Military Unit Chatroom - Good or Bad?
Mr. Tayto
Personally I like the new feature that popped up today - The Military Unit Chatroom.
It's sure to spark some debate, controversy, resistance, applause, condemnation delight and tears... all from the one player probably.
Sadly its not based on the highly successful Chatroulette Model, but there's enough d*cks on eRepublik to make up for this.
I wonder what the adoption rate will be. The positives I see are:
1) Secure Open Comms within MU
2) Comms within eRepublik as opposed to IRC which is external and requires a second window
3) More likely to engage 2-clickers than IRC
4) More engagement means better coordination of efforts
The problem areas I see are:
1) Loyalty to IRC
2) The old ways are best
3) IRC is more customisable and its a safe place away from eRep to chat about the game
4) New chat only allows chat within MU and not at a National Level or Alliance level therefore IRC still has a part to play.
That's just a few of my thoughts, what do you think?
Comments
I like it, I see great potential !
For it. The more the game focuses on chatrooms in the actual game, the more useless IRC will become, until it would eventually be pointless to go to another site/run programs when you could use the game. Of course, you're no longer being monitored by someone in the chat, but rather the admins instead, which is good or bad however you look at it.
I've seen players go crazy on IRC, insults, racism ect. It would be nice to see them get banned for it in game, but there are the trolls who would want that window to vent immaturely and think that alone, or perhaps that, the extra personal info you can get on IRC , and the customization of the program would keep it alive and strong even if the game added chat. I'd disagree.
Overall, if they added public and private chat, and the ability to limit those in the chat, erep IRC would die. But the question is, of all the things the game "developers" could spend their money on, is this worth the time and money? Well, considering some of the pathetic missions we've been given, I'd say why not. I've seen worse. It'd still be nice to focus more on the economy, or give better tools/resources to assist players in recruiting for their nation, instead of minor referral incentives and a "go get em' tiger" attitude. Especially considering the admins themselves care more about draining the money of current players instead of recruiting new players.
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First sub! 🙂
Interesting.
"there's enough d*cks on eRepublik"
Aye.
Yeah!
That Kurgan is the worst of them all!
you do have one strong competitor, tho...
I would not call Ian E Coleman a competition...
actually mr tayto is a very old citizen i remember when i created tayto piggie i was reffered to his previous article. the mu shoutbox is a very old thing couple of years ago. but yeah its a nice feature tayto.
btw irishbhoy1967 is tayto piggie
I'm laughing at how wrong you are, you suspicious weird old toad.
1. The original Tayto was a good friend of mine.
2. It was never IB, that's just another one of your fantasy conspiracies.
3. This player is neither, as I have discovered during a polite conversation.
4. Tayto is an everyday brand in Ireland, although your old article proved that you don't actually get that, at all, (as I said back then too)
5. Is it tiring to be as paranoid and accusatory as you are? Must be, unless you're into that kinda thing......
1, no wonder he was perma banned as you and your friend like to float the rules http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/1530168
2.the charachter taytp piggie is irishbhoy1967
3."polite" well he would claim not to be tayto as tyato was perma banned most online games has ban evading rules, not erep though so he can come clean
4.so ireland produces chips jesus - you dont say did you import that technology
5.is it tiring to be you im a bit far off so cant really help you with youre problem
as to what you at first oh grianne im in africa its nothing personal that im avoiding your man snares.
Again you display your ignorance.
A number of citizens who had quit had their accounts hacked by an eIreland forum admin, and used for dodgy voting. Then they were all banned. This was a well publicised event. If you ever bothered your ar*e to actually look outside of your own jaundiced little letter box vision of life, you'd see the world exists within and without you.
As you still seem to be under the impression that I find you attractive, let me again point out that you are one of the most stomach-churningly odd sociopaths I have ever encountered.
Honestly, that's not attractive. Not in any culture, mate.
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http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-legend-of-tayto-piggy-chapter-1-2229072/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/tatto-piggy-the-club-orange-outbreak--2230227/1/20
those were the days
ok i see now still mr. tayto is a very old old citizen 😉
in game chat is something that I think will be a useful tool, but I think there should be more than a single channel, also. I have nothing against IRC, but I don't use it all that often, since I have to run multiple sites to have it and the game up. I like convenience where possible.
Things keep getting done to try to pull gold buyers into spending more and more, but we are not getting a lot of results back from it.
V & S
Welcome to media world my friend 🙂
Nice article, for a first timer I have to say BRILLIANT !!
I hope you can enjoy this (and maybe only) great feature of eRepublik 🙂
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Thanks Shayan - much appreciated
v&s Where's the chatroom? 😒
Should be visible at the bottom right of your browser
As I know only some MUs have this feature , it is trial 😛
I don't see it either. Ordo must not have it.
Apologies I thought all MU's had it. I'm in the IA which does have it
No need to apologize.
Cheers.
I like the chat room. I would imagine it would increase my activity in the game but only time will tell.
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It only appeared for me this morning too. It may well prove useful to co-ordinate MU strikes - IRC without IRC.
there was an in game chat room a few years ago and it did not last long.