PM to buddies...?

MrWhereItsAt · October 28, 2002, 18:24

Where has the "PM to Buddies" function gone?

I just spent a few minutes searching for it, and unless I have just had a brainfart, it isn't there.

I use this a lot in the Demo games - it's very handy to add all the Ministers to your buddy list and PM them all at once.

If someone can please tell me what happened to it, how to PM to multiple ppl at once without it, or at least tell me where it is and call me a grade A first class Village Idiot of the highest order, I would appreciate it.

WIA.

H Tower · October 28, 2002, 18:29

/me is eager to call MWIA an idiot and goes to look for the pm to buddies button

Switch · October 28, 2002, 18:41

Quote:

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
grade A first class Village Idiot of the highest order

Sorry, that position is already taken

MrWhereItsAt · October 28, 2002, 19:00

Quote:

Originally posted by H Tower
* H Tower is eager to call MWIA an idiot and goes to look for the pm to buddies button

Half an hour later and still no mockery from H Tower.... I take it you can't find it either?

Dauphin · October 28, 2002, 19:31

I see it in the user control panel, under my buddies list.

Dauphin · October 28, 2002, 19:35

VI.

Dauphin · October 28, 2002, 19:38

Or

H Tower · October 28, 2002, 19:41

all i see is new message, pm tracking and folders... and the pm to buddies doesn't show underneath my buddy list either. maybe its cause I use Moo3 default

Dauphin · October 28, 2002, 19:46

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maybe its cause I use Moo3 default

I changed my settings to Moo3 default. They still show up for me.

Edit, I checked all Moo3 settings and they show up in all.

MrWhereItsAt · October 28, 2002, 19:52

SD - how many Buddies do you have? Maybe that's it, as I have around 20.

Dauphin · October 28, 2002, 19:54

Only one on the list.

H Tower · October 28, 2002, 19:59

i checked all the Moo settings and no pm to buddy button

Skanky Burns · October 28, 2002, 20:01

It works fine for me, as with SD.

H Tower · October 28, 2002, 20:02

.

Dauphin · October 28, 2002, 20:18

HT, how many buddies?

Method · October 28, 2002, 21:18

shows up fine here

Alex · October 28, 2002, 22:28

It works fine for me, and I have 12 buddies.

Skanky Burns · October 28, 2002, 23:22

H Tower has at least one person in his buddy list, so thats not the problem.
Maybe check your options in the control panel - that you have pm's enabled.

H Tower · October 29, 2002, 00:04

16 buddies, pms are turned on, receive email when i get a pm turned on, show a pop up window when received a pm turned on. but still no button

EDIT: since I was spending so much time in buddy section i deleted some of the people i never talk to anymore, so i'm down to 12 buddies now, still no button. can you just seperate names with a coma, like in an email and have it sent to multiple people?

Locutus · October 29, 2002, 03:02

I have 100+ buddies and the button shows up just fine, so it can't be that.

What happens when you try to access the page where you actually select the buddies to send a PM to directly?

http://apolyton.net/forums/private2....=choosebuddies

Rasbelin · October 29, 2002, 03:28

No problem here either with the "Default" style. And yes, over 20 buddies on the list. I would say that you must be either blind or just have bad luck, MWIA.

MrWhereItsAt · October 29, 2002, 21:17

I get this...

H Tower · October 30, 2002, 02:09

i get the same thing as MWIA

This could be because Markos turned me into a quasi mod or because i can view the private apolyton team forum...

MrWhereItsAt · October 30, 2002, 05:40

Could be it H Tower - we are both mods of our respective Demo Game forums. Does this mean mods can't talk to their buddies?

It's a lonely life being mod. Ironically, I guess this means the ability to PM buddies comes back when we don't need it as much - when we are no longer in a position in the Demo games.

I will check with DBTS to see if he has the same problem.

Rasbelin · October 30, 2002, 05:48

The problem seems to be linked with DG mods that have special rights compared to other moderators. At least I haven't experienced that problem at all.

rah · October 30, 2002, 15:41

I can see the "pm buddies" option on my page. (and I'm pretty low on the mod food chain)

RAH

Skanky Burns · October 30, 2002, 19:13

I request mod powers, for "testing" purposes.

Method · October 30, 2002, 20:50

well, you can

become president of a DG
take over StP and usurp Ras' powers
claim to be Ming's long lost twin brother
hold MarkG hostage until he relents
save Mark or Dan's life (though i wouldn't count on that one)

H Tower · October 31, 2002, 01:11

Quote:

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I request mod powers, for "testing" purposes.

if you become president of any of the demo games, (except civ2) you become a quasi mod in that forum. You can't have civ2 because I refuse to give up my privledge of doing nothing in the civ2 demo game forum

Rasbelin · October 31, 2002, 01:40

Quote:

Originally posted by TKG
well, you can

become president of a DG
take over StP and usurp Ras' powers
claim to be Ming's long lost twin brother
hold MarkG hostage until he relents
save Mark or Dan's life (though i wouldn't count on that one)

The 2nd and 3rd ones were good.

You could also add these:

- kidnap St.Leo and extort him to give his password for Poly
- claim that you're actually Gramphos and that an evil hacker has hijacked your account for modifying thr code on Poly.