Commanders- How to talk to 1 squad at a time.

[VipersGhost]

When you are commander FEW people ever seem to talk to one squad at a time...instead they broadcast everything to everyone...thus clogging up and breaking down the teamplay. Who wants to listen to all that. I was totally ignorant to this and I'm sure annoyed some people.


In the commander screen, select the desired squad....and hit your "SQUAD CHAT" (voice) button....NOT that "Commander Chat"(voice) button.

For me, when I'm in a squad I use the middle mouse button to talk to my guys and "V" to talk to the commander.

So for me, when I'm the commander....I would open my commander screen, select the desired squad and hit "Middle mouse" button to Voice Chat to ONLY that squad. If I do need a global broadcast I simply hit "V"....which should be RARE.

last night some guy was YAMMERING on forever as the commander...so our SL muted his dumbass. Shortly after he got our SL kicked because we wouldn't listen to him. Obviously he was EXTREMELY lacking as a commander obvious as our decent team getting run over in a VERY unbalanced map (in our favor)...and his rediculous noob-yammering into the mic. Right after he kicks out SL, his excellency then immediately quits being the commander. Laughable at best. So the moral of the story is....quit yammering on the broadcast channel as CO and you will SURELY get more respect (showing you aren't a noob CO) and definitely get more teamwork going.

[pasfreak]

um..point taken?

ok then...

[daranz]

Indeed. I hate commanders who talk so much intrasquad comms are impossible for the SL. I also hate commanders who mute SLs, and then proceed broadcasting to everyone, not being able to hear you when you need them, but still annoying you.

Get it right already, ffs.

[[R-CON]Wolfe]

cough.. cough.. cough...http://www.realitymod.com/forum/t26845.html cough...

[daranz]

Originally Posted by Wolfe

cough.. cough.. cough...http://www.realitymod.com/forum/t26845.html cough...

This should be reposted everywhere, though. All commanders should see it.

[[R-COM]Outlawz]

Well, doesnt this work only for text?
I thought, *unfortunately* everyone can hear the commander jibbering

[GrayeKnight]

yeah i thought there wasnt a squad chat anymore?

[[R-CON]Wolfe]

Originally Posted by GrayeKnight

yeah i thought there wasnt a squad chat anymore?

still works... but only in the commander screen. Try it!

[GrayeKnight]

huh. guess i should know being commander in the tournament....

wait nevermind lol we use teamspeak.

next time i get on PR i'll try it

[HABO3]

Originally Posted by VipersGhost

When you are commander FEW people ever seem to talk to one squad at a time...instead they broadcast everything to everyone...thus clogging up and breaking down the teamplay. Who wants to listen to all that. I was totally ignorant to this and I'm sure annoyed some people.


In the commander screen, select the desired squad....and hit your "SQUAD CHAT" (voice) button....NOT that "Commander Chat"(voice) button.

For me, when I'm in a squad I use the middle mouse button to talk to my guys and "V" to talk to the commander.

So for me, when I'm the commander....I would open my commander screen, select the desired squad and hit "Middle mouse" button to Voice Chat to ONLY that squad. If I do need a global broadcast I simply hit "V"....which should be RARE.

last night some guy was YAMMERING on forever as the commander...so our SL muted his dumbass. Shortly after he got our SL kicked because we wouldn't listen to him. Obviously he was EXTREMELY lacking as a commander obvious as our decent team getting run over in a VERY unbalanced map (in our favor)...and his rediculous noob-yammering into the mic. Right after he kicks out SL, his excellency then immediately quits being the commander. Laughable at best. So the moral of the story is....quit yammering on the broadcast channel as CO and you will SURELY get more respect (showing you aren't a noob CO) and definitely get more teamwork going.

what a bunch of horseshit. I was a squad leader in that very same round on TG when you and those TF21 guys got kicked. i don't know the guy but he wasn't a bad commander at all. just for the fact that he was talking you should be grateful. y'all took the armor and basically did jack shit with it because your squad leader muted the commander within the first few minutes of the round and he could no longer coordinate anything between infantry and armor, the enemy was all over the estate flag and took it very quickly after capturing kyong'an ni. at that point yall got your asses blown away, most likely you weren't receiving any info on the whereabouts of the enemy. squad leaders who mute commanders should be perma-banned instantly, it's like the ultimate way to say "I do not wish to be apart of this team." which is entirely against the atmosphere of the Tactical Gamer server. if that guy was such a noob CO why did we completely obliterate the opposing team in the round before? (in which the same guy was our CO)

i believe he did so much talking in the first few minutes of the round because when you, as a squad leader, hear the orders being given to other squads you are better able to get the wider picture of your role in the fight. if he talks to individual squads he would have to explain the objectives of each squad to you to accomplish the same thing at least 6 times over, it's inefficient and a waste of time. y'all took the tanks, which are essential to blocking the enemies advance and might have put a dent in them but they proceeded to hand our ass to us rather swiftly.