Business And Economy Archive
Thread: spammers and auction chat.
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SeraCohw
Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:27 pm
#1
is there some way to get poeple to stop spamming in spatial and only spam in auction. what is the point to that chat if no one is encouraged to use it. could something be implemented like aim has were if u say to muach in a such a short period of time you have a timeer to wait before u can say anything again. htere is no need to have thewse spammers repeat the same thing every 2 seconds. also cold u make an addignor target comand. it is annoying having to try to type the persons name 2 or 3 times cuase of ' or " or -. just a few sugestions maybe someone will listen and helm reduce lag.
bluejanus
Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:44 pm
#2
SeraCohw wrote:
is there some way to get poeple to stop spamming in spatial and only spam in auction. what is the point to that chat if no one is encouraged to use it. could something be implemented like aim has were if u say to muach in a such a short period of time you have a timeer to wait before u can say anything again. htere is no need to have thewse spammers repeat the same thing every 2 seconds. also cold u make an addignor target comand. it is annoying having to try to type the persons name 2 or 3 times cuase of ' or " or -. just a few sugestions maybe someone will listen and helm reduce lag.
No. Part of the problem is actually that the limit to how far talking can be "heard" is far too wide. You can alias the addignore command then it would be simpler for you I think.
Drusan
Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:38 am
#3
Sure spam is annoying, but honestly, is it really ruining your "gaming experience"? They shouldn't change the mechanics of the game because something like people advertising their wares is annoying to you.
I'm tired of turning on the news to hear about Michael Jackson and his perversions but do you think if I call the broadcasters and tell them thatit will make any difference?
Scudder
Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:43 am
#4
Drusan wrote:
Sure spam is annoying, but honestly, is it really ruining your "gaming experience"? They shouldn't change the mechanics of the game because something like people advertising their wares is annoying to you.
I'm tired of turning on the news to hear about Michael Jackson and his perversions but do you think if I call the broadcasters and tell them thatit will make any difference?
Exactly... the/addignore command is a powerful tool that's already in-game. I encourage you to use it liberally.
Anthemion
Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:09 pm
#5
I think it would be reasonable to run a client side script checking to see if someone is spaming (repeating themselves too much and too quickly) to be executed when you send a chat message. If it is thought that players shouldn't be restricted from this kind of speech then so be it. I like reducing the shout radius. It will interfere when shouting to someone you are trying to coordinate with, but you should probably /tell or groupchat.
I like aliasing addignore. I'm going to do that myself.
I like aliasing addignore. I'm going to do that myself.
Vyrticl
Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:56 pm
#6
putting a timer will only fix the problem for a few hours as the spammers will just change the timing o nthe spam. But i agree there should be something done about this spam, it adds to the server load and therefore the lag
bluejanus
Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:19 pm
#7
Vyrticl wrote:putting a timer will only fix the problem for a few hours as the spammers will just change the timing o nthe spam. But i agree there should be something done about this spam, it adds to the server load and therefore the lag
Does the spam actually add that much to the server load? I think the loading of the spamming character adds more to the server load than the spamming itself.
Smart_Darwin
Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:35 pm
#8
Goodness gracious! Is the game really that perfect that this is the biggest issue we need to deal with. As has been discussed in at least 3 other threads in the past 2 months, there is no viable alternative. The auction tab is not really an option... if you think spamming on spatial is bad, you havent looked at the auction tab. But then again, thats kind of the point, isn't it? o one really looks at the auction tab (at least I never do).
We need some way to advertise our current wares in game. Ad barking is a way to connect buyers with sellers while circumventing the whole vendor hunting experience. Give us a better tool and the need for ad barking will go away. If you really want to get rid of annying stuff, how about preventing fights in cantinas, or spaceports. Now THAT's annoying!
Jmasta-hibe
Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:37 pm
#9
i get client crashes and terrible lag because of these spammers, i've tried checking the ignore chat from afk players box but the spammers just put a /kneel /stand in their macro to keep from going afk and get around that filter.
but on the other hand i wouldn't like to see a timer put on how often you can speak thats just not right
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