What will 2.3 do?

[Spartan_239]

Current List For Everything We Need 2.3  

1. Console










feel free to add

[Baffle-Boy]

Current List For Everything We Need 2.3  

• Console (with all the kicking, banning, and Rcons.)
• classlimits

Features not necessarily needed but arguably would be better to have?

• Plugins?

is this agreeable so far?

[Spartan_239]

Yes.

[Lemonade]

You could also only be allowed to chat when respawning.
And chat should display x# bubbles as well as ,  , and team-specific stuff like , and   .

[trog]

irc is only there for the organizers to tell you what is going on, like map rotation setup, team setup, server setup, etc. you're never going to have to switch back and forth to chat, nor should you, because that is as intrusive as chatting during game already is (like all the vinmod chatters that stand around chatting, instead of playing).

if you're going to alt+tab to the irc window, it's your own fault for handicapping yourself, because no one should expect on-the-fly strategic calls on irc. ideally, the benefits of handicapping yourself by typing should outweigh the downsides, or at least should only be done when you're respawning; stuff like warning of backcaps, spies, or incoming attacks (i honestly don't see any other use than these three things). if you're going to alt+tab out to type out menial messages in irc, it's entirely your fault if you get killed or miss out on important information.

With chat you can recieve messages without handicapping yourself, unlike in irc where you have to alt tab just to see what your teammates are telling you.

And the other team can see the message too if it's something you'd want them to not know, or could distract them into alt tabbing if they think it's a message for them.

There's no reason not to use chat in comp. Sure it won't be impossible to play without it, but to stop using it would just be taking 2 steps back, since it's a complete upgrade over irc with teamchat and it appearing ingame, not in a seperate window.

[trog]

You could also only be allowed to chat when respawning.

And chat should display x# bubbles as well as ,  , and team-specific stuff like , and   .

no that's dumb

sounds confusing if you mess up the bubbles

[Malpracticeisdead]

someone give me the vinmod gmk for future reference

[RebelINS]

My original point was to have an irc client open in a separate window, as in you never actually have to alt+tab out of gg2, because it's still on your screen. You could still receive messages and read them while playing.

Besides, I don't think in-game chat or irc has ever helped me play better. Intermediate players rely on chat to figure out what their team is doing/should be doing; expert players already know what to do.

[Spartan_239]

Current List For Everything We Need 2.3  

• Console (with all the kicking, banning, and Rcons.)
• classlimits
• Scout buff?

Features not necessarily needed but arguably would be better to have?

• Plugins?
• 10 classes

is this agreeable so far?

[trog]

hm i play fullscreen so i unno

also wat you expert dongle i only inter mediate

[trog]

Current List For Everything We Need 2.3 

• Console (with all the kicking, banning, and Rcons.)

Features not necessarily needed but arguably would be better to have?

• Plugins

is this agreeable so far?

Made not dubm.

classlimits = part of console


and sorry mal dont have source

[RebelINS]

I'd vote in the poll, but it is too ambiguous. What are we agreeing or disagreeing on?

[Uniden]

I'd vote in the poll, but it is too ambiguous. What are we agreeing or disagreeing on?

I think it is the OP, when he says lots of people will leave because of no chat/etc.

[trog]

i think it's will you quit/play less w/o vinmod features (console, chat, classlimits etc.)

[Baffle-Boy]

1) woops, right you are, classlimits IS part of the console...

2) i agree with trog on basically everything so far. there is NO reason not to have chat as long as there is the option to turn it off... which there is. you don't HAVE to type in it, you dont HAVE to read it. no one is forcing you to. it is undeniably useful for competitive play, an irc isn't good enough, you cant see it while GG2 is fullscreen and to type a replay you must temporarily minimize GG2.

3) in answer to the thread's question, you can bet you won't see my awesome server again until i have a console with which to run it. i know it sounds childish, but sometimes i like to change maps without editing a text file :\