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[Sgt_Raa]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=172782

[STEED]

I edited my messages down a year so go, got rid of the dross and kept the important ones. Even added few new ones myself.

[applesthecat]

What would be the point of writing my own messages? lol. Where's the excitement in anticipating a new message when I wrote it myself?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by applesthecat

What would be the point of writing my own messages? lol. Where's the excitement in anticipating a new message when I wrote it myself?

You said you wanted messages that said certain things. The only way to get that is to do it yourself. Do you expect someone else to spend weeks writing a file so you can be entertained, when you're the only one that wants it?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by STEED

Even added few new ones myself.

From BdU
To STEEDY-Boy

Casino Bar on return to Brest. Drinks and more on me. Then we'll hit Paris and you'll have my eternal gratitude - when that Charlie Chaplin wannabe finally goes and I rule the Reich, you can have whatever you want, except a schnorkel...

TTFN

Karl D

[maillemaker]

I never pay attention to the messages. I remove the guy from the radio room.

While it may be based solely on compartment skill level (green bar), which you might max out with only a single hydrophone operator at max skill (don't know), I thought that your ability to be alerted to local ship contacts was related to having a good radio operator?

Steve

[frau kaleun]

Yeah, I would assume that any contact reports that you would get via the radio, you would not get if the radio station was left unmanned.

I know some messages are designed to continue "transmitting" for a certain period of time until you "receive" them, but with contact reports if there's a long enough delay before you receive it, it might be worthless by the time you know about it.

[applesthecat]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You said you wanted messages that said certain things. The only way to get that is to do it yourself. Do you expect someone else to spend weeks writing a file so you can be entertained, when you're the only one that wants it?

Ya, kind of like many people spent months writing the game so that we could all be entertained. It would have been nice had those same people spent a few minutes crafting some interesting messages. That was my point, so why do you have to be rude, and become hostile? And I am not the only person who would like interesting messages. I think we would all like to see that.

And I didn't want the messages to say THOSE certain things. Those were examples of the KINDS of things that would be cool to read. So again, writing those things myself, would defeat the purpose.

BTW, it was a light hearted suggestion, as anyone could see, including the message about getting divorced, so why didn't you take it as such instead of being snarky? It's not the first time you've done this.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by applesthecat

Ya, kind of like many people spent months writing the game so that we could all be entertained. It would have been nice had those same people spent a few minutes crafting some interesting messages. That was my point, so why do you have to be rude, and become hostile? And I am not the only person who would like interesting messages. I think we would all like to see that.

I understand, and I apologize. On the other hand, I become rude because I see people all the time asking others to create things they are not willing to do themselves. Editing that file requires no modding talent, just a lot of work. And you do seem to me to be asking others to do work you could do yourself. Who knows? Maybe you could become famous.

BTW, it was a light hearted suggestion, as anyone could see, including the message about getting divorced, so why didn't you take it as such instead of being snarky? It's not the first time you've done this.

Perhaps it was light-hearted, but your question about writing messages that you would then already know were coming also applies to anyone else who did the work.

As for being snarky, you're right - it isn't the first time. I lose patience quickly with people who expect others to do all the work and refuse to do any themselves. I also apologize a lot, which is something very few others do.

But the bottom line is still the same: You asked if someone could do this, I suggested you do it yourself, and you don't seem to want to. So I will ask again, why should I or anyone do this?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

But the bottom line is still the same: You asked if someone could do this, I suggested you do it yourself, and you don't seem to want to. So I will ask again, why should I or anyone do this?

Because your one of the good guys on this forum, you apologise a lot and it might make you famous

[applesthecat]

Thanks for your apology Sailor Steve. Much appreciated. I think you misunderstand what I'm saying. I'm not asking for someone to create something for me. It was a suggestion for game developers. Actually, it was not even that. It was just a musing aloud about what would be nice to read to add to the sense of immersion.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by applesthecat

Thanks for your apology Sailor Steve. Much appreciated. I think you misunderstand what I'm saying. I'm not asking for someone to create something for me. It was a suggestion for game developers. Actually, it was not even that. It was just a musing aloud about what would be nice to read to add to the sense of immersion.

Ah, gotcha. That kind of thinking I can understand. The problem with the developers is that they can only think of so much beforehand. The AOD guys put some funny messages in their game, but those were based on real messages and they had that sort of sense of humor. The SH3 devs also had a great sense of humor, but English wasn't their native language, and they had a lot on their minds at the time, so what can we do?

Anyway, thanks for clearing that up.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Because your one of the good guys on this forum, you apologise a lot and it might make you famous

Nah, I think I'm more like Charles Nelson Reilly or Paris Hilton - famous for being famous.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Nah, I think I'm more like Charles Nelson Reilly or Paris Hilton - famous for being famous.

Steve...if you were anything like Paris Hylton I'd have already sent you your flight ticket to the UK