Peeves made more common from the WL announcements

[srmalloy]

One of the standing peeves I have about people posting GM announcements, made more prevalent with the holiday event:

 

NAKED COORDINATES DON'T TELL ANYONE WHAT ZONE A GM IS IN

 

The coordinate numbers are not zone-specific; the same coordinates could be on or off the map, depending on what zone you're in. Some GMs only appear in one zone -- the Kraken, Jurassik, Deathsurge, the Ghost of Scrapyard -- and don't need a zone in the announcement, but Babbage can be in either Boomtown or Skyway, and Winter Lords or Kronos titans can be in any zone. If you're sending in the Broadcast channel, that's limited to just the zone you're in, so that's zone-specific, but LFG, General, or other channels are server-wide. Flogging LFG with "WL up [2334.34 1142.41 -3317.5]" tells people nothing about what zone you're in. And until the HC staff changes the $loc variable to include the zone with the coordinates, the onus is on you to tell people what zone to go to if you want them to come to you.

 

*sigh* Now that I've got that off my chest...

[Glacier Peak]

You should join us on Indomitable where we hold daily Giant Monster Hunts of all the spawnable GMs across the Hero/Villain/Praetorian zones. Starts at 5:20PM Mountain Time/7:20PM Eastern Time every day. You join the league and get about 120+ Reward Merits and around 30 Unstable Aethers every single day for about 40 minutes of enjoyment. We also handle all the movement between zones and provide follow along messages in LFG chat for those who log in late or only want to participate in parts of it (Hero-only or Villain-only as an example).

[Glacier Peak]

8 minutes ago, srmalloy said:

And until the HC staff changes the $loc variable to include the zone with the coordinates, the onus is on you to tell people what zone to go to if you want them to come to you.

And players can provide their /whereami instead.

[Maagic]

Also, saying you're in "SC" can mean Skyway City, Steel Canyon or Siren's Call, for that matter. 

[srmalloy]

*sigh* And just now:

 

[Looking For Group] ##########: --->Winter Lord <---at [ [2650.8 -389.5 -1159.1]]

 

(name deleted to avoid singling out one particular individual)
 

[Krimson]

I somehow have the feeling that simply asking the Zone or doing a quick search will yield better results than posting on the forums.

[srmalloy]

2 hours ago, Krimson said:

I somehow have the feeling that simply asking the Zone or doing a quick search will yield better results than posting on the forums.

If I was trying to get the spawn zone for a GM at the instant that someone posts naked coordinates, yes -- and if you believe that anyone is reading the forums at the same time as they're posting GM announcements, I have some land for you; it's guaranteed to have water on at least one side. If I'm trying to get people to recognize that just posting naked coordinates doesn't convey needed information, then I'll post here.

[Triumphant]

4 hours ago, srmalloy said:

If I was trying to get the spawn zone for a GM at the instant that someone posts naked coordinates, yes -- and if you believe that anyone is reading the forums at the same time as they're posting GM announcements, I have some land for you; it's guaranteed to have water on at least one side. If I'm trying to get people to recognize that just posting naked coordinates doesn't convey needed information, then I'll post here.

 

I mean, in either case, Ithink you've got about a snowball's chance in hell of making a difference, even if I do applaud your effort.  🤷‍♂️

[High_Beam]

I used to have the same problem when I was out drinking in Japan; Shibuya, Shinjiku, or am I just in my room at the barracks watching Country of Ambition in my underwear.

[Snarky]

[tidge]

10 hours ago, srmalloy said:

*sigh* And just now:

 

[Looking For Group] ##########: --->Winter Lord <---at [ [2650.8 -389.5 -1159.1]]

 

(name deleted to avoid singling out one particular individual)

 

If you have event zone messages turned on in the same tab, you will see where WL zoned.

 

These WL are timed, so there isn't a lot of time to dilly-dally if you want to fight one.