Many players, when they enter a game, first open the menu to see who are on their team and whom they will fight against, and when they close the menu the message showing what kind of game it is, will be gone.

In fact, although any experienced player can tell by looking at the map, it is not all that easy for a beginner to see if it is a capture carrier or a bomb the carrier game, or if it is a bomb airfield, shoot zeppelin or Dogfight game.

So why not just include that piece of information in the menu?

The information about the game mode could be substituted for the (totally redundant) word "Room", the way I have done in the menu below:




Two examples of the ongoing "name game" are also present on this menu:

There is a III Major General with no name on the menu, but visible as ### on the screen.
(#s used to be visible on the menu but invisible on screen, but Z has switched that around)

Then there is III Air Chief Marshal ". .", who people say used to be dubbajj

Its not its sgt rock

Is he on now?

It is ddub baj.

Yeah. WE NEED VISIBILITY OR HE WILL KILL US ALL!!!

Doesn't make a difference to me once you know what side he's on. I find it makes no difference in dogfight and makes it easier to concentrate on plane dot for long distance. The only thing is when there are two people on different sides. Which is why it shouldn't be allowed.

Eh, its annoying. If theyre a tank or a chute. Almostninvisible.

Another change to that menu might be a different Font for the names and lighter background, people make a lot of mistakes reading them.

Names full of spaces, dots and crosses not only look stupid, they make it difficult to address people. Real names add interest to the game.

Agreed. At least you can see the invisible names now. I played with 430 with his new name, which is now displayable.

CalvinIsAwesome wrote: Eh, its annoying. If theyre a tank or a chute. Almostninvisible.

Yea forgot about that too!

Rowan King is sgt. rock

Rowan king? Sgt rock? What..? I know who sgt rock is, but what does that have to do with it...?

Pownage said . Was sgt rock I just added that in for him.

Oh. That makes sense. I think when theres someone with a new name you should be able to do something to see their old name, just to tell who they are.

It's nice to get to know who your flying with. But some people don't want to be remembered. And some don't want to be seen! Lol

yeah, but if you have to be stealthy, it means youre not skilled enough to go head on! i definatly understand the thing with not wanting to be remembered, there's lots of annoying players that change their names.

For the first time, tonight I could just reply: "look at the menu". when a player asked "what type of game is this"!. Thank you Z!

thanks Z!! its annoying when new players keep asking lol