!Lag or !TellLag

[Cpt.Guano!]

Was thinking about having some sort of lag check facilities in the pubbots.

would you guys rather have:

!Lag <PlayerName>
which tells you the lag of another player

or

!TellLag <PlayerName>
so the bot pms playerName with your lag.

If you can think up any other useful commands for the public please post them here as well.

[Facetious]

Would both be too hard?

[Desperate]

If I'd have to pick one, I would pick the first, but like Facetious said, both would be best, if possible.

PS. Stop working on the pubbots, and get the league started

[Cpt.Guano!]

Yeah i thought of putting !lag in there but someone brought to my attention that it might be an invasion or privacy...

i think they will be quite easy to implement so whichever is good.

[stark]

!telllag ... !lag would just be mean in pubs, especially to newer people who lag and then people are like "gg newb, lagg0t bitch.. ha look at that shitty 500ms 2.5%, n00b" and then the new person's just like ' i'm gonna go kill myself' , and it's a staff command for a reason... why not incorporate !zone and !kill in there, while you're at it if it becomes that big a deal, like they get in an argument, then they could !lagtell, but maybe people are insecure about their lag or something

[Desperate]

They use it in ?go duel, dont they...blame them if someone gets angry

No but seriously, I think it would be ok..

Edit: Good point stark, didn't think of that. Actually it's quite the same for me. Go ahead, !telllag is fine too.

[Fit of Rage]

Both sounds like the best option to me. Is it feasible, Guano?

[Dameon Angell]

!lag <playername> would be cool

another cool thing would be those multikill, ultrakill, monsterkill things that you see in some SS servers for people on killing sprees. like one every 5 kills an arena message goes off saying

playername - Multi Kill! <5 kills>
playername - Monster Kill! <10 kills>
playername - Killing Spree <15 kills>
playername - Godlike! <20 kills>

[DoTheFandango]

DBZ did it first. Nice steal.

[ÆNIMA]

i think people would just spam !telllag to annoy a player

[Sufficient]

Yeah ... i don't think there should be !telllag ... !lag is good enough.

[Dameon Angell]

Originally posted by DoTheFandango
DBZ did it first. Nice steal.

i saw it done in another TW arena, i don't play DBZ, so =P

[geekbot]

Originally posted by ÆNIMA
i think people would just spam !telllag to annoy a player

People who spam you with !telllag geekbot could just as easily spam you with :geekbot:I am so laggy!!!!! I vote telllag (because it has so many L's). If spam is a problem, the number of tells you can do can be limited.

Ya know, this just might just reduce the number of people calling each other laggy, laggots, etc. Ok maybe not.

EDIT: I changed my mind. !lag <playername> would be more useful because 1) who's ever going to tell me their lag and 2) who am i ever going to want to tell my lag? More likely I would want to find out what someone's lag is so I know to avoid them.

[Fighter of Gold]

I just use the option in continuum that displays their lag next to their bounty. It helps so you can estimate where to shoot to compensate for their lag. !telllag seems kind of lame, if someone calls you a laggot just ignore them.

[wadi]

Originally posted by Dameon Angell
!lag <playername> would be cool

another cool thing would be those multikill, ultrakill, monsterkill things that you see in some SS servers for people on killing sprees. like one every 5 kills an arena message goes off saying

playername - Multi Kill! <5 kills>
playername - Monster Kill! <10 kills>
playername - Killing Spree <15 kills>
playername - Godlike! <20 kills>

I HATE this particular suggestion unless it's done, like 20-40-100-200. THose goddamn messages in MG are so friggin annoying. especially with the sounds.
You know, I'm all for adding spiffiness factor to our public arenas, but is this really where bot dev time needs to be spent? There are still some significant issues with the TWL bot (elfbot?) and the matchbots that need to be addressed (the most noticeable of which are the needed delay before a sub in TWD/J, and the ear warp in TWDB).

To boot, the one bot in the pure pub is fine, but I could've sworn that particular pub was more laggy than the others. Maybe this is just my imagination?

Is anyone else a little saddened by our need for bots to run our pubs? I was always a bit proud of the fact our pubs were bot free.