Comments on: 10 ways to make the most of text chat http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/ MMOs and game design Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: /AFK – Sept 13 « Bio Break http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/#comment-3097 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:10:06 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2192#comment-3097 [...] Spinks re: Text Chat – “How can we try to communicate clearly, unambiguously, and across multiple culture and language gaps?” [...]

]]> By: gnomeaggedon http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/#comment-3062 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:04:15 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2192#comment-3062 An ex-guild leader
of mine would
only ever type
3 or 4 words per
line to ensure that
people knew he was talking
and would follow what
he said.

No 2 minute “silences”
you knew when he had
something to say
because there would be
a stream of 3-4 letter
lines coming through

]]> By: Cozmo D http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/#comment-3061 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:26:13 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2192#comment-3061 Writing about the basics of WoW myself, I really enjoyed your post. This is one area I would have missed, I am glad you covered it.

Thanks!
Cozmo D

]]> By: Ysharros http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/#comment-3056 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:40:13 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2192#comment-3056 Ooo ooo I thought of a #11 — Thou Shalt Turn On Timestamping! For the inveterate AFK-er, like me, that’s a priceless tool. That way I can come back after 10-30 minutes away and not reply to something that was said in prehistoric times (5+ minutes ago), or at least explain my response in a way that makes it more obvious what I’m responding to.

]]> By: Kring http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/#comment-3055 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:36:01 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2192#comment-3055 Shameless ad: And you can use ChatColorSync to synchronize the chat channel color between your Alts.

http://code.google.com/p/chat-color-sync/

]]> By: Ysharros http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/#comment-3053 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:25:10 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2192#comment-3053 1. Oops. Not me then.
2. Yes. Also, don’t make the mistake of assuming everyone else is in your head. COMPLETE YOUR DAMNED SENTENCES!
3. Oops. Now you tell me. :P
4. Yes. Maturity and intelligence are independent of spelling ability, as my various dyslexic friends can prove.
5. Hell yes. Ye gods, the number of times I’ve /head-desked just waiting for a response, only to get a “yes” that makes zero sense in the context of previous conversation (see 2).
6. Yes. Besides, it makes for really good mistells when you screw up.
7. Yes. SWG is the absolute master at that – not only can you colour channels, you can colour words or phrases too. My entertainers always had “tips you” coloured in bright red, so I would be less likely to miss tips and have a better chance of thanking people. Politeness matters. ;) (Oh dear, I’m breaking rule 1.)
8. Yes.
9. Thank god! :D :) ;) Joking aside, I use them to try to help disambiguate chat, though since they’re often used sarcastically that doesn’t always work. But text chat is SUCH an easy medium to misinterpret and/or misunderstand that any method which helps prevent those is useful. Oh, the drama I’ve seen in text — and only some of it was intentional.
10. You can scroll in chat?! ( :D )

]]> By: unwize http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-text-chat/#comment-3051 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:12:23 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2192#comment-3051 LotRO’s IM tab is very useful for keeping multiple private conversations separate!

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