Squad Play

[Oneleggedhaggis]

i never even try tab out now as its not 50/50 crash for me its 100% lol

It would be nice to have the 2142 in game chat features but this aint 2142 sadly. The in game one does work but when the s--t hits the fan you cant hear a thing >.< but never mind i still enjoy the game but i cant say its squad play much. Though i do get most of my points from medic/assult whoring

Mabye we have lost our squad style play cause of COD!! .... i jest, or do i

I will say there are still quite a few of us who do squad, in a sence, up but just don't/can't use TS. I dont think ts is very good for games where the squads and sides can change rapidly. I believe Ts is for games when its us vs another lot so we can discuss them, or just for chinwagging and private games,, SupCom.

I think its high time i design a 21(something) game and use all your opinions to make it hmmm you know what..... i think thats a good idea

[Jock]

Yes theres talk on TS thats what it is there for, but for folks to say its full of kiddies screaming etc is basically slagging off the guys who actually use TS.

Unless your one of the screaming kiddies, dont get your wee knickers in a twist.

I know theres plenty who use it who dont scream down their mic at how much the worlds against them and how everyone who kills them must be a cheat, but there are some that do, and those i cant be bothered with. At least in 2142 i could just boot them out the squad, on ts i cant.

As for not liking TS being an excuse, I use TS a fair bit, but with game types that in my opinion suit it, like rts. For a fps where people are on different servers, teams & squads to me it makes no sense, its more of a simple place where folk can go to chat, which is absolutely fine if thats what you want, but lets not kid its something its not.

I used voip every time i played the BF games, long before you knew this place existed. Had there to be something similar in the recent games i'd more than happily use it, as it is with TS, I only pop on now and then, and i cant see why that should be an issue.

As for moaning about people not handing out ammo/medic etc, I wouldnt moan, its a game. Plus its not like the only way to get the stuff is if youre on TS, plenty people on our server manage who arent members of BFB.

[Baloo_the_big_bear]

My issue is that i constantly see messages from people saying "why didn't you revive me you t*t" or "don't revive me" or "ffs why didn't you drop a ammo crate" or "why didn't you follow me" coming from someone who has ran off on there own while the other 3 squad members have stuck together! We are not mind readers if you want the squad to work well together your going to have to communicate with them. Don't moan if they don't do what you are thinking.

Whether or not i am one of these, it still seems pretty rude to me to label these guys as "screaming kiddies" you could have just said it was noisy or whatever.This isn't a huge community and most in BFB will read this including all the guys on TS. To me it's just creating a negative opinion of BFB's TS and some BFB members.
Look at how many great new members we have and how many are on TS. In my opinion its worth its weight in gold for attracting new members and getting to know the guys we are actually playing with. If you don't agree then just say so, theres still no reason to be rude about it.
Thats my opinion, its there whether you agree with it or not.

[Jock]

Your assuming, wrongly who i'm reffering to when i say screaming kids, i'm actually talking about.....screaming kids, so wether you think its rude or not is up to you, i'm merely telling you my experiences. And if you aint came across any then good for you, but i have. Not all the times by any means but i have none the less.

I've said its good for chatting but thats not what was being referred to when someone suggested it be mandatory, which is what was being discussed till you went off on a tangent and decided to take some comments personally, which as ive already said unless your one of the people im reffering to i cant see why youd take offence. Youre insinuating i'm calling everyone on TS a screaming kid, no idea why mind you as i havent said so but there you go.

You really are picking up on tiny part of an otherwise fairly large discussion, so lets say we get back to proper topic eh.

[Ripple]

let me step back in a minute and clarify...

i am one of the 36 year old kids who will shout about things on teamspeak... if you dont like it there are a couple of options, tell me and ill shut up, leave teamspeak or get an admin to tell me to shut up if you dont want to do it yourself. I am a grown man and i can accept critisism

if you read my post (and its not very long) carefully i am not suggesting it should be mandatory to be in teamspeak... BUT you should have to be in TS if you are going to wear the BFB tags for the simple reason that when pubbies join the server, we know if they complain about baseraping/spawncamping or anything to a BFB member you can relay that info to an admin to get it fixed.

I dont think you should get upset in any way about this, it just means that if there are only a few of us on the server and there is a problem, a lot of the time one of the admins is in another channel in teamspeak and can deal with issues. If we have guys in the server with tags on that are not in TS, pubbies just think they get ignored if they complain about baseraping etc

[Jock]

Im not upset by the suggestion, I mean i'm not keen on it, but thats just me, others may agree with you.

It just seems to go against the ideas behind the place when it was set up which was that it was just meant to be about having a fun time rather than laying down rules like having TS is mandatory. I mean for example several founders dont use TS, does that mean they shouldnt wear the tag?

But by all means make suggestions, i'm just saying what my thoughts are.

[TheMunster]

TS is not a suitable replacement for in game VOIP. As for using it to alert admins the only admin that is regularly on TS is redders and I think we're taking the piss a bit asking him to do all the kicking etc all the time... specially seeing as he isn't even technically an admin

[zool]

vote zool gimme da power muhahahahaha

[Varnos]

Vote for the monkey which can do Zool's job, but only needs to be paid in bananas.

NOTE: Monkey not included. I'm sure there's a zoo somewhere near though.