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Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:21 am

It is more spammy than almost any of the things actually reportable as spam. Because of how human vision works, it basically covers up half of what is said. This should be a game of deduction, not a game of who can type the loudest. It does the same thing that typing in all caps did, but worse.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby cob709 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:46 am

----------you mean like this
OR IN ALL CAPS
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:58 am

I'm pretty positive talking in all caps was reportable before, but now it's not. I have no idea why. I can see doing it once or twice, but we shouldn't have to talk in all caps just to be heard.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:00 am

Oh, I misread your reply. I meant

------------LIKE THIS

Especially when it's in all caps, but the dashes themselves.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby cob709 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:16 am

I use the lines to separate sections in my will, it just ends up being like -------------------WILL because of how the chat reformats it horizontally
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby Paradox12 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:20 pm

SpiritWolfLord wrote:It is more spammy than almost any of the things actually reportable as spam. Because of how human vision works, it basically covers up half of what is said. This should be a game of deduction, not a game of who can type the loudest. It does the same thing that typing in all caps did, but worse.

Oh no someone used a hyphen when talking, better PERMA BAN.

Nice shitpost, trash.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby Jerme » Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:01 pm

When you use the hyphens to have the same message be altered to avoid the spam filer, its reportable, otherwise it rather not.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby syjfwbaobfwl » Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:59 pm

Yeah no, many people (including me) use that to separate wills

Like this

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N2 Giles Corey: seems inno --


And when im mayor I also keep a claim list

Jailor: player A -
TK: player B (confirmed) -


Etc, and if I post that what everyone sees is

Sheriff N1 James Russel: seems inno -- N2 Giles corey seems inno, etc

Also while its annoying its not enough to be a reason to report

And write all in caps its considered spam if you write too much messages with it
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Postby Jerme » Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:11 pm

Using it in a will is fine.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:39 pm

I really think you guys misunderstood what I said. It's not just using the hypen. It's using lot of hypens, then usually caps to make their message stand out against everyone else's. They essentially cover up what town is saying and make it a lot harder to read chat when a lot is going on. It's basically saying what you have to say is more important than anyone else, and it's the same thing as posting the same thing 5 times, except it makes it harder to read anything else when a lot is happening.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby cob709 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:56 pm

are they using so many hyphens that their message takes up multiple lines? i thought all messages were limited to 2 or 3
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:07 pm

-------Literally talking like this all game.

I just did it in a game to prove my point. No one likes it. I was hanged d3 for it. Even the evils hanged me. It makes the game unfun for everyone else, so why should it be allowed?
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby cob709 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:32 pm

im sorry but i literally do not see the problem
as long as it does not obstruct on other player's messages, it should be fine
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:49 pm

It does though. That is the problem. It grabs the attention of the brain, and makes it miss everything else. Especially if it is done literally all game. You've probably been in games when they've done it once or twice, but I've seen games where they do it all game. The reason why it works to grab attention is specifically because it basically blocks out the other messages when you try to read fast, based on how the brain works.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby cob709 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:58 pm

You can stop seeing messages from players that do this by typing /ignore [Playername] or /ignore [Playernumber]
It may be irritating to deal with, but it's not a punishable offense.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:54 am

I realize it's not currently punishable. I'm saying it needs to be. It is basically spam, and should be reportable as such.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby Aureolin1 » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:53 pm

It is not spam. Players use the hyphens to make their messages stand out in the chat. If the content of the message is the same and is repeated enough times, then it will be punished accordingly.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby Ezradekezra » Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:02 pm

It's annoying af but it's definitely not spam

It's not usually that obstructive of other messages anyway
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby Brilliand » Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:19 pm

Shouting over other players really shouldn't be allowed, though, for its own reasons. When one person is doing it, other people need to do it to compete, and once everyone is doing it, it makes chat considerably harder to understand.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby kyuss420 » Wed Jan 13, 2021 6:04 am

I tried it during VIP. day 1 ''--------------IM CRUS ON VIP'' (I wasnt). It didnt stop the other 2 crusaders claiming, I was ignored and crus 2 went on crus 1. The tracker also visited crus 2. Your strategy didnt work.....
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:31 am

Whether they saw it or whether they trusted it are two completely different things. And technically, it's not spam, unless you count the repeated use of hyphens. But technically, neither is using all caps all game, but it was pretty banned at some point and even reportable under spam (I don't know if it still is). They even put a special code in place to keep it from happening in the first place, all for the same reasons I'm asking for this to be banned.

I have been in games where two to three people have literally did it all game, and it was almost impossible to read what other players wrote without going back to read it in the chat history. It's not that obstructive if it's done once or twice a day. But when it is done constantly, especially by several people, it is incredibly obstructive.
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby cob709 » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:16 pm

I've never encountered this issue before. Which game mode is this happening in? Can you send a screenshot as an example of this happening?
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Re: ------------MAKE TALKING LIKE THIS REPORTABLE

Postby SpiritWolfLord » Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:20 pm

It's in ranked. It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen. If and when I see it again, I'll be sure to screenshot it or get the report number, if there is one in the game.
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