The game is down this week and that is sad. However on the bright side, the forums have been very entertaining.
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At the risk of being flamed for publishing my opinion, This is how i feel about OOC/.
I am only in my teens ATM and OOC discussions have been very helpful. The discussions keep me up to date of the many things I have forgotten about the game. I believe it does help bring the server together more as a community. However, there is always going to be some immature kid or drunk jerk or just an uptight dork with a political opinion that needs to vent on a public channel.
I personaly would hate to see game discussions and the occasional scream about a player that just stole a mob, go away completely. OOC is a place that players can connect with other players. Its the place players of every level can share there experience and knowledge. I think peeps have forgotten that his isn't a public forum its a game forum.
I have seen a few posts of people supporting channels. I like channels but they do tend to isolate people.
Could we have the best of both worlds? I know nothing of what is involved in starting channels up on the server. But we were asked to discus it so lets assume we are being offered the possibility of channels.
Keep ooc/ and open a few limited channels. For example. OOC(
game content only)/ Open forum channel(
anything goes as long as it isn't abusive)/ Raid channels/ guild/ auction. and stop there. Allow the option to turn off any channel, even ooc. Allowing peeps to create there own channels would cause peeps to collect in there own little corners.
In order to keep the channels from getting out of hand with ranters and spammers we could have a few (none GM) volunteers with some sort of admin. rights to stop or end discussions that are deemed improper. A none gm volitier could enjoy the freedom of not being spammed with requests to settle game issues while monitoring chat. The volunteers would simply end any inappropriate discussions that are becoming disruptive to the chat channel.
Again just my opinion, feel free to expel some of your game withdraw anxiety on me. I have little to do in the evenings till Friday but read the responses.
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