Archived Suggestion: Calm Down on the Mic! <3

Have you ever seen on (some) TTT servers where the mic has a timer? A small meter appears next to your name that shows how much time you have left before your mic is cut off. That might be a good idea but there are a few problems.

 

In TTT, a lot of information is going out most of the time. It's ultimately up to the player's common sense on how long is too long on the mic. Not to say that holding to mic for 30 seconds straight talking about random stuff is not annoying, but this would hinder the players who actually say important stuff when needed imo.

 

I know, I admined a TTT server before. I thought he was mentioning the TF2 trade servers so I presented the idea from TTT servers. Of course it needs to be changed to fit with TF2 trading but I simply put it out there xD

 

I think it would be great for the tf2 trading servers and those servers alone. I think the idea is a great one personally.

 

1. With the dots on the screen to show mic is occupied. When someone is on the mic it shows the name of who's talking and shows that the mic is occupied. I don't really seem the need to make a plugin to do this is, if TF2 has it by default.

2. Dealing with the one guy that seems to talk a lot. Simply asking nicely can go along way. Most people are understanding and will listen to you if you are polite to them. Telling them to "shut up" etc. wont get you far. You'll get your guy that won't care what you have to say at all, that's when you can use the !calladmin command if no admin is in the server. (you can use the command !admins to see the admins currently in the server.) The admins will handle the situation.

3. Personally I don't like the idea of limiting someones ability to speak.

• Some people's advertisements are longer then 20 seconds
• If someone just did their advertisement and someone ask a questions; They wont be able to respond effectively for 10-20 seconds
• A lot of traders like to have a nice conversation with other traders. This wouldn't be possible with a time limit.
• No one likes to be muted, And with this they would be for 10-20 at a time if they use up their time limit.

I see where your concerns are and why you wish to bring this into the servers. This idea is great in theory but not so much in action. I Appreciate you taking the time to put this together, but me personally is against this.