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Okkam
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Joined: February 06, 2008
Posts: 157
From: Dorset
|  Posted: 2010-05-26 10:18
Hey all
I'm going to bring it back up because I personally think that it needs to be changed.
Firstly I would like to say that I know you can ignore someone but when it comes to enjoying a game you'd rather not have to find the person's ID and name just to block that one person when there might be about 4 or 5 people who have entered into the fray of 'smacktalking'.
DarkSpace advertises that it is an adult game, the lobby MOTD says this and promotes this with a list of banned subjects to avoid such heated talk or name calling however it does not prevent name calling or 'smacktalking' of a general kind, no matter how light hearted it can be to you the one saying it some of us do not want to have to read it.
You can also say that it is optional to read such things because you don;t have to look in the top left corner, however the writing is bright red and is hard to miss, then add to the fact that if you are not in combat you read it naturally because if somthings there to read, you do it.
In my opinion there should be a easy option to mute /yell for your client during that connection. For instance I can join a game in the MV or scenario and simply press a button to block /yell chat from my client.
You can take the /yell mute option off or you can put it back on freely during gameplay. This would prevent such things as 'smack wars' when someone gets called out or insulted.
Example of such things:
- Calling a Kluth a coward for cloaking
- Calling a player a coward for moving off instead of engaging
- Calling players noobs or morons/idiots.
- Mass laughter at someone who made a mistake, while most people find this funny some people merely get enraged by it then this starts a 'smacktalking war'
- Saying phrases such as "stop hugging the planet ffs" is another example. The game promotes defending planets and promotes the ability to sit in orbit of a planet you wish to defend and do so. It makes little sense to move off just to satisfy the wishes of a random person who doesn't like the seemingly unfair tactical advantage.
- Complaining is also a very quick way to start a /yell war. For example, someone today managed to spawn his dread 5 times on a planet that was under seige by Kluth forces, lose his dread 5 times then continue to complain about how it was 'unfair'. We can all see the mistake here.
Some players like the current /yell function so this is why I suggested being able to mute /yell chat on a button in your client instead of for all /yell.
Some players have even spoken a wish to involve some sort of total mute for ingame chatter or a mute for sections of chat like fleet aswell as /yell because while 'smacktalk' is more common in /yell it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen elsewhere.
This game is an adult game and while we all don't always act like it, we should atleast have the ability to prevent others being offended or annoyed by it. If a new player were to join the MV during a 'smack war' they might not enjoy the sight after playing other MMOs and leave.
In my honest opinion, if you want to start smacktalking or insulting then DS is not the game for you. Go join another game like EvE Online where the smacktalk is so high there entire alliances ban their members from even reading the ingame forums. We don't want to come to that do we?
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If you feel that there needs to be a mute option for /yell or for other chats ingame then say so on this thread, speak up. The more people ask for it the more likely it will happen.
Thanks
SilentHunter13
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Alois Falix
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Joined: July 26, 2006
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| Posted: 2010-05-26 10:21
Agreed 100% Make the chat filters mute-able.
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Nightsabre
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Joined: February 21, 2005
Posts: 66
| Posted: 2010-05-26 10:26
I have always agreed with making /yell muteable. This would just be common sence. In most mmo's you are able to "leave" a chat channel wich is the same as a mute why cannot darkspace do this too?
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Code Red
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Joined: September 08, 2007
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| Posted: 2010-05-26 10:44
100% agree get rid of yell.
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Starcommander
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Joined: December 14, 2005
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From: In your base, stealing your cookies
| Posted: 2010-05-26 10:46
Like you said this is an adult game, so take it like an adult and GET OVER IT!
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wolf420
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Joined: April 28, 2010
Posts: 13
| Posted: 2010-05-26 10:47
i would have to agree hunter we do need a mute button in fact eve and many other games are able to shut off chat functions at will in fact the last game i played you could turn chat functions on and off at will that means all chat or just certain ones
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Alois Falix
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Joined: July 26, 2006
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| Posted: 2010-05-26 10:47
Agreed 100% Make the chat filters mute-able.
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Faustus
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2010-05-26 11:09
It won't be hard to add a command to make /yell filtered ... plan on seeing this in the next update.
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Bardiche
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Joined: November 16, 2006
Posts: 1247
| Posted: 2010-05-26 11:23
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On 2010-05-26 11:09, Faustus wrote:
It won't be hard to add a command to make /yell filtered ... plan on seeing this in the next update.
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And the people rejoiced. Better than just ignores working in-game!
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Rebellion
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Joined: June 20, 2009
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From: sol
| Posted: 2010-05-26 14:32
Oh i love it so much when our lord and savior listens to the players
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Lrd_Hunter
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Joined: August 16, 2006
Posts: 245
| Posted: 2010-05-26 17:54
agreed you know when F same something he is paying attention got to love it
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Kangaroosteak
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From: Somewhere...
| Posted: 2010-05-26 18:13
You mad about that incident that happened this morning?
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-Daedalus-
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Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
| Posted: 2010-05-26 20:07
if this is an adult game we should be able to swear like a pirate too.
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Zero28
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Joined: August 25, 2006
Posts: 591
| Posted: 2010-05-26 21:19
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On 2010-05-26 11:23, Bardiche wrote:
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On 2010-05-26 11:09, Faustus wrote:
It won't be hard to add a command to make /yell filtered ... plan on seeing this in the next update.
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And the people rejoiced. Better than just ignores working in-game!
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didn't We had an Argument about this When ignore where Fixed that this Will resurface as "Problem not beeing fixed"?
HA I TOLD YOU ALL and yet i got flamed by devs, well whos laughing now muahahahaha!!!!! ;P
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Kenny_Naboo
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From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2010-05-26 21:41
Meh....
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