Trapper,
Your comments are always welcomed.
Allow me to try and explain this a little better.
I don't understand where's the problem with a predefined OFPEC intro/out.........
Don't you think clueless players would at least like to find out about the comments of others people, maybe luring them to add their own and becoming OFPEC beta testers?
From what you have said in the above post, quoted above; The problem being that many mission authors wish to not clutter up their beloved intro and outros (Are outro's really that common in MP Missions?) with information that bears no resemblance to their story or mission.
What happens if no Intro is present? Like you say, authors could add a hint inside the mission that gives them this information. But there is always the case of the README file, of which this information can be happily, and very easily put into. This results in mostly everyone who downloads the mission (Of which should happen with MP sessions, to increase loading times) reading the said information.
What I know about open MP games is that nobody cares about the briefing, and an email hidden in there will never attract much bug reports.
You are right in saying this. But this is not the case for
everyone. There are quite a few players in the MP community that like to read the entire breifing before play is started. This could include clans, regular firends who play together, or just the average joe like you and me.
As you are probably aware, briefings in SP can contain valuable information regarding the mission, why should this not be the same in MP? The briefing could contain information regarding the completion of the mission, of which would be missed if the
entire briefing was skipped.
Your picture:
Having a small URL to OFPEC, like you have done in your picture below (
www.ofpec.com), is a little more acceptable than having a big long, chunky URL to the mission thread. People do not want to be writing things like this down when trying to focus on the task at hand. This brings me back to README files, of which this information is easy accessible by everyone.
I believe that OFPEC.com is more acceptable than
www.ofpec.com, but thats for another day.
If you don't have to be economical just forget about it.
This is not the case Trapper as you should now. Each person is entitled to their opinion on this matter.
You have submitted your comments and suggestions to this thread yourself, and we, MD Staff & BETA Testing, have taken them into account, and responded accordingly. All we can ask if for you to keep your suggestion coming.
Rhysduk