DeletedUser14492
Guest
Proposal:
I have played Grepolis for around 3 years. In this time there have been MANY ideas posted by various people in an effort to improve the atrocious in game chat facility.
Here are some examples...
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?30952-In-Game-Chat-Box
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?34386-Idea-Permanent-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?43043-Improve-The-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?26364-chat-notification
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?28910-chat-room
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?28681-Resizable-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?21355-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?31862-Master-Chat-Box-(Connects-whole-Server)
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?38706-BB-Codes-in-chat-box
I propose to effectively merge all of theses ideas/threads into one place in some fashion. In this way all the comments and suggestions are in one location. This will be easier for people to contribute and easier for the mods/devs to take things forward hopefully as there will be a greater impact.
As we can see from these threads the weight of opinion is really quite large.
Reason:
Over the years there have been so many people posting ideas to try and improve the atrocious in game chat facility. These ideas often do not "pass" or get taken forward for a number of reasons. But one thing is clear, the community WANT CHANGE. Common sense dictates that if this ideas forum is to serve its purpose then given the weight of opinion Inno must surely now look at this matter seriously.
There is simply no valid reason for Grepolis not to have a good and functional world/alliance/pact chat facility etc.
Details:
I am unsure how this would work, it may need one or two dedicated players/mods to look through the threads I have linked above and try and come up with one coherent idea that pulls together the salient points, I would be happy to try and work with someone to achieve this if we decide to try and make this work. However really I think this is the job of the devs, the ideas are there, the comments and suggestions are there... please do something with them!
A large body of opinion shows that the community want the chat facility improved. There are various ways to do this, various ideas and many many comments with good suggestions to help develop matters. Bringing these together should result in strong "idea" that the devs can then hopefully take forward.
No more excuses like "oh it cannot be coded" or "oh it will reveal online times" or "oh I dont want to chat" or "oh we already use skype etc" or "oh its not needed" or "oh its been suggested before" or "oh it wont pass" or WHATEVER. I have personally dealt with all of these critisisms in a post I made in one of these threads. These are not valid reasons and I can explain why if need be.
Chat improvement ideas keep being posted because the community want it. People that post in the ideas forum are representative of the entire community - it must surely now be time for the devs to take action.
Visual Aids: n/a
Balance/Abuse Prevention: n/a
Ev
ps, ideas dont get taken forward unless you, yes you reading this, POST and RATE threads. Please post and rate.
I have played Grepolis for around 3 years. In this time there have been MANY ideas posted by various people in an effort to improve the atrocious in game chat facility.
Here are some examples...
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?30952-In-Game-Chat-Box
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?34386-Idea-Permanent-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?43043-Improve-The-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?26364-chat-notification
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?28910-chat-room
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?28681-Resizable-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?21355-Chat
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?31862-Master-Chat-Box-(Connects-whole-Server)
http://forum.en.grepolis.com/showthread.php?38706-BB-Codes-in-chat-box
I propose to effectively merge all of theses ideas/threads into one place in some fashion. In this way all the comments and suggestions are in one location. This will be easier for people to contribute and easier for the mods/devs to take things forward hopefully as there will be a greater impact.
As we can see from these threads the weight of opinion is really quite large.
Reason:
Over the years there have been so many people posting ideas to try and improve the atrocious in game chat facility. These ideas often do not "pass" or get taken forward for a number of reasons. But one thing is clear, the community WANT CHANGE. Common sense dictates that if this ideas forum is to serve its purpose then given the weight of opinion Inno must surely now look at this matter seriously.
There is simply no valid reason for Grepolis not to have a good and functional world/alliance/pact chat facility etc.
Details:
I am unsure how this would work, it may need one or two dedicated players/mods to look through the threads I have linked above and try and come up with one coherent idea that pulls together the salient points, I would be happy to try and work with someone to achieve this if we decide to try and make this work. However really I think this is the job of the devs, the ideas are there, the comments and suggestions are there... please do something with them!
A large body of opinion shows that the community want the chat facility improved. There are various ways to do this, various ideas and many many comments with good suggestions to help develop matters. Bringing these together should result in strong "idea" that the devs can then hopefully take forward.
No more excuses like "oh it cannot be coded" or "oh it will reveal online times" or "oh I dont want to chat" or "oh we already use skype etc" or "oh its not needed" or "oh its been suggested before" or "oh it wont pass" or WHATEVER. I have personally dealt with all of these critisisms in a post I made in one of these threads. These are not valid reasons and I can explain why if need be.
Chat improvement ideas keep being posted because the community want it. People that post in the ideas forum are representative of the entire community - it must surely now be time for the devs to take action.
Visual Aids: n/a
Balance/Abuse Prevention: n/a
Ev
ps, ideas dont get taken forward unless you, yes you reading this, POST and RATE threads. Please post and rate.
Last edited by a moderator: