Chat balloon - Quake style

(RasteRayzeR) #1

“I was playing DB and shot someone who was chatting”

We have all been there at least once and when this happens to you, well, you’re not the happiest fragger in the world :cool:

So I fetched back into my memories of Quake III arena and remembered this distinctive blue chat balloon that meant : “Be a good bro, respect the bro code and don’t fkn shoot me !”

This was a sign of respect and having a community living in harmony is important, so … why not bring it back to DB ? Could even be fun to make a little design contest no ? If you wanna try the font I used for the smiley is “Shonar Bangla Bold”. Here are my first tries :



Looks like the devil cracking a smile upon you :smiley:

(SockDog) #2

+1 for this and chat beeps. Chat icons should be specific to the type of chat though so if you are team chatting then the other team shouldn’t see the icon.

(RasteRayzeR) #3

I really would love to hear in DB the chat “tilt” like in Quake III, was awesome, but it should be a little quieter.

(ImageOmega) #4

Good Idea and I think that icon looks pretty cool. =]

(Violator) #5

I like this idea. Back when I played Q2 the etiquette was to face the wall when afk and you would be left alone, those days of chivalry are long gone though :(.

(RasteRayzeR) #6

Thanks, that’s just a quick draft to picture it better, I’m sure some ppl here have ideas they could propose ^^

@Violator : true story bro, I know that feeling. Used to love the respect and good mood from the Q3 CPMA pro servers

(BomBaKlaK) #7

yeah chat balloon ! +1

(warbie) #8

Yeah, why not - it works well in Quake.

(zenstar) #9

It can only add to the game.
Also chat beeps are great. I often miss messages because I’m focused on something else. Should be slightly differing beeps for general chats and team chats (and maybe system messages that are important enough to warrant a beep).

(RasteRayzeR) #10

[QUOTE=zenstar;427312]It can only add to the game.
Also chat beeps are great. I often miss messages because I’m focused on something else. Should be slightly differing beeps for general chats and team chats (and maybe system messages that are important enough to warrant a beep).[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I miss about 80% of the messages in the chat without the sounds. And as you said it can only add to the game and this should not be a difficult thing to implement in the game. Will try to make some other designs for the chat balloon during the day, because it’s fun and it might help a bit the designers (maybe give ideas, who knows ^^)

(MrFunkyFunk) #11

That would be a nice addition indeed (and the icon is already a great draft, good job). But we will see if new players abide by that “code”.
Yesterday I fragged nailzor only to notice afterwards he was typing next to the EV, apologized since it’s something I don’t support.

(chippy) #12

One thing to try with the actual chat is to have it visible for a longer time after there’s been some sort of activity. Maybe 8 or so seconds.

Personally I (as of the current state of the game) don’t need the chat beeps but I do understand how it would be useful for others.

Bah, he’d do it to you.

(RasteRayzeR) #13

I don’t know about that, I like to have the maximum view and a chat with 8 sec appearance time seems like a permanent chat to me. This will be even more true when they will add the specials and taunts to the Vsay menu ^^

And I added another design in the original post and made a poll, since it makes it really easier to get the feedback instead of reading all the posts ^^

(xarQi) #14

its details in my opinion cause not many players follow that code… :DD

(RasteRayzeR) #15

Take a look at the Quake III community : it is still present and very active over 10 years after the game’s release. And I loved it when I was a part of that community because the guys are just so cool, skilled and comprehensive.

I really want DB to get the same kind of community and showing that the first group of players, us alpha testers, respect the rules (thx to items like the chat balloon so you don’t get killed when you talk), will impact on the future, bigger community.

(tangoliber) #16

I love the chat balloon in Quake 3. Would be awesome in DB.

(Mustang) #17

Heh yea, I like my obituary and chat text set to timeout in 9999 seconds. :smiley:

(EnderWiggin.DA.) #18

Doesn’t really matter to me. I’ll shoot you anyway even if I see a chat balloon.

(Mustang) #19

Have you no honour! :tongue:

(EnderWiggin.DA.) #20

This isn’t Chivalry, son. :slight_smile: It’s Dirty Bomb, and I play dirty.