If you want to sell, please use the auction channelFollow

Small rant but it is getting annoying.
Everytime I log on, no matter what zone I am in, I am constantly seeing people auctioning wares in /OOC. Now, I completely understand that many people are very new to the concept of an auction channel, or they may not even know about it. For those who dont I will explain rq. For those who know, skip down to the next paragraph.

The auction channel (/auction or /auc) is the place you want to sell your wares. This is a channel that can be turned on and off by each person, determining if they are looking for anything to buy or not. Many people keep it on, while others enjoy going to the broker if they need something. /OOC is usually a place for questions that players might have about the game and answers from fellow players It is also used for other reasons, but for now this seems to be the main way to have Qand A.

I dont mind seeing it here and there, but everynight I am seeing /OOC constantly scrolling up my chat window with sales of items. Many times I am even seeing the same person spam the same message several times in a minute. I do have the auction channel on as well and it is rarely used. I'm not normally a cranky person when I play, but I have gotten to the point where I have been /OOCing "WTB an auction channel" when the spamming gets ridiculous.

Players, I come to you and beg that those who do not know abouut the auction channel, to learn about it and use it well. Those who do know the auction channel and are still /OOCing, please remember to use the correct channels, even though not as many will hear you (if they have auc channel off 10-1 they wont buy from you anyways because you are annoying them). And lastly, please do not spam the same message of the same item again and again within a short time period. (I'm talking spamming like 5 messages in 1 minute type deal here)

Thanks.

The problem is not the shade of green... it's that you can TURN OFF /auction...

When they are auctioning in all three zone wide channels (/shout, /ooc, and /auction) then you have to turn them all off... and that typically becomes annoying as you then miss things you actually might want to hear conveyed in /shout or /ooc.

Edited, Mon Dec 6 16:57:02 2004 by vostik

Brilliant outlook there Kensi...
/sarcasm off

I didn't take her post as crying at all... more of a "Hey, if you didn't know about this..."

as a matter of principle, i won't buy anything advertised in ooc, just like i toss junk mail at home :).

and yar, they should be using /auction, but they think they're brilliant for not doing so, and i let them live in their world :).

i'll generally put ooc and shout in a separate window, so i can watch it, and ignore it if the spam gets too bad, but this only hurts the people that genuinely need help, and it makes me sad when i'm driven to do so :(.

and, no, i don't see this as whining. i thought the original post was well put.

and, no, i'm not whining, just expressing my opinion, in case those that engage in this sort of thing would actually listen ;).

say... /say

out of character... /ooc

auction... /auction

shout... /shout

guild chat... /gu

group chat... /g

send a tell to current target... /tt
helpful if the person's name is hard to spell but is targetable.

tell person... /tell <personname>
you can hit r to start a tell replying to the last one you received.

raid... /rs or /raidsay [if they havent changed it from eq :)]

to speak in a channel you've joined:
/<channelnumber> <whatyouwannasay>
i.e.
/1 hi!

there are likely others i've forgotten but i'm tryin to look like i'm working :x.

YOu are correct, it will not stop. BUT if I put all of the offenders on my ignore list, guess what? It DOES stop. Guess what else? The idiots spamming will not get a sale from me, even when I decide to join the auction channel, either, as I will leave them on ignore.

Bump, in case new people come to the forums

/agree with Lady. Well done post

I know.. I should be president.

How is this a fact of life?

Besides, all i do is put you morons on /ignore and don't have to deal with you again.

As someone said before, /ooc, shout and auction channel are zone only. Its useless unless you /auction in a place like "bazaar" in EQ 1. or you will never sell your stuff.

Market board, well is better than /auction channel but its still bounded by the city border. which means only those inside the city area can buy your stuff. if you open you chat option of the chat window, there are feel official chat channel to select, like Freeport_Bard, Freeport_troubador channel, etc. but still can only be heard within the city border.

People, setup your own "SERVER WIDE" channel called "Market", Its "SERVER WIDE". do you auction in "Market" channel in Freeport, and those in Qeynos can hear it. It is a very good idea. and Its "FREE"! not like Black market which will charge you per each sell.

Setup your "SERVER WIDE" Market channel now! Sell your stuff fast!