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The Nanite Server Admin
Joined: 26 Apr 2002 Location: lost Posts: 6606
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: Voice Com |
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Over the last few weeks there have been increasing occurences of voice com foolishesness. Voice com is enabled so you can communicate battle details with your team as well as for some light conversation.
What voice com is not for includes but is not limited to the following: American Idol (or as the case may be Canadian Idol), yelling, cursing, whistling, humming, popping your gum, burping, farting (it has been done), or any other assorted noises your body is capable of making.
These have been causing disruptions during the games that are causing people to leave the servers. Accordingly, if you are doing something that is deemed to be abusing the voice com you will be warned once. A second occurence will cause you to be silenced. To become unsilenced you can leave and rejoin the server. However, if you abuse the voice com again on your return you will be banned for a week without warning. You get one warning. If you are warned and silenced one day and start abusing the voice com again on another you will be banned without a second warning. Warnings do not start over when the day does.
If you are banned for voice com abuse and wish to plead your case as to why you shouldn't be banned please use the Complaint Department. Many of you already know how to access the Complaint Department, for those of you that don't here is a link.
http://www.theville.org/complaints/cgi-bin/pdesk.cgi _________________
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JtH Registered User
Joined: 12 Jan 2002 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 1854
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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or, if you enjoy the foolishness, the vent server is always here. _________________
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Kurosaki Ichigo Registered User
Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Location: Canada eh!? Posts: 152
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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the only thing that bugs me is yelling into the mic or mics that are horribly staticy and distorted _________________
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StrontiumDog Server Admin
Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Location: Chilliwack, BC Guild: <eVa> & V$ Posts: 1115
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Kurosaki Ichigo wrote: | the only thing that bugs me is yelling into the mic or mics that are horribly staticy and distorted |
...or dufusses like me who forget to turn on the mike switch on their headsets and can't understand why no-one can hear him everytime he goes to speak, spending ages on the computer checking all the microphone settings...
Honestly... _________________
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The Tiju Registered User
Joined: 02 Feb 2006
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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i say just mute em the first time and ban em the next...that'll teach those mic spammers
oh yeah what do we do if we need to contact an admin if someone is gettin outta hand??? _________________
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The Nanite Server Admin
Joined: 26 Apr 2002 Location: lost Posts: 6606
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:21 am Post subject: |
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The Tiju wrote: | i say just mute em the first time and ban em the next...that'll teach those mic spammers
oh yeah what do we do if we need to contact an admin if someone is gettin outta hand??? |
Complaint Department unless you see one on another server. We're more than happy to change servers if there is a problem. _________________
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Kurosaki Ichigo Registered User
Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Location: Canada eh!? Posts: 152
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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the only problem with trying to mute someone at least for me anyway's is 9 times out of 10 it mutes not only the one i want but 2+ others as well. Which i cannot figure out. _________________
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Tickles Registered User
Joined: 20 May 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 197
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Kurosaki Ichigo wrote: | the only problem with trying to mute someone at least for me anyway's is 9 times out of 10 it mutes not only the one i want but 2+ others as well. Which i cannot figure out. |
I have that problem too. I go to mute 1 person and it mutes 2-3 others as well, so I can't mute. LOL _________________
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Cake Ville Supporter
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have to respectfully disagree with this post. There are times when that sort of stuff on voice com is excessive or inappropriate, but for the most part that is exactly the sort of stuff that makes The Ville fun. If people can't display their personalities or little quirks and eccentricities, then the server just becomes a bland place where people come to click buttons and wrack up kills.
Sure, I get a little mad sometimes when I'm trying to say "2 behind the suze" and someone is laughing at ellroy getting slapped all over the map, but I'm only mad for half a second and I realize it's just a game, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Long live The Ville, and remember to vote Man Boobies 2008! |
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Kixx Ville Supporter
Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Location: Florida...WPB!!!! Guild: TVR & V$ Posts: 233
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Um..I am sorry...that was me laughing at Ellroy getting slapped across
the map....I can't help myself _________________
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Bleeding Tomato Ville Supporter
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Location: Altus, oklahoma Posts: 544
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Cake wrote: | I have to respectfully disagree with this post. There are times when that sort of stuff on voice com is excessive or inappropriate, but for the most part that is exactly the sort of stuff that makes The Ville fun. If people can't display their personalities or little quirks and eccentricities, then the server just becomes a bland place where people come to click buttons and wrack up kills.
Sure, I get a little mad sometimes when I'm trying to say "2 behind the suze" and someone is laughing at ellroy getting slapped all over the map, but I'm only mad for half a second and I realize it's just a game, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Long live The Ville, and remember to vote Man Boobies 2008! |
Cake I'm with you on this one. It can get out of hand though. I've even done it and got booted for it. I enjoy the fun people here and like talking with them. I wish everyone used Vent that would be awesome and it wouldn't interfer with the game play. Maybe we should try and get the word out on vent _________________ <eVa>Bleeding Tomato-III$
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ReDsKiN Registered User
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Location: Grand Rapids,MI Posts: 100
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Lt.Tango Ville Supporter
Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Location: Zeeland, Mi Guild: TVR -|m0m|- Posts: 105
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with Cake...but there has to be a point too _________________
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." John Lennon
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l3eeron Ville Supporter
Joined: 04 Jan 2002 Location: Stuck in a perputual loop of nowness Posts: 682
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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OK heres a situation Ive been dying to bring up....here's my take on it:
Voice com is AWESOME! too awesome for others who can not resist the chance to MAKE everyone listen. I think mic spamming is a total epidemic at the ville. If you wanna chat go to a friggen chat room!!!! PLEASE!!!! I like to chit chat too, but I keep it to a minimum. I pretty much keep it like it we were actually sitting in a room. If theres one guy talking, don't talk louder to over power him, wait your turn! If someone is just bs-ing, shut up when someone speaks up about the game. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "garble garble something something BUNKER!" cuz I can't hear over the kook shouting about his dogs and cats. It really takes away from the game. On the other hand, like B.Tomatoe says, I like to bond with the villuns though. It's difinitly a fine line with lots of grey area. All in all, 90% of the time mic spamming doesn't happen, I just get sooo irritated at the selfish immature people who can't control themselves
BTW Ellroy doesn't spam, he knows when to shut up, BIG difference _________________ =(M)-(M)= Mal n the m00bs - TVC 06 finalists
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Willie Busserhimen Ville Supporter
Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 128
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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agreed.
I get so annoyed with people who can't use voice chat like normal human beings. Iono... maybe I'm just a ville server III rule nazi.
Like for instance... The other night I was on and there were these 2 or 3 teens on. I'm a pretty good judge so right away when they started talking I knew something was going to go down with them. Then they start saying (input the real words yourself) "asian racial slur this" "you're a hispanic racial slur that" "shut up you stupid african racial slur." That's the shit that pisses me off. 1) If you are like that, then keep it to yourself. 2) If you talk like that it breaks the ville rules. 3)You're not cool.
No one was doing ANYTHING about it. I couldn't at the time.
I'm not saying that racism is a huge problem at the ville, because we all know its loving not... but that was just an example of what makes me mad. If you hear me or see me telling someone to STFU, that or someone with a really bad mic who yells is what usually went down.
Kids... kids too. they make me mad... a lot. But im nice about it. _________________ RIDE TEH WILLIE BUSS
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