Chat Lobby in Server Browser

1dominator11dominator1 Join Date: 2010-11-19 Member: 75011Members
edited August 2013 in Ideas and Suggestions
So I'm sitting here, waiting for a slot to open up on one of the two full servers (all the are others empty) and I find myself wondering just how many other ppl are waiting for a slot as well. What if, I think, there were enough of us to start a game on a new server? Then it occurs to me that some sort of chat lobby in the server browser which everyone autojoins would be very helpful. I only ask because this seems to happen relatively frequently and its annoying knowing that you may well be missing out on starting a new server with the ppl waiting alongside you.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    shift+tab?
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  • NurEinMenschNurEinMensch Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14056Members, Constellation
    A good idea at first glance, but there's some problems. What if the game goes big and there's so many people in the "lobby". Who's responsible for moderating it? Who runs the server?
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  • blinblin Join Date: 2011-07-20 Member: 111290Members
    you can only shift+tabbing people who are your friends, I only have like ONE who plays NS2

    good idea, at least for beta, while there still not that many people, and in RTS games it is literally like that, you see all people in the lobby and can start a game with them

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  • WolpertingerWolpertinger Join Date: 2011-12-24 Member: 138958Members
    +1

    Sometimes I wait just so a slot will open up on a full server...
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  • Andrew_e1Andrew_e1 Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33331Members, Constellation
    Didn't HL/CS/TFC and goldsrc games in general have a lobby chat in the main menu? back in the WON days?

    I remember I joined "once" and it was so full of spam and nonsense that I never joined again lol...
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  • 1dominator11dominator1 Join Date: 2010-11-19 Member: 75011Members
    It could be just for beta, since I imagine finding servers wont be an issue post 1.0 :)
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  • devicenulldevicenull Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15967Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Maybe you can just join an empty server? What an amazing thought! If there's enough people waiting on the serverlist that you want to chat with them, if you all just joined an empty server it would suddenly become... a full server!
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  • playerplayer Join Date: 2010-09-12 Member: 73982Members
    Create a built-in IRC-client, have it join #naturalselection, have a laugh in that skyrim\minecraft-infested channel.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    I thought the ReadyRoom is our lobby :P
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  • TwiggehTwiggeh Join Date: 2010-09-24 Member: 74165Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1896677:date=Jan 22 2012, 06:47 PM:name=player)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (player @ Jan 22 2012, 06:47 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1896677"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Create a built-in IRC-client, have it join #naturalselection, have a laugh in that skyrim\minecraft-infested channel.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    This seems like the best solution, hands down.
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  • kingmobkingmob Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3650Members, Constellation
    They (UWE) should definitely watch the 'gathers' mechanism.
    This is definitely filling this need to some degree.
    and would be more useful if a similar mechanism existed that they controlled.

    maybe not for 1.0 release, but an excellent followup feature.
    I happen to like usability patches where the game maker makes it easier to perform something rather than add some weapons.
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  • WilsonWilson Join Date: 2010-07-26 Member: 72867Members
    I'd like to see some sort of chat, be it a built in IRC or something else. It helps to build the community up around the game. I guess they could also have some sort of build in gather system simply by linking to a webpage from within the game.
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  • DiscoDisco Join Date: 2011-06-15 Member: 104584Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1896677:date=Jan 22 2012, 01:47 PM:name=player)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (player @ Jan 22 2012, 01:47 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1896677"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Create a built-in IRC-client, have it join #naturalselection, have a laugh in that skyrim\minecraft-infested channel.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    +1
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  • HarimauHarimau Join Date: 2007-12-24 Member: 63250Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1896668:date=Jan 23 2012, 12:07 AM:name=devicenull)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (devicenull @ Jan 23 2012, 12:07 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1896668"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Maybe you can just join an empty server? What an amazing thought! If there's enough people waiting on the serverlist that you want to chat with them, if you all just joined an empty server it would suddenly become... a full server!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    And... no one could be online, and you could just be waiting in there for half an hour before you give up; meanwhile slots open on another, almost-full server and people join that instead.
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  • IdlerayIdleray Join Date: 2012-10-04 Member: 161464Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    I would like to necro this topic because this is ALWAYS on my mind when I play NS2. Like 50% of the time when I want to play (this is from australia) there is literally no server to play on because they're all either full or empty. It would be neat to have a chat lobby so players can organise to all join a particular server
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Moved to Suggestions.
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