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Confusion with "Multiplayer" and "Ironclad Online" buttons

Proposed name changes for these two buttons

November 26, 2008 8:58:25 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

 

I've wondered if some of the Sins players who might otherwise play online end up getting confused by the way the LAN and ICO buttons are labelled.  For LAN games the buttion simply reads "Multiplayer", which would lead me to think that that's what you click if you want to play online.  In the meantime, who the heck is going to know that "Ironclad Online" is where you go for the online multiplayer game.


Thus, for an upcoming patch, I propose that the buttons be renamed:

Multiplayer could change to LAN Games.

Ironclad Online could change to Online Multiplayer.

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Reply #1 November 26, 2008 9:29:51 PM
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Not a bad suggestion.

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Reply #2 November 29, 2008 10:03:45 AM
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Although only people we probably dont want online, will be the only people who doesn't figure this out, I do agree to the renaming, if just for the looks.

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Reply #3 November 29, 2008 11:27:55 AM
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I agree

Very good suggestion inded!

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Reply #4 November 29, 2008 12:34:11 PM
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I do not disagree that renaming "Ironclad Online" to something more intuitive would be good thing.  However, I do not agree with changing "Multiplayer" to "LAN."  This implies that you cannot play online using this screen, which of course you can.  I use the multiplayer screen for all of my online games (and do not have an Ironclad account).  I think it would make just as much sense to have the "Ironclad Online" under the multiplayer screen in its own tab, with some description about finding open online matches. 

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Reply #5 November 29, 2008 12:41:24 PM
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Maybe they could be changed to:

LAN Online Multiplayer

and

ICO Online Multiplayer

Anyone have better suggestions?

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