The new @who

Ok so here's my opinions on the new @who.
telling where people are at: not a bad idea, but It doesn't feel right… just because there are people here, or there doesn't mean they aren't in their cubes, or whatever so who really cares (not to mention it's ICinfo a big NO-NO to reveal)*sarcastic, but serious at the same time*.  maybe ok for noobs, but for seasoned players it won't tell them stuff they couldn't have figured out for themselves (unless the only people on are the frady cats who feel the need to *constantly* @invis.) second Where'd the count go? Why?  I know you can infer a little from the location thingy, but the number was better I think. plus how will we ever know if we beat the record!:)
simply put  I like it the old way, some things shouldn't change.  

It's a toned down version of what some MOOs call @rp… it tells you where people are so you can join them. (If there are more, than say, two or three people at a given location.)

Obviously, the staff here does not like such tools because they are too OOC... so this was an attempt at doing it.

I'd even go as far as to put in something like: A few people are at the Drome... specialized, preset locations that admin set as being there. Drome is always a hotspot, I constantly go there to see if anyone is there. IF no one is, I can skip that and go off to do something else.

I dunno.

The more times I look at it, the less I like it.

I seriously doubt that just because "a few people are in the mix" that people are going to log in, then out less.  the thing is when I'd log in and see 18 on, or 15 on, or whatever that's what would make me go hey, I'd be a dumbass to log out now.  whereas if I log in and see "some are in the mix, and some are topside" I say to myself- well no shit, suprize, su-fuckin-pize.-  in all reality it doesn't tell you shit you can't infer anyway.  

dunno just my 2 cents…again *shrug*

oh yeah I almost forgot SCREW YOU FUCKIN' INVISERS your weak, and scared, for god's sake the @who is ooc anyway.  (sorry, just had to get that off my chest... again I think):)

the only possible justification I can possibly see for using @invis is if your playing a charcter who's supposedly dead, and don't want people to know your really alive. (and I can think of what, like 2 charcters, no 1 that that would apply to.  no I take that back 2)

whereas if I log in and see "some are in the mix, and some are topside" I say to myself- well no shit, suprize, su-fuckin-pize.-  in all reality it doesn't tell you shit you can't infer anyway.

Yes it does. I don't know how you arrived at that conclusion.

If 15 people are on, and the majority of them are playing Riot Gear on Green, you know not to bother looking for the action on red. Regardless of someone's @invis state.

Why, in this senario, is '15 people are on' better?

I'm really missing something here…

-Kevlar

I have a very very very good reason to be @invis, thank you, and it has nothing to do with wanting people to think I am dead.

You go @invis when you masturbate, huh?

Well….......... That certianly explains a few things about a few players.

-Kevlar

I stay visible, almost all the time.  I think it would be better if people were mostly visible, unless they had a good reason.  But I agree with people being invis i guess.  It's OOC yeah.. but I mean.. that doesn't me its not in your head.  I have to stop myself from calling someone that I just called 2 minutes before when they weren't on the @who, and then happen to see was on the @who now.. I mean, it can be abused ICly.

Discuss the abuses that you guys think are possible. Not talking about them is just sticking your head in the sand.

With the new @who, I don't see the point in a player list anymore at all. The 'some are here, a few are there' is enough. All you need is to add 'there are -this many- unidle admin on, and you have all you need as far as @who goes.

As for me, I'm not @invis because I'm 'scared', as anyone can see me on the IC who. I'm @invis to hide my idle time, because people like to assume I'm idle, and that makes them think they can do anything ICly, thus, they're easier to catch unawares.

Yup, it's OOC psychological warfare. But it only works on people who guide their IC actions by OOC 'info'. Which means they have it comin' :P

(Edited by Murphy at 4:32 pm on Jan. 31, 2004)

How is knowing that someone who is connected is outside the city abusable? They can be @invis which removes them from the displayed list. How are you going to figure out who exactly it is and how are you going to abuse the information?