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Aug-12-2006 22:03

Ben, is it possible to set up an RSS feed for the message boards please?

It would be nice to automatically get each new post sent out so everyone can keep caught up on topics here.

It would also be helpful on the agency boards as well.

Aug-13-2006 19:45

Roamie, logging in to see the new messages takes up a spot on the server.

That spot could be used by a new unsubbed player who is debating on the idea of subscribing or not.

Or me not logging into that spot might make things go that much faster while you are doing your cases.

I do think this is a great game, and we all have different ways of playing and enjoying it.

Aug-13-2006 19:54

I almost afraid to reply to this thread, but I'm gonna bite the bullet and do it anyway :)

While I do not think this is necessary feature and wouldn't be a top priority for me personally (heck, I find the expansion far more important), I do understand where Ran and Della are coming from.

A lot of message boards have some sort of feature that notifies you when new replies are added to a thread you are interested in. And these sites, in my experience, always have made it an option to receive the notification by thread...It isn't like you are receiving junk mail, you are only notified of threads you specify...And assuming you cared enough to request notification of new thread replies, you wouldn't consider this to be a ton of unwanted email.

Yes, Sleuth is a game, but when you are in an agency often other people's enjoyment of the game depends on you (i.e. you have faction connections, a critical favor, etc.)...This is especially true of director's like Ran and Della. So if you are doing other things...and admittedly a lot of us Sleuth at work...it might be a helpful feature (especially inside agencies).

And Ran may have a point about it reducing servor traffic a bit, specifically for people logging in for the sole purpose of checking agency boards. It probably wouldn't make a substantial difference, but I see a lot of people complaining about server speed and adding this proposed feature would certainly be less expensive than upgrading the current server.

I guess I just don't see that much difference in someone requesting that they receive notification of replies and someone requesting hangers for the equipment lockers to knock a little time off changing gear...Neither is necessary, both would be nice.

On a lighter note: Poor Ben and Sunny, we sleuthers are like greedy little children...Here we are getting a brand new expansion, and yet we are squabbling about should they give us even more.

Aug-13-2006 20:16

Please, Sir, I want some more.
More!!!
Oliver! Oliver! Never before has a boy wanted more!
Oliver! Oliver! He won't ask for more, When he knows what's in store...

Aug-13-2006 20:17

Serena, you have very good points, especially about it being nice if not necessary. Its not something I would ever use and I am a Director of an agency. You would have to log in everyday anyway since new threads are constantly being added. And I defintely wouldn't want everything in Slueth Talk sent to me. It starts out on one subject and pretty soon you have 99 posts talking about chimps, cheese and various names to call a whale.

I'd prefer Admins continue the wonderful job they are doing. I cant wait for the expansion. Of course, I would still like that wake up call and to have the pertinent message posts read to me!! That would be nice also.

Aug-13-2006 20:25

LOL Roamie, that is so true. So many of these message posts start off on one topic and end up on another. This post is one of them. It started out as request for a RSS feed with the purpose of keeping caught up and got spun into a discussion of server space as soon as the discussion wasnt going the way someone wanted it to.

Aug-13-2006 21:21

LOL Katie

Thats my girl :)

This is getting very heated....and I hate to say it, but aren't the restrictions on logins in place so that us subbed people can get on for whatever reason? I dont think it should matter if we are working cases or checking the boards or whatever we are doing, because we pay for the service on this site?

Aug-13-2006 21:30

*groans out loud and rolls her eyes*

Can we just enjoy the upcoming expansion for a while before we start jumping on Ben for new things, please? Give thanks, not greedy pleas.

Aug-13-2006 23:06

*applauds cfm*

Aug-13-2006 23:37

Ditto.

Aug-14-2006 03:43

*Agrees there's no point and hugs cfm* You rock, lady!
And R.Anstett, I'd like to point out you've missed something that made your point: "Roamie, logging in to see the new messages takes up a spot on the server.

That spot could be used by a new unsubbed player who is debating on the idea of subscribing or not.

Or me not logging into that spot might make things go that much faster while you are doing your cases." redundant.

You can actally check for new messages WIHTHOUT logging on! Genius, isn't it?