One player only

[GoldenArcher]

Scott can we please have a one player account only based on ip? I'm like the only person who plays with one account a majority of the time.

[subzero707]

Hi GoldenArcher,

I know I'm not Scott, but I may be able to answer this question.

You cannot do this using an IP address. It would have to be identified by the device number.

Reason being, is that more than one device can be on the same IP address. But yes, making it so players only have 1 account is being considered.

[GoldenArcher]

Thank sub and I think it would be cool if there was a whisper option in chat. Ex: /whisper (persons name here)

[subzero707]

Good Idea! Kind of like "private message" to another player in the chat.

Pro:

• Able to talk to another player privately without using a 1v1 map.
  
• edit: Brian's Pro "if a moderator mutes someone then they can /whisper the moderator instead of not having their story heard"
  

Cons:

• Could Lessen chat activity in the chat room.
  
• There will need to be an option to mute specific players otherwise this "/whisper" option could be abused to harass other players by sending multiple messages.

I do see this possible though!

[wonderer]

here is a con I would do I I got muted I would send every one a message swing bad things cause I got muted so mods better be able to mute me all the way.

[BrianBSHS]

Well, I have discussed this idea with Scott a few times since I thought of it a few weeks ago and he seems for it. I also like the idea because if a moderator mutes someone then they can /whisper the moderator instead of not having their story heard.

[subzero707]

Maybe BrianBSHS can give us a few modified screen shots of what it could look like. Also maybe add an option to activate and deactivate the gray text. Blue buttons maybe... OR just use the commands like the /mute and /unmute to save space?

[GoldenArcher]

I play wow and you have the option to ignore a player.also a way to not need chat mods would be to have a major fraction like: 5/6or3/4 vote to kick rule. Someone can start It by /kick (xxxx) and every one else would see: Kick (xxx)? /yes or /no. This would let the players kick an annoying player out of the chat room and mods for chat would no longer be needed because some are strict and some are leinient. This would eliminate the biased chat kicks and base the kick based on the rooms demands

[wonderer]

brain said What!!! "I also like the idea because if a moderator mutes someone then they can /whisper the moderator instead of not having their story heard."

as a player that has been muted before the mods don't want to here your story on how your trying to pick our color in a map. so he consider it spaming or that you cursed a few times during a game cause him as mod was csaying you cheated.

[trineroks]

civilian commands we need:

/w (player) whisper to a player
/f a (player) add player to friend list
/f m (message) send message to all friends
/kick (player) at least 3 players vote to kick in game
/f v view your friendlist
/where (player) look for a certain player if hes in lobby or in any game
/block (player) self explanatory

[wonderer]

sounds like myspace

o come on this not a big game we need help looking for players that are playing a map or talking.

friends list ok let's brag on who has the most friends
3 votes to kick a person out some of us have two iPods so unfair anyone if you kick some one out and 4 players don't think that person shoulden had got kicked out thief will be problems. It would be nice to page people some news instead of hoping they go to the forms most clan members don't even check out the forms ever. (I got three messages that haven had a respond back when ihatepies was joining the Bosses)

not trying to be mean but pointsing out the cons I guess.

[BrianBSHS]

Actually Wonderer, it sounds like Diablo2, an RPG created from Blizzard which laid the foundation for WoW. All of the chat functions listed in this thread are seen in D2.

[LawrenceA]

With the /whisper it could be beneficial to clans and strategical play between partners, but this could also cause unseen double teaming. perhaps an option for all chat mods to see whispered text is needed.
I support the friend list idea more than anything, but how would it work? via pm's or a whisper to all your friends currently in the chat-room, or a whisper to all friends in the chat-room and leave the message hanging for all players not in the chat room so that when they arrive they will receive the chat instantly.

[trineroks]

[N@TE]

I like the idea of the whisper command, however it has many flaws. As said before, people would be able to privately insult people in the chat room. This could possibly be solved by mods being able to see whispers. I would want my whispers to be private, which this would not allow. Additionally, if a mod was in a 2v2 game, and their opponents are discussing strategies through whispers, they would be able to see that, which is completely unfair to the opposing team.

As for the friends command, I find this idea better for the leaderboard. Perhaps you would be able to see when friends last logged on, and have easier access to friends' games, records, stats, etc without having to search their name up. Like wonderer said, this game is small, so having a friend on and in the chat room at all would be good, let alone so many you would need to contact them all at once. On the same note, the friend finder would be pretty irrelevant; is it really that hard to hit the "Players" button on the chat, and see if the player is in the room, or look across the people in games to see if who you are looking for is there?

Finally, I have come to voting to kick instead of chat mods. There may be many times when someone is being disruptive, a disturbance, insulting, etc when there aren't enough people to vote him out. It could also happen when someone doesn't vote, or votes no when he should be muted. Furthermore, apart of a chat mod's job is deciding how long to mute someone. These times may have to vary for different situations. This would be very hard to incorporate into voting to mute or kick someone.