Beep command

Started by Troicha, November 20, 2007, 12:51:51 PM

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November 20, 2007, 12:51:51 PM
Just a quick note. Don't be afraid to use it.
November 20, 2007, 01:01:44 PM #1
Hehe.  It startles the hell out of me, though, when I'm idling in a tavern and someone gets beeped.  That sound is very strongly associated with death in my mind.
November 20, 2007, 01:03:19 PM #2
Totally, Moe. That is why I love the beep command. Even when it's me beeping someone else, it STILL scares me. And I have a sekret wish that it makes the other player wet themselves.
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November 20, 2007, 01:03:36 PM #3
Scares me also. I'll be replying to this board then I hear it, I scream "oh Shit!" And go back to the game... Then sigh because I didn't actually die. close call a few times.
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November 20, 2007, 02:11:39 PM #4
One thing to be aware of about the beep command is that it contains a small bug.  When you "beep someone" everyone else in the room sees it, too.

-- X
November 20, 2007, 02:13:04 PM #5
Actually, I just went and fixed that bug, so after the next reboot, you can ignore my previous post.

-- X
November 20, 2007, 02:20:38 PM #6
We thought that was a feature.  :cry:
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November 20, 2007, 02:39:13 PM #7
Well, if you want to beep the whole room, just "beep".

-- X
November 20, 2007, 02:51:01 PM #8
Really, whole room or target now? WOOT!
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November 20, 2007, 02:58:54 PM #9
It's always been like that; you can currently just "beep" and beep everyone in the room, and you can currently beep a target.  I've just fixed it so that if you beep a target, the emote and beeps are only seen by the recipient and the sender.

-- X
November 20, 2007, 08:09:16 PM #10
Quote from: "Xygax"Well, if you want to beep the whole room, just "beep".

-- X

you are giving me nasty ideas
some of my posts are serious stuff
November 21, 2007, 12:15:37 AM #11
I kind of liked it the way it was before. That way if someone was lagging out, you wouldn't end up with every other person in the room beeping them.
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November 21, 2007, 01:11:04 AM #12
Quote from: "Ghost"
Quote from: "Xygax"Well, if you want to beep the whole room, just "beep".

-- X

you are giving me nasty ideas

emote crumples to the ground.
beep
November 21, 2007, 02:00:33 AM #13
Yes, I know its always been that you could target and everybody heard it.
I'm just happy target now does not beep everybody. If being the target of a beep makes people panic its worse when you hear it and scramble out of posting on the GDB only to find out not only are you not dead, but they were beeping Amos not your beloved Malik.
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November 21, 2007, 05:36:13 PM #14
Quote from: "Cale_Knight"I kind of liked it the way it was before. That way if someone was lagging out, you wouldn't end up with every other person in the room beeping them.

Can you explain this in more detail?  What is it that would happen now that didn't happen before?

-- X
November 21, 2007, 05:37:10 PM #15
I think he's saying that noone would know anyone else beeped the person now, and so now the person lagging out will be beeped more than preveiously.
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November 21, 2007, 05:47:46 PM #16
Who cares if they're beeped more than once?

I swear, I think some of you guys stay up at night with a legal pad, thinking of things to bitch about.
November 21, 2007, 05:51:52 PM #17
Haha, yeah.



One time I was sitting at a table in a popular tavern talking to another character. He stopped responding for like 3-4 minutes so I beeped him. He went ooc to berate me as if I had twinked out on him or something.
November 21, 2007, 06:13:11 PM #18
I'd find it a little obnoxious unless it was for something important.  Not that I'd bitch about it, I mean, it's hard to care that much. Really hard.

I mean I could be having a way conversation and spamming think, and I probably don't need to spill beer in my keyboard because you got restless.  Generally if I'm being ignored I'll either wait or my character will move on and do something else.  

That said, if someone's afk and a gortok just entered from the north...
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."

"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.

"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
November 21, 2007, 06:15:24 PM #19
If you're going to stop responding to an active conversation for several minutes, I think the least you can do is throw out one of the common "I'm being Wayed/going AFK briefly/lost in thought" emotes. Rub your temples, save yourself from the beep of doom.
November 21, 2007, 06:17:29 PM #20
Agreed entirely.
I just don't see the point of using BEEP unless it's fairly important either.  

I guess I'm waffling. Am I waffling? I don't know... maybe.
It's almost like it's just not a big deal huh?
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."

"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.

"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
November 21, 2007, 06:21:31 PM #21
You mean to imply that this issue is not worth several pages of discussion?!
November 21, 2007, 06:22:30 PM #22
I wouldn't dare!  8)
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."

"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.

"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
November 21, 2007, 06:24:08 PM #23
Quote from: "Greve"If you're going to stop responding to an active conversation for several minutes, I think the least you can do is throw out one of the common "I'm being Wayed/going AFK briefly/lost in thought" emotes. Rub your temples, save yourself from the beep of doom.
November 21, 2007, 06:29:46 PM #24
Quote from: "a strange shadow"
Quote from: "Greve"If you're going to stop responding to an active conversation for several minutes, I think the least you can do is throw out one of the common "I'm being Wayed/going AFK briefly/lost in thought" emotes. Rub your temples, save yourself from the beep of doom.
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Quote from: Ami on November 23, 2010, 03:40:39 PM
>craft newbie into good player

You accidentally snap newbie into useless pieces.

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