Noobs keep getting Noobier!

Derekkk · Post by **Derekkk** » February 3rd, 2008, 9:28 pm

irrevenant wrote: This strongly suggests that a visible "chat" button might be a good idea in MP.

A bit like this?

A workable version can be done with WML in a few lines. But I doubt any noob would be able to do that.

Aethaeryn (User Page) · Post by **Aethaeryn** » February 3rd, 2008, 10:04 pm

Bad place for it, I can see many people accidentally ending their turn when going for the Speak button.

Derekkk · Post by **Derekkk** » February 3rd, 2008, 10:39 pm

Aethaeryn wrote:Bad place for it, I can see many people accidentally ending their turn when going for the Speak button.

Indeed that is one of the bad points of having the speak button in that position. But it also has its good points. i.e. The speak button is now very obvious, and it's new position doesn't change the rest of the default theme at all, so it's good for people who have got used to the existing theme.

Wesnoth actually comes with 3 themes (default, dfool, experimental) at the moment, but only "default" is ever used. Perhaps it can have a theme specifically for multiplayer which has a speak button, and other functionalities which are suitable for multiplayer?

nataS · Post by **nataS** » February 4th, 2008, 11:58 pm

suvorov wrote:My new favorite noobism is this: People who talk about how much they hate noobs and how "expert" they are and then they do something silly like recruit all ulf bezerkers on their first turn.

Yes that was a good one.

Jodwin · Post by **Jodwin** » February 5th, 2008, 8:24 am

Derekkk wrote:Wesnoth actually comes with 3 themes (default, dfool, experimental) at the moment, but only "default" is ever used. Perhaps it can have a theme specifically for multiplayer which has a speak button, and other functionalities which are suitable for multiplayer?

Just the same way as you can't expect "noobs" to code their own chat button, you shouldn't expect them to discover and try new themes on their own (like you said, "only 'default' is ever used"). If you want to have a chat button for the "noobs" to use, the only (reliable) way is to have it in the default theme.

borsook · Post by **borsook** » February 7th, 2008, 4:45 pm

If I may share a personal reflection, sometimes I wonder maybe I should try and play MP? Then I run into something like some of the comments in this thread and all the doubts are gone.

gotrek860 · Post by **gotrek860** » February 7th, 2008, 4:51 pm

I agree with you.

I rarely play Mp with people I don't know IRL , because it soon gets like that..."You noob!" " sorry I want this ally not him", or "oh he's a noob". and then they leave... not welcoming. And also MP playstyle is so different from what campaign is.

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