Sunday, May 6, 2007

Ventrilo Etiquette

The guild is growing so quickly that we thought it might be a good idea to touch on some unspoken, but pretty widely accepted, etiquette for our awesome hotdog parties in Vent. lol These are not meant to censor anyone in any way, just to make it easier for everyone to get the most out of voice chat. Whether you're there to party, communicate through a difficult instance or anything in between!

First and foremost:
Ventrilo information is not to be shared with non-guild members unless cleared by an officer first. The person you sponsor into Vent must be accompanied by you at all times and is not invited to log in without you unless an officer has deemed them Hotdog Worthy.

Main Channels:
Place to hang out with peeps and just catch up with everyone. Light questing is fine there, as long as it doesn't interrupt the flow of awesome communication we have. If you're finding people are having to stop talking to be quiet for your questing chat, please move to a "Questing" channel and come back when you're done.

Questing Channels:
Places to hang out when a few people are on the same quest or instance and need to be able to communicate quickly and clearly. Everyone is welcome in the main channel when questing is done, so come back when you're ready. You can also stay in a questing channel if you're just in the mood to talk to someone without the fun hubbub of the main channel.

Champagne Room style Channels:
Would you guys like us to set up channels for you to use when a couple of you would enjoy the time to just quest together, without having everyone and their grandmother drop in? LOL We can do that. Nobody is ever "restricted" from any channel that isn't passworded, but the Champagne channels would be respected as quiet time for guildmembers.

Pillow Fight Channel:
Unless you have female anatomy...stay out. Anyone we find ambiguous in this regard will be stripped and hosed down for official inspection. No Gent, you cannot volunteer for this...we know you're a dude.

The Shadow Court:
We are eating Danish. We don't want you to have any, so we're hiding. We dance around with fruit filling on our faces and talk about the the Danishless "suckers" in the other channels.

We're also taking advantage of the few times the officers are on together in order to catch up and get some stuff done. We don't mean to break up parties in the main channel. We'll try to keep the officer meetings to a minimum when we have a full house....cause....we love you guys. *sniffle*

Thanks and speak up with any suggestions!
Mother Night Bless You~

1 comment:

Yamantaka Decaythion said...

Totally agree with all of this.

Typically if someone is in a channel by themselves, or with a few people, it is better to send them a page in-vent or a tell in-game to 'knock' to enter a channel.

If they are in the middle of downing a boss and communication is crucial, your entrance could cause a wipe.