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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: hblair on January 09, 2003, 09:12:56 AM

Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: hblair on January 09, 2003, 09:12:56 AM
Probably already been brought up, but HT, have you considered not having a channel one in the coming mission based arena? You might kill two birds with one stone there. You'd give the players an organized mission arena and kill the sometimes childish channel 1 stuff.

This might help draw more pilots in there. With no channel one there'd be no taunting, smack, whining, etc. There'd be improved immersion. But you might have to disable private channel between non-countrymen to keep the nuts from causing trouble.
People would always have the MA for socializing and stuff.

So how about no comms between non-countrymen in the new arena?
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: Yeager on January 09, 2003, 09:19:49 AM
Good Idea.  Damned good.

Keep thinking
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: muckmaw on January 09, 2003, 09:31:14 AM
I don't get it.

The first thing I do when I log in:

.squelch 1

I think I can type that faster than my own name by now.

Now if the Ch1 bandwidth...or whatever can be used for a better cause, I'm all for the idea. But otherwise, I just squelch it.
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: maxtor on January 09, 2003, 09:33:30 AM
muckmaw beat me to it, MA already doesn't have a channel 1 for me.
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: hblair on January 09, 2003, 09:40:33 AM
What I was getting at is no ability between sides to communicate at all. No cheating would be possible. No waa waa private channel drivel, etc. I'm thinking it'd make the atmosphere of the arena different. Of course channel 2 might be full of the channel 1 crapola. :) Just a thought anyway...
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: BobF on January 09, 2003, 09:46:33 AM
If PMs was killed people would just be using ICQ or similar programs. AH seems to handle alt-tabbing fine..
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: straffo on January 09, 2003, 09:51:54 AM
Well I've no trouble with ch1 myself as I rarely see much text diarhea  but what about not having the actual kill message ?

Something like :
"you have killed a *insert plane name here*"
and "something shot you down"


Instead of "you've again killed straffo the clown"
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: Rude on January 09, 2003, 09:57:43 AM
Good idea HB...if I want to socialize, I'll go to the MA...be nice to have a place where it's strictly business.
Title: Radio idea for mission based arena
Post by: vorticon on January 09, 2003, 01:22:20 PM
sounds really good...would stop people from accidently typing up the plan on channel 1 as well;