Post by blackadrian on Feb 5, 2008 4:18:43 GMT
I don't know if it's been suggested but I'm wondering if it would be possible for people (and indeed, if anyone actually would WANT to) to Combine their efforts and make a kind of a communal radio station that would cover much of Malton... A kind of a Citizen's Broadcast Company if you will
If a group of Radio transmitters were all set up on the same frequency, but far enough that they didn't overlap you could create one 'single' channel, that would be accessible over a great deal of territory... if the people running these individual stations were to communicate with one another via the in-game mobile phone system (or via forums and IM if they didn't mind meta-gaming) they could centralise programming, share news stories and agree on specific times to all broadcast the same things.
Since each station is individually run though, they could tailor OTHER content to be specific to their location such as lists of heal and revive spots in that local area... imagine it, strolling into an unfamiliar suburb, tuning your radio in on the hour and knowing what got smashed back home, which zombie hotspots to avoid (or load your shotgun and head to) and the nearest place to go to cure your infection, or get resurrected if things go horribly wrong....
Of course you'd probably want groups of people running these things, whether just to have more 'reporters' or simply to spread around the AP cost. If it were successful it could even encourage the makers to add something like 'Tagger' to get XP for maintaining regular broadcasts
So, would you tune in to such a singular station if it existed? Would you be willing to contribute to it?... Or maybe has it already been suggested making me look like an ass?
If a group of Radio transmitters were all set up on the same frequency, but far enough that they didn't overlap you could create one 'single' channel, that would be accessible over a great deal of territory... if the people running these individual stations were to communicate with one another via the in-game mobile phone system (or via forums and IM if they didn't mind meta-gaming) they could centralise programming, share news stories and agree on specific times to all broadcast the same things.
Since each station is individually run though, they could tailor OTHER content to be specific to their location such as lists of heal and revive spots in that local area... imagine it, strolling into an unfamiliar suburb, tuning your radio in on the hour and knowing what got smashed back home, which zombie hotspots to avoid (or load your shotgun and head to) and the nearest place to go to cure your infection, or get resurrected if things go horribly wrong....
Of course you'd probably want groups of people running these things, whether just to have more 'reporters' or simply to spread around the AP cost. If it were successful it could even encourage the makers to add something like 'Tagger' to get XP for maintaining regular broadcasts
So, would you tune in to such a singular station if it existed? Would you be willing to contribute to it?... Or maybe has it already been suggested making me look like an ass?
