(since deathmatch announcements account for nearly a third of all Press posts)
A third? Really? Huh.
Is this a problem? The announcemnts, generally, I mean?
Tara: 'Your One-Stop Spot to Shop for Lots of New-Age and Occult Items.' Catchy. Giles: Think so? Tara: Uh huh. In a... hard to say sorta way.
'Sleeper'
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Elena - Feb 25, 2004 5:09:38 am PST #6865 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
amych - Feb 25, 2004 5:13:33 am PST #6866 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
32 of the last 100 press announcements, in what was a busy period for press (W&H event, a Buffista vote announcement and results, cancellation). Maybe, as a compromise, a press post when you start a new character, so that people who've been unsubbed can sub if they want, but not for every new round?
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2004 5:14:48 am PST #6867 of 10005
brillig
But it's not for every new round, just for reminders after a gap of several hours.
Elena - Feb 25, 2004 5:15:11 am PST #6868 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
Is it a problem to have the posts there?
amych - Feb 25, 2004 5:17:42 am PST #6869 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But it's not for every new round, just for reminders after a gap of several hours.
Sorry, I wasn't clear - that's what I meant by a round. "We're starting to deathmatch Xander" would be a new character, and people who hadn't been subscribed to the thread for Dawn (or whoever) would know to go back there. If you're subscribed to the thread, then when things start up after a pause, you get new messages, whether you're using Read New or the Message Center. It's the "Xander again"... "Still Xander"... "Doing more Xander" that I see as the concern.
Megan E. - Feb 25, 2004 5:20:50 am PST #6870 of 10005
They don't bother me and are generally the only thing in Press that is relevant to me anyway since I can't go to group dinners in LA etc.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2004 5:21:05 am PST #6871 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's the "Xander again"... "Still Xander"... "Doing more Xander" that I see as the concern.
Yes. "Problem" might be too strong a word, but it does make reading the Press thread a bit tedious for non-participants.
But, whatever. I can scroll.
billytea - Feb 25, 2004 5:21:29 am PST #6872 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It's the "Xander again"... "Still Xander"... "Doing more Xander" that I see as the concern.
Deathmatch Xander is quite the machine.
Elena - Feb 25, 2004 5:23:26 am PST #6873 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
So, and correct me if I'm wrong, the problem is that people find the announcements tedious?
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2004 5:25:31 am PST #6874 of 10005
brillig
No more tedious than all the "Hi, I live in a town where there are lots of Buffistas and we're getting together to do something cool that you can't get to because you live in a dull backwater" announcements.
Not that I'm bitter ;)