Guild Wars 2

Is it me, or is socialising in guilds all but dead? Everyone always says they are “busy”, I mean c’mon, am I the only one here who can bend my mind more than one way?
The entire POINT of guilds is to bring people closer together and form bonds so that you don’t have to play games alone, but let me tell you, if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

And don’t tell me I just have to find guilds using vent or mumble, some of us are not too comfortable using voices with people we’ve never seen and hardly know. I always show a bit of humanity towards my fellow guildes, and not only that, towards ANYONE who makes my game fun – Don’t forget the MULTIPLAYER part in “MMO”

All I ask for is to see some actual care, like I try to show others. Because at the end of the day, MMO’s is about having fun with others, if all you want is the best shinies then you might as well play single player games instead.

Sincercly, a person who cares.

Oxstar.7643:

if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

I’ll try to remember that next time I’m swamped with Risen, Minotaurs, Centaurs, Flame Legion, or Karka.

Hmmm kill this mob or say hi then die… :p
It seems like every time I get someone from my friends list messaging me it is right in the middle of the fight. At least most of them tend 5 minutes or so to wait before asking if anything is wrong.

Atlas.9704:

Oxstar.7643:

if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

I’ll try to remember that next time I’m swamped with Risen, Minotaurs, Centaurs, Flame Legion, or Karka.

Hmmm kill this mob or say hi then die… :p
It seems like every time I get someone from my friends list messaging me it is right in the middle of the fight. At least most of them tend 5 minutes or so to wait before asking if anything is wrong.

Guess I just have some rare talent that let’s me find the time then, even in your situation.

Goodie for you then.

This is why I favor small, tightly knit guilds. While there are lulls in the conversation at times, people will always say hi when you get online, or come help when you need it because they know that you would do the same for them.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

This is why I favor small, tightly knit guilds. While there are lulls in the conversation at times, people will always say hi when you get online, or come help when you need it because they know that you would do the same for them.

+1
Quoted for truth.

My guild only has like 15 really active members but I always try to spark conversation and we’re almost always chatting in some way as long as people are actually at their computer and not afk

I’m in a somewhat small guild at the moment.

We are aiming to get more, but with a small guild like we have now, we pretty much know everyone and it feels good to to think that you actually has a part somewhere, compared to 500 member guilds where you are 1 in the sea of many….

@Oxstar:

Hi!
This “Hi!” is just for you

Really like your attitude.
Guess, discussing this won’t bring big results. but still wonna let u know there are ppl out there feeling the same.

bb

Find another guild and use mumble, TS3, get off the jail you’ve created for yourself and live a little.

I like trying maintain connections with guildies and interacting without having to party up 24/7 but honestly to me if you’re not in voice chat and we don’t run stuff together a lot I have no idea who you are. I just can’t distinguish you from the other faceless names in the guild panel.
Also, I am awful at monitoring guild chat/chat in general, especially in a more action-oriented MMO such as this one, unless we’re in an active conversation. I just don’t understand people who refuse to use VOIP. You don’t have to talk, just listen. It gets you involved in the socialization without excess effort on the part of your guildies.
The amount of typing necessary for anything more than the most superficial of conversation (hi, bye, ding, grats lol) has a negative impact on my gameplay. I know it sounds kind of niggling, but seriously: the breakout of random chatter is seriously impeded without voice chat.

Maybe if there are more things to do as a guild I’ll talk to them.

Why talk to people you never play with.

I’m sure if you are in a strict wvw guild you’ll talk to them evey minute.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

This is why I favor small, tightly knit guilds. While there are lulls in the conversation at times, people will always say hi when you get online, or come help when you need it because they know that you would do the same for them.

Exactly, and the multiple guild feature makes things much worse. Why they didn’t just implement alliances like in GW1, I’ll never know.

To some degree Mercurio I get that, but from the non-VOIP side of things that can get a little distracting to just listen.
Some folks do have a problem with trying to play a game while someone chatters, makes noises on mic, or just overall background noise filtering in.

Then there’s the handicaps. Some have social anxiety but can handle text, some could be hard of hearing, or might have some speech problems.

On the rare occasions I do actually VOIP on a shooter I play this one player talks like Sgt Hooks from Police Academy. Its a very soft whisper of talk even with their mic on high volume. At times I just have the poor soul text the grid location where he wants me to kill things.

For this game I have no problem using Skype or other programs similar. I did that for a former player who wanted me to guild up, but I never really contribute much in the way of small talk because it just doesn’t fit me. For missions or other things related to gameplay I contribute quite well however.

But yes overall it is a pain to type up things while in game. My earlier post brings up a fair example to which I can expand on. A few days back I was holding back the centaur waves at Shaemoor garrison when someone on my friends list popped up and I replied, “Hi. Centaurs.”

After the event was over I was more than happy to explain what that line meant.

Something to keep in mind is that asking for others to interact with you in the manner you desire (text) while attempting to deflect suggestions that you interact with them in the manner to which they are accustomed or desire (speech) dilutes the impact of your position.

“I want people to interact with me more. It is not too much effort, nor too much to ask for.”

vs

“I feel that such interaction must be on my own terms. It is too much effort and/or to ask that I, seeking interaction from others, meet them halfway.”

This problem extends to possibly every MMO out there other than niche favourites like EVE.

Its because MMOs are gradually moving towards more dynamic based content that doesnt require an official group, completed without any need for co-ordination and communication. Even most dungeon encounters nowadays (especially in this game) can be completed without typing a word.

Now i agree themepark MMOs have to follow this trend because its quite obvious that players want this easy relation between game and user, so the design challenge now must be to get people together in smarter ways.

Theres many features i assume anet will roll out to help with this. MUCH harder guild missions will cater to hardcore raiding types, while much harder zone events would attract more cooperation within the open world. Useful guild commands and interface for officers and leaders so communities can be pruned and monitored correctly, including the much demanded ‘last online’ function. As sPvP gets better so will the guilds associated.

Well, if any PvE’ers want to hang out, the names over there. Drop me a line, its about time I rebuilt my guild. ~.^

Atlas.9704:

Oxstar.7643:

if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

I’ll try to remember that next time I’m swamped with Risen, Minotaurs, Centaurs, Flame Legion, or Karka.

Hmmm kill this mob or say hi then die… :p
It seems like every time I get someone from my friends list messaging me it is right in the middle of the fight. At least most of them tend 5 minutes or so to wait before asking if anything is wrong.

This is exactly why you will always be a number not a person in an MMO… where did the OP say you have to stop in the middle of something and type “HI” but then you knew that already, your just too plain ignorant and looked for the easiest way to try and get yourself noticed… life in your guild must be real peachy.

Small guilds have always been more personable, how can you realistically expect a guild of faceless 500’s to be anything other than… faceless.
Its not the fault of the guild, the way that achievements and gated content are implemented was always going to see these en mass approaches taken because people want to run content and get through things as fast and as easy as possible to get that shiny or look cool with the guild flag in LA or be seen to stomp in WvW (where in fact I personally feel that such large guilds really are king"

But at the end of the day… each to their own

Oxstar.7643:

Is it me, or is socialising in guilds all but dead? Everyone always says they are “busy”, I mean c’mon, am I the only one here who can bend my mind more than one way?
The entire POINT of guilds is to bring people closer together and form bonds so that you don’t have to play games alone, but let me tell you, if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

And don’t tell me I just have to find guilds using vent or mumble, some of us are not too comfortable using voices with people we’ve never seen and hardly know. I always show a bit of humanity towards my fellow guildes, and not only that, towards ANYONE who makes my game fun – Don’t forget the MULTIPLAYER part in “MMO”

All I ask for is to see some actual care, like I try to show others. Because at the end of the day, MMO’s is about having fun with others, if all you want is the best shinies then you might as well play single player games instead.

Sincercly, a person who cares.

People in game are there to play the game, not to spend their time chatting.

If you want to socialize, call up some real life friends. Game is for gaming.

DeathPanel.8362:

Oxstar.7643:

Is it me, or is socialising in guilds all but dead? Everyone always says they are “busy”, I mean c’mon, am I the only one here who can bend my mind more than one way?
The entire POINT of guilds is to bring people closer together and form bonds so that you don’t have to play games alone, but let me tell you, if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

And don’t tell me I just have to find guilds using vent or mumble, some of us are not too comfortable using voices with people we’ve never seen and hardly know. I always show a bit of humanity towards my fellow guildes, and not only that, towards ANYONE who makes my game fun – Don’t forget the MULTIPLAYER part in “MMO”

All I ask for is to see some actual care, like I try to show others. Because at the end of the day, MMO’s is about having fun with others, if all you want is the best shinies then you might as well play single player games instead.

Sincercly, a person who cares.

People in game are there to play the game, not to spend their time chatting.

If you want to socialize, call up some real life friends. Game is for gaming.

Then why join a guild in the first place.. you don’t need a guild to play your game, especially in GW2… even guild missions negate the actual need for you to be a genuine guild member.

Bloodstealer.5978:

DeathPanel.8362:

Oxstar.7643:

Is it me, or is socialising in guilds all but dead? Everyone always says they are “busy”, I mean c’mon, am I the only one here who can bend my mind more than one way?
The entire POINT of guilds is to bring people closer together and form bonds so that you don’t have to play games alone, but let me tell you, if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

And don’t tell me I just have to find guilds using vent or mumble, some of us are not too comfortable using voices with people we’ve never seen and hardly know. I always show a bit of humanity towards my fellow guildes, and not only that, towards ANYONE who makes my game fun – Don’t forget the MULTIPLAYER part in “MMO”

All I ask for is to see some actual care, like I try to show others. Because at the end of the day, MMO’s is about having fun with others, if all you want is the best shinies then you might as well play single player games instead.

Sincercly, a person who cares.

People in game are there to play the game, not to spend their time chatting.

If you want to socialize, call up some real life friends. Game is for gaming.

Then why join a guild in the first place.. you don’t need a guild to play your game, especially in GW2… even guild missions negate the actual need for you to be a genuine guild member.

Plenty of reasons. Wvw, dungon runs, guild missions. (all of which takes communication)

Chatting just for chatting’s sake in an online game is a pointless waste of time in my opinion. The are more appropriate places to socialize, and that’s not in some online game.

My guild socializes a lot…but we’re a social guild. Though admittedly you’re better off being in our mumble channel than guild chat (though both are used by different people throughout the day).

wouldn’t be much easier if they added an ingame chat system like in lotro or ddo at least for party?
the shy players wouldn’t be forced to talk but at least we don’t have to type to reply or just explain a dungeon mechanic, especially in some dungeon…

that said huge guild have this problem, we are a tiny one, i played with most of my guildies and if someone engage in a conversation unless we are doing content where you can’t stop we usually answer…
still teamspeak is a best socializing feature in my opinion, since i use it it changed my gaming experience and started some nice friendship

DeathPanel.8362:

Bloodstealer.5978:

DeathPanel.8362:

Oxstar.7643:

Is it me, or is socialising in guilds all but dead? Everyone always says they are “busy”, I mean c’mon, am I the only one here who can bend my mind more than one way?
The entire POINT of guilds is to bring people closer together and form bonds so that you don’t have to play games alone, but let me tell you, if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

And don’t tell me I just have to find guilds using vent or mumble, some of us are not too comfortable using voices with people we’ve never seen and hardly know. I always show a bit of humanity towards my fellow guildes, and not only that, towards ANYONE who makes my game fun – Don’t forget the MULTIPLAYER part in “MMO”

All I ask for is to see some actual care, like I try to show others. Because at the end of the day, MMO’s is about having fun with others, if all you want is the best shinies then you might as well play single player games instead.

Sincercly, a person who cares.

People in game are there to play the game, not to spend their time chatting.

If you want to socialize, call up some real life friends. Game is for gaming.

Then why join a guild in the first place.. you don’t need a guild to play your game, especially in GW2… even guild missions negate the actual need for you to be a genuine guild member.

Plenty of reasons. Wvw, dungon runs, guild missions. (all of which takes communication)

Chatting just for chatting’s sake in an online game is a pointless waste of time in my opinion. The are more appropriate places to socialize, and that’s not in some online game.

You just made yourself look like a hypocrite dude… you joined your guild to be able to communicate with others ingame.. that is still socializing.. everyone has their own ways to socialize in game, it doesn’t mean you have you joke, emote or RP… and btw where the heck does WvW or dungeon runs require any kind of guild requirement to communicate… and as for guild missions pfft really cos my small guild often just reps in and borrows guild space to run a mission and then disappear again… proving its nothing more than a glorified PUG and it certainly doesn’t require anything other than map chat for communication, so please try again to make your blasé comment stick.

Remember not everyone wants to play GW2 as their 2nd job, maybe even their first job… simply logging in to enjoy a bit of out of hours fun is not for you to qualify… as I said that’s why you will always be a number and likely in RL – otherwise why do you log in to the game instead of going outto one of those socially appropriate places… dark closet comes to mind!

Oxstar.7643:

Is it me, or is socialising in guilds all but dead? Everyone always says they are “busy”, I mean c’mon, am I the only one here who can bend my mind more than one way?
The entire POINT of guilds is to bring people closer together and form bonds so that you don’t have to play games alone, but let me tell you, if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

And don’t tell me I just have to find guilds using vent or mumble, some of us are not too comfortable using voices with people we’ve never seen and hardly know. I always show a bit of humanity towards my fellow guildes, and not only that, towards ANYONE who makes my game fun – Don’t forget the MULTIPLAYER part in “MMO”

All I ask for is to see some actual care, like I try to show others. Because at the end of the day, MMO’s is about having fun with others, if all you want is the best shinies then you might as well play single player games instead.

Sincercly, a person who cares.

Feel the same way. The other day someone was setting up a bounty run, I asked over and over and whispered people and they started without me no indication of where to go or anything. Yeah thanks for that.

What’s sad is this is the only way to get cosmetics from the game other then spending money.

Fun game thanks.

Try to do something solo spssh impossible, forget it. Because people have an overinflated sense of what an mmo actually is. News flash people have been making mmo’s for years now with solo content in them, one shouldn’t have to be in a group or guild to progress even with cosmetics or currency, these kinds of things result from experimentation instead of an actual knowledge of sociology in mmos. Just another experiment I guess. (Let’s see if people will actually work together towards a common goal) like that’s ever worked before in an mmo setting. The other thing that gets me about this is we’re told it’s the game of choices, that we can play any way we wish and get to the same end game rewards, nope, not when you’re forced into groups.

I play three other mmo’s and those never hinder me when my other guildies aren’t online, I can do stuff with a global LFG system in place that places me with people doing things that give me and them guild currency without a hitch, I’m never in a bind trying to find some guild that doesn’t die off suddenly or that stops functioning because GW2 hasn’t fixed the GM’s class after 8 months and so he leaves breaking up the coops.

tigirius.9014:

Oxstar.7643:

Is it me, or is socialising in guilds all but dead? Everyone always says they are “busy”, I mean c’mon, am I the only one here who can bend my mind more than one way?
The entire POINT of guilds is to bring people closer together and form bonds so that you don’t have to play games alone, but let me tell you, if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

And don’t tell me I just have to find guilds using vent or mumble, some of us are not too comfortable using voices with people we’ve never seen and hardly know. I always show a bit of humanity towards my fellow guildes, and not only that, towards ANYONE who makes my game fun – Don’t forget the MULTIPLAYER part in “MMO”

All I ask for is to see some actual care, like I try to show others. Because at the end of the day, MMO’s is about having fun with others, if all you want is the best shinies then you might as well play single player games instead.

Sincercly, a person who cares.

Feel the same way. The other day someone was setting up a bounty run, I asked over and over and whispered people and they started without me no indication of where to go or anything. Yeah thanks for that.

What’s sad is this is the only way to get cosmetics from the game other then spending money.

Fun game thanks.

guild bounties last very few minutes, if we start writing to everyone whispering become impossible to complete, you could just press g and see for yourself which bounty you have to search in which map, or even check where all your guildies are…

Personally I just say random stuff in map chat just to stir the peeps running around, regardless whether they want to chat or not. If I am near someone who has been active in the same event as me, I will give them a shout. I will join a guild and respond to everyone, try to join in on the convo; even if I’m a complete stranger to everyone. I agree with some above that VOIP is the way to go, however jumping into a group VOIP convorsation as a stranger can be awkward for some (Unless you’re drunk, then it’s fun) but honestly you just have to be bold and social on all aspects, regardless if people respond or not.

My tip though; If I say something to someone and don’t get a response I usually end it with “Aiiite denn” or “Cold Beer”

You can’t expect everyone else to adopt your play style. The only way you’re going to get that in-game socialization you want is to join a guild with real life friends or with people you have some kind of history with.
The only reason I join guilds is so that I have quick and easy access to teams that make WvW and PvE tasks easier. Sure, I’ll chat a bit now and again, but my main purpose is, essentially, to get henchmen out of the other players. Socialization is for my real friends, in my real life.

I guess you just have to find a guild that has kinda the same feeling about that.
I have my own dutch guild, 100 members, and i now each one of them.

We always say hello, goodby, have some really good conversations in the guild chat etc.
Ofcourse there are some farmers, but even they are active in the guild and on the chats.

Ofcourse it can be that your guild chat is kinda empty sometimes, but in my guild that means we are just in teamspeak with 20 men.

So i suggest you just find yourself another guild with the same intrests.
It will give you a new, and hopefully better, experience.

Weindrasi.3805:

You can’t expect everyone else to adopt your play style. The only way you’re going to get that in-game socialization you want is to join a guild with real life friends or with people you have some kind of history with.
The only reason I join guilds is so that I have quick and easy access to teams that make WvW and PvE tasks easier. Sure, I’ll chat a bit now and again, but my main purpose is, essentially, to get henchmen out of the other players. Socialization is for my real friends, in my real life.

I completely understand what you’re saying, but you have to look at it from a different perspective; everyone plays GW2 for different reasons, lore, pvp, pve, social, role play, farm, to get away from everyday problems.

Like the GW2 Quote, “Everyone has a story, What’s yours?” There are plenty of players who are looking for good convo just as him. He just has to find it!

Bloodstealer.5978:

This is exactly why you will always be a number not a person in an MMO… where did the OP say you have to stop in the middle of something and type “HI” but then you knew that already, your just too plain ignorant and looked for the easiest way to try and get yourself noticed… life in your guild must be real peachy.

But at the end of the day… each to their own

This is where you’ll always be someone who doesn’t read posts apparently and make snap judgments. I feel so sad for your guildies.

Let’s look at the part where OP gets judgemental at how people play right off the bat shall we?

if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

If I’m in the middle of a fight I don’t have two seconds. If you read further, which apparently it seems like you didn’t, you’ll notice that I do tend to chat when there’s no danger nearby.

But then again you’re just too plain ignorant and looked for the easiest way to try and get yourself noticed I see, once again I weep for your guildies.

Also the only guild I have is one I made up for the guild stash only. I don’t invite folks, I don’t expect to expand, and I noticed there less guild invite spam when I have my tag on.

So despite your ignorance you were correct in one assumption: life in my guild is rather peachy.

So I’ll award troll attempt a decent 5/10. Good show so far.

Getting people to say anything in /say is the hardest PvE I can imagine. I feel your pain OP.

Just because you have a VOIP program doesn’t force you to talk. Just listen. (It helps a ton in guild activities!)

Also, I would think most people understand if you’re not comfortable talking. If they don’t and keep harassing you about it, maybe you need to find another guild then. Or lie and say you don’t have a mic.

Maybe it’s because some people think saying hi is code for go ahead and tell me your life story lol. I know that’s why I often don’t say hi or meet eyes with people irl.

Atlas.9704:

Oxstar.7643:

if you consider yourself too busy with farming for that, really, useless legendary skin to even say HELLO, then you are doing it WRONG. Really, I don’t care how busy you are – It takes you like, 2 seconds to type “hi” if someone says hello – You ALWAYS have enough time for that, it works for me, and it can work for YOU too.

I’ll try to remember that next time I’m swamped with Risen, Minotaurs, Centaurs, Flame Legion, or Karka.

Hmmm kill this mob or say hi then die… :p
It seems like every time I get someone from my friends list messaging me it is right in the middle of the fight. At least most of them tend 5 minutes or so to wait before asking if anything is wrong.

Ha, that reminds me of yesterday. I stopped to answer a query in map chat and right as I’m typing my second word a Reef Drake appeared and killed me in a couple of seconds.

Find a different guild but also have a little patience.

The middle ground between the first two posters.
Sometimes people are busy and in the thick of it. Or AFK or in another conversation.

But also find a guild that does more together.

And I agree on no need for voice. We have it in my guild but I generally dn’t use it as it gets in the way of my music.

I’m in a large guild in Anvil Rock and we have a very social guild and most of this social activity is on vent. So if you want social activity in a guild you are going to have to get over your shyness and jump on a VoIP server. I use to be like you but how I got over it I got on and listen told everyone didn’t have a mic so couldn’t talk, then went on a dungeon run and had to be able to talk to people now that’s all I do is vent don’t even read the guild chat it’s just so much better to talk then to type. Some of the best time in any game I have ever played was playing the game and being on a VoIP server. Most of the people that are on the VoIP server will understand they were new to VoIP at one time and if they can’t then it is time to move on and find a guild that will work with you without pressure and if you don’t think you can ever get on a VoIP server that’s ok to we have a lot of players that don’t use vent and get along with out it. Also think about giving it a try even if you just listen you will be amazed at how much fun you are missing out on

I won’t ever join a guild’s VOIP because I’d rather listen to music than listen to people talk, nevermind whether or not it’s viable depending on one’s environment. Simple as that. For most, it’s not a shyness thing. It’s a ‘not interested in hearing people talk’ thing. Luckily my currently guild is very social in both chat and voice, though I’ve noticed they’re two different communities.
But if there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s being nagged about not participating in voice chat, so sorry for the rant on the subject.

In regards to the OP, though— I don’t know, they’re out there. You just haven’t found the right guild yet. I’m not in love with my current guild, but at least the chat’s always flowing (except for the dead of night, obviously.)

I think the game could use some global chat channels.