Post Meeting Discussions

[Dhestroyer]

I think I know the real reason behind all this talk of saying using Voice Chat is ok. And here it is in a nut shell..

In the SVS team contest mentioned above you have more than one ship from a guild (and/or its alternate guilds) entered. But that ship may not be fully manned by that guild. In other words cannoneers from other guilds. The people on the two ships cannot be crewed under the same captain, so they can work together as a team against the other ships. Therefore they use the third party Voice Chat advantage over the other ships, telling their non-guild friends how to get on it. Most of them as stated above in this thread are regular cannoneers for that guild/captain (and/or it's alternate guilds) so they probably have been using it in normal svs if they are using it here in this contest.

Now if you use guild chat to give your commands, then the non-guild cannoneers will be left out. But if you used LOCAL chat, like I did you can communicate to your crew. HOWEVER you could not communicate to your other "friendly" ship to help you out, unless you used privateer or the illegal third party Voice chat or whispered.

This contest, to my understanding, was not about pitting a team of 2 to 3 ships working together against the others. It was about finding the BEST single team. Team meaning a crew of one captain and four gunners. My guild had two ships in the contest and we were on opposite sides. Which brings up another point... That in this type of contest, where you are looking for a "team of the month", it should be where the guilds (and/or its alternate guilds) should be assigned different sides, to be completely fair that is. But being honest here, some of these guilds who have a 2nd or 3rd guild for their alt pirates don't really want you to know they are affiliated with the main guild and may not be forthcoming with the information necessary to assign them the proper sides.

So basically you have to take what you're given and work with it or choose to not enter. The guilds that have been using Voice chat will continue to do so .... there is no way you can stop them. Just like in the game you will always find someone using a cheat or glitch. It is something that will always be in the game. And not just in the game but in life in general. You have people that circumvent rules on a daily basis. Is it frustrating... yes, it is. But here's the thing... if you all want the BC to grow and be respected you all need to take a hard stance on some of these issues. There are guilds out there waiting to see how the BC handles these types of problems before joining, mine included. What you all do and how you respond is being watched before decisions are made. And I'm not talking about you just saying your official stance is this but if you want to do it, go ahead type of response.

My guild will not use voice chat. We sink or sail with what Disney offers us to play with and our skills of course ... that said, see you on the water!!