Possible working toall system
 

I kinda have an idea for a toall system/channel, which I know already has been mentioned dozens of times before:
(yea, this should be in the future improvement section.. oh well :p)


Toalls should be divided into 'channels' in which each channel has it's own specific purpose. It'll help sort out all the bubbles into something the player actually wants to hear. This way, conversations/discussions wouldn't be interrupted by those blatant spam messages and other things. For this to work though we'll need to have frequent moderation of teh channels for the system to actually have a use, and participation by the users. Well, here they are.. feel free to add suggestions or modify the channels: (suggestion of layout attached)

Usage:
auction: <message>
flame: <message>
gossip: <message>
newbie: <message>
report: <message>
spam: <message>
tech: <message>

Examples:
> auction: Rare never-before-seen hat -- minimum bid 3250 gralats
> flame: WTF?!?!? THAT GUY JUST PK'ED ME WHEN I WAS AFK!!!
> gossip: Hi everyone! =D
> newbie: can someone tell me where to find the heart quest?
> report: There's a guy auto-healing when we spar =/
> spam: Old McStefan had a game G-R-A-A-L!
> tech: Huh? All I can see is black and letters..

These are channels reserved for specific purposes.
Messages on these channels reach everyone who is monitoring them.
Spamming is only allowed on the 'spam' channel.
Note that inappropriate language on any channel will be punished as normal.
All messages must be in the category in which they pertain to.

This shouldn't need to be said, but apparently some players can't work it
out for themselves. On open channels, everyone with it enabled hears
what you say on them. Inappropriate content on these channels
will be penalized. This includes swearing, abuse of other players,
spamming (repeating something many times) and shouting (using all capital
letters). Offenders will receive one warning, further breaches will
result in loss of channel privileges and demotion/deletion of account.

sorry for the smudged areas, loss from the jpg compression

It might work, but remove the Flame channel. Flaming is bad and we all know it. :( I still do it even though I know but it shouldn't be encouraged. :(

No Flaming channel, and no Spam channel. You should also have features like auto-kicking/baning spammers in those channels. Or do the same with excesive use of bad language.

yes but are newbies really going to know to use the "newbie" channel? I think it works fine how it is.

Hmmm interesting ideas. We could possibly also
take the toalls out, wanted to change the PM thing for
Graal2002 (you only see the people on your island or so)
and add something for contacting the members of your
kingdom. Toalls are nice but not when there 200 people
online, its too chaotic somehow, the channels thing
could reduce it

that b good idea small man

Stefan, just add a chat system with diffrent rooms, and possibly personal chat rooms. There ya go.

ya

Ahh... hmmm... how about change "toalls" to "Out Of Character/OOC" messages?

Yeah, good idea!

Yeah, the only reason I use toalls is to chat with multiple people all over the graal world.. it's the only other way to communicate besides massing out to every one of them. :(

I don't like the idea of having those channels, at least have a general chat channel or something, because if it's set up like desribed above, no one will ever use it because it will be to cumbersome to look through different channels in order to chat with others.. plus people would always spam in any of them no matter what.. :)

There is a "game"

wherin.

You can speak to the people in your immediate area.

and then shout to the people in that level.

and from then on out you can only send messages to specific people anywhere on the server.


and has a sort of /who system to find people.


*shuts up now*

leave toalls alone

i still want the toall box system like the one in RC.

that's the only good one. :o