Sound Notification in speed games

[gimil]

The conquertell script (for firefox) that I have installed has the sound option I believe you are looking for

[Ninja Champion]

What I do is have msn open, have the option to send emails to you when it's your turn and you'll receive a pleasant sound, from msn, that it is your turn.

[jaytorade]

Of course it should be optional

[4myGod]

The problem is, the page would have to be refreshed constantly to check if it's your turn. Because a static page won't know when someone else has played their turn. So if the page was lets say refreshed once every 1 minute... that is a ton of page loads and still if you are playing a 5 minute speed game then it would only give you 4+ minutes to make a move, depending on when the page was last refreshed.

It would be easier to use one of the work-arounds mentioned:
- alternative script
- have your email software open and put a sound to that, this way when the game emails you then your email browser will make a sound for having a new email... this will be instant for you.

[Baron Von PWN]

Concise description: A tone/beep that you can turn on that sounds when it's your turn.



Specifics:

• This would let people do other things while playing a speed game, while ensuring they don't miss their turn by having a sound go off when it is.
• The tone wouldn't be a default, just something optional people could click if they want it.

This will improve the following aspects of the site:

• fewer missed turns in speed games.

[TheMissionary]

Good idea. I have a habit of browsing forums during speed games, and getting lost in topics.

[Sturgeron.15]

You can have a PM automatically sent to you that informs you a Speed game you were waiting to be filled has just started, and it provides a link to the game. That's what I use.

[the.killing.44]

You can have a PM automatically sent to you that informs you a Speed game you were waiting to be filled has just started, and it provides a link to the game. That's what I use.

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[Sturgeron.15]

You can have a PM automatically sent to you that informs you a Speed game you were waiting to be filled has just started, and it provides a link to the game. That's what I use.

turn

Shit. Clearly time I got some kip.

[DROID]

Is there anyway you guys could add some sound effect or like a DING to let us know when it is our turn for a speed game. It is annoying to randomly check every 5 mins and I feel tied down to the computer. The user, the user's opponents, and the game would be played much more efficiently with less time wasted for all parties when you know it is your turn.
When I play a speed game with 5 players, I realize that it is not my turn right away, so I go about doing other things, surf the web, facebook, AIM and sometimes forget about the game. Having a sound notification would benefit me because I can immediately stop what I am doing and play the game. In, addition players would not have to wait an extra 5 minutes for NOTHING to happen if I miss my turn.
THank you and please consider my suggestion.

[slowreactor]

This is for all the people who always forget about their speed games. I love this suggestion! For those people who have their sound muted off, how about a pop-up letting you know it's your turn? I've seen other game sites do that.

[ManBungalow]

A pop-up, sure. A sound effect, no thanks.
One of the things I love about this site is the lack of those repetitive noises you find over the internet. Even if the sounds were optional, the site wouldn't feel quite the same.
In fact, you can already change your Game Settings so that when one of your speed games starts you get a PM to announce the fact.

[mybad]

you might want to look at http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=527&t=121144 if you really need a sound notification, you can set windows to do it whenever you get the popup, iirc.

[Queen_Herpes]

I would like this button, please. I haven't played speed in a while, but I like having multiple windows open when I am gaming. I'd even buy premium again if this button were included. I can see how I'd need to turn it off at times, but most of the time I would turn it on and scan other sites.

[Queen_Herpes]

These could possibly be merged together...although...some of them were rejected. They all ask for the same thing. Could they be merged...and...could the topic remain open for discussion?

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