/ooc fix

[drplump]

Originally Posted by Salty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So all new comers to the server should turn off ooc when some dude spams with erotic novels? So we should totally forget about ever using ooc because of one spammer? So we shouldn't fix what is broken?

Be sure to let the young kids and old men who play this server know about your fix too. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You want OOC disabled for everyone so you dont have to read it.

But you cant disable it for yourself because then your being forced to give up OOC because of others and that is not fair.

Makes perfect sense!

[Dac321]

Originally Posted by Sippin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Since presumably this is all about the idiot with the paragraph-long sex spams, why not just ban his IP address? Yeah, he may go log in from a friend's computer, then let's ban that one. Surely there would be a limit to how many IP addresses he could access for an online game?

You nailed it IMO. Its just the select few that don't care about getting banned. Instead of removing a very important tool for our new comers, lets just focus on removing the idiots and not everyone.

[Malrubius]

Originally Posted by Dac321 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You nailed it IMO. Its just the select few that don't care about getting banned. Instead of removing a very important tool for our new comers, lets just focus on removing the idiots and not everyone.

QFT. Beginners need OOC more than anybody. Please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

[Flicka]

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

QFT. Beginners need OOC more than anybody. Please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

<---agree. Especially for folks who start rarely played chars (a barb in halas, anyone?) where you can go HOURS and be the only soul in the zone? Been there done that.

Filter /ooc, get faster typing /ignore but right now it would do more harm than good to put a level range on it. I know in SOD everyone started in a beginner's guild, why not implement this for noobs and get it off /ooc?

[Hasbinbad]

Noobs don't need /ooc.
I'm sorry, that's a ridiculous premise.
Noobs are perfectly capable of doing /who all <myclass> 30 50, and find someone who is higher level to help them learn shit. They will learn better things and not have to filter a million "wtf noob?" responses when they ask a question to the masses. I've played at least a dozen games with a minimum level for open chat, and it's NEVER EVER set me back at ALL. The ONLY people this would inconvenience are IDIOTS who can figure out how to /ooc but can't figure out how to send a tell, and the jackasses who make level 1 characters to spam.

[Dac321]

Sorry Hasbinbad,

There is no way I can agree with you. OOC is way to vital. /who alling some one can be difficult/irritating, especially if no one responds. I and many other people would find that annoying. There are way to many good people out there compared to the few idiots that do spam. I don't understand how typing /ignore (name) is so difficult.

Having a level requirement for a chat system would just harm the community.

[Uaellaen]

Since presumably this is all about the idiot with the paragraph-long sex spams, why not just ban his IP address? Yeah, he may go log in from a friend's computer, then let's ban that one. Surely there would be a limit to how many IP addresses he could access for an online game?

since IP adresses are usualy randomly assigned per dial in with DSL etc. it would be alot of IPs to ban ... would also result in people from this ISP that get the random IP next will be autobanned ...

only if he has a static IP it will help ... and obviously he doesnt have one, since im sure he was IP banned already [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Saltinecracker]

I like the idea of something being done with ooc. I think it would be good for some level limit on ooc, but this will cut out the newbies. This server needs to be alittle newbie friendly. I think an alt way would be to make ooc zone wide. This would make selling hard, but thats what EC and Freeport is for. It also may hurt getting group, but i believe classic was actually like that ... so why not give it a chance?

typed this before reading most of the other posts just fyi

[Qixix]

I suggest we put a throttle on the frequency of messages to any global channel (maybe 1-2 minutes? based on character? account? IP? Whatever works?), so that way if WallOfText appears, its only ONE wall every so often as opposed to whatever the channel/server spam limits are.

[Ghesta]

While we are inventing super duper secret awesome fixes, how bout this.

Anytime anyone level 1 or 2 uses OOC and has a "?" in the OOC it just deletes the OOC and they get a message saying "Go read the forums, your answer is there."

Or everyone can calm down and just realize that everything is fine.