Karaoke Requests!!

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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by joe » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:30 pm

if they lead to a clear conclusion, how are the ineffectual?
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Post by Hellboy » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:37 pm

joe wrote:if they lead to a clear conclusion, how are the ineffectual?
Because the conclusion's ruling is never carried out.
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Post by joe » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:01 am

why not?
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Post by Hellboy » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:38 am

joe wrote:why not?
You tell me, why'd we never get a vanilla week?
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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by KoD » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:41 am

I would like to add that I too, am seeing a lot of work not getting done around here. It gets to a voting process and usually stops.
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Post by joe » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:15 am

if you want something done, do it. ain't no bosses here. hellboy if you want vanilla week, make it happen. i'm all for it.
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Post by Hellboy » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:21 am

I have no idea how our servers work, I basically just whine until someone else makes something happen- that's what the various polls were for, I don't have much stake in our servers right now.
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Post by joe » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:50 am

it's not really that hard to mess with them, especially do just turn things off. just ask on irc for help, and keep track of what you did so if you break something, someone can fix it
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Post by Hellboy » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:54 am

You know how I am with IRC.

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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by Cow » Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:58 am

The vanilla server idea caused everyone to freak the fuck out IIRC.
If this karaoke vote gets a clear delete consensus then we will remove the plugin
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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by Overbear » Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:13 pm

joe wrote:it's not really that hard to mess with them, especially do just turn things off. just ask on irc for help, and keep track of what you did so if you break something, someone can fix it
Thats a point I would like to bring up. I can mute people (and do quite a bit) but I cant just click mute the Karaoke. Why should I be forced to "hack" my own computer to block what sums up to be basically music spam?

How about a compromise, set it so karaoke can never be used more than once a hour, and no repeating songs that were played the last hour. That or come up with a way that someone can just click mute it, and hide the words from the screen (they distract from play IMHO)
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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by Scarecrow4560 » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:48 pm

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joe wrote:it's not really that hard to mess with them, especially do just turn things off. just ask on irc for help, and keep track of what you did so if you break something, someone can fix it
Thats a point I would like to bring up. I can mute people (and do quite a bit) but I cant just click mute the Karaoke. Why should I be forced to "hack" my own computer to block what sums up to be basically music spam?

How about a compromise, set it so karaoke can never be used more than once a hour, and no repeating songs that were played the last hour. That or come up with a way that someone can just click mute it, and hide the words from the screen (they distract from play IMHO)
Hmm...the karaoke limit may not be that bad of an idea. Once an hour might be too stretched out, but it would keep it from being too overplayed.

There is actually a setting that can prevent sound files from being downloaded. As far as i know, when karaoke starts, if you don't have the mp3 file, you won't hear the song.

The idea of a mute button is a good idea for people that don't want to participate.
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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by japanimater » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:05 pm

Hellboy wrote:You know how I am with IRC.

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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by japanimater » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:08 pm

How about if Bl4nk is willing, to write a plug-in that enables the user to bind a karaoke mute command to a key via the console?
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Re: Karaoke Requests!!

Post by joe » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:18 pm

the only time i like karaoke is when the server is almost empty, at like 3am, its kind of fun to listen to music with people while we play

i think karaoke on a FULL server is not good

in addition to or instead of the 1 hour time limit, i'd use a population limit - no karaoke with more than 12 people on the server?
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