GLOBAL ooc/auction. Poll time.

[Kainzo]

It is not classic Jesikah, though the /join function was great for CLASS discussions, pally/tank etc.. We used that extensive cross servers for the lead of their classes to discuss problems / bugs etc.

Originally Posted by r0xx0r [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

tbh, it shouldn't be voted on - but i guess that's just me, the server is going for the current state of the game, be it classic, kunark, or velious- so hell yeah, out with the shit that dont' belong. (that is saying that it can be changed) i really believe that if folks are gonna leave because of it being removed. They won't be missed- Go back to wow, ultima online trammel land, or maybe try out EZ server i heard you start with epics there...

hey hey /rant off

manhatten

Hey Manhatten, your internet ever get fixed from yesterday?

[r0xx0r]

still in the loops, oh how i wish i had google, even if it is evil! (refering to internet malf.)

[darwinain]

Why don't we drop global ooc/auction for a week or two on a trial basis and then have another poll to see if anyone has changed their minds?

--Dar

[stormlord]

This poll should have had a 3rd option:
"Yes, if and when the population is higher (ex: 1000)."

That was what the last poll did and it was more representative. I haven't even voted in this one.

Nilbog made a post that when it was 200, people wanted 500, and now that it's 700, people still want more. He implied we'll always want more. Well, servers during live had 1500-2500, maybe 1000+ average. That's an absolute. My thinking is 1000 would be a good number to shoot for because these days it's easier to use forums, network, we have item links and people have more knowledge of the game that they can share with others. So I don't think we need 2000+ max or 1000+ average to have a sufficient population. Furthermore, a lot of people playing at project1999 came here explicitly because this is classic, this is THE game! Global auctioning is not their top priority. In other words, the loss of it would not be a huge gamble or huge loss.

Like someone else here said, global chat is to conversation as pok books are to travel. They trivialize elements of classic eq that helped to make it unique, despite how controversial the elements are in other games. We have a tremendous advantage compared to 1999 because of global chat and auctioning. I tried to find a middle ground by making a thread about filtering global chat (while allowing people to still use global chat) to remedy this in the meantime until we have sufficient population to approximate the conditions of that era.

Have to also give attention to the spam in /ooc and /auction (when everyone on the server is using them, it fills up the window fast) and the auctions that are on the other side of the world (people don't say where they're most of the time and you might not be able to travel that far). A filtering mechanism would address this.

[Astropunk]

I voted yes. 700+ population is way more than necessary to remove it. I'm tired of seeing the same 25 people talk every night about nothing of any value, and yet they use the ports and lfg as reasons to keep it (I get groups and ports just fine without it). Trying to sell things is really annoying with global auction because you get tells from lowbies uninterested in the item far away asking how much is it worth.

But even if I wasn't constantly annoyed by both global chats I would vote yes. What is provided here is an emu classic everquest server and in classic everquest there was no global chat. The guy who is too lazy to look up how to get keyz in Paineel and there isn't someone there to help him, doesn't get to make an evil erudite.

[eqdruid76]

Originally Posted by Astropunk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I voted yes. 700+ population is way more than necessary to remove it. I'm tired of seeing the same 25 people talk every night about nothing of any value, and yet they use the ports and lfg as reasons to keep it (I get groups and ports just fine without it). Trying to sell things is really annoying with global auction because you get tells from lowbies uninterested in the item far away asking how much is it worth.

But even if I wasn't constantly annoyed by both global chats I would vote yes. What is provided here is an emu classic everquest server and in classic everquest there was no global chat. The guy who is too lazy to look up how to get keyz in Paineel and there isn't someone there to help him, doesn't get to make an evil erudite.

This. The game should be completely unplayable by the lazy , the flaky, and the self-entitled. I don't mind losing that demographic of players one bit, even if we end up with 50 players left on the server. Which we won't of course, because the most vocal proponents will continue to play the game and find something to complain about every step of the way...

[eqdruid76]

Originally Posted by President [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's pretty silly do take a poll if you are going to do whatever you want anyway. There's about 5 threads in the general chat that have been going on for months that sum up every thought posted here.

Q Q

[Phallax]

Oh I love the people pulling the "well the majority wants it" the votes are nearing 500 and the polls is only spread by 30, while it is majority its a slim line. I could see your "majority" arguement if it were say 400 v 100

[President]

Please take out tells while people are zoning, and item links too, those aren't classic. They totally ruin my immersion.

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by President [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Please take out tells while people are zoning, and item links too, those aren't classic. They totally ruin my immersion.

This is a poll about global ooc/auction. Take your other topics elsewhere. I'm sure people have a lot to say about them as well.