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Originally Posted by Rogean
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Would chat channels be an acceptable replacement for /ooc and /auc, if we got them working?
Discuss.
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Waste of time. Whats going to happen, is everyone is going to join "/1" as opposed to building a social network, which is currently the problem with "/ooc" btw.
I'm not advocating people sitting in the EC tunnel to peddle and buy wares. However, in early EQ, you got to know people that could get stuff, were basically merchants, and they typically got added to a friends list when you got a good deal. There is NO reason not to put an auction house in game RIGHT NOW, as transactions between players are of a completely non social nature.
What I fondly remember is people building relationships within this game. Close ones at that. Not just drivel spouted forth in OOC (which has gotten way the fuck out of hand lately)
OOC shrinks the world and kills much of the social aspect of the game. If by social, you think I mean "chatting" you are a retard. (thats directed to everyone btw)
The lfg tool works. The /who tool works. You want to know where a friggin cleric is that is high enough to ress you? Send them a tell. You want to find out if a camp is open in LGUK, be creative, use the damn who command, and stop flooding ooc. You need info about something? Send that 48 pally a tell...
/OOC is not a good alternative to build social relationships in this game. It feels cheap, and its INTRUSIVE. You can say "turn it off then" but thats not really the point is it, as OOC is currently used to shrink the world, its wares, and its player base, to the point where I feel like I'm playing runescape with 500 other faceless people.
Oh, and Fin, no ones gives a shit as to your forum prowess and your epeen. This is a large enough concern to many players, there is a reason it keeps being brought up...
I remember doing JUST fine on Rathe with peaks of 3 to 500 players without ooc. I did not get online and do a who. I checked my friends list, and went from there. Large friends lists are whats going to keep this server going socially, not a cheap alternative like ooc, which is just an enormous horseshit chatbox to try and accomplish personal tasks.
I guess I just come from a different generation of people that don't need to be instantly gratified, and call their friends, or hang out, as opposed to texting them, thinking in some way that is real social interaction, and I'm "somehow" building a relationship with a fucking cellphone.
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Originally Posted by Finawin
HEY EVERYBODY STOP CRYING MY NAME IS FINAWIN AND YOU ARE ALL MAD WTF STOP BEING CRY BABIES JESUS CHRIST PLEASE DONT TAKE AWAY GLOBAL OOC IM NOT RAGING RIGHT NOW BUT ILL CLAIM YOU ARE
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