[Discuss] Any plans to introduce a new island?

[Tom Vogt]

LilWolf schrieb:
>> Quick fix: Tell people not to message the whole realm with every 
>> piece of nonsense.
>
> That doesn't work. They'll just ask for support from the others 
> responsible for nonsense messages and steamroll over the dissenting 
> voices and the silent majority that doesn't care about anything but 
> getting their hands on the latest orders. They'll say that's what the 
> message system is there for. Some people use it for long OOC talks in 
> front of the whole realm that have nothing to do with the game(e.g. 
> they're getting to know the players behind the characters in front of 
> the whole realm), because that's the only easy mechanism the game 
> provides for discussion with other players.
Now you know why there isn't a "reply to all" button. It'd make this 
extra-easy. People who keep a discussion running with messages sent to 
everyone are taking an extra step to do so. They are intentionally 
annoying. Put them on ignore.


> It just boils down to the issue that the message system does not 
> handle discussion within a small group very well and people are trying 
> to use it as some sort of a forum that allows free discussion about 
> everything.
Yes, if you use tools for things they weren't build to be, then it gets 
messy. Nothing new there.

> Now, we did talk about this a while ago on IRC and a few ideas were 
> thrown around. I remember most notably personal message groups. The 
> king can already form message groups, why not let an individual player 
> to form a few private groups that only he himself can see and use?
People wouldn't use it because it's "too much work" to update them every 
now and then.


Only thing I see as possible is
a) user eduction - ok, that was a joke, it never worked in the past in 
any area, why in BM?
b) adding a "this is spam" button to messages, and locking the "all 
realm" temporarily for people who sent too much spam.



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