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LuciferSC
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada535 Posts
September 09 2010 08:07 GMT
#1
Something that bothered me ever since Beta of SC2.
Whenever you log-on it gets notified to all your friends (to both real-life and game). To make things worse, it even kindly shows when you were last on to real-life friends.

There are times when I want to play SC2 without getting bothered by anyone.
Could Blizzard please add a 'appear offline mode' in SC2?

It would be even more fantastic if you could choose to be in that mode B4 you log on.
Come get some
ssnseawolf
Profile Joined May 2010
32 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-09 08:09:18
September 09 2010 08:09 GMT
#2
Agreed.

To add to your idea, the ability to have some granular control on a per-person scale would be awesome.

Sometimes, I just don't want to talk to a specific person. Why not show as offline to them, but online to others?
lolnoty
Profile Joined December 2005
United States7166 Posts
September 09 2010 08:09 GMT
#3
I would really like this too. Sometimes I just want to log on not talk to anyone and play some games.
"PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy
Karliath
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2214 Posts
September 09 2010 08:09 GMT
#4
This has been stated several times, but I do agree. 90% of the time I just want to ladder.
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
September 09 2010 08:14 GMT
#5
Just don't respond to them if they talk to you?
cHaNg-sTa
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1058 Posts
September 09 2010 08:15 GMT
#6
On September 09 2010 17:14 WarChimp wrote:
Just don't respond to them if they talk to you?

I think most people would like to avoid this option.
Jaedong <3 HOOK'EM HORNS!
Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-09 08:28:19
September 09 2010 08:17 GMT
#7
On September 09 2010 17:14 WarChimp wrote:
Just don't respond to them if they talk to you?


ahh if only life and the rules of social interaction were as simple as that.
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guitarizt
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1492 Posts
September 09 2010 08:17 GMT
#8
Yeah I'm still able to get msg'ed by random people even when I set myself to busy which is annoying.
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Erectum
Profile Joined August 2010
France194 Posts
September 09 2010 08:18 GMT
#9
I think everyone is waiting for this feature

Maybe for the bnet2.0 with chan patch ?
PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
September 09 2010 08:20 GMT
#10
b.net 2.0 fail

we wont have what we should have had at launch for at least like 2 years or more, pron post 2nd expansion
Terranist
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2496 Posts
September 09 2010 08:21 GMT
#11
definitely a useful feature. at the very least there should be a do not disturb mode that blocks popups saying your friend just yamato'd 20 units or killed 5 changelings because it gets annoying when something like that draws your attention while trying to focus.
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teekesselchen
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany886 Posts
September 09 2010 08:25 GMT
#12
On September 09 2010 17:17 Telcontar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2010 17:14 WarChimp wrote:
Just don't respond to them if they talk to you?


ahh if only life and the rules of social interation were as simple as that.

Haha yeah would be nice ^^

I'ld preferr a simply check box for "Hide online status" or something like that on the log-in window.
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LeCastor
Profile Joined July 2010
France234 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-09 08:31:46
September 09 2010 08:29 GMT
#13
How does the PGM deal with this ? I think they get messaged like crazy.

I shouldn't had add people from my workplace to SC2, because they see how much time i spend on the game.
MrRey
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
183 Posts
September 09 2010 08:30 GMT
#14
On September 09 2010 17:14 WarChimp wrote:
Just don't respond to them if they talk to you?


This is being rude.

I don't like being rude to friends/acquaintances

An offline mode would be, just after chatrooms ("do you really want chatrooms?" :D), a major improvments.
Actually most people wanted the possibility to "smurf" because that allowed playing without having to talk to anybody of your friendlist.
Jameser
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden951 Posts
September 09 2010 08:36 GMT
#15
On September 09 2010 17:09 ssnseawolf wrote:
Agreed.

To add to your idea, the ability to have some granular control on a per-person scale would be awesome.

Sometimes, I just don't want to talk to a specific person. Why not show as offline to them, but online to others?

this is playing a dangerous game lmao, what if that person you blocked is talking to someone you didn't block
'hmm ssnseasolf isn't online'
'err yeah he is'
'wat?'

WolfStar
Profile Joined February 2008
United Kingdom155 Posts
September 09 2010 08:37 GMT
#16
Oh God please yes. I can't believe they left this out. But not as much as I wants shared replays gaaarrgggehh.
The early bird catches the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17250 Posts
September 09 2010 08:38 GMT
#17
Only if the people have reason to know each other. Plenty of difference between an RL friend and someone you played a game against once.

Anyway, I don't really see a reason to not have this implemented. The only real detraction is requiring dev time, but this doesn't really seem like a high-level thing to do.
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ssnseawolf
Profile Joined May 2010
32 Posts
September 09 2010 08:41 GMT
#18
On September 09 2010 17:36 Jameser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2010 17:09 ssnseawolf wrote:
Agreed.

To add to your idea, the ability to have some granular control on a per-person scale would be awesome.

Sometimes, I just don't want to talk to a specific person. Why not show as offline to them, but online to others?

this is playing a dangerous game lmao, what if that person you blocked is talking to someone you didn't block
'hmm ssnseasolf isn't online'
'err yeah he is'
'wat?'




Good point. Sometimes, though, I just want to play with that "one friend," and ignore everyone else for the time being.
Ksyper
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Bulgaria665 Posts
September 09 2010 09:34 GMT
#19
Just tell the people bothering you that you don't feel like talking right now.
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
September 09 2010 09:41 GMT
#20
There's a busy function that doesn't allow people to send you messages. Just do that.
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