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Title: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: fudgums on April 24, 2009, 02:42:15 PM
Im 99.9 percent sure this one has been asked before but I thought it should still be at the top of the wishlist.

I play online poker alot and every now and then I see an event of some sort come into the text buffer with the time till it starts.

Why can't we do that with the MA? Just like a weekly calender set up with the event and time and It pops up on the text buffer.

Just a thought
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: texastc316 on April 24, 2009, 03:27:12 PM
+1
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: B4Buster on April 24, 2009, 03:30:16 PM
They could if someone besides an HTC staff member had CM privs for the Main Arenas. Would be hard to trust someone with that responsibility though.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: stodd on April 24, 2009, 03:43:26 PM
Quote from: B4Buster on April 24, 2009, 03:30:16 PM
Would be hard to trust someone with that responsibility though.
I guess ill step up and volunteer myself for this. :D
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Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: Chilli on April 24, 2009, 03:53:16 PM
 :aok +1

I like it.  Attention, Kmart customers.......

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Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: WMLute on April 24, 2009, 03:55:05 PM
Quote from: fudgums on April 24, 2009, 02:42:15 PM
Im 99.9 percent sure this one has been asked before but I thought it should still be at the top of the wishlist.

I play online poker alot and every now and then I see an event of some sort come into the text buffer with the time till it starts.

Why can't we do that with the MA? Just like a weekly calender set up with the event and time and It pops up on the text buffer.

Just a thought

Really, that isn't a bad idea.

I wonder how hard it would be to "COAD" it so Special Events get broadcast automatically in the other arenas.  Something in the Text Buffer in Blue or Yellow that announces an event.  I bet it wouldn't be THAT hard to tie it in with the Calendar of Events.

Or MAYBE COAD it so when a player logs on they see it, somewhat like a MOTD, but in the text buffer.

hmmm...
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: waystin2 on April 24, 2009, 04:27:19 PM
Good idea! :aok
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: kvuo75 on April 25, 2009, 08:57:12 AM
 :aok :aok :aok


could definately help out turnout for wednesday snapshot, and SEC (whos turnout has been sad lately )
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: RTHolmes on April 25, 2009, 09:16:57 AM
+1, requested before. I think if it had been implemented the Thursday snapshots would still be running :(

would be very simple to coad the MOTD to pick up events from the AH calendar and announce on the text buffer eg. 30mins before event start.

Ive heard players of over a year asking "what is a snapshot?" pretty sure theres a large proportion of players that have no idea that theres more to AH than the MA. I always imagined a progression for players TA -> MA -> Snapshots -> FSO/Scenarios. most of the playerbase doesnt get further than the MA, which is fine if thats by choice, not so good if its because they dont realise that there is more.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: PFactorDave on April 25, 2009, 09:33:58 AM
Quote from: RTHolmes on April 25, 2009, 09:16:57 AM
Ive heard players of over a year asking "what is a snapshot?" pretty sure theres a large proportion of players that have no idea that theres more to AH than the MA. I always imagined a progression for players TA -> MA -> Snapshots -> FSO/Scenarios. most of the playerbase doesnt get further than the MA, which is fine if thats by choice, not so good if its because they dont realise that there is more.

FSO is the best thing AH has to offer, in my opinion.  I would love to see it expand even more.

Snapshots are cool too, but I think they suffer from the very thing that they are designed to be...  Somewhat spontaneus.   FSO gets good attendance because there is a pretty high level of commitment required to be a part of it.   Squads must organize to be in FSO, they must commit to a certain number of pilots.  There is planning done ahead of the event.  A good amount of anticipation builds as orders are issued, squads assign aircraft to their pilots, even up to the moment that the fields open and the sortie begins.  All of these things make FSO an event.

Snapshots, on the hand, are far more casual.  You can go, or not go, all on a whim.  I don't know, snapshots just lack the mystique that FSO has I guess.  But, I haven't done a snapshot for awhile, maybe I'll try to catch one in the near future and see if perhaps it is cooler then I recall.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: mike254 on April 25, 2009, 09:40:22 PM
I like it.  :aok Would increase the turnout for events a lot.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: StokesAk on April 25, 2009, 10:08:26 PM
+1 also, i have been asked to advertize for events before this would make alow of CMs jobs easier.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: daddog on April 27, 2009, 03:20:28 PM
+1 :)

CM's have asked for something like this over the years. I remember asking for it years ago.
Sure would be nice, but it is not on the HTC priority list. :)
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: Easyscor on April 27, 2009, 05:05:43 PM
+1

Reproducing the events calendar in the lobby would also help.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: moot on April 27, 2009, 05:27:58 PM
And how about.. a dedicated MOTD-like brief that you can bring up for the last announced event?  That the event CM's responsible for writing up.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: fudgums on July 28, 2009, 02:43:20 PM
Wishes do come true, Thank YOU Hitech and gang

#


# Added a Campaign Manager (CM) announcement channel that can be used to broadcast reminders to all arenas from the lobby when events are about to start.
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: texastc316 on July 28, 2009, 04:55:07 PM

See, the HTC staff listens to us
Title: Re: Events in the MA text buffer
Post by: A8TOOL on July 28, 2009, 06:38:10 PM
Well how bout that!  I'm sure you'll be able to attract a lot more players to those events while giving short term subscribers another reason to hang on to their accounts. Why that idea and a few others that help it's subscribers have never been implemented is baffling.

As i understand, many people keep their accounts open solely for events like FSO. Being able to make people aware of the many other things to do here besides furball in the main might counter some of the AH turn over.

I don't think the advertisements seen on the History channel bring in nearly as many squeakers as it does grown ups.  Hopefully the CM messages will be seen and attract interested players to your events more effectively than just saying "heres the game, download it and have fun trying to shoot people down"
 Theres a reason FSO is so popular and why people set aside Friday nights to play this game then log off directly.

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