Accepted Update the Trade Channel Rules to the 256-char limit in 1.11

• Minecraft Name:
  • Expipiplusone
• Suggestion:
  • Update Trade Channel Rules according to the new 256 char limit in 1.11
    • Spoiler: change this:

      Messages in this channel must:
      

      • Be no longer than 2 unique messages at a time.
    • Spoiler: into this:

      Messages in this channel must:
      

      • Consist of one single message at a time.
• Reason:
  • After the 1.11 update, the maximum length of chat messages is no longer 100, but 256:
    • there's no reason not to take advantage of it: indeed, we were allowed to post two consecutive messages per ad precisely because a 100 char limit was too low to post a reasonable ad;
    • on the other hand, if everybody now started to post two 256-long messages each time, trade channel would become a mess.
  • People with Patron Rank can use colors on one single message every 10 minutes, so it makes very little sense to post two consecutive messages, one in color and one not:
    • correct me if I'm mistaken but, as far as I recall, the color in Patron was introduced after 1.11, i.e. after 256-long messages were available: the fact that it allows one message in color every 10 minutes somehow reflects the non-necessity of using two consecutive messages for a single advertisement.
• Any Other Information:
  • If, for any reason, we don't want to remove the option to split an ad into 2 shorter messages, then the rule could be changed into
    • Spoiler: something slightly more elaborate:

      Messages in this channel must:
      

      • Consist of either one single message or two unique messages at a time.
        • If, for any reason, you chose to split your ad in two messages, the total length must still be no greater than 256 characters, i.e. the maximum length of one single message.
• Link To This Plugin/Is this a custom addition?:
  • n/a

 

bump

 

Bump.
I know this might be considered low priority, but it takes literally seconds to implement, it's just a matter of making the decision.

 

Bump because it's still valid and, despite being not-so-high priority, takes less than 2 minutes to implement.
Moreover, I added a point.

 

No. I'm saying that, now that 256 chars messages are available after 1.11, the "two consecutive messages every 5 minuts" rule (dating back to when 100 chars was a technical limit and only 100 chars were not enough for a reasonable ad) is obsolete and should be replaced with a "one single message (implicit: up to 256 chars long) every 5 minutes" rule.
I don't really like the "slightly more elaborate" spoiler alternative, I added it as a sugarcoat just in case my original suggestion wasn't welcomed very well - but I don't really see a good reason for the management to chose that instead, I fear it would only make the rules unnecessarily complicated (and I don't even see a reason why some player would prefer that: it would be a self-shot in the foot for people with Patron rank, for one thing).