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Offline dhyran

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Permanent Personal Squelch list
« on: July 23, 2012, 03:30:12 AM »
Thats what this game really needs

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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2012, 05:23:43 AM »
+1
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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2012, 06:32:30 AM »
+1 :)


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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2012, 07:43:55 AM »
+1 for midy when he comes on I can just permasquelch list hehe :) :)
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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2012, 07:58:52 AM »
+1 for midy when he comes on I can just permasquelch list hehe :) :)

Mine would be for MANaWAR and anyone that uses constant daily name calling and crude put downs (you know whom you are).  :frown:


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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2012, 08:24:07 AM »
HiTech has explained why this won't happen in the past.  If you have a permanent squelch list and you permanently squelch that annoying Karnak guy, then sometime later after he quits a new player joins the game and picks the name "Karnak" you'll have that new player squelched too.
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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2012, 08:56:15 AM »
HiTech has explained why this won't happen in the past.  If you have a permanent squelch list and you permanently squelch that annoying Karnak guy, then sometime later after he quits a new player joins the game and picks the name "Karnak" you'll have that new player squelched too.

This and when the player changes his/her game ID, the squelch no longer works either.  It is a pointless option which, in the long run, will do more to hurt the new player than the old.
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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2012, 09:49:59 AM »
Well

if thats all just add a 365 Day timer as a trigger to the Database object, and everyone is happy with this solution

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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2012, 10:23:52 AM »
Well

if thats all just add a 365 Day timer as a trigger to the Database object, and everyone is happy with this solution

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Dhy

It will never be acceptable for a new player to be "squelched" for only making the mistake of choosing a game ID of someone who was a problem.  There is no time period which would make it acceptable.
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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2012, 10:26:39 AM »
You always have the choice to not read what they say.  :noid
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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2012, 10:38:13 AM »
It will never be acceptable for a new player to be "squelched" for only making the mistake of choosing a game ID of someone who was a problem.  There is no time period which would make it acceptable.

Cc

Just mark the DB Name object with a trigger procedure which remove new or renewed ID s from the Squelch list...voila!

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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2012, 02:03:34 PM »
Cc

Just mark the DB Name object with a trigger procedure which remove new or renewed ID s from the Squelch list...voila!

A server side list is a problem in that we know longer have control over the amount of time it takes to connect to the server.  It also adds another problematic load on the server when we do a release and get hammered with thousands of connection requests.

Dedicating a server for such a list has little, to no return on the investment.  I am not going to start to address the potential cascade failure issues.

Resolve yourself to the fact this wish is not going to happen.
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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2012, 02:06:51 PM »
get something like this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126053

create a macro and that's it.


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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2012, 02:42:57 PM »
It will never be acceptable for a new player to be "squelched" for only making the mistake of choosing a game ID of someone who was a problem.  There is no time period which would make it acceptable.

Suggestion:

Perhaps it could be a drop down list that you type <player id> in the roster that activates a batch .squelch command. You type players on the list, and each time you log in you have to activate the list (push activate button) and the list entered, batch style in the radio buffer. If an ID is no longer active, you get an error, due to <player> id being invalid. This keeps the list from going active until you delete the inactive ID. In this way, once "Vinkman" quits, in a very short time, those that had him on their squelch list would have to clean him off the list, making it ok for a later player who picks "Vinkman"

Not a perma squelch, but a list that needs to be activated each time
List is easy to activate.
List is easy to update/modify
List only activates if all IDs are valid.
If players want to pay for several shades, it's eazy to keep up
If players change their ID to avoid squelching, the 'Error' message lets me know the old name is no longer in service.
Since you see the list every time you activate it, no chance of forgetting who is on it. 

Reasoning: 200 will be more civil if folks know it's easy to end up on a squelch list.

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Re: Permanent Personal Squelch list
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2012, 02:51:08 PM »
It would generate that error just by them being offline I would think.


(I used to have such a macro for my joystick and would click it each time I logged in.)
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