/c checkpvp

[lovethesuit]

The command /c checkpvp will allow a player to find out if there is a DM within a certain range, say one screen. It won't replace checking the /dm channel, but it will offer definitive evidence on when it is and is not okay to PvP. In fact, more than telling if a DM is around is that it tells the player if a DM is -not- around. Often times PvP can happen with the mistaken impression that a DM is present, and this leads to more trouble.

/c requestpvp will be a command available to players who cannot contact IRC without closing their game. The IRC bot Archipelago will say something to the effect of: : : ( A DM is requested for PvP in [area] ) : : This also broadcasts over the DM channel which player is requesting the PvP. This cannot be used more than once every five minutes, to prevent spamming.

Thoughts?

[Caddies]

The first in negligible. You either have express DM notification in the form of "I'm here and ready" or you don't.

The second suggestion might have merit, but I doubt that broadcasting in IRC about the area and players involved in upcoming PvP conflict is a good idea.

[Mort]

Yeah. Maybe a requestpvp command.

I dont think the checkpvp command is wanted, however.

[Kotenku]

Same issue then, as the idea of Guard rods sending a message to the guards' IRC channel.

Unfortunate. If that issue could be resolved, there are probably a dozen other uses for In-game to IRC communication functionality. :(

[MexicanGunslinger]

Yes, could this be worked out someway? a great concept

[ExileStrife]

Grovel grovel grovel.  Good ideas, but I'll have to add some features to the bot (hanging out in multiple channels and knowing which channel to send a message to).  If anyone knows PHP very well (that's what the bot is coded in), I could use a hand!