Chat Fragger!

[brian]

My favorite topic, and yet I can't find any posts on this!

I agree that chat fragging in death match is low, however, I have seen so much complaining in CTF that I wanted to see what other people think about this.

On one hand, you can see people chatting in the open channel, sometimes on the same team, sometimes not. But everyone can see what is being said, and it is obvious that the people chatting ought to be left alone. However, when one is in team chat, if you are on the other team, you don't know what they are saying. They could be having the same happy talk, but odds are good that this is not the case (or no one can tell).

Do people really believe that you have to wait until AFTER someone calls their teammates and says "Two guards with Nex near flag, am blocking lower exit with hagar, attack now".

And then there is the issue of the flag? Think about it. Someone steals the flag and runs by someone chatting. Do you think the stealer won't be backshot by the person chatting? I have run by a person who was chatting (and I did not have the flag) and have been backshot, so I say that is a given.

What about mass attack? I have seen five people bust into a flagroom, and in clearing the place out, end up getting cussed because one of the people was chatting. Who has time to tell what one person may be doing when you are going for volume?

I know others have strong feelings about this (who hasn't seen the commentary on this), but wondered if anyone wanted to elaborate on the topic.

[Shoe]

Voice chat, anyone?

[Vendor]

If you have the flag or it's an accident, I see no huge problem typekilling/chatfragging. It would be good manners to say "sorry" when you can though.

Otherwise I tend to think that as it is only a game, fragging someone who is simply chatting is a bit unfriendly. For me I'd prefer to risk the odd shot in the back after being nice, rather than assume I'm relaxing with a bunch of ******'s. Mind you, I never lock my front door or my car, either.

I find if you just let chatters be, at least half the players respect the fact you have chosen not to typekill, and will do the same. Makes for a much nicer experience all round, and that is worth a lot more than "winning" or "losing" imo.

[torus]

Voice chat would be awsome, although it would undoubtably be a spawning ground for those counter strike idiots who spam voice channels. Also, it would eat up my already abysmally narrow bandwidth.

Anyway... i think its just common courtesy not to typefrag someone. However, its easy to do by mistake, especially with the nex, and people who are typing should be smart enough to hold it in untill they can get to a safe(er) area. So, if you are typefragged, I think the best thing to do is just to let it go, unless they are doing it with malicious intent.

[PHREAK]

Well the best way to avoid the chatspam in voice chat is to use TeamSpeak or Ventilo.
That way, one choses who joins the chanel.
I have experience with TS only and I know it's extremly easy to setup and run.

You CTF guys might want to look into that.

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http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=334

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

"Hold on everyone! Somebody's chatting!"

I often shoot chatters by mistake. It just happens. Hot action everywhere and when somebody suddenly pops up the bubble its almost impossible to avoid that. Most likely you already fired a rocket.
This is live action. You cant just "pause".

I like Nexuiz because it is so fast and has this "hit-n-run" attitude. And usually the worst you can lose is a frag combo.

[Shoe]

Not having to worry about a visible kill-death ratio does take the sting off of type killing.

[ai]

I go by these rules.

1. Don't shoot people that are typing.
2. If you accidentally shot one say "Oops" <-- That I do Instead of sorry, just my way.
3. If you have the flag shot anyone, even type killers if need be. But later appologize for killing it.
4. If the enemy has the flag but is typing kill it! The flag is important and people might take advantage of chatting while having the flag. For instance: "You are low on health and stop and bring up the bubble. Wait for the health to restore and hope you'll get outta there alive."

[esteel]

Chatkilling (some say typekilling) happens now and then.. a rocket or a flicksnipe before you notice someone is in fact chatting. But what i really hate is when i'm standing in some corner or face a wall, with the chat sign and get shot 3-4 times till i'm fragged.
When this happens a few times and i can then i sometimes kick those people after warning them.
On the other hand i think people should not chat too much with the team as thats better done with predefinded messages ( http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=555 )
And yeah people having the flag should not chat and their defenders also not, though i sometimes do that