Non-Members in Alliance Chat

xdogg
xdogg Posts: 334 Mover and Shaker
edited April 2014 in MPQ General Discussion
I thought only members of an alliance could chat with each other, we have a few people popping up in our chat room asking to be let in our alliance, some acting like they were invited, something's not right here

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    xdogg wrote:
    I thought only members of an alliance could chat with each other, we have a few people popping up in our chat room asking to be let in our alliance, some acting like they were invited, something's not right here

    Is your alliance set to public? Ours is set to private and we've had no uninvited guests yet.
  • xdogg
    xdogg Posts: 334 Mover and Shaker
    No its set to private, don't know how they're getting in our chat
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Yes, even in private Alliances, randoms can post messages in chat.
  • Unknown
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    BigMac3 wrote:
    Yes, even in private Alliances, randoms can post messages in chat.

    Can the randoms see your posts? Also, is your alliance full?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited April 2014
    I've noticed that there are some people "pending approval" after clicking join in a private alliance - they can send chat messages, but don't show up on the main roster.


    Edit: This is good, because you can query their points/average position in pvp before allowing them to join.
  • xdogg
    xdogg Posts: 334 Mover and Shaker
    No our alliance isn't full, guess I need to disapprove all the people asking to get in our alliance so they can't get into our chat
  • mouser
    mouser Posts: 529 Critical Contributor
    Makes sense if an alliance isn't full that pending members can chat. One of the issues was that alliances couldn't communicate with prospective members unless they were all together on some outside forum.

    From a game standpoint it makes complete sense to me.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    How dare the uncleans taint the maiden voyage of our elegant chat medium.

    Sounded cooler in my head trust me.

    I like how my messages show up in teal, I love teal, favorite color. Tempted to spam the chat just to see more of this amazing hue. Its the color for special units in SC1 don't you know.
  • Unknown
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    walkyourpath wrote:
    BigMac3 wrote:
    Yes, even in private Alliances, randoms can post messages in chat.

    Can the randoms see your posts? Also, is your alliance full?


    I don't know if they can see my posts... I guess I'll ask one a question and see if they respond. And our alliance is at 19/20, so maybe it is a prospective/pending member.
  • user311
    user311 Posts: 482 Mover and Shaker
    I'm probably one of those posters. What happens is a member is in the top ten in the rankings so I can see them and their Alliances. I find one that has an open spot, click on join expecting the system to block me since its a private alliance, but it doesn't. So I see myself as pending and then post a pathetic accept me message.

    I'm not sure that anything can be done to avoid this when there is an open roster slot (unless devs add a password or something for private alliances). I guess you could have someone create a bogus team (from another device), or accept someone on a temp basis until you find someone who is willing to pay. Otherwise you'll have a roster slot not gaining the alliance any points.

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