Archived Player Access To Event Chat

[Reaganism]

As simple as it is, give players access to make announcements either in the event chat or a player-hosted-events chat. Have this be on an hour or two long cooldown.

I do not play factions, so I can't speak for the benefits and drawbacks there.

For roleplay, it would allow players to announce events happening that are free-to-attend. Duels, boxing matches, shop openings or calendar-announced events too.

It could give every player the means and knowledge to attend events; right now, it's mostly skype chats spreading the word.

The obvious drawback is, of course, possible spam.

A suggestion to counter this would be to limit event announcement to trustee players or premiums.

 

[Zacatero]

See, one reason pretty much everybody has event chat enabled, is because its only used when staff run events. If players were to start running unofficial events using E: chat... it might become more ignored.

 

[Reaganism]

See, one reason pretty much everybody has event chat enabled, is because its only used when staff run events. If players were to start running unofficial events using E: chat... it might become more ignored.

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Create a different channel then. I personally would prefer having a communication channel where player-ran events can be shared. Makes it easier to find roleplay with purely on-server means that are available to any player and don't discriminate between them.

 

[Legoclub22]

I'd not be keen on the idea of players able to use the current Event chat, I could see that leading to abuse. A new chat for player events could be handy, though.

Alternatively, there could just be a simple system for players to get Staff to announce their events for them.

 

[Erzly]

A new event chat for player events would be good, i like that idea more.