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but sepectators cant communincate with the players 

They can.Of course only if they are moderators.Only moderators with spectator mdoe have chat allowed while spectating.Other spectators don't.

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Here's my two bits.

 

I would love spectator mode. Most tankers would probably use it only once or twice, but I'm sure a lot of them would appreciate it. Let's confront the arguments against it.

 

People will spy on matches and report things to the enemy.

Who is actually serious enough to do this? If the spec is locked out of chat, then you'd have to have a tanker and a spy sitting in the same room together. Or, if the tanker himself is doing the spying, he'd have to abandon his tank for a few precious moments to see the stream. Cybersports would be the only real use for this kind of cheating, but if you held the matches privately, they wouldn't be able to get at them.

 

Think of the lag!

True, a bunch of people spectating on a full match would case enormous lag. But you could always limit the number of spectators per game. Taking this concept farther, you could limit the number of spectators per server as well.

 

Only a well-respected channel would be able to benefit from spectator mode.

How do you make a good channel? With good videos. How do you make good videos? Well, spectator mode would be a fun and easy way to do it. I don't know about you, but most Tanki replays are really boring to me. One angle. All the time. Spectator mode could help establish good channels, not just benefit existing ones.

 

The system of assigning people spectator accounts would be too hard to make.

Not really. You could make it a garage item to equip, or maybe even a whole 'nother account that you have to sign up for. But if people have it now, then it's not like they have massive problems getting it to people.

 

The devs said no.

The devs said no to (url=http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=9527) this idea too, but hey, we've got it now.  They can always change their minds.

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Here's my two bits.

 

I would love spectator mode. Most tankers would probably use it only once or twice, but I'm sure a lot of them would appreciate it. Let's confront the arguments against it.

 

People will spy on matches and report things to the enemy.

Who is actually serious enough to do this? If the spec is locked out of chat, then you'd have to have a tanker and a spy sitting in the same room together. Or, if the tanker himself is doing the spying, he'd have to abandon his tank for a few precious moments to see the stream. Cybersports would be the only real use for this kind of cheating, but if you held the matches privately, they wouldn't be able to get at them.

 

Think of the lag!

True, a bunch of people spectating on a full match would case enormous lag. But you could always limit the number of spectators per game. Taking this concept farther, you could limit the number of spectators per server as well.

 

Only a well-respected channel would be able to benefit from spectator mode.

How do you make a good channel? With good videos. How do you make good videos? Well, spectator mode would be a fun and easy way to do it. I don't know about you, but most Tanki replays are really boring to me. One angle. All the time. Spectator mode could help establish good channels, not just benefit existing ones.

 

The system of assigning people spectator accounts would be too hard to make.

Not really. You could make it a garage item to equip, or maybe even a whole 'nother account that you have to sign up for. But if people have it now, then it's not like they have massive problems getting it to people.

 

The devs said no.

The devs said no to (url=http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=9527) this idea too, but hey, we've got it now.  They can always change their minds.

Yeah, I posted this:

 

I think this is an awesome idea.   :)   :D

 

I would like to add to this idea:

I think that if spectators aren't allowed to chat, it would solve a lot of problems with cheating.

I think that in the battle list and in-game, the spectators should be listed.

I think that spectators should be able to join the battle if there is an open spot.

I think that spectators should only see one teams' stats at a time.

I think that there should be a limit on the number of spectators, for example, if there is a 4-player battle, the limit should be 1. 8 players should be 2. And so on....

 

Anyway, hope you guys like my ideas, I really hope this idea gets implemented! 

Peace Out Everyone.    B)

This is the basics, I hoped people would change their minds when they read it, but I guess not from seeing all the negative comments. -_-

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I need spectator to video my rank up party!!!!!!!!!! :P  :P  B)  B)  ^_^  :angry: no crystals only free :D  :D my friend has made a video with spectator videoing that and he could chat(Spectator) the why I cant  :angry:  :angry:  :angry: ?I need freeeeeeeeeee :angry:  :angry:  :angry:

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I need spectator to video my rank up party!!!!!!!!!! :P  :P  B)  B)  ^_^  :angry: no crystals only free :D  :D my friend has made a video with spectator videoing that and he could chat(Spectator) the why I cant  :angry:  :angry:  :angry: ?I need freeeeeeeeeee :angry:  :angry:  :angry:

 I know right

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I need spectator to video my rank up party!!!!!!!!!! :P  :P  B)  B)  ^_^  :angry: no crystals only free :D  :D my friend has made a video with spectator videoing that and he could chat(Spectator) the why I cant  :angry:  :angry:  :angry: ?I need freeeeeeeeeee :angry:  :angry:  :angry:

Spam alert, MODS!!!

 

You can't post that in this topic, you need to go to the topic named Rent-A-Spec.

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20 vs 20 maps already give lags, imagine 100 people spectating.

I don't 100% understand, a spectator isn't a floating object. It would make no more lag difference if 0 or 100 spectators were in the battle. Spectator cannot see another spectator, and a tank cannot see a spectator, only a spectator can see a tank/

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I don't 100% understand, a spectator isn't a floating object. It would make no more lag difference if 0 or 100 spectators were in the battle. Spectator cannot see another spectator, and a tank cannot see a spectator, only a spectator can see a tank/

It's not that, it's the server logging all the positions of the specs.

THAT WILL LAG

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The reason you have to fill in an application form is to see whether you're an active you tuber and you post regular videos. Administration don't want to hand it out carelessly, if everyone has it, it's not special. People would barely be playing and instead have fun flying around in a camera. You want to record your rank up, then here's your topic. It probably would make the game lag more and there are plenty of moans and groans about that issue. If you got spectator mode, what would you use it for? You can still win contests perfectly by not having spectator and if you think you need one, then the links above.

 

 

I need spectator to video my rank up party!!!!!!!!!! :P :P B) B) ^_^ :angry: no crystals only free :D :D my friend has made a video with spectator videoing that and he could chat(Spectator) the why I cant :angry: :angry: :angry: ?I need freeeeeeeeeee :angry: :angry: :angry:

Rent-A-Spec. - the reason why that topic was created, and it's massively successful.

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Rent-A-Spec. - the reason why that topic was created, and it's massively successful.

I think a more commercial idea is being proposed here. I'm willing to bet the creator of this idea is aware of the topic, but would you rather be spectated on, or spectate? (<--Rhetorical question.)

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