proposed communitations
Hi
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TL;DR
I suggest we use forums and websites to pass static information on Vanduul systems and Twitter #tags to pass real time tactical information
One questions that has been coming in up is how are we going to communicate. Team speak and Mumble are just fine for tactical coms for small teams but are limited and unless participants are very disciplined will walk on each other making communications impossible.
So how are we going to communicate to thousands let alone tens of thousands of "Forkers" ?
There are two ways to pass information. "Push" and "Pull".
Pull is where the end user goes looking for information when needed. As an example us checking the RSI web site to see the latest funding level
Push is where the information is given to you as it develops. As an example a emergency weather bulletin on TV.
I suggest we use both methods for Pitchfork operations.
As we scout Vanduul space we will update a map or a forum with the latest information on static points of interest in Vanduul space. Anyone can go to this site and see what they are and pull the information they need at their convenience
Once Pitchfork Kicks off we will use Twitter #tags to push real time tactical data between strike groups. Nice part about it is, Forkers will be able to just follow the #hash tags in their area of interest then change the tags they are following as their AO changes. This will act as a filter so no one is flooded with information
At this time we don't know what tools CIG is going to give us to coordinate, odd are they will be good, but not good enough to coordinate tens of thousands of players, so we need tools to augment them.
So I setup a twitter account for Pitchfork (@_sailor67), and we will be testing it during the DFM. Anyone who wants to follow me is welcome, fair warning I am not going to be twitting much until the DFM.
As with every idea please feel free to knock holes in it or otherwise comment

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