Chat System Anomalies - Disecting the flaws.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by Captain Sureshot

...That being said, I've never really had much trouble communicating to individual players with the unlimited chat option and...

Unless you *always* have two pirates on, or *only* talk to pirates that you know in real life and are actually talking to on some other medium (e.g. phone), you have no way of knowing how little of your chat actually gets through, in-game.

You will be shocked, as you learn just how many lines (with no italics / no red-text, mind you) do not get through. The fact that you haven't noticed yet, does not mean that other people can't hear you.

Actually, your wording "unlimited chat option" suggests you communicate through an alternate mechanism, such as the DXD site chat thing, which has its own rules. I was referring specifically to "open chat" to be explicitly clear that I'm talking about chat lines in-game. If you actually mean your in-game chat also, then it is clear you haven't noticed how often you actually are affected by the server-side filter.

For example, sailing in Salty Flats, your crew asks you to tell them before you land. So the next time you go to land, saying "I'm landing at Porc now" can mistakenly give you the impression that you actually are communicating with your ship mates. They, meanwhile, think you are simply being rude, landing with no notice, but they know it's just you, so they don't make a stink of it. That leaves you with the false impression that you communicated above and beyond the warning your crewmates just asked for, and at the same time leaves them angry at you for ignoring them. So maybe you think you've never really had a problem communicating (in that example, the ship did indeed land) and yet...

...and yet the only ones to credit in that example, are your friends, for being so forgiving of your transgression (caused by Disney.) They might realize that the chat containing the word "Porc" triggers the filter to block the entire line. They might then also notice where you landed. They might even ask why you didn't warn before landing. They might even talk back and forth enough to narrow it down to the word "Porc." Chances are, they they don't realize any such thing - they just forgive you for the sake of forgiving you (even though it is Disney's fault.)