TOPIC: Private messaging between players idea

Hey guys!

Sorry for the formatting I’m writing on my iPhone 11. I had an idea and was told to post it to the forums to see if anyone was interested! (Or if it was even possible!)

I was playing some TTT earlier this evening and I tried to privately message a fellow player a question whilst we had both been confirmed dead but found I was unable to. I had to resort to typing to the player in the public chat that I was sending them the following message privately in hopes that everyone else on the server would then know not to continue reading the message.

This was the format I used for reference.

The talking dog from Family Guy: (This is a private message to <players name>) Question asked.

Unfortunately not everyone stopped reading after they saw the message wasn’t for them and read the message I intended to be private. Some then called me names which I didn’t appreciate, calling me an idiot for thinking nobody would read it as it was in a public chat. I do now, as I’m wrong this sort of get why people would read it. The game mode after all is about being inquisitive and being suspicious of players to try and find out who is lying. When everyone is in the investigative mood they might try and look into people actions and in my case messages, so I can forgive those players (even though it hurt my feelings).

I was then informed by one of your helpful mods that private messaging is possible however only to moderators and admins. The reason for this was to prevent ghosting which was completely understandable. I was just wondering (along with a few other players) if it was possible to allow private messages to other regular players whilst we are out of action. There can be a lot of arguing sometimes between players and the noise can become very loud (especially with my noise cancelling headphones on) and so I feel if other players can interact privately with each other this may in fact improve the mood of the server at certain times as there’s less arguing and more laughter!

Another reason is because sometimes people spam the chat with memes (I personally find this hilarious but others sometimes don’t) so if we could private message memes between consenting players this could also get rid of some spam comments that clog up the chat!

Thanks for your time.

- The talking dog from Family Guy

just add them on steam?

Good read. Cool to hear you have an iPhone 11 my mum only got me a 7 and I'm litcherally so angry at her.

As for your pm suggestion why not just report a player and type your message in the report file? This seems to be the best method so far. I do agree PMing needs to be introduced however. Reports can only include around 270 characters. Additionally if the player accidentally chooses not to forgive you instead of cancelling the report this can involve you being in an admin chat where there is a third person to read your PM's. I welcome this suggestion and look forward to the admins reviewing this and potentially introducing this to the server. Always good to hear from the ZARP community.

MrBossFTW

I understand I can do that but it can take a lot of time and also I don’t want to clog up my friends list because It’s busy enough as it is! If we could do this it would be instantaneous!

Snip3s_Sas wrote: Some staff members will warn you for using the report system for private messages so I'd find another way if I were you

Chespin wrote:
That could be where this system comes into play!

Thanks for the heads up mate. Seems a tad harsh tbh. On a game like this that rewards solving complex problems you'd really think the mods would reward us for working around the lack of a pm system by making use of the report function to write messages in a clear and cohesive format. Thanks though I will attempt to find another way around being able to privately message players.

!p <name>
That’s how you private msg players

BDOG876 wrote: read the post

Forgot to say I looooove the memes in the chat loool were you online when 'somebody toucha my spaghett' was said

Chespin wrote: No

Snip3s_Sas wrote:
Yeah lol

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Great thread. Great suggestions. Unfortunately I have to go to bed now but here have an upvote I hope this matter can be reviewed as I am a big advocate for it personally. Private messaging would be invaluable for forming close bonds with other players and would truly allow all players joined together by their mutual love of ZARP to come together in camaraderie. It would also combat bullies as I often get called simp for expressing my messages over the mic. Good luck for all of our sakes. Well done talking dog from family guy very cool

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MrBossFTW

Snip3s_Sas wrote: BossManFuckTheWorld lmao

Talking dog from Family Guy wrote:

The reason why users cant pm other users is because they can abuse it by ghosting and disrespecting while the staff can't see them as they are pms. The reason the pm command for users is there is to pm staff members maybe about somebody rulebreaking which can also be done using asay. Like other people have said, if you want to talk to them privately, add them on Steam or Discord or anything else that works.

No private messaging won't be added because if it would be a thing people could ghost and tell who is the t and who is not add them on discord or steam if u wanna ask a question like that and not in-game atm u can only PM admins/mods on the server but if u do add them on steam/discord tell the private msg there and don't ghost

It was a feature, got abused and got removed. As others have said you can PM staff, but that's it.

It won't be added back anytime soon.