Posho
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Greetings, Smogon gamers, this is my first proposal thread and I wanted to suggest the creation of a separate chat for tournament games, where players are able to fully discuss the undergoing battles.
To preface, I believe the current ruleset for the smogtours chat is completely fine and it prevents any ghosting instances that the players could take advantage of; however, with so many limitations, there is almost no purpose for the chat other than chitchat and shittalking. I am of the opinion that the joy of spectating games comes in the form of being able to give or read perspectives on the gameplay. Sure it is possible to just go on another chat or discord server and comment there, but not everybody is fortunate enough to share a chat with a big community. Therefore, not only is the implementation of a separate chat for discussion more engaging and interactive, other players, unfamiliarized with certain metagames, get to join in the fun and possibly learn a thing or two. Furthermore, although it might be a bit chaotic with so many logs, players themselves also get some insight on their games by reading the chat after a game is over.
The way to implement this could be by creating a separate chatroom that is only accessible by voiced users (Isa's idea). This way joining with an alt could be preventable.
I hope I have made myself clear enough with this post and that it gets support, because I believe this is a positive implementation for tournaments.
To preface, I believe the current ruleset for the smogtours chat is completely fine and it prevents any ghosting instances that the players could take advantage of; however, with so many limitations, there is almost no purpose for the chat other than chitchat and shittalking. I am of the opinion that the joy of spectating games comes in the form of being able to give or read perspectives on the gameplay. Sure it is possible to just go on another chat or discord server and comment there, but not everybody is fortunate enough to share a chat with a big community. Therefore, not only is the implementation of a separate chat for discussion more engaging and interactive, other players, unfamiliarized with certain metagames, get to join in the fun and possibly learn a thing or two. Furthermore, although it might be a bit chaotic with so many logs, players themselves also get some insight on their games by reading the chat after a game is over.
The way to implement this could be by creating a separate chatroom that is only accessible by voiced users (Isa's idea). This way joining with an alt could be preventable.
I hope I have made myself clear enough with this post and that it gets support, because I believe this is a positive implementation for tournaments.