Paid Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hello PRO staff and users! Today, I bring to you a proposition for mics in-game! Essentially, people would have a 'Microphone' chat in their chat menu with controls. The chat would only be people around you, with a configurable radius. I think this would make Guild meetups a lot of fun. I also have a vision of a 'market' area, defined as one or just a random spot on the map, where people gather to advertise their goods and buy goods via mic. Maybe that's a bit too much of a dream. Anyways, here's an image of the possible control panel: Excuse my terrible Photoshop skills. The actual menu would look better I'm sure, this is just to roughly illustrate my idea. Anyways, take away from it what you want. I think it'd be a fun addition. Perhaps the Mic menu is only available to join if a Mic is detected. Thanks for reading, people! Any replies would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawerty Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 This would be a good idea if it were able to be moderated. As you understand; PRO has a ton of multi-national speakers and a ton of kids, and since physical speaking can't be monitored nearly at all in a game in the way this is suggested, it would probably be denied. (The reason being cursing and more than likely exposing kids to things that they could repeat around people they really shouldn't and a ton of drama associating with that.) “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 216139 This would be a good idea if it were able to be moderated. As you understand; PRO has a ton of multi-national speakers and a ton of kids, and since physical speaking can't be monitored nearly at all in a game in the way this is suggested, it would probably be denied. (The reason being cursing and more than likely exposing kids to things that they could repeat around people they really shouldn't and a ton of drama associating with that.) Yeah, moderation would be difficult especially with it being local chat. Perhaps being able to create a microphone channel, then inviting people to it so you could hang out with your guild or friends. This doesn't fix the moderation problem, but it solves the multi-national problem. It would also remove some of the whole exposing children to cursing thing. Thanks for the reply! EDIT: I'd also like to address the possible counter-argument of a group using Teamspeak, Skype, etc. Although this is a possibility, being able to interview people for a guild, for example, can't really be done easily over Skype and TS. With Skype, people can get a handle on your personal info, which is a turnoff for most. With TS, nobody should trust a TS server they aren't familiar with due to the all-too-popular TS update trick. Even if you just wanted to talk to a guy you are battling with and are looking to make a new friend, doing it through PRO would be safer and easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawerty Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Well - In the early stages of PRO's life. We have had a Teamspeak and an Official Discord (We now have an unofficial discord, but thats heresay.) The teamspeak was disbanded for some of the same reasons and it's rather hard to sponsor a voice service with the risk associated as I mentioned above. You are free to join the discord or the IRC chat, IRC being a typing based channel/service which is Officially the main Out of game chat, or the discord which in that case you can message me via PM and I will provide a temporary invite link or you could find the thread on the forums, as I believe we still have an active invite link there as well. “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearljam Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 This would be a nice luxury and with little drawback if it were restricted to within your guild. That said, it's not very hard to establish your own method to do the same thing. PRO PVP pokemon directory made by me Pearl's Guitar SHop- My Trade Thread (Blue server) [glow=red]It can't get Eddie Vedder than this.[/glow] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piine Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 VOIP.....boy that a planned disaster. Not sure how, if developed, how would it be implemented into the game. There also the fact, moderation would also be another hurdle. Another set of counter-measures would also have to be implemented also to counteract improper users abusing the system.. Not saying it's impossible nor an bad idea, just what I stated above. Wish your suggestion the best of luck. :Shy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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