Hawaii survey

Would anyone care if the driver chat during races was reduced to a series of canned, non-changable messages,i.e. 'Exiting Pit', 'Pass Low', etc? As far as I can tell the only current use is to call each ***s and to give phoney damage reports, 'Spin In Turn 2' in an attempt to slow other drivers. Chuck Stuart - Mesquite TX USA

>Would anyone care if the driver chat during races was reduced to a series of >canned, >non-changable messages,i.e. 'Exiting Pit', 'Pass Low', etc? As far as I can >tell the >only current use is to call each ***s and to give phoney damage reports, >'Spin In >Turn 2' in an attempt to slow other drivers. I like it the way it is. not everyone uses foul language and therfore should not be hampered by those who do. As for phony spotter messages, I find the real spotters come and go which makes me tend to not believe any of the info unless I see cars spinning.Cannned messages we already have in the ctrl-f1-10 keys. Gene BTW what the hell do people mean when they say " Track looks mighty suspisious, " I see that message at least 20 times turning some practice and race sessions on Hawaii. Between that and all the people who drive backwards to qualify it drives me up a wall.

>Would anyone care if the driver chat during races was reduced to a series of canned, >non-changable messages,i.e. 'Exiting Pit', 'Pass Low', etc? As far as I can tell the >only current use is to call each ***s and to give phoney damage reports, 'Spin In >Turn 2' in an attempt to slow other drivers. >Chuck Stuart - Mesquite TX USA Currently I find the excessive chat (AWESOMEBILL !!) very distracting. Not to mention the accidents caused by people typing instead of driving. I dont know if "canned" messages is the answer though. Its nice to be able to recruit some drafting help at times. I think the simple answer would be for people to simply act responsibly. And thats not so simple. As far as the "I'm sorry" or "You idiots", etc messages, that should be saved for the post race chat room. -------------- Michael Kirton

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> Currently I find the excessive chat (AWESOMEBILL !!) very distracting. > Not to mention the accidents caused by people typing instead of > driving. I dont know if "canned" messages is the answer though. Its > nice to be able to recruit some drafting help at times. I think the > simple answer would be for people to simply act responsibly. And thats > not so simple. As far as the "I'm sorry" or "You idiots", etc > messages, that should be saved for the post race chat room.

I do agree with you, but I really wish the in car chat messages would be eliminated during qualifing first. I'm all for letting everybody talk in the garage, but just keep it off my screen while I'm qualifing. Am I the only one who finds this distracting? Here's an idea that might cut down the chatter: Local Chat. There is really no need to tell cars in turn2 that you are 'Exiting Pits' or to tell all the cars on the track that you want to draft. There should be some way to only broadcast messages to say 5 or 6 cars around you (sort of on the same lines as the number of cars drawn ahead and behind). I guess then you would also have to add a key for Global Chat as well if its something the entire field needs to know: reminding about single file restarts, no passing on first lap, etc... -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/ Hawaii Network UserName: Buschwick

So...errrr... what do you do when somebody is all over you waiting for you to ***so they can get the line away from you? Do you choke? Reason I ask is because I notice the irritation I get from flying chat is the same as the irritation I get from having a driver right behind me (the chat window and the rear view are in the same place, and since I went 20 odd laps with somebody all over me like a cheap suit in a recent series race, I'd say I have taught myself to Deal with the added input. First and foremost I say the chat kills, but if you can't deal with the flying chat, I'd say you don't have nerves of steel and you are not timeslicing your concentration effectively. Stay Frosty. Not if you know how to exit properly -- ===================================================================== C H A R L O T T E M O T O R S P E E D W A Y ------------------------------------------------------------------- // // Mark (Difficult at Darlington) McCuen // Caribou/IverSport #35 Hooters Monte Carlo ___/#D\__/ - __ Papyrus Closed Beta Team (8/95) [_()_35_()] _ --- ID: markmc // HCS/ProHCS // http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/m/v/mvwooten/system.txt -----------------------------------------------------------------

> > Currently I find the excessive chat (AWESOMEBILL !!) very distracting. > > Not to mention the accidents caused by people typing instead of > > driving. I dont know if "canned" messages is the answer though. Its > > nice to be able I have a card board/velcro flap taped to the top of my monitor. I folds down over the top of the screen to block the view of chat messages during qualifiying. When the flap is open, you see a printout of my stored autochat messages, cut to size, attached to the inside of the flap. BTW, I heard AWESOMEBILL has another person sitting next to him hammering out chat messages while he drives undistracted. Thanks, CT Hawaii: Cole "If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk"