?squadmsg

[JeBu]

something like ?squadmsg squadname or just command for squadleader would be usefull because sometimes there is very short time to know what time matches are scheduled.

[pixelsoft]

This has been suggested soo many times already(on forumhq and ssforum), and the only answer you get is "use a squadforum or a squadchat or ?message everyone".
But I agree, a ?squadmessage would be really useful, but it should be for squadleaders only.

By the way, this is the wrong forum. :P

[Fit of Rage]

There is a service run by Rifleman of 17th Parallel that offers a Message_Bot that sends out messages to your squad if they are all signed up. My squad signed up for it... I don't think we use it that much though. You can talk to Rifle about details.

[Kim]

Hmmm,..never knew about that.

U play 17th? :-/

[Awesome]

"use a squadforum or a squadchat or ?message everyone"

the problems with that are the following:

• not every squad member will agree to check a squad forum
• it's hard to get every member online at the same time to tell them on squad chat =/
• i've done the ?message every member thing many times. It doesn't let you do more than like 15 ?message's before it tells you that you've sent your limit in ?messages

I know saying it in this forum will accomplish nothing but ?squadmessage needs to be implemented someday.

[JeBu]

the problems with that are the following:

• not ever squad member will agree to check a squad forum
• it's hard to get every member online at the same time to tell them on squad chat =/
• i've done the ?message every member thing many times. It doesn't let you do more than like 15 ?message's before it tells you that you've sent your limit in ?messages

I know saying it in this forum will accomplish nothing but ?squadmessage needs to be implemented someday.

ya those are all reasons why i think it would be needed

[pixelsoft]

the problems with that are the following:

• not ever squad member will agree to check a squad forum
• it's hard to get every member online at the same time to tell them on squad chat =/
• i've done the ?message every member thing many times. It doesn't let you do more than like 15 ?message's before it tells you that you've sent your limit in ?messages

Yes, you're right and I agree.
I think the SSZ-Server has the ?squadmessage function... I'm not sure though.

[Ponce]

rifle will let tw use the bot, if it was allowed by tw staff
also 17th is great

(oh iyou can use it even when you are in tw, from 17th, all you need to do is go to 17th and signup)

[Thors]

something like ?squadmsg squadname or just command for squadleader would be usefull because sometimes there is very short time to know what time matches are scheduled.

I havent read all the replys but why not this ... :#<ursquad>: <mssg>

[pixelsoft]

I havent read all the replys but why not this ... :#<ursquad>: <mssg>

"it's hard to get every member online at the same time to tell them on squad chat =/"
That's why.

[JeBu]

"it's hard to get every member online at the same time to tell them on squad chat =/"
That's why.

true. thor maybe is in some small super active squad

[Verthanthi]

People bitching about reading the whole thread should read fit's post.

[Thors]

true. thor maybe is in some small super active squad

Jealous?

[Jason]

That Message_Bot thing is the tits.

[Rifle]

Sorry for the late response, but I`m glad you all like the message bot

I will be making the final changes soon, some of which I`ll list here :

New Member features :
!pm playername - Send a private message to playername

New Owner features :
!delete # - Deletes message #
!share playername - Share group ownership with playername
!messagelimit # - Set how many messages per member which will be shown


General improvements :

-Bot will check if a member has any unread mesages, check if they are online and send a message about his/her unread messages
-!gnm ( getnewmessage ) will be fixed, aka no messages will be marked as "read" if the bot goes down.
-Announcements are now saved
-Message date&time format is more precise, and shorter
-Group waiting lists are saved even if the bot goes down.
-Spelling error in response with !waitinglist ( thanks to Jason for this one )
-Various bug fixes

Final notes :

Once I`ve made the changes listed above, registering, dissolving and transferring groups will work across zones ( no need to enter 17th )
The bot will be down during the summer vacation since I`m hosting it myself... I`ll be looking for another place to host it from.
The bot is expected to be fully completed around September/October

-Rifleman