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I think disastrous might be a strong word. It will drive away a couple of people that never had anything to do with YS in the first place, but most of us are here on YSFlight Headquarters for... ahem...MD5Ray01 wrote:I may not be psychic, but I could see this decision potentially having disastrous consequences for YSFHQ. This may drive away potential members.
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I use the HQ Teamspeak for non-YS game chatting because I am familiar with the users and, up until this point, everyone has been fine with myself and Ray switching channels away from the main cluster of users currently connected.wingzfan99 wrote:I think disastrous might be a strong word. It will drive away a couple of people that never had anything to do with YS in the first place, but most of us are here on YSFlight Headquarters for... ahem...
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Perhaps this isn't the best way of going about it, but the underlying problem I'm trying to solve is that we need more activity in YS. I have ideas on how to increase it through other means, but that takes a great deal of time and effort. In the meantime: If we're off playing other games on a server for YSFlight, doesn't that seem a bit counter-intuitive to you? Having an "Other Games" section was my initial idea - however after talking to other admins it became apparent that wasn't going to solve the problem or address the concerns of those worried about the TeamSpeak server straying too far from its original purpose.
I know many of you already have the capability to host a YSFlight server. If you want to start a new TeamSpeak server for you and your friends' use, then go right ahead. If you have a substantial YSFlight VA or squadron already in place, you get your own private channel which may be subject to less scrutiny.
As owners of the server, we are making the choice to focus on YSFlight, because frankly, we can't afford to waver from that mission. Personally, I've put in countless hours into the game & its community simply because I want to see my childhood project transform into something much greater, something we can all be proud of. I know this decision is going to upset some of you, and may hurt us a little in the short-term. But in the long run, this will make us a stronger and more focused community.
I hope you are able to see this other way of thinking. You certainly do not have to agree with it, but I would like its validity to be acknowledged. Thanks for voicing your concerns.
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On a side note, be sure to change your teamspeak voice settings to "Push-to-Talk", nobody wants to hear your rambling on what you are going to put on your rocket when playing Kerbal Space Program on the main channel.
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On-topic,
I do agree with shutter about having a Misc section like our forum. I'm pretty sure there's more activity there than most other sections.
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So I guess it comes down to this: Does this erroneous usage add any cost to YSFHQ? If yes; is it worth having this cost to get people onto a YS related site, and maybe getting people interested in YSFlight?
The way I see it: People online = good. The game servers are rarely used these days and people regularly on TS may get people interested in being regularly online and onto HQ. This may in turn get people flying regularly again - this may be stretching it a tad.
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I think, this should be a matter of balance.
As shutter says, 171st stuff was roughly 50% YS, maybe less.
That's fair go, as lon as nothing else is over the YS usage.
Balance. 6 days of Kerbal/World of Tanks and then 1 day of YS isn't right or fair use of the server, vice versa, is.
That said, my thoughts on the now lack of Kerbal/WoT:
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I really agree with that. If you can do your talking to a different place and not disturb the main "Hall" that's fine by me.OfficerFlake wrote:I would personally be okay with people just showing bit more collateral respect in regards to moving to a seperate channel to discuss other business, and to not speak to themselves with the mic on...
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For the new rule about only YS and non-related stuff, that means we have to constantly talk all the time 100% YS. Sometimes in Ys we do something different maybe games, radio, talk shows, etc (Even though some of them haven't happened) to go out of the ordinary and feel a bit more "home". The teamspeak I use its a perfect place to spend my time with my YS buddies and not rarely we play some other games or disscuss about something that has nothing to do with Ys. I think banning it would make it more radical and honestly people would only join whenever they felt to play Ys. Sometimes even by talking about stuff, sparks a desire to play YS (happened to me). If this becomes a rule, frankly many people would be banned or constantly kicked ruining their TS Experience. It needs to be a bit more friendly go out of the ordinary a bit. Too strict is never good.
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I want to emphasize that the YSFlight community is not sufficient enough to support a team speak just for YSFlight. With many years of YSF experience, along with others, I know what a lot of new members want and do on teamspeak. Less than 30% of the time, we talk and play YSF.
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We've only been doing so in some way, shape, or form for what, 3 years now? If you're saying that the discussion of other games is absolutely necessary for the survival of our Teamspeak server, then you're confirming exactly what Eric said in his post -- we have a problem with YSFlight as a game and need to work on reviving it.Alpha Star wrote: I want to emphasize that the YSFlight community is not sufficient enough to support a team speak just for YSFlight.
I'm sorry, I just don't buy into this "the teamspeak will die if we don't talk about everything other than YS" thing. This has only recently become a problem, and I will say, almost every time I've been online in the past few weeks, it's been going on. Maybe Eric misspoke, because we're not saying if you talk about the weather you're going to be banned from the server -- what we're saying is that the main purpose of the TeamSpeak server is to communicate with others while sharing in the experience of YSFlight. If you want to throw in a quick discussion about something else, fine.
Let me illustrate it this way:
New Member: "Hi guys! I've never played this YSFlight game before, what server are you all on?"
People on TS: "Hey! We're not playing YS, we're playing this other really cool game called World of Tanks... wanna join?"
New Member: "Oh! Sure, that sounds fun!"
And now, they still haven't played YSFlight. Sure, our TS Server might survive, but the game won't.
Also, @Varren, as the person who's been monitoring the money, I believe about 90% of the donations, used to fund the server, come from like 4 or 5 individuals (full disclosure: I'm probably one of them).
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Great example, I totally agree with this as it defeats the purpose of the YSFlight server. Every time I go on team speak I always make sure it's a reason to do with YSFlight, However I think if the staff made a decision to enforce this policy where would the boundaries be set? I mean what about YSFlight users who are modding or talking about YSFlight but are not flying on YSFlight?Let me illustrate it this way:
New Member: "Hi guys! I've never played this YSFlight game before, what server are you all on?"
People on TS: "Hey! We're not playing YS, we're playing this other really cool game called World of Tanks... wanna join?"
New Member: "Oh! Sure, that sounds fun!"
And now, they still haven't played YSFlight. Sure, our TS Server might survive, but the game.
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