RP and Battles

[Kushan]

If this has been previously proposed or discussed I apologies in advance, I was wondering currently how to better the RP battle system. RP battles are done in thread, with time constrains between 2 moves if I’m not mistaken and even then, the players have to refresh the pages to observe changes not to mention spamming. I think a turn based chat like system would be much suited for this kind of battles where a chat is created between the two or more exclusive parties, they then take turns and end there move and end the turn, then the opponent can go...so on and so forth? What are you thoughts???

 

[Anbu578]

If this has been previously proposed or discussed I apologies in advance, I was wondering currently how to better the RP battle system. RP battles are done in thread, with time constrains between 2 moves if I’m not mistaken and even then, the players have to refresh the pages to observe changes not to mention spamming. I think a turn based chat like system would be much suited for this kind of battles where a chat is created between the two or more exclusive parties, they then take turns and end there move and end the turn, then the opponent can go...so on and so forth? What are you thoughts???

Sorry bud but by what your saying it seems it would cause a whole lot of confusion and more arguments towards other members here

 

[Kushan]

Would you mind if I ask "how so?"

 

[Anbu578]

Would you mind if I ask "how so?"

well first is the confusion by how you explained it in your post it seems very confusing to understand the concept towards it

 

[Kushan]

It is isn’t it, this happens to me all the time, when I get that idea light globe above my head I get all excited and I get carried away; lets see if I can break this down.

Create a thread challenging another RPer(s) on the battle section, when and if the challenged individual except it they click on a button or link which to open up a separate chat window spawned from NB.

The window should be programmed and designed in such a way; that only mods, and the participants can post in it, the only difference is the posting happens in real time much like any chat you can imagine.

This reduces the time spent between moves by RPers and prevents from them cheating or referring to external material extensively and furthermore discourages spamming/flaming etc.

Of course other people can watch the chat window, but they can’t post anything in it; and yeah that’s my idea

Is that better??

 

[Anbu578]

It is isn’t it, this happens to me all the time, when I get that idea light globe above my head I get all excited and I get carried away; lets see if I can break this down.

Create a thread challenging another RPer(s) on the battle section, when and if the challenged individual except it they click on a button or link which to open up a separate chat window spawned from NB.

The window should be programmed and designed in such a way; that only mods, and the participants can post in it, the only difference is the posting happens in real time much like any chat you can imagine.

This reduces the time spent between moves by RPers and prevents from them cheating or referring to external material extensively and furthermore discourages spamming/flaming etc.

Of course other people can watch the chat window, but they can’t post anything in it; and yeah that’s my idea

Is that better??

Now that's more like it but there is a new problem the memory NB has thousands of members who rp so it would require a lot of memory just to have this system to work for all Rper's

 

[Kushan]

How so, I don't think it's any different from basic forum chat, the main difference is that only 2 people can post in the chat much like MSN or Yahoo even facebook chat for that matter. There're technical issues as it's case in any project

 

[Anbu578]

How so, I don't think it's any different from basic forum chat, the main difference is that only 2 people can post in the chat much like MSN or Yahoo even facebook chat for that matter. There're technical issues as it's case in any project

I understand but I am talking about the Memory that it will take to have this established

 

[Riku..]

It is isn’t it, this happens to me all the time, when I get that idea light globe above my head I get all excited and I get carried away; lets see if I can break this down.

Create a thread challenging another RPer(s) on the battle section, when and if the challenged individual except it they click on a button or link which to open up a separate chat window spawned from NB.

The window should be programmed and designed in such a way; that only mods, and the participants can post in it, the only difference is the posting happens in real time much like any chat you can imagine.

This reduces the time spent between moves by RPers and prevents from them cheating or referring to external material extensively and furthermore discourages spamming/flaming etc.

Of course other people can watch the chat window, but they can’t post anything in it; and yeah that’s my idea

Is that better??

Hm... I don't like this idea. =/

First off, battles are rarely ever replied to that quickly, and I don't think that they should be. Essentially, your system FORCES people to stay in front of the computer and battle, or forfeit the match completely by closing the chat window. This already takes out half of the RPers, the half that posts a move, and then goes away to do other stuff in real life, which is the case with a lot of members when it comes to battling, that's the entire reason why battles span over a long amount of time. The reason being because people have other things to do, and this system makes them stay for the entire duration of the battle, which could possibly be hours. There isn't much of a problem at all with spamming and flaming, as the only battles that end up with spamming and flaming in them are the battles that either don't start at all or battles in which the actual fighters are spamming/flaming, in both cases the fight is already rendered completely pointless. Actual fights in which people are actually posting their moves are very rarely subjected to intense spam (maybe one or two posts max, but nothing that throws off the flow of the battle). Second, I don't exactly understand how you expect this to work. =/ The mods would have to program EVERY new chat window. The reason being is because they can possibly make it preset the entire section so that the maker of the thread is the only one who can post, and they can preset the section so that mods can post anywhere, but how would they preset it for the other fighter(s) who aren't making the thread? =/ I don't know if this is exactly what you meant but if it is then they would have to go to each thread and edit it so that the other fighter(s) can post as well. It might work if no one else could view the chat, but the fact that anyone can view the chat, anyone can make the chat, but only specific people can post in it makes things complicated.

I don't really see anything wrong with this specific area of the RP in the first place (this area as in how the battles are done), so I have to disagree.

 

[Alucard]

Hm... I don't like this idea. =/

First off, battles are rarely ever replied to that quickly, and I don't think that they should be. Essentially, your system FORCES people to stay in front of the computer and battle, or forfeit the match completely by closing the chat window. This already takes out half of the RPers, the half that posts a move, and then goes away to do other stuff in real life, which is the case with a lot of members when it comes to battling, that's the entire reason why battles span over a long amount of time. The reason being because people have other things to do, and this system makes them stay for the entire duration of the battle, which could possibly be hours. There isn't much of a problem at all with spamming and flaming, as the only battles that end up with spamming and flaming in them are the battles that either don't start at all or battles in which the actual fighters are spamming/flaming, in both cases the fight is already rendered completely pointless. Actual fights in which people are actually posting their moves are very rarely subjected to intense spam (maybe one or two posts max, but nothing that throws off the flow of the battle). Second, I don't exactly understand how you expect this to work. =/ The mods would have to program EVERY new chat window. The reason being is because they can possibly make it preset the entire section so that the maker of the thread is the only one who can post, and they can preset the section so that mods can post anywhere, but how would they preset it for the other fighter(s) who aren't making the thread? =/ I don't know if this is exactly what you meant but if it is then they would have to go to each thread and edit it so that the other fighter(s) can post as well. It might work if no one else could view the chat, but the fact that anyone can view the chat, anyone can make the chat, but only specific people can post in it makes things complicated.

I don't really see anything wrong with this specific area of the RP in the first place (this area as in how the battles are done), so I have to disagree.

Stop it. My head hurts >.<

 

[New DaY]

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