Entertainer Archive
Thread: My Stay in a Fun Profession :) Longish About Group Leadership.
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Penguin-X
Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:53 pm
#1
I'm not holo grinding... Im just dancing.
I am an At The Keyboard group leading dancer.
I dont mind AFKers... they have their place. They entertain during hours many dont (coronet afkers irritate a little). They can be in my group as long as they keep playing and their macros dont suck 
It has come to my attention that there is a HUGE level of hatred for the AFKers... and I am atk almost constantly (except when i need food).
I think AFK'ers shouldnt be hated... except those begging for money in a macro... hate them.. please.
But what I loved from Dancer was not what I thought... I thought it would be the people who came to watch me. But I dont even notice when people are talking in the cantina because of all the xp spam we get... so i stick with gchat.
I think the fun here comes from the groups... you meet a lot of new people there. Leadership is fun and rewarding. I am a master doctor and dancer and have loved getting the people to thank me for the good group with free buffs (a combo any leading dancer should try! People love the buffs!)
I have proposed some group restructuring in the in concept thread, though I did it in the wrong way at first and am getting flak... so I wrote it out in a better way and thought I would post here since it took my time to write it. Some feedback would be nice too
This will mainly interest you At Keyboard group leaders... to the good ones... i salute you... its not easy to run a strong group with no broken macroers.
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The situation: I am a member of the coronet cantina dancing away...
Lets assume that I am not leader.
If the leader goes LD, and the leadership goes to an AFK entertainer, we are stuck with him as the leader.
More people dancing = more xp for everyone.
The leader can not cleanse the group by kicking people not dancing, nor can he get people to join the group since only he can invite.
We should be able to revoke his leadership to get a leader able to lead.
Another problem I noticed while entertaining... you cant kick outside group invite range. I have had to jump on my bike to hunt them down before they get off planet. What is the problem in implementing a kick for members out of range?
Also, buffing in cantinas can not yet be done, but is hopeful to entertainers and presents a hassle to the group buffer. Player City cantinas have the perk of allowing buffing inside the cantina. Could we get something similar for cantinas in coronet and other static cities?
Also, the /ui action command for selecting group members only works up to member 7 I believe, also something that could be great if fixed.
The visual effect of the dancers are somewhat disappointing... and dont count as a flourish which would make them somewhat useful.
Group members who are LD dont leave for a long time, often going unnoticed by the group leader for awhile. If there was a (ld) next to their name in the group list... that would help out a ton.
The band commands to get stopped players going again have limited and sporatic effectiveness that I have not yet been able to isolate the reasons.
The tumble bots using the activate clone command should probably be fixed since it isa glitch.
We receive too much spatial spam about the xp we are getting and it is hard to read the real dialog in the spatial chat box.
Entertainers havent had any love either you guys and they are a profession too so just throwing some of these ideas in for the "in concept"
so just throwing some of these ideas in for the "in concept"-----
Dhrun
Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:29 pm
#2
Penguin-X wrote:
Another problem I noticed while entertaining... you cant kick outside group invite range. I have had to jump on my bike to hunt them down before they get off planet. What is the problem in implementing a kick for members out of range?
In the group list on the topleft of the screen, rightclick on the name of the person and kick him/her
Penguin-X
Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:39 pm
#3
doesnt work 
It shows the option, but you can not kick them.
It shows the option, but you can not kick them.
Message Edited by Penguin-X on 03-08-2004 11:43 PM
GerRob
Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:49 am
#4
to better able to read the Spatial, simply create a new Tab
where you exclude all the xp infos
where you exclude all the xp infos
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