I think Sakes has a great idea here.  As has been stated numerous times in the past, players will always be prone to feeling some degree of intimidation when speaking with a DM. Not everyone has been so fortunate to make pleasant aquantainces with each and every DM; and fewer still become wrapped in bonds of friendship.

An elected person or persons ... spokespeople, intermediaries, jeeves ... as Sakes descriped has great potential in easing communication between players and DMs.  

My idea for nomination/election/selection is to allow each DM to choose 3-5 players with whom communication flows freely at comfortable levels.  Pool the nominations, then allow the players to cast their votes.  The top 5 candidates fill the positions.  The idea is to structure something akin to the role of a presidential press secretary rather than a pesky lobbiest group.

What I'm suggesting here may seem far more involved than what anyone had in mind ... but I'm looking long term here: a structured outlet to filter the players [emotionally-clouded] venting into genuine empathetic and valuable feedback and cooperative solutions: on demand ... free of scheduling bedlam.

Although, I agree that the ... aggresive/proactive pace of the mIRC approach offers real-time communication and thus, [potentially] faster results.

Hope my ideas help
~Abraxas77~

... cheers Bralius for the vote. That's much appreciated ... but, for the record, I stand aside for the moment as my free time ATM is stretched thin as halloween bubblegum.

Ahh, ObViews, you've beat me to the post again ... and done a better job of posting my thoughts.   The one comment I wanted to make was/is: if we truely value RP over "crawling", why are we rewarded for "crawling" over RP?  This applies to XP as well as loot.

*prods the paradigm*

Aha! After a little more research, I found the reference to "justify" Cien's ill-temper towards Dode.

Saline: I wish I had a cute little dog to follow me around.
Belaar: *nods* as do I
Geno Null: But you do.
Dode: i'm glad i don't
Geno Null: You have a little cute dog right of you.
Belaar: *glances over shoulder* if it doesn't act nice...it can always be banished
Dode: i have a dog next to me yes, not a cute little one...
Geno Null: *pulls a mouthful of smoke from a pipe*
Saline: I don't see a dog.
Geno Null: Right here.
Dode: that's what you said it was...
Cien Morkai: cute dogs smile and lick your face
Cien Morkai: what!?
Saline: Are you seeing things?
Cien Morkai: you calling me a dog, mister?
Geno Null: Wow the dog speaks
Manara Kala: *comes back out bearing a pot of freshly cooked stew*
Geno Null: Cute little Chiuahuah......
Ael'Kathean: -looks over to Geno- ... Oh, such a perfect shot right now... -held onto the crossbow on his belt-
Saline: Picking on smaller people? That's not nice. *rests his hand on the hilt of his blade*
Cien Morkai: *wrinkles her nose*
Ael'Kathean: -snickers- Sir, I think ya better find a gnome t'get ya some spectacles.
Geno Null: *psuhes the dog around*

{... yadda yadda ...}

Cien Morkai: why don't you just go away
Dode: why don't you
Cien Morkai: because I was here first!
Saline: I can almost see.
Dode: and i will be last
Ael'Kathean: -clears his throat-
Ael'Kathean: Leave her alone.

{... yadda yadda ...}

Cien Morkai: Yeah, I'm not the one with such an ugly I gotta hide it like these misters
Richard Crowne: Yep, and her self-reliance has made us kind of fond of her.
Nikolaous: Iid b e best for everyone to sheath those weapons
Manara Kala: Ay. . This is camp. . fight where there's no fire
Geno Null: *yawns*
Ael'Kathean: Put 'em down.
Cien Morkai: they prolly got mountains of boils with green puss oozin' out and black stuff
Ael'Kathean: -a hand still gripping his spear-
Dode: i have no weapon
Geno Null: See, these peopel nothign but talk.
Dode: what ever makes you feel better tiny one
Ssz'Imza: Yes, nothing.
Ael'Kathean: -snickered-
Saline: *laughs*
Ael'Kathean: Nice hit, there
Saline: Nice.
Belaar: *soft chukle*
Cien Morkai: take off your mask ugly ... maybe ~then~ I'll be scared
Saline: That'll shut him the hell up.
Ssz'Imza: *sheaths his weapons*
Dode: i listen to no one but myself

{... yadda ...}

Cien Morkai: *to dode* good, then you won't mind me calling you orc face
Dode: if that's how you see it.

... and there you have it.  That's how Dode came to be on Cien's badside as well as earned the nickname, "OrcFace".


{BTW, I hope nobody minds my posting of people's RP ... but that also happened to be one particular instants of conflict that I enjoyed.  It was also a litte funny b/c Marna (a halforc) seemed to get a little offened indirectly by Cien's choice of words (she didn't really notice Marna's injured expressions at first).}

... thanks for the suggestion tsunami ... it's just that I tend to get caught up in my RP and forget to make notes like that ... then, when I get a chance I forget what was said or what I need to note ... then I just tell myself, "oh well, I have it in my logs somewhere ...."

lazy ... yeah ... maybe I should try to be a bit more OCD like that.

If you read my last post about the memory errors, you can only imagine how annoying my computer is right now... but there so much crap I need to back up that I've been putting off formatting.

I just buy a new HDD. Then, my data from the old HDD slowly migrates to the new one until the new one becomes full ... then I buy a new HDD w/ a bigger capacity (though they seem to keep getting physically smaller) and so on and so forth ....

umm ... did you just add "Fullscreen=1"?


I don't even get 1920 x 1200 as a choice (but that's prolly b/c that option isn't available in windows display options ... monitor settings either).  So, is 1920x1200 something you can choose from the list, or did you just enter that into the config file? Do any other resolutions work properly?

A splendid solution. The effort is greatly appreciated. Cheers

I hope the results prove to be even greater than the effort.  Good luck to each and all of the selected GDMs.

I want to know what the Italian player said Zidane to set him off ....


The game was great.  I loved the pace of the entire game.  It's great watching great players when they're "feeling it" or "in the zone".  Like Henry spinning through three defenders then dishing a perfect pass off to a team mate.  I enjoyed the amazing plays on both sides of the ball.  Great Game!