Now that there is global chat and alliance chat, we need to be able to do a private chat with individuals, not mail, but a chat window where we can target a player. Also, an Ignore list for both chat and mail, although so far I haven't encountered any chowderheads, I'm sure as the game grows they will show up.
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HonoredMule
Postmaster General
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Canada
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Posted: 30 Apr 2010 at 18:29 |
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I'm happy with Alliance chat conceptually and want to use it, but there are currently two major problems:
1) There's no room for it, and no way to temporarily minimize it without having to to back in menus to re-enable it.
2) It is having a devastating impact on browser performance. Response times and memory usae are both increasing almost linearly with the number of page loads that include it.
One solution addresses both issues. Could we have our chat in a different window/tab? Preferably it should be organized in a manner that fits comfortably into a browser sidebar.
Also, the bottom line of chat is obscured by the input field. I presume the input field is being specified with a very small font, but not all browsers allow dropping input fields below their typical size.
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