Rika thinks Jul 03, 2009 06:29PM one of the wrongest things in SL is the static, unchangeable speech hearing range of 20m.
Rika Jul 03, 2009 02:35PM Should be directly proportional to the number of people in the vicinity, basically.
Rika Jul 03, 2009 02:37PM If 5 or more people are in your close vicinity, it should fall down to 5-7m.
Vεχtrα likes Jul 03, 2009 02:37PM that chat range is predictable. You can always shout or whisper. Not sure why they decided on 20m though.
Rika Jul 03, 2009 02:37PM As it is, it essentially breaks up the natural way crowds form, you see. Crowds in SL cannot operate like they do in FL.
Rika Jul 03, 2009 02:39PM Which happens to normal crowds only when they exceed a certain density. SL makes that destiny limit very very low.
Bryony Jul 03, 2009 02:46PM many voice users have it on too loud...I'd only use it in a quiet area, anyway. Voice dominates things too much in public areas
Rika Jul 03, 2009 02:46PM Basically, normal crowd formation and crowd behaviour in SL is impossible in the first place.
℧cciekins thinks Jul 03, 2009 02:47PM most Voice users ignore non-Voice users. Often they treat chat as "background noise" suitable only for screen-filling gestures.
℧cciekins thinks Jul 03, 2009 02:50PM they are just RUDE. One of may staffers doesn't use chat unless she's desperate. So I ignore her.
Bryony thinks Jul 03, 2009 02:52PM voice users often are more self centred than the rest. *Sound OFF*
℧cciekins Jul 03, 2009 02:54PM some event attendees dance without music. They turn it off so it doesn't interfere with the Voice channel. And some DJs ask folks to ...
℧cciekins Jul 03, 2009 02:54PM ... stop using Voice or even have it turned off in Estate tools during events.
BabbityRabbity Jul 03, 2009 02:55PM I personally don't care for voice. I find it distracting and .. I don't like listening to people breathe into mics
℧cciekins Jul 03, 2009 02:57PM I'm a First Life mute so SL Voice has little appeal to me, but when certain people are on Voice I'll listen.
Atomic Bu thinks Jul 03, 2009 04:27PM voice is good for addressing large crowds, but not much else (agreeing w/ the breathing thing.. ugh.)
Atomic Bu says Jul 03, 2009 04:29PM I hadn't thought much about crowd behaviour, RikaWatanabe - that is a good point
℧cciekins says Jul 03, 2009 04:29PM one of my friends is known to fall asleep on mic and she moans soooo wonderfully in her sleep.
That's just creepy... 
yikes...