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Offline Sincraft

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ch:200 - get rid of it?
« on: March 22, 2009, 12:26:31 PM »
Can we all agree this is a useless channel that causes nothing but problems?  I personally never venture into it, but now that's all I hear about from others flying around me.  It's consumed their discussion.  People are logging because of it. 

That is all.

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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2009, 12:31:57 PM »
No one forces you to tune 200.  You are not forced to listen to 200.  You do not have to turn off 200 to not be bothered by it.  If the smack-talking bottom feeders want to yap on 200, let them.  If people are complaining about 200, well duh, de-tune it.

Nothing defaults to 200.  You need to make some effort to find your misery.

Seems obvious to me.


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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2009, 12:34:20 PM »
LOL!!! you don't want it??? DON'T TUNE IT ! thats why it was switched to 200 for the "all" channel. This way it is your choice to tune it. Those that tune it and complain about it are the same idiots that go to the doctor and while poking themselves in the eye say "It hurts when I do this Doc."  :rolleyes:

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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2009, 12:35:35 PM »
Can we all agree this is a useless channel that causes nothing but problems?  I personally never venture into it, but now that's all I hear about from others flying around me.  It's consumed their discussion.  People are logging because of it. 

That is all.

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The reason we HAVE 200 is for folks like you didnt who wanna be subjected to chan 1/All, which COULDNT be detuned. I am befuddled as to why someone would log over a channel they could simply turn off? (Obviously there are RL parallels to this, but we won't go there :))
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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2009, 12:48:40 PM »
Grow some thicker skin or don't tune it.  I hate people who cry of "bullies" when they have the option to not even hear them.  If this was a troll, you suck.

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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2009, 12:54:03 PM »
Can we all agree this is a useless channel that causes nothing but problems?  I personally never venture into it, but now that's all I hear about from others flying around me.  It's consumed their discussion.  People are logging because of it. 

That is all.

 :noid




no we can't.
while there is a lot of bs on there, i have alos gotten to chat with quite a few good pile-its due to that option. i have gotten good fights from that. i have made a few online friends through there.

the good far outweighs the bad.

do like everyone else.....you don'tr like it, de-tune it.


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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2009, 12:58:00 PM »
Leave it for those who enjoy it, detune it if its not your cup of tea....but some arenas dont provide the option ( Arena setting? dont recall if its 200 or ALL ). Ive been in AvA in the past and didnt have the ability to stop the cross country chatter. 
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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2009, 01:01:15 PM »
Can we all agree this is a useless channel that causes nothing but problems?  I personally never venture into it, but now that's all I hear about from others flying around me.  It's consumed their discussion.  People are logging because of it. 

That is all.

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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2009, 01:22:36 PM »
Can we all agree this is a useless channel that causes nothing but problems?  I personally never venture into it, but now that's all I hear about from others flying around me.  It's consumed their discussion.  People are logging because of it. 

That is all.

 :noid


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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2009, 01:36:15 PM »
Can we all agree this is a useless channel that causes nothing but problems?  I personally never venture into it, but now that's all I hear about from others flying around me.  It's consumed their discussion.  People are logging because of it. 

That is all.

 :noid



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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2009, 01:49:02 PM »

no we can't.
while there is a lot of bs on there, i have alos gotten to chat with quite a few good pile-its due to that option. i have gotten good fights from that. i have made a few online friends through there.

the good far outweighs the bad.

do like everyone else.....you don'tr like it, de-tune it.


problem solved

same here, on the whole, it's a plus
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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2009, 03:20:19 PM »
There's really nothing special about channel "200". 

It's simply a text channel that anybody from any country can tune to.  Just like any of the other channels from 200-299, and just like any of the vox channels from 200 to 299. Channels 100-199 are limited to your country, and are often used for squad channels.  200-299 are not.

Short of disabling this feature (which I actually find useful in the DA in my rare forays there, and occasionally in the TA), getting rid of "200" wouldn't accomplish anything.  The folks that still wished 200 was an option would just agree on a new across-country text channel (maybe 201? or 202? or 203?...).

Don't like it?  Then don't tune to it.  Problem solved...

Some people really enjoy it though, and as much as the negative aspects can stick out, I don't think the negatives are more imposing than the positive aspects of that channel.  To vote to remove something you've chosen to not participate on takes away that same choice for everyone else.  Maybe doing that could cause people to log too? 

Quite honestly, I've found channel 200 to have some huge positive impacts on my view of the game as well.  For one, it's been my number one "help" channel for those times I've needed answers on connection issues, computer issues, etc...  Sure, I may need to "filter" a few of the responses, but as a whole I've gotten some good, quick information.  It's also led to linking with other players to go "private" to discuss microphone set-up, etc...  And yes, I tried "country" channel first, and didn't get what I needed, at least in those instances.  200 has also led to linking with other players in order to advance AH skills.  Initially it was to improve my own abilities, and more recently it's been helpful linking with people who want my help to improve their own skills.

Like other aspects of life, I can choose to ignore the aspects of that channel I don't like or find useful. 
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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2009, 03:56:45 PM »
I didn't know Andy Rooney played AH..... :noid   

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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2009, 04:14:04 PM »
Tell them not to tune to it as well.   

ROFLOL! I think you are the only one who actually read what he typed.

To the rest of you, he is talking about how OTHERS get rapped up in 200 and thats all he hears about. Maybe he is talking about his squad channel, or just 2 nuts talking on range idk,but please stop telling him to de-tune it because as he stated, he never "ventures" into it.

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Re: ch:200 - get rid of it?
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2009, 04:27:06 PM »
Ya, I gotta go along with these guys. I dont much like 200 but nobody is holding a gun to my head forcing me to tune to it. 1/2 the time I just have it off, and the other 1/2 I dont bother reading it. On occasion I use it to give a <S> to a player or to Bish/Nits in general. You can only make so many rules before it all gets silly. If 200 was axed then 196 would take its place, or another.
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