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Thread: Question from a patron

Vorpaks
Wed May 19, 2004 10:14 am
#1

Are there certain cantinas that are designated non-afk? I was sitting in Theed last night, listening to the afk macro spam, and missing the old Dearic cantina. There is no one to chat-happy-flirt with anymore.

Are there certain cantinas where career-dancers/musicians/entertainers hang out? I have avatars on the following servers: Radiant, Wanderhome, Tempest, Starsider, Bloodfin, Bria, Ahazi, and Flurry.

I would much rather give my wounds (and tips) to a live person rather than an afk-zombie! There are dozens of empty cantinas across the galaxy. Is one of these the super-secret hideout of non-afk dancers? I will jump servers for a chance to be healed by live people, and maybe a little conversation!



Paks
Master Ranger/Master Creature Handler
-I support ATK play

doltec
Wed May 19, 2004 11:38 am
#2

well you asked in the right spot, but unfortunately anywhere that is popular to dance has become plagued with afk entertainers. I have been searching around tempest for almost a month now looking for a cantina without an afk entertainer that has a decent amount of traffic. I have found many empty cantina's but they are also in empty towns with no patrons. Ilike dancing but i am not going to dance in an empty cantina for hours on end without a single person coming by.


Any other dancers and musicians on tempest i would like to know if you would want to designate tyrena as an alternate to coronet for the non afk of us. There is plenty of room, a hotel and cantina right across from each other in the northern half of the city and a theatre and another hotel in the southern part of the city. I have been trying to stay there but i can only stay so long before i become bored dancing by myself. My fiancee is going to learn musician so we can practice while no one is there. I really want to put together dance routines tomusic but its hard to do when you dont have a musician.


Reolae Oacra- tempest






Mac'hin Shinowea
(Me: I think I can take him)
(Matticus: Don't we are almost there)
(Me: Incapped.. nope slain i'll be there in a minute)
Arir the Ithorian
(Who is in needof stylish clothes)
Groovymarlin
Wed May 19, 2004 1:40 pm
#3

Hey Vorpaks. Probably the ideal place to ask about this is in the server forums for the servers you primarily play on. I know you said you play on Bria sometimes and I believe Bria has an in-game chat channel where the at-keyboard entertainers share information. I apologize for not remembering what it's called, on Intrepid ours was called "NoAFK." You could probably join that channel and ask where the live people are performing.


If you're not sure how to join chat channels, you right click on one of your tabs (like the Spatial tab) and choose "Join channel." That brings up a browser of all the different channels and sub-channels in your galaxy. The overall entertainer channel is probably set up under Galaxy - Chat - then whatever they've named it. There's room for a description too so you can see what it is. Just click on it and then click Join. Then make sure you modify your spatial tab (or whatever tab you're using) to display the text from the channel you just joined (I think it usually does this automatically but hey, it's SOE, you never know!).


Also if the channel is always called the same thing you can usea slash command to automatically join. So if the channel is called "ATK" then you would type "/chat join ATK" and it will automatically join and display for you.


I think Starsider's entertainers have something similar as well, there are so many roleplayers on Starsider it wouldn't surprise me if they have several.


Speaking from my own experience on Intrepid, Coronet is about the worst place in the universe as far as seas of AFK zombies. Of course there are nights when this isn't the case and the cantina gets taken over by at-the-keyboard divas and stars, but those are rare. Theed is sometimes slightly better, and Bestine is better yet. Pretty much every cantina in the rest of the galaxy is hit-or-miss.You can check the planetary map to see if anyone has registered at a cantina (a little symbol appears next to it in the listing), but that system is so buggy, I wouldn't rely solely on it.


Of course if you do go into one of the popular cantinas, there's nothing wrong with saying "Is anybody here not AFK?" as soon as you walk in. I see this all the time. Usually the live person or persons inside will respond enthusiastically and then you know who to watch/listen to! Sit down and start chatting, after you /addignore all the spambots it can be quite refreshing.


Good luck!



La'lepa Ofo

Master Dancer :: Master Swordswoman :: Force Sensitive
AFKing is not entertaining - support real entertainers

Xyrdre
Wed May 19, 2004 1:47 pm
#4


And any time you're on Ahazi, look for members of the LIVE Entertainment guild. Always ATK, no matter what. A lot of our members frequent theBestine cantina, and as we have members from around the world, we have close to 23/7 coverage a lot of the time.


I myself travel a lot to try to spread real entertainment to the reaches of Ahazi... if you drop by, feel free to look me up, and I'll do my best to direct you to some LIVE Entertainment!







Deila Karlossi , Blue Glowie of Dancers, and become more powerful than you could possibly imagine...
kirah_ashlin
Wed May 19, 2004 2:10 pm
#5



Hi, Vorpaks -for your alt on Bria, may I recommend The Bishops' Sanctuary in Veritias, Naboo, north of Theed. It is a player cantina and designated for LIVE entertainment only. While there is no guarantee someone will always be there, you can usually find at least one of about 1/2 dozenentertainers of various levels (from Master Musicanand Dancer to Master Entertainer) online just about every night of the week (players on both coasts of the US) and through the weekend. Do keep in mind that Veritas is a Rebel factioned city and home to True Fellowship Knights . . .


We do have a live entertainer chat on Bria that is simply called "ent" and you can find us under the public chat folder in the chat channel window. We have entertainers with player cantinas on Corellia, Tatooine and Bria and some hearty ents who frequent the NPC cantinas, too! So feel free to stop in the chat or send me a /tell or email anytime!

ArgentWulf
Wed May 19, 2004 8:42 pm
#6



I see Kirah preceeds me again. (Lei says its only because she go home before her.)


Anyway, not a lot to add to her post just that if you want to hook up with live-we-do-this-because-we-want-to-not-because-some-silly-little-box-told-us-to-entertainers just type


/chat join ent


whenever you are on Bria, stop in and say Hiya!





Leivi Esava
Galaxy Girl for May 2005
Life is a journey, not a destination, enjoy the ride! A special friend makes it even more fun.
Vorpaks
Thu May 20, 2004 12:56 am
#7

/cheer!

I will definitely check in Tyrena first when I need to get healed!

Thank you!



Paks
Master Ranger/Master Creature Handler
-I support ATK play

Vorpaks
Tue May 25, 2004 9:59 am
#8

Thank you so much! I'm making a list of all the places you suggested, and I will definitely look for that Entertainer chat on Radiant (I hope we have one!)



Paks
Master Ranger/Master Creature Handler
-I support ATK play

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