+1 I completely agree with your statements, please remove all chat channels

 

+1 people get kicked from channels due to proxy restarts and maintenance. I don't think that is avoidable, but I could be wrong. I’m for this, but at the same time, it seems kind of unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Just rejoin after and state for people to rejoin. And if it is a private chat channel that needs a password, just write it down somewhere

 

I mean I'm in 3 custom channel chats thay are constantly used cause the people in it actually want to chat in it. So not a huge issue for myself.

Can be annoying though I guess.
Or lower the price to reflect it. Though idont really see much issue.
If you like a private channel, you tend to join back in it after things reset.

 

+1. Makes custom chat channels not crap if people can stay in them through relogs and such.

 

+1 It can be annoying to rejoin channels after a restart/maintenance. Hopefully this can be added.

 

To that point, even the non-tight knit channels can function that way. If you want to talk politics in the politics custom channel, then mention it in global. It's not against the rules to state you are talking about something in another channel. Hell, whenever someone mentions the fucker chat, I rejoin it if I didn't already.

But, at the end of the day, at the very least more than half of the channels we have are either private, close knit, or dead because the owner isn't there anymore/nobody cares about the channel (you know how many custom chats we have that are similar to fucker? Like at least 1/5 of them).

Like I said, the real only issue I see with how chats are right now is private channels if you forgot the password, which I'm sure Andrew or an SA can help if need be.

 

+1 custom channels arent something you chat in 24/7 in all cases. global chat is something you chat in 24/7 so it would be noticeable if you arent in that channel after a reset right? but something like idk politics channel. I may join that channel for a discussion, but once a reset happens i forget it exists since im not in it anymore. Whether your custom channel has a "community" or not that always chats in it shouldnt matter. Politics, fucker, and global2 arent always talked in, but they are sometimes and it sucks to miss out on those few conversations since im kicked from the channels everytime a restart occurs. It sucks ass having to rejoin channels after a restart.

TLDR: it doesnt matter whether your channel gets used 24/7 due to a community. You shouldnt have to rejoin a channel everytime after a restart. It is a burden.

 

I’m not disagreeing with the suggestion. I +1’d it a while ago. I agree it should probably be fixed, but at the same time I don’t see it as a major issue. I edited my response above to reflect it better if it gave off the wrong impression.

And to kind of restate and rephrase my other point (and tie into what Mission stated), if players enjoy a chat channel, they will rejoin it. We have a lot of chat channels (10 pages). Granted, a good number are for smaller communities, public or not. If this is changed, I really don’t think it will change the amount of people who join a specific chat or retain it. I personally leave almost all the non-official chats after I’m done with them (like fucker and global2) because, like I said, we have a lot of channels created, and it is overwhelming. That’s just me personally, but I know of others who join channels, then leave when nobody is speaking in them because they get overwhelmed.

 

I mean, we aren’t on the same page. I still disagree in terms of this change solving people from chatting and staying in the chats. Read the rest of that post you forgot to quote.

 

+1 for the sole fact that custom channels right now are almost useless.

Maybe something like a command which you can edit your auto-joined channels, so every restart you automatically join those channels?
Think something along the lines of /ch optin [channelname] [password] and /ch optout [channelname] [password]

Don't know how much work this would be, but it would actually make custom channels a LOT more usable, and a LOT more appealing.

 

+1 the custom chat is virtually useless if everyday chat exists when you do not want to talk about sensitive topics via segmented channels.

 

The channels you are in carry over through server restarts and disconnects.
They do not reset every single day as you suggest. This has just been tested to ensure funcionality.
Our end of the month maintenance does include us clearing the channels you are in for administrative reasons.
This will not change at this time. I do have a potential idea that may make this better.